Polk County Boy in the Service of Uncle Sam
2nd Lt. Milan C. Snodgrass, navigator of a Flying Fortress crew, prepares for an intensive combat flying course at Alexandria Army Air Base Louisiana en route to overseas duty. He is the son of Mrs. Clark C. Snodgrass Osceola, graduated Osceola High in 1939 and joined the armed forces July 24 1941. Popular Osceola lady dies in Wichita Mrs S P Johnson fondly known for community service and warm nature. funeral set for 2:30 p.m. today from Osceola Methodist Church with interment in Osceola cemetery. An obituary will be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan ‘C. Snodgrass
Alexandria Army Air Base
Alexandria
Second Air Force
Snodgrass
Clark C. Snodgrass
Osceeola
Osceola High School
Armed Forces
S. P. Johnson
Wichita
Kansas
Methodist
Osceola
Polk County War Fund Drive Sets $6000 Goal
The Polk County Red Cross War Fund aims to raise $6000 to support servicemen at the Front. Do not wait for a caller. assist with tire and gas needs and coordinate with the school district. Edwin L. Anderson serves as War Fund Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk ‘County Red Cross
Edwin L. Anderson
Polk County War Fund
Verner Claude Timm Lost On Cisco Submarine
Navy announced the loss of two U S submarines The Cisco and the S 44 in Pacific waters near the war with Japan The Cisco skipper Com James W Coe was listed missing Verner Claude Timm Osceola Neb pharmacist second class son of Mrs Irene Cremeen and brother of Mrs Raymond Nielsen Osceola and Silver Creek residents died in action Timm married June 19 1942 to Vada Linsey Sioux City Iowa born March 25 1921 in Osceola Neb served five years in Navy including U S S Relief and submarine duty with Great Lakes San Diego Pearl Harbor and Bermuda service history noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Navy
James W. Coe
Richmond
Ind
Cisco
U.S
Verner
Claude Timm
Irene Cremeen
Osceola
Raymond Nielsen
Silver Creek
Vernier
U.S.S. Relief
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
San Diego Naval Hospital
U.S.S
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Cuba
Bermuda
New Foundland
Ciéco
West Pacific
Fost. Verner Claude Timm
Neb
OCC
David City
Franklin
Mise Vada Linsey
Sioux City
Iowa
Osceola Bulldogs Finish Season With Conference Runner-Up
The Bulldogs beat Polk 31-8 to close the season undefeated at home and secure second place in the conference. Cole scored 14 and Parks 10 as Osceola dominated the first half 14-2. The second team won 31-23 to finish strong in the county tournament. Cole led with 18 points in the district opener vs Leigh, followed by Parks with 16 as Osceola led 21-6 at halftime. The win advances them to face St Francis Humphrey on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldogs
Polk
Osceola
Cole
Parks
Goldenrod
Polk Seconds
K. Schutt
Columbus
Leigh
St. Francis
Humphrey
Community Notes From Wesley Chapel And Surrounding Areas
Visitors and baptisms mark a quiet week as Wesley Chapel residents attend church events in Osceola. A large birthday gathering for Mrs. Schmoker occurred at the Tom Schmoker home, while Milton Gabriel traveled from an army camp to Oklahoma. Nearby, Eva Jarmin Fitzpatrick ranches with 4000 sheep as crews battled heavy snow to bring feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Iler
Omaha
Roy Ter
Ben Schmoker
Iler
Osceola Methodist Church
Tom Schmoker
Shelby
Milton Gabriel
California
Oklahoma
John Anderson
Norfolk
Oscar Anderson
Montrose Colorado
Eva Jarmin Fitzpatrick
Richard Merrick
Mary Cerny
Annie Cerny
Joe Cerny
Columbus
Alfred Gabel
Ray McBeth
Harry Lee
Wm. Brandt Sr
Marle Dawes
Lydia Brazee
Social visits and a Navy departure mark week events
Community members hosted Sunday dinners for Rena and Francis Johnson Mrs Carrie Johnson Archie Johnson and Mr and Mrs Grant Willits in honor of Grant and Eleonora Willets son who left for the Navy Tuesday. Other gatherings included the Forss Adolph and Sward families and a Dorcas Society social planned for March 3 on Habits and Hobbies. An announced wedding linked Miss Nellie Zimmerman and David Porter of Glendale California who wed December 16 1943 in Yuma Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena
Francis. Johnson
Carrie Johnson
Archie Johnson
Robert Willits
Grant Willits
Eleanor
Navy
Art Ekstrom Ano
Adolph Forss
Set
Reuel Sward
Salina
Kansas
Petrus Nelson
Cecile Bennett
Allen Anderson
Sander Peterson
Nelle Zimmerman
David Porter
Glendale
Calif
Yuma
Ari
Local families note births deaths and service moves
Mr and Mrs Wm A Lind of Laramie welcome a baby boy born February 16 who died February 19. Funeral services followed. Lind’s relation is traced to Stromsburg. Harold Spelts joins Navy for Far Ragut boat training, third son in service. Sgt and Mrs Sward visited kin, and Mrs Wm Casper travels to Los Angeles to join her stationed husband. Mrs A A Hartman’s 82nd birthday brings family gathering. Nearby moves include Mr and Mrs F M Leibee taking parents to Shelby after a house fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Lind
Laramie
Wyoming
Mr. Lind
A. B. Lind
Stromsburg
Harold Spelts
L. E. Spelts
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Pelts
Reuel Sward
C. A. ‘Sward
Wm. Casper
Los Angeles
California
Kenneth Christensen
A. A. Hartman
Hartman Home
Harold Covey
Henry Smith
Homer Green
Polk
Albert Smith
Clyde Reed
S. P. Johnson
Emma Peterson
Herman Anderson
F. M. Leibee
Shelby
B. W. Elgin
Shelby Hospital News Patients This Week
The hospital lists Mrs. Ben Treadway Everette Crosley of Osceola and J N Kirby as current patients this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Treadway
Everette ‘Crosley
Osceola
J. N. Kirby
Mrs Hattie Runge 69 Dies in Joliet Hospital
Mrs Hattie Runge aged 69 died at Joliet Newmarket hospital after a brief illness on February 15. She moved from Osceola to Joliet nearly twenty years ago and lived on the Hultgren place west of Joliet. Survived by son Robert of Joliet and half sister Mrs Sam Snider of Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Runge
Joliet
New Home Demonstration Agent Named for Polk County
Miss Bute, a native Nebraskan from Hamilton County and former Home Demonstration Agent in Dev el and Hamilton Counties South Dakota, takes over Polk County duties from Kathryn Kilmer who resigned in 1943 after serving since August and plans to return to Western Nebraska before new employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
But Bute
Clear Lake
South Dakota
Polk County
Kathryn Kilmer
Miss Bute
Hamilton County
Devel
Hamilin
Miss Kilmer
FSA
Western
Nebr
Obituary of John Henning Anderson from Osceola
John Henning Anderson born July 29 1869 in Ostergotland Sweden died February 17 in Osceola after a long illness aged 74 years 7 months and 19 days. He married Edna Nicklasson August 24 1903 and farmed in St Edwards Osceola and Oakland counties. He leaves wife eight children eleven grandchildren and one infant son Walter preceded him in death. Interment followed in the family plot in Osceola cemetery.
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John Henning Anderson
August
Margaret Anderson
Ostergottland
Sweden
Hulda
America
Stromsburg
Edna Nicklasson
St. Edwards
Osceola
Wallace
Cedar Rapids
Carl
Wapata
Washington
Ted Anderson
Oakland
Ethel
Eunice
Louis Stachura
Columbus
Vergil
Verl
U. S. Navy
Walter
Servicemen News From Area Posts And Overseas
Six months ago Cpl. Alvin S. Anderson of the Omaha Martin Plant helped assemble B-26 Marauders and B-25 Liberators. In a letter from England he notes seeing Libs return from a heavy attack in southwestern Germany and that parts from his plant may have aided the mission. Colleagues Gene Cole and Bill Norton joined the Army Reserve Air Corps in Omaha. Fred Calkin Jr. earned a recent promotion to sergeant in England. Ray Cruise, Polk County’s ex-agent, entered the army and was moved from Fort Leavenworth to Camp Grant, Illinois for medical training. Ensign Alex Mills arrived in Osceola for a ten-day leave before returning to Norfolk Naval Air Station. Rex Dunn, furloughing with his parents, will report to Camp Shelby, Mississippi after duty in Panama. Raymond Croisant Snc moved from Great Lakes to a naval school in Jacksonville, Florida. Paul Walgren, England-based, plans to eat hamburgers and ice cream on return, having won the Good Conduct Award while overseas. Sgt. Elmer Berger of Kingman, Arizona, visited on furlough with his wife, and Sgt. Kenneth Wallace returned home on a ten-day leave from the Northwest Pacific. Marion Snider, after army post office schooling in Westchester, Pa, finished and was sent to New York City temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Alvin S. Anderson
John S. Anderson
Omaha Martin
Omaha
England
Germany
Paul Walgren
Charles Walgren
U. S. Army
Ord. Depot Co
APO
New York City
William Henning Dies in Texas at 62
Relatives report the death of William Henning aged 62 on February 18 in Port Lavaca Texas. Funeral services were held there Sunday. He formerly lived in this area about thirty years ago and is a brother of Harry Henning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Henning
Port Lavaca
Texas
Mr. Henning
Harry Henning
Reverend Charles E. Fo e Dies at 69 Polk Free Methodist Pastor
Rev Charles E Foe 69 longtime pastor of Polk Free Methodist Church died at his home Friday morning He is survived by his wife a sister and two brothers Funeral services were held on Tuesday at 2 pm Interment was in Polk Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles BE. Foe
Polk Free Methodist Church
Polk Ceme
RECORD HONOR ROLL Oscar E. Anderson Heitzman Bros
The honor roll lists Oscar E. Anderson with Heitzman Brothers. E Burritt and Mrs Irvin Noble are noted alongside Co F Johnson Vera Cole in the roll of recognized names, indicating local acknowledgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar E. Anderson
Heitzman Bros
E. Burritt
Irvin Noble
New) Co
F. Johnson
Vera Cole
Nordberg Files for County Commissioner on Democratic Ticket
Don Nordberg of Stromesburg filed for County Commissioner as a Democrat. The move positions him for the upcoming local election, highlighting party alignment and local political activity in Stromesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Nordberg
Stromesburg
Polk County Teen Serves in Air Corps Training
Wayne W. Scott, 19, son of Mr and Mrs John W Scott, Shelby High School graduate 1941, completed two years of mechanical engineering study at the University of Omaha as Associate Engineer in May 1943, entered the Air Corps in October, did basic training at Amarillo Field Texas and is now in preparatory pre flight training at Moorhead Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A‘s
Wayne W. ‘Scott
John W. Scott
Shelby High School
University of Omaha
Air Corps
Amarilo Air Field
Texas
Moorhead
Minn
Polk County Reaches Bond Drive Milestone in Fourth War Loan
Polk County reports $401,911 in Fourth War Loan purchases, beating its $375,000 quota. BE bonds total $252,140, meeting the target. War Bond Chairman Robert C. Taddiken commends citizens, precinct chairmen, school board, and county banks, with the Women’s Division led by Mrs. Lloyd Hahn contributing through rallies and window displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Robert C. Taddiken
War Pond
Lloyd Hahn
Calkin Couple Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Friday February 25 marks the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Calkin. They host an open house at their farm northeast of Osceola from 2 to 5 p.m. Attendant Mrs. E L Rogers of Osceola aided the ceremony at Shelby on February 25 1892. They have six children among them Joel of Hastings Nebraska and Fred Jr in England with the armed forces. They also have three granddaughters one grandson and two great grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Calkin
Osceola
Maude Roseberry
Shelby
Polk County
E. L. Rogers
Joel
Hastings
Neb
Fred Jr
England
No Farm Loans at Inflated Prices under FSA Policy
Washington has told Nebraska county Farm Security committees that loans for farm purchases under the Bankhead Jones act will not be made when prices are inflated. Funds will be returned if farms cannot be bought at prices tied to long term earning power and the FSA's conservative land evaluation policy. Loans remain available for qualified buyers to acquire farms at noninflationary prices. in wartime boom areas, tenant purchase loans are largely halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FSA
Nebraska
United States
Region Seven
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sam
Milan
C. Snodgrass
WAR Fund Red Cross
Wesley Chapel
Red Cross
Zona
R. L. Schroder
Shelby Hospital News
Gene ‘Cole
Bill Norton
Army Reserve Air Corps
Fred Calkin Jr
Ray ‘Cruise
Polk ‘County
Army
Ft. Leavenworth
Camp Grant
Ilinois
Alex Mills
Naval Air Base
Virginia
Rex Dunn
Fred Dunn
Dunn
Panama
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Raymond Croisant
Sgt
Elmer Berger
Kingman
Arizona
Kenneth Wallace
O. 0
Northwest Pacific
Marion Snider
Army Post Office
Westchester
WM. Hennings
Charles E. Foe
Tery
Wayne W. Scott
Bond Drive
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