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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
5
Westberg was taken to Stromsburg hospital last week with a heart condition and severe cold. Crouse-Tex Drug Co. advertises window glass and related supplies.
Osceola area merchants promote Sealy mattresses and Valentines while residents attend farmers union events in Omaha and district meetings. Social news covers birthdays, visits, a church group bingo, a hospital sale, travel to Florida and Texas, and a funeral in Osceola with local relatives highlighted.
Internationally acclaimed banjoist Virgil Hammer headlines the Polk County Implement Co show at the Osceola H. Auditorium on Thursday February 19. The event highlights Hammer as one of the world’s finest banjo players with a full performance.
The Agricultural Conservation Program offers technical aid and cost sharing for ten soil building and saving practices in Polk County for 1948. Practices include contouring intertilled crops field stripcropping terraces sod waterways erosion dams weed eradication green manure plowing under and tree planting. Farmers must file a farm plan at the AAA office in Osceola before April 1 1948.
Polk County Welfare Department reports January 1948 totals for Old Age Assistance 172 recipients 7184.69 dollars average 41.48 per person. Aid to Dependent Children 13 families 1999.80 total average 76.91 per family 29.99 per child. One Blind Assistance recipient 39.00. General Relief 17 people 751.28 including 299.33 for medical and nursing care. Administrative expense 608.60. Overall total assistance 8173.49 versus 7952.91 in December 1947.
ECU will meet Sunday evening February 13. Jolly Workers Womens Extension Club meets February 18 at the homes of Mrs. Lewis Berggren and Mrs. Geo. I Steever. Several local gatherings honor birthdays anniversaries and weddings. Lincoln hospital nurses class capping. Farmers Union state convention in Omaha. Falls and injuries noted. Drug store offers truss replacement.
District 54 residents report week of visits and travel across Lincoln Omaha Albion Sprague Sprague Washington Three Hills Alberta Canada. Families including Wamsley Wieseman Tooker Mustard Wagner Petty Brooks and Andersons share guest visits and plans to work in Colorado and Iowa.
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