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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
3
The Osceola group held a May 25 gathering with Anita Branting leading a demonstration on setting the table. Home movies followed, then a lunch. The next meeting is set for Ruth Sigler’s home on June 25.
Mr and Mrs L M Merrick traveled to Weeping Water on Saturday to spend the holiday weekend with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Eugene Day.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Jarmin of Scottsbluff attended the Alumni banquet and planned to visit relatives and attend Memorial Services. Mr and Mrs Dexter D Jones of Arcadia California announce the birth of a baby girl named Janet Shar on May sth. Mrs Jones was formerly Matilda Amacher of Osceola.
Mr and Mrs G G Shelmadine of Kearney visited Osceola on Sunday to see Mrs P C Wieseman and Mrs F P Shelmadine.
Names of residents and guests appear across several short notes. L. J. Egley of Willows California visited Nebraska relatives. Mrs. O. F. Coons traveled to Wichita Kansas for Memorial Day. Katheryn Matheson and Mary Kathryn visited Beatrice. Families from Moline and Central City joined Osceola residents for weekend hosting. Elsie Anderson from Chicago visited relatives Clara J. Horst and August P. Anderson in Osceola.
A home visit for a Shoemaker family marks May 19 as a local anniversary. Rumors of a new train service with two daily passenger runs surface. Osceola High School graduates six girls and one boy. A lively barn mishap injures R. R. Genge and Wm. Everetts, while a Kansas cyclone forecast stirs weather watchers.
May 6 1948 the Osceola City Council authorized private sale of Lots 5 and 6 in Block 1 Original Town to Tillie J Wallace for 1000 dollars. City to allow library use of the building rent free until January 1 1950 and a reasonable rent thereafter. Remonstrance within 30 days from May 13 1948 required to block the deed. Attest City Clerk T W Hamilton and Mayor George W Craven.
An individual died Monday after falling into a large rain water jar two miles east of Stromsburg. The report notes other local items: Polk County eighth grade class numbers 223. families relocating to Oregon and California. memorial day graveside decorations. a 1938 marriage at Federated Church parsonage in Columbus. local gunfire prompting a citywide distress signal. acquisition projects for fair grounds. a death of Mrs. W. A. Michener at age 74. and a Polk County lien sale notice in Lancaster County court for land in Section 35 Township 16 Range 1 West.
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