Suspension of all triple A activities in Polk County
Following a supreme court decision, all AAA work in Polk County is suspended. An executive order from Washington halted activities, leaving seven corn hog and wheat committee members and four clerical staff out of work. Future meetings are canceled and plans for 1936 37 corn hog contracts face uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
AAA
Polk County
Washington
Kelly
Samuel Brown
Sam
Brown
Samuel
Stromsburg Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Games
Stromsburg residents host visitors from North Park College Chicago and New York City. Prof Oscar Olson and Dr Hazel Stanton are among guests visiting families, while L H Headstrom shows health improvement. Coach Hersey’s team tops Benedict in a thrilling Friday basketball game. second string also wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Stanton
New York City
E. E. Stanton
Stanton
Stromsburg
Osceola
L. H. Headstrom
Vea Rudeen
Chicago
IL. Rudeen
Ruth Annie
Jeannette
Elmer
Sumner
Clarence Nuquist
Nuquist
A F Trued
Con
Omaha
Moline
Augustana College
Marvin Hersey
Benedict
Maurice Myrberg
Wesley Chapel District Supt. to Fill Pulpit at Chapel
District Superintendent Roy Spooner of Lincoln will fill the Chapel pulpit next Sunday. Church activities include a Friday meeting, a postponed Foreign Missionary Society, and various local gatherings across Osceola Shelby and Columbus areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Spooner
Lincoln
Church Aid
Wm. Campain
Foreign Missionary Society
Victor Herrmann
State University
L. F. Williams
Lulu Burns
William
Osceola
G. W. Engelhardt
Lydia
Mary Beth Schnasse
Curl
Columbus
John Simonson
Shelby
Frank Hewitt
L. E. Treadway
Wert Davis
Tom Schmoker
Milford Swanson
Denver
Examination for Post Master at Osceola
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for the Osceola postmaster vacancy. Applications closed January 24, 1936, in Washington. Eligibility includes US citizenship, residence in the post office delivery area for one year, good health, and age limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington D. C
United States
Civil Service Commission
Senate
Oschola
United States Civil Services Commission
Washington, D. C
Commission
Hastings Files For County Judge
Jay Hastings filed Saturday on the non political ballot for the office of County Judge. This marks a second filing for the position, the other candidate listed is Geo Carson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Jay Hastings
Geo. Carson
Community notes from Stromsburg area residents
Local residents report visits across Nebraska including Violet Hemingson from Kla muth Falls visiting Stromsburg friends. Social events featured a bridge party, oyster supper, and multiple family gatherings in Stromsburg, Clarks, and Beaver Crossing with various relatives and neighbors attending.
Notice to Owners of Motor Vehicles 1936 Licenses
The 1936 motor vehicle license fee remains the same as 1935. Tax must be paid before license issuance. delinquent February 1. If the prior year registration is not presented, a $1 extra fee applies. Mailed licenses require 10 cents postage. LeROY M. SMITH, County Treasurer, Polk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy M. Smith
Polk County
Local Residents Share News Of Visits and Illness
Shelby updates note visits by Mr and Mrs Loren Hanshew and Mrs Wall of Beaver Crossing to the Guy Hanshew home. Mrs A L Scholz enters St Mary’s in Columbus and undergoes an operation. Nurses Marie Scholz and Alma Hayhurst return to work. Others visit relatives in Lincoln and Omaha and a trip honors dealer Peter Bitter for Norge sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Hanshew
Wall
Beaver Crossing
Ned
Guy Hanshew
A. L. Scholz
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Oliver Strange
Unn Hanshew
Lincoln
Kaw
Effie Mouden
Shelby
H. H. Hewitt
E. G. Brillhart
Campbell
Marie Scholz
North Platte Hospital
A L Scholz
Omaha
Hanshew
University Hospital
Vernie Kuntzelman
Kuntzelman
Geo. Ballenger
Clyde Hayhurst
Thomas
Berkhimer Chevrolet Co
Alma Hayhurst
Grand Island
W. C. Hayhurst
Phil Ball
Shelby Hospital
O. E. Olson
Ceresco
Relatves
Peter Bitter
Bitter Service Garage
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
Norge
Bitter
Norge Co
Mr. Bitter
Gerald Bachman
Ronald Taddiken
Raymond Grossnicklaus
the State University
Hospital notes on local patients and discharges
Mrs James Gibbons is progressing as well as possible. Mrs Roy Grossnicklaus, operated on last week at Osceola Hospital, will return home the latter part of the week. She is patient of Dr. R L Schroeder. Mrs Clair McCormick and son Jack LeClair were dismissed from Osceola Hospital and went home to Stromsburg on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Toole
Leigh
Nebr
Stromsburg
C.O.S. Society of the Baptist Church
C. L. Anderson
Kansas
Grand Island Hospital
F W Davis
Martin Thomson
Exeter
Harry Grey
Bradshaw
Ernest and _ Alston Amundrud
Ted Stensland
Palmer’Berger
Lincoln
North Dakota
Will Miller
Omaha
Anton J Alfred
Scotts Bluff
Olaf F Alfred
Aug. Nelson
Marjorie
Ruth
Russel Fjell
Dean Nelson
Gertrude Nelson
Geo. Otte
Anchorville
Guild of the Baptist Church
Mildred
Geneva Beckman
Hazel Nelson
Sterling Nelson
Lawrence Nelson
Stromaburg
Carl Friske
Central City
Howard Herbes
W. J. Herbes
Maxene
Zona
Osceola
Roy Yeltman
Denver
J B Williams
Byrnes
Grand Island
Julia Ann
Lorna Mae
Martin Smith
Adam Deuker
James Gibbons
Roy Grossnicklaus
Osceola Hospital
R. L. Schroeder
Clair McCormick
Jack LeClair
Osceola Plans Football Banquet January 16
Osceola Community Club hosts a banquet at the Rapp Hotel for Osceola High School football players their coach Snugg and players fathers. Tickets cost 35 cents and seating is limited. The event leads to a program with speeches taps dances songs and piano performances by local students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Community Club
Rapp
Osceola High
Snugg
P. A. Nelson
Sam Crouse
W. W. Norton
Quartette
Jay Hastings
D F Buchholz
M. A. Mills
Board of Education
Marilyn Brown
Geraldine Hattel
P. B. Campbell
Sayge
Miss Miller
Osceola Defeats Shelby 31 to 24 in Thrilling Clash
Led by Pierson with 15 points, Osceola edged Shelby 31 to 24 last Friday. Butz and Crouse controlled guard play, Gissler ruled the tip, and Allan Herrmann anchored the forwards as the half ended 19-10 before Shelby narrowed to 19-14 early in the second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Shelby
Pierson
Butz
Crouse
Shelby Boys
Gissler
Allan Herrmann
Osceola Women's Club Meets Amid Cold Weather
The Osceola Women’s Club held its regular meeting at the schoolhouse auditorium with smaller turnout due to cold. Mrs. Dewey Sigler reported the sale of Christmas Seals totaled $23.86, with half to be returned to the club. Mrs. J C Marquis reviewed Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s North To the Orient, which was well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Women’s Club
School House
Dewey Sigler
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
J. C. Marquis
Polk County Teachers Meet At Osceola High School
Polk County teachers meet Saturday January 11 at Osceola High School. Activities begin 9:00 a.m. with art demonstrations by Mrs Edna Shores and Miss Bernice Sward and include piano duet, character education address by Mrs Edna H Jackson, music and penmanship demonstrations, knighthood of youth, club activities, and a Rural School Library Books exhibit. Patrons may view the exhibits at the County Superintendent's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Osceola High School
Edna M. Shores
Bernice Sward
Anderson
Hennings
Edna H. Jackson
Lincoln
Anna Hannappel
Dorothae Bond
la “Verne Fredrickson
State Teachers’ Association
Bowers
Annual Polk County Farm Bureau Meeting
The Polk County Farm Bureau holds its annual meeting on Tuesday January 14 at the Legion Hall in Osceola. The morning session starts at 10 A M with a basket lunch for attendees. External speakers discuss 1936 agricultural outlook and federal farm program developments. Plans for Polk County extension work will be announced. All cooperators and friends are invited.
Sunday School Resolve to Attend All Year
A Presbyterian church urges members to start and keep Sunday School attendance every Sunday throughout the year with classes available for all ages.
Obituary of Mrs Albert E Johnson
Mrs. Albert E Johnson died January 1 1936 at her Osceola area home aged 56. She was born Wilhelmina Hultquist near Osceola and married Albert E Johnson in 1907. Survived by husband two brothers two sisters six nieces one nephew and many relatives. Funeral held Sunday at Free Mission Church Stromsburg with Pastor Theo Ramsey officiating. out of town relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Johnson
Osceola
Wilhelmina Ellen Hultquist
Nebraska
A. M. Hultquist
Stromsburg
Theo. Ramsey
BE. J. Fleetwood
Lincoln
R. E. Cook
Jean Marjorie
Wausa
A. Sward
Kingsburg
California
Marian Hulquest
Hildreth
Birthday Family Visits Honor 93rd Mrs Malmberg
Mr and Mrs Emil Monson and family and Arthur Monson of Stromsburg and Mrs Mauritz Johnson with Duane of Polk visited Mrs Sophia Malmberg in Blue Springs Nebraska to mark her 93rd birthday on Sunday January 5. Neighbors L H Hutchinson Elmer Chamberlin also paid calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Monson
Arthur Monson
Stromsburg
Mauritz Johnson
Duane
Polk
Blue Springs
Nebraska
Sophia Malmberg
Malmberg
L. H. Hutchinson
Elmer Chamberlin
New Party Room Above Corn Palace Cafe Opens
Mr and Mrs Raymond Bouzek proprietors of the Corn Palace Cafe have arranged a party room in the apartment above the cafe. A green color scheme decorates the attractive space. The room is spacious for a large group yet cozy for intimate gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Bouzek
Corn Palace Cafe
Local social notes and community updates from Osceola
Osceola and area residents share visits and gatherings. Shelmadines and family visit Silver Creek relatives. Maple Leaf Club meets with 21 members and 2 guests. next meeting set for January 16. Fryes move into Louis Scholz house. Ruby Wieseman returns to Omaha to study at VanSant Business College. Christmas Seals drive reaches 78.92 dollars with half returned for welfare. H. B. H. Bridge Club captains prizes go to Mrs. Horst and Lynn Brigham. Miss Alice Carpenter, former Osceola High School teacher, returns from China and speaks in Omaha before heading to New York City for Columbia University course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Lyle Ostburg
Orlie Adelson and
Clarks
Adelson
Fred Schmidt
Rising City
Emory Cramer
Raymond Shockey
Columbus
Joe Strotman
Aurora
Charles Widga
Orendorff
Frank Adelson
Willard Adelson
Mat Sorenson
Orlie Adelson
James McClure
Central City
Joe McClure
Hordville
Johnnie Strand
Shelby
Arnold Isaacson
Henry Cramer
Omaha
L C Orendorff
Ed Anderson
Arcadia
Anderson
Chas. Whittemore
Rodney Whittemore
Beaver Crossing
Whittemore
Harry Bedient
Hemingford
Marian Peterson
Hutch ‘Miller
Paul Dahlberg
Greeley
Colo
Maurice Nyberg
Racine
Wis
Walter Eckdahl
York
Arthur Eckdahl
Wilmetta Steele
W. C. Steele
Grant Mattson
Wayne Stevens
Lloyd Hern
Minnesota
Emil Wilshusen
G. G. Shelmadine
Silver Creek
Osceola
Gray
Margaret Lucas
A. J. Herrmann
Maple Leaf Club
Nellie Benson
Lloyd Wamsley
I. D. Frye
Louis Scholz
Edgar Wisely
H. B. H. Bridge Club
Earl Watts
Elmer Horst
Lynn Brigham
Brigham
Alice Carpenter
China
America
Hastings
Benson Presbyterian Church
W. H. Hunter
Hunter
Huldah Yung
Osceola High School
Carpenter
New York City
Columbia University
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Wesley Chapel
Violet Hemingson
Kla‘muth Falls
Ore
Harry Jones
Ed Johnson
Oscar Sundberg
Chas. Eckles
Gresham
Hal Ostburg
Leo Wurtz
Orlie Miller
Sven Ec
Roosters
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