Osceola News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Pas t
Forties era notes report Frank Schaal near Osceola in poor condition after a stroke. Osceola beat David City 79 to 0 in Thanksgiving football. Aug ust Fickel injured in a hip fall on the island. N. F. Carlson died from paralysis. Local civic notes cover marriages, business shifts, and electric company moves. Corn harvest totals and farm notes accompany market prices and a death in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schaal
Osceola
David City
Fickel
N. F. Carlson
Here
Isceola
L. Ray Pheasant
Desparios
Pierce
Osceola Defeats Friend 19-0 at Morningside Field
Osceola earned another win as a strong Friend aggregation was shut out 19 to 0 on Friday at Morningside Field. Coach and players contributed to the decisive victory.
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Osceola
Morningside Field
Car son Files for County Judge as Local election Opens
The campaign begins with George L Carlson filing for County Judge. Only county offices to be filled are Judge and a commissioner in the southwest district. Osceola lost to Genoa 26 to 0 in their final game of the season. Leading Osceola players cited are Art Wieseman Allen Herrmann James McBeth and David Rutter. A recommendation asks Station KMA Shenandoah to receive full time hours and KGBZ York to be upgraded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Carson
Osceola
Genoa
Art Wieseman
Allen Herrmann
James McBeth
David Rutter
KMA
Shenandoah
Iowa
KGBZ
York
Sailor Forss dies in truck car crash near Columbus
Sir Ervin Forss 21 from Alameda California was killed in a Sunday morning truck car collision between Columbus and Schuyler. He served over two years in the Navy including 20 months in the Aleutians and was the son of Mr and Mrs Adolph Forss of Swede Home. A baby girl named Carol Marie was born to Carl Carlstrom and Frances Carlson Carlstrom. Dr. Ralph Smith Sturdevant 55, former University of Nebraska dentistry instructor, died Thursday night at his Los Angeles home. A Polk County Veteran’s Service Coordinating Committee was selected and approved by the state committee under a recent Legislative Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Forss
Alameda
Calif
Columbus
Schuyler
Seaman Forss
Aleutians
Adolph Forss
Carl Carlstrom
Carol Marie
Carlstrom
Frances Carlson
Ralph Smith Sturdevant
University of Nebraska College of Dentistry
Los Angeles
Veteran’s Service Coordinating
Polk County
Footsteps of Happiness in Calico Rock
Marcia and Bard face a life choice as a baby raises the stakes in his career dream. Bard seeks a Haiti posting but aims for a city engineer role at home, while Marcia negotiates settling down. The couple balances personal happiness with professional ambition amid a final decision about their future.
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Arcia Layden
Bard
Marcia
Haiti
Calico Rock
Polk County Fair Opens 1946 With Clean Slate
J T Stanton of Stromsburg named Veterans Service Officer. Polk County Fair Association begins 1946 with no debts. about $500 in treasury. Don Nordberg elected secretary to replace Louis Hastert and Dick Merrick chosen to fill president's post vacated by August Senn.
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F. W. Schumann
W. F. Monson
K. A. Cornish
Frank T. Davis
Justus LaMunyon
Wallace Scott
J. T. Stanton
Stromsburg
Polk County Fair Association
Don Nordberg
Louis’ Hastert
Dick Merrick
August Senn
Osceola Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Osceola residents host guests from Omaha Kearney and Columbus for dinners and Sunday visits. Local church choir plans a Dec 4 radio performance. Shopping ads promote curtains Christmas decor and Hallmark cards. Axel Anderson's 80th birthday is noted with a gathering.
Social gathering guest lists across Lincoln and surrounding towns
The notice lists numerous families visiting homes in Lincoln Wahoo Omaha York Newman Grove Milton Peterson Weston Elkhorn Madison and Stromsburg with multiple households hosted at Richard Johnson D B Hulquest Loyd Stinson Lawrence Twarling and Hollis Campain homes. Attendees include Johnson DeLand Mickey Timm Donelson Wobig Peterson Davis Malek Johnson Campain Branting Larson Ekstrom and others variously joined by spouses and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Johnson
Mervin Johnson
Kenneth Upton
Lincoln
Richard Johnson
Cecil DeLand
Wahoo
Erma DeLand
Omaha
Wm. DeLand
D. B. Hulquest
John Mickey
Loyd Stinson
Albert Timm
Carol Donelson
Arthur Twarling
Mervin
Edwin Lewis
Lawrence Twarling
Ted Johnson
Roger Johnson
Cheryl
York
Glen Wobig
Ruth Wobig
Newman Grove
Jay McDonald
Becky
Katie Havel
Joe Havel
Margaret
Wilber
R. M. McDonald
Burdette
Ronald Baker
Stromsburg
Edna Peterson
Milton Peterson
Ray Svoboda
Ernest Davis
Weston
Frank Malek
George Malek
Malek
Elkhorn
Eugene Johnson
Philip Johnson
Ray
Gilbert Johnson
Eldena
Hollis Campain
O. L. Fischer
Madison
Wm. Campain
Earle Miller
O. F. Branting
Raymond
Wm. Larson
Myron Larson
Rolland Ekstrom
Karlene
Ricky
Local families host gatherings across Polk and Benedict
Mr and Mrs Rolland Johnson and family and many relatives visited the Sundbergs in Polk. The Earl Miley family entertained the Johnson, Fischer and Nyberg households. Others hosted or were hosted by the Nybergs in Polk and by the Cerny, Russell, Knapp and Grossnicklaus households in Benedict and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland Johnson
Clarence Johnson
John Anderson
Hannah Johnson
Doyle Sundberg
Albert Sundberg
Polk
Earl Miley
Duane Johnson
Charles Fischer
Philip Nyberg
Edwin Nyberg
Mary Nyberg
Arvid Strawberg
Central City
George Wright
Ronald Beebe
Carolyn
Rose Swan
Don Cerny
Clyde Smith
Jerry Russell
Lincoln
Ervin Grossnicklaus
Minnie Weeden
Charles Knapp
Benedict
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Sidenstricker
Bhat
J. C. Kukendall
Nebraska Gas & Electric Co
E. C. Schmid
Norfolk
Kukendall
Local Electric Company
Continental Gas and Electric Co
Nebraska Gas & Electric Cow
Blue River Power Co
Seward
Twarling Brothers
Roy Iler
Otto Daum
Gust Boden
Daum
The
Communication Commission
LeRoy Rhodes
Emerson Kasparek
Corn Palace Cafe
Raymond Bouzek
Kasparek
King
Roy VanHoosen
H. J. Tex
Millard
Jonathan Apples
Bonnelli
Oleo
Morton
Texan
Ean Cornhusker
Robinhood
Oregon Trail
Anderson Mercantile
Hour Blackbird Food
Stone
Gary Garey
Kenneth Schmidt
South Osceola
Bulova
Crouse-ex Drug Co
Tom Englehardt
Saronville
Floyd Speirs
Arthur Ekstrom
John
Joe Fjell
Wm. McKeag
Gordon Fredrickson
Steve
Lynelle
W. H. DeFrene
Ray Hastings
Eva Mae Hastings
Tommy Hastings
R. N. Hastings
Robert Manley
Bellville
Kansas
Osceola News
Don Mickey
Debbie
K. D. Fenderson
Kearney
Steepiles
Delbert Mihulka
Children of
August P. Anderson
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Doyle D. Sundberg
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
George Barry
Wm. Barry
Raymond Donelson
Janet
Barbara
E. L. Ingram
Dallas
Texas
W. W. Norton
Orville Eikenhorst
Carl Eikenhorst
Morris Richards
J. H. Gustafson
Dean Richards
Hermie
Mary Anderson
Nebraska University
Herman Anderson
L. L. Iler
Iler
Ed Bonne
Knute Carlson
Wausa
Martha Walgreen
Robert V. Johnson
Chicago
Axel Anderson
Anderson
Irvin Noble
F. L. Posusta
Mason City
Osceola Lumber Co
Sar
Murray
Prittes
Gamblea
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