Polk County 4 H Demonstration Day Highlights Livestock Judging
Polk County 4 H girls and leaders gathered at the 4 H building on August 1 for a successful program featuring a Flower Arrangement slide show a Miss Dunning Comes To Town grooming film and performances by Sunny Sues and Merry Mixers. Demonstrations on sheep swine and beef fitting followed with 54 registrants. livestock trials took place in Stromsburg with K C Fouts directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
4-H
Eryone
Palmer
Fullerton
Belgrade
St. Paul
David City
Polk
Stromsburg
Shelby
Osceola
K. C. Fouts
Twusbandry
Fred Peterson
Howard Sundberg
Berkshire
Jolene Peterson
K. C
Reine
Stromsburg Livestock Commission Company
Stromsburg Cash Lumber Company
Art Mor
Local clubs schedule August meetings and family gatherings
COCENS CHAPEL Liberty Local 573 FECU plans Friday August 10 lunch served by Mrs Eda Powell and committee. Jolly Workers Extension Club to meet August 15 at Mrs Rhoda Warner with coffee hour hosted by Mrs Albert Bloom and Mrs Geo Steever. A large family reunion near Gresham marks 17 years since all children of Mrs Marietta Hollister gathered, with relatives from York and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Local 573
FECU
Eda Powell
Jolly Workers Womens Extension Club
Rhoda Warner
Albert Bloom
Geo. L. Steever
Chas. Hollister
Burbank
Calif
Martin Larson
Kit Carson
Elsie Bond
Gresham
Marietta Hollister
York
Lincoln
Arthur Johnson
Oklahoma
Stoner
Della Johnson
Buckley Park
Richvale
Nebraska
Walter Peterson
Silver Creek
Antone Johnson
Benedict
Gunnard Peterson
John E. Renner
Herbert K. Anderson
Maribeth Powell
Joan Kay Olson
Roderick Smith
District 1
Carol Donelson
Lawrence Twarling
The Key to Peace Presented to Osceola Library
The Osceola Public Library received The Key To Peace by Clarence E. Manion from William Wolfe Post No 91 of the American Legion. The book is nationally sponsored by the American Legion as part of their Americanism program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Public Library
Clarence E. Manion
Wm. Wolfe Post
American Legion
Wesley Chapel Club Picnic At Osceola Park
The Wesley Chapel Club announces its annual picnic for Sunday August 12 at Osceola Park. Members and families are invited to bring a basket dinner and join the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel Club
Osceola Park
Carla Buchholz Honored At Farewell Party
Carla Buchholz was honored at a farewell party before she moves to Storm Lake Iowa. Guests from her school class and friends attended. The evening began with swimming at the Osceola pool and continued with games at the Lawrence Bowe home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carla Buchholz
Storm Lake
Iowa
Lawrence Bowe
Osceola
Bowe
Jill Grossnicklaus
Merlene Miller
Gerry Bowe
Obituary for Mrs. E A McKeeman
Daisy Merial McKeeman died July 29 1951 in Osceola Nebraska at age 57 She was born June 27 1894 in David City Nebraska and lived in Osceola nearly twenty years She married Ernest A McKeeman on July 4 1912 Survived by husband son Max parents Mr and Mrs Roy Miles of David City four sisters Flossie Hoenig Denver Colo Mrs Millie Brown David City Neb Mrs Helen Faka Pittsburg Pa and Virginia Miles David City Neb and a brother Marion Miles San Francisco California Funeral service was held August 1 at the Methodist church in Osceola with Rev H P Bollinger in charge and interment followed in Osceola Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Merial McKeeman
Osceola
Nebraska
David City
Ernest A. McKeeman
Max
Roy Miles
Nebr
Flossie Hoenig
Denver
Colo
Millie Brown
Helen Faka
Pittsburg
Virginia Miles
Marion Miles
San Francisco
California
Methodist Church
H. P. Bollinger
Osceola Cemetery
Lutheran Church Honors Former Pastor at Osceola Picnic
The Osceola Lutheran church gathered Sunday August 5 at Osceola park to honor Rev Paul Melin and his Salem South Dakota family. Melin served Osceola as pastor for ten years and recently took a new pastorate at Salem. The piece also notes Melin arrived in Osceola 24 years ago this month and other local community visits and family events follow.
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The
Lutheran Church
Osceola Park
Paul Melin
Salem
South Dakota
Melin
Osceola
Pauline
Gregg
Clarence Carlson
Community gatherings mark week with picnics births and visits
Donelson and Mrs. Brooke Berggren and child ren helped celebrate the occasion in the afternoon. Mrs. Albert Teegerstrom hosted a belated birthday party for her daughter Carol with five girl friends. Several dinners and picnics followed as families gathered at Pawnee Park York Park and at various homes including Kinberg relatives from multiple states. A young fall left Joe Schinzel with a broken leg and several students returned from trips to Billings and Fullerton while others helped with harvest in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Kinberg
Gerald Mentink
Leonard Mentink
Paul
Martin Sachewsky
Platte
Joe E. Schinzel
Stromsburg Hospital
Betty
Janice Kries
Manly Hernbloom
Billings
Montana
Dale Allison
Near Benedict
Lott
Irvin Keil
Gresham
Raymond Lloyd Lindgren
Kermit Lindgren
Rockford, Ill
Shelby
Raymond Burke
Dalton
Walter Twarling
Geo. L. Steever
Swede Home News Highlights Local Family Visits
Mr and Mrs Axel Anderson of Portland Oregon visited relatives on a return trip from the East. The group shared breakfast at the Emma Chindgren home with Lillie Chindgren and Victor Krols family. Several families spent Sunday in Bloomfield and Wausa. Mrs Olson stayed on for a few weeks with her daughters Lenard Johnson and Adolph Anderson and families. The Jones family vacationed in the Black Hills. Reuben Johnson and family from Monterey California were part of the weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thelander
Doyle
Irvin Gestrine
Frank Oquist
Harold W. Johnson
Harold A. Johnson
Nellie Olson
Elsa Olson
J. B. Johnson
Fremont
Broken Bow
John Gestrine
Ben Berger
Norman Gustafson
Mead
Wilbur Olson
Raymond Johnson
Colorado
Adolph Forss
Carl G. Johnson
Axel Anderson
Portland
Oregon
Emma Chindgren
Anderson
Lillie Chindgren
Victor Krol
Petrus Nelson
Martin Gestrine
Mabel Olson
Conrad Waller
Bloomfield
Wausa
Olson
Lenard Johnson
Adolph Anderson
David Jones
Black Hills
Reuben Johnson
Monterey
Calif
Picnic guests at Bob Steenbeck home Polk
Guests at a Polk picnic supper included Deloss Buchholz and Carla and Don Johnson and family of Osceola Lloyd Stromberg and sons Ollie Johnson and Mrs Chas Lytle Jr of Washington DC, plus Mr and Mrs. Johnson.
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Bob Steenbeck
Polk
Deloss Buchholz
Carla
Don Johnson
Osceola
Lloyd Stromberg
Ollie Johnson
Chas. Lytle, Jr
Washington D. C
Weekend Guests At Walter Berck Home
Weekend visitors included Mrs Byron Case of Omaha and Miss Lillianne Pray with Bob Pray of Omaha. Also Mrs Louis Berck of Urbana Maryland attended the dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Berck
Byron Case
Omaha
Lillianne
Bob:Pray
Louis Berck
Urbana, Md
St Andrew Church Picnic in Osceola Nebraska
The St Andrew Church hosts a Sunday picnic in Osceola Nebraska on August 12 offering a fried chicken dinner with dressing from 4 to 8 pm, an onsite horseshoe contest at 4 pm and Dale Watkins playing organ music on the grounds. Adults pay $1.00 and children 80 cents. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew Church
Osceola
Nebr
Dale Watkins
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