Polk County Boy in Navy March 1945 Induction
Raymond E. Schott son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Schott reported for the armed services on March 20 1945 inducted into the Navy on March 21 and received boat training at Great Lakes Illinois after a brief home leave May 23 he resumed overseas service and is now serving somewhere in the South Pacific Mayor Harry W Pratt dies in Galveston Texas Osceola mourns its mayor born April 4 1900 in Salarosa New Mexico died December 12 1945 in Galveston Texas longtime Osceola oil businessman and civic leader leaves widow two daughters two brothers two sisters and several nieces and nephews funeral services were held at Osceola Methodist Church burial in Osceola cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Schott
Joseph Schott
Armed Services
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
South Pacific
Osceola
Galveston
Texas
Harry Wilber Pratt
Salarosa
New Mexico
Lincoln, Nebr
Esther Lees
Christian Church of Lincoln
A.F. & A.M. Iudge
Donna Jean
Marcia Lee
Wizard
Houston
Marion
Buffalo
N. Y
Helen Mitchell
Roca
Nebraska
Edna Dickson
Detroit
Michigan
Osceola Methodist Church
Rev
Randall
Osceola Cemetery
Registrants Discharged From Armed Forces in Polk County
The Polk County Local Board lists the following individuals discharged: Leo W. Larson Stromsburg Warren FE Johnson Osceola Leo J Kosch Shelby Leo J Richter Shelby Earl F Hartman Osceola Donald W Fyfe Columbus Marshall W Thompson Shelby Mark J Olson Stromsirg Merle D Luft Osceola Francis P Lux Shelby Gayle R Samuelson Clarkes Melvin F Wieseman Osceola Lloyd L Johnston Osceola Dave H Swanson. Clarke announces holiday office hours over Christmas and New Year with schedule changes then normal Monday to Friday and closed Saturdays.
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Polk County
Leo W. Larson
Stromsburg
Warren FE. Johnson
Osceola
Leo J. Kosch
Shelby
Leo J. Richter
Earl F. Hartman
Donald W. Fyfe
Columbus
Marshall W. Thompson
Mark J Olson
Stromshirg
Merle D. Luft
Francis P. Lux
Gayle R. Samuelson
Clarkes
Melvin F. Wieseman
Lloyd L. Johnston
Dave H. Swanson
Clarks
Fairview News Christmas furloughs and flu confinement
Jack and Louis Mickey return home on furlough with Louis to receive his discharge after a 30 day leave. Albert Balstedt stayed with the Carlson family and recently came back from Italy. Annetta Karges visited Veilene Darnell at the Kohl home in Clarks. Several families including Carl son and Church households are ill with the flu and confined to home. Mrs Gust Carlson hosted the Ladies Aid Christmas party with gifts exchanged. Lawrence Meacham and Willard Carter households hosted Sunday dinner near Silver Creek. No school at Riverside Monday due to a flu sickness in Mrs Miller’s family. Wishing readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Fairview News
Jack
Louis Mickey
Louis
Albert Balstedt
C. R. Carlson
Balstedte
Carlson
Italy
Annetta Karges
Veilene Darnell
Wm. Kohl
Clarks
Caralyn Oquist
Alnetta Karges
Walter L. Larson
Walter Church
Gust Carlson
Lawrence Meacham
Willard Carter
Silver Creek
Riverside
Wesley Chapel WSCS Meeting and Local Farm Union Supper
The WSCS met with Mrs. Arthur Deeter and held a Christmas program and officer election. Osceola Local of the Farmers Union enjoyed a supper at Miller schoolhouse with Elton Berck elected chairman and C R Timm as vice chairman. County convention attendees and other members were noted.
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WSCS
Arthur Deeter
Osceola
Farners Union
Miller School
Elton Berck
Carl Cederberg
C. R
Timm
Oscar Boden
Elton -Berck
Omaha
Polk
Kennéth ‘Shirader
Busildance
Ross Richards
Shraders
Portland
Oregon
Kepler's Tables Make Fine Christmas Gifts
We offer End Tables Coffee Tables and Lamp Tables perfect as Christmas gifts from KEPNER'S.
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Kepner’s
Beat The Rise Renew Your Record Subscription
A brief subscription notice urging renewal this month for Record readers. The item highlights renewals as essential to continue receiving the newspaper.
Obituary: Verna Alice Miller 1853 1945 Shelby Nebraska
Verna Alice Miller born near Shelby Nebraska February 5 1853 died December 13 1945 at St. Marys Hospital Columbus Nebraska She married Harry Blevins September 30 1903 and they had Esther Laura Leila Marguerite Harold V Blevins and Crete Estelle The family moved from the Blue farm to Shelby area in 1908 She was a Methodist and Rebekah Lodge member Survived by husband five grandchildren three brothers and four sisters Funeral services were held December 17 at the Shelby home and M E Church with interment in Shelby Cemetery.
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Verna Alice Miler
Henry Clay
Ada Cothel Miller
Shelby
Nebraska
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Harry Blevins
Osceola
Esther Laura
J. R. Dunning
New York City
Leila Marguerite
EK. R. Dexter
Altadena California
Harold V. Blevins
Crete
Estelle
B. D. Cook
Houston
Texas
Ray
Fred Miller
Everette Miller
Brush, Colo
Dell Backhman
Hattie Cook
Gertie Langhammer
Mable Fox
Gresham
G. T. Savery
M. E
Shelby Cemetery
Death Notice of Gilbert Lee Nantkes in Sheridan
Gilbert Lee Nantkes born near Shelby May 11 1897 died December 6 1945 in Sheridan Wyoming after a fall and bronchial pneumonia. He lived in Polk County farmed near Shelby attended Shelby and rural schools and York College. He owned City Meat Market in Osceola with his brother and married Frances Overton June 18 1938 in Columbus Nebraska. They lived in Sheridan where he worked in the meat market until illness forced retirement. He survived by wife Frances son Robert Richard Nantkes of York sister Leona Campbell of Omaha and other relatives. Funeral services were held December 10 1945 at 2 PM at the Funeral Home with burial in Sheridan Municipal Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Lee’ Nantkes
H. F. Nantkes
Shelby
Sheridan
Wyoming
Polk County
York College
Osceola
Frances Overton
Columbus
Nebraska
Heo
Gilbert
Methodist
Church of
Modern
Woodmen of America
Frances
Robert
Richard
Nantkes
York
Aml
Leona
Campbell
Omaha
Ais St
Cwere
Sheridan Municipal Cemetery
Valley Church Sunday Services and Christmas Program
Valley Church announces Sunday services and a quarterly conference led by Dr. Brooks. All official board members should attend as the annual Christmas program will be presented at oclock. Everyone is invited to attend and consider subscribing to The State Journal and World Herald.
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Valley Church
the Valley Church
Brooks
Night Before Christmas Poem Recited From St Nic Visit
A festive verse recounts Santa’s arrival on Christmas Eve. The sleigh, eight reindeer, and St Nicholas journey to fill stockings while a narrator snuggled indoors envisions sugar plums and peaceful holiday cheer.
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St Nic
St. Nicholas
Mamma
Corn Show and Quilt Show Honored at Osceola Fair
Sam Crouse chairs the merchants committee praising a farm folk appreciation day. Paige Hall of the Nebraska College of Agriculture judged the Corn Show with 34 entries across six classes and awarded prizes to residents of Osceola, Columbus, Gresham, and Shelby. The Quilt Show also announced prize winners for oldest quilt, most pieces, best quilting, and various categories across cotton and wool fabrics.
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Sam Crouse
Merchants Committee
Dwight Newcomer
Gresham
Herman Anderson, Jr
Osceola
Homer Bigham
Shelby
E. A. Swanson
E. A. Hedlund
Jimmy Inness
Jim Frum
Anna Kampovitz
John Kampovitz
Ida Ferris
C. A. Dawes
I. J. Merrick
O Bhikenhorst
Otto Fleming
Sophia Kresha
Edgar Wisely
Ray C. Pierson
RH. Waite
C. Dawes
Sophia Kresna
Quilt Show Highlights and Corn Show at Osceola
The Osceola display combined 38 quilt entries in pieced, embroidered, and appliqued styles with a notable corn show. Prizes went to Mrs. Otto Fleming and Mrs. C A Dawes for best piecing and embroidery, while Ben Zedicher and Lloyd Hahn earned top entries in wool and applique. The oldest quilt, a 75 year old Flying Geese piece by Mrs J D Scott, and Mrs Ida Ferris’s 4397-piece trip around the world quilt drew attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray C. Pierson
Osceola
Lesta Mate
Ben Zedicher
Lloyd Hahn
Polk
Otto Fleming
Edgar Wisely
C. W. Stever
Lesta Mace
C. A. Dawes
J. D. Scott
Ida Ferris
T. J. Merricks
Orval Eikenhorst
Sophia Kresha
Raymond Pierson
RR. H. Waite
A. Dawes
Lesta Maée
O. W. Steever
Polk County
Terence Dur
the World- Herald
Bill Norton
OPA
Oscenla
Osceola Men in Double Wedding at Oakland Nebraska
A double wedding took place at the Lutheran Church in Oakland Nebraska on Sunday December 2. Feern E K Carlson daughter of Mr and Mrs Eric Carlson Oakland married Verl A Anderson Osceola son of Mrs Edna Anderson who has lived in Oakland two years. Hazel Simonsen daughter of Mr and Mrs Hans E Simonsen Pender married Homer R Francis formerly of Osceola now farming near Oakland. Anderson served three years in the navy, discharged November 1 after 27 months with the submarine fleet in the South Pacific. Buy Christmas Seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Neb
Feérn E K. Carlson
Eric Carlson
Verl A. Anderson
Osceola
Edna Anderson
Hazel Simonsen
Hans E. Simonsen
Pender
Homer R. Francis
Mr. Anderson
South Pacific
Enchanted Forest brings music into film dialogue at Muse Theatre
A color drama premiering in January uses musical language to tell its romantic and human story. An old hermit teaches a forest child to hear nature’s voices through Albert Hay Malotte’s score and songs. Edmund Lowe Brenda Joyce Lilly Severn and Harry Davenport lead a cast with fourteen trained animals integral to the plot.
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PRC
Muse Theatre
Lfe
Albert Hay Malotte
Edmund Lowe
Brenda Joyce
Lilly Severn
Harry Davenport
Christmas program at the church Sunday evening
Local notes recount travel by Mr and Mrs C W Hennings to York to meet Lt Don Hennings on a 45 day furlough. Others head home or visit Stella Stromsboro area. Births, surgeries, and social gatherings are listed among residents in Stromsburg and Benedict areas.
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C. W. Hennings
York
Don Hennings
Howell Cox
Kokomo
Indiana
Stromsboro
Floyd Croisant
Omaha
LeMoyne Anderson
Wesley Peterson
Wallace McKeag
Gerald Mentink
Stromsburg Hospital
Swan Larson
Walter Junge
Benedict
Wayne Beatty
Auburn
Lawrence Twarling
Carol Donelson
Albert Timm
Mary Mae
D. D. Newcomer
Lloydel
Charles Newcomer
Hattie
Walter Hernbloom
Richard Hernbloom
Emil Johnson
Lodge Pole
Charles Johnson
E. G. Burke
Forrest Berggre
Chas. Peterson
J. L. Hurd
Everett Loreman
Lucille Donelson
Rodney Larson
Health Education Needs Better School Programs
The article argues that many high schools lack health and physical education, urging programs to include physician examinations, remediation of defects, health education, and guidance for life. It calls for sanitary facilities, lighting, heating, and adequate play spaces plus inclusive activities.
St Francis Hospitalization Report
The following have been hospitalized during the past week Wilfred Kreska Osceola Robert C Dunn Osceola Mrs Opal Colby Silver Creek Mrs Sarah DeLand Osceola Rudolph Urban Osceola Surgical George Berck Osceola Clarence Burke Osceola Bernard Gissler Osceola
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ST. Francis Hospital
Wilfred Kreska
Osceola
Robert C. Dunn
Osceolla
Opal Colby
Silver Creek
Sarah DeLand
Rudolph Urban
George Berck
Clarence Burke
Bernard Gissler
Methodist Church Christmas Program and Services
The Sunday School Christmas Program is scheduled at 10:00 followed by a preaching service at 11:00. Intermediate Youth Fellowship is set for Monday evening and Senior Youth Fellowship on Tuesday evening with the word fellowship in the program listings.
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the Methodist Church
Bulldogs Split Home Court Pair In Osceola Action
Osceola Bulldogs split two junior varsity and varsity games last week. The varsity lost to David City 25-17 then beat Rising City 29-31 in a comeback. Second team won 19-6 and 31-8 as Norton and Bruce Berck led scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldogs
Losme
Petvid City
Rising City
Osceola
David City
Avid City
Anderson
LeMutt
Eon
Osceola Boys
Schutt
Mills
Byers
Norton
Bruce Berck
Swanson
Rising
G .Beys
Sigler
van Hoosen
Kuliner
Silver Creek
Stromsboro
Christmas Program Canceled and Community Notes
The district 1 Christmas program scheduled for December 21 is canceled. Leo Richter returned home after over four years in the Army. A farewell party honored Tom and Dick Glatter as they moved from District 15. Local social visits included Mr. and Mrs. Leo Richter, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Krumbach, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist
Leo Richter
Army
Frances Hambeck
Pul Pils
District 15
Tom
Dick Glatter
Pups
Leonard Heimer
Victor Krumbach
Clarence Richter
Leonard Weimer
John Gabriel
John Heimer
St. Mary's Hospital
Columbus
Nancy Sodara
Omaha
Edith
Dorothy
Mary Rose
Lewis Thelen
Henry Kula
Duncan
Christmas Vesper Service At Methodist Church
The Methodist Church choir presents a candlelit Christmas Vesper at 5 PM on Sunday December 25 in the church auditorium. The program includes carols, anthems, solos by Ruth Bintz Edith Smith and L M Merrick, a Bible story, a cantata The Sheep Lay White, and a benediction by Rev. G A Randal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Jewell Morgan
Welis Kennedy Orgen
Maurin
Sandra Schuman
Wilson Choir
Ruth Buiz
L. M Merrick Selo
Kramer
Thelma Standail Jurnham
Flossie Deeds
Jesus
Ruth Bintz
Richolson
Edith Smith
L. M. Merrick Bille
Dunham
G. A. Randal
Lutheran Luther League Plans Christmas Pageant and Meeting
The Lutheran Church announces a Wednesday night Luther League meeting on December 19 with a pageant and the annual business meeting to follow. Sunday services continue as usual and the Sunday School will rehearse for the Christmas program Sunday at 2:00. An early Christmas service is set for December 25 at 6:00 a.m. conducted by Dr Fahrer of Wahoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church Luther League
Schow
Fahrer
Wahoo
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