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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
1
Polke County farmers and landlords have received 330541 in AAA grain loans to date from 1689 loans on 407993 bushels of wheat barley and some rye. Most loans are warehouse stored wheat and barley stored on farms or in country elevators. The program allows farmers to retain grain while borrowing against it, hoping for higher market prices.
The Osceola Bulldogs crushed Cedar Rapids 62 0 Tuesday afternoon. The visitors showed a passing threat but Osceola dominated on both sides, leading 19 0 at halftime and pulling away in the third quarter as reserves scored after the first string put up two touchdowns. Every Bulldog played.
In District 18 Mr and Mrs Wilhelm Kosch hosted relatives at a six o clock dinner Sunday. Attendees included Baltus Horering and family of Bellwood Wim Kosch and family C J Augustin and Richard E B Gabel and family of Osceola and Miss Nelson of Stromsburg. Orville Enyeart leaves for Omaha for a six week aircraft course. The confirmation classes were postponed due to the Bishop’s father’s death. Mary Frances Nelson accompanied her aunt to Lincoln to attend the football game. The club met at Mrs Orville Enyeart’s home with three visitors. prizes went to Mrs Ralph Hasselbach Jeff Miller Charles Coffin and Alta Micek.
Rev and Mrs Earl O Widen and their Sioux Falls baby visited Mr and Mrs Victor Anderson in Stromsburg for several days. Miss Irma King a Silver Creek teacher spent the weekend with Miss Annette Eckblade and called on Mrs Agnes Haverland. Opal Warner, Denver employee, returned home after a week with her parents, with Mr and Mrs Bennett taking her as far as Grand Island. Maud Johnson celebrated a birthday. Mrs Arnold Thoren hosted a small gathering Friday. Hazel Stanton and Wilhelmine Koerth left for Portland to spend the winter, as they work on a new book.
Osceola rushed past Silver Creek 25 to 0 as Dean Everitt connected on three TD plays. End duo Rolland Gissler and Bill Grossnicklaus caught two and one passes for scores, with Wes Parks and the running game sealing the win. The victory leaves Osceola with one conference game remaining at Stromsburg on November 11 Armistice Day.
Miss Lula Burns joined Rev Norlin and family for a Sunday trip to Lincoln for a missionary institute where Dr Ralph Diffendorfer spoke as principal. The Osceola Local Farmers Union attended the David City district convention with Polk County winning best representation and Elton Berck elected district president.
The 1942 corn allotment for Polk County has been received at the AAA office, said chairman Robert C. Taddiken. Allotment notices will be sent to farmers within a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schmoker marked fifty years of marriage with an open house at their Osceola home last Wednesday October 15. Their children joined most of the family for the celebration including Mrs. Gene Madsen and sons Hugh Albert Ben and Tom Schmoker. The couple were wed in Columbus on October 15 1891 after moving from Switzerland to Nebraska and have lived on a Polk County farm before relocating west of Osceola twenty two years ago. About eighty friends attended a program in the afternoon.
Mrs Hubert Jaax and Annabelle attended a Sunday shower at Bellwood honoring Emil Schrier and his fiancée Alice Smith. Oswald Bernt Jr plans to join the army in Omaha October 23. Bonnie Colleen Eller born October 19 to Nick and Mrs Eller Clinton Iowa. Dennis Eugene Novotny welcomed by Mr and Mrs Wm Novotny Osceola.
Help wanted ad seeking a housekeeper on a farm to cook for one man. The notice names Nels Paulsen and mentions a location near the Pool Hall with cleaning services and green trading stamps offered.
Seventeen Polk County young men were to be inducted into the Army on October 24 1941 including Vern Eklund Lawrence Stachura Wesley Koehler Edward Guenther Benjamin Cook Roy Schneider Rex Dunn Virgil Rosenberry Louie Starostka Oswald Bernt Jr Rudolph Mueller Clayton Hallquist Lyle Miller Myron Hanson Selton Peterson Keith Colson Roy Ericson and Louis Kubicek. An additional group was to be called November 7 1941 completing a Polk County intake for October.
The Stoner Club gathered at Della Johnson’s home with Nettie Thelander assisting. About 20 members attended and seven dresses were cut out for the Red Cross. Miner Watts, son of Mr and Mrs Merle Watts, is visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Ed Waits.
A circulating heating stove is offered for sale with contact noted as Morris Dunn. The listing identifies the item and the seller.
Polk County Agricultural Conservation Committee announced a new 1942 AAA practice paying $1 per ton for properly stored ensilage on farms after AAA compliance checks next year. Applies to corn, grain sorghums and other silage-able feeds. aims to store surplus for bad years and support dairy cattle feeding during dry periods. Farmers may earn up to half their soil-building allowances through this practice, with payments to help cover silo construction and forage purchases.
Osceola schools honor lists by grade show seniors Rita Bernt Mildred Boden Marilyn Brown Mary Blaine Carlson Rolland Gissler Margaret Ann Rech. juniors Grace Bernt Margaret Hansen Dick Mills. sophomores Crawford Campbell Jean Lapthorne Elaine Malek Ruby Olson Eloise Schott Opal Sargent. freshmen Bettie Bernt Bernard Gissler Joan Wallace Marjory Warwick Darlene Wisely. eighth grade Sandra Schuman Donna Pratt Robert Scholz. seventh grade John Mills Janet Kepner Nancy Reece Marcia Pratt Jewell Morgan. honors include Donald Anderson Fred Adelson Gordon Francis Ruby Walgren Mary Ellen Warwick Jimmy Norton. honorable mentions Doris Kennedy Jack Iler.
Local social notes list Wednesday supper guests at Mrs. Margaret Fillinger in Shirby including Mr. and Mrs. E J Krumbach and family and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Krumbach. Anton Hemier Jr. returned from Clarkson Hospital in Omaha.
Pastor Rev. Albert W. Lapthorne notes increased church attendance due to cooperation and invites all to reach a goal of 200 at Sunday services. October 26 features 10:00 a.m. church school and 11:00 a.m. worship with the sermon A Good Man. Choir rehearsal Thursday at 7:30. WSCS circles meet Friday at various homes. Hastings District Rally in Nelson Monday follows.
Dick Mills and his orchestra headline the event Friday October 31 at Columbus City Auditorium. Gents admission 75 cents total after tax. ladies admission 25 cents total after tax.
Polk County farms produced an average of 2.1 bushels per acre in 1941 based on AAA figures by chairman R. Taddiken. 9 farms yielded 20+ bushels, 1,192 had zero or under two, and 439 farms produced 2–20 bushels.
Osceola minister Rev Laphorne will preach at Stromsburg Church at 10 each Sunday and return to Osceola for morning worship. Rev John Hersmann will lead Greens Chapel services south of Osceola, previously under the Stromsburg pastor.
The Harmony Society will meet Thursday at 8 PM at Mrs Herman Anderson's home with missionary Miss Helen Nyberg sharing experiences. A special congregational meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 PM. Next Sunday marks the 20th Sunday after Trinity with services and a theme on sin. November 2nd is the Luther League Rally at Swede Home with special speakers and a district youth program.
Arrangements are set for Polk County to join the statewide campaign. The Polk County Extension Service Pest Control Association and local druggists cooperate to provide bait at cost from county drug stores. Extension Entomologist Don B. Whelan notes rats ignore sealed bins and exposed grain.
Relatives report the marriage of Miss Toleen McCormick to Dennis Carson on October 11 in Oshkosh Nebraska. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean McCormick, is a Silver Creek graduate who has taught in rural Oshkosh area schools for two years.
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