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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
1
Polk County service personnel may be honored by inscribing their names on the lobby walls of the courthouse. County commissioner Arthur Nelson advocates permanent memorial within the courthouse space, praising its suitability and permanence over external billboards.
Food retailers may obtain red and blue tokens to use in change for ration stamps from banks starting today, per OPA District Director Dwight J. Felton. Retailers with a ration bank account can issue a ration check for tokens. others must exchange stamps for tokens in envelopes of 250 points.
District No. 18 residents Mr and Mrs George Hassel palch and Virginia near Shelby visited Ralph Hasselbalch. Lou Seiz near Bellwood visited Adolph Bernt. Py and Mrs Ray Mason left for Georgia and Oregon after visits. Ralph Hasselbalch attended Dude Garrin's funeral in Rising City. Edward Lisko John Micek and Phil visited Carl Benda.
Sale of Mrs. Viola Wieseman has been postponed to Friday February 18 as the weather prevents holding the event. A list of articles to be sold is published elsewhere in the paper.
Bert L. Myers of Osceola spent Sunday with his daughter and family the Kreises. Lyal Lund, home on furlough from Navy boat training at Faragut Idaho, visited Saturday. Myrtle Nelson, David City teacher, spent weekend with sister Mrs J E Carlson. Mrs Rosalie (Bruckner) Smithberg arrived from Chicago for visit with Rev A Smithberg. Roy L. Ericson Sr was among twenty guests at a Deshler hotel fire rescue early Friday. The Petersens and Buffalo County official attended a Lincolnl agriculture meeting. Peter son is former Polk County agent.
District 54 reports residents traveling to California and Colorado for visits. Junior Wamsley and William Pinzenscham chose the Navy after military exams and will begin training. The Harry McCauley family moved in, the Vetick family bought land near Siher Creek, and Kent Burke ranch changes hands. A well attended Get-together approved a parcel sale at the March 8 meeting.
Mrs. Ino Larson stayed at the Heitzman home in Blair to visit her sister and family. Aid members met at the hall on Tuesday and gave Mrs. C. M. Johnson a shower. The Johnson family will move to Stromsburg soon. The Haens bridge is being repaired. Merle Wieseman and daughter with Curtis and Forrest Nelson visited from Friday night to Saturday. Miss Jennie Lou Buchta of Omaha spent the weekend with relatives. Jay Buchta of Minneapolis visited his parents and left Sunday. Mr and Mrs C B E Daniel, Mr and Mrs T Meacham, and Mr and Mrs L Meacham shared Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Cedric Fine.
Qualified voters in School District No 1 Polk County Nebraska meet in the Court House Community Room on Tuesday February 29 1944 at 730 PM to nominate four candidates for the Board of Education to be placed on the ballot at the City Election on April 4 1944. I D Huston secretary.
Mr. and Mrs Wallace Fredrickson with son visited Mrs Herman Kohl in Clarks. Art Ekstrom and family dined with Rolland Ekstrom in Osceola. Grant Willits heard from Ray Johnson of Los Angeles Friday. Swede Home Church held a pastor meeting proposing Rev. Anton Youngquist of Avoca. Gordon Fredrickson and Amelia Fredrickson visited William McKeag in Shelby. Dorcas group met despite bad weather. Fredrickson guests joined Wallace Fredrickson home Thursday.
Sunday dinner guests at Mr and Mrs Frank Adel son included Ramsey Nelsons family from Clarks and Willard Adelsons family visiting from Polk Also Pfe Lester Widge left Grand Junction Iowa for Fort Benning Georgia C L Cramer rumored to buy W C Steel residence but denial issued Arlo Stevens bought Albert Reed farm moving March 1 Stohl family to occupy Stevens farm Frank Bennetts Fremont Neb celebrated 50th wedding anniversary Ester Lackeys parents hosting open house Feb 20 Ed Widga Ed Widga Central City callers Lloyd Hahn to California for illness relief and wife E W Hahn accompanying. furlough visit Gerald Stevens home from Camp Gruber a family reunion hosted by W Stevens with about twenty relatives and Dorothy Bedient present Lunch concluded event.
Snow delayed the Home Study Club meeting while social notes record visits from Ambrose Gabriel of Shelby to Leonard Hiemer in town and other local family gatherings. Adolph Janicek dies at Columbus. funeral held there. Francis Krumbach in New Guinea with the U S Navy. Leonard Hiemer visits Omaha on business. Vrbka and Rosenberry families host visitors. Nels Thompson visits Omaha. Leonard Hiemer and Dennis share Sunday supper at Gabriel residence.
Rev. G A Randall presides with Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m A hot pot lunch for Junior Youth Fellowship is planned at the church Tuesday evening Woman’s Society Circles meet next week No 1 with Mrs Dewey Sigler Thursday Feb 24 No 2 with Mrs Phil Campbell Thursday Feb 24 No 3 with Mrs I J Merrick Tuesday February 22 in various homes
The Greens Chapel church sets a 10:00 a.m. school, 11:00 a.m. worship with a sermon on A Serviceable Life referencing Abraham Lincoln. The race relations offering will be collected. Inclement weather halted WSCGS, Brotherhood, and Sunday services last week. WSCS will meet Feb 24 at Mrs. Dwight Newcomer’s home. Brotherhood will meet in the church evening. You are invited to join.
Alvin Dahlin filed Tuesday to seek another term as County Commissioner. He runs as the incumbent aiming to extend his tenure overseeing county operations and policy decisions.
Mr and Mrs Richard Thelen moved to the farm south of Shelby last week formerly occupied by the August Thelen family Richard Augustin arrived Friday from Farragut Idaho and spent three days in Shelby with his mother Mrs C J Augustin before heading to California Mrs Richard Birge and daughter left Shelby Friday for Des Moines Iowa after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Burritt Cpl Phil Brazee of Roswell New Mexico visited his mother Mrs D A Brazee and had been in Chicago with his wife Bob Jauch with the Merchant Marines came to Shelby on Friday for furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Jauch Mrs Ambrose Gabriel returned Friday from Omaha where she had medical treatment in a hospital.
Polk County is behind in its 4th War Bond quota with a goal of 375000. As of February 15 a provisional total of about 350000, 93 percent, has been reported. Bond sales for E F and G bonds extended to February 29, encouraging residents to buy one more bond to push Polk County over the top.
In the Polk County tournament at Stromsburg last week Polk and Stromsburg won their finals. Polk second team outlasted Osceola second team 21 23 in overtime to claim the second team title while Stromsburg defeated Polk 31 23 for the first team crown. Osceola edged Stromsburg 31 23 in the opening bout and Osceola beat Stromsburg 37 17 in a later game.
Legal voters of the Citizens party of Osceola Nebraska will caucus at the Court House on Tuesday February 29 1944 at 8 PM to nominate candidates for city offices to be voted on at the upcoming city election. Joel Hanson serves as chairman.
Ralph Johnson son of Mrs Aug Johnson of York is a 1937 Osceola High School graduate. He farmed south of town before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in September 1942. He earned his pilots wings February 8 1944 at Frederick Oklahoma and will report to Del Rio Texas after furlough.
After thirty one years of ministerial service at Swede Home Lutheran Church Rev C A Sward has tendered his resignation. The congregation has called Rev Anton Youngquist of Avoca Minnesota but no answer has been received yet. Rev Sward will continue his duties until a new minister arrives.
Miss Violet Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Sam Johnson married Harlan McKeag son of Mr and Mrs James McKeag Jr on Friday February 11 in Kearney Nebraska. The bride has worked in Dr H S Eklund's office for a year while the groom farms east of town.
Several Polk County residents attended the Annual Organized Agriculture meeting at the College of Agriculture in Lincoln on Wednesday February 9. Miss Nelle Wisely of Osceola, Polk County Home Demonstration Project Clubs chairwoman, received recognition at the home economics session as 25 county chairmen were honored with tokens of appreciation for their leadership.
A severe cold snap hit Polk County on Friday night with temperatures dropping to 20 below zero after a midweek snowstorm. Nine inches of snow lay on the ground with drifts on highways and a further three inches accumulating Sunday. Winds eased as temperatures warmed later.
The Navy Dept announced the sinking of submarine The Cisco, 1,525 tons, last week. Pharmacist Mate 2c Verner Timm, son of Mrs. Irene Creemen, was listed as missing months ago. 2nd Lt. Ralph Johnson visited Osceola before flying to Denver to spend furlough with his mother and relatives. Claire Emmons on ten day leave from Norman, Okla., stayed with his parents in the valley.
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