Osceola Man Killed in Highway Accident
Goodwin Hornbloom a resident of Osceola died after a truck driven by Edward Lyons struck him while he was loading a wagon on the Gresham Highway. The crash occurred near the August Senn farm, with a coroner's inquest leading to Lyons being bound over on a charge of leaving the scene and failing to aid. Hornbloom, born December 15 1885, leaves a widow and siblings. funeral services were held and he was buried in Osceola Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin Hornbloom
Edward Lyons
Gresham
August Senn
Mr. Hornbloom
Emil
Charles Massie
Young Lyons
Hernbloom
Lyons
Ira Banta
J. E. Steeple
Claus Anderson
Albin E. Anderson
Jim Hotchkiss
Reuben Anderson
Goodwin Herman M Hernboom
Gustaf
Helen Hernbloom
Tas
Osceola
Selma
Pearl
Teckla Larson
William Larson
First Eden Baptist Church
Stromsburg
Shelby notables and visitors listed in local notes
A roundup of Shelby residents and guests includes Mrs. Mabel Atkinson entering a sanitarium in Kearney for health reasons, visiting kin from Shelby and Fairmont, veterans returning from Los Angeles, packing company traveler Frank Scholz, and others visiting relatives in Lincoln Columbus Gretna and North Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kuntzelman
Vernie Kuntzelman
Mabel Atkinson
Kearney
Effie Mouden
E. G. Brijlhart
Colorado Mountains
Henrietta Fleck
Gretna
Phil Ball
Shelby
Miss Fleck
Delaware
Billy Ingalls
Glen Ingalls
Shelby Hospital
Brillhart
Wm Lux
North Bend
Nebr
A. L. Scholz
Marie Scholz
Chicago
Scholz
Columbus
Jean Brigham
Pittsburg
Penn
Fred Brigham
W. F. Crozier
North Platte
Wesley Brazee
Sam Dotson
Lincoln
Local visits and school notes across several Nebraska towns
St Andrews and Omaha visitors share Sunday calls with Bernt family members. Shelby and David City guests join Albert Bernt and Gabe Dworak households. Oswald Bernt returns from St Marys Columbus after appendectomy. Kresha family visits Lincoln and State Fair. Lois Burgess teaches District 68. Johansen and Messing beginners. Other locals host Kin at Brainard Stromsburg Duncan and Duncan area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Bernt, Sr
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Ann
Adolph Kresha, Jr
Sophia Kresha
Lincoln
Lois Burgess
Dorothy Mary Johansen
Marylynn Messing
Collect ive agricultural exhibits win first prize at county fair
Wesley Chapel shows eleven years of aggregate exhibits at the county fair and takes first prize this year amid keen competition. The church thanks all who helped. Local schools open with Dale Watkins teaching District 40 and Genevieve Tadken teaching District 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Dale Watkins
Genevieve Taddiken
Lawrence
Leo Albers
Jack Moberg
Stromsburge
Algin Weeden
Richards
Stromsburg
Ross Richards
Nelson Brown
Whitehead
Osceola
R. J. Richmond
Six year old Hastings undergoes tonsil removal
Patsy Ruth Hastings daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Hastings had her tonsils removed yesterday at Osceola Hospital by Thr R L Schroeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Ruth Hastings
Russell Hastings
R. L. Schroeder
Osceola Hospital
Osceola Set For Weekend Baseball Tourney And Rodeo
Preparations are underway for a baseball tournament in Osceola next weekend featuring six teams and top local talent. A two day rodeo and a free watermelon feed on one day are also planned with further details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Wiatch
Olson Yeltman Marriage Reported From Nebraska
Mr and Mrs Roy Yeltman announced their marriage October 15 1932 in Stromsburg Nebraska. The bride daughter of August Olson of Stromsburg. she is a Stromsburg Headlight employee and Stromsburg High School graduate. The groom son of Mrs M E Bittner of Denver, Colorado. Osceola High School 1931 graduate. They plan to reside in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Yeltman
Wahoo
Nebraska
August Olson
Stromsburg
Yeltman
M. EE. Bittner
Denver
Colorado
Osceola High School
Polk County Fair Ends With Record Attendance and Strong Finances
The Polk County Fair closed last Thursday night after what is described as one of the best fairs. Receipts from all sources except county premiums totaled just under 3000 dollars. Expenses trimmed, the fair will pay all obligations with a likely tidy balance. Attendance was the largest in years, midway crowds were dense, the free acts and night show drew growing crowds, and officials commend cooperative support from neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Osceola Woman's Club Sets Six Departments for Year
The Osceola Woman's Club begins its season with six departments Literature Music Physical Education Home Economics Welfare and Drama. Department heads and committees have met to organize meetings and plan activities. Members may join multiple departments with one annual due by calling secretary Mrs Dewey Sigler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Woman’s Club
Dewey Sigler
Waste paper drive from M. KE. Church aids trees
The Ladies Aid of the M. KE. Church asks for waste paper next spring. Mrs. I. J. Merrick is president and notes that six tons of waste paper save the trees on an acre of timberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
M. KE. Church
I. J. Merrick
Mrs H H Weaver Visited Sutton during Ten Days
Mrs H H Weaver was visiting in Sutton over the past ten days, staying with local friends and sightseeing the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Weaver
Sutton
Community notes from Stromsburg area events
Mrs Dan Evans and Mrs A B Hedbloom attended a Polk County Women’s Clubs meeting. Several residents traveled to Chicago for the World’s Fair and extended visits to Colorado and Nebraska towns. School opens at Victor with 16 high school pupils. many students begin college plans.
Leibee Couple Celebrates Golden Fiftieth Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Frank Leibee mark fifty years since their 1883 marriage with a Methodist Church program hosted by Olive McBeth. The couple hosted open house in Shelby Nebraska and a noon church supper for 55 relatives and friends. Six of eight children attended with seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leibee
Olive McBeth
Methodist
United Brethers
Shelby Band
Mrs. Leibee
Eastern Star
Mr. Leibee
Indiana
Geneseo
Illinois
Shelby
Nebraska
Madison County
Leibee
David City
Margaret Yerty
Vandergrift
Pennsylvania
J. Ray Leibee
Beatrice Nebr
Venus Wilkes
Omaha
Nebr
Opal Elgin
New York City
Frank Leibee, Jr
Exster
Deborah Leibee
Thelma Anderson
Stromsburg
Osceola
Polk County NRA Drive Shows Near 100 Percent Signatures
The Blue Eagle campaign in Polk County reports near complete participation with Osceola Stromsburg and Polk at 100 percent and Shelby at 97 percent. Local volunteers, postmasters, and businesses sacrifice time and money to support reemployment, payroll expansion, and higher purchasing power nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Eagle
Polk County
Washington
United States
Osceola
Stromsburg
Polk
Shelby
First National Bank
Free Strain
America
Uncle Sam
Osceola Students Prepare for New Academic Year
Osceola youth depart within the week to universities and colleges for the new term. Notables include Mildred Craven Arlene Steeple at State University seniors, Anna Anderson junior, Louise Frasier Matilda Amacher and Victor Herrmann freshmen. Helen Huston enrolled for year at University of Nebraska. Alvin Anderson to Kearney State Teachers College second year. Margaret Anderson Paul Monson and Robert Nquist enter Hastings College sophomores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Mildred Craven
Arlene Steeple
Anna Anderson
Louise Frasier
Matilda Amacher
Victor Herrmann
Helen Huston
University of Nebraska
Alvin Anderson
Kearney State Teachers College
Margaret Anderson
Paul Monson
Robert Nuquist
Hastings College
Mrs Delmar McFadden Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs Delmar McFadden came home yesterday following a two week stay at Osceola Hospital where she underwent an operation and received medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar McFadden
Osceola Hospital
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ST. Andrews
John Polholisi
Alfred Bernt
Barney Krebsbaugh
Clarence Lawson
Albert Bernt
Gabe Dworak
Dorothy
Fairbury
Bertha
Bernt
R. P. Ross
Bellwood
Julius Nebosis
Elsie Cerny
Joseph F. Cerny
Rose Kresha
Jack Smagacz
Eddie Lisco
Pilzno
Ernest Gabriel
Walter Nebosis
Conrad Messing
Sidney
John Kubicek
Brainard
Frank Buresh
Verner Johansen
J. A. Johansen
Fred Ingalls
Duncan
Wesley Chanel
Jack Rathburn
F. M. Lei»bee
J. N. Jarmin
Thomas Fozzard
Harry Hewitt
Delmar Richmond
Richmond
L. E. Treadway
Wert Davis
W. E. Butcher
Steven Corbitt
ATS Hogs Seeeereseses
Olson
Charles Huggler
Fred
Victor
Dan Evans
A. B. Hedbloom
Polk County Women’s Clubs
E. N. Percell
O’neil
California
Percell
Albin Anderson
Ronald Anderson
Covenant Hospital
Margaret E. Anderson
Clement Anderson
Edmund Lunner
R. B. Carey
Carey
T. A. James
John
Loveland
Estes Park
Colo
Richard Christensen
Owen Johnson
Doris Ericson
Clover Beckman
Willard Jeffrey
Lillie Olson
C. August Olson
Helen Danielson
Linsburg
Kansas
Ross Armigoss
York Hospital
Gabel
C. W. Hennings
Dwight Newcomer
Green'’s
Stromsburg M. E
Greens Chapel
Epworth Park
Lawrence Hoffer
Henry Hoffer
Minnesota
Bert Price
Thayar
Homer Mouden
O. R. Hennings
Black Hills
Louis Williams
Missouri
Kreis
Beverly Henings
Blaine Robinson
Lorraine Powell
Max Carey
Ralph Hollister
Luther Powell
Miss Burke
Mr. Albrecht
David
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Carol Hansen
Emogene Powell
Maxine Hiemer
Vaughn Deay
Victor Prell
Irene Hansen
Eva Mouden
Allegra Johnson
Ida
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