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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
1
Mr and Mrs W O Hansen learned Saturday evening their nephew Major Donald Hansen was killed in action in Burma while serving under General Stillwell. He left a wife and young daughter in Texas and his parents survive.
The Bright Side 4-H Club met May 31 at Mrs John Staroscik home. Genone Micek was elected president with Patty Kresha as vice president Peggy Staroscik as secretary Rita Kresha as news reporter. Five members take cooking one canning and two summer wardrobe. next meeting at Genone Micek home June 21.
Mrs. Josie Benda and sons joined Memorial Day dinner guests in Columbus with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Benda. Adolph Bernt and Lou Seiz hosted visitors in Bellwood area. Darlene Bernt visited, Pete Boro toured Columbus vicinity, and Carl Benda with Caroline and Josie Benda called on Edward Lisko. Lena Hecker and Josie Benda visited Annie Thompson at Lutheran hospital.
The Osceola committee unveils a hospital plan with 12 beds and full facilities including an operating room delivery room x ray and laboratory. Sisters of St Francis will supply four graduate nurses a lab and x ray technician a dietitian and an anesthetist plus a superintendent, aiming for hospital efficiency equal to larger towns.
Seaman Robert Moore on furlough to visit his mother and relatives. Navy men Joe Noel Thompson and Lt. John Thompson attended a funeral before Thompson's return to Corpus Christi. Sgt. Lyle Nelson enjoys a 15 day furlough from Ft. Sill with his parents in Osceola. Sgt. BE Cotter from Camp Pickett visits with wife and son at Webster Mills home. William Salsbury USN spends leave with wife. Pvt. Ray Bennett leaves Omaha for Ft. Meade after a 10 day furlough with his wife. Aviation Radioman Alton Bond arrives from San Diego for a two week leave before returning to Seattle. Mr and Mrs. Guy Fox learn Pvt Louis Morris wounded in Italy has arrived in Topeka and his wife plans a visit.
Wesley Chapel Osceola local Farmers Union to meet Tuesday evening June 13 at Miller schoolhouse with ice cream. Sunday visits and family gatherings include Cpl Hollis Campain at St Edwards reunion and Mrs Natalie Rech with children visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Rech. The Cerny families from the community Columbus and Oswald Cerny home hosts. Local neighbors hosted by Ben Schmoker and Opal Huggler Mrs Frank Hall and Tom Schmoker. Miss Elaine Treadway returns from Omaha after teaching there. School meeting Monday evening June 12. Lincon residents Mr and Mrs Philip Pyle Alfred Kuehnal and Ed Schott join Engelbert Gabel family for Sunday dinner. Doris Trued of Topeka visiting Axel Anderson family. Floyd West reports Lester Davis inducted into navy stationed in San Diego.
Polk County board reports several registrants accepted for military service and headed to training this month. Army recruits include Leland Widga Clarks Kenneth Larson Lawrence Robak Lawrence Micek Hemran Kumpf. Navy enlistees include Wm F Gaedeke Jr Gayle Hewitt Walter White Carl Jacobson Jr John Parks and Virgil Solomon.
Fairview residents hosted guests from Lyons Nebraska Rexford Kansas Omaha and California. Family visits included Capt Verlin Johnson returning from Alaska for a three week stay and Carol Johnson heading to Michigan for summer work. Milford Church died in a truck accident near Norfolk while riding with Albert Rice of Clarks.
Mrs. Herman Reisdorff of Los Angeles visited relatives here at the home of her sister Mrs. Joe Vrbka and at the Hershal Reisdorf home. Home Study Club will meet Tuesday June 13 at Mrs. John Hiemer. Several teachers named to teach this fall include Mrs. Dale Davis Miss Mary Louise Krumbach Frances Hambek Dolores Gabel Lorraine Gabel Dorothy Thelen. Dennis Hiemer and family joined Sunday dinner at the George Ebel home in Bellwood. Mrs. Roderic Smith underwent major surgery at Stromsburg hospital last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Pearson announce the engagement of their daughter Naomi to Vernon L. Ambrose T-Set Army Air Corps. Naomi attended Osceola and graduated in 1939. She has lived in Oakland, California working at Durkee. The groom-elect served 3 1/2 years in the Army including 15 months with the 19th Bomb Group in the South Pacific earning the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster four Presidential Citations and the Silver Star. He is stationed in Reno Nevada as Communication Inspector at Reno Army Air Base. Plans call for a formal wedding in early fall and the couple will reside in Reno.
Advertising brief promotes Crouse-Tex Mange Oil and Lime Sulphur Dip as remedies to maintain dog skin health.
Donald LaFaber a 21 year old of Clarks drowned in sand pits near the Clarks river bridge in Polk County last Sunday afternoon. J E Steeple a Osceola businessman helped recover the body after LaFaber and friends entered deep water and he could not swim.
Rev Carl C. Herrmann born in Osceola and Iowa Wesleyan graduate served 35 years as a missionary in India. His wife, a Illinois native active in United States church work, died May 24 in Landour Hospital India. Survived by husband three sons Cedric Gordon Jolie and daughter Mrs Arthur Howard.
Garden note reports severe cutworm damage to crops and offers control tips. Prepare bait with 1/4 pound Paris green, 5 pounds dry bran, 3 to 4 quarts water. mix and moisten until bran is wet. Apply at base of plants late in the day. repeat if needed. Use cardboard collars around transplants to reduce injury.
Early cutting of alfalfa yields 16 to 18 percent protein while cutting in full bloom adds no total protein. First harvests cure more easily and feed better. Replanting advice notes opening soil early reduces corn worm damage.
Local community notices list residents and service members with moves births marriages and visits. June events include a picnic for the Greens Chapel Liberty Local Farmers Union and a series of returns deployments and family announcements across nearby towns and states.
A fire Tuesday afternoon damaged a machine shed and a cow shed at the Einfted Peterson farm home. Osceola firefighters responded and extinguished the blaze. Other local notes include hospital visits, visitors from Shelby, Columbus, and Lincoln, a sale of a trailer, and community events with the Silver Moon Orchestra at Clarks on Saturday night June 10.
A baby girl named Sheron Kay Abbott was born in Shelby on May 30 to Mr and Mrs Ray Abbott. She weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces. The family returned home on Monday.
The notice states that payments for February, March and April expire on June 30, 1944. A single payment covering May and June will start on July 1 and be made at that time.
Mr and Mrs R R Prell of Shelby report their son Lt Donald Prell a bomber pilot in the army air force has been missing in action over Germany since May 19 he enlisted in January 1941 trained at Key Field Mississippi and in California and wrote from England on May 15
In the estate of the late John L. Carter, real estate was sold at a referee's sale in Osceola on Monday. The Shelby residence went to Mrs. Fausta M. Reisdorff for 2600 dollars. she also bought the unimproved 80 acres for 8400 dollars. The half-section improv ed farm sold for 27,700 dollars to Harry Sterup for Olive Sterup and others. The 400 acres total brought 36,100 dollars, about 90 dollars per acre.
John Henry Anderson longtime Stromsburg area farmer dies at 88 after a life spanning Sweden to Nebraska. Born November 4 1855 in Tranas Smaland he settled near Stromsburg and served on school board bank boards and civic groups. Funeral services held at M E Church with pallbearers including his sons and grandsons.
Pastor G A Randall leads Sunday School at 10:00 with morning worship at 11:00. Junior Youth Fellowship meets at 4:30 P M. WCTU gathers with Mrs Moore and Madge on Thursday afternoon June 8. Flower Mission Day invites all with flowers. Osceola Woman’s Society holds monthly meeting at the Church Friday afternoon June 9 all women urged to attend.
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