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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
1
Osceola property markets heat up with multiple sales and rising values. A residence once sold for 1000 earlier this year fetched 1500 last week. Desirable rentals are at a premium with few vacant modern houses now. About six buyers are active in Osceola and similar trends occur in neighboring towns.
Albert Krumbach of the U S Navy from Farragut Idaho arrived here last week to the home of his parents Mr and Mrs E J Krumbach and family. Visitors Mrs Arthur Nelson of near Gresham called on Mr and Mrs George Irland with the Irland family. Victor School closes for a week due to scarlet fever epidemic in the district. Mervin Ransom home in Shelby hosts Thursday evening visit by Mr and Mrs Leonard Hiemer and Dennis. Mrs E M Pitchford of Winner South Dakota visits with sisters Miss Lillian and Emil Hambek and Miss Frances Hambek of Abbie. Mrs Rose Beebe of Shelby spends week with daughter Mrs Geo Irland. Birth announced: Bennie Ray Wallberg born April 11 to Mr and Mrs Elmer Wallberg of Columbus. baby weighs six pounds. Mrs Wallberg is the former Maxine Hiemer.
Extension Office notes urge planting remaining seeds despite late season. Tips cover cutworm protection with paper collars and a Tampala spinach substitute. Guidance includes alfalfa seeding windows and weed control, plus 4-H clubs promoting improved varieties and a state goal of two bushels more per acre to boost wheat output.
Shelby phone 36 lists tractors hay sweep drag harrows and cream separators at Gabel Implement Co. The inventory includes one Allis Chalmers C tractor one horse drawn mower and several pick up attachments for combines with electric gearless separators and a tractor.
A week of intermittent rain and snow ended as sun appeared on Monday in Polk County. Farmers and townspeople welcomed the weather with 3.52 inches of moisture since April 15, bringing the monthly total beyond five inches.
Neighbors share family visits as Chas Wyatt and Polk kin dine with Sherwoods. Sammy Bailey returns to the Martin Bomber plant in Omaha after knee surgery recovery. Harold Spelts leaves for San Diego after a 15 day furlough with his parents. The Atkinsons move to a new north-side home. Families dine in Gresham and attend Warren Neujahr’s memorial service. Rev Trued and daughter head to Chicago to visit relatives. Kenneth Strong transfers to Hondo Field. Dr. and Mrs. Strong celebrate their 25th anniversary. John Pate Hutchens milestone birthday observed at Olson home. Swanson family moves into new home.
Graduation events at High Prairie High include baccalaureate at Swede Home Lutheran Church on Sunday April 30 at eight o'clock with Rev Lloyd E Lawedson of Luther College as speaker. Local residents visited hospitals and attended funerals and gatherings in Polk Clark and Beatice area during the week.
Annonce announces the marriage of La Verne M. Burns and Arthur J. Martin in Reno Nevada on April 15 1944. The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs Burt Burns is a Osceola High School class of 1937 alumna who lived here most of her life before moving to California about six years ago.
Osceola scored seven points at the Columbus Invitational track meet held last Friday. Stanley Braithwaite finished second in the pole vault, Parks second in the high jump, and Norton fourth in the discus. Wilfred Kresha also placed fourth in the final 440 yard dash heat but did not place in final standings.
An Osceola Legion Hall meeting launched steps to build a modern hospital with plans, site selection at the W S Heitzman property, and religious sisters to operate. Fundraising via subscriptions continues as volunteers collect pledges, with First National Bank as a drop point.
Two Polk County farms sold recently signaling rising real estate values. Axel A. Anderson sold an improved eighty acres between Osceola and Shelby to Kenneth Mentink for 115 dollars per acre. A J Herrman sold an unimproved eighty acres nearby to Adolph Kresha Jr for 120 dollars per acre.
Mrs J M Sargent 71 died March 20 at her daughter’s home in Burbank California. She formerly resided in Osceola with her family. Her husband Mart Sargent died about 15 years ago. The family left Osceola about 25 years ago. Her remains were brought to Aitkin Minnesota and laid to rest beside her husband.
Mrs Harold Green hosts relatives for birthday anniversaries of Mrs Walter Green and Harold Green. Visitors include Miss Mary Larson and Mrs Hannah Fightmaster. Various guests from York, North Platte, Central City, Osceola, and Omaha attend dinners, gatherings, and visits across Polk. Clyde Clark visits ill brother Henry. Clyde's mother Sadie Clark mourns passing. Paul and Lila Coover celebrate newlywed home gathering.
Mr and Mrs Tom Mickey traveled to Hastings to attend the funeral of Arthur Childers who died there Thursday. He was 62, survived by his wife Nellie Mickey and five children, and had moved from Osceola about 30 years ago.
Shelby residents report a busy weekend with Phyllis Hastert visiting parents Mr and Mrs Louis Hastert, Mrs P R Smith and daughter Joan visiting Lincoln relatives, and Mrs Francis Morgan leaving for Washington DC after a week there. Max Thelen wrote from overseas where he serves in the U S Army stationed in California. Daisy Drummond, recently ill, returns home to Osceola after care at daughter Glen Davis's Shelby home. Louie Hastert and family visited Omaha to be with Ambrose Gabriel after a major operation, with Gabriel reported as recovering. J E Bernt visited son Ivan Bernt and his wife in Omaha.
Heavy rains hamper dirt roads and mail relays in Wesley Chapel. The Victory Dairy Club met with 27 attendees, some traveling by trailer, horses, or wagon. Families hosted parties, birthdays, and visits as residents cope with travel limits and distant kin. Cpl Clarence Van Ostrand guest of honor at several gatherings. Lawrence P. Davis reports relative quiet on Anzio Beachhead and sends Italian currency.
District No. 18 reports Miss Maxine Eschler of Rising City visiting in the Carl Benda home for several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lisko hosted Thursday visitors at the John Lisko home near St Marys. Joan Micek joined the Bendas and their daughter on a trip to Fullerton for business calls Friday. Friends held a birthday surprise for Louis Benda Friday evening with card playing and a later lunch brought by guests. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bernt visited Columbus Monday with their daughter Mrs. Chet Wells and Mr. Wells.
A baby boy Wayne Lee Bonne was born to Mr and Mrs Ed Bonne of Shelby on April 19 weighing 6 pounds 6 ounces. The mother, Mrs Bonnie formerly Elnaner of Osceola. A later baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Harold Heast on Hackberry died after only five hours.
The ad lists low prices good for Friday and Saturday: Sal Hepatica 49c, Lady Esther Cream 39c, Lysol 48c, Alka Seltzer 49c, Sloan’s Liniment 29c all at Crouse-Tex Drug Co.
Richard G. Messing, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Messing, enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 29, 1942. He trained as a welder and sheet metal worker at the Army Air Force Navigation School in San Marcos, Texas.
Glenn Buchta is with the Air Corps at Eagle Pass Texas. Richard Matheson, Navy hospital corpsman, left Shoemaker California for sea duty. Ensign Alex Mills and others rent a beach house near Breezy Point Virginia for days off. Two Johnston brothers await overseas orders on the coasts. Alton Bond at San Diego Navy Hospital after malaria. Bougainville prior to sailing home. E A Schnasse Jr. leaves Osceola for Navy hospital duty at Farragut Idaho. Vincent Lane transferred to Ft Leonard Wood Missouri. Max Peterson promoted to sergeant at Camp Roberts California. Morris Senn in the South West Pacific heard Terry Dreier missing with Zeros credited to him.
Mrs Larry Lambe and Miss Berniece Brown hosted the Garden Club at Lambe’s home last Tuesday. The program featured piano duets by Lambe and LeMoyne Monson, songs by Monson, Laura Monsoon and Donna Rae Cole, a duet by Lambe and Geo Locke, and moving pictures of the 8th grade pageant and French Stromsburg home. Mrs Hugh Johnston spoke on Noted Trees of Our Country. Roll Call asked for favorite trees. Refreshments followed.
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