Review of Triple-A activities in 1941
Polk County AAA reports strong farmer cooperation amid drought. Reserves include 60 000 bushels wheat and 20 000 bushels corn stored by the government and elevators. Wheat marketing, crop insurance payments, and 1942 plans show high participation, with 96 percent defense-plan signings and praise for County AAA leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Polk County
Drouth
Uncle Sam
Usda Defense Board
Robert Taddiken
W. W. Berck
FSA
Ray L. Cruise
Enoch Ekstrand
Rea
Reuben Anderson
E. E. Evans
Columbus
USDA
KMMJ
Grand Island
Food For Defense
W. H. Pierce
Shelby
Walter Berck
Carl Steelquist
Polk
Linda Kinzli
Kinzli Museum
Everett Smith
The
Osceola Implement Co
State Aaa
Nebraska Farmer
Herbert Flodman
Osceola
Wm. Angell
Stromsburg
Kensington
WCTU
Frank Rystrom
Hawaii
American Automobile Association
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Obituary of Susan McMillan McKissick
Susan McKissick born January 3 1853 in Fremont County near Hamburg Iowa married George W McMillan March 28 1871 in Hamburg. She died January 2 1942 age 89 after living in Surprise with daughter Hannah Mickey and leaves three sons Edwin Ernest Jesse one daughter and many grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan McKissick
Cornelius W
Hannah McKissick
Fremont County
Hamburg
Iowa
George W. McMillan
Polk County
Nebraska
McMillan
Hannah Mickey
Surprise
Jas. W
Jacob C
Frank J
Charles W
Grace
Edwin
Canada
Ernest
Milford
Nebr
Jesse
Shelby
More Tenant Purchase Farms for Polk County
Permission from the Regional Office in Lincoln Nebraska authorizes five additional loans under the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Loan Act for Polk County bringing total approved loans to twenty. Eligible farm families may apply at the Farm Security Administration office in Osceola Court House for forty year loans at three percent with suitable livestock equipment and moderate debt. The Tenant Purchase Committee includes Edwin A Hedlund George H Bond and Herman A Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Lincoln
Nebraska
Polk County
Court House
Osceola
Edwin A. Hedlund
George H. Bond
Herman 4
A. Jones
Annual Tenant Purchase Meeting Held in Osceola
Fifteen of twenty county families attended an all day session at the American Legion Hall in Osceola. The group reviewed their 1941 record books and discussed loan servicing procedures. A covered dish luncheon, social hour, and plans for a 1942 tour and picnic were noted. The afternoon covered 1942 outlook budgets and a statement from Tenant Purchase Chief Paul V. Maris in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
Osceola
Paul V. Maris
Washington
Red Cross Appeals for War Fund To Aid Victims
The American Red Cross launches a 5 090 000 war fund appeal from Washington led by Chairman Norman H. Davis. Roosevelt endorses the drive urging citizens to donate through local chapters to support military families and the national relief program. Davis calls for unified support to aid wounded and displaced in Pacific islands and other battle distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Washington
Davis
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Roosevelt
Red Cross War Fund
Pacific Islands
Clarke McNary Tree Orders Placed for 1942 Planting
Nebraska farmers place Clarke MacNary Act tree orders offering wind break stock at about one cent each. Extension Forester Earl Maxwell urges contacting county agents for twenty available species and cedar samples at the extension office. Ray Cruise attends the University of Nebraska conference to boost 1942 food production goals. Reuben Brigham travels from Washington to speak at the morning session as county agents and home demonstration agents meet for annual proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Earl Maxwell
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Ray L. Cruise
University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture
Nebraska Agriculture
Reuben Brigham
Agricultural Extension Service
Washington, D. C
Death summons Osceola business man Lloyd Cole
Lloyd Cole popular Osceola business man dies after operation in Omaha. Born January 17, 1907 in Osceola, he moved to Polk in 1917, married Elsie Coordes in 1925, and lived in Osceola ten years in the grocery business. Survived by wife Elsie, son Gene, two brothers James Earl and Maurice L, sister Mrs Maxine Ott. Funeral January 4 at Osceola Methodist Church, Rev A W Lapthorne officiating. Interment in Osceola cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Cole
Osceola
Omaha
Gilbert Lloyd Cole
William and
Emma Cole
Nebraska
Omasha
Polk
Elsie A. Coordes
Council Bluffs
Methodist Church
Osceola Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Osceola Cemetery
Rev Lombardi Dies at Lincoln. Sutton Pastor 74
Very Rev Francis A Lombardi, 74, pastor of St Marys Church in Sutton, died early Wednesday at a Lincoln hospital after a illness. Born in Calabria Italy January 29 1867 he was ordained in 1891 and joined the Lincoln diocese in 1913. He served at Sutton since 1937 and was named dean of Fillmore Saline and Clay counties October 25 1941. Previously he led churches in Fairfield Nelson Blue Hill Minden Dawson Roseland and Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Lombardi
St. Mary’s Church
Sutton
Lincoln
Calabria
Italy
Lombardi
Milleto
United States
Clay Counties
Fairfield
Nelson
Blue Hill
Minden
Dawson Roseland
Osceola
Kohl-Fredrickson wedding vows in Swede Home Parsonage
Miss Alice Mae Kohl and Wallace Fredrickson were united in marriage on December 30 1941 at 11 oclock in the Swede Home Lutheran Parsonage by Pastor Co A Sward. Attendants were Mrs Myron Johnson and Gordon Fredrickson. The couple will reside on a farm nine miles west of Osceola after a short wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohl
Fredrickson
Alice Mae Kohl
Clarks
Wallace Fredrickson
Osceola
Co. A. Sward
Lutheran Parsonage
Myron Johnson
Gordon Fredrickson
Herman Kohl Jr
University of Nebraska
Silver Creek
Cody
Axel Fredrickson
High Prairie High School
Mrs. Fredrickson
Leo Richter in Bowling Green Army furlough visit
Leo Richter in the army at Bowling Green Virginia spent a few days with his parents Mr and Mrs Herman Richter and family. About sixty relatives gathered at the Herman Richter home for a dinner in his honor before his return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Richter
Bowling Green
Virginia
Herman Richter
District 15
Leonard Heimer
John Gabriel
Ethel Thelen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Herman Thelen
Doris Heimer
Emma Alt
Shelby
Matt Gilatter
Victor Krumbach
John Heimer
Mrs. Gilbert Hotchkiss Buried Saturday
Minnie Reed was born at Coalville Utah on May 12 1867 and died at her Osceola home on December 30 following a pneumonia illness. The Kepner Funeral Home conducted a service Saturday January 3 for Mrs Gilbert Hotchkiss 74 longtime city resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kepner
Gilbert Hotchkiss
Minnie Reed
I. D. Reed
Coalville
Utah
Osceola
1942 First Baby Born in Hamilton County by Phone
New Year's Day birth amid a blizzard, Allén Daie Larson, an eight pound boy, delivered at the farm home of Pete and (Mrs.) Larson ten miles northeast of Hampton after Dr. O. M. Troester directed the delivery by telephone through neighbors Hy Knutzen and Arthur Kohtz. The mother and child are reported in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton County
Pete Larson
Hampton
O. M. Troester
Troester
Hy Knutzen
Arthur Kohtz
Allén Daie
State Journal
Snow and Sub-Zero Open New Year in Nebraska
Winter blizzard sweeps Nebraska bringing 25 mph winds and deep drifts that halt highways and delay trains. The temperature dips to 12 below and as low as 15 below on successive nights while rural mail routes suffer isolation before roads reopen and mail returns to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Mercury
Local residents leave for duties and visits
Miss Rachel Carlson returns to Kingsley Indiana after holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Carlson. Miss LaVelle Carlson visits Osceola relatives before returning to Chicago. Esther Coolen resumes teaching in Senecca Nebraska after holidays with the Evins family. Ethel Rohr of Omaha travels to Los Angeles to join her husband. Branting escorts the Fostrom parents to Axtell after a visit. Clara Anderson heads to St. Cloud Minnesota for work after two weeks with the Andersons. Carol Peterson and sisters Verna and Maurine return home after a Galveston visit with Elton. Owen Johnson and son depart Loveland Colorado after a stay with the Johnson family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Carlson
Kingsley
Albert Carlson
LaVelle Carlson
Chicago
Carl Johnson
Osceola
Esther Coolen
Seneca
Nebraska
S. D. Evins
Ethel Rohr
Omaha
P. A. Sundberg
Los Angeles
California
H. B. Branting
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Victor Anderson
Carol Peterson
Verna
Maurine
Elton
Galveston
Texas
Owen Johnson
West Coast
W. Fred Johnson
Loveland
Colo
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Montgomery Flagg
Government
Arvid Anderson
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