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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
8
Receipts of cattle at Omaha Monday were 9,000 head. Demand was steady for plainer cattle while better grades of steers and heifers were weak to 25 cents lower. Feeder calves and stockers showed moderate supply with steady quotes. details cover cornfed steers, yearlings, fed heifers, cows, cutters, canners, and feeder steers with price ranges.
Six grade students earned honor roll with top scores led by Sandra Schumann 94.8 and Dolores McCormick 92.2. Seventh graders Darlene Wisely 95.6 and Ruth Merrick also show strong marks. Eighth grade Crawford Campbell 95.3 and Opal Sargent 92.4 headline the list along with several others.
Margery Schneider Doris Jean Kennedy Jack Eyler Jimmy Norton Duane Treadway are listed among the students who have been on the Honor Roll all year.
Omaha prepares for the Ak-Sar-Ben meet opening Tuesday May 28 with more than 500 horses, possibly 800, arriving from Tanforan Agua Caliente and Beulah Park. Bahr electric starting gate to eliminate delays marks a Midwest first as 93 Nebraska counties benefit from the event and Den show begins June 10 with free entertainment for visitors.
Hogs receipts 13,400 head produce sluggish trade with prices 25 to 40 cents lower than Friday. Bulk trades at 4.75 to 5.50 per hundredweight, high for the day. sows around 4.25 to 4.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 4,000 head steady with top spring lambs 11.10, clipped lambs 9.10, feeder lambs 9.25, aged sheep unchanged, fat ewes 3.25 and down.
An advertisement from optometrist Dr J H Albright at 2508 13th Street urges readers to care for their eyes and preserve their sense of sight. It emphasizes personal eye health and vision importance.
Stoner news notes the school picnic delayed due to the death of Miss Thelander's grandmother. The event now set for Sunday May 26 at the schoolhouse. Out of state relatives visiting for M. L. Eyler funeral and guests at Si Cook home include Mrs Lute Carter Dale Carter Mr and Mrs Clyde Cox and California daugh ter and Mr and Mrs Oscar Eyler of Torrington Wyoming.
Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs. Don Johnson of Polk with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Olson. R. E. Nuquist spoke at Alba High School commencement. Lake Erie games attendance and Golden Spike Days visitors listed. Stromsburg Male Chorus gave a sacred program at the High School Auditorium. Mrs. Mattis Olson observed her eighty seventh birthday with friends and relatives. Several local residents gathered for Mrs. Hilma Flodman’s eighty four birthday celebration.
Expressing gratitude for kindness shown during illness and loss. Nellie Anderson and family and the Thelander and Thelander and Thelander and Thelander and Thelander families convey appreciation for supportnames Of Carl Frank Victor Emil Mabel Thelander and others during mother’s illness and passing.
The Shelby Theatre shows Gene Autry in South of the Border on Saturday and Sunday May 25 and 26 with selected short subjects. Adults 20c Children 10c. Also James Gleason and Lucille Gleason in The Covered Trailer on Wednesday and Thursday May 29 and 30.
H M Shevnan, renowned rupture specialist from Chicago, will hold a free demonstration at the Evans Hotel in Columbus on Saturday June 1 from 9 A M to 6 P M. He describes the Zootic Shield as a major advance that can close openings in about ten days regardless of size, without straps, medicines, or medical treatment. Address is 6441 N Richmond St Chicago. Appeals to those with large incisional hernias or rupture after surgery.
Miss Doris Boden reelected in District 40. Mildred Rec to teach Social Center. Families from Wesley Chapel attended district picnics and visits to Fairfield and Butler County. FECU Local 627 meeting postponed due to rain.
In a brief note Mark Tiimm expresses gratitude to friends who sent flowers cards and good wishes during his hospital stay.
In the Matter of the Estate of W A Michener deceased the executor J T Stanton will sell Lots ten and eleven in Block one Smiths Fourth Addition to Osceola Polk County Nebraska at public auction for cash The sale is set for June 3 1940 at 2 PM at the south front door of the Polk County Court House Osceola The bid payment terms require 25 percent on sale day and balance upon court confirmation May 7 1940 to May 23 1940 date line
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