Polk County Tenant Purchase Loans Open Under Bankhead Jones Act
The Secretary of Agriculture selects Polk County for farm tenant loans to buy and develop farms under the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act. About five loans may be extended if good land is available. Applications available from County Supervisor Walter W. Berck in Osceola Nebraska and at the Osceola Post Office, due by January 5, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Polk County
United States
Advisory Committee
Walter W. Berck
Osceola
Nebraska
Maple Leaf Club Elects Officers At December Meeting
Maple Leaf Club met December 2 at Mrs Addie Wieseman home with 13 members and 10 visitors. Harriet Fisher was elected president Martha Wyman vice president Monica Schott secretary and Goldie Bond treasurer. Mrs Hinck of Columbus spoke on beauty culture. The group plans a Christmas exchange and invites each member to bring one guest. A lunch was served. The next meeting is December 16 with Mary Gross nicklaus hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Leaf Club
Addie Wieseman
Harriet Fisher
Martha Wyman
Monica Schott
Goldie Bond
Hinck
Columbus
Mary Grossnicklaus
Fairview and Valley M ietiodist Churches Get Together
Rev and Mrs Hamilton dined with Mr and Mrs Fisher and two boys at their Valley home. Men chopped wood for church and parsonage at Fairview Tuesday. Sunday services set for Fairview 10 am and Valley 11 20 am with Mr Hamilton speaking. Valley 10 am Sunday School and Fairview 11 am. Valley program enjoyed get together Friday night with Leon Merrick sing and Maxine Brooks violin. A musical contest led by Mrs LeRoy Rhodes entertained all. Lunch of sandwiches cookies and coffee served and attendees left eager to return next month.
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the Valley Church
Leon Merrick
Maxine Brooks
LeRoy Rhodes
Hamilton
Christmas plans at Presbyterian Church with cantata
Sunday School at 10 a m. Merry Workers meet Thursday for a Christmas gathering with a covered dish lunch. The Gresham Presbyterian Church choir of twenty five voices will present a Christmas cantata at our church. Watch for the date as plans for a Christmas service unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Gresham Presbyterian Church
Eklund Elected to School Board to Fill Vacancy
Dr H S Eklund was elected Monday evening to the school board to fill the vacancy created by Dr Schroeder departure. Evangelist C B Hedstrom attracts large crowds at Polit Auditorium delivering nightly sermons during a six weeks west coast campaign and second Polk visit.
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H. S. Eklund
Dr. Schroeder
C. B. Hedstrom
Chicago
Polit Auditorium
Hedstrom
West
Christ
Emanuel Tabernacle
Local notes on families and community events in Shelby
Shelby residents share health updates and visitors as Mrs Casselberry improves after illness. A Christmas party at the Petersen home draws Rebekah Kensington members. Remodeling in the Strain building near the former post office nears completion. Various visits include Buchholz family in Osceola and Hester's hospital stay in Grand Island. Community meetings and farm bureau events unfold as members travel to Lincoln and Kankakee Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Casselberry
Litchfield
J. L. Peterson
Rebekah Kensington
Albert Dunning
Omaha
Kate Blake
Susie Carson
Strain
Art Buchholz
Osceola
Buchholz
Ralph Houderscheldt
Hope Circle
Louis Daum
Ed Rosenberry Jr
Earl Rosenberry
Grand Island
Floyd Hester
Mr. Hester
Grand Island Hospital
Charles Carroll
Federal Home Owned Association
Reuben Timm
First National Bank
Robert McMeekin
Lincoln
State Farm Bureau
Kaukaukee
Illinois
Medical Facts From Polk County Medical Society
The Nebraska State Medical Association lists a Speakers Bureau offering free talks on Tuberculosis Venereal disease and Maternal and Child Health. Contact local county medical society to arrange. Also notes Wasserman tests for college entrants may be recommended and a Ben Franklin bi focal glasses invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Medical Association
Wasserman
U. S. Public Health Service
R. A. Vonderlehr
Stromsburg Notes and Social News Travel and Banquet Plans
Mr and Mrs Herbert Flodman attended a Master Farmers Banquet in Lincoln on Tuesday. Stromsburg Fire Department met Friday evening with T A James providing a special treat. Adelade Dahlstead joined Swanson Auto as stenographer. Willabelle Springer of Crete visited the Andersons in Stromsburg. Preparations for the 1937 Viking Football Banquet on December 14 include guests Major L M Jones and 1937 Cornhuskers John Howell and Jack Dodd. over 200 tickets sold. D A R and P E O chapters held meetings at the Buckley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Flodman
Lincoln
Ronald Anderson
Dennis Lofgren
Stromsburg
Burdette Jeffrey
Jim Record
California
Golden West
Ron
Dennis
Ronald
Ruben Ericson
Arkansas
Iowa
Missouri Valley
Harold Peterson
Donald Jackson
Missouri Valey
Emil Headman
Amanda Larson
Loyd Severine
Oakland
Albert Headman
Willabelle Springer
Crete
C. L. Anderson
Viking
T. Bosserman
L. M. Jones
University of Nebraska
John Howell
Jack Dodd
Cornhuskers
D.A.R
P.E.O
Mary and
Margaret Buckley
Polk Willits Williams Unite In Belville Kansas Wedding
Sara Willits daughter of Clair and Mrs Willits of near Clarks and Billy Williams son of Mr and Mrs R B Williams were wed in Belville Kansas on Friday November 26. Bride a High Prairie High School class of 1933 graduate and groom a Polk High School class of 1933 graduate. They plan to reside with the groom’s parents east of Polk.
Hospital Notes Report In Omaha Visit and Births
R. C. Imm, under Dr. Eklund care, traveled to Omaha for further observation. Miss Irene Sargent returned home after an appendectomy by Dr. Eklund. Mrs. Chester Walgren and infant Dixie Lea returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mick announce the birth of an eight pound baby boy at the hospital Saturday December 4th.
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R. C. Imm
Eklund
Omaha
Irene Sargent
Chester Walgren
Dixie Lea
Joe Mick
Wesley Chapel Missionary Society Christmas Social Report
Community notices describe the Wesley Chapel Women’s Foreign Missionary Society party at Mrs. Nelson Brown’s Osceola home. Also noted is Miss Alice Carpenter’s safe location in Canton China and war damage glimpses.
Community notes from West Side two day event roundup
West Side readers hear multiple visits and gatherings. Guests include Mr and Mrs Herman Jones with sons Myron and Orville. Church events include a Candle Light Service at Swede Home Church in the afternoon with a freewill offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Jones
Myron and
Orville
Milton Anderson
Ronald Sarrow
Edna Johnson
Kenneth Peterson
Oscar Fredrickson
Marvin ‘Fredrickson
Ansel Fredrickson
Axel Fredrickon
Will Fjell
Anna “Marie
Adolph
Freda Forss
Stromsburg
A. E. Peterson
Albin Anderson
Osceola
Marvin Fredrickson
Joe Kralik
Grant Chindgren
Chindgren
John Carlson
Mauritz Swanson
N. F. Carlson
Sander Peterson
Edgar Peterson
Petrus Nelson
Harley Olseen
Omaha
T.C.W. Club
Gust Chindgren
Osceola 4-H Clubs Honored At County Banquet
Osceola Community Club held its 4-H recognition banquet on December 1. Stull Corner 4-H Club led by Arthur Deeter and Jolly Workers 4-H Club led by Mrs. Arvid Peterson received top honors with silver Loving Cup and pins after 100 percent completion. County Agent F B Kelly reported the year’s club work while Howard Peterson of Oakland was welcomed as the new county agent.
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Peterson
The
Agricultural College
Nemaha
Antelope
Knox
Dodge
Platte
Nance
Ag College
Y.M.C.A
Men’s Agricultural Honorary Alpha Zeta
University 4-H Club
Farm House
Oakland
Nebraska
Luther College
Wahoo
Burt County
Osceola Community Club
A. F. Nuquist
Stull Corner
Arthur Deeter
Nuquist
Jolly Workers
Arvid Peterson
F. B. Kelly
Howard Peterson
Campbell
Sun Theatre Shelby Show Features Gene Autry Western
Gene Autry performs at the Sun Theatre in Shelby with the film In G nat Along Little Doggies shown on December 11 and 12 with 10 to 25 cent admission.
Obituary: Edmund Gabel 65 Polk County Farmer dies
Edmund Gabel 65 a Polk County farmer resident since 1913 was found dead at his Shelby area home. Death blamed on heart trouble with prior high blood pressure and heart attacks. Survived by wife seven children one brother two sisters and seventeen grandchildren. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Shelby officiated by Rev O Boyle with burial in parish cemetery.
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Edmund Gabel
Polk County
Altho
Bellwood
John Gabel
Gabel
Butler
Polk Counties
Thresia Thanet
Columbus
John, Englebert
Alfred Gabel
Lewis Schott
Joseph Mick
Shelby
Thresia
Herman
Adolph
Joseph Poeffel
Mollie Blashke
Texas
Sacred Heart Church
O’boyle
Marriage Announcement at Corn Palace Dinner
Del A Deck Bridge Club members were entertained at a turkey dinner in the Corn Palace Cafe club rooms. Prizes went to Gertrude Adair, Pearle Matheson and Nell Zimmerman. Each prize carried a yellow button mum with notice of the approaching marriage of Gertrude Adair to Merle Peterson set for December 26 at the Adair home.
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Corn Palace Cafe
Mabel Fox
Marian Hulquist
Gertrude Adair
Pearle Matheson
Nell Zimmerman
Merle Peterson
D. W. Adair
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Fairview and Valley
Mietiodist Churches
Lou Leymaster
Ross Goethe
Walter Leymaster
Aurora
Reuben Hanquist
Central City
G. M. Hill
Wallace Johnson
Baby
Charles Johnson
Hardville
Clifford
Miller
Arnold Issacson
K. A. Issacson
C. O. Anderson
Frankis Holmquist
Edith Issacson
M. E. Issacson
Sandra
R. W. Fairchild
Nora Fairchild
Seattle
Washington
Herbert Anderson
George Anderson
T. C. Fitch
Vergil Bush
Walt Bush
Clarence Bryant
Carl Dose
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Mesdames L. FE. Blase
C. A. Carlson
C.F. Jurgensen
Mesdames
Minnie Nicholson
Ben Peterson
Robert Steenbock
Charles Carlson
York
Victor Kerker
Harry Carlson
Ed Coover
Near Clarks
Henry Shostrom
Elmer Sandburg
Guy Shenk
A. W. Shafer
R. M. Bailey
Nellie Aldrich
R. J
Howard Herbes
Mms
Lawrence Sundberg
Ed Larson
Gloria
Rolland Dahlin
Doris Anderson
Emer Anderson
Geneva
Homer
Harold Green
St. Anne
Stark
Florida
Wm. M. Ellsworth
Archie Kumpf
Agnes Kumpf
Polk County Medical Society
Calvin Coulter
Florence Stone
Thhe College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York City
Coulter
Stone
Life Insurance Company
America
Benjamin Franklin
Polk
Willits—Williams
Santa Claus
Wesley Chapel
Womens Foreign ‘Missionary Society
Nelson Brown
Alvin Merrick
Alice Carpenter
Canton
China
John McBeth
Lester Davis
Council Bluffs
Floyd West
John Kresha
Fullerton
Chapel Missionary Society
Shelby Missionary Society
Lydia K. Andrew
Rowe
Blanche McCartney
India
Tom Schmoker
Joe Gabrial
Alfred Kuehnal
Emory Kuehnal
Clarence Anderson
F. C. West
H. H. Club
Harry McBeth
L. P. Davis
Howard L. Peterson
Farm Bureau Board
the Sun Theatre
Gene Autry
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