Basketball season starts here Wednesday
Nineteen boys reported for basketball practice with football just ended. Lettermen include Leon Carman Dean Everitt Wes Parks Wayne Parks Bill Grossnicklaus Rolland Gissler. Promising players list Dick Mills Dean DeLand Isler Ray Crossant Ray Joy Gene Cole Bill Norton Bernard Gissler Tom Mickey Jack DeLand Art Umshler Dick Smith. Bulldogs' schedule spans December to February with games against Polk Clarks David City Stromsburg Silver Creek Shelby Rising City Genoa Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maples
iLettermen
Leon Carman
Dean Everitt
Wes Parks
Wayne Parks
Bill Grossnicklaus
Rolland Gissler
Dick Mills
Dean DeLand
Isler
Ray Crossant
Ray Joy
Gene Cole
Bill Norton
Bernard Gissler
Tom Mickey
Jack DeLand
Art Umshler
Dick Smith
Bulldogs
Polk
Clarks
David City
Stromsburg
Silver Creek
Cclarks
Shelby
Central City
Genoa
Osceola Band Boosters Plan December House Calls
The Band Boosters Club of Osceola formed November 17 1941 to support the high school band with funds for uniforms and instruments. On December 6 band members will collect old newspapers magazines and cardboard boxes from homes and businesses for the band fund. Officers elected at the first meeting include Robert L Ellsworth president Mrs Fred Schumann vice president and Dewey Sigler secretary treasurer. The band numbers about fifty players and will perform in a Christmas program next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Boosters Club of
Osceola
Band Boosters Club
Robert L. Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Fred Schumann
Dewey Sigler
Secy
Treas
Stoner Club Elected Officers and Local Social News
The Stoner Club elected Myrtle Marak as president Christina Burritt as vice president Elsie Stewart secretary Celestine Hendrickson assistant secretary Lillian Brown treasurer Anna Pearson assistant treasurer Olive Watts pianist Lois Grossnicklaus reporter. Community notes mention Irma Stewart visiting from Wesleyan University and various local families sharing visits meals and farm help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoner Club
Celestine Hendrickson
Myrtle Marak
Christina Burritt
Elsie Stewart
Treas
Lillian Brown
Anna Pearson
Olive Watts
Lois Grossnicklaus
Irma Stewart
Wesleyan University
Chas. Stewart
Elsa Bivens
Silver Creek
Will Davis
Chas. Youngstrom
Sumner Burnham
York
Burnham
Della Johnson
Ralph
Clem Marak
Martin Scholz
Elmer Burke
Greeley
Nebr
Elmer Allinder
Martin Johnson
Stromsburg
Hollis McKeag
Harvey McKeag
Mac and
Ernest Gliem
Gresham
Jas. Mceag
Hollie Grossnicklaus
Roy Grossnicklaus
Ed Watts
Maurice Watts
Jas. McKeag Jr
Horace McKeag
Jack Johnston
Columbus
Local Notices and Trade Ads Mixed With Updates from Seward
Mrs. Enoch Boden was taken to Clarkson hospital in Omaha for pneumonia. Trade ear corn or mixed grain for groceries gasoline flour seeds etc. Fresh corn fed quarter beef 1514c per pound. Harold Davis Eon Seward Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings heard from Frankfurt Illinois relatives by long distance call. Sheriff G R Peterson attended an FBI meeting in Lincoln last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Boden
Clarkson Hospital
Omaha
Harold Davis
Seward
Nebr
R. N. Hastings
Jack Howard
Ray Hastings
Frankfurt, Il
G. R. Peterson
F.B.I
Lincoln
Former Osceola Man H. E. Fleming Dies in Fremont
Funeral services were held at the Osceola Methodist Church for H. E. Fleming who died at his daughter Mrs John Hansen in Fremont. Fleming had lived in Osceola for years and retired from business. He leaves his widow and three children Mrs Hansen of Fremont Mrs Minda Larson of Dakota and George Fleming of Utah. Obituary to follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
H. E.fleming
John G. Hansen
Fremont
Fleming
Hansen
Minda Larson
Dakota
George Fleming
Utah
HACKBERRY NEWS Happenings and Society Notes
WSCS meetings planned for Friday and Mesdames Kinberg to host on Friday. Victor Club December gathering set for Tuesday at Mrs. Harry Sterup’s home with an all hostess luncheon and Christmas gift exchange. Greens Chapel Ladies Aid to hold annual chicken supper and auction of comforts and crafts Friday night. Various local residents visited, hosted, or traveled to nearby towns over the weekend, with several illnesses and family visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackberry News Me
WSCS
Mesdames Elmer
Keith Kinberg
Victor Club
Harry Sterup
Ladies Aid of Greens Chapel
Kenneth
Willard Hollister
Omaha
Dave Jacobson
Stromsburg
Hermann Larson
Harold Goodrich
Rudolph Bloom
Lincoln
Christine Bloom and Sons
Alfred Teegerstrom
Albert Bloom
Harlow Doggett
Bristow
Max
Abolt
Ed Shaw
Shelby
Kermit Lindgrén
Durward Rystrom
Coon Rapids
Iowa
Donald Rystrom
Geraldine Carlson
Racine
Wis
Milton
Myron Hanson
Elkhorn
Roy Hurd
Jennie Hurd
Mary Young
Benedict
Roos
Waco
H. A. Peterson
Telander Peterson
Ed Obrist
Platte County
W. L. Obrist
Methodist Church Schedule Promotes Thanksgiving Services
Rev Albert W Lapthorne announces Sunday program at 10:00 Church School and 11:00 Morning Worship with The Mission of A Christian. WSCS Thank Offering highlighted. Circles meet Friday November 28 at church and homes. Choir rehearsal Friday due to Thanksgiving. Men’s Service Club meets Wednesday December 3 at 6:45 p m with speaker N W Gaines of University of Nebraska Extension Service. all men invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Methodist Church
Albert W. Lapthorne
WSCS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
W. W. Norton
N W Gaines to Speak at Men s Club Meeting
The next Men s Service Club meeting at the Methodist Church will feature N W Gaines a noted Extension Service speaker on Community Life from the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture. A supper at 6 45 p m precedes the program inviting all church and community men to attend for fellowship and inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
N. W. Gaines
Extension Service
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Osceola Children Sell Christmas Seals for Tuberculosis Fight
Grade school children of Osceola schools will sell Red Cross Christmas Seals this year. Money from the sale supports the national drive against tuberculosis and fifty percent of local proceeds will be returned to promote health among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Red Cross
Insurance Listings for Farmers Union C-Operative Nebraska
Classified notice lists all kinds of insurance offered by the Farmers Union C-Operative Insurance Company of Nebraska. Chas R Timm provides contact at Osceola with phone 155 and offers four top services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union C-Operative Insurance Company of
Nebraska
Chas. R. Timm
Osceola
Polk County Corn Loan Rate Set at 72 Cents
The Polk County AAA reports a 72 cent corn loan rate to help farmers store the current crop and profit from higher prices. Loans require county office application, crib inspection, and moisture tested samples before execution after December 1. The 1941 rate marks a notable increase over 1940 and earlier years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
AAA
John M. Staroscik
Lee F. Campbell
Elmer Tooker
Albin J. Prososki
Staroscik
Thanksgiving and Farewell Gatherings in Stromsburg
Mr and Mrs Hii Johnson hosted a Thanksgiving dinner with relatives and friends including the Johnsons and Curtiss Johnsons. A farewell for Curtiss Johnson who departs for California followed. Also hosted were A A Hartman and guests for a Thanksgiving supper. A farewell for Mrs E P Samuelson and son Curtis was held at the Baptist Church as they prepare to move to Illinois. Mrs Kenneth Anderson and son Lee left the Stromsburg hospital for a few days at Ludwig Bodine’s home. Denah Hedlund and Ansel Nordstrom joined P A Sundberg for Sunday dinner. Alfred Criswell and Cora Lee of Yuma Colorado visited R A Randell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Hii Johnson
Myrna
Blanche Johnson
Dean Hanson
Clifton Johnson
Curtis Johnson
California
A. A. Hartman
Harold Covey
S. P. Johnson
Bert L. Myers
Mr. Butler
Jennie Burke
W. A. Burke
Grace Burke
Evan Myers
Alvin Burke
Amy Myers
M. VaniDorn
E. P.samuelson
Curtis
The
Baptist Church
Colorado
R A. Randell
Shelby Teen Dies in Columbus Hospital After Illness
Phyllis Maxine Rosenberry, 17, daughter of Paul and Rosenberry of Shelby, died November 20 in Columbus after a second rheumatic fever attack. A Shelby High senior and United Brethren Church member, she attended Siar rural school and is mourned by her parents brother Paul Eugene grandparents and many friends. Funeral services led by Rev. L. B. Roe were held at the United Brethren church in Shelby with burial in Shelby cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Maxine Rosenberr
Paul and
Rosenberry
Shelby
Osceola
Neb
Phyllis
Siar
Shelby High School
Young People’s
United Brethren Church
Paul Eugene
L. B. Roe
Community Notes from the George Irland Home
Mrs Lottie Lux of Coeur d Alene Idaho visited relatives at the George Irland home. Ann McCormick is nursing a broken finger from a pony fall. Local families gathered for Sunday dinner and visits at the George Irland home. Members and guests include the Irland, Clemmer, Beebe, Neaubal, Irland, Blevins, and Thelen families. News from Leo in Bowling Green Virginia and Francis Krumbach at Great Lakes. Legion supper and Home Study Club meetings occurred, with a Christmas party planned December 16 at Mrs Lyle Hopwood’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Lux
Coeur’d Alene
Idaho
George Irland
Ann McCormick
Hattie Irland
Everett Clemmer
Marion
Fremont
Raymond Beebe
Carl Neaubal
Rising City
Ira Irland
Osceola
Harry Blevins
Albert Blevins
Herman Richter
Leo
Camp Wheeler
Georgia
Bowling Green
Francis Krumbach
Navy
Great Lakes
Herman Thelen
Matt Glatter
Legion
Shelby
August Thelen
Leonard Heimer
John Heimer
Home Study Club
Lyle Hopwood
Seventeen Osceola Properties Face Tax Foreclosure
County commissioners approved actions to foreclose taxes on seventeen Osceola parcels including a large garage, several residences and vacant lots in the Morningside Addition. A district court petition will be filed and a spring sale will finalize the process to clear delinquent taxes and return properties to the tax rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Morningside Addition
Green Ghost identity revealed in junior class play
A capacity crowd at the high school auditorium Friday night watched the annual junior class play. The Green Ghost was revealed as Wayne Wieseman playing a Chinese butler with a large cast including Margaret Hansen Arthur Umshler Bettie Wieseman Verona Bernt Ruth Bintz Raymond Swan Sam Byers Grace Bernt Dick Mills and Lee Sigrafs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Ghost
Edla Leiben
Wayne ‘Wieseman
Margaret Hansen
Arthur Umshler
Bettie Wieseman
Verona Bernt
Ruth Bintz
Raymond Swan
Sam Byers
Grace Bernt
Dick Mills
Lee Sigrass
Morrill Named Polk County Winner in PFL County Event
Arthur Morrill of Stromsburg earned Polk County honors in the state Pasture-Forage-Livestock Program then faced statewide judging. Nearly 1000 farmers from 70 counties attended the Omaha event with 30 from Polk County. Morrill, with 2000 turkeys 200 sheep 100 hogs and 15 cattle, also showed outstanding corn and alfalfa irrigation results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
Polk County
Arthur Morrill
Stromsburg
Morrill
Confirmation services held at St Pauls Lutheran church
Special confirmation services will be held next Sunday morning the First Sunday in Advent at 10 30 oclock when a class of nine young people will be confirmed at the St Pauls Lutheran church The youths are Maurice Boden Verne lle Carlson Carol Hanson Bernard Gissler Marjory Johnson Elaine Malek Rolland Peterson Marcia Stohl and Richard Walgren The service tion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s ‘Lutheran Church
Maurice Boden
Vernelle Carlson
Carol Hanson
Bernard Gissler
Marjory Johnson
Elaine Malek
Rolland Peterson
Marcia Stohl
Richard Walgren
Ladies Aid Meeting Planned by Mrs Ferald Pliefke
A Ladies Aid gathering is slated for next Thursday as hosts Mrs Ferald Pliefke and Mrs Maurit Swanson entertain. A Thanksgiving service is announced for Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zis
Aid
Ferald Pliefke
Maurit Swanson
Dismissal of Wed's Event Noted at Bellwood Home
Mrs Lloyd Berit hosted a gathering at Bellwood to mark a Wednesday dismissal. Mr and Mrs Ausgery and Richard visited Osceola for the fourteenth wedding anniversary dinner at BE Gabel's home with E C Schott and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Berit
Bellwood
Ann
C. J. Ausgery
Richard
E. C. Schott
BE. E. Gabel
Osceola
Wesley Chapel Notice of chicken sale and school day
The Wesley Chapel congregation thanks helpers for the dressed chicken sale. District 40 pupils and Miss Conkling held a patrons day at the school with parents observing work and recitations. Marguerite Johnson returns from Wesleyan University for the weekend. Mrs Leona Dawes and Mr and Mrs Merle Dawes visit Madison with Neal and family. Donald Johnson transfers from an army school in Colorado to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Donald Johnson
Colorado
New York
Birth of Judith Ann to Dr and Mrs W Ray Hill
Dr and Mrs W Ray Hill announce the birth of a seven pound daughter, Judith Ann, born Tuesday November 25. Mrs Lloyd Kreisinger of David City underwent major surgery in Osceola Tuesday by Dr McGoogan of Omaha, sister of Dr Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ray Hill
Judith Ann
Lloyd Kreisinger
David City
McGoogan
Omaha
Kreisinger
Hill
John Bright
Alexandria
Nebr
P. B. Campbell
Baptist Home Missionary Society
August P. Anderson
A. F. Nuquist
Lincoln
Cox
Kratz
Osceola
Robert Nuquist
Cushing
Fairview Items Highlight Social Visits and Plans
Mrs Violet Terry hosted the Ladies Aid with a bazaar and luncheon planned for December 5. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Arthur Yeaton from Kansas and Bettie Christian visiting for the winter. Several local families hosted dinners and weekend gatherings as residents traveled between Sterling Colorado Tyron Nebr Lincoln and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Terry
Arthur Yeaton
Kansas
Bettie Christian
D. L. Heinemeyer
Sterling
Colorado
Rachel Ellers
Adaline Haruza
Joe Karges
Harold Martyn
Silver Creek
Rayner Carlson
Dennis Carson
Tyron
Nebr
Dean McCormick
McCormick
Dale Buchta
Lincoln
Agriculture College
Cecil Larson
Grand Island
C. O. Carlson
Ed Juhl
Merricks Spend Thanksgiving With Day Family in Weeping Water
Mr and Mrs L M Merrick travel to Weeping Water to visit sister in law Mrs Eugene Day and Mr Day over the Thanksgiving holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. L. M. Merrick
Weeping Water
Eugene ‘Day
Mr. iDay
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Band Boosters Club
Stoner News
OUR Democracy
American Thrift
Shelby Young Lady
Columbus Hospital
Charles Coffin
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