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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1948
Page
5
Osceola Record of Polk County lists editor Perry N Sapp and postal entry details. Subscription rates show 2 50 per year in Nebraska and 3 00 outside Nebraska. Reading notices cost ten cents per line and card of thanks is forty cents.
Erysipelas in pigs costs farmers millions as authorities report eight million pigs vaccinated over ten years in a large national control program started in 1938. The project, supervised by federal and state bodies, aims to curb losses though experts stress farm management and prompt diagnosis are crucial to protect herds. Symptoms include scaly skin, ear and tail loss, swollen joints, lethargy, and fever with rapid herd spread. The disease can pass to other animals and humans.
Miss Joan Sheets daughter of Mr and Mrs George Sheets of Arnold Nebraska and Robert Pirnie also of Arnold were married at the Methodist Church in Arnold on Saturday May 15 The bride is well known here.
The narrative notes a student who attended Osceola High School for two years and lived with aunts Vera and Vida Beckmeyer. She finished the Arnold School program last week and plans to reside in Arnold after her relatives visit in Osceola earlier this week. Mr and Mrs Pirnie visited Osceola relatives and will move to Arnold with their daughter.
Bertha F. Kropatsch daughter of John and Anna Kropatsch Sr born June 13 1880 Polk County Nebraska died May 12 1948 aged 67 10 29 widow of Frank Bernt Jr and mother of six with 19 grandchildren. Services at Sacred Heart Church Shelby officiated by Rev John Kean with burial in St Andrews cemetery.
Alfred M White born April 18 1879 near New Sharon Iowa died May 11 1948 at Stromsburg hospital aged 69 23. Married twice first to John A Wisely 1903 with children Floyd John and Neela then to Fred W Green 1911 producing Emma Fred Jr Edward Mervin and Minerva. Survived by 17 grandchildren one great grandchild sister Minnie White brother Oren White and many relatives. Funeral May 14 Osceola Methodist Church with interment in Osceola cemetery.
Stoner school closed Friday for a picnic on the Blue, with Miss Betty Manglesen and many pupils attending. Denver visitors Mr and Mrs Frank Thelander and Art Cederberg joined relatives in Omaha Sunday. Other locals hosted guests at home including Meister and Meister family, Raymond Scholz's Cedar Rapids trip, and York visitors Della Johnson and Ralph Burnham.
Greene s Chapel WSCS and Methodist Men plan events on May 27 with Mrs D D Newcomer and Mrs Keith Kindberg hosting. Numerous local families attend picnics and gatherings at schools parks and homes across Osceola and Benedict areas with visits to Lincoln Gresham and Bellwood.
Miss Betty Hasselbalch of Om aha spent the weekend with her parents the Hasselbalchs. District 16 school was dismissed for the summer with a picnic at the schoolhouse. Alfred Bernt and Myron of near St Andrews and Gabe Dwoark of Oakland visited the Micek home on Wednesday. Butch Eschles and Maxine near Rising City and Josie Benda with sons were Sunday guests and helped Mr Micek celebrate his fifth birthday.
District 54 residents report Osceola events with Eastern Star and Rebekah Kensington attendance. Mrs. Charles Blackmarr of Bakersfield visited Vern McCormick. 4-H Club activities attracted mothers and daughters at Robert Tooker home. High school grads Jocelyn Imm and Harriet McCauley honored at Silver Creek exercises. Platte Valley Saddle Club earned ribbons in Grand Island last Sunday and plans another event May 23.
Mr and Mrs Robert Johnston of Central City spent Thursday at the Marvin Mace home. Mrs Joe Tomaswiecz entered St Francis Hospital in Osceola Monday for treatment followed by an operation.
A stream of visitors and family updates from Stromsburg and nearby towns includes Anna and Fred Lindquist of Norfolk and Andrew Medin of Princeton visiting cousin A R Mattson and Edith. Robert Anderson of Sioux City stayed with his brother Clement Ander son. Isedor Olson of Omaha, former Polk County resident, a medical patient in an Omaha hospital. Darrell Williams, on leave from Seattle Navy duty, visited his parents. Gordon Fillman and Lyle Johnson joined Williams in Kansas. Others hosted include Lester Liebhart, Ida Williams, Warren and Gordon Fillman, and Mrs. Wallace Sherwood and Francis Donelson, with health news on H G Dahlgren of Denver and Joyce and Jewel Morgan. Dale Ogden visited his mother in Stromsburg, while E H Pearson and family arrived from Denver for a visit.
Mrs Lulu Farris and Mr and Mrs C E Swalley toured Iowa visiting cousins in Redfield Linden and Cambridge. They revisited the Swalleys early childhood sites and the home of birth. Other locals visited relatives after services and in Omaha.
Osceola prepares for Buy a Poppy Day with plans for a community event next Saturday to raise funds and awareness, featuring volunteers and local organizers collecting donations.
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