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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
4
A noon luncheon committee canvassed Polk County businesses to gauge sentiment on celebrating the Fourth. The response was not favorable and the plan is abandoned. Business leaders prefer a delayed, longer spread of events for better impact.
Doris Toline hosted the Happy Health Cooking Club on June 6 with roll call reports and a program. Cocoa lager cake and nut bread were judged with Doris first Inez second Vera third. The group plans to meet June 20 at Inez Jones to bring pies and bread.
The notice invites Sunday worship with Sunday School at 10 and worship at 11 AM. No evening service next Sunday due to the pastor traveling to Lincoln to sit with the Nebraska Conference Board of Examiners. Classes start Monday morning. The people’s choir will perform Skybird soon. The fourth quarterly conference is set for Wednesday, June 27.
Minister Handel Collier notes that financial reports from church organizations must be ready by the upcoming meeting. He urges orderly preparation and coordination among departments to ensure complete records and smooth proceedings.
A Chil dren's Day program Sunday morning drew an unusually large audience and praise. J O Bond visited York Tuesday. Green's Chapel Ladies Aid plans a Thursday afternoon church meeting. Mrs Clyde Reed hosted Wayland Merry Workers Wednesday. Lee Campbell family traveled to Osceola Tuesday for business. Mr Campbell's health improving slowly. Grace Swan on two week vacation from Lincoln Sanitarium. Brown girls hosted a Slumber party Monday night. good time reported. E E Hawley and Mrs Hawley visited B P Hawley home in Gresham Sunday. Mrs Lucy McCarty of Yorks was a Sunday caller at the Bond home. Calmer Stephenson hosted Floyd Bond and Bernard Feeser Sunday afternoon. A J Keehn and Earl were in Osceola Tuesday.
A sizable audience attended the Children Day Program at the Methodist Church Sunday evening. Each youngster gave their best to make the program a success. An advertisement lists a Thresher 22-38 inch and a Titan tractor 10-20 inch in good condition with reasonable prices from W. F. Bennett of Shelby, Nebraska.
The Record urges caution as two incidents in Osceola show strangers approaching little girls in cars offering compliments to lure them inside. Parents are urged to report such cases to authorities and teach children to resist friendly overtures, since prevention remains vital to safety.
Osceola social activity includes Albin Peltz’s Osceola stop, Lincoln guests with the Bauers, Myrtle McCray visiting local families, and Arthur Mickey’s return from Northwestern University. A large reception honors Theodore Johnson and G. R. Petersons host, with Matt Frasier and Ruth Frasier visiting. Maurice Wolff earns Doane College BA and Tan da Camp Fire Girls spend a Crete Camp week. The WCTU hosts a Sunset Social. state farm insurance ad appears. Lucille Richmond and Glenn Jones wed in Osceola with Hastings connections.
Stromsburg residents and visitors populate a long column with trips to Columbus Genoa Lincoln and Kearney. The old Clayton Rystrom barn, built circa 1879, marks a Polk County landmark. Chrysler picnic plans at Buckley Park and a Riverside Park band event are noted along with multiple family movements and gatherings.
A Fourth of July meeting elected Nels Johnson chairman and S A Snider secretary as $173 was pledged for the celebration. Alumni banquet at Pratt Hotel featured a planned program and a decorated dining room. Local fishing party hauled in a 21 pound catfish on a dock near Silver Creek. Union Pacific offers Colorado round trips from June to September at $17.50. Prize awarded for paper subscribers went to E W Smith. Duroc Jersey gilt bought for $25. Dr M W Byers returned from Pine Ridge Indian Agency reporting a deadly cattle disease, 54 animals killed. J W Raminve and Jef Smith noted deaths. Local auctions, church events, and mission lectures fill the week.
Tonight through Saturday June 14 to 15 Harold Lloyd stars in Speedy a riotous comedy for all ages with 35 cent admission at 8 o clock Also Tuesday Wednesday June 19 20 The Leopard Lady featuring Jacquelin Logan Alan Dale and Robert Armstrong a captivating circus life mystery drama with thrilling scenes and a dramatic climax plus comedy and news tickets 10 to 25 cents
Fairbanks Morse home war rants call 22. Cummings & Miller 3 Elec Co.
The College of Agriculture at Lincoln hosts a crops and soils field day on Friday June 22. Key topics include alfalfa seed issues best small grains and the story of 100 farms rotation practices and weeds. Attendees may bring a picnic lunch or dine at the college. The afternoon tour covers barley alfalfa winter wheat time of seeding plots seed bed prep and fertilizer fields.
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