Butler County boards settle race track dispute at fairgrounds
Butler County Supervisors and Agricultural Society Board reached a settlement over use of the fair grounds race track after a public meeting. The dispute arose when stock car racing was halted, with exchanges about cooperation and torn fences. A proposal offered a lease to the Fair Board with upkeep and insurance duties. Geneva chapter of the Order of Eastern Star observed its fiftieth anniversary with a special dine and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Agricultural Society Board
Fair Ground
Fair Board
David City Banner Press
Geneva
the Order of Eastern Star
Youth fatally injured in weed sprayer explosion
Gene Rupert aged about 16, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Rupert, was fatally injured Wednesday when a weed sprayer tank exploded. Dawson County Herald reports the accident occurred as he worked with the sprayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Rupert
Jack Rupert
Gene
Dawson County Herald
Early Morning Watch From A Penthouse Window
A narrator describes dawn observations from a high perch in a city square. Daily routines unfold as bread trucks, transfer trucks, and a Model A weave through streets. Local characters including Andy Anderson and Raymond Kepner appear among the morning bustle before the Corn Palace opens.
City Softball League Announces Start May 19
The new City Softball League will open next Wednesday May 19 after a scheduling shift due to graduation. Six teams compete this season with community sponsors Sigler Garage High School Maleks 66 Station Anderson Mercantile Johnson Garage Kepners and The Traveling Team Osceola Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigler Garage
High School
Maleks 66 Station
Anderson Mercantile
Phillips
Norman Fintel
Don Wright
Bill Kobza
Holly Grossnicklaus
W. H. Norton
Shelly Bond
Robert Mills
Jay McDonald
Jim Malek
Ronald York
Raymond Mulley
Donald Schutt
Ralph DeLand
Sigler Ford Garage
Floyd Emmons
Gerald Henggeler
Clair Emmons
Harold Grossnicklaus
Marvin Pilford
Ray Sedlak
Mark Gustafson
Floyd Headley
Rollie Johnson
Wally McKeag
Ron Rystrom
Doyle Sundberg
Hollis Campann
Gene Treadway
Matt Anderson
al Leathers
Bob McKen
Bob Walgren
Jack Wieseman
Kepners
John Cerny
Dee Rodene
Stanley van Hoosen
Phil Nyberg
Bob Hrouda
Bob Grossnicklaus
Jinx Johanson
Jim Brandenberg
Vic Cerny
Ozzie Goerlinger
Henry Buresh
Bud Anderson
M. E. Roberts
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds in Osceola Stromsburg and Polk
Warranty Deed Vinus G. Robson and wife to Wayne Walford and wife for NW% 33 13 1. Roy E. Parks and wife to Walter Bojanski and wife for Lot 5 with 90 feet by 6 inches cut from block 2 Original Town of Osceola. Martha N. Hubbert Wasserman and husband to Martha N. Hubbert Wasserman and husband for parcel in Block 7 Ekeley’s Addition Stromsburg 75 by 144 feet. Grace Brauer to Lloyd Stromberg and wife for Lots 11 and 12 Block 8 Original Village Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinus G. Robson
Wayne Walford
E. NW
Roy E. Parks
Walter Bojanski
Osceola
Martha N. Hubbert Wasserman
Ekeley
Stromsburg
Grace Brauer
Lloyd Stromberg
Polk
Osceola Senior Band Plans Sixth Annual Spring Concert
The Osceola Senior Band presents its sixth annual spring concert Friday evening May 14 at 8:00 p m in the high school auditorium. About 50 musicians under director John Q Adams perform marches classical suites and miscellaneous numbers. Medals will be awarded to Outstanding Bandsmen during the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
John Q. Adams
Branting Birthday Observance and Mother's Day Gatherings
Mrs. O. F. Branting hosted a Sunday gathering for her birthday anniversary and Mother's Day. Attendees included H B Branting with DeAnne, Kermit Branting and daughters, Norwood Creekpaum, Jack Kopera, Medy Branting with Phyllis, Ray Branting with Carol, plus guests from Omaha and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hruska
Omaha
Mary Cerny
Elsie
Don Cerny
Columbus
Vic
John Cerny
Lester Anderson
Richard Merrick
O. F. Branting
Branting
H. B. Branting
DeAnne
Kermit Branting
Stromsburg
Norwood Creekpaum
Jack Kopera
Medy Branting
Phyllis
Ray Branting
Carol
Hastings Musician Returns To Osceola
The Lutheran Brotherhood announces the May 23 concert in Osceola by Mary Margaret Rickert, Hastings College music instructor, with Bryan Nison, Osceola High graduate, on cornet. The event at 8:00 p m is free to enter, with a free will offering accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lutheran Brotherhood
Mary Margaret Rickert
Osceola
Miss Rickert
Lutheran Church
Hastings College
Bryan Nison
Osceola High
Honor Students Named For OHS 54 Senior Class
Osceola High School announces the two top seniors for the 1954 class at Recognition Night. The event highlighted academic achievement among graduates and named the standout students from the Osceola program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHS
High St .Ents
Osceola High School
Joyce Laase Elected Treasurer of New Motar Board
Twenty-one University of Nebraska women were installed as new Motor Board members during Ivy Day. Joyce Laase of Lincoln was elected treasurer. she is a YWCA president and Red Cross board member, and a member of Pi Lambda Theta Alpha Lambda Delta and Alpha Xi Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
Motor Board
Joyce Laase
Lincoln
L. T. Laase
A. F. Nuquist
Osceola
YWCA
Red Cross Board
Pi Lambda Theta
Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Xi Delta
Open House Held for Golden Anniversary
An open house honoring Mr and Mrs Will Hernbloom marks their golden wedding anniversary on May 23 from two to four pm at their Stromsburg home. Friends are invited to call and celebrate the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hernbloom
Stromsburg
Bracy Named Speaker for Wesleyan Commencement
Carl C. Bracy, Chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, will headline the Commencement exercises with the address Citizens of Tomorrow's World. The ceremony is set for next Tuesday evening May 18 at 8:00 p.m. in the High School Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Olson
Caroline Benda
Geraldine Cockson
Geary Hastings
Kathryn Imhoff
Vance Fineey
Bonnie Imm
Shirley Mickey
Karen Wieseman
Melvin Peterson
Bonnie Jane Rodene
Larry Augustin
Larry Micek
Donald's Doremus
Janet Dunning
Dennis Prell
Ronald Cuza
Joyce Scow
Raymond Czuba
Earl Engeart
Janelle Janicek
Mary Mardell Berck
Ronald Joseph Carlson
Mary Ann Cerny
Raymond Dean Cole
Cleo Ann Gtorman
Lie Faye Harrison
William Raymond Kepner, Jr
Donald Leckey Larson
Nyla Jean Pehrecon
Rita E. Rech
Betty June Richards
Lynn E. Schneider
Rodger Wright
Janice Alt
Karen Thelen
Kenneth Kuhnel
Bonnie Mentink
Barbara Schinzel
Ronald Bloom
Donna Ruth McBeth
Betty Berck
Judy Blevins
Lee Glatter
Judy Harris
Joan Hasselbalch
Kenneth Kubicek
Sandra McMeekin
Shirley Paulsen
Jo Ann Scholz
Robert Whitmore
Ann Wombacher
Reggie Eklund
Kathryn Stephenson
Vivian Anderson
Mary Lou Smith
Danny Baker
Gene Heiden
Bonnie Sloan
Darwin Anderson
DeVerne Johnson
Judy Walgreen
Keith Anderson
Franklin Peterson
Lynn Sundberg
Velda Bowman
Bonnie Gustafson
Sharon Deden
Janet Ahlquist
Janice Kreis
Barbara Carlson
Karen Ericson
Dennis Feeser
Gary Adelson
Duane Johnson
Mary Ann Nyberg
Bartell Nyberg
Marian Tewell
Carl C. Bracy
Nebraska Wesleyan University At
Lincoln
Bracy
Corn Planting Underway in Polk County
Corn planting is well started in Polk County with some farmers placing seed Monday and most starting Tuesday. Conditions are ideal with ample soil moisture and near perfect field workability. Grasses and meadows are growing rapidly and farmers feel conditions are as good as they have been for many seasons.
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Polk County
Social club meetings and garden event calendar
The calendar lists multiple gatherings from May 13 to May 21 including the T & C Club at Mrs. Liskovecs home, St Andrew Altar Society parish hall co hosts, Wesley Chapel Club with Verner Johansen, Stoner Club with Mrs. Paul Meister, Ride-A-Wees hosted by Mrs. Ronal Peterson, PEO chapter at Mrs. Don Byers, Garden Club with May Basket Memories and guest speaker Allegra Johnson, Osceola Project Club time Change, WCTU at Lutheran Church with chairpersons, Beulah Cemetery Society at Mrs. Clara Frizzell’s Silver Creek home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T & C Club
Wm. Liskovec
St. Andrew Altar Society
Richard Gonka
Emil Kubicek
Wesley Chapel Club
Verner Johansen
Harold Nelson
Stoner Club
Paul Meister
Clem Marak
Ronal Peterson
PEO
Don Byers
Garden Club
Lesta Mace
Allegra Johnson
Columbus Family Visits Relatives Across States
Mary Byers of Columbus visits her grandparents Mr and Mrs Don Byers and Connie Byers while parents Mr and Mrs Don Ray Byers stay in Kansas City. the John Staroscik home hosts the Byers party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Byers
Columbus
Don Byers
Connie Byers
John Staroscik
Don Ray Byers
Kansas City
Osceola installs city department heads under new mayor
Newly elected Osceola Mayor Fred Bond names department heads from council members and designates chairmanships for Water Sedlak Mills Johnson. Sewer Johnson Sedlak Mills. Streets Sigler Johnson Mills. Police Mills Sedlak Sigler. Ordinances Mills Sedlak Johnson. Finances Sigler Sedlak. Norman Fintel named city work coordinator to report department trouble along with Police Chief John Campbell and street commissioner Ted Cotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bond
Osceola
Sedlak
Mills
Johnson
Sigler
Norman Fintel
John Campbell
Ted Cotten
Fintel
Polk County Leads In 1954 Savings Bond Sales
Polk county reports 1954 first four months bond sales of 612156.25 dollars in Series E and H, reaching 99.8 percent of the county quota. Nebraska totals reach 57073702.26 dollars or 60 percent of the state quota, with April sales strong and year-to-date up 51 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Nordlund
Savings Bond Committee
Polk County
Leland R. Hall
Savings Bonds Division
Nebraska
New Chancellor Appointed for Nebraska University
Dr. Clifford M. Hardin, dean of agriculture at Michigan State, will head the University of Nebraska as chancellor starting July 1. John K. Selleck, Nebraska's acting chancellor and business manager, will become chancellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford M. Hardin
Michigan State College
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Ne
Lightfoot Johns ton wed in North Fork Presbyterian Church
Miss Louise Lightfoot became the bride of 1c Lyle C Johnson ton on May 7 1954 at the Presbyterian Church in North Fork WV. The couple plans to reside in Champaign Illinois while the groom is stationed at Chanute Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Lightfoot
Lyle C. Johnston
Presbyterian Church
North Fork
West Virginia
Wm. Lightfoot
Harvey M. Johnson
Osceola
J. D. McWilliams
Keystone
W. V
Tallahasse
Fla
Nebraska
Champaign
Illinois
Chanute Field
Odd Bits Bring Small Town Tales To Light
The column notes Cal Dunn fishing with his grandson Doug who has five fish while CAL’s catch remains blank. Osceola softball league begins May 19 with six teams playing at Fairgrounds park after a Wednesday start due to commencement exercises. Marilyn Paine from Mt View Alaska writes of near midnight baseball games, and a birth certificate saga in Missouri ends with affidavits and a brother’s oath. Jewelry man Gerhardt Ahrens offers an eight day clock contest for Polk County seniors and S T Crouse receives Rexall’s gold watch for company milestone. Availability of a Vic Anderson for governor bumper sticker is mentioned, plus local square improvements, Glenn Miller Story at Muse Theatre and favorable remarks about June Allyson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Dunn
Doug
Osceola
Fairgrounds Park
Marilyn Paine
Marilyn Kuhnel
Mt. View
Alaska
Anchorage
Marilyn
Missouri
Gerhardt Ahrens
Polk County
Ahrens
S. T. Crouse
Rexall
Sam
Vic Anderson
Odd Bits
Albert Ryan
Corn Palace Cafe
Glenn Miller
Muse Theatre
June Allyson
Jimmy Stewart
Francis Langford
Marilyn Monroe
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Calhoun
Kenneth Hansen
Old Ft. Atkinson
Blair Enterprise
Bill Wright
Wright
Guv Ball Beliers
Andy” Anderson
Raymond Kepner
Raymond
Bush
Jack Steeple
Sam Crouse
Martin Roberts
Dale Nahrstedt
Oscar Anderson
John I. Anderson
I. D. Huston
Corn Palace
Lynn Snider
Hastings
Phyllis Branting
Joan Rech
NEW Motar Board
Bond
N. Y
Lightfoot
Johnston
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