Notice to Advertisers For Early Publication
Due to the July 4 holiday the newspaper will publish one day earlier next week. Advertisers and correspondents must have copy in the office by noon Tuesday July 2 to observe the holiday.
27 Jun 1946
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
1
Due to the July 4 holiday the newspaper will publish one day earlier next week. Advertisers and correspondents must have copy in the office by noon Tuesday July 2 to observe the holiday.
Osceola was routed by Utica 16 to 1 last Sunday dropping to the league cellar. Three Osceola pitchers held Utica to 17 scattered hits as a late ninth inning rally produced Osceola’s lone run.
Mrs. M. E. Bittner formerly of Osceola wed Oscar Sallee on a Wednesday in June at Ft. Collins Colorado. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Yeltman of Cheyenne Wyoming. The couple will reside at 62 Lincoln Street Denver.
District No. 18 reports indicate Joe Bodie left for Missouri after a visit with Mrs. Josie Benda and sons. Nearby residents Lew Seiz and Adolph Bernt hosted Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Benda’s Los Angeles family visiting Josie Benda. Several local families hosted guests from Columbus Duncan Duncan, and Kansas City Kansas during weekend visits and Sunday calls.
The Gabel, Thanet and Geo Kor cer families plus Leo Marks held a Osceola Park Sunday reunion honoring Mr. and Mrs. Venice Muesni and six Oklahoma relatives. James Brazee returns from Hastings for summer. Merl Dawes and Leona Dawes visit near Rising City. West accompanies Harold Jarmin to Hayes Iowa to buy ten grain elevators for western Kansas wheat farmers. John Kubicek hospital visit in Omaha. Merrick family hospital calls Lincoln area. Mrs Sarepta Brigham suffers a broken hip at Bryan Memorial Hospital.
The notice advertises daily home delivery of the Omaha World-Herald for less than a 3c postage stamp price and invites readers to submit their orders.
Extreme heat last week caused pavement expansion on Highway 40 near Silver Creek Mill, lifting two large blocks about sixteen inches at the joint and creating a traffic hazard. Authorities set barricades while crews broke away concrete and dropped slabs back into place amid other minor heaves.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Swede Home Church with Rev A E Franzen in charge for Mrs Amelia C Nelson nee Anderson who died June 22 at North Platte aged 70. She was born Swede Home April 16 1876 and moved with her family to North Platte in 1919. She is survived by three sons Julius of San Diego Lyle and Paul of North Platte three grandchildren Virginia Wesley and Na deen Nelson and two brothers Robert Anderson North Platte and Charles E Anderson of Kiowa Colorado. Mr Nelson preceded her in death in January 1932.
The St Francis Hospital reports weekly admissions across medical surgical obstetrical and newborn categories in Osceola. Patients include C Kaczor Minnie Dunn Allen Zelazny Bernard Berck Irvin Jones and several Cole children among others with various discharges noted.
Sa Maurice Newcomer expected to dock in San Francisco Wednesday. Weddings and family gatherings noted including Hollis McKeag ceremony in Town. Wieseman family picnic at Pawnee Park and visits from Alvin Westenins of Omaha. Mention of convalescence for Mrs W L Hollister and various visits to Shelton Polk St Paul and Buckley Park birthday celebration for Vaughn Deay. Large North Central community social roundup with multiple local names.
County meeting in the Ciirtroom on Tuesday June 18 discussed harvest wages and custom schedules with figures 4.00 to 5.00 per acre for combining and 3.50 for high acreage days. A. Smith spoke on Weed Districts and the Nebraska Weed Law. Seventeen volunteers circulated petitions for county wide weed control, with fifty five landowner signatures reported. Pawnee wheat in June looks strong with 1946 possibly an early harvest and yields estimated 25 to 60 bushels per acre. Grasshoppers appear in parts of the county and bait is prepared for distribution. Jolly Homemakers met to work on record books. Dusting sulfur prescribed for bean leafhopper control with weekly or ten‑day repeats.
The Polk County harvest started early with the first report to the office in 1946 by the same man who rang the bell in 1945, Dwight Newcomer.
Charley Nelson arrives from San Diego on furlough to stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Leonard Nelson. Mrs R Q Pierson and son visit from Loveland Colorado and return after time with relatives. Local families host dinners and gatherings as Eastern Star members visit the Shelby chapter. Church conference travel patterns include trips to St Paul and Willmar for baptist events and family visits.
The World Herald reports a concise update covering local events, notable figures, and community notices with emphasis on timely actions and upcoming deadlines.
Twenty Home Extension Council members and officers met at the courthouse with Mrs. Lloyd Hahn presiding. They selected demonstrations for the 1946 47 program including Lighting the Home, The Christmas Buffet, Avoiding Financial and Property Tangles, Storage of Clothes and Linens, plus optional lessons.
Medical readers learn to identify poison ivy by its three leaflets and to maintain distance. If found near home, cut carefully with protected hands, then treat roots with kerosene or use soap and salt or kerosene spray. Ivy can spread if left, and exposure can occur via clothing tools or pet hair. Symptoms range from mild itching to severe swelling and blisters requiring medical attention. Children should be taught to avoid the plant.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Donnelly and Mr. Jack Bush hosted guests from Clarks Illinois and Illinois while Mrs. Minnie Nicholson hosted Clarence Granere from Anaheim. Several families hosted relatives and friends over weekend meals and evenings. A Swede Home group attends Lutheran Camp in Seward while girls go to Camp Brewster in Omaha. Albert Sundberg returns from St Francis Hospital feeling well.
Osceola Telephone Business Office shifts to a new schedule effective July 1 1946 from 8:45 AM to 5:00 PM weekdays and 8:45 AM to 12:30 PM Saturdays with noon closed The change, announced by Charles Olson area manager of The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company, aims to fully staff hours of peak service while local and long distance lines remain 24 hours.
Miss Mildred Boden and Carroll Peterson tied a 23 June wedding at Augustana Lutheran Church Omaha with Rev Hanson officiating. The couple plans a farm home east of Stromsburg after a three course dinner and wedding trip.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on a Sunday ceremony Miss Bette Jean Swartzbaugh daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl R Swartzbaugh wed Flight Officer Hollis II McKeag son of Mr and Mrs Harvey J McKeag at the First Congregational church with Rev J Richard Waenr officiating. The bride wore a white satin gown with lace veil and a white orchid. Attending were Miss Lucille Barrack and Wallace H McKeag. A reception followed at the Roosevelt Hotel before a wedding trip. Both families and several Osceola and Cedar Rapids residents attended.
Regulations allow veterans to reinstate lapse insurance without exam by paying two months premium. Offer valid until December 31 1946. For information and application contact J T Stanton Pour Co Veteran's Service Officer Stromsebure Nebraska.
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