Local items and events from Osceola area notes
July 3 party at Mrs. Jack Malek’s home honored Susie Tilley’s 80th birthday. Harold's Thriftway hosts three days of bargains July 13–15 for Grand Opening. Miss Shirley Cox named Polk County Extension Agent in Home Economics. M. A. Mills Jr. appointed County Attorney for Farm Home Administration. Dee Ann Conrad travels on UN Pilgrimage. D. W. Adair dies of heart attack July 15. A girl born July 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Girard ing and breeding project. Alice Matheson returns from Comstock visit. Methodist Sunday School classes plan a food sale for Babies’ Ice and Milk Fund in Omaha. Dr. W. M. Byers attends Missouri Valley Veterinary Association. accompanied by son Donald. Frontier Days Osceola features fast horse racing July 26–27. Jones Grocery building to receive large sign by R. A. Mills. Charles Emory threshing wheat at 28 bushel average. Ed Samuels of Stromsburg demonstrates Dairy Maid cream separator at Schmoker store. Gustaf Hornbloom born Hafor Sweden Feb 20 1847 dies while visiting farm southeast of Osceola.
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Jack Malek
Susie Tilley
Harold’s Thriftway
Shirley Cox
Bridgeport
Polk County
Home Economics
M. A. Mills, Jr
Farm Home Administration
Dee Ann Conrad
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of America
D. W. Adair
Hubert Girard
Ing
Alice Matheson
Comstock
Methodist Church
Musselman Booth
Babies’ Ice and Milk Fund
Omaha
W. M. Byers
Missouri Valley Veterinary Association
Donald
Osceola
Jones Grocery
R. A. Mills
Charles Emory
Ed Samuels
Stromsburg
C. C. Schmoker
Gustaf Hornbloom
Hafor
Sweden
Kerr Mills
Institutional Fund
Institutional
Bee
Agricultural Society
Osceola City
Shelby Village
Polk Village
Polk
Jones Creek
Hackberry
Shelby Rural Fire District
Bellwood Rural Fire District
Educational Service
Hackberry Cemeter
Obituary and local notices from Shelby and surrounding area
A solemn high mass was offered in Sacred Heart Church Shelby for Charles E Hastert who died July 5 at 78. IOOF Lodges of Polk County plan to collect food clothing and bedding for flood relief in Kansas. Burdette Sandin travels to Denver for gunsmithing course at the Colorado School of Trades. Mara Grossnick laus to Sidney Sigler wed in Glenwood Iowa on July 12 in a double ring ceremony. Dr Earl A Gullberg Osceola physician died in Omaha after weeks ill. Lowell Hanson and Warren Johnson families vacationing in Denver and Colorado Springs.
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Sacred Heart
Shelby
Charles E. Hastert
IOOF
Polk County
Kansas
Burdette Sandin
Denver
Colorado School of Trades
Holly Grossnicklaus
Mara
Sidney Sigler
Dewey Sigler
Glenwood
Iowa
Prewitt
The
Baptist Church
Earl A. Gullberg
Osceola
Omaha
Lowell Hanson
Warren Johnson
Colorado Springs
Shelby Daily Notes 30 Years Ago Obits and Local Events
Miss Lena Gondringer of Shelby dies after illness at 60. Mr and Mrs Leonard Kropatsch welcome a son born July 21. A fire destroys a machine shed and a tractor at William Campain farm near Osceola. Hollis Campain sustains burns. Roland Johnson joins First National Bank replacing Warren Johnson who enters Fort Crook Army. Gerald H Stodghill and Anna Marsden obtain a marriage license. Bright Side Club holds July meeting at Mrs John Staroscik’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Gondringer
Shelby
Leonard Kropatsch
William Campain
Osceola
Hollis Campain
Hollis
Roland Johnson
First National Bank
Warren
Fort Crook
Gerald H. Stodghill
Grand Island
Anna Marsden
Archie Marsden
Bright Side Club
John Staroscik
Garden Club to tour local lily gardens in meeting
The Garden Club will meet Tuesday evening at the M. R. Anderson home then tour John Fillman and Gilbert Hotchkiss gardens before returning for the program on Lilies. Chas Howland, 62, died July 15 of a paralytic stroke.
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Garden Club
M. R. Anderson
John Fillman
Gilbert Hotchkiss
Anderson
Herman Anderson
Anna Anderson
Lara Necomer
Opal Pierson
Irma Wieseman
Alice Veltman
Maxine Herbes
Jerry Quick
Neela Wisely
Elvera Brown
A. F. Nyquist
Gilbert Johnson
Chas. Howland
Marriage announcement and county farm tour report
Fifty years ago the marriage of Miss May Deland to Mr Floyd M Hartson is announced by the couple this week. The first annual Polk County Farm Bureau tour was a complete success though many farmers were unable to attend due to threshing. The tour began at D A Bensesons with discussion of a drainage project and a demonstration restock feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Deland
Floyd M. Hartson
Polk County Farm Bureau
D. A. Benson’s
District 54 News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Leena Imhoff reports a busy week of social visits and gatherings. Family and friends from Columbus, Osceola, Bellevue, Yankton, and Omaha joined celebrations and dinners, with 4th of July fireworks and a DeMolay picnic noted. Connie ikke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 54 News
Leena Imhoff
Kepners and Krohns Visited Lincoln and Omaha
Mr and Mrs Raymond Kepner spent last Tuesday in Lincoln and Omaha visiting his sister Mrs R J Inness in Omaha Mr and Mrs Ken Krohn and daughters Alison and Kristin of Rockford Inness were July 5 and 6 visitors in the Dean Henricksen home The ladies are sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Kepner
Lincoln
Omaha
R. J. Inness
Ken Krohn
Alison
Kristin
Rockford
Inness
Dean Henricksen
Polk County Treasurer's Semi-Annual Statement 1971
Polk County Nebraska treasurer certifies the six month period ending June 30 1971 as a true and complete statement of county treasury conditions as of June 30 1971. The county reports outstanding claims certified by the county clerk and declares the statement to be complete to the best of the treasurer’s knowledge.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Treasury
Centennial year greeting and social notes from Osceola Record
A letter from Ruth E. Harrison renews subscription and fondly recalls schoolmates from the early 1920s as Osceola Record gears toward its centennial. The item also lists weekend visits and relatives visiting from Washington Pensacola Fremont Versailles and Idaho, with family connections among the Andersons Alderman Hardgrace Gleed Schultz Emmons and Armstrong clans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Glen Armstrong
Versailles
Roy
Floyd Emmons
Mr. Armstrong
Roy Emmons
Deed Transfers Seal Property Into Several Wards
Clarence L Coffin and wife transfer S1 2 of Lot 10 Block 8 original town Shelby to Gary Wahl and wife Harriet L Bennett et al transfer Lot 6 and west 23 Lots 8 and 9 Block 1 Woods Subdivision Morrill's Addition Stroms burg to John D Brockmeyer and wife Max O Quick and wife transfer parcel 150 feet south of the NE corner Block 6 Morrill's Addition Stromsburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Coffin
Gary Wahl
Shelby
Harriet L. Bennett
John D. Brockmeyer
Woods
Morrill
Stromsburg
Max O. Quick
Larry Leon Lehn
N.E
Land Transfers and Deeds in Osceola Area Listed
Albertus Larson and wife transfer multiple parcels to LRS Farms Inc. and others. Charles L. Peterson and Ivan Stratton–to–new buyers parcel by parcel. Quitclaims include Lillian Ferrand, City of Osceola properties, and Delilah Dey transfers. Transactions cover blocks, additions, and town lots in Osceola Polk Stromsburg Shelby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albertus Larson
LRS Farms, Inc
Charles L. Peterson
Murray Nelson
Polk
Ivan Stratton
Glenn H. Cederberg
Osceola
Hattie Cook
Elmer E. Leves
Raymond C. Watts
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Columbus
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Robert Tooker
Norman Carters
Donald Schipperiet
Judy Cash
Silver Creek
Jerry Tooker
Center
the State University
Donald Schott
Paprocki
Larry Gavlik
Richard Gavliks
Texas
Leona Imhoff
Charles Kucera
Lottie Dake
Ted Wyman
Jack Burger
Kim
Roy Nelson
Bob Wyman
Sam Wyman
Janie Bryan
Wyman
Lake Babcock
Sherry Jackson
Conad
Darlene Hinkle
Richard Peterson
Janelle
Mark
Esther Nelson
Bellevue
Tandra Wyman
Denise Schipporiet
Cindy Tooker
Angelau Bruno
Dimitri Manole
Ernest Hipps
Springfield
U Shar
E. Kiein
Gayle Wyman
Leona
Beth Imhoff
August Schutt
Walter Koehler
Rudy Sandin
Norman Hofbauer
E. E. Burritt
Peggy Burritt
Lawrence Sarow
Sandra.Fields
Yankton
South Dakota
Nina Delamore
Gayle
Jerry Nightengale
Cody
Diana
Gary Mitchka
Ann
Anglo
Wendell McCormick
California
Vern McCormick
Ayet
TREA
Ann On
Louise S. Timm
Osceola Record
Ruth E. Harrison
Grand Ave
Ojai
Calif
Alfred O.yungdahl
Pete W. Lambert
Lillian Ferrand
Delilah Dey
Ronald R. Dey
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