Community groups schedule meetings in late October
Social events and club gatherings listed include ENTRENOUS meeting October 26 with Mrs. Lee Johnson GAB A LOTS at Mrs. Carl Johnsons October 26 REBEKAH tide October 26 Bible class at Reynold Hanson home Thursday 3 to 3 30 pm St Vincent and St Andrews parish card party October 30 8 pm at St Vincent church parlors Camera Club October 28 8 pm Allegra Johnson Sweden trip photos Legion Auxiliary October 2 card party October 23 8 pm St Andrew Church ladies promote benefit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Entrenous
Lee Johnson
Carl R. Johnson
Rebekah
Reynold Hanson
St. Vincent and
St. Andrews
Servicemen News Highlights Local furloughs and awards
Pvt Robert M Moore visits his mother Edith Richards during a furlough at Fort Riley before a planned November transfer to Europe under Operation Gyrocope. James R From USN earned his third Good Conduct Medal aboard USS Queenfish during fleet training off California. Cpl Delmar Augustine, stationed in Bordeaux, France, will return to the U S October 28 after 18 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Moore
Edith Richards
Chief of Naval Personnel
Washington, D. C
Queenfish
Submarine Squadron 3
San Diego
California
Cpl
Delmar Augustine
Bordeaux
France
States
7Ores
Germany
Whispering Hope and Rough Roads in Osceola News
A lighthearted column notes a temporary voice loss and comic cures while praising Osceola Genoa football fans who loudly supported their team in a cold night game. Workmen fix a new sidewalk after dog traffic and warn against walking on the wet cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush Drug
Osceola
Bulldogs
Vera Cerny Weds Walter Beck in Silver Creek Church Ceremony
Miss Vera A Cerny daughter of Mr and Mrs Julius Cerny of Silver Creek married Walter D Beck son of Mr and Mrs Walter Beck of Clarks in a double ring ceremony at St Lawrence Catholic Church Silver Creek Music by St Lawrence choir Fr Stephen Flesiak officiated The couple will reside at 3221 15th St Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera A. Cerny
Julius Cerny
Silver Creek
Walter D. Beck
Walter L. Beck
Clarks
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Stephen Flesiak
St. Lawrence
D. S. Bryant
Dorothy Cerny
Jeanette Beck
Margaret Beck
Proom
Rosella Cerny
Maid of Honor
Rosanna Schmid
Kieth Anderson
Nicholas
Julius Cerny, Jr
Alvin Cerny
Billy Beck
15Th St
Columbus
Selective Service Registration Extended For Four Years
Major General Guy N. Henninger Nebraska State Director urges all males born after August 30 1922 to register with their local Selective Service Board within five days after turning 18. The extension applies nationwide. exemption for reserve or schooling does not apply. penalties for nonregistration are severe. If not at home at 18, register at the nearest Local Board and forward to the permanent home board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Congress
Selective Service
Henninger
Omaha Guests Visit Mrs. Mary Cerny Family This Weekend
Mr and Mrs George Hruska and their sons from Omaha were weekend guests of Mrs Mary Cerny and family. The visit highlighted a friendly gathering at the Cerny home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hruska
Obituary of William E Wilcox 1883 1955 Osceola
William E Wilcox died October 1 1955 after months of illness at Oshaa hospital aged 72. He married Laura Wisely in 1911. they farmed in Polk County before moving to Osceola. Survived by wife deceased since 1950. daughters Jeanne Joy Shenandoah Iowa Grace Dotson Omaha. sons Melvin Omaha Donald Forrest Olympia WA. 14 grandchildren. brother Charles Silver Creek. sister Viola. Funeral at St Paul Lutheran Osceola with Beulah cemetery interment October 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Wilcox
Willam G
Lucy Wilcox
Flanagan
Illinois
Omsha
Mr. Wilcox
Laura E. Wisely
Polk County
Osceola
Olympia
Washington
Wilcox
Omaha
Shenandoah
Oscoola
Fairview
Jeanne Joy
Iowa
Grace Dotson
Melvin
Donald
Forrest
Charles
Silver Creek
Viola
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Beulah
Extension Day highlights Polk county Home Extension clubs
Extension Day in Polk county featured the fourth regular Home Extension Council meeting led by Mrs. Ruth Lux at Swanson's Hall Stromsburg. New 1956 club presidents attended. Afternoon included discussion sessions Health and Safety Citizenship Family Relations followed by a 1:30 p m Achievement Day program with talks by Omaha gardeners and a Winter Bouquet slide show. The event honored council officers with chrysanthemum corsages and coffee social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Extension Department
Polk County
Home Extension Council
Swanson’s Hall
Stromsburg
Ruth Lux
Methodist Ladies of
County Extension Board
A. M. Rasmussen
Benson Garden Club of
Omaha
Ray Leddy
World Herald
Garden Club
Margaret Crosby
Forrest Berggren
Goldenrod, Jolly Workers
O.N.C. Stromsburg
Swede Home Project
Usrlan Rowan Named New City Employee
The City Council named Harlan Rowan to supervise public works succeeding Norman Finter who resigned. Rowan will take over Monday October 24 and oversee the water department streets and other public works. The Rowans moved to Osceola from the northern part of the state about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Rowan
Norman Finter
Rowan
Rowans
Osceola
Bahr and Sheldon Visit at Millard Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bahr visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheldon at Millard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bahr
Mrs
Roy Sheldon
Millard
Less Than Two Weeks To Get Drivers License
Nebraska requires new licenses by October 31 under state law. All applicants must undergo re examination if not compliant. Carleton Anderson, treasurer, notes about 300 licenses remain to be issued based on prior issuance figures from 1953 to 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Carleton Anderson
Father of Osceolan Dies at Newman Grove
J. O. Jacobson of Newman Grove died suddenly last Sunday evening October 9 at age 67. He was father of Mrs. Harold Klingman of this city. Funeral services were held October 12 with interment in Newman Grove. Survivors include his widow, a son and his daughter Mrs. Klingman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceolan
Newman Grove
J. O. Jacobson
Harold Klingman
Klingman
Fire department called to hotel fire in Osceola
Osceola Volunteer Fire Department answered an early morning alarm around 6 30 to a hotel room where a mattress caught fire. Damage was limited to the mattress with smoke irritation on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Osceola Drilling Company Formed to Engage in Well Drilling
A new corporation named Osceola Drilling Company is formed in Osceola Nebraska by Orville Eikenhorst and Kirk Bowman. It will provide surveys topography test well drilling and irrigation system services across the northeast Nebraska area and offers technical advice to customers seeking irrigation setup amid a dry season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Drilling Company
Orville Eikenhorst
Kirk Bowman
Eikenhorst
Osceola Farm Service
Soil Conservation Department
Bowman
Nebraska
Osceola
New Concern
Bond Sales Good In Polk County
Polk county savings bond chairman E C Nordlund announced September sales of Series E and H bonds totaling 48094. County nine month total reaches 724094, about 80 percent of the 1955 quota. Nebraska September sales were 6981488, nine month state total 82787034, nationwide nine month sales 4143827000, up 12.3 percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Nordlund
Polk County
United States Savings
Nebraska
United States
George P. Mace 93, Osceola Resident, Dies
George P. Mace of Osceola died at his home on October 15 1955 at age 93 years seven months and 26 days. He was born February 17 1862 in Agency Iowa and lived in Nebraska Kansas and Iowa before settling in Osceola. Survived by seven children twenty more grandchildren thirty three great grandchildren and a granddaughter Mildred Jennings. Funeral at Fairview Church October 18 officiated by Rev. H R Weber with interment in Osceola cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Mace
Agency
Iowa
Osceola
Nebraska
Smith County
Kansas
Sidney Alice Bonecutter
Beulah
Riverside
Mace
Grace Runquist
Stromsburg
Lesta
Rolla
Gresham
Guy
Chicago
Boyd
Sidney
Dewey
Ferguson
Carl Hensen
Central City
Mildred
Lewis Jennings
Laramie
Wyoming
Fairview Church
H. R. Weber
New Books At The Osceola Library
A list of new library acquisitions includes fiction and non fiction titles such as Night of the Hunter Stout Man in the Gray Flannel Suit The Flower Girls The Secret River The Courage of Sarah Noble The Living Desert and The Wheel on the School among others provided by Osceola Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grubb
Stout Man
Wuson
Fletcher Grim
Randolph Captive City
Appleby
Steve Markandaya
Cherokee Newsom
the Searchers
le May
Band of Angels
Warren the
Flower Girls
the Dane
Sharpiro
Kornitzer
Horwich
A Fischbach
Harbin
Cabot
Rawlings
Candy Kane
Lambert
Sarah Noble Dalgliesh
Russell
DeJong
India
Robertson
Davy Crockett
Meadowcroft
Kit Carson
Collier
Real Estate Transfers In Osceola Areas
Warranty deeds show William P Barry and Laura Scott exchanging parcels in Osceola including Smiths Third Addition and Nance Merrill additions. Transfers also list Dorothy Roach to Sarah Meacham, Lula Farris to Martha Lindquist, and Elsie Eckert group to George Randall with a large Lot 4 transfer in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Barry
Laura Scott
Smith
Osceola
Nance & Merrill
Dorothy W Roach
Sarah Joy Meacham
Lula B. Farris
Martha L. Lindquist
Buckley
Stromsburg
Elsie Josephine Eckert
George A Randall and Wife
Nance
Morrill
Osceola births announce Mitzie Marie and more
Dr and Mrs Doyle Sundberg announce the birth of a six pound ten ounce daughter named Mitzie Marie on Sunday October 16 at Osceola Hospital. The Sundbergs have another daughter and a son. Raymond Louis a 70 pound baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Tlamka of Columbus on Wednesday October 12 at a Columbus hospital. Mr and Mrs Byron Case of Omaha welcome a baby girl Mary Catherine born September 17. The Cases have two other children Bobby and Gregory. Case once lived in Osceola with his parents and attended high school there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Sundberg
Osceola Hospital
Mitzie Marie
Sundbergs
Raymond Louis
Raymond Tlamka
Columbus
Columbu Hospital
Byron Case
Omaha
Mary Catherine
Osceola Triumphs 39 19 In Conference Clash
Osceola defeats Genoa 39 to 19 in a hard fought Goldenrod Conference game. Jan Grossnicklaus returns with 139 yards on 11 carries, Bernt Sutton adds 76 yards, and Osceola scores late to seal the win. Coach Manley and Sipes praise the team after fumbles inside Genoa's ten and a key kickoff return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Genoa
Goldenrod
Bulldog
Jan Grossnicklaus
Bernt
Mickey
Triba
Grossnicklaus
Dinges
Manley
Sipes
Clarks
Silver Creek
St. Edward
David City
Stromsburg
St. Paul
Friend
Polk
Visit Highlights Midlands Social Guests
Mr and Mrs Luis West of Ashland visited the former's sister Mrs Lulu Ward here Sunday. Mr and Mrs Don Johnson of Lincoln were entertained over the weekend in Osceola in the home of Mr and Mrs Vern Johnson and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis West
Ashland
Lulu Ward
Don Johnson
Lincoln
Osceola
Vern Johnson
Ruth Wolstenholm Weds Sydney Hanson in York Church
Ruth Wolstenholm daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Paul Wolstenholm of Portland Oregon married Sydney Hanson of Osceola son of the late Mr. and Mrs Oscar Hanson October 1 at Bethel Evangelical United Brethren church southeast of York. About 200 guests attended as orchids and yellows decorated the altar with seven branch candelabra. The couple will reside on a farm near Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wolstenholm
Paul Wolstenholm
Portland
Ore
Sydney Hanson
Osceola
Oscar Hanson
Bethel Evangelical United Brethren Church
York
G. B. Bonnekamp
Howard Wolstenholm
Vern Wolstenholm
Carolyn Stark
Eileen Christensen
Sioux City
Duane Smith
Lincoln
Kenneth Hanson
Stromsburg
Patsy Stark
Fairmont
Lou Wolstenholm
Martha Creech
Orion Hanson
Alfred Hanson
Kerry Hanson
Clarence Creech
Roy Railsback
Lola Hanson
Bethe
Britt Public High School
Britt, Ia
Northwest Nazarene College
Nampa
Ida
Samaritan Hospital
York General Hospital
Stromsburg High School
U. S. Marine Corp
Carlson Family Hosts Sunday Dinner Guests
Mrs. Hannah Johnson along with Lillie Hazel and Vernelle Carlson were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Johnson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Henjing Carlson of Stromsburg were afternoon callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Johnson
Lillie and
Hazel
Vernelle Carlson
Rolland Johnson
Henjing Carlson
Stromsburg
Odds and Ends From Polk County News and Notes
The Record reports a search for Lizzie Langhoff, 73, in Polk or Platte counties concerning an estate. A Chicago National Editorial Association meeting featured a minister's blessing. Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital work nears completion with trades finishing plaster, millwork, plumbing, and flooring. equipment arrives by December 1. Courthouse sidewalk addition improves access, with D L Moffitt credited. Osceola Methodist Church building progresses with stonework, roofing, and expanding rooms. Ben Gabriel, son of Osceola residents, earns Star of the Week from Norfolk Junior Chamber for football. Frank Kinzli, Polk Countian, recovering after surgery at Grand Island hospital and plans return to the county. he maintains the Kinzli Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Langhoff
Polk
Platte County
Chicago
National Editorial Association
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Polk County
D. L. Moffitt
Monroe
United States
Osceola
Ben Gabriel
Albert Gabriel
Norfolk Junior College
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Norfolk
Gabriel
Yankton
Frank Kinzli
Polk Countian
Grand Island
Kinzli
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy Fjell
Joe Fjell
Joey
Raymond Braning
Carol
Midland
Hastings
Fremont
Anita Braning
Vera Cerny
Usrlan Rowan
New City
Osceola Bulldogs
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