Nebraska rural pupils to sing by radio weekly
Nebraska rural schools will sing together by radio every Wednesday 4 to 4:15 for eleven weeks. The program is approved by county superintendent association and funded by the University of Nebraska with the state department of public instruction.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska
State Department of Public Instruction
Linccoln
Lincoln
Iowa
University of Nebrsaka Studies
C. A. Fullerton
Stoner Club Open Meeting In District Draws Community
An open Stoner Club meeting at the school house drew about 150 attendees with performances by local residents. N J Brown played the school master while others staged School Days and How The Story Grew with music by Cederberg and readings by Daisy Zang. Observers noted renewed interest in such gatherings and praised the entertaining program.
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Stoner
Luse
N. J. Brown
Daisy Zang
Cederberg
Carl Cederway
Frances Johnson
Stewart Girls
James McKeag
Omaha
R. M. McDonald
Osceola
Stoner Club
Clem Marak
Andrew Hanson
Marak
Myrtle Pierson
Oregon
Frank Hendrickson
Glenn
Hendrickson
Chas. Timm
Walter Watts
Earl Watts
York
Orpha
Rex
E. M. Watts
J. L. Ireland
Leonard Ireland
David City
Lester Shores
Geneva
Viola Johnson
St. Mary's Hospital
Columbus
Local Social Notes From District 53 Gatherings
District 53 records a sequence of social visits and family events as residents hosted relatives and friends. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Grant Walgren entertaining the Emmons family, Arthur Wieseman’s family gatherings, and Oscar Bodine’s nose operation. A Swensen hosted circle, Viva Swearns' stay, Bend sale attendance, Wieseman truck shipment to Omaha, and a moving day for the Morys family with Sherman Johnson occupying the vacated home.
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Grant Walgren
Roy Emmons
Leonard Wieseman
Arthur Wieseman
Oscar Bodine
Lawrence Swansen
Walford Nelson
Hjalmar Gustafson
Edith
Myrtle Gustafson
Viva Swearns
Earl Bend
Old Bend
Gresham
Omaha
Roy Mimons
Tr Nuly
Art
Alvin Burke
Walter Morys
Tarvey Miller
Skhermit Johnson
Morys
County Dairy Meeting Slated At Stromsburg High School
Otto Liebers manager of the Nebraska Dairy Development Society and R S Holden national field man on dairy breed association will hold a meeting Thursday February 26 at 7 50 p m in Stromsburg High School The program will cover dairy herd improvement economical production of dairy products and 4 H dairy calf clubs inviting youth and parents to attend.
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Otto Liebers
Nebraska Dairy Development Society
Lincoln
R. S. Holden
Dairy Breed Association
Stromsburg High School
Community Skips and Visits Fill Stromsburg Weekend
Stromsburg residents and visitors keep busy with trips to Lincoln and York. Lloyd Corp of Lincoln visits Mrs. Corp while planning to move there by March. Several Olson, Lanham, Hedblooms, Dusenberry, and Warner relatives are noted in town and traveling to events and hospitals for care and gatherings. Death mourns Peter Lindholm as longtime resident dies after farm accident. Sizable church group gathers for Eden Baptist Mission Circle.
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Lloyd Corp
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Lincoln
Stromsburg
Mrs. Corp
St. Francis Hospital
Grand Island
Sophia Perrin
Sterling
Colorado
Alice Lanham
Sidney
B. C. Grabill
Grand Island Baptist College
Swedish Baptist Church
Eva Olson
J. L. Olson
Grand Island College
Olson
Ed. Lunner
E. Lunner
Robert E. Lunner
York
Lunner
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Felix
York High School
Peter Lindholm
Lindholm
Polk County
Sweden
Lutheran Hospital
Peter J. Lindholm dies after fall in Nebraska
Peter J. Lindholm born March 14 1871 in Sweden died February 22 1931 at Lutheran Hospital York Nebraska from injuries after a serious fall. He came to America in 1884 at age 13 and married Huldah Johnson August 4 1902 with no children. Funeral services were held February 25 1931 at the home and Mission Church with burial in Stremsburg Cemetery.
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Peter J. Lindholm
Stratjara
Skogsocken
Helsingland
Sweden
Lutheran Hospital
York
Nebraska
Mr. Lindholm
America
Huldah Johnson
Streemsburg
Huldah Lindholm
Stromsburg
Axel Lindhelm
Andrew Lindholm
Lincoln
Anna Anderson
Los Angeles
California
Emil Olson
Mission Church
Fred Hall
Stremsburg Cemetery
Presbyterian Church Sunday schedule changes noted
There will be no preaching service next Sunday at the Presbyterian Church. Sunday School starts at 10:00 A M and Junior Christian Endeavor meets at 3:00 P M with a Bible story and lesson. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Presbyterian Church
Two Nebraskans to Honor in Hall of Fame
The Nebraska State Capitol seeks public opinion on which two Nebraskans deserve Hall of Fame niches. A poll lists contenders from William Jennings Bryan and J Sterling Morton to General Dawes, Senator Hitchcock, and many others. Citizens may submit choices to the state Agriculture department.
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Nebraska
Capitol
Omaha
William Jennings Bryan
J. Sterling Morton
General Pershing
Hitchcock
Norris
Dawes
Buffalo Bill Cody
Harold Gifford
John A. Creighton
James M. Woolworth
Robert W. Furnas
C. E. Bessey
Edward Rosewater
John G. Neihardt
Willa Cather
Father Riggs
R. H. Clarkson
John M. Thayer
Charles FF. Manderson
James C. Dahlman
James W. Dawes
Grace Abbott
Washington
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
State Capitol
Cull Poultry Flocks to Keep Only Best Layers
State extension agent J R Redditt urges a statewide culling campaign for poultry to remove low producing hens and half good stock. He notes low poultry prices justify discarding doubtful layers and stresses breeding only large well shaped eggs and good thrifty chicks to reduce disease and losses and boost future profits.
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J. R. Redlitt
Honor Roll and Department Notices Report
The fourth six weeks honors list includes Ruth Frasier 94 Ross Anderson 94 Sam Carson 94. 7th grade Pauline Collier 94 Kenneth Drum 94. 8th grade Ruth Frahm 94 Ruth Zanz 94. New students Katharyn Klein Edward Klein Lola Mellinger Iris Mellinger Grace Mellinger Helen Goff. Enrollment at 57. Ruth Zang awarded Master’s Certificate of Penmanship by Economy Company.
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Ruth Frasier
Freeda Zang
Ross Anderson
Sam Carson
Richard LeMar
Pauline Collier
Irma Egelhoff
Kenneth Drum
Howard McDonald
Ruth Frahm
Jeanette Frasier
Frances Pearson
Bess Shelmadine
Ruth Zanz
Lowell Hanson
Bob Drum
Ross Andersson
Wayne Koehler
Edward Schnassze
Dorothy DeLand
Frances Schnasse
Raymond Bennett
Katharyn
Edward Klein
Lola
Iris
Grace Mellinger
Helen Goff
Ruth Zang
Economy Company
Polk Club Notes and Local Events Report
Polk community actions include the Women's Club meeting with Mrs Maud Peterson and a Valentine party by the Epworth League. Local sports mention Polk beating Stromsburg 38 18 and a Beaver Crossing tournament with a small trophy for Polk third place. Several residents travel to Lincoln and Omaha for events, funerals, and conventions.
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Woman’s Club
Maud Peterson
Epworth League
M.be
Gibbons
Kahler
Zora Shafer
Stanley Cooper
Columbus
Lou Liemaster
Lincoln
Oscar Stromsburg
Mission Church
Robert Stromburg
Washington, D. C
Axel Johnson
Valparaiso
Stromburg
Jarmin
Hampton
Polk
Stromsburg
Horseman
Larson
Gilbert
Beaver Crossing
Misses Lind
Baptist Church
Claus Peterson
Chas. Jones
Grand Island
Beckman
Allison
J. E. McDaniel
Central City
Orlie Miller
Hazel Stevens
Helen McCoy
Donaphin
McGaffin
Will Stevens
Grace
Paul
A. G. Glad
Bodine
Mission Circle
Oscar Strand
Omaha
Rudolph, Gustafson
Oscar Gustafson
Jury for March 1931 Team List Names and Assignments
A roster lists jurors for March 1931 with multiple names and hometowns. Notable entries include Chester Baker Stromsburg A C Morrill Stromsburg and Elmer Hanquist Pleasant Home with others from Hackberry Osceola Canada Platte and Stromsburg.
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Chester Baker
Stromsburg
A. C
Canada
J. O. Bond
Hackberry
Ivan Lindquist
Ernest Lees
Carl O. Lindquist
L. F. Branting
Osceola
Ray J. McBeth
Emil Larson
Pleasant Home
Lawrence
Peterson
Arthur E. Larson
Farmers Complete Farm Record Books in Polk County Nebraska
Ralph Cole helped ten Polk County farmers finish their farm record books last week and will deliver the completed books and the district summary to each farmer. Seventeen new cooperators have already secured books, and more are available at printing and mailing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Cole
Polk County
Lincoln
Nebraska
Cole
Mr. Cole
College of Agriculture
Tragic Missouri swallowed St Mary in Bellevue era railroad tale
In a Bellevue history fragment from 1857 the fate of eastern Nebraska towns hinges on railroad routes. St Mary vanished beneath Missouri waters after the river altered paths, while nearby Kanesville and Council Bluffs rose. the Missouris shifting course reshaped a region’s fate and left Bellevue’s future uncertain.
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Nebraska
Bellevue
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Towa
Kanesville
Mormon Hollow
Council Blutts
Iowa
St. Mary
Rock Island
St Mary
Iowa City
Missouri
Death of Lorenzo Merrick in Lincoln Nebraska
Lorenzo Merrick aged 60 years 9 months 20 days died February 23 1981 at his Lincoln Nebraska home. Born Mea ford Ontario May 3 1870 he lived in Polk County Nebraska since 1871 later moving to Lincoln. He was married February 1 1893 to Ella Snider and worked in mercantile business in Shelby Rising City and later for A B A Oil and Gas in Lincoln. Survived by his wife son Lewis and three brothers Alonzo I J and Fred. Funeral January 25 1 PM Wadlow Funeral Home Lincoln with burial at Lincoln Memorial Park.
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Lorenzo Merrick
Meaford
Ontario
Lincoln
Nebro
Dorchester
Mary Merrick
Polk County
Nebraska
Ella Snider
Shelby
Rising City
Nebr
A. B. A. ‘Oil and Gas Company
Methodist Church
W.O.W
Highlander
Ella Merrick
Lewis
Alonzo Merrick
I. J. Merrick
Fred Merrick
Osceola
Walter Aken
Wadlow Funeral Home
L. St
Lincoln, Nebr
Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery
Rose Conway
Columbus
Wm Conway
Harry Musselman
Aug. Thelen, Jr
Guy Anderson
Kensington
Tom Mickey
Maxine and
Tittle Tommy
Everett Funkhouser
August Thelen, Jr
Loup City
Sam Ballenger
Wilma Scott
Hastings
Grand Island
Alma Hayhurst
Louise Scholz
Ludwig Zohner
Harry Blevins
Bilter Chevrolet Co
G. T. Lavery
Fred Albers, Jr
Leila Bahr
Harry Reeder
C. Gilbert
Otto Bernt
St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha
Rial Brazee
South Shelby
Henry Rood
Wahoo
Rood
Vera Watkins
Rebekah
Matt Gondringer
Alois Scholz
Reuben Timm
George Alois
Ernest Lees
Albert Colson
Alton Merrick
Chicago
D. E. Smith
Sherman
Glen Ingalls
Billie
A . Scholz
York
Mark Kinney
Tulsa
Okla
W. E. Kinney
Roland Jarmin
Vinetham Wilson
Clyde Bull
Lot Bull
Vineta Long
Des Moines
Iowa
Henry Jauch
Rollie Miller
Herman Anderson
Myr
Milford
Fred Matlock
Community Meeting Fills Jarmin School House
Wesley Chapel District 45 hosts a filled meeting with neighbors and friends. Farewell for the Berck and Jarmin families followed by a welcome for the Brandt family and a county agent motion pictures program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
S F. E. Merrick
Lincoln
Lorenzo Merrick
Harold Jarmin
Kansas
Wilma
Thelma Davis
Shelby
L. E. Treadway
Richard Merrick
O. J. Kropatch
Louis Schott
Omaha
Hubert Alts
John Albers
Harold Cocksons
Columbus
Barbara Cerny
Nettie Alt
Alvin Merrick
Osceola
Leon Merricks
Gracie Moberg
Lloyd Bartholomew
Bud Bartholomew
Norfolk
Kelley
George Berck
John
Elsie Cerny
Valley Valley Valley Club Notes
District No 5 reports no church services at Valley Church due to Scarlet fever. District 31 also lacks services for the same reason. Families Hilbert Buchta Emerson Sheebaugh under quarantine. Carl Wieseman hauled stock to Omaha for Arthur Wieseman Sunday. Burrel Fox joined the Thomas anniversary at Gresham. Want ad sells it all.
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the Valley Church
Erasmus Burritt
Edgar Wisely
District 31
Hilbert Buchta
Emerson Sheebaugh
Carl Wieseman
Omaha
Arthur Wieseman
Burrel Fox
Oscar Thomas
Gresham
Shelby News Notes Local Movements and Events
Shelby residents share visits and arrivals from Osceola and Lincoln. A birthday,” baby announcements, and club gatherings feature among the week’s social highlights in Shelby and Osceola.
Sweeney Purchases George Coyle Barber Shop
D L Sweeney of Fullerton has purchased the George Coyle Barber Shop and will take possession immediately. He invites continued patronage.
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D. L. Sweeney
Fullerton
George Coyle
Osceola High School Honors Scholars Across Grades
Osceola High School reports strong overall grades with a notable rise in average scores. Honor Roll lists include students such as June Koehler Louise Frasier Leona Pierson Dorothy Anderson and more across seniors juniors sophomores freshmen and a post graduate, reflecting improved scholastic standing.
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Osceola High School
June Koehler
Louise Frasier
Leona Pierson
Dorothy Anderson
Maxine Herbes
Levina Swanson
Mary McCracken
Quentin Coyle
Margaret Anderson
Florence Addison
Jean Rutter
Alberta Anderson
M. W. A Celebrates 47th Anniversary at Legion Hall
About 175 members and families attended the M. W. A. anniversary event at Legion Hall on Tuesday night. A 6:30 dinner was served to M. W. A. members and Royal Neighbor members. John Cerny and his orchestra provided music for singing, solos by DeLoss Buchholz, and other selections. J. N. Norton of Polk gave an address. The evening concluded with dancing, led by the Cerny orchestra.
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Legion Hall
Royal Neighbor
DeLoss Buchholz
John Cerny
J. N. Norton
Polk
Cerny
Swede Home News Highlights Local Socials and Visits
West Side items report Miss Adeline Fredrickson’s return from Denver and local P T A plans at High Prairie. Swede Home folks host birthdays and surprise gatherings, with Gustafson family moving away. Local hospital updates note Hartwig Flodman’s appendectomy and recovery. several residents visit Columbus and Omaha. weddings and sales activity are also recorded.
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West Side
Adeline Fredrickson
Denver
Pp. T. A
High Prairie School
Marjorie
Goldie
Macus Gustafson
Gustafson
Mission Circle
A. S. Beckman
Martin Lunstrom
Omaha
Mr. Scott
Chapman
Nebr
Clarence Johnson
High Prairie
Harold Johnson
Oliver Adelson
Carol Flodman
Hartwig Flodman
St. Marys Hospital
Columbus
Flodman
Herbert Flodman
Ernest Fledman
John Johnson
Margaret Gesterine
John Gesterine
Sward
Linda Nelson
Donald Anderson
Swede Plain Church
Leroy Johnson
Leslie Adelson
Arthur Adelson
Russell Fredrickson
Marvin Fredrickson
Leroy Samuelson
Ray Waller
Lundgren
York
Chas. Anderson
Albert Anderson
Aurora
Myra
Dorothy
Grand Island
Claus Carlson
Delbert Query
Hi.Flodman
Chauncey Arnold
Chas. Johnson
Nimball
So. Dak
Polk
J. N. Norton
Mauritz Swanson
Arthur Anderson
York Hospital
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Au. Cook Ma
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