West Side News Socials and Family Visitors Reported
Ladies Aid will meet Thursday hosted by Mrs. Petrus Nelson and Mrs. Arthur Larson. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Headley visited Grandma Headley in Grand Island who has been ill. T. C. W. Club picnic at Buckley Park Stromsburg last Friday. Baby girl born to Morris Johnson and wife near Polk on Wednesday June 5. Sunday visitors included multiple families visiting various Lindeblade and Larson residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Petrus Nelson
Arthur Larson
Roger Headley
Grand Island
Grandma Headley
T. C. W. Club
Buckley Park
Stromsburg
Morris Johnson
Near Polk
Russell Fjell
Ansel Fredrickson
Raymond Lindeblade
Harold Ericson
Joe Lindeblade
Clarence Larson
John Lind
Adolph Forss
Shelby Lady Injured in Columbus
Mrs Viola Schmid of Shelby received minor injuries when struck by an automobile driven by Clait Everson during a heavy shower. She was treated at Lutheran hospital and released to her home the next day. Three Shelby women with her were headed to shelter from the rain. they said Everson was not speeding and stopped to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Schmid
Shelby
Clait Everson
Lutheran Hospital
Schmid
Dorothy McDonald
Arthur Langhamer
Grace Jensen
Everson
Polk County examination dates announced for patrolmen
Patrolmen examiners will visit Osceola afternoons on July 5 August 2 September 6 October 4 November 1 and December 6 examining applicants for licenses. Hours are from 1 to 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Osceola
Taddiken Accepts Post at Bush Drug Store
Ronald J. Taddiken of Shelby has accepted a position at the Bush Drug Store and assumed his duties Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald J. Taddiken
Shelby
The
Bush Drug Store
Community notices from Osceola reveal local sales and visits
Crouse-Tex Drug Co highlights Cotys Cara Nome Woodburys and Adrienne Toil et articles for sale. Mrs Gunnard Peterson hosts birthday anniversary at home with relatives. Osceola residents Alex Mills Orville Jones and Murray Crouse return for summer after finishing sophomore year at Nebraska. Rexall June Sale begins Saturday with a flyer of bargains. Mr and Mrs W S Wells plan a Missouri vacation with guest Patty Black. Mrs Gladys Mansfield and children arrive from South Carolina to visit her mother Mrs A Weberg. Richard Moomey moves from Osceola hospital to Masonic Home Plattsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coty’s
Cara Nome
Woodburys
Adrienne
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Gunnard Peterson
Alex ‘Mills
Orville Jones
Murray Crouse
Osceola
University of Nebraska
Rexall
W. S. Wells
Missouri
Patty Black
Fullerton
Gladys Mansfield
South Carolina
A. Weberg
Richard Moomey
Osceola Hospital
Masonic Home
Plattsmouth
F. E. Merrick
Grand Island
Laramie
Wyo
G. M. Merrick
Richard Merrick
Clay Center
Phillip Waller
Moline
Waller
Stromsburg
Richard Brooks
Lincoln
Syne
Beatrice
Maxine
Dwight Bush
Nebraska City
Allen Cornish
Fort Crook
Don Byers
G. C. Fonda
Peggy Fonda
W.C.T.U
George Moore
Herman Jones
Myron Jones
City Park
Mary Ruth Rhodes
San Francisco
Calif
I. D. Huston
Nebraska Masonic Grand Lodge
Omaha
P. B. Campbell
Walter Wells
Dewey Sigler
Earl Miller
Wm. Campain
Marilyn Miller
Laverne Peterson
Lucille Finley
Harry Hurst
Co. V. Hurst
Myron Johnson
Mary Creedan
Clyde Smith
N. E. B. O. Bridge Club
Jack Logan
Jack Malek
Betty Jean Angell
Gresham
Osceola Park
Martin Jaenike
Ed Hoffman
Rising City
Max Lott
Ernest Lott
Shelby
Earl Bond
Lawrence Seberger
Here
Lutheran Hospital
Columbus
Osceola Garden Club
Delmar McFadden Nome
Stromsburg Club
Livestock Prices at Grand Island June 10 1940 Sale
Fat hogs 180 to 220 lbs 4.85 to 4.95 and 220 to 260 lbs 4.65 to 4.85. Heavies 260 to 300 lbs 4.50 to 4.70. extreme heavies 4.25 to 4.55. Sows 3.25 to 4.10. vaccinated pigs 50 to 100 lbs 4.25 to 4.75. 100 to 120 lbs 4.00 to 4.50. unvaccinated pigs 3.50 to 3.90. Hog market active 5 to 10 higher. cattle market very active with stock cattle 40 to 60 higher and fat cows, fat heifers about 50 to 75 higher. bulls 25 to 40 higher.
New Type Studio Coaches at Kepners and regional notes
A scattered Osceola Stromsburg and surrounding area column notes visits family events and travel. Readers learned of trips to Oklahoma City Beatrice Lincoln and Lincoln County weddings and a Burns Cederberg event. Community clubs and garden talks are announced with local people and places named.
Fourth Sunday notices at Churches Lutheran
Rev John Oberg presides as Holy Communion is at 11 am with a sermon on The Communion of Saints Sunday School at 10 am and Evening Worship at 8 pm. Activities include a picnic Tuesday at noon in Osceola park and a District Women's Missionary Society convention on Thursday June 20 at Swede Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
John Oberg
Hazel Johnson
Osceola Park
District Women’s Missionary Society
Luther League
Raymond Branting
Fernander
Children’s Day Planned At Methodist Church
Next Sunday June 16 children’s day will be observed with a combined Sunday School and church service. Sunday School meets at 10 o’clock. Children’s Day demonstration runs 10:30 to 11:30. Infants will be baptized and children welcomed into church membership. Ladies Aid meets Friday afternoon June 14. Flower Mission of the WCTU June 20 at Mrs. George Moore’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Albert W. Lapthorne
Ladies Aid Society
Dewey Sigler
Flower Mission
WCTU
George Moore
Fairview and Valley Methodist Church Notes
The Fairview Sunday School observed Children’s Day with songs drills and recitations led by Zetha Norris. Dale and Jane Buchta performed trumpet duets. Rev Hamilton could not reach Valley Church due to muddy roads but plans to attend next Sunday. Mrs Guildford Bryan hosted the Ladies Aid at the Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Zetha Norris
W. B. Dake
Dale
Jane Buchta
Hamilton
Guildford Bryan
W. D. Hamilton
4-H Members Attend Club Week in Lincoln Nebraska
Osceola participants Duane Schmoker Raymond Schott and Dorothy Len joined Shel by Johnny Zoehner and Mrs. R L Smith of Polk at Club Week on the Agriculture College Campus in Lincoln. The program included banquets picnics classes and tours with a Friday visit to Omaha stockyards and Packing Houses ending at the Orpheum theatre with a Chamber of Commerce banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Schmoker
Raymond Schott
Osceola
Dorothy Thelen
Johnny Zoehner
Shelby
R. L. Smith
Polk
Lincoln
Agriculture College
Omaha
Orpheum Theatre
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Family visits and a local wedding highlight midweek notices
The article notes visits from Dale Knapp and families from Hayward and Omaha, and a marriage license issued to Florence Garrett and Warren Lefever followed by a Sunday ceremony in Shelby. It mentions paint supplies at Crouse-Tex Drug and social entertaining at the Hill home. It also marks arrivals from Long Beach for Mrs. Erma Calvin and her daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Dale Knapp
Hayward
Calif
Omaha
F. E. Klein
Lincoln
Edward Klein
Richard Matheson
Ace Tyrell
Cheyenne
S. P. Johnson
Florence Garrett
Warren Lefever
Geneva
L. M. Merrick
Plymesser
United Brethren Church
Shelby
Crouse-Tex
W. Ray Hill
Carl Bryant
Dewey Sigler
Hill
Social notes from area families visit Lincoln and nearby towns
Mrs T L Black returned to Omaha after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs August P Anderson. Various families from Duluth Iowa East Moline and Beatrice visited friends and relatives across David City Wilber Shelby Lincoln and Omaha. A Special Children Day service and Bible School demonstrations are planned at the Methodist Church June 16. Local residents attended events in Lindsborg and Lincoln with trips for summer schooling and family visits across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Black
Omaha
August P. Anderson
F. M. Eliott
Duluth
Minn
Clyde Smith
North Platte
Ernest McKeemin
Max
Roy Miles
David City
Edgar Wisely
Darlene
Reed
Harry Reed
Charles Vanderveke
East Moline
Herrmann
Washington
Wm. Whiaarrison
Nelson
Methodist Church
Robert Timm
Beatrice
Mark Timm
J. E. Steeple
Wilber
F. G. Travenccek
Morris Watts
Elmer Horst
Lynn Brigham
Shelby
Herman Anderson
Lindsborg
Kansas
V. J. Johnson
Alvin Anderson
Lincoln
Anderson
Forest Rangers Club Identifies Local Trees on June Outing
The Forest Rangers Club met at James Marak’s home on June 6 then travelled to Blue Creek to identify tree species. Members catalogued White Spruce Bull Pine American Elm Red Cedar Green Ash Maple Black Willow and Plum with guidance from Mr and Mrs Ray L Cruise. Next meeting is at Stromsburg Park on Wednesday June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Rangers Club
James Marak
Blue Creek
Ray L. Cruise
Stromsburg Park
Local groups schedule meetings and elections in Liberty area
Liberty Local 573 FECU meeting postponed to June 21 due to county quarterly meet. Jolly Workers Club to meet June 19 at Mrs Walter Twarling’s home. Victor Club to meet June 20 at Mr and Mrs Russell Blevins home. Rural election results show Willow Hedge supporting local district school. several treasurers and a director elected in nearby communities. Various visits and social ties noted among residents with mix of out of town travelers and delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Local
FECU
Jolly Workers Club
Walter Twarling
Forrest Berggren
Victor Club
Russell Blevins
Willow Hedge
Clyde Austin
Pleasant Prairie
George Steever
Blue View
Lewis Berggren
Liberty
Harlan Carlson
Victor
E. J. Krumbach
Centennial
Harry Obrist
Everett Powell
Victor Berggren
Aurora
Geraldine Carlson
Chicago
Dave Carlson
Stromsburg
Russell Anderson
A. S. Terrell
Vern Berck
Marquette
Charles Grossnicklaus
Platte Center
D. E. Powell
Patty Black
Fullerton
Hattie Newcomer
Osceola
D. D. Newcomer
Robert Burke
Nina
Mary S. Moore
Lulu Egelhoff
Gresham
Imperial
Scotts Bluff
Nebraska Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Polk County
Roy Thomas
Rising City
O. R. Hennings
Roy Hurd
Buckley Park
Mike Cartoran
Seattle
Martin Anderson
Oscar Johnson
Galesburg
Peoria
Illinois
Earl Burke
W. F. Wynn
Alvin Grant
Omaha
Elmer Kinvberg
Lyle Johnson
Mississippi
Neola ‘Deay
Peru
Wesley Chapel News Recap of Visits and Local Elections
The Koehler Herrman reunion occurred at the W G Herrman home. Victor Herrmann earned a medical diploma in Lincoln. Albert F Anderson was elected director in District No 40 with 17 votes cast. The Wesley Chapel Missionary Society plans a Thursday meeting at Edith Richards home in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
James Lockard Jr
Chicago
California
Ellen Sandin
Lincoln
Albert F. Anderson
Sigurd Anderson
Shelton
Wash
Axel Anderson
Alfred Gabel
Lynn Casselberry
Arkansas City
Kansas
C. E. Casselberry
Wesley Chapel Missionary Society
Edith Richards
Osceola
Flappy Hobby Health Club Sees Two Members Seek Normal Weight
The Happy Hobby Health Club met at the Court House on June 7. Members received books and charts and reviewed height and weight data showing all but two at normal weight. They will report scores at the next meeting on June 14 at the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Hobby Health Club
Court House
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