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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
1
The Osceola Record invites business and professional men and women and farmers to have portraits taken on Thursday May 23 by Wm Mondshane from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. The service is free and proofs may be purchased later, with no obligation or high pressure sales. Portraits and engravings will be kept for future news use.
The annual Memorial Day program under William Wolfe Post No 91 of the American Legion will be held at the Muse Theatre on May 30 at 10 a.m. The lineup includes invocation by Rev. M L Swenson, a Gettysburg address by Wallace Monson, roll call of the dead, music by the Legion Octet, and the Star Spangled Banner. Veterans are urged to meet at the Legion Hall by 9:30 a.m. and march to the auditorium.
Mrs. Oscee Elizabeth Sharritt 62 of Brush Colorado died Tuesday night May 14 in a Brush hospital. Survived by husband Albert C son Charles Brush daughter Florence Ransom Colorado Springs three brothers George Query Levant Ray Query Greeley Claude Query Beaver City Nebr and sister Ina Kidder Loveland Colo. Funeral services were held in Brush Thursday and interment followed in Brush cemetery. The Sharritt family lived in Osceola for many years before moving to Brush about ten years ago.
Rev. A. W. Lapthorne of Elm Park Methodist Church reports the death of his mother Edith Esther Lapthorne in Plymouth England on May 14 at age 78. He also learned of his sister-in-law Mrs. Charles Edward Lapthorne’s sudden death in Lancaster the day before. She leaves two sons and five grandchildren.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of Polk County convene at Fireman's Hall in Stromsburg on Wednesday May 29. Members are urged to attend and recruit new members to strengthen the organization. Ray Hastings, Commander.
Arnold Isaacson reports the sale of the August Swanson Estate 240 acre farm near High Prairie to Carl J. Fernquist of Dix Nebraska. Consideration was 1950.00 per acre. This is a choice farm with every acre under cultivation.
The Polk County Local Board announced today the discharge of registrants from the armed forces. Named individuals include Lawrence H. Hoffer Stromsburg Louis P. Benda Shelby Lawrence A. Micek Columbus Raymond L. Vrbka Shelby William F. Smith Polk Donald Tf. Schutt Osceola Harold K. Speirs Stromsburg Karl L. Thelander Stromsburg.
Greens Chapel Blue View School held a Thursday picnic at Buckley Park while Victor School hosted a Friday gathering on school grounds. Liberty Pleasant Prairie Centennial and Stoner also held picnics Sunday. Community members visit and travel as families reunite, with several local residents returning from trips or moving lately.
Sunday visitors attended the Baccalaureate at Claus Oberg home with Mr and Mrs Harry Nelson and family from Marquette and Peggy Throckmorton from Osceola. High Prairie School picnic was at Buckley Park with multiple attendees including the Fredricksons and Jankys. Earle Thelander returned home after Coast Guard discharge. Lillian Ogden sold property to Vaughn Deay. Deay to move in, employed by Farmers Union Oil. Ray Hunsaker returned from Excelsior Springs for treatments. Howard Hartman left Stromsburg for Oakland after his mother A A Hartman’s illness and death. Further visits included Ben Berger family, F E Oquist and John Gestrine families, and Kenneth Kline leaving for Mobile Alabama after a week with Rintherman parents.
In Osceola Nebraska a woman cutting a chicken for dinner found a cache of 21 metal items inside the gizzard. The objects included a tire valve cap shingle nail four screws three curtain fasteners a tack two rivets and a battery terminal.
Sunny Side 4-H Club met May 11 at the Birrii home Shelby with 14 members, adding Janet DeBaets Ann Genene Kerkman and Marilyn Bernt. A girls group organized Learning to Cook with Mrs Clarence Carlson leading assisted by Mrs Bruce Anderson. 1946 crop certifications show Cedar Oats Pawnee Wheat Velvon 11 Barley Lincoln Bromegrass and soybeans and other seeds. Farmers urged to visit the wheat test plot near Osceola for variety comparisons and yield tests.
Memorial Sunday services will be held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday May 26th. All members of the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Legion Auxiliary and other war veterans are asked to attend. Special music will be provided by the American Legion Octat.
The American Legion and Auxiliary invite the public to bring bouquets to place on the cenotaph at the cemetery memorial day ceremonies. Flowers should be brought to the Legion Hall on Wednesday afternoon May 29 between 2 and 4 o'clock for proper care.
York and Osceola played a contest with York totaling 31 runs, Osceola 6,927. York 11 and Osceola 2. Osceola completed 3 double plays and earned first on balls off Johnson twice and Herrmann once. York left on base five times, Osceola four. Strikeouts were Johnson one, Herrmann one, and Neujahr eleven.
Local notice announces highest cash prices paid for cream poultry and eggs. It promotes Nutrena feeds Cook's D D T spray and poultry remedies and directs readers to Osceola contact number 38.
Lt Raymond O Peterson received his discharge in San Francisco and joined his father Dr C R Peterson in Osceola to run a dental office above the First National Bank. He served as a Navy dental officer last year after graduating from the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry. He, his wife, and their four year old son rented the Whitehead house in south Osceola and will move in soon.
The following have been hospitalized during the past week Surgical: Harry Lees Shelby Mrs Naomi Gustafson Osceola Mrs Lillian Taddiken Shelby Mrs Alvana Hanson Osceola Discharged: Frank Triba Barbara Russell Harry Lees Medical: Mrs C Roctor Osceola Mrs Lena Moser Rising City Frank Triba Osceola Miss Bernice Brown Osceola Barbara Russell Osceola Mrs Edith Heaston Gresham Carl Sidwall Polk
District 40 saw three-year tenure completion for Dorothy Carter and a fall succession for Miss McClung. Picnics were held in District 21 and at the city park with Margaret Ann Rech and pupils. Roberta Johnston and Loraine Gapel prepare district transitions this fall as others visit relatives in California and Nebraska.
Bernice Helen Brown died May 17 1946 in St Francis Hospital after a brief illness. She was the eldest daughter of Ernest J Brown and Mary Helen Brown born May 20 1895 on their Osceola area farm. She graduated Osceola High School 1913 attended School of Agriculture 1914 16 and studied Commercial Training at Lincoln. She served as secretary for a local law firm 1924 to 1946 and was active in Presbyterian and later Methodist churches and Rebekah Lodge serving as Noble Grand. Survived by her father four sisters and one brother. Funeral at Methodist Church Osceola May 20 1946 with interment in Osceola Cemetery.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives across Polk County including Mr. and Mrs. Leo Thoma of Fairfield Iowa guests of the Wurtzes. Service member Donald Ostberg returned from Manila and discharge in St. Louis. The week featured multiple visits from relatives and friends to Stromsburg, Lincoln, Omaha, Rising City, and other nearby towns.
Osceola's 1946 graduates were feted with a Sunday baccalaureate at the Methodist Church led by Rev. Maurice Lewenson. The Muse Theatre hosted Commencement on May 2 with Dr. A A Brooks addressing the class and public as diplomas were conferred on a long list of graduates including Donald Anderson and Bernard Berck among others.
The article explains rheumatic fever is an infection not spread like chickenpox or measles and may be inherited susceptibility. It lists signs to watch for in children, emphasizes heart damage screening, and advises protecting at risk kids from colds and sore throats through medical checks and pediatric care.
District 128 reports Miss Dorothy McDonald motoring to Lincoln for a day trip. Carl Benda and family visited with Wesley Peterson in Osceola. District 1 and $) schools held Friday picnics at Pawnee Park in Columbus. Orville Enyear motored to Columbus for an Eagle's dinner. Wm Bruckner and family spent Sunday with Harold Druckner’s family. Frank Seperger and sons of St. Andrews visited John Micek on Friday.
Mr and Mrs George B Anderson announce the engagement of their daughter LaVona to Waldo H Rodene son of Mr and Mrs Harry Rodene both families reside west of Osceola Miss Anderson recently discharged from the army nurse corps after serving in India and Mr Rodene has just been discharged from the army air force The wedding will be an event in the near future
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