Polk County Women's Club Convention at Osceola
The Polk County Women's Club Convention will meet at the Methodist church in Osceola on Tuesday October 11. The event features a theme Harmonious Names and Understanding Parents with officers Ester Lackey president and I D Huston treasurer among others. Activities include singing devotions greetings reports and elections with lunch and voting slots and various musical and address segments throughout the day.
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Polk County
Osceola
Ester Lackey
Polk
Arthur Morrill, Jr
Stromsburg
Walter Koehler
I. D. Huston
Arthur Morrill
Forrest Berggren
Dawes
Wesley Chapel
Inness
Helen Dunn
F. D. Evans
Phil. Campbell
Polk Women’s Club
Peterson
Dreier
Scott Miller
Solo
Fusby
Russell Freidel
Polk county Pasture-Forage-Livestock finals planned
Polk county farmers in the Nebraska Pasture-Forage-Livestock program learn the schedule for final events. The statewide clinic and banquet are set for November 22 in Omaha, with the southwestern regional gathering in Holdrege on November 3. A total of 26 Polk County farmers are cooperating as Howard Peterson, agricultural agent, collects their information for county winner selection by the Osceola Community Club.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Omaha
Holdrege
Howard Peterson
Osceola Community Club
Lutheran Ladies Aid Meets and Luther League Rally
Thursday at 2 30 the Ladies Aid gathers in the church parlors with Mrs Andrew Monson as guest and Mrs Clarence Anderson as program chair. Sunday offers Sunday School at 10 and Morning Worship at 11 with sermon Withered Hands. No evening service due to the Stromsburg district rally. journey to Newman Grove for 2 30 service and fellowship supper. Sunday School teachers meet Monday at 7 30 at Miss Evelyn Petersons. Choir practice Tuesday evening.
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Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Andrew Monson
Clarence Anderson
Trinity
Luther League
Stromsburg
Newman Grove
Evelyn Peterson
Goldenrod Conference Opens With Three Way Tie
The Goldenrod Conference features clubs Clarks Polk Osceola Shelby Silver Creek and Stroms burg in a three way tie as Silver Creek edges Clarks 6 0 Shelby defeats Stromsburg 6 0 and Osceola beats Clarks while Clarks also tops Polk Outside the league Ulysses defeats Osceola and Stromsburg and Silver Creek defeats Sacred Heart of Greeley.
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Goldenrod
Clarks
Polk
Osceola
Shelby
Silver Creek
Stromsburg
Ulysses
Sacred Heart of
Polk Stromsburg
Osceola Hospital Notes Patient Discharged Family Return Home
Otto Bernt of Shelby remains a medical patient at Osceola Hospital after admission on Sunday. Mrs Holly Grossnicklaus and her children Jan and Jill were released today and returned home.
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Osceola Hospital
Otto Bernt
Shelby
Holly Grossnicklaus
Jan
Jill
Polk County Broomcorn Grower Completes 90 Acre Harvest
Polk county farmer George Olson finishes harvesting his 90 acre broomcorn crop with a crew of 20 workers for breaking drying and baling. He plans to manufacture the dried corn into brooms and has spent 15 years in the business. Elmer Fusby also reports a 10 acre broomcorn plot this year.
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Polk County
George Olson
Olson
Elmer Fusby
Shelbians greet visitors and travelers in mid summer notices
Shelby residents hosted and visited a array of guests from Nebraska Iowa and California. Gwendolyn Cole returned to Hastings after a Shelby summer with the Watkins grandparents while the Dewey Shaw party arrived from Denver and planned winter in Kansas City. Other locals welcomed visitors from Bradshaw Columbus and Des Moines and noted family events including a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Martin Jaineke and engagements with relatives in Lincoln Fremont and Denver.
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Gwendolyn Cole
Shelby
O. A. Watkins
Hastings
Nebr
Denver
Colo
Dewey Shaw
Ed Shaw
W. H. Kelley
Shaw
Lincoln
Kansas City
Thomas Beierle
David City
Beiele
Laura Taddiken
E. M. Clouse
Bradshaw
J. F. Kilgore
Estella Gorham
Rising City
P. O. Landon
Des Moines
Iowa
Wayne
J. H. Lockard
Martin Janeike
Oscar Corbitt
Vermont
Ill
Romana Kosch
Iowa City
Alois Kosch
Miss Kosch
Wm. Thelen
San Diego
Calif
Polk
Mrs. Thelen
Mr. Thelen
Karl Thelen, Jr
R. G. Bemis
Fremont
A. J. Merrick
Francis C. Hastert
Phillips
Texas
Chas. & Hastert
Recital at Mrs Greenwood's Home Featuring Crawford Campbell
Mrs C G Greenwood hosts Crawford Campbell in a Saturday recital at her residence. The program includes classical pieces by Bach Beethoven and Puccini among others and ends with light airs like Turkey in the Straw and O Sole Mio.
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C. G. Greenwood
Crawford Campbell
Denza Princeton Cannon
Hewitt-Osborne the Castanets
Desnee
Ceccesecepteceee Sousa
Paradox of Perfection Sermon At Methodist Church
The Methodist Church hosts 10:00 a.m. Sunday School led by Elton Berck with 11:00 a.m. worship and a basket dinner after. An evening schedule includes 6:30 p.m. Intermediate League and 7:00 p.m. Senior League. A workers conference and Epworth League cabinet meeting are planned for October 16 with a covered dish supper at 7:00 p.m. Albert Monkman, pastor.
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Methodist Church
Elton Berck
Fellowship
Epworth League
Albert Monkman
Local Social News Notes From Stromsburg And Vicinity
The week’s social items report visits by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clark of Pueblo to Stromsburg and Kearney, travel by Mrs. J. W. Bailey and relatives to Wisconsin, and plans for residents to move or host guests. D. E. Frisbee plans to relocate to Stromsburg with family. Relatives of Mrs. Phoebe Pallet note her passing in Cuba City Wisconsin at age about ninety six.
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J. A. Clark
Pueblo
Colorado
Martha
Lillie Hlubbert
Lillie
Kearney
Farries Hubbert
Stromsburg
Aaron Carlson
Harold Smith
Pawnee City
Sorghum and Hybrid Corn Tour Draws 135 Farmers
A Farm Bureau and Extension Service tour drew 135 farmers across three test plots. Attendees urged greater use of sorghum in farming and considered grain sorghums like kales and miles worth future attention. A yield summary will be available at the Agricultural Agent's office in about a month for next year’s planting guidance.
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Farm Bureau and Extension Service
Miles
Photography in Medicine Promotes Lifelong Records
The Polk County Medical Society notes photography as a growing fad with wide use in medicine. High speed and color films aid accurate records, from convulsive seizures to preserved tissue and internal body views. Photographs of slides and microscopic tissue provide lasting, permanent records beyond fading stains and fragile glass slides.
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Polk County Medical Society
Pasture for rent on Prairie Island Nebraska
L A Church offers pasture for rent at 80 cents per head per month on Prairie Island Nebraska.
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L. A. Church
Prairie Island
Nebraska
Dorcas Club Plans and Local Visits this Week
West Side notes show Dorcas meeting Friday October 7 with Mrs Vern ia Jones and Miss Althea Thelander hosting. Miss LaVerne Fredrickson visits Bryan Memorial hospital in Lincoln with Mrs Kenneth Peterson.
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Dorcas
Vernia Jones
Althea Thelander
LaVerne Fredrickson
Kenneth Peterson
Lincoln
Darlene Johnson
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Ladies Aid
Fred Fredrickson
Axel Anderson
C. A. Sward
Berniece
Stanton Moore
Marshalltown
Iowa
Albert Tinberg
Joe Fjell
Will Fjell
Ollie Johnson
Derald
S. J. Harless
High Prairie Club
Doris Toline
Omaha
J. W. Toline
Axel Fredrickson
David Walline
Lucille
Hattie Anderson
Lowell Bennet
Stromsburg
Gordon Fredrckson
Howard Peterson
Oakland
Howard
St Andrews hosts fall festival and furlough notices
Frederick Eller of Fort Crook spent a thirty day furlough with his parents. St Mary's Fall Festival at Eller's Hall drew strong attendance and wide praise. Delbert Urban returned home from Iowa. Banns for Laurence Zelasney and Henry Swan were read at St Mary's. Frank Eller family from David City visited. Rev John Mattie left for a two week vacation in Detroit Michigan.
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Frederick Eller
Fort Crook
Nick Eller
St. Mary’s Parish
Eller’s Hall
Delbert Urban
Iowa
Laurence Zelasney
Henry Swan
St. Mary’s
Frank Eller
David City
John Mattie
Detroit
Mich
Osceola Stores Robbed Sunday
The Farmers Union Store and Branting's Hardware Store were entered Sunday evening. Cash from rear-window entries totaled fourteen dollars at Farmers Union and five dollars at Brantings. Brantings suffered heavy damage to the cash register. police suspect local involvement.
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Farmers Union
Branting
Brantings
Come to Work by Victor E. Wilson Described
Victor E. Wilson a former Polk county man now a California lawyer authored a new book Come to Work presenting an economy of plenty within the present order He outlines Polk and Hardville towns and recalls starting Polk’s first bank He also served as an official of Stromeburg bank years ago His brother Nathan Wilson lives there
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Victor E. Wilson
Polk County
Wilson
California
Polk
Hardville
Stromeburg
Nathan Wilson
Frances Staniec and Loren Miller Wed in Krakow Church
Miss Frances Staniec and Loren Miller united in marriage on Tuesday morning September 27 at eight o clock mass in Krakow church officiated by Fr Solo wiski. They were attended by Julia Staniec and Aloysis Staniec. A wedding dance followed at Kula hall in Silver Creek with many friends. The couple will live with Mr Miller’s parents in Polk County.
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Frances Staniec
Bartley Staniec
Loren Miller
Frank Miller
Krakow
Fr. Solowiski
Julia Staniec
Aloysis Staniec
Kula Hall
Silver Creek
Miller
Polk County
Polk County Land Is Moving
The Osceola Realty Auction Co reports two farm sales in the past week. Wm Hannell bought the Frank Olson eighty acres near Osceola for 60 dollars per acre. The Fred Matthes farm on the Osceola Shelby highway sold to Otto E Olygon of Shelby for 52.50 dollars per acre.
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Osceola Realty Auction Co
Wm. Hannell
Frank Olson
Osceola
Fred Matthes
Shelby
Otto E. Olygon
New Candidate for County Attorney Listed on Ballot
A petition filed with the county clerk last week seeks to place Phil B. Campbell of Osceola on the ballot for county attorney in the November general election. Campbell accepted the petition.
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Phil B. Campbell
Osceola
Campbell
Rally Day Service Theme All Things Through Christ
Presbyterians announce Rally Day Service next Sunday at 10 am all members to attend and invite new members. Bible Class Kensington meets Friday afternoon in church parlors with committee Bert Lewis and Frank Joy. A comforter will be tied so bring a thimble.
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Presbyterian Church
Kensington
Bert Lewis
Frank Joy
Social notes from Polk County and surrounding towns
Polk County residents attend games and visits across Nebraska and Iowa. Dr C R Peterson and Max traveled to Lincoln for a York Wesleyan football game while many local families hosted relatives and friends for dinners, nursing duties resumed in Omaha, and a string of Sunday calls and weekend travel complemented midweek visits and slumber parties among area residents.
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C. R. Peterson
Max
Lincoln
York-Wesleyan
Paul Strand
Howard Nordstrom
Storm Lake
Iowa
Lewis Berggren
Forrest Berggren
Esther Berggren
Roy
Stromsburg
Edgar Bulgrin
Waco
Lester Rehrs
Arthur Dose
C. A. Carlson
Robert Steenbock
Minnie Nicholson
York
Rosemary Crow
Omaha
Vera Stevens
Phyllis Steelquist
Irene
Dorothy Whitacre
Ferne Schweitzer
Dorothy Pearson
Mildred Lytle
Algene Flodman
Jacqueline Lindburg
Ruth Nelson
Shirley Peterson
Gwendolyn Stevens
E. E. Pengelly
C. J McCoy
Clyde Rice
Zeon Mackay
Scottsbluff
R.L. Smith
James Stroupe
Marlene
Kansas
C. H. Smith
Ray Lewis
Grand Island
Gus Ehn
Leland Harless
Emil Samuelson
Hyjalmar Shostrom
Ira Shostrom
Teachers Institute Set for Saturday at Osceola High
Polk County teachers convene October 8 at Osceola High School starting 8:30 a.m. with experts D. E. Hickman Omaha University Chloe Baldridge and Edna Shores directing sessions on reading art social studies and safety plus luncheon. The public may attend any sessions.
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Teachers’ Institute
Polk County
Osceola High School
D. E. Hickman
Omaha University
Chole C. Baldridge
Edna M. Shores
America
Chloe C. Baldridge
Olive M. McBeth
Shores
Mr. Hickman
Miss Baldridge
Miss McBeth
Local clubs schedule meetings through October across Greens Chapel area
Community groups including Hackberry Greens Chapel Brotherhood PJA of Victor school Ladies Aid Liberty Local No 573 F E C A and several women's extension clubs announce October meetings with officer nominations, book talks, hosting duties and upcoming gatherings. Residents from Omaha Denver York Storm Lake and nearby towns visit and attend events as families host tours and reunions.
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Ladies Aid
Greens Chapel
C. B. Knorr
W. L Hollister
Liberty Local No 573
F.E.C.A
Jolly Workers Women’s Extension Club
Richard Boyd
Clyde Austin
Lawrence Twarling
Harry Obrist
Leslie Carlson
Omaha
A. P. Carlson
Martha Darby
Denver
Albert Bloom
W. L. Obrist
Jeanine Obrist
Mabel McKeag
York
Bryant Drethouse
Whitman
S. J. Harless
Lee Harless
Stanley Harless
Nordstrom
Wausa
Berggren
Storm Lake
Iowa
Ted Mitchel
Missouri
Twarling
Gonnerman
Deay
Renner
Mark
Pawnee Park
J. G. Mark
Harold Mark
Venice
California
M. Hennings
Osceola
C. W. Hennings
Oscar Teegerstrom
Ulysses
Kansas
A. Teegerstrom
Keith Kindberg
Fredric Youngdahl
Stromsburg
Laura Burke
University
Alvin Burke
George Steever
Oscar Zollars
Rising City
Elmer Lindberg
Vaughn
Fullerton
Fred Soles
Silver Creek
Roysler
Ella Johnson
Johnson
Elmer
Calif
Adam Mark
Platte Center
Renner, Deay
Mouden
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Uolirch
West Side
ST. Andrews
Staniec—Miller
Athets
Sebsse
Anna
Hackberry
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