Terrace Contest and Demonstration Attendance Noted
Polk County Extension news reports near 100 attendees on August 2 for terrace building demos using John Deere and Ford equipment. The event featured site planning, farmer participation, and plans for future terraces as part of a farm blueprint, with support from local implement dealers and a regional conservationist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation District
Raymond Burke
John Deere
Bob Oberg
Ford
Millen
Ekstrom
Polk County
Reece Tractor and Equipment
Osceola
Osceola Implement Service Co
Gabel & Gabriel
Shelby
McMeekin Implement Co
Tom Reece
Tom
Westpoint
Nebraska
Polk County Crop Improvement Association
Reverend Underhill Resigns Osceola Church Post
Rev. G. Hubert Underhill resigns after one year as pastor of the Osceola Methodist Church and is named Director of Student Relations at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He will join the staff September 1, replacing Paul W Scott, who has resigned. Replacement for the local church is not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Hubert Underhill
Methodist
Osceola
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Roy W. Deal
Underhill
Paul W Scott
Rural Writers Late News Sketches Local Visits
Phil Micek was a Monday evening caller at the Henry Tryba home near Osceola. Mike and Mrs. Collins of Omaha visited Frank Andersen and accompanied the Collins back home after a week in Omaha. Josephine Benda visited Tena Janicek in Columbus. Leo Stec and James Gonka called on John Micek, Butch Eschler visited Edward Lisko, and John Spitz and John Massey called in Columbus and Norfolk in Sunday visits to the Theodore Spitz home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Micek
Henry Tryba
Osceola
Mike Collins
Omaha
Frank Andersen
Edward Lisko
John Spitz
Columbus
John Massie
Norfolk
Theodore Spitz
Osceola Juniors Rally Past David City 11-8 in League Win
Osceola tops David City 11 to 8 securing their fourth win against one loss. Beryl Willits narrowly escaped injury after being struck during a scramble for home. Ralph Kahler Vernon Boden and Burt Brazee each had two hits as Brazee earned the win with Swanson help in the final inning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
David City
Beryl Willits
Grossnicklaus
Ralph Kahler
Vernon Boden
Burt Brazee
Brazee
Swanson
Abbie Kahler
Anderson
Monson
Gliem
Willits
Johansen
Kinberg
Alt
Johnston
Boden
Swede Home Social Roundup Highlights Birthday and Visits
Mr and Mrs Edwin Lewis visited Carol Donelson for her birthday anniversary on Monday. Bonnie Rodene stayed with cousin Phyllis Branting in Osceola over the weekend. The Swedenburg family joined Otto Swanson and Pastor A E Franzen for Sunday dinner. Carolyn Jones visited Bonnie Rodene early in the week. A Swede Home ladies group chartered a bus to Immanuel Institute in Omaha. Harold Combs and Ivan Hastings with their families visited Timm and Waller homes and returned Sunday with Lanny and Dickie Combs who had stayed two months with their grandparents David and Mrs. Timm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lewis
Carol Donelson
Mrs. Donelson
Bonnie Rodene
Phyllis Branting
Osceola
Wesley Swedenburg
Otto Swanson
A. E. Franzen
Helena Lundstrom
Percy Seymour
Benedict
John Gestrine
Ben Berger
Martin Gestrine
Carolyn Jones
Immanuel Institute
Omaha
Harold Combs
Ivan Hastings
Moline
Ill
David Timm
Philip Waller
Lanny
Dickie Combs
Double wedding fills Silver Creek Methodist Church
The Silver Creek Methodist Church district 54 hosted a double wedding for Donald Schippareil and Patricia Morris and Richard Wyman and Fern Mickey with a reception at Chrome Hall. Local families and friends helped with hosting and visiting relatives from Wisner Elk Creek and Barcelona areas were noted while plans for a chicken supper and homemade ice cream fundraiser were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Silver Creek
Donald Schippareil
Patricia Morris
Richard Wyman
Fern Mickey
Chrome Hall
Jack Burger
Denver
Lloyd Wamsley
Loren Miller
Leona Miller
Frank Carman
Mollie Carman
Wisner
George Conkling, Jr
Elk Creek
Stromsburg
Fred Meredith
LeMars
Iowa
Nellie Benson
Basil Wyman
Columbus
John Wyman
Rebekah Kensington
Harvey Burgess
Miss Otelia Johnson Visits Omaha Friends
Miss Otelia Johnson returned home after visiting friends in Omaha last week. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Johnson and family of Rockford Illinois arrived Monday noon to visit Augusta Johnson, the Johnsons’ aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otelia Johnson
Omaha
Norman Johnson
Rockford, Ir
Two County Couples Wed In Ceremony
A double wedding was performed Sunday afternoon August 7 at the Methodist Church in Silver Creek. Miss Fern Mickey wed Richard Wy man and Miss Patricia Morris wed Donald Schip pareil. The couples are locals from the valley north of Osceola with many friends in attendance. A fuller account will appear next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Fern Mickey
Richard Wyman
Patricia Morris
Donald Schippareil
Osceola
Miss Margie Iwan Weds John Cerny In Osceola Nuptials
A summer wedding at St Marys church Pilzno united Miss Margie Rose Iwan daughter of Mrs Rosa Iwan and the late Anton Iwan with John Cerny son of Mrs Mary Cerny and the late John Cerny. The ceremony featured Rev Fr Edward Jaworowski and Nuptial Mass with choir, acolytes, and a bouquet of white roses. The gown was white nylon marquisette with a cathedral train and three-tier veil. Guests included matron of honor Mrs Donald Cerny and bridesmaid Mrs Victor Cerny, while Donald and Victor Cerny served as best man and groomsman. The mother of the bride wore a black print dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church of
Pilzno
Margie Rose Iwan
Rosa Iwan
Anton Iwan
Osceola
John Cerny
Mary Cerny
Edward Jaworowski
Theresa Swantek
Elsie
Dolores Cerney
Richard
Leonard Swan
Johnny Swantek
Edwin Smolinski
Ray Swan
Donald Cerny
Victor Cerny
Donald
Victor
Novel three-man act to wow Polk County Fair crowds
The article promotes a three-man tumbling and teeter-board show described as a new novelty. It notes all three are skilled tumblers and perform juggling on large hoops, then execute a comedy trampoline routine. Audience are urged to attend at the Polk County Fair on August 23 24 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Farm Saddle Horse Premiums Announced At Fair
Premiums in the Farm Saddle Horse Division are set with 30 percent confirmation and 70 percent execution. Prizes award 6.00 for first, 4.00 for second, and 2.00 for third with groups for adults ladies and youngsters 14 and under. Exhibitors stabling livestock at the grounds will be admitted freeing the grounds.
Rev C A Sward laid to rest at Swede Home
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Swede Home for Rev. C A Sward who died in California on August 2. He served as pastor of the Swede Home Lutheran Church for nearly 30 years. Obituary to follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Sward
Swede Home
C. A. Sward
California
Swede Home Lutheran Church
Riverside visitors and a Silver Creek double wedding
John Voichoske and girls were Friday evening guests at the Joe Karges home. Fern Mickey and Richard Wyman and Pat Morris and Donald Schippareil were part of a double wedding in Silver Creek on Sunday. Sunday evening visits included the Heitzman and Guilbranson households and a Shelby church picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Voichoske
Joe Karges
Donna
Sharon Church
Virgil Guilbranson
Stromsburg
LeRoy Rhodes
Carolyn
Osceola
Heitzman
Gust Carlson
Co. R. Carlson
Fern Mickey
Richard Wyman
Pat Morris
Donald Schippareil
Silver Creek
Shelby
Phillip Zelazny
Corn Loans Accepted at Local AAA Office
The Commodity Credit Corporation says county offices may accept applications under the 1948 reseal loan program for corn. Reseal loans or purchases run to October 31, 1949 with a July 31, 1950 maturity and 10 cents per bushel storage if held to that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commodity Credit Corporation
AAA
Polio Exhibit At County Fair Highlights Nervous System
Olive McBeth of Osceola Sioux Polk County Superintendent reports a $1500 health exhibit at the county fair August 23 to 25. The 12 by 8 foot display from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis shows a silhouetted figure with a nervous system diagram and four lights marking virus invasion routes. Attendants will explain and allow visitors to operate the four switches, with free chest examinations by the Nebraska Health Mobile in early November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive McBeth
Osceola
Polk County
National Foundation For
Funeral Rites Held Here for David H Anderson
David H. Anderson age 71 died suddenly at his son Everett Anderson’s home on Tuesday August 2. He is survived by his wife three sons Everett Axel of Stromsburg and Alvin of Beatrice three daughters Mrs Walter Seymour of Stromsburg Mrs Edith Huggler of Osceola and Mrs Ed Ross of St Paul. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon August 5 at Kepner Funeral Home with burial in Swede Home Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Anderson
Everett Anderson
Everett
Axel
Stromsburg
Alvin
Beatrice
Walter Seymour
Edith Huggler
Osceola
Ed Ross
St. Paul
Kepner Funeral Home
Swede Home
Former Osceola Resident Dies in Colorado
Word was received of the death of Mrs. Mary Headlee Monday night in Ault Colorado where she had made her home with a granddaughter. She was the grandmother of Floyd Headlee of Osceola who, with his brother Harold of York, went to Ault to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Headlee
Ault
Colorado
Floyd Headlee
Osceola
Harold
York
Betty Aasen Bride of Lee Kjelson
Miss Betty Lorraine Aasen daughter of Mr and Mrs John Aasen of Fairbury Nebraska wed Lee R Kjelson son of Mr and Mrs A V Kjelson of Stromsburg on Sunday July 31 1949 at the First Christian Church in Fairbury The couple after a wedding trip to Grand Lake Colorado will reside in Valentine Nebraska where Kjelson will teach music at the high school
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Lorraine Aasen
John Aasen
Fairbury
Nebraska
Lee R. Kjelson
A. V. Kjelson
Stromsburg
First Christian Church
Grand Lake
Colorado
Valentine
Eielson
James Mickey Dies in Texas State Death Notice
State papers report the death of James Mickey 56 who died Sunday in San Antonio Texas he was the son of the late John H Mickey former Nebraska governor born in Osceola and had lived with his parents here for years. He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Richard Sklar Sedalia Missouri a son James two sisters Mrs E B Stewart Randolph Nebraska and Mrs George Ainlay Los Angeles California Funeral plans were not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mickey
San Antonio
Texas
Mickey
John H. Mickey
Nebraska
Osceola
Richard Sklar
Sedalia
Missouri
James
E. B. Stewart
Randolph
Reece Home Purchased For Osceola Convalescent Facility
Ella Koehler bought the Tom Reece home in west Osceola formerly Claus Anderson property. The site will be converted into a convalescent home run by Ruth Lynch RN, who will return from Woodville Mississippi. Lynch is Koehler’s daughter and the venture links with the Social Center Rest Home north of Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Koehler
Tom Reece
Osceola
Claus Anderson
West Osceola
Ruth Lynch R. N
Woodville
Mississippi
Lynch
Koehler
Polk County June 1949 Assistance Summary
Polk County distributed Old Age Assistance to 147 people amounting to 6094.00 dollars an average of 1.45 per person from state and federal funds. Medical costs totaled 299.85 dollars with county share of 74.94. Twelve families with 33 children received 1257.08 dollars averaging 104.82 per family and 38.11 per child. Two blind recipients received 81.20 dollars averaging 40.60 per person. county does not participate in Blind Assistance. Administrative expenses for Q2 1949 totaled 1857.31 dollars with county share 43.46 (2.34%).
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Polk County
Blue Ribbon 4-H Livestock Club July and August Meetings
The July gathering at Dick Miller’s Osceola home focused on hog judging with five members present plus mothers, Mrs. Throckmorton, Jerrie and Lee Adams. The August meeting at Bob Lamoree’s home drew seven members, the leader, County Agent, five parents and two guests as the showmanship lesson provided practice showing a hog. Plans for the County Fair were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Miller
Osceola
MoLine Women Attend Silver Creek Wedding Weekend Visit
Mrs. Ethel McCormick and her three daughters Martha Wheatley Velma McCray and Jessie Garver of Mo line Illinois traveled to Osceola for the weekend to visit friends and relatives and attend the Mickey Wyman and Morris Schippereit wedding at Silver Creek on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel McCormick
Martha Wheatley
Velma McCray
Jessie Garver
Moline
Illinois
Osceola
Mickey-Wyman
Morris-Schippereit
Silver Creek
Polk County Fair Plans Complete with Machinery Show
Polk County Fair opens August 23 to 25 with machinery exhibits again a highlight. Entries may be curtailed if demand continues. oldest resident honored this year. Livestock and 4-H entries expected heavy. School and church clubs participate. Grandstand acts by Williams and Lee. Hales Shows of Tomorrow on the midway. Junior legion baseball games capped by $500 purse on final night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Fairgrounds
Williams and Lee
Hales
Junior Legion
Osceola
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Shelby
Silver Creek
Stromsburg
Phillipsburg Defeats Osceola Junior Legion Nine to Six
The Osceola Junior Legion lost 9 to 6 at Phillipsburg Kansas last Thursday night. The teams meet again at Osceola on August 2 during the fair, with both clubs seeking stronger play than last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillipsburg
Osceola
Kansas
Lowask Family Vacation Move to Wyoming
Mr and Mrs John Lowask and daughter Marjorie left Monday morning for Wyoming after visiting his sister Mrs A W Johnson The Merry Mixers 4 H Club met at Emily Kreis home July 28 with 10 girls eight mothers and two leaders present A demonstration on Keeping a 4 H Girl Trim was given by Marilyn Erickson Another on Making and the Use of Bias for Facing Binding and Piping was given by Dixie Lee Walgreen A social time followed with lunch served by Mrs Russell Kreis Reporter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Mixers
Emily Kreis
Marilyn Erickson
Dixie Lee Walgreen
Russell Kreis
Odd Bits of Osceola News and Local Sport Tidbits
Local items note Frank Malek’s mileage habit and W J Hubbard visiting Osceola, recalling early Linotype work in 1908. Osceola split recent week games with Aurora and Shelby, faces Utica Thursday, Sutton next Sunday. Licenses for motor vehicle operators and motorized bicycles are due for renewal. R A Phillips 44 dies in Lincoln, former Central Gas and Electric general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Utica
Osceola
1Lth
Sutton
R. A. Phillips
Lincoln
Central Gas & Electric Co
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Polk County Extension News
Osceola Juniors
Swede Home News
Margie Iwan
Razell Bros
Farm Saddle
Riverside, News
Betty Aasen
Bride OF
Lee Kjelson
REECE
Livestock Club
John Lowask
Marjorie
Wyoming
A. W. Johnson
Frank Malek
W. J. Hubbard
Los Angeles
Mr. Hubbard
R. G. Douglas
West Coast
Aurora
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