Osceola Bull Dogs Blank Silver Creek 9-0 in Conference Tilt
Osceola remains undefeated in Goldenrod Conference play after a 9-0 win over Silver Creek. Len Adams broke through for a 40 yard TD and Nelson added the extra point as the Bulldogs defense and special teams pressure limited Silver Creek. Four defensive points and five Nelson completions highlight a strong Osceola showing. Next week Osceola travels to Shelton in a non conference test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Jacopke
Osceola Bulldogs
Silver Creek
Goldenrod
Bulldogs
Savage
Osceola
Kreekateers
Len Adams
Nelson
Pink” McCormick
Bob Johansen
McCormick
Brazee
Osceola Boys
Monson
Adams
Johansen
Osceola SC
Shelton
Polk County WCTU Sets October 13 Convention Agenda
The Polk County WCTU annual convention will convene October 13 at the Free Mission Church in Stromsburg starting at 10:00 a.m. The program includes devotionals, reports from county and local presidents, committee appointments, special music by unions, a temperance sermon, luncheon, memorial service, and election of officers with a closing benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
WCTU
Free Mission
Stromsburg
Walter Cahill
Albertus Larson
Lulu Hendrickson
Secy
Ruth Aker
Polk Union
Stromsburg Union Introduction of State Director— Mrs. Laurence Ring
Wakefield
M. L. Swenson
Osceola
Osceola Union
Gulleen
Bates
Ring
Osceola Hotel Café Reopened Under New Management
The Osceola Hotel Cafe resumes operations under Jimmy Gilham and Barbara Scott. They bring café experience and plan to emphasize Sunday dinners with updated equipment to improve service for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Jimmy Gilham
Barbara Scott
Mrs Pline F Drawbaugh Dies at Home of Daughter
Mrs Pline F Drawbaugh died Tuesday afternoon October 5 at the home of her daughter Mrs Faye Knight. Funeral arrangements had not been made at this writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pline F. Drawbaugh
Faye Knight
Bazaar and lunch by Luther and Ladies Aid on election day
The Luther and Ladies Aid hold a bazaar and lunch on election day to support their community activities. Local residents are invited to attend and enjoy food and crafts while voting proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Republican Caravan Visits Osceola Amid Rainy Morning
The Republican Caravan toured Nebraska reaching Osceola on a wet Wednesday morning. Senator Kenneth Wherry and Congressman Stefan led speeches praising unity and agriculture policy to students and adults, with other state and local officials present. The report also notes school band activities and student enrollments in the music program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Osceola
Kenneth Wherry
United States
Karl Stefan
Edward Gillette
Richard Larson
Harold Palmer
Charles J. Warner
Ray C. Johnson
James H. Anderson
Edna Baston Donald
Bowring
Val Peterson
Stefan
Wherry
Republican Party
Phil Campbell
Central City
FFA
Aid to meet October 14 to clean church and lunch
Rural writers report the Aid will meet October 14 to clean the church and host a no hostess lunch. Brotherhood date October 14. Ladies Aid to hold annual auction bazaar and chicken supper on December 1. Numerous social visits and gatherings noted among local families and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Aid
Brotherhood
Ladies Aid
Earl Carter
Suzann Madalin
Carol Donelson
Larry Wayne
Irvin Keil
O. H. Weaver
Margie
Jennie Hurd
Everett Loreman
Benedict
Joe Larson
Potter
Howard Liedtke
Shelby
Carl
Julia Lindquist
Stromsburg
Ansel Lindquist
Esther Berggren
Omaha
Forrest Berggren
Lincoln
Paul
Kathleen
Dickie
Abbie Richards
Josephine Lindburg
Polk
Ela Johnson
Raymond Dobson
Silver Creek
Richard Boyd
Eva and
Ida Mouden
LeMoyne Anderson
Swede
J. &. Renner
Mervin J. Rystrom
Lloyd Larson
Bobbie
Gurley
Charley Larson
Fremont
Walter Twarling
N. S. Abolt
Ella Brown
Greshars
Delia Sannelson
Wallace
Edna Lundgren
Glenn A. Peterson
Emil Peterson
Oscar Peterson
McPherson
Kansas
Louie Lasner
San Francisco
Laura Rae
Kenneth Larson
Lanny
Ralph Lafler
Donald
Sidney
Lawrence Peterson
Albert Swanson
Julia
Carl Lindquist
Richard Anderson
Gerry
Polk County Extension News Highlights Dairy Farm and Wheat Plot
York Polk Hamilton DHIA lists 343 cows in 23 herds with five sold for non profitability. Swan son and F A Swanson herds top butterfat yields. 1949 Polk wheat plot planted with 24 varieties and fertilizer trials. Extension notes reach 1.5 million trees available for spring planting and cedar inquiries. 4 H reports praised. voting and highway safety topics featured at a County Women’s Council meeting. A rural road safety hedge improvement is commended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York-Polk-Hamilton Dhia
Association
Polk County
Osceola
Big Corner Drive
E. G. Maxwell
University of Nebraska
Extension Service
Nebraska
Gordon Fredrickson
District 18 social notices from Lone Star area
Dale Watkins of Lone Star and John Kampowitz joined Phil Micek in Omaha Thursday. Julia Enyeart hosted Birthday Club members Thursday. Irene Hasselbalch assisted. Neal Brigham hosted a dinner Thursday evening and Edward Lisko joined Friday evening calls at the Butch Eschler home near Rising City. Richard Gonka and daughter of Columbus dined with his parents Sunday. Bill Fyfe Jr and family of near Genoa visited the Schmidt family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Watkins
Lone Star
John Kampowitz
Phil Micek
Omaha
Julia Enyeart
Birthday Club
Irene Hasselbalch
Neal Brigham
Edward Lisko
Butch Eschler
Rising City
Richard Gonka
Columbus
James Gonka
Bill Fyfe, Jr
Near Genoa
Louis Schmidt
Polk County Extension On The Air Saturday Show
Polk County Extension agent J Carder Throckmorton will be on KMMJ Grand Island on Saturday October 9 at 11 15 to discuss Whats Doing In Polk County and 4 H Club Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Carder Throckmorton
Polk County
KMMJ
Grand Island
Throckmorton
Nebraska State Hunting Regulations 1948 Overview
The Nebraska Game Forestation and Parks Commission announces open seasons and limits for cock pheasants ducks geese and brants effective September 30 1948. Cock pheasants October 29 to November 18 three cocks per day three in possession. Hen pheasants closed. Ducks October 15 until end of season with 5 daily bag limit and restrictions on wood ducks and mergansers. Live decoys and baiting prohibited. Federal migratory bird stamp required. Sunrise to sunset shooting hours set. Mountain Standard Time used in specified counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
Nebraska
Walgren State Lake
Sheridan County
Wellfleet Lake
Lincoln County
Willow Lake
Cherry County
Nebraska Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
Arthur, Banner
Box Butte
Chase Cherry
Cheyenne
Dawes
Deuel
Dundy
Garden
Grant
Hayes
Hitchcock
Keith
Kimball
Morrill
Perkins
Scottsbluff
Sheridan
Sioux
Mrs Hilda Nelson to Be Buried Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda Nelson 73 who died Tuesday October 5 will be held next Tuesday in Osceola at the Lutheran church with burial at Stromsburg. She died in Glendale California where brief services were held before shipping the body to Osceola. Her son Dave of Detroit flew to Glendale after her death. The family once lived in Osceola in what was known as the Claus Anderson property in west Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Nelson
Osceola
Lutheran Church
Stromsburg
Nelson
Glendale
California
Dave
Detroit
Claus Anderson
West Osceola
Hastings visit by Perry Miller family to Mrs Deeds
Mr and Mrs Perry Miller and son Rodney of Hastings visited Mrs Flossie Deeds and Roc Miller last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry “Miller
Rodney
Hastings
Flossie Deeds
Roc Miller
Purebred Spotted Poland China Sale At Pine Grove Farm
A Spotted Poland China hog sale at Pine Grove Farm near Osceola features 20 head of boars and seven gifts from Trail Blazer offspring. Carl E. Cederberg, breeder, offers pedigreed stock with dams described as fine. Sale Tuesday October 12 at 2:00, 214 miles east on Highway 81 and a half mile south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Pine Grove Farm
Osceola
Highway 81
Carl E. Cederberg
Kitty Clover Farms
Omaha
Large Crowd Attends Missionary Seminar and Rally
A large crowd from this county and nearby areas gathered at Osceola Methodist church last Thursday for a Missionary Seminar and Rally, one of five in the Hastings district. Rev Raymond L Archer spoke after sermons by Rev R E Carlyon, with Osceola youth choir, and films shown during dinner. Adults heard Constrained By Love, youths Look To The Ministry. Over 200 attended the evening rally, 90 at the adult banquet, and 70 at the youth cafeteria meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Methodist Church
Hastings
WSCS
R. E. Carlyon
Osceola
Raymond L. Archer
Archer
Orient
Melanesia
South Pacific
Corn Support Price Announced by AAA for Polk County
The AAA sets a 1.35 per bushel support price for 1948 corn grade 3 or better in Polk County. Moisture limits 20.5 percent for cribs 9 feet wide or less. wider cribs require 1 percent less moisture per extra foot. Loans depend on forthcoming detailed instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Polk County
Robert Scholz Stricken By Polio In Lincoln
Mr and Mrs Martin Scholz were summoned to Lincoln after their son Robert an university student fell ill Wednesday and was rushed to Orthopedic hospital in critical condition placed in an iron lung. Mrs Al Willis and baby returned from a two week trip to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Scholz
Lincoln
Robert
al Willis
Baby
California
Tractor accident kills Polk county farmer Arthur Eberly
Arthur Eberly a young Polk county farmer was killed instantly when his tractor with a front scoop toppled on a slope and pinned him, crushing his chest. The scene was two miles west and two miles south of Stromsburg near the Blue River. He was married with no children. Neighbors lifted the machine and rescue was unsuccessful. The county extends sympathy to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Eberly
Polk County
Eberly
Stromsburg
Blue River
Polk Road
Highway 81
James Dool Scott Victim Of Heart Attack
James Dool Scott born February 13 1875 in Knox County Illinois died September 29 1948 at his Osceola Nebraska home aged 73 years 7 months 16 days He lived in Polk County Nebraska Kansas Tripp County South Dakota and Nebraska City Bennett Pell County and Osceola He was married to Laura Marie Johnson in 1907 and joined Lutheran Church later transferring to the Osceola Methodist Church He leaves his wife a sister Mrs I J Merrick and many nieces and nephews Funeral services were held at the Osceola Methodist Church on October 3 led by Rev G Hubert Underhill with Rev G A Randall assisting Interment at Osceola Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dool Scott
Alexander
Mary Ann Scott
Knox County
Illinois
Osceola
Polk County
Nebraska
Kansas
Galesburg
Columbus
Laura Marie Johnson
Tripp County
South Dakota
Nebraska City
Bennett
Pell County
Shelby
Lutheran Church
Methodist Church
I. J. Merrick
Methodist
G. Hubert Underhill
G. A. Randall
Sisters of the Skillet Hold Bridge Club Meeting
The Sisters of the Skillet met with Mrs. Clyde Smith on Tuesday evening for a bridge gathering and social visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of the Skillet Bridge Club
Clyde Smith
Peters Couple Marks 72nd Wedding Anniversary
Waterford Ohio couple Mr and Mrs Charles F Peters celebrate their 72nd anniversary on September 16. Mrs Peters aunt of Mrs Pearl Crouse and formerly lived in the Beverly area. News items note family ties to newspapers and a sister Sandra Schumann joining the Lincoln Star repertorial room. Also referenced are the Red Sox Indians playoff interest and coaching challenges in football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Peters
Waterford
Ohio
Sandra Schumann
Lincoln Star
Sandra
the Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
Osceola Vocational Agriculture Department
Maurice Newcomer
Osceola Hotel
Nancy Chantry
William Olseen
Ramona Anderson
Greg Eklund
Carla Buchholz
Joan Bowe
Polk County Extension News
F. A
Paul Swanson
Swanson
County Womens Council
Harry Brt
Educational Division
State Highway Department
Cline
Brt
Woman’s Council
Campbell
Farmer
China
Robert Scholz
Beverly Dispatch
Beverly
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
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