Polk County Livestock Tour Showcases Irrigated Corn Yields
More than 150 farmers and businessmen attended a Polk County pasture for forage livestock tour last Wednesday. Neil Dawes won first prize by correctly identifying 18 of 21 weeds. The event featured irrigated corn fields, yield estimates around 60 bushels per acre, electric pumps, silos, sorghums, and a power-driven farm demonstration. 4-H honors were announced for Arlois Island and Marjorie Warnick with ribbon wins. livestock and crops judging teams from Silver Creek earned state recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Howard L. Peterson
Osceola Community Club
Stromsburg
George F
Bruce Anderson
Andersons
Gilbert Johnson
Arthur Morrill, Jr
Will J. Herrmann
LeRoy Rhodes
Highline
Edwin Hedlund
Hedund
Elton Berck
Frank Bard
Osceola
Lutheran Church Yard
Co. Agt
Peterson
Arlois Island
Shelby
Marjorie ‘Warnick
Bob Ingalls
Harold Hedlund
Glen Hennings
Silver Creek
Ray Starostka
Robert Tooker
Methodist Leagues Elect Officers
The following officers were elected Sunday evening August 27 to lead the Leagues for the coming year Senior League Pres Logan Dan skin 1st vice Byron Case 2nd vice Glenna Berck 3rd vice Margaret Monkman 4th vice Glenna Berck Secretary Treasurer Irma Stewart Reporter Freda Buchholz Junior High League Pres Irvin Deeds 1st vice Billy Norton 2nd vice Carl Carter 3rd vice Mary Beth Schnasse 4th vice Jimmie Norton Secretary Treasurer Bonnie Buchhoz News Reporter Mary Gaile Sigler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Danskin
Byron Case
Glenna Berck
Margaret Monkman
Irma Stewart
Freda Buchholz
Irvin Deeds
Billy Norton
Carl Carter
Mary Beth Schnasse
Jimmie Norton
Bonnie Buchhoz
Mary Gaile Sigler
Methodist Church Notes for Osceola Upcoming Conference
Sunday School at 10:00 with Elton Berck. sermon at 11:00 titled A Prophecy of the Future of Osceola. Junior High and Senior High Leagues meet at 7:00 and 7:30 p.m. Ladies Aid assembly Friday afternoon. Last Sunday service before Conference starting Tuesday September 12 at Trinity Methodist Church. Pastor A C Monkman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Elton Berck
Osceola
Irvin Deeds
Logan Danskin
Ladies Aid
A. J. Herrman
Will Herrman
Wesley Koeher
Out After Car Taxes In 1935 38 Distress Warrants
Platte county treasurer's office planned this week to issue distress warrants for unpaid auto taxes from 1935 to 1938. About 2,000 tax delinquent cases were found and roughly 1,000 warrants prepared. After completion, the warrants go to the county sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte County
Osceola High School Enrollments Match Last Year
Osceola Schools opened with 310 students total. The high school held 165 pupils, identical to the start of last year. Grade distribution lists Kindergarten through Twelfth grade and six post graduates. Activities sponsors include Glee Club Miss Mansfield and Band Mr. Wilson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Glee Club
Miss Mansfield
Mike
Grace Merrick
Miss Elmberg
Miss Pearson
Miss Eden
Wilson
Cunningham
J. Carl Bryant
Winners in Farm Bureau contest announced
The Farm Bureau Executive Board announced the scrap book contest results for 4-H club boys and girls. First place went to Betty Leigh McMeekin, followed by Jacqueline Lindburg Polk second, Doris Brigham Shelby third, Glenn Kresha Osceola fourth, with Patricia McMeekin Shelby and Lillian Kresha Osceola receiving honorable mention. Prizes ranged from 1.50 to 0.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Executive Board
Betty Leigh McMeekin
Jacqueline Lindburg
Polk
Doris Brigham
Shelby
Glenn Kresha
Osceola
Alton Bond
Patricia McMeekin
Lillian Kresha
Farm Bureau
Quiet Osceola Wedding Unites Zedicher and Herrman
Miss Ola Zedicher daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Zedicher wed Robert Herrman son of Mr and Mrs Harry Herrman in York on Sunday September 3 officiated by Rev O T Deaver. Both graduates of Osceola High School, the couple plans to reside on the Herrman farm north of Osceola after a brief state trip.
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Osceola
Bellwood to Face Polk County Outlaws Sunday at Osceola
Baseball fans in Osceola will see Bellwood visit the fair grounds next Sunday to challenge the Polk County Outlaws. The clubs split a recent 11 inning game 3 to 2 with Bellwood winning, and Bellwood crushed Stromsburg 13 to 2 last week. Admission is 25 cents with ladies and children free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
Osceola
Bellwood
Polk County Outlaws
Stromsburg
Boyg
Outlaws
School Zone Caution As Children Return To Daily Rides
As school resumes, motorists must heighten vigilance near streets crowded with returning and new students. The piece urges drivers to match renewed school habits to protect children and notes prior year accidents among youngsters were preventable.
New Auto Title Law Takes Effect Tomorrow in Polk County
County officials move to implement a new motor vehicle title certificate system effective Sept. 8. Buyers and lenders must obtain a certificate of title through the county clerk before licensing. dealers issue certificates or deliver to lienholders as loans are recorded. The law creates a motor vehicle lien file and assigns fee schedules for titles, duplicates, memoranda, and lien notations. County Clerk John S. Anderson will manage the process with existing staff and occasional part time help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Anderson
Polk County
Lincoln
Anderson
Mission Meet To Be Hosted By Stromsburg District
Beginning Sunday at 8 p m and continuing all day Monday the Stromsburg District of the Nebraska Conference will send five pastors to our church for its annual Mission Meeting. Sessions at 10 30 a m 2 30 p m and 8 p m. Sunday includes usual services with Sunday School at 10 and Holy Communion at 11. September 7 2 30 Ladies Aid Society meets in church parlors hosted by Mrs Clarence Anderson with Mrs Andrew Hanson arranging the program. Tuesday September 12 Womens Missionary Society meets at the home of Mrs Otto Olson. John Oberg Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Nebraska Conference
Ladies Aid Society
Clarence Anderson
Andrew Hanson
Womens Missionary Society
Otto Olson
John Oberg
Former Polk Boy Becomes War Correspondent Overseas
Polk native William McGaffin, son of H. M. McGaffin former Polk Progress editor, rose from The Progress to Columbus Telegram to Columbia University. He later worked for AP in London and Paris before delivering a vivid Europe report via short wave radio.
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Associated Press
London
England
Paris
France
Europe
Osceola Couple Wed In Lutheran Church Ceremony
Miss Eve lynne Peterson of Stromsburg and Ivar Oberg of Osceola united in marriage at St. Pauls Lutheran Osceola with Rev. John W. Oberg performing the ceremony. They will reside in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelynne Peterson
Stromsburg
Ivar Oberg
Osceola
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Otto Olson
John W. Oberg
Lohengrin
Egnar Hultman
Mrs. Oberg
A. E. Peterson
University of Nebraska
Oberg
J. W. Oberg
Grossnicklaus and Burritt Wedding at Grand Island
Miss Irene Grossnicklaus and Carl Burritt were united in marriage at Grand Island by Rev. O A Graebner on August 30. Attendants were Miss Georgena Grossnicklaus and Clarence Imhof. The bride, a Osceola High School graduate of 1933, taught Polk County schools. the groom also graduated in 1933. A reception followed at the Grossnicklaus home. a dance is planned at Eller's Hall on September 12 for friends.
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Grossnicklaus
Burritt
Irene Grossnicklaus
Carl Burritt
Grand Island
O. A. Graebner
Wgeona Grossnicklaus
Clarence Imhof
Adolph Grossnicklaus
North of Osceola
Osceola
Polk County
Osceola High School
Wm. Burritt
Eller’s Hall
Osceola Area News Highlights Local Reunions and Visits
Stoner Delane Erks of Gresham and relatives spent days at the Brown home. Local students Roberta Johnston Jim mie Brazee and Oatha Watts begin Osceola high. Melvin Thelander and Carl Thelander attended the State Fair. Mrs. Maurice Watts joined a class reunion near Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delane Erks
Gresham
LeRoy Brown
Brown
Osceola High
Roberta Johnston
Jimmie Brazee
Oatha Watts
Melvin Thelander
Geneva Girls Training School
Carl Thelander
Maurice Watts
Harriet Smith-Johnson
Osceola
Wallace McKeag
August W. Johnson
Denver
Jack Johnston
Ralph Kahler
Ora Watkins
John Braithwait
Fred Braithwait
Huddleston
Columbus
Adolph Grossnicklaus
Carl Burritt
Henry Selke
Iowa
Ralph Watts
Ed Carlson
Omaha
Elmer Allinder
Jennie Johnston
Stoner School
Betty Thelander
Laura Hendrickson
Glen
Kearney
Polk County W C T U Convention Planned at Stromsburg
The Polk County W C T U schedules its annual convention at Covenant Church Stromsburg on Wednesday September 13 1939 with devotional services by Mrs Anna Merrick Shelby a noontide prayer and luncheon followed by a program of music addresses readings and reports including county secretary treasurer and director updates and a banner award discussion of Alcohol What It Is And What It Does with Rev John Oberg Osceola and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Covenant Church
Stromsburg
Anna Merrick
Shelby
Polk Union
I. J. Merrick
Osceola Round Table
Harriet Sylvester
Ashland
Geo. Moore
Osceola
James Eckblade
H. J. Plymesger
Shelby County
John Oberg
Osceola Reading
Flossie Deeds
Weekend Social News From Lincoln And Surroundings
Reuel Sward and Kermit Brant ing returned from a Minnesota vacation. Lincoln hosts Vernon and Carleton Anderson and Osceola’s Isaac Samuelson. A Boulder trip sends Mrs. T. J. Morgan and others eastward. Shostroms visit Des Moines and Fort Dodge. Atkinson hosts Grand Island and Wyanete guests. Buckley Park picnic honors Gunnerson of Moline and Jacobson of Wyanete with local families attending. elaborado dinner followed by dust and a brief, pleasant time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuel Sward
Kermit Branting
Minnesota
Vernon Anderson
Lincoln
Carleton Anderson
Osceola
Isaac Samuelson
Polk
Victor Anderson
T. J. Morgan
John Holmes
Barbara
Boulder
Colorado
A. V. Eielson
A. B. Hedbloom
Dana
Harry Jacobson
Wyanete
Illinois
Buckley Park
Jacobson
Slusser
Albert Johnson
Henry
Fred Johnson
A. E. Pearson
Shelby
Lloyd Hollister
L. A. Erickson
Difford
Miss Robey
J. A. Westenius
St Andrews Weekend Family Gatherings and Local Happenings
Frederick Eller of Fort Crook spent the weekend with his parents in St. Andrews. A reunion at the John Cerny home honored Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cerny of Chappell. Choir girls hosted a kitchen shower for Miss Marie Urban. Urban set to wed Lawrence Meister on Sept 19. Vincent Messing celebrated his 17th birthday at Eller's Hall. Local students are attending Shelby, Osceola, and St. Bonaventure in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Andrews
Frederick Eller
Fort Crook
Nick Eller
John Cerny
Raymond Cerny
Chappell
N. Gondringer
Near Gresham
Julius Cerny
Nick Gondringer
Shelby
Oswald
Anna Cerny
Edward Messing
Eller’s Hall
Vincent
Mildred Jaax
Terence Messing
Helen Kubicek
Iona Eller
Berniece Henggeler
Norman Micek
Shelby High
Grace
Rita
Verona Bernt
Shemek
Augustin
Kresha
Osceola
Mary Ann Staroscik
St. Bonaventures
Columbus
Joseph Kusek
Spalding
Dale Watkins
Tracy Gabel
Vincent Messing
Wurtz Family Relocates to Glendale California
Mrs A A Wurtz Nancy and Dan left Tuesday for Glendale California to join Dr Wurtz who has recently located there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
A. A. Wurtz
Nancy
Dan
Glendale
California
Dr. Wurtz
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Methodist Leagues
H. S
Peterson—Oberg
Stoner
W.C.T.U. Convention
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