Polk County Ladies Achievement Day Planned
Polk County Extension hosts Ladies Achievement Day on Monday October 5 at the Stromsburg High School Auditorium starting 1 30 PM The program includes club presidents reports a broiler demonstration by Barbara Allen and a panel on Our Impression Of United States with University students from Japan Lithuania China and the Philippines The Norfolk State Home Extension Council Conference earlier featured delegates and a bus trip by 29 Polk County women with a banquet themed Faith in My World The event included talks by Gov Crosby on tax changes and lectures on Religion around the World and Faith in Education
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Polk County Extension
Stromsburg
Barbara Allen
Consumers
United States
Doretta Schlaphoff
Japan
Lithuania
China
Phillipines
America
Gov. Crosby
Clifford Hicks
Frank Sorenson
Harrison to Name Naval and Military Academy Nominees
Rep. Harrison invites Third District Nebraska residents to apply for two Naval Academy and one Military Academy vacancies for 1954. Applicants must be 17 to 21 for the Navy and 17 to 22 for the Army, residing in the district. Inquiries go to Bob Harrison M.D. at 126 House Office Building, Washington DC.
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United States Naval Academy
United States Military Academy
Third Congressional District
Nebraska
Third
Naval Academy
Military Academy
Bob Harrison
M.D
House Office Building
Washington
D. C
Off The Cuff and a Weekend Fishing Misadventure
A column excerpt recounts a lighthearted reflection on left or right cuff phrasing, weekend drivers celebrating a first football win, and a fishing trip that went awry. It notes Lottie Miller at the Corn Palace suffering facial burns after an oven accident, with details limited as to outcome.
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Miei
Lottie Miller
Corn Palace
Lottie
The Publisher and the Modern Newspaper Job
A look at the publisher’s multifaceted role from editor to photographer, the shift from hand setting to Linotype, and the high costs of today's newspaper production. It contrasts small weekly tasks with big city pressures, noting the profession’s broad training and the substantial investments in type, metal, and presses.
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Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Podunk Hollow
New York City
Polk County Co op Pancake Feed Promises Big Crowd
Edick Aderson Jr will speak on Germany Today at the Polk County Farmers Co op pancake feed October 6 at Polk Mission Camp Grounds. The event runs from 5 PM with pancakes sausages and coffee plus Plain Magic film and live music. Eleven farmer groups sponsor the “everything free” feed at Bible Camp Grounds east of Polk on Blue River.
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Edick Aderson, Jr
Germany
Polk County
Bible Camp
Polk Bible Camp
Polk
Blue River
Osceola Band Plans Weekend Trips and Red Cross Blood Drive
Osceola School Band director announces trips to Shelby for homecoming parade and to Hastings for the Melody Roundup with a chartered bus. The Red Cross blood unit in Osceola collected 85 pints from county donors, with 11 rejects for cloning, as Dr. W R Hill led the drive and Evelyn Peterson reached a gallon donation total.
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The
Red Cross
Osceola
Shelby
S. D. Evins
W. R. Hill
Hill
Polk County
Evelyn Peterson
George Inness
York visitors share Sunday evening with Burke family
Mr and Mrs Vern Eklund and their daughter of York visited Mr and Mrs Raymond Burke Sunday evening.
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Vern Eklund
York
Raymond Burke
Polk County land sale announced in Osceola event
A major real estate sale of the Johanna Larson estate in Polk County is set for Thursday October 22 at 2:00 PM at the south door of the Osceola courthouse. The auction includes 20 acres of farmland and town properties with full tract descriptions in the current Record. Attorneys Mills Mills and Mills represent the estate, with referees W. H. Norton and Phil B. Campbell overseeing the sale.
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Johanna Larson
Court House
Osceola
Mills
Osceola Baker George Malek Dies After Illness
George Malek, 56, longtime Osceola baker and cafe operator, died Sunday evening at Osceola Hospital after five weeks in care following a heart attack. He came to Osceola in 1917 from Elkhorn Nebraska. Funeral services were held at St Paul Lutheran Church and burial followed in Osceola Cemetery. An obituary will appear next week.
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George Malek
Osceola
George
Elkhorn
Nebraska
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Osceola Band Invited to Nebraska Band Day
Osceola School Band, directed by John Adams, is invited to take part in Band Day at the University of Nebraska for the Miami vs Nebraska game in Lincoln on October 17. The group will be admitted to the game and perform at halftime under the Nebraska University Band.
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John Adams
Osceola
University of Nebraska
Miami
Nebraska
Lincoln
Memorial Stadium
Nebraska University Band
Osceola Bulldogs down St. Paul 13 to 0 for first win
Osceola defeated St. Paul 13 to 0 for its first victory in three games. Colby scored twice on short runs with a successful extra point on the final TD. Osceola piled up 430 yards in rushing and passing as Coach Manley praised improved play and warned of tougher tests ahead against Shelton and Polk. The next home game is Friday night versus Shelton.
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Osceola
Bulldogs
St. Paul
Howard County
Colby
Manley
Shelton
Polk
Triba
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Oregon
University of Illinois
Kansas’ State
Manhattan
Ladsi
Sunflower State
New Books Arrive At Osceola Library
Osceola Library adds new titles across fiction non fiction and juvenile shelves. Notable fiction includes Daughter of Bugle Ann Kantor In The Wet The Boyds of Black River A Good Man Young Love Is Not Blind The Southpaw The Light In The Forest and India and The Awakening East Non fiction features Eleanor Roosevelt The Story of Everest and I Was a Captive In Korea Juvenile titles include Hillhaven One Kitten Too Many and Miriam Comes Home.
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Bugle
Kantor
Shute the Boyds of
Black River
Edmonds
Criddle
Harris Gold
Tompkins
Henriques the
Garrett
Richter
India
East
Eleanor Roosevelt
Everest
Murray I
Korea
Hillhaven
Thompson
Bradbury Sue Barton
Boylston
Sand Dunes
Barrie
Lambert
Emery
Scholz
Miriam
Graveside Services Held for Monson Infant
Graveside services at Osceola cemetery were held today for the infant son of Dr and Mrs W F Monson. Wayne Ford Monson was born at Osceola hospital Monday and died Tuesday evening.
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Osceola Cemetery
W. F. Monson
Wayne Ford
Osceola Hospital
Polk County Stores About Two Million Bushels Of Corn
Harvesting in Polk County shows mixed results with yields ranging from 30 to 60 bushels per acre in Shelby territory and a countywide trend toward fair to good corn. Soybeans near completion and wheat faces moisture risk as PMA moves toward concentrating roughly 2,000,000 bushels of farm stored corn in government storage sites.
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Polk County
Shelby
PMA
Two Farm Land and General Sale Set Next Week
Two sales are scheduled for next week. Today Thursday October 1 Osceola courthouse hosts a land sale on the Houdershheldt farm located three and a half miles north and one mile east of Shelby starting at 2 00 p.m. W W Norton serves as referee and Moyer and Moyer attorneys. The general farm sale of John Reisdorff is Tuesday October 6 at the site one mile east and four and three quarter miles north of Shelby featuring buildings livestock and farm machinery. Ingalls and Merrick are auctioneers and First National Bank of Shelby will clerk.
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Court House
Osceola
Houdershheldt Farm
Shelby
W. W. Norton
Moyer
John Reisdorff
Ingalls and Merrick
First National Bank of
Church School Teachers Installed at Swede Home
Nineteen church school teachers and officers were installed at Calvary Lutheran Church Swede Home during Rally Day Services led by Rev B G Johnson. A new senior department for 14 to 17 year olds was started with Miss Donna Marie Larson as teacher and an initial class including Sandygg Adelson Marielle Johnson Tim Larson Gayle Larson Donald Doremus Rodney Peterson and Charlotte Johnson. Additional nursery and young couples departments began earlier in the year along with a cradle roll supervised by Mrs Martin Lundstrom.
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Calvary Lutheran Church
Swede Home
B. G. Johnson
Donna Marié Larson
Parish Board of Education
Sandygg Adelson
Marielle Johnson
Tim Larson
Gayle Larson
Calhouns Weekend Visit at Watts Home Ansley
Mr and Mrs S W Calhoun were weekend visitors in Ansley guests at the home of Mrs Calhouns sister in law Mrs J H Watts.
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Mrs. S. W. Calhoun
Ansley
Odd Bits of News About People You Know
A mix of local notes on election plans, hospital debates, and community people. Ro berts Milk staff deny involvement in hospital opposition. Geo Malek remembered for broad friendships. Osceola football and baseball matchups previewed with Booster Page. A bus joke closes the column.
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Rep. Harrison
Blood Mobile
Hastings
Hastings College
Osceola School
Deane
Monson Infant
Record
Don Nordberg
Roberts
Jeffrey Hospital
Gas and Electric Company
Light Brigade
Geo. Malek
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