Polk County Tax Levy Among Nebraska's Lowest
Polk County has a county levy of 3.45 mills tied for eighth lowest in Nebraska, with only seven counties lower. Western counties show higher levies. Fullerton and Lincoln are among high-rate cities, while Polk's towns Osceola Stromsburg Polk and Shelby show mid-range levies. Despite the low levy, Polk ranks high in old age assistance payments, exceeding state and many higher-levy counties.
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Nebraska
Polk County
Wm. H. Smith
York County
Cuming
Butler
Dodge
Clay
Kearney
Merrick
Phelps
Fullerton
Frank Arnold
State Taxpayers League
Lincoln
Omaha
North Platte
McMowing
Osceola
Stromsburg
Polk
Shelby
Polk County Fair Secretary to Speak at State Meeting
Jay Hastings secretary of the Polk County Fair Association will travel to Lincoln next Monday to take a place on the program at the annual meeting of county fair managers in the state capitol. He plans to discuss how to improve the state fair with notes from his updated talk.
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Jay Hastings
Polk County Fair Association
Lincoln
Capitol City
Hastings
Grippe
Jay
Polk County
Kunkels Observe Anniversary in Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs D H Kunkel celebrate their 59th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the home of their son J A Kunkel in Los Angeles where they are spending the winter Present were their son Charles four grandchildren and friends The Kunkels were married in Newburg Pennsylvania and moved to Nebraska soon after Their children include Mrs F H Anderson Lodi California Mrs H E King Omaha and Mrs W J Hartzell Riverton Wyoming
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D. H. Kunkel
Osceola
Neb
J. A. Kunkel
Los Angeles
Charles
Kunkers
Newburg
Nebraska
F. H. Anderson
Lodi
Calif
Jim Harris
Central City
Dave Harris
Harold Baker
Archer
Heitzman
George Reed
Polk
Téd
Delamore
John Carson
Silver Creek
Charles Carson
Ord
Lincoln
Hazel McMeekin
California
Donald Willits
LaVerne Dake
West Side Community News Summary
West Side households report Sunday dinner hosts the Ruwuberts family and visits by and to the Fredricksons. Swede Home Luther League and High Prairie Get-To-Gether plan meetings in church spaces, with women’s society and ladies club recent gatherings noted.
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Rodney Ruwuberts
Axel Fredrickson
Luther League
Herman Fredrickson
Hilma Toline
Sylvia Fredrickson
Victor Newman
York
Elsie Pierson
Lincoln
Albert Pierson
Sander Peterson
Harley Olseen
Edger Peterson
Dixie Lee
Petrus Nelson
Gust Chindgren
Lillie
Fred Carlson
Gust Peterson
Stromsburg
Oliver Johnson
Kenneth Peterson
Marvin Fredrickson
Ansel Fredrickson
Oscar Fred
Judge Hastings Holds Busy District Court Session
District Judge L. S. Hastings presided over a full district court session with orders signed and motions for new trials in Richardson vs Warner and Egelhof vs Hunter taken under advisement. Bernice Kumpf was granted a divorce from Archie Kumpf. The Jenni Gilbert estate land sale and the HOLC vs Homer Fellows real estate sale were confirmed.
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L. S. Hastings
Richardson
Warner
Egelhof
Hunter
Bernice Kumpf
Archie Kumpf
Jennie Gilbert
Holc
Homer Fellows
Greens Chapel Ladies Aid Meet Thursday Afternoon
HACKEPBERRY Greens Chapel Ladies Aid will meet Thursday afternoon January 27th. Mrs. Harry Obrist Mrs. Elmer Kindburg and Mrs. Keith Kindberg will entertain. The Brotherhood will hold an open meeting at Greens Chapel next Monday evening January 24th. Numerous local residents visited relatives and attended church gatherings over the weekend across Stromsburg Benedict Central City and York areas.
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Greens Chapel
Ladies Aid
Harry ‘Obrist
Elmer Kindburg
Keith Kindberg
Brotherhood
Nordquist
Stromsburg
August E. Anderson
Bert ‘Myers
Anton Carlson
Emagene Powell
Iowa
Tracy Nelson and Son
W. L. Hollister
Imogene Hurd
Lucille Donnelson
Leonard ~Mentink
Bruce L. Anderson
Elinor, Earl
Kenneth Mentink
Victor C. Johnson
John Dahl
F. W. Powell
Near Benedict
D. E. Powell
Russell Anderson
Arnold Wilhoft
Central City
Albert Bloom
Fort Collins
Colorado
Pete Simpson
Wm. Campain
Columbus
Clyde Simpson
Harvey McKeag
Horace McKeag
James McKeager
Charles Peterson
Benedict
Forrest Bergren
Noah Graham
Greta Radley
York
George Steever
Shelby
Richard Conrad
Fred Burke
Robert Burke
Earl Burke
Ed Burke
Linquist
Carl and Kelly
Walden
Nels Swanson
Son
Kenneth Hollister
Elm
Notice to bidders for Osceola Nebraska piling bids
Sealed bids will be received at the County Clerk's Office Osceola Nebraska on January 25 1938 at 2 00 p m and publicly opened and read for piling materials including 8 inch top natural tapered cres ted piling 14 pieces 35 feet long and other lengths 490 linear feet 24 pieces 30 feet long 720 linear feet 10 pieces 25 feet long 250 linear feet 50 pieces 20 feet long 1000 linear feet 14 pieces 16 feet long 224 and the board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or waive defects.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
John I
Anderson County
Local D.A.R. Meeting and Community Notes from Stromsburg
Regular Eli jah Gove chapter D.A.R. meeting at Mrs A V Eiels home with Miss Harriet Herendeen of Ohio and Miss Mabel Herendeen as guests. Polk game 43 23 Vik ings. tract or demonstration at Branting store. Sally Eielson sixteenth birthday. Jean French named third in Nebraska D.A.R. Citizenship contest. possible trip to Washington D. C. next spring. Grandma Falk hip fracture. Edwin L Anderson buys Clark property for funeral home. Ericksons and Norman changes of residence. Founders Day lunch hosted by A R P.E.O. Helen Scott to resume teaching in Sioux City schools.
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Elijah Gove
D.A.R
A. V. Eiels
A . Hedbloom
Harriet Herendeen
Ohio
Mabel Herendeen
Stromsburg
Polk
Vikings
Polk County
O. F. Branting and Sons
Sally Eielson
Jean French
Nebraska
W. R. French
Jean
Washington D. C
Grandma Falk
John Falk
Lutheran Hospital
York
Edwin L. Anderson
Charles Clark
Arthur Erickson
Eric Ericson
Charles Norman
Ford Lantz
Lantz
New Lantz
Helen Scott
Sioux City
Iowa
Insurance Co Holds Annual Meeting at Strains Hall
The Polk Butler County Farmers Insurance Company met at Strain's Hall in Shelby last Thursday afternoon. Officers were re-elected and Charles E. Jones of Osceola joined the board, succeeding J. L. Carter. Secretary Bert Smith reported healthy, flourishing company affairs.
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Polk Butler County Farmers Insurance Company
Strain’s Hall
Shelby
Charles E. Jones
Osceola
J. L. Carter
Bert Smith
Will of late Mary Bergman filed for probate
The will of the late Mary Bergman, Polk County's reputedly wealthiest woman, was filed for probate in the county court this week. It leaves many bequests to relatives and others, including $2000 to the Childrens Home at Holdredge and $2000 to the Bethphage Mission at Axtell.
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Mary Bergman
Polk Counties
Childrens Home
Holdredge
Bethphage
Axtell
Arthur G. Peterson
South America
Young People’s Conference
Polk
Local readers visit hospitalized Fairview patient and relatives
Fairview Mrs. Dave Harris underwent thyroid surgery in an Omaha hospital on Wednesday. Family and friends including husband Lester Anderson and Stella visited later. Numerous relatives from Parke Wyoming Lincoln Ord Merrick Central City and Silver Creek joined in on gatherings and greetings.
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Dave Harris
Omaha
Lester Anderson
Stella
Floyd Frizzell
Parke
Wyoming
Roy Frizzel
Leck McCormick
Tom Meacham
H. A. McCormick
George Buchta
Gus Lieber
Columbus
Donald Willits
Ray Graham
Merrick County
E. Fineey
Cedric
Shelby Area Social Roundup Reflects Local Visits and Milestones
Shelby residents joined visits across Lincoln Columbus and Omaha last week. Barney Krebsbach and son Arthur traveled to Lincoln for business while John and Mrs. Inks returned home after California. Birthday wishes went to Mrs. Fling on January 5 with friends in Northwest Shelby.
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Barney Krebsbach
Arthur
Lincoln
C. J. Augustin
Henry Augustin
Louie Hastert
St. Anne
E. B. Abbott
Clarence Lamson
Joyce
David City
Shelby
Henry Ebel
Bellwood
Margaret Gondringer
Rebekah Kensington
Lodge Hall
Fred J. Strain
Geo. McMeekin
Strain
McMeekin
Frank Bernt
Columbus
Everett Funkhouser
Reichert
Funkhouser
Wm. Inness
G. T. Savery
Eastern Star Chapter Installs New Officers
The local Eastern Star chapter held a meeting in the Lodge Halls last Tuesday to install officers. New officers include Worthy Matron Mrs I L M Merrick and Worthy Patron P C Wieseman among others such as Associate Matron Mrs M A Mills and Secretary Mrs Joel Hanson.
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The
Eastern Star
Il. M. Merrick
Worthy Marton
P. C. Wieseman
S. W. Calhoun
Albert Zang
Marshal
Osceola Record and State Journal One Year Offer
The Osceola Record and State Journal announce a one year subscription offer priced at four dollars. Readers may subscribe to both papers for a full year at a bundled rate. The promotion emphasizes value and continuity of local reporting.
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The
Osceola Record
State Journal
Organize Here For Fight Against Infantile Paralysis
Osceola led all third class post offices in 1937 with 55618 dollars in baby bond sales per treasury figures. A Polk County committee begins fundraising for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis ahead of President's Birthday events on January 29. Contributions support cause, cure, prevention, and rehabilitation with donor levels from 1 dollar to 5 dollars and founder certificates.
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Osceola
Associated Press
Washington
Osceola Post Office
United States
Treasury Department
Chicago
Polk County
National Foundation For
Roosevelt
National Foundation
Margaret Anderson
Stromsburg
R. E. Nelson
R. E. Dahlin
Polk
Karl Thelen
Shelby Webster Ray
Shelby
Raymond Kepner
Jay Hastings
August W. Johnson
K. A. Cornish
T. A. Reece
Shelby area church and social notices recap
Wesley Chapel hosts with Rev S W Longacre. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets. chapter from Mecca and Beyond discussed. Dozens of Shelby area families visit, dine, and host in Osceola Fullerton and Columbus. Local travel includes D C Burns and Lula visiting Topeka then Connecticut. Birthdays and hospital news noted.
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S. W. Longacre
Shelby
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Charles Hastings
F. C. West
Mecca
D. C. Burns
Lula
Topeka
Kansas
Ray Burns
Connecticut
Alfred Gabel
Fullerton
John Gabel
Leo Albers
Adolph Kosch
Nick Semper
Bellwood
Harold Cockson
Columbus
Edmund Gabel
Louis Schott
Robert Korger
Earl Richards
Osceola
T. D. Richards
Ed Marker
Rising City
Verner Johansen
Burt Dunn
Glenn Richards
Glenna
Lutheran Hospital
Dewey Lockard
Tony ¥ Schmoker
Schmokers
Adolf Alt
George Hasselbach
Edmund Bernt
Shelby Hubert Alt
Alfred Kuehnal
Barr
J. S. Barr
Engelbert Gabel
Margie Jean
Marilyn Huggler
Ernest Nyquist
Wilmer Anderson
Stromsburg
Albert Anderson
Louis Sc
Nebraska 4-H forest project shows Clarke McNary seedlings survival
Nebraska 4 H forestry clubs planted 51 448 Clarke McNary seeds in 1987 with 55.6 percent survival. Osceola and Stromsburg clubs formed under leaders Frank Barclay and Wendell R Swanson. Three Collins brothers from Box Butte achieved 95 percent survival on yellow pines. Polk County distributes seedlings for 1938 planting with 1300 trees ordered by Jan 11 and available through the Farm Bureau in Osceola.
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Nebraska 4-H Forestry Club
Silvan Tree Club
Osceola
Frank Barclay
Stromsburg
Wendell R. Swanson
Cears G. Maxwell
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Donald
Bernard
Edward Collins
Box Butte County
Polk County
Clarke~McNary
Polk County Farm Bureau
Polk Rebekahs Install Osceola Lodge Officers
Mrs Laura Merchant district deputy presided with Polk Rebekahs as Osceola Lodge officers were installed for the current term Friday evening. New officers include Edith Smith Noble Grand Gertrude Braithwait Vice Grand Kilma Johnston Secretary Emma Nyquist Treasurer Evelyn Hastings RSNG Fannie McCray Warden Mary Locke Conductor Edna McCray Musician Charlotte Van Horn Chaplain May Braithwait Inside Guardian Emily Brooks Outside Guardian Hazel Johnston RSV.G Elsie Stewart LSVG Fern Danskin PNG Bernice Brown. An oyster supper followed the lodge session.
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Laura Merchant
Polk
Osceola Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand
Edith Smith
Gertrude Braithwait
Kilma Johnston
Emma Nyquist
R.S.N.G
Evelyn Hastings
L.S.N.G
Fannie McCray
Mary Locke
Edna McCray
Charlotte van Horn
May Braithwait
Inside Guardian
Emily Brooks
Outside Guardian
Hazel Johnston
Miami obit for former Stromsburg resident Harry D. Skelton
Harry D. Skelton a former Stromsburg resident died at his home in Miami Oklahoma on Monday. He was about 70 years old and had been prominently involved in Polk County business enterprises in earlier days. He left Stromsburg about twenty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Skelton
Stromsburg
Miami
Oklahoma
Mr. Skelton
Polk County
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Fairview
Eastern Star Chapter
Little
Wesley Chapel
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