County's No 1 draftee writes about army life
A Polk County man Leo A Larson draft order number 1 writes from Camp Roberts to Osceola on training. He describes Browning machine gun work infantry tactics hill marches long hikes and weight gain plus promises to become a credit to Polk County as part of a group of ten county draftees preparing for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Heitzman
Osceola
Leo A. Larson
Arthur I. Larson
RFC 3
Stromsburg
Polk County
Mr. Heitzman
Camp Roberts
Old Home County
California
Lindo Kinzli To Speak On Polk County AAA Broadcast
Lindo Kinzli of the Kinzli Museum in northeast Polk County will be the guest speaker on the Polk County AAA radio show Sunday May 11 on KMMJ from 2 20 to 2 30 pm. John M. Staroscik and Fred Bauman join the discussion centered on AAA and wildlife conservation. The Kin zli collection started in 1881 includes about 3000 specimens such as a mermaid and an octopus. He will share museum details and views on conservation.
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Lindo’ Kinzli
Kinzlii Museum
Polk County
AAA
KMMJ
John M. Staroscik
Fred Bauman
Island Precinct
Kinzli
Mr. Kinzli
Polk County Track Meet 15 Held Thursday at York
The Annual Polk County Track Meet was held in York last Thursday May 1st with Osceola Polk and Shelby competing Stromsburg did not participate Shelby was high point team Polk second Osceola third Events included Polo Vault Parks Osceola High Jumps tied first second third and fourth names Johnson Ramsey Polk Fillinger Shelby Everitt Osceola Half mile Croisant Osceola Shot Put Newton Polk Discuss Fillinger Shelby Javelin Fillinger Shelby 100 and 220 yd dash Gabriel Shelby 44 yd dash McMeekin Shelby 880 yd relay McMeekin Gabriel Shelby
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Polk County
York
Osceola
Polk
Shelby
Stromsburg
Parks
Johnson
Ramsey
Fillinger
Everitt
cCroisant
Myrtle Marak Hosts 64 Club Members and Guests
Myrtle Marak entertained the 64 Club with three visitors and district 64 pupils at her home last Wednesday. Several local families shared meals and Sunday visits including Mrs. Minnie Weeden staying with the Harry Pierson family near Stromsburg and gatherings among the McKeags, Noyd, Cook, Sargent, Hastings, Brown, Watts, and Watts households in Stromsburg and Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoner News
Myrtle Marak
64 Club
District 64
Minnie Weeden
Ervin Grossnicklus
Harry Pierson
Stroms-burg
Horace McKeag
Fred Huggler
Harvey McKeag
James McKeag
Howard
Reuben Noyd
Stromgburg
Si Cook
A. E. Sargent
Shelby
Charles Hastings
B. J. Brown
Bud Watts
Earl Watts
Miss Margaret Hansen Visits Kay Huston in Lincoln
Weekend visit detailed as Miss Margaret Hansen spends time with Kay Huston in Lincoln, Nebraska, sharing seats and conversations during a short stay.
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Margaret Hansen
Kay Huston
Lincoln
Osceola Signs Neon Light At State Street Intersection
Improvements this week at State Street and Highway 92 include a neon Osceola sign in 11 inch letters and three more electrolyzers to complete the lighting system funded by local business subscriptions via the Chamber of Commerce.
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State Street
Highway 92
Osceola
Chamber of Commerce
Polk County Farm Land Auction Sells 440 Acres
More than 400 acres of Polk County land from the estate of the late Chas. J. Peterson were sold at an executor's sale in Osceola. The results list several parcels with varying improvements and prices per acre, including 118.75 acres at $388, 80 acres at $312.50, 40 acres at $42, 80 acres at $31, and 120 acres at $40 per acre, pending district court confirmation.
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Polk County
Chas. J. Peterson
Osceola
District Court
Arthur Twarling
Chas. A. Berglund
Mike Phillips
Warner Samuelson
R. Perry
York
Polk County Farmers Sign for 93.7 Percent in FA Program
May 1 deadline ends signups for the 1941 farm program. Polk County AAJA chair Robert C. Taddiken reports 1781 of 1901 farms signed for compliance, a 93.7 percent participation rate with 120 on the refused list. Precinct tallies show varying but high interest in Triple A benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Taddiken
Polk County
Osceola
Platte
Canada
Stromsburg
Hackberry
Valley
Clear Creek
Island
Tadliken
Sjogren Burke Wedding in Osceola Saturday May Seven Nineteen Forty One
Esther Victoria Sjogren wed Clarence E. Burke in a noon ceremony at the Sjogren home Osceola. Rev C A Sward officiated in a single ring ceremony before close family. The couple will live on a Stromsburg area farm after a short wedding trip.
Deeter Brothers Host Kansas City Visitor
Wm. Deeter of Kansas City Kansas arrived Sunday for a visit with his brother Howard Deeter in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Deeter
Kansas City
Kansas
Howard Deeter
Seniors Present Bel tha The Beautiful Typewriter Girl Play
Senior class presents Ber tha The Beautiful Typewriter Girl a 19th century melodrama in full period costumes Friday May 9 at 8 15 p m Promoter Eleanor Mentink leads the event with logistics by Logan Danskin stage crew Lee Gissler Keith Youngstrom and Glenn Kresha and committees coordinating business publicity properties and house duties with Albert Berck chairing the properties team and Ramona Schott chairing the house group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis McKeag
Logan Danskin
Lee Gissler
Keith Youngstrom
Glenn Kresha
Alberta Berck
Margaret Boden
Alice Schott
Ardis Johnston
Elsie Kropatch
Doris Hennings
Ruth Urban
Fern Wieseman
Margaret Kennedy
Eugene Treadway
Florenne Larson
Raymond Schott
Warren Umshler
House
Ramona Schott
Leona Shemek
Milford Johansen
Alice Johnson
Local Social Roundup From Stromsburg area
Mrs Nellie Benson and others attended Nebraska Rural Public Power Districts meeting in Lincoln. Osceola guests Merle Watts and son visited J L Olson home. Families visited Shelby and Valley areas, with D A R luncheon and Continental Congress report from Mrs Bald of Columbus as out of town guests.
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Stromsburg
Nellie Benson
G. E. Ekstrand
Earl Steever
Lincoln
Herman Anderson
F. M. Leibee
Shelby
Milton Anderson
LaVonne
Near Polk
Clarence Burgeson
Victor Anderson
Carleton Anderson
Osceola
Isaac Samuelson
Polk
Valley
Anderson
Ernest Olson
Emma Anderson
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Wren Sherwood
Wallace Sherwood
Mauritz Swanson
J. A.westenius
Columbus
A. A. Bald
Washington D. C
Renfield
Galley
Jones
Clark
Post
Bald
Campbell
Youth Rally Draws Osceola Congregations and Youth
About eighty youths and seven pastors from eleven Hastings District churches gathered at Osceola Methodist Church for a Rally for information inspiration and fellowship. Afternoon registration devotional readings Lima Congress report Peru South America plus music by local youth. Evening program featured Dr. A V Hunter Nebraska Wesleyan University on Today's Challenge.
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Hastings
Osceola Methodist Church
Lawrence Anderson
Osceola
Verna Amilberger
Lincoln
Lima
A. V. Hunter
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Jolly Workers Club Meet Friday and Local Commencement
The Jolly Workers Extension Club will meet this Friday May 9 at Mrs. Lewis Bersgren's home with Mrs. Craven Stream and Mrs. Clyde Austin as hosts. The 10th Grade Commencement at Victor School is set for May 14 with Rev. L. M. Albrecht as speaker.
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Jolly Workers Extension Club
Lewis Bersgren
Craven Stream
Clyde Austin
Victor School
L. M. Albrecht
Speedin
Milton Hansen
Victor
Omaha
Crete
Riverside
Richard Myers
Lincoln
Earl Burke
Martha Myers
Pat Tallon
Fullerton
L. W. Luft
Grand Island
Elmer Kinberg
Albert Blevins
Guthrie Center
Iowa
Barbara Jo
Vaughn Deay
Platte Center
Shirley
Jerome Mark
Howell Cox
Ogalalla
Beverly Hennings
York
C. W. Hennings
Virgil
Broken Bow
Mrs. Staley
Neela Deay
Tekamah
Rose Bowl Boy Sentenced to Industrial School
Homer Lundquist a 16 year old Aurora high school student who gained attention by hitchhiking to the Rose Bowl game in California was sentenced to the Kearney Industrial School last Wednesday by County Judge Bengtson on petty larceny charges.
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Homer . Lundquist
Aurora
California
Kearney Industrial School
Bengtson
Aurora iNews
Bright Prospects for Young Couple in Chadron
A Chadron tale features a man courting a daughter who explains bright prospects from federal programs. He claims the FSA would buy a farm AAA would pay part time work WPA would provide winter road jobs surplus commodities and a corporation would furnish food extension service mattress bedding and federal agencies doctors and hospitals if needed. The piece concludes no young couple faced a brighter future.
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Sheridan County Star
Chadron
FSA
AAA
WPA
Extension Service
Five Polk County Men Receive Final Papers
Five Polk County men were presented with an engraving this week marking their citizenship in the United States. In district court Monday Judge Landis presided as Theo N. Anderson Chas P. Anderson Sven G Svensson Lars G Westlund and Herman Brunkhorst were granted final papers. The four natives of Sweden and the one from Germany were joined by local organizations and pastors in a decorated ceremony.
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Polk County
United States of America
District Court Room
Landis
Theo. N. Anderson
Oakland
Chas. P. Anderson
Stromsburg
Sven G.svensson
Lars G. Westlund
Polk
Herman Brunkhorst
Columbus
Sweden
Germany
Osceola Bar
the Legion
Osceola Woman's Club hosts annual spring affair
The Osceola Woman's Club held its annual spring party at Mrs. George Morgan's home. A three course breakfast for 32 members followed, with State President Mrs. C. R. Caley as guest. Caley outlined state and national federations, installed new officers, and discussed future programs.
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Osceola Woman’s Club
George Morgan
Caley
Anderson-Krahling Nuptials Solemnized
Miss Marian Anderson and Oliver Krahling were married at the bride’s parents home on Sunday May 4 at 3 pm Rev C A Sward officiated in a double ring ceremony attended by relatives and friends Miss Betty Stanton played piano Berniece Sward sang At Dawning and O Promise Me The bride wore baby blue silk and roses she was attended by her sister Althea Anderson Groom attended by his brother Alvin Krahling The couple will reside in Bellville Kansas after a wedding trip Mrs Krahling is a Stromsburg High School graduate and has worked locally The groom is employed with an oil concern in Sheldon Iowa.
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Avery
Frank Sjogren
Osceola
Esther Victoria
Clarence E. Burke
Fred Burke
C. A. Sward
Harris Sundberg
Rev. Sward
Osceola High School
Wesleyan University At
Lincoln
Lincoln Auto School
Mrs. Burke
Stromsburg
Marian Anderson
Fred A. Anderson
Oliver Krahling
A. D. Krahling
Ashton
Iowa
Betty Stanton
Berniece Sward
Miss Stanton
Althea Anderson
Alvin Krahling
Dwight Bush
Jack Logan
Sheldon
Longtime Polk County Resident David Brazee Dies at 80
After four years of illness David Anson Brazee, a Polk County mainstay north of Shelby, died May 1 1941 at his home. Funeral services were Sunday May 4 at the United Brethren Church conducted by Rev G T Lavery with Rev Lyle Roe assisting. Burial followed at Graceland Cemetery in Shelby. Brazee, born October 21 1860 near Pleasantville Pennsylvania, moved to Nebraska in 1879 and settled in Polk County. He married Carrie Davis in 1883 and Lydia Fr Timm in 1891, leaving ten surviving children and fourteen grandchildren. His death ends a long record of church and lodge involvement including Modern Woodmen and Masonic orders. He is survived by his wife Lydia and many siblings and children.
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David Anson Brazee
Polk County
Shelby
United Brethren Church
G. T. Lavery
York
Shelby Church
Lyle Roe
Graceland
David Amson Brazee
Walter
Francis
Lydia Fr. Timm
Christopher Timm
Osceola
Benson
Brazee
Shelby United Brethren Church
Woodman Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Lydia
W. B. Welch
Leal Wustrack
Shelton
Flossie Deavers
David City
Martha Harbert
Nellie Dawes
Wesley
Archie
Omaha
Wreatha Walling
Lincoln
Nina Richard
Ewing
Lucy
Philip
Everett Davis
Dailey, Colo
Loran Davis
Haxton
Colo
Roy Coy
Nebraska
Sheep and Wool Show Planned for Stromsburg May 21
Plans are set for a sheep and wool show in Stromsburg on May 21 sponsored by the Polk County Lamb and Wool Association Stromsburg Commercial Club the Stromsburg high school Vocational Agriculture Department and the Polk County Extension Service. Owners may enter fat lambs ewes rams and fleeces with classes for all breeds and prizes provided by the Commercial Club. An interesting program will accompany the event and everyone is invited to attend.
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Stromsburg
Polk County Lamb and Wool Association
4 H Club Members to Broadcast on KFAB Saturday
Four H club members from this county will present a radio broadcast over KFAB in Lincoln from 3 15 to 3 30 p m Saturday afternoon May 10. Participating are Mary Ann Staroscik Romona Scholl Alberta Berck Bob Ingalls Robert Tooker and County Extension Agent Ray L Cruise. The program covers Polk County 4 H activities and the Junior Fair. Listeners are urged to tune in each Saturday 3 15 to 3 30 p m.
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KFAB
Lincoln
Mary Ann Staroscik
Romona Scholl
Alberta Berck
Bob Ingalls
Robert Tooker
Ray L. Cruise
Polk County
Polk County Pitcher Shines for Williamson Debut
Al Herrman, who left Polk County to try with the St. Louis Cardinals, debuted for Williamson, W. Va. as a relief hurler. He entered in the second with four runs against him and two on base, held the opposition to two hits over eight innings, though his team lost. Local sports writers credit his showing.
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Herrman
St. Louis Cardinals
Williamson
W. Va
Altho
Williamson Daily News
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Lindo Kinzl
American Shipbuilding
Clipper
Acetylene
Mai
Hackberry News
Woman's Club
Anderson - Krahling
Kodak
Daniels Studio
Mall Films
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