Wilkey and Dare Bring Amusing Act to Polk Fair
Polk County Fair showcases the comedy duo Wilkey and Dare August 3 to 6 promising a guaranteed hit or double your money back. Dennis Wilkey serves as master of ceremonies with fast paced routines, previously billed at Radio City and Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkey & Dare
Dennis Wilkey
Radio City Music Hall
Palace Theatre
New York City
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Forty Years Ago Notes From The Community
Forty years ago items note births, marriages, and local events. Included are a June 15 birth to Mr and Mrs Gilbert Johnson. a wedding of Florence Bartlett to Claude E McPeak. a fishing trip returning with three gar against the river. a cherry tree fall injuring C V Fernandez. Uncle Dan Jarmin 92 and a potato race joke. and local bank benches causing a shortage of liars to borrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Johnson
Merle Dearborn
Colin Campbell
Ideal Cafe
Frank Chauner
State Street
Mickey Farm
C. V. Fernandez
Jud Bartlett
Florence Bartlett
Claude E. McPeak
Des Moines
Iowa
Dan Jarmin
First National Bank
Osceola Grass Seed Advert and Local Visits
Osceola items note seed buyers especially brome seed. Local residents share visits and trips with relatives: Mrs. Arthur Gustafson and Mrs. Martha Walgreen visit in Lincoln to meet a new granddaughter. Marian Inness visits Genoa grandparents. The Horsts return from Denver and Long Beach. Vacations in Black Hills include Mrs. Mable Weaver, Erma DeLand, and Mrs. Wm DeLand. Sunday dinners include the Stark families from Nevada and Lincoln, Ed Stark from South Africa. Perry Miller and Roc Miller visit Flossie Deeds. Bud Deeds and family of Beaver Crossing also visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gustafson
Polk
Martha Walgreen
Paul Gustafson
Lincoln
Black Hills
Mable Weaver
Erma DeLand
Omaha
Wm. DeLand
Osceola
Perry Miller
Hastings
Flossie Deeds
Roc Miller
Bud Deeds
Beaver Crossing
Local Deals And Union Of Marriages Reported
Martin R Anderson buys Arthur N Johnson stock from Farmers Co op Swede Home manager job to Carl Cederberg. Alvin Merrick weds Grace Grant June 12 in Fairbury. couple to live on northeast farm. Victor Berggren and Luella Veach marry. live in city as Berggren works at Veach and Berggren garage. Delco light tower erected at Timm Field. Dr William Byers, Osceola prep, joins Dr Butz. Weather: boxy rainstorm floods valley with 1.15 inches. Twenty years ago deaths of Nels Anderson and Mrs John W Oberg noted. Cattle sale: Herefords avg 1041 at 6.75. Marriage: Mary Nadine Stowe and Ward Taylor wed. baby Michelle Horst born in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin R. Anderson
Arthur N. Johnson
Anderson
Farmers Co-op
Carl Cederberg
Alvin Merrick
Grace Grant
Fairbury
Victor Berggren
Luella Veach
Virginia
Veach and
Berggren
Delco
Timm Field
Wm. Byers
Osceola
Butz
Nels Anderson
Sweden
Mr. Anderson
Eleanor Petr
Paul Joy
David City
Howard Herbes
Prague
John W. Oberg
K. A. Cornish
C. R. Stanton
South Omaha
Mary Nadine Stowe
Lincoln
Ward Taylor
Otto Horst
Michellenn
War department notifies Osceola family of missing son in North Africa
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs Albert Dreier of Osceola learn their son Thereon Terry Dreier is missing in action in North Africa. Marilyn McKeag and Gordon Fredrickson wed at the bride’s home, will live west of Osceola where he farms. Probers at Stromsburg Bank found little loot aside from pennies and nickels. Maurice Scholz of San Diego and Dorothy Campann announce birth of an eight pound son on Sunday June 13. Adkins couple to move to Sutton Neb this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Dreier
Osceola
War Department
Terry
North Africa
Marilyn McKeag
Wm. McKeag
Shelby
Gordon W. Fredrickson
Axel Fredrickson
Stromsburg Bank
Maurice Scholz
San Diego
Calif
Scholz
Dorothy Campann
Fred Adkins
Sutton, Neb
Weather, tests and reform: mixed federal stance and Nebraska note
Harrison surveys the wartime weather claim with Air Force testimony asserting no link between atomic blasts and weather while AEC and other agencies push the same line. Civil Defense touts a $40 basement shelter for protection within 3,500 feet of blast. A reform pushes saving over spending, with a clerk earning a $325 award after restructuring. Nebraska nears no female state legislators as one of four holdouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Armed Forces Committee
House
Army
Navy
Civil Defense Administration
Weather Bureau
AEC
Nebraska
Val Peterson
Nevada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polk County Fair
Frederick Prue
Steve
Corpus Christi
Texas
E. A. Schnasse
Lydia Englehardt
Sacred Heart Parish
Oscar Anderson
John Iler
Sioux City
Elmer Olson
Carol
Ponca
Neb
L. L.ler
W. E. Bonne
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Carold Hanson
Giltner
Phil Nyberg
G. Bouma
Gardena
California
Clyde Barber
Patterson
Mary
Don Ray Byers
Osceola Park
Cheerie Sisters
Effie Fernandez
Miss Crosby
Seward
Maud Nuquist
Lake Ericson
Selby Nuquist
Leroy Laase
Nancy Laase
Camp Covenant Cedars
Hordville
Marian Inness
Genoa
Ralph Horst
Denver
Owen Horst
Long Beach
R. M. McDonald Home
Clarence Stark
Chas. Stark
Ed Stark
South Africa
Tse
Ring Bologna
Our
Post
Picnie
Anderson Mercantile
Blackbird Food
Southwest
White House
Pres
Eisenhower
Harrison
Firestone
Plymouths
Externet
DIAL
Osceola, Nebraska
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