Polk County Fair Set with Four Day Lineup at Osceola
The 58th annual Polk County Fair will run August 24 to 27 at Osceola with a full four days of events. Highlights include Miss Polk County 1937, a rodeo exhibition, running horses from five counties, a county parish baseball tournament, daily band music, Spies Sisters shows, a Baby Show on August 26, a midways program by W. A. Gibbs & Son, and graveled midway with nightly platform dancing. Space is filling for live stock and exhibits and the fair promises extensive agriculture and arts displays.
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Polk County
Osceola
Spies Sisters
W. A. Gibbs & Son
Osceola Paving Contract Awarded to Blue Valley Firm
Fairbury firm wins paving job on about half a mile of Highways 1 and 81 in Osceola. Blue Valley Sand and Gravel Co. of Fairbury bid 10007 dollars to lay asphalt from the U P railroad bridge to the second bridge. Completion before cold weather planned. Graveling the remaining 8.9 miles to Shelby awarded to Hooverland Sand and Gravel Co. of Stromsburg for 2569 dollars.
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Fairbury
Osceola
Blue Valley Sand and Gravel Co
Fainbury
U. P
Shelby
Qwverland Sand and Gravel Co
Stromsburg
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule and Dinner Invite
The Methodist Church hosts Sunday School at 10 a.m. with Elton Berck as superintendent, morning worship at 11 a.m. preaching on Unprofitable Servants, and evening leagues at 6 30 p.m. plus a workers conference and SS board meeting on the S W Calhoun lawn. The Ladies Aid Annual Dinner serves Friday noon in church parlors. invites are extended to friends.
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Methodist Church
Elton Berck
S. S
S. W. Calhoun
Ladies Aid
Polk News Briefs Highlight Local Repairs and Visits
Polk notes report a broken underground gasoline tank at Johnson Bros Garage repaired after digging into pavement. School Board secretary Carl Steelquist receives many applications for teaching vacancies with pictures enclosed. Residents travel to visit relatives in Colorado and California. Local discussions consider purchasing the former Hokensen Hotel Building for the high school. The Oscar Fredrickson threshing crew held a picnic at Osceola Park with many relatives attending. Various dinners and birthdays are noted as neighbors host and visit. A Polk Band and Hardville Band concert occurred in Aurora with members from both groups.
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Johnson Bros
Carl Steelquist
Lawrence Sundberg
Iva
Horace Stevens
Long Mont
Colo
Phillips 66
Main Street
Boach
Hokensen Hotel
Oscar Fredrickson
Osceola Park
Ansel Fredrickson
Marvin Fredrickson
Hiram Toole
Kenneth Peterson
Frank Bolton
Joe Juginson
Rudolph Gustafson
Lyle Ostberg
Elwyn Johnson
August Johnson
York
Milfred Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
V. J. Johnson
Denver
Lloyd Kroger
Chas. Dahlgren
Howard Herbes
Dahlgren
McGaffin
Chas. Wilshusan
Irene
Otto Wilshusan
Elmer Wilshusan
August Garling
Irvin Light
Anna Blase
Mildred Keuper
Delores Schultz
Near Hardville
Oscar Stromberg
Richard George
Gresham
Rodney Allison
Carl Detloff
Thompson Allison
Albert Sundberg
Car
Florence Anderson
Marie Madison
Lawrence James
Polk
Hardville
Aurora
Snake at depot grounds alarms Shelby residents
A five foot snake was killed at the depot grounds by H. W. Umshler. Citizens doubt it is native and several residents recalled spreading adders from southern states. The report notes other area movements, visits, and family travels around Ohio and Illinois.
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H. W. Umshler
Shelby
Dorcas Society
Methodist Church
Pacific Coast
F. J. Strain
Ashland
Lincoln
Mr. Strain
Mellville
Mr. Melville
Ohio
John Simonsen
University Hospital
Omaha
Evans
Albion
J. R. Rosenberry
Rosenberry
D. B. Boyle
Charles Redpath
Marengo
Margaret Redpath
Woodstock
Nebraska
Jeff Miller
Hasselbalch
Wayne
Illinois
Dwight Dickhute
Raymond
Hawley
Gresham
Berl Dyer
Alliance
Chester Cole
Clarence Wood
Joe Baer
Bellwood
Joe Strueb
Dr. Black
Kelley
Mrs. Davis of
Osceola
Kelleys
Osceola Stores to Close Wednesdays and Afternoons
Osceola stores will shut on Wednesday evenings after this week and close each afternoon during the fair from 1 to 5 o'clock.
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Osceola
Larson's Radio Shop Servicing and Tube Line
Larson's Radio Shop offers a complete line of tubes for radios and radio servicing as a specialty. Call or visit for repairs and parts. Phone 52.
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Larson’s
Conserving damaged corn as silage on Polk County farms
Farmers discuss trench silos or using existing silos to preserve drought damaged corn as silage. Experts say 3 to 5 tons per acre is viable and cost to trench runs about 10 cents per ton for fuel and help. Some farmers worry over small livestock herds this winter while Nebraska cattle numbers stay strong and hogs fall.
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Polk County
Kelly
Farm Bureau
Nebraska
York County Faces Slotted Troubles in Benedict Visit
A writer notes a shift from York County’s reputation as Nebraska’s most law abiding to the presence of a slot machine in Benedict. He recalls past anti gambling zeal and cites Columbus authorities driving grasshoppers from that city as context for the machine’s arrival and local reformer commentary.
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York County
Nebraska
Benedict
Columbus
Platte County
Edgar Howard
Columbus Telegram
Local Social News Highlights Church and Family Visits
Wesley Chapel hosts a Foreign Missionary Society meeting at Mrs. Wm Hanshew’s home while Church Aid gathers at the church. Numerous visitors and relatives travel through area towns including Omaha, St Louis, North Bend, and Oklahoma with various family visits, reunions, and a sewing club achievement program noted.
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The
Foreign Missionary Society
Wm. Hanshew
Church Aid
Jack Tremary
Omaha
W. J. Herman
Elton Berck
Paul Robinson
Stromsburg
Chas. Imm
Silver Creek
Walter Koehler
Milton Knapp
St. Louis
Louis Schott
Alfred
Engelbert
Edmund Gabel
North Bend
Leo Albers
St. Jos
Bellwood
Jos. Simonson
Oklahoma
Tom Schmoker
Genevive Zang
Syracuse
Fred Huggler
Arthur Deeter
Doane McCormick
Four Leaf Clover Sewing Club
Dist
Kenneth Jaeger
Otto Horst
Osceola
Chas. Hastings
Albert Anderson
Johnson
Legion Hall
Walter Johnson
Loup City
Anderson
Phil Jacoby
Alton
Ill
A. J. Herrman
Roy Grossnicklaus
Holly Grossnicklaus
Local Church Notices And Meetings For Week
Luther League meets Thursday evening with the Gil bert Johnson and Rudolph Gis sler families. Jr. Mission Band meets Saturday at 2 30 P M in the church basement. Sunday services are at 10 A M Sunday School 11 A M Worship 8 P M Vespers. Harmony Society postpones August 26 meeting one week and will be hosted by Mrs Edna Mc Keag. Ladies Aid meets the same day in the afternoon hosted by Mrs O F Branting and Mrs L F Branting. If your religion does not change you you should change your religion.
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Luther League
Gilbert Johnson
Rudolph Gissler
Jr. Mission Band
Harmony Society
Edna McKeag
Ladies Aid
O. F. Branting
L. F. Branting
Local Notices and Social Visits Across Several Nebraska Towns
The HACKBERRY Green's Chapel Ladies Aid postpones regular meeting to September 2. Brotherhood meets August 23. Area residents attend farewells for Edith Dillsaver and her son bound for Salina California. Numerous visitors travel among Genoa Auburn Lincoln Osceola York and Stromsburg for family and community events.
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Frank Hardy
Stromsburg
Royler
Lloyd Lindgren
Ora Elm
Genoa
Nygren
Omaha
J. G. Rosdahl
John Dahl
Viola Dahl
Charles Steever
Rolland Beatty
Auburn
Viola
Irvin Nelson
Lincoln
Swan Larson
Robert Reiling
Alfred Larson
Bert Widell
Rockford
Ill
Pear] Holmquist
Arthur Holmquist
Sutton, Nebr
C. B. Knorr
Hartman
Leona Nantkes
Osceola
Imogene Hurd
York
Jess Stark
Mildred
Dorothy Thomas
Rising City
O. R. Hennings
Alice Newcomer
Anderson
W . Obrist
Will Kelly
Columbus
Flint
Michigan
Niagara Falls
Corder
L. M. Albrecht
Russel Blevins
Imperial
Nebr
Nancy Hartman
Ryan
Gresham
Gerald Dahl
Carol Hultgren
Doris Knerr
Mary Chauner
Elna Iler
Clarks
Clayton Ellsworth
Shelby
Dwight Newcomer
John Berck
Marquette
Elmer Kritzler
Lafayette
Ohio
Gee, Young
Benedict
Jennie Hurd
Roy Hurd Tuesay
Rosdahl
Theresa Skidmore
Gerald Obrist
Teachers Scarcity Hits Polk County Schools This Year
Polk County faces a teacher shortage as vacancies persist across districts. County Superintendent Olive McBeth works to finalize the staff list while resignations from rural and high school teachers heat the hiring climate. Schools worry as openings approach and experienced teachers seek higher paying positions.
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Polk County
Olive McBeth
Juniors Pass Lifesaving Tests at the Pool
Eight juniors completed life saving exams under guards Calhoun and Peters with seven earning Junior Life Saving badges: Lyle Mickey Jack Hastings Mervin Green Dale Ogden Westley Parks Katherine Huston and Margaret Hansett. An additional class started this week inviting more swimmers, beginners must swim 50 feet for the beginners test and swimmers gain essential skills. Thirty three boys and girls passed the beginners test and eight passed the swimmers test this season.
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Calhoun
Peters
Lyle Mickey
Jack Hastings
Mervin Green
Dale Ogden
Westley Parks
Katherine Huston
Margaret Hansett
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Drivers Eyes Test Mandated Under Nebraska Law Begins Sept
County Treasurer LeRoy M. Smith notes Nebraska's new motor vehicle law requires all drivers to pass an eye test supervised by a state examiner from Sept 1 1937 to Nov 1 1937. Veteran permit holders pay 75 cents for a new permit, new applicants pay one dollar, and those with permits must only take the eye test while others must take all three tests.
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Nebraska
LeRoy M. Smith
Highway Patrol
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Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute At
Chicago
Dean Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western
Wnion. Wey
Little
Springs
Wesley Chapel
Lutheran Church
Hackberry
Union Pacific Railroad
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