Haefmeister To Pitch For Osceola Club In Summer League
Neal Haefmeister of Seward will pitch for Osceola in the Mides Cornhusker League this summer and also coach the Junior Legion team. He previously pitched for Utica last season. All league games will be under lights at the fair grounds, which will serve as Osceola’s home field after grading and lighting work. The Osceola committee invites local baseball talent to contact Fred Bond Roy Cox Elmer Horst or Jack Steeple as schedules are prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Baseball Committee
American Legion
Neal Haefmeister
Seward
Haefmeister
Osceola Moines Cornhusker
Junior Legion
Utica
Fair Grounds
Osceola
Fred Bond
Roy Cox
Elmer Horst
Jack Steeple
Local Community Notices and Snow Report
Local notices report visits from Mrs Anna Rapp and sister in Columbus and meetings of 4-H Chub, St Francis Hospital Auxiliary, Osceola Project Club and Eastern Star Kensington with dates and host members. Seaman Leo Johnson departed San Diego after 40 days with family due to father’s illness. Heavy moisture snow aid to wheat noted as mild week ends. no wind and level drifts described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rapp
Bertha, Tylle
Columbus
Iwat
Minnie Birchfield
Throckmorton
Paul Monson
St. Francis Hospital
Ed. S. Johnson
Stromsburg
Carl
Harlan McKeag
Greens Chapel Jolly Workers Meet and Weekend Visitors
Greens Chapel Jolly Workers will meet March 19 at the home of Mrs. Elmer Johnson. Nearby residents and visitors from Doniphan, Douglas, Gothenburg, Polk, Lincoln, Benedict, Papillion, Omaha, and Grand Island are noted in social visits and birthday celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly
Elmer Johnson
Rhoda Warner
Lewis Berggren
Dorothy Lee Steever
Laura Siel
Doniphan
Douglas Steever
Kearney
Geo. Steever
Mary Fern Myers
Gothenburg
Polk
Earl Burke
Martha Myers
John Knorr
Willard Hollister
Lincoln
Herbert Rasp
N. S. Abolt
D. E. Powell
Maribeth
F. W. Powell
Benedict
Robi. Burke
Ernest Salchow
Arborville
Walter Nelson
John Zollars
Card of Thanks for Seventieth Birthday Anniversary
Pearl Birchfield thanks everyone who sent birthday cards and gifts for her seventieth birthday anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl* Birchfield
Osceola County 4-H Club News Highlights Seasonal Projects
The Osceola County Extension column notes the O-So-Sew 4-H sewing club led by Mrs. James Gibbins with members Phyllis Branting Bonnie Gibbins Carol Jones Lela Colby Betty Quick Beverly Girardin Almeda Ward Joan Rech Beverly Harrison and invites inspection of their booth at the County Fair August 19 20 and 21. It also reports Fairview's Buchta's Busy Bees girls 4-H clothing club led by Mrs. Dale and updates on grape pruning home orchard pruning bulletin 1231 and storage of clothing and linen project via the Osceola Project Club meeting March 18 observations from the Merry Mixers 4-H club marching toward fall readiness and notes on septic tank installation sweet clover seed bed preparation and safety cautions about Ceresan treatment and seed handling.
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County Extenson News
O-So-Sew
James Gibbins
Phyllis Branting
Bonnie Gibbins
Carol Jones
Lela Colby
Betty Quick
Beverly Girardin
Almeda Ward
Joan Rech
Beverly Harrison
Sam Crouse
Fairview
Dale Buchta
Dale
Bryan
Koehler Uland nuptials tied in Fremont church ceremony
Mrs. Wesley A Koehler announces the marriage of June Mavis Koehler to Don Lloyd Uland of Fremont at the First Methodist Church Fremont. Rev Paul Hillman officiated the double ring wedding with Ethel Sorensen organ music. The bride wore a tailored blue suit with pearls and red rosebud corsage. the groom is the son of Mrs Julia Uland Lincoln. The couple planned a weeklong trip and will live in Fremont after March 17. A prenuptial shower for the bride was held in Lincoln February 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley A. Koehler
June Mavis
Don Lloyd Uland
Fremont
Julia Uland
Lincoln
First Methodist Church
Paul Hillman
Ethel Sorenson
DeVern Rodene
Aland
Osceola
Polk County
York College
Nebraska Ordnance Plant
Wahoo
Dodge County
Temple High School
Army Combat Engineers
Honolulu
Okinawa
Saipan
Korea
Loup River Public Power Company
Wm. Steen
Steen
Erlaine Swanson
Louis Bargman
Leonard Beckman
Beckman
Local Social News From Osceola and Nearby Areas
District 18 residents Mrs. Ed Lisko and Mrs. Carl Benda called on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Wes Peterson in Osceola. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Enyeart went to Lincoln Monday for a day trip. The Smith family moved from near Richland to the Tom Acek farm recently purchased. Chauncey Lusche and family of near Columbus visited Ralph Hasselbalch. The Benda family, with Carl and Mrs. Benda and family, visited Osceola for dinner with the Petersons. Bud Fellers of near Genoa visited Louis A. Smith’s home. John Micek visited Jim Gonka on Sunday. The Gonka and Ingalls families visited Homer Ingalls near Shelby and Mr. Gonka and Mrs. Ingalls drove to David City on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Lisko
Carl Benda
Wes Peterson
Osceola
Orville Enyeart
Lincoln
Louis A. Smith
Near Richland
Thos. A. Micek
Chauncey Lusche
Near Columbus
Ralph Hasselbalch
St Francis Hospital Admissions and Discharges
A hospital list shows past week admissions across medical surgical obstetrical and new born categories. Notable cases include Cris F. Coons Osceola Jane Peterson Osceola Thelma Peterson Osceola and Doreen Sterup Osceola with newborn Carole Lynn Sterup Baby Boy Bennett. Discharges include Jane Peterson and Mrs Thelma Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Francis Hospital
Cris F. Coons
Osceola
Sally Fulwider
So. Dakota
Thelma Peterson
Alois ‘Shemek
Carl Lindstrom
Gresham
Emma Timm
Alexandra MacQeen
Silver Creek
Ralph Coulson
Omaha
Selina Gleim
Jane Peterson
Helen Gond
Farewell Party and Sunday Dinners Reported in Fairview
Relatives and friends gathered at the Riverside schoolhouse for a farewell party honoring Mr and Mrs Gordon Mace. Sunday dinner guests in the Joe Karges home included Herschel Reisdorf and sons. Supper guests were Florence and Leonard Knolbasa of Clarks followed by additional visits with John Voichaske and daughter at Mrs John Zelazny’s home in Clarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview News
Riverside
Gordon Mace
Joe Karges
Herschel Reisdorf
Florence and Leonard Knolbasa
Clarks
John Voichaske
John Zelazny
St Patrick's Dance at Parish Hall Shelby
Parish Hall in Shelby hosts a St Patrick's Dance on Monday at 8:30 PM to midnight with music by Karl Micek. Admission is 50 cents tax included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
Parish Hall
Shelby
Karl Micek
Mrs Joseph Bernt funeral held in Osceola
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Bernt of Osceola were conducted Friday at St. Marys Church near Duncan with Rev Edward Jaworowski presiding. Pallbearers were six nephews and several relatives attended from Columbus, Grand Island, Bellwood, Schuyler, and nearby towns. She was born April 12, 1880 and died March 4 at age 66 after a heart attack. she leaves husband Joseph Bernt, four siblings, and four children with two predeceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bernt
Osceola
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Duncan
Edward Jaworowski
St. Mary’s
St. Andrews
John Kean
Shelby
Albert A
Arthur Gabriel
Eugene
Max Bernt
Quentin Jaax
Gerald Henggeler
John Jaax
Polk County
Nebraska
Margaret
Johnnie
Hubert
Frank
John Jr
William Jaax
Fred Henggeler
Columbus
Peter Jaax
Annie
Margaret Henggeley
Celecia Gabriel
Gregor Bernt
Grand Island
Louisia Ernst
A. B. Gumm
Albert Bernt
Hubert Seberger
Helen Mitsch
Lester
Local Families Entertain Guests Across Osceola Area
A string of weekend visits is reported across Osceola and nearby towns. Families hosting relatives include the Chantry, Lux, Meister, Treadway, McKeag, Wallace, Malek, Campann, Husak, Hendrickson, Clizby, Pickett, and Tooker households with social gatherings and shared meals. A hospital discharge follows an accident, and the Fairview Farm Bureau unit held a March meeting with Phil Campbell speaking on Nebraska sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Brown
Inlaw
Bentley Brown
Norfolk
Virginiaweg
Larry Charles
Joe Lohrman
Eric Hall
Omaha
Lois Chantry
Lincoln
Joe Chantry
Floyd Frizzell
Sons
Grand Island
Bruce Pickett
Hubert Zeig
York
George Malek
Francis Urban
Monroe
Rudolph , Urban
Lawrence Meister
Gary Lux
Herbert Treadway
Everett Treadway
Rising City
Lloyd Treadway
Mabel McKeag
James McKeag
Stromsburg
Lincoln General Hospital
Joan Wallace
Wallace Deaton and Sparling wed in Bellville ceremony
Dr and Mrs O O Wallace announce the marriage of their daughter Ordene Wallace Deaton to Bob Sparling of Benedict. The ceremony was held in Bellville Kansas on February 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. Wallace
Ordene Wallace Deaton
Bob Sparling
Benedict
Bellville
Kansas
Hoover Seeks Realistic View on Aid to Europe
Former President Herbert Hoover holds hearings with congressional appropriations members to press a realistic approach for relief. He cites about 6.5 billion already spent and estimates 1.5 billion more needed, urging aid tied to self help and strict distribution oversight. He plans to stay in Washington to assist Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Congressional Appropriations Committee
Europe
United States
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Uncle Sam
Local Families Attend Anniversaries and Visits in Shelby Area
Wesley Chapel and 4H Merry Mixers met in the past week at Glenn Richards. Several families including the Herrmanns Kuehnals and Bulls visited, with birthdays celebrated for Joe Gabriel Eldon Kuehnal and Nickie Gondringer. Carters Sterups and Richards/Gustafson households hosted gatherings and relatives traveled from nearby towns for the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lendés Herrmann
Elton Berck
Walter Koehler
Alfred Kuehnal
Vina Bull
Shelby
Fullerton
Joe Gabriel
Eldon Kuehnal
Bull
Kuehnal
Wesley Chapel Club
Merry
Glenn Richards
Holly Grossnicklaus
Merrick
Harold Fife
Columbus
Leonard Augustine
Hubert Girard
Clarence van Nortrand
Victor Sterup
Carole Lynn
Robert Sterrup
Ross Richards
Mark Gustafson
Harold Hayhurst
Washington
Charles Rech
Margaret Ann
David City
Rech
Gary
Indiana
Elmer Carter
Osceola
Fred Carter
Palmer
Thank you for the cards gifts during my disability
Elmer Berger expresses gratitude for the many kind gestures received during his recent disability. He thanks all who sent cards and gifts and offered support during this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Berger
David City Light Rates Increased
Municipal light rates in David City rose, seen by Mayor S. B. Manning as a return to pre February 1944 reductions. New schedule: 8 cents first 20 kWh, 5 cents next 30 kWh, 3 1/4 cents next 50 kWh, up from 7, 5 and 3 cents. Higher coal and labor costs cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David City
Nebraska
S. B. Manning
Former Osceola Men Witnesses in Murder Case
Osceola natives Ralph L. Mentink police officer and Dr. C W Jeffrey autopsied the Rawlins victim and testified in a first degree murder case. Mentink, on duty during the shooting, seized the guns, while Dr Jeffrey performed the autopsy. Both men lived in Osceola years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Rawlins
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Ralph L. Mentink
C. W. Jeffrey
Dr. Jeffrey
Local residents host visitors and relocate homes in Stromsburg news
Mrs Mabel McKeag arrived from Lincoln for a week with her parents Mr and Mrs W L Obrist. J D Dahlgren and Wm Penner groups spent the weekend at the Williams and Floyd Dahlgren homes. H B Branting and daughter DeAnn and Anna N Exstrom visited Osceola. Jack Minnick and son Tim came from San Antonio to visit Dr and Mrs R L Minnick. Howard Thompson and family moved into the J T Farr acreage north of town. Thurbers seek residence in Edgar. Julia Larson family moved from Polk area to the west Stromsburg farm. Simon Nordquist, a former Lincoln General patient, had surgery. Hjalmar Shostrom, Stromsburg Hospital patient, transferred to Clarkson Hospital Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Mabel McKeag
Lincoln
W. L. Obrist
J. D. Dahlgren
Wm. Penner
Omaha
Sie Williams
Floyd Dahlgren
H. B. Branting
DeAnn
Anna N. Exstrom
O. F. Branting
Osceola
Jack Minnick
Tim
San Antonio
Texas
R. L. Minnick
Howard Thompson
Grand Island
J. T. Farr
Cliff Thurber
Thurbers
Edgar
Nebraska
Julia Larson
R. J. Hunsaker
Polk
Floyd Oberg
Simon Nordquist
Lincoln General Hospital
Hjalmar Shostrom
Clarkson Hospital
Conversational Concerts by Donald Scott-Morrison at Osceola High
Great pianist Donald Scott-Morrison appears Thursday March 13 at 8:00 p.m. at Osceola High School. He presents a combined concert lecture and humorous show in costume as master composers to help lay audiences enjoy piano artistry. Brought to the Midwest by the University of Kansas Extension Division Lecture Course Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Scott-Morrison
Osceola High School
Scott-Morrison
Ao .md T.2
Secott-Morrison
America
theMidwest
University of Kansas Extersion Division
Miller Rites Mark Osceola Native’s Death in 1947
Fred W. Miller born October 20 1871 near Sidney Illinois died March 1947 at Stromsburg Nebraska after illness. He lived most his life in Polk County farming and earlier Boone County. Survived by wife Cecile late 1943 six children two sons in Osceola one daughter in California nine grandchildren three brothers and one sister. Funeral held March 12 at Methodist Church Osceola. burial Osceola cemetery. PEO chapter met March 6 for potluck and officer elections with Carl Johnson president and others named. Next meeting planned at Mr P B Amy bell home March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Miller
Samu. L
Jame E. Miler
Sidney
Champagne County
Ilinois
Stromsburg
Kolk County
Nebraska
Osceola
Polk County
Boone County
Boone Twouxa
Cecile E. Hanshew
Robert C
Earl E
Demald J
Kenneth M
Limita
California
Neola Ef. Fillman
San Pedro
Frank
Lew
Harvey
Clara J. Horst
Servieces
Statt
Thanks for kindness during bereavement for R. C. Imm
Family expresses gratitude for sympathy and support shown after the death of R. C. Imm. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Imm and Mrs. O. L. Imm and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Imm and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weber and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Sherwoog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Imm
J. W. Imm
O. L. Imm
Chas. Imm
Fred Weber
Chas
F. Sherwoog
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Home Orchard
Project Club
Osceola Project Club
Gunnard Peterson
Merry Mixers
O. J. Fillinger
Glen Richards
Mary Johnson
Glenna Richards
Robert Johnson
Lecy
Morris Richards
Glen Ford
Arizona
Roy Rogers
van Johnson
Tall In
John Wayne
Koehler
Uland
Washington News
Karl Stefan
Commerce Department
Hitler
Berlin
Commerc Department
Dutch East Indies
Holland
George C Marshall
Moscow
House
Capitol Hill
War Department
Congress
Army
U. S. Army
Secretaries of the Treasury
Lacock Abbey
Library of Congress
Wesley Chapel
P.E.O
Osceola P.E.O
George
Aan
Kers
Arl Johnson
D B. Helganest
W. W. Norton
Gee
Cemnhell
Dee Byers
V. Schn
P B
Amy Bell
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