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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1949
Page
1
Calendar notice urges checking the Greens Chapel bazaar date. The text records numerous social visits and gatherings among residents from Bayard Burwell York Osceola and surrounding towns with names such as Korell Hennings Hartman Berggren Lindstrom and Mentink among others. Social calls occur across Nov 16 lunches birthdays and weekend visits with family and friends in multiple households.
Wesley Chapel Social Center reports visitors from Clarks Columbus Stromsburg Hayward and other areas. Multiple family and friend visits occur in Rising City Silver Creek and Osceola with bridal showers and funeral attendance noted. (Continued to Page Five)
Rural community news reports visits and travels of the Frizzell and Wamsley families plus guests at local homes. A birth is announced for Hilbert Robak’s wife in Duncan, and REA member Nellie Benson attends a Denver meeting. Local residents face illness and one polio death. hospital and doctor care noted. Families and neighbors are described with short social updates and short visits across nearby towns.
The Nebraska Council of Home Extension Clubs gathered in Hastings November 1 2 and 3 under the Home F ountain Head of Democracy theme. Polk County sent three delegates Mrs Alvin Burke Mrs Forrest Berggren and Miss Nelle Wisely. Registration stood at 573 with tours to Model Day Dress factory House of Yesterday and Engleside Institution.
Beulah Cemetery Society plans a November 18 meeting at Mrs. Minnie Cadwell's Osceola home with a white elephant sale and guest invites. Regional clubs report visits, Farm Bureau and Widows Club activities, and multiple social gatherings in Fairview and nearby towns.
Mrs Anna Johnson of Madison visited over the weekend as a guest of Mrs Ana Coons, sharing time and hospitality in the area.
Osceola ranks high in state for students at the University of Nebraska. Among 19 Osceola students listed are Donald A. Anderson Herbert D. Ball James A. Chantry Raymond Croisant Bernard Gissler and others. Five hundred eighteen Nebraska communities and 38 foreign countries send students to the university.
Editor Sapp away as Mrs Erma Gilliland dies in Abilene after several weeks of heart problems. The office pleads reader patience while the staff edits in his absence and promises features will resume upon his return.
Tuesday visitors include Mr and Mrs John Voichoske and family and Mr and Mrs Antone Osentowski. Emma Peterson of Stromsburg visits C R Carlson home. Riverside School closes for a week due to polio. Multiple local guests and weekend trips around Lincoln and Omaha cited, with several dinners and visits among area families. The card party at St Peters church basement in Clarks noted. Some residents travel to SunDance Wyoming this week.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Pierson and daughters of Grand Island formerly of Osceola visited Mrs A B Bintz in York hospital Monday of last week. Mr and Mrs Frank Dalheimer of Crawford were Saturday night guests at Tom Schmoker's home in York.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Davis, Mrs. Emma Jacobsen, Mrs. Lena Jannings and Mr. and Mrs. Russie Anderson of Omaha visited with the Will, Adam and John Herrmann families on Sunday and all shared Sunday dinner at the Wm. Herrmann home.
Mr and Mrs Albert Schmoker and Armand and Mr and Mrs Virgil Rosenberry with their families attended the Ice Follies in Omaha on Friday night.
Instructions describe a beverage recipe yielding about one gallon and note it may be diluted with an additional quart of water while remaining suitable for serving.
Mrs Willis Varner of near Osceola captured the weekly $1000 prize in the Gildersleeve radio show contest for best song title. Her entry earned first place and a telegram notification, with the grand prize still to be decided from the six weekly winners.
Miss Elvera D. Roslund 49 died Monday after a long illness in Lincoln hospital. Funeral services were held in Lincoln and she was brought to Osceola for burial in Osceola cemetery. She was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Roslund and lived in Osceola during her youth. She worked as a cashier for RKO Film Exchange in Omaha. Surviving is a sister Mrs Mabel Weaver of Lincoln.
Mrs. Sadie Jarmin of Osceola donated an electrically operated clock mounted above the south entrance of the county courthouse. The large timepiece, readable from a distance, honors her late husband John H. Jarmin, a pioneer settler, and was purchased from Howard Clock Sales and Service Company of New York City, makers noted in a Sunday World Herald feature.
Mr and Mrs Oscar E Jones of Osceola announce the marriage of their daughter Betty Jean to Norman Michener son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Michener of Stromsburg. Rev Franzen officiated at eight o clock p m October 31 with attendants Mr and Mrs Wesley Jones.
Pearl and Marshall Thompson joined Mr. and Mrs. Carl Benda for a Seward football game. Adolph Bernt hosted visitors near Osceola. Phil Micek made a Grand Island business trip. Duncan’s John Gier and St Marys’ Albin Prososki called on Adolph Bernt. Ben Fyfe and Adolph Grossnicklaus hosted Wy oming guests, and Carl Benda with Josie Benda entertained Wes Peterson’s family near Osceola. Mike Collins of Omaha visited the Andersons.
Medical staff include Edwin Mustard of Silver Creek and Raymond Boryca of Fullerton. Mrs. Ben Schmoker of Osceola and Mrs. Bertha Schipporeit of Silver Creek are listed. Surgical line mentions Carlene Dinges and Leonard Kropatch, both of Osceola.
Polio hit the Rayner Carlson family north of Osceola with three children hospitalized in Omaha. Sixteen year old Ronald contracted the disease Wednesday at Douglas County Hospital. Donna, Osceola High School freshman, was hospitalized Thursday at Children's Memorial in Omaha. Younger daughter Mavis was found positive on Friday and moved to Douglas County Hospital. The two girls are together at Children’s Hospital and progressing satisfactorily, while Ronald shows improvement.
Osceola High School Junior Class stages a three act mystery comedy Who Killed Aunt Caroline Friday at eight in the auditorium. Tickets are 50 and 25 cents. Cast includes Eleanor Endicott Rita Kresha Maya Grossnicklaus Max Anderson Barbara Russell Joyce Morgan Marilyn Kuhnel Rosemary Walgren Gerald Bryan Dan Donovan LaVonne Dinges Kenneth Beebe and others.
Miss Colleen Malek was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower Sunday afternoon in the legion rooms. Games were played and after she opened her many gifts, refreshments were served by hostesses Miss Marcia Schneider Mrs Kenneth Hopwood Mrs Merle Johnson Miss Lois Dinges Mrs Adolph Heimer and Mrs Ronal Sarow. Out of town guests included Mrs Carl Will of Columbus and Mrs Freeman Johnson of Central City.
Mrs. Robert Yost and Mrs. J. C. Throckmorton hosted a Methodist Church basement bridal shower Saturday afternoon for Miss Dorothy Ann Deeter. Guests assembled to make a scrapbook of the bride elect’s life and enjoyed refreshments while shower gifts were presented.
Mr and Mrs Charles Keastner of Loveland Colorado visited relatives and friends in Osceola for several days then went to Columbus for a visit before returning to Colorado.
Fullerton dominated Osceola High School 45 to 0 as early TDs set the tone. Osceola faced injuries and illness with Polio and flu sidelining players, while regular tackles Dick Sterup and Don Gabriel left the game early.
Funeral services for Clement L. Anderson were held at the Baptist Church in Stromsburg. He died November 3, 1949 at Stromsburg hospital after a heart ailment. He was 49 years, nine months and 26 days old and survived by his widow and two children. Burial followed in Stromsburg cemetery.
The Osceola Library will close starting Wednesday November 16 to prepare for moving into a new building. Please return all books by Saturday November 12, per the Library Board.
The Osceola Chamber of Commerce declares all Osceola business houses will close Friday November 11 to observe Armistice Day.
The Osceola Record notes Mrs Willis Warner winning a prize on radio with a reminder about tax on winnings. It mentions Oliver Schneider redecorating the Muse Theatre front, the American Legion purchasing a shuffleboard for the club rooms, and Ralph Mueller of Cleveland visiting Osceola for the Mueller Tower dedication at the University of Nebraska. Mueller, head of Mueller Electric, has donated to his alma mater.
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