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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1935
Page
1
Sunday hosts and guests fill rural Polk community as families visit across Thayer Benedict Stromsburg Osceola Central City and Belgrade. Points include Dr. Harry Johnson at a local game and George Flick's motorcycle accident injuries. Names include Robson Crow Sands Ostberg Gustafson and Davis among many others.
Arthur Gabriel helped on his brother Albert Gabriel’s farm in Shelby last week. Dorothy Dworak of Fairbury visited her grandmother Mrs Bertha Bernt in Columbus. Cyrus Janicek of Bellwood and Emma Nebosis dined with Rudolph Janicek in Columbus. Platte Valley lost to Lone Star 14 to 4. Numerous local families hosted and visited in Columbus and Duncan over the weekend.
York edged Osceola 3 to 2 on the York diamond Sunday afternoon. The close contest featured a tight battle and a late scoring play that decided the outcome.
Funeral services for William Ehlers longtime Polk County figure and Osceola native were held at the Osceola Methodist Church. He was born in Germany October 20, 1866 and lived in Wisconsin, Nebraska, York and Polk counties before moving with his wife Emma Schmoker to Straussburg Colorado in 1919. He died June 28, 1935 in Denver at age 69. He is survived by his widow and two stepchildren Ervin Schmoker and Mrs. Charles Nordlok.
The third annual Peterson family reunion gathered at Buckley Park in Stromsburg with a large turnout including Gust Chindgren Carlson N F, Moritz, and many Carlson Peterson Ekstrom and Swanson families. Since the last reunion there were one marriage and three births, and officers were elected with Lillie Chindgren secretary. The next gathering moves to the second Sunday in July.
Shelby reports include Dr. J Augustin's operation at Shelby hospital and several travel plans. Families such as the Smiths, Kumpfs, Hanshews, and Gilchrists plan visits or summer trips to Wyoming Illinois Seattle and Texas while Alma Hayhurst and Olive McBeth attend a Denver teachers convention. Local visitors from Omaha David City Silver City and Bradshaw are noted with a .62 inch rainfall since the last issue.
Mr and Mrs Sidney Weitelbuss of Grand Island were Sunday guests at the Carl Bryant home. Willa Jean Bryant who had spent last week at the Weitelbuss home returned to her home here Sunday.
Osceola residents invited to Ak-Sar-Ben Den Show in Omaha on July 8 to see Broadway musical Nina Rosa by Sigmund Romberg. Tickets via Ak-Sar-Ben ambassador W. R. Kepner. Delegations from towns along the Union Pacific line and Rotarians to attend. post-show buffet lunch served.
Miss LaVerne Fredrickson returned home from Des Moines Iowa after a visit. Ansel and Morris Fredrickson families drove to Lincoln to visit John Fredrickson. Rev Leonard Smith Laura Peterson spent Sunday with Sander Peterson then headed to Holdrege for a few days. Community attendance at Newman Grove Women’s District Convention noted. James Bennett of Los Angeles and Hilma Flodman of Stromsburg visited Marvin Fredrickson. Spoots Davis visited grandmother Mrs Ice in Polk over the weekend. Axel Fredrickson family and Swan Anderson visited Oscar Berglad at Octavia. Shostrom and Samuelson hosted twenty girls for a tea. Berniece Voltz of Lincoln vacationing with Walter Bush. High Prairie Club to meet at Fay Beardsley’s Friday. Everett Anderson hosted guests from Portland Oregon including Woodin, Watson, Fredrickson, Clayton, Axel Anderson and Swan Anderson. Alfred Kohl visited his parents at Bradshaw then with Kohl family at Grand Island. Portland visitors Watson and family spent days at Fredrickson home and left Tuesday for Iowa.
The week brings honeymoons and visits as Stromsburg residents return from Colorado and Detroit while others travel to Lake Pibes for fishing. A truck collision on the square damages two rigs. Community events include a Buckley Park Fourth of July dedication with A C Shallenberger as speaker and a Swede Home dinner party honoring Mrs Anna Anderson. The Staley Trump wedding at the Methodist Church marks a Stromsburg residence for the newlyweds and a chiropractic practice for the groom.
The Osceola Community Club regular meeting scheduled for Monday July 8 is postponed to Monday July 15 at 11 45 a m. Important business matters will be discussed and all local businessmen are urged to attend to support town improvement through club cooperation.
Miss Margaret Newcomer and Robert E. Wintersteen, both of Lincoln, wed at First Presbyterian Church Lincoln at 1 p.m. Tuesday July 2. Rev. Paul Calhoun officiated. the couple were unattended. The bride, Lincoln High School 1938 graduate, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Newcomer, formerly of Osceola. The groom attended the University of Nebraska and will work with Lincoln theatres. They will reside in Lincoln.
The Polk County National Farm Loan Association of Osceola Nebraska reports a 4 percent permanent rate on new Federal Land Bank loans for farmers. This marks the third rate cut in three months, with the 3 1/2 percent temporary rate in force until July 1, 1936. The lower rate reflects bonds at 8 1/2 percent and the cooperative farm credit system.
The Rivoli Theatre installs a new air-wash cooling plant manufactured in St. Louis at an outlay of about $1600. The system uses a monster blower to push cooled air into the theatre, refreshing air every three minutes for comfort during hot weather. It promises healthful air and invites patrons to try the cooler around the 4th of July.
Vivian Anderson daughter of Mr and Mrs Nels J Anderson Stromsburg and Whitmer Anderson son of Anton Anderson Osceola wed on Wednesday June 26 at Covenant Church Stromsburg Rev Simon Carlson officiated double ring ceremony with about seventy guests. Maid of honor Doris Anderson bridesmaids Edith Hanson Mildred Johnson Best Man Ivar Oberg reception at the bride’s home after. The bride a Stromsburg high school graduate worked at Lunner and Johnson store. couple to farm near Polk after a wedding trip.
Fairview residents report visits and travel including J Gubser with daughter in law. Misses Mace attend a shower for Miss Jennings. Hazel Norris returns from Wayne. Betty Jo Hastings visits Osceola. Helen Wisely ill after measles. Local events include a well attended ice cream social for flood district.
Mr and Mrs William Shrader of Fairfield Nebraska former Osceola residents and their children held a family reunion at the Fairfield home with fifty nine in attendance. The Shrader clan met Osceola friends at the city park and gathered 89 relatives for a Surprise picnic dinner. All children attended except Marguerite who is ill in Idaho. Relatives included Raymond Shrader from Dallas Texas and Warren Donald Shrader from Burley Idaho among others from Hayward California Omaha and Idaho.
Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church in Osceola for Emily Tirzah Lodge Welch who died June 25 1935 in Los Angeles California. She was 88 years five months and 22 days old. Burial was in Osceola Cemetery. She was born January 3 1847 in Lisbon Ohio and married William Welch in 1875. The couple homesteaded near Osceola and later moved to Los Angeles. Three sons Gray Herman and Arthur were born. Gray died in infancy and Herman and Arthur reside in Los Angeles. Heart failure was the immediate cause after years of declining health following influenza.
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