Memorial Hospital News Dismissals List Names and Places
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital reports a list of dismissed patients and relatives across Stromsburg Shelby Osceola Columbus Ellensburg Gresham Genoa and nearby areas. Dismissals include Miss Anna Freeman Mrs Josephine Dunning Emil Hennings Mrs Hedwig Hahn Mrs Ethyl Beaman Mrs Dora Kantor and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Freeman
Stromsburg
Josephine Dunning
Shelby Emil Hennings
Silver Creek
Hedwig Hahn
Columbus
Carol Johnson
Kathleen Kresha
Osceola
Millie Comfort
Mark Gustafson
Ethyl Beaman
Ellensburg
Washington
Glenn Sack
Shelby
Ellen Lind
Polk
Ord O. Wallace
Dora Kantor
Amelia Sayles
Rose Wagner
Richard Merrick
Bernard Matticks
Sadie Clark
Marcella Carter
Dexter Martin
Baby Boy
Genoa
Ruby Armagost
Shelby Clair W. Walker
W. H. Fulwider
Cora Schott
Lawrence Burke
Martha Bush
Lee Campbell
Gresham
George Betterton
Polk County 4-H Winners Listed At Fair
Polk County Fair honors list 4-H winners by division including Foods Rows and Bakeware. Blue ribbons awardees include Shirley Jones Willis Waller Robert Swanson Joyce Farley Marvelle Fjell Cheryl Erickson Joyce Urban Linda Gustafson among others. Red and white ribbons go to numerous participants across baking, cookies, breads, and meal planning categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trio
Shirley Jones
Willis Waller
Ellis Waller
Robert Swanson
Loren Fellows
Joyce Farley
Barbara Hernbloom
Linda Johnson
Marvelle Fjell
Joyce Jones
Marilyn Nyffeler
Marcia Fjell
Susan Baker
Cheryl Burke
Jean Burke
Carolyn Sundberg
Richard Lamoree
Leigh Ann Gustafson
Mary Anderson
Jerry Urban
Shirley Tres
Cheryl Erickson
Diane Ux
Susan Anderson
Barbara Rystrom
Shirley Doremus
Ann Dunn
Janet Kosch
Joy Nelson
Beverly Wieseman
Donita Conkling
Karen Johnson
Twila Johnson
Jackie Rutter
Ronald Lux
Linda Gustafson
Wanda Harding
Cheryl Bush
Natalie Hahn
Shirley Buresh
Diane Lux
Beverly Nelson
Diana Sandell
Joyce Stewart
Karen Stevens
Bonnie Hanquist
Donna Conkling
Kay Peterson
Joline Doremus
Donna Doremus
Jerry Anderson
Carol Doremus
Avis Waller
Diane Sandell
Sharon Willits
Mavis Carlson
Karen Errs
Kay Apperson
Marilyn Luise Peterson
Baron de Avis Waller
Lois Jones
Bonnie Rodene
Kay Anderson
Louise Peterson
Mary Samuelson
Osceola High School Class of 1956 Graduates
Osceola 28 graduates of the 1956 OHS class begin new paths after graduation. Walden Jones will attend the University of Nebraska in agriculture. Ruth Richards studies secretarial work in Omaha. Others enlist in the Army or Navy, pursue college courses at Doane, Wyoming, or Lincoln, or take jobs in local offices and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
OHS
Walden Jones
Harold Jones
University of Nebraska
College of Agriculture
Ruth Richards
Kenneth Richards
Omaha
Commercial Extension School of Commerce
John Bernt
Fred Bernt
John T. Bernt
F. A
U. S. Army
Fort Chaffee
Arkansas
Gerry Bowe
Lawrence Bowe
Cub Scouts Watermelon Feed at Osceola Park
The Osceola Park Cub Scout meeting on August 30 featured a watermelon feed and a Field Day theme. Awards included Kenny Bowe Silver Arrow, Joe Eikenhors t Silver Arrow, Web Cotter Wolf badge, Nick Zedicher Lion badge, and Den IV honored for most attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Park
Kenny Bowe
Joe Eikenhorst
Web Cotter
Nick Zedicher
den IV
Off The Cuff at the Auto Races on Labor Day
The writer recounts a Labor Day auto race outing, noting high speeds around a half mile track and the lively crowd scenes. Observations span fans, food stalls, attire, and a moment of flag day indifference, concluding with a patriotic defense of American freedom.
WCTU Sponsors Book Review at Lutheran Church
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosts a book review at the Lutheran Church Sunday evening September 9 at 8 00 p m Mrs Harry Brazee will review Dr Kate Angel on Snowshoes A musical program and refreshments will follow in the dining room All are welcome to attend public open meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Lutheran Church
Harry Brazee
Kate
Angel
Record Begins Its 83rd Year Of Publication
Osceola Record marks 83 years of continuous publication as the masthead shows number one in eighty third year. past two publishers account for about thirty years, with W J Herbes publishing The Record for over 200 years and the current publisher set to complete nine years on October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
W J. Herbes
October 1 Deadline To Apply For 56 Gas Tax Refund
Farmers are reminded to apply for the two cent per gallon Federal Gas Tax refund for the first half of 1956 by October 1. Gas used on the farm since June 30 will be claimed a year from now at three cents per gallon. Refund applications are available at any county bank or the county Extension office.
Edwin E Jones Laid to Rest in Nebraska Funeral
Edwin Emanuel Jones born April 22 1879 near Swede Home Nebraska died August 30 at 77 4 8 he was a Calvary Lutheran member. He married Hilma Eugenia Johnson April 20 1904 and had eight children two sons died in infancy and 1941. Survived by six children one sister one brother eleven grandchildren two great grandchildren and many relatives. Funeral Monday September 3 at Calvary Lutheran Church with Swede Home cemetery interment conducted by Rev C M Hadley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Emanuel Jones
P. J. Jones
Swede Home
Nebraska
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Calvery Lutheran Church
Hilma Eugenia Johnson
Jones
Calvary Lutheran Church
Wheat Soil Bank Opens for 1957 Wheat Acreage Reserve
The 1957 Wheat Soil Bank program, the second of four basic crop measures, is now available. Polk County ASC Chairman Richard C. Sealey says signups began, with the final date Friday September 21 1956. Acreage reserved may not be cropped or grazed, and payments offset foregone income. the program aims to cut wheat acreage below allotments without affecting future allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Sealey
Polk County Agricultural Ae and
Condeset
Cx Wih
ASC
Sealey
Soil Bank
Two Sales Scheduled In This Week's Issue
Harold Andy Anderson resigns from Kepners Store and plans a San Diego move. His family sale of household furniture is set for Saturday at two PM in Osceola two blocks south of the post office. Merrick and Ingalls auctioneers will conduct. A second sale, Bernard Schaf’s farm auction, is listed for Wednesday at noon six and a half miles east and one mile south of Osceola with cattle pigs farm machinery poultry and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Andy” Anderson
Kepners
San Diego
California
Mrs. Anderson
Merrick and Ingalls
First Fall Rain Welcomes September
A revival of rain brought 0.80 inches by noon Wednesday, soaking parched fields and lawns with little runoff. Temperatures had peaked over 100 degrees Sunday, then fell to the low sixties by Tuesday and Wednesday, signaling the first cool spell of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mercury
Omaha guests visit Osceola home of Guy F Ball
Don Honke and Herbert Ball of Omaha visited Osceola Sunday and were entertained at the home of Guy F Ball. Mrs Honke and Craig, who had stayed with her father since Tuesday, accompanied them back to Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Honke
Herbert Ball
Omaha
Osceola
Guy F. Ball
Rita Kresha Graduates From St Johns Hospital Anesthesiology
Rita Kresha of this city completes the Anesthesiology course at St Johns Hospital Springfield Illinois on September 6. A graduation dinner followed as graduates received diplomas and pins. She also attended high school and St Elizabeth School of Nursing in Lincoln and will soon take the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists qualifying exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Kresha
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
Ilinois
Miss Kresha
Our
St. Elizabeth School of Nursing
Lincoln
American Association of Nurse Anethetists
Association
Servicemen News From Osceola Area
Richard Swan, Navy airman on 15 day leave from San Francisco arrives in Osceola with electronics school honor. He will be stationed at Long Beach after his visit. Pvt. Jerome H. Reisdorff, son of Osceola residents, to attend National Aircraft Show in Oklahoma City. He serves as a switchboard operator with the 761st Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Sill and joined the Army in September 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodig
Richard Burritt
Earl Burritt
Osceola
Karleen Carlson
C. R. Carlson
Marilyn Colby
Earl Colby
Columbus
Omaha
The
Mutual Insurance Company
Bob Cole
Helen Cole
Navy
California
Naval Training Center
Norman
Okla
LeRoy Dinges
Rose Dinges
LeRoy Gabriel
Albert W. Gabriel
Laramie
Wyoming
State University
Marlene Richards
Morris Richards
National Business Institute
Lincoln
Larry Larson
Gotfried Larson
Jim Lewis
Dale Lewis
Edwin Mangelsen
R. J. Mangelsen
Doane College
Crete
Larry Kresha
Adolph Kresha
Jan Grossnicklaus
Holly Grossnicklaus
University of Wyoming
Gary Gustafson
Mark Gustafson
Marvelle Johnson
Ted Johnson
Classified List
Clarence Kresha
John Kresha
Herbert Hanson
Reynold Hanson
Ann Schott
Joe Schott
Creighton University
College of Arts and Sciences
Ronald Watts
Vaughn Mickey
John Mickey
Midland College
Fremont
College of Engineering
Duane Peterson
Reynold Peterson
Stromsburg
Jerome Prososki
Albin Prososki
Richard Triba
Henry Triba
Army
Fort Ord
Richard H. Triba
U. S
Calif
Richard Swan
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
Rose Swan
Richard
Long Beach
Pvt
Jerome H. Reisdorff
Hershel Reisdorff
Oklahoma City
Reisdorff
761St Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Oklo
August Drought Persists With Moderate Rainfall
August brought cooler daytime temperatures with only two days above 100 degrees and nightly lows in the fifties to low seventies. Rain fell on eight occasions with traces on two days, totaling about 2.10 inches for the month, marking a dry spell despite periodic showers.
Real Estate Transfers and Park Birthday Dinner
Warranty deeds show Grace B. Runquist and others transferring Lot No. 3 in 22-15-4 to Gust A. Carlson and to Lesta A. Mace. A picnic supper in Rising City Park honored Fred and Dale Dunn with relatives from Rising City and Omaha in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace B. Runquist
Gust A. Carlson
Lesta A. Mace
Clarence O. Fusby
Fred
Dale Dunn
Oscar Bauer
Verland Bauer
Ike Kopke
Rising City
John Ringel
Omaha
Fred Dunn
Fall Term Opens At Osceola School
Three hundred sixty five students entered the Osceola school Monday to begin the fall term. Of these, 109 enrolled in the high school and 257 in grades. All faculty were present except Superintendent Clair W Walker who recently had a heart attack and was hospitalized at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital in Osceola following a second attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Clair W Walker
Walker
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Local Social Calendars Note September Meetings
High Prairie Farm Bureau meets September 1 at High Prairie School 8:00 p m on resolutions with lunch served. St Andrew Holy Name Society gathers September 11 at 8:00 p m in the parish hall with Allen Zelasney as host. Maple Leaf Club meets September 13 at Mrs John Wyman’s for officer election. Entre Nous convenes September 12 with Mrs Jay McDonald and co host Mrs Clair Emmons. Rebekah Lodge holds September 12 meeting with hostess. Gab A Lots hosted by Mrs Webster Mills September 12. St Vincent Altar Society meets September 12 at 8 p m in parish hall with Mesdames Kresha Lux and Smith as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew Holy Name Society
St. Vincent Altar Society
Mesdames
Allan Kresha
Leo Kresha
Gerhardt Lux
Everette Smith
Schott announce birth of Catherine Mary Lou
Mr and Mrs Raymond Schott announce the birth of a baby girl named Catherine Mary Lou at St Marys Hospital Columbus on Wednesday August 15. The infant weighed seven pounds and the Schotts have one other daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Schott
Catherine Mary Lou
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Schotts
Swanson Transferred to York Soil Conservation Service
Dwight Swanson, formerly part time with the Soil Conservation Service, is promoted and transferred to York to begin work in August. Mr and Mrs Swanson and their daughter have moved to York. David Richards has taken Swanson’s position in the local conservation office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Swanson
YORK
Soil Conservation Service
David Richards
Mr. Swanson
Family Service Page Highlights Military Service and Local News
Ronnie Watts begins boot camp in the Marine Corps while siblings serve in Army Navy Air Force and Cadet Nurses Corps. The Lewis service station opening hosts 600 cookies for 400 attendees. Traffic fatalities in August rise with nine deaths across Troop B counties, plus fishing mishaps near Ainsworth and Halsey. Irvin Warner’s farm sale draws buyers from 11 counties. Co op Fun Night at Polk County Fair Grounds draws seven to eight hundred attendees with ice cream and music. Polk beats Stromsburg 14 to 12 in a local ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Watts
United States Marine Corps
Walter Watts
Ortha
Kent Perry
Shelby
Cadet Nurses Corps
St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha
Rex
Army
Osceola
Ross
Air Force
Stead Air Force Base
Nevada
Sgt
M. Roger
San Antonio
Texas
Ronnie
San Diego
New Lewis
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Boone
Thurston
Burt
Colfax
Dodge
Polk
Walt Koehler
Howard Pierce
Walt
California
Polk County Fair Grounds
Polk and
Stromsburg
Carol Pierson
Donna McBeth
Patricia White
Merry and
Nebraska
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Annie
Polk County Fair
Polk County
C.H.S
WCTU
Record
Edwin E. Jones
Robert Weber
Butte
August Senn
Morris Ienn
R. R. Urban
Lawrence Meister
High Prairie Farm Bureau
High Prairie School
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