Ahrens Jewelry Plans Gigantic Auction Next Week
Osceola jewelry firm Ahrens announces a large auction starting Monday September 22 to reduce stock. Owner emphasizes no business closure and ongoing service to the area. Auctioneer will cry in four daily sessions with public bidding and free gift periods, moving stock to the Jack Steeple building for the event.
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Gerhardt Ahrens
Ahrens
Osceola
Midwest
Mr. Ahrens
Jack Steeple
Social Calendar items for September meetings
Entre Nous will meet Wednesday afternoon September 24 with Mrs. DeVon Johnson. WCTU meets Friday September 19 at Miss Lillian Brown's home with a date notice change. Sociable Sals Extension Club gathers Wednesday September 24 at Mrs Edward Bonne's. Mrs George Berck hosts Ride A W ees at her home Thursday September 18. Chapter CN of PEO meets with Mrs W S Heitzman Monday September 22. Easy Aces Club hostess Mrs Chris Huggler entertains at her home Thursday September 25. Rebekah Lodge regular meeting at 8:00 p m Wednesday September 24. Gab O Lots meets Wednesday September 24 with Mrs W S Heitzman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Entre Nous
DeVon Johnson
WCTU
Lillian Brown
Sociable Sals Extension Club
Edward Bonne
George Berck
PEO
W. S. Heitzman
Easy Aces Club
Chris Huggler
Rebekah Lodge
Sullivan Family Visitation Spreads From Grand Island to Columbus
Mr and Mrs Joe Sullivan of Grand Island visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs R N Hastings and later to Columbus to see Mr and Mrs Tommy Hastings and family The Osceola Project Club met Tuesday at the home of Mrs Earl Bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Sullivan
Grand Island
R. N. Hastings
Columbus
Tommy Hastings
Osceola Project Club
Earl Bond
Hunting Tale Ends With Farm Bull Misfire
A fall hunting tale describes a hunter pursuing a large animal, missing, then hitting a bull after a charging shot. A farmer Jones appears angry, claiming the hunter killed his registered bull instead of the intended game. The piece ends with a caution to not confuse game with farm stock this hunting season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Dr. Livingstone
Farmer Jones
Political Parties Kindle Fires For Fall Elections
Nebraska politics heats up as GOP leader Richard E Speirs Jr attacks Democratic positions while praising Gov. Anderson and touting a strong Republican slate. Army Engineers invite bids to lease Mead and Grand Island ordnance plants, and traffic deaths loom as State Engineer L N Ross urges safer driving. State Education Dept seeks 120000 more for tuition payments to schools on federal property. encephalitis cases prompt mosquito control advice.
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Washington
GOP
Richard E. Speirs, Jr
Grand Island
Truman
Speirs
Omaha
Maine
Nebraska
Army
Nebras
L. N. Ross
Ress
American Trucking Association
State Education Department
F. B. Decker
Decker
Mystery Farm Bought From State In Late 1870s
Mr and Mrs Herman Jones reside on the Mystery Farm of 280 acres located five miles west and three quarters north of Osceola. The original 160 acres were school land bought from the state in the late 1870s by Peter J Jones. The couple married in 1908 and bought the place in 1918. They have three children and seven grandchildren and operate a diversified dryland farm with corn wheat milo and alfalfa plus 20 to 40 Hereford cattle. Winners in a guessing contest were Mrs Arthur W Anderson first, Mrs William B Larson second, and Mrs Louisa Pehrson third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Jones
Osceola
Herman
Jones
Peter J. Jones
Effie A. Carlson
Myron W
Route 1
Orville F
Hastings
Earl L
Jerry Lee
Sheryl Ann
Orville
Lois
Shirley
Glen
Douglas
Delmar
Myron
Calvary Lutheran Church
Swede Home
Farmers Co-op, Grain and Oil Association
Stromsburg Association
Polk County
PMA
Arthur W. Anderson
William B. Larson
Louisa Pehrson
Truck Driver Dead After Accident On Silver Creek Street
A dairy truck collided broadside with a gas transport at the U S 30 Neb 39 junction downtown shortly after noon on September 10. Milton Dean Erks 23 of Grand Island Neb was killed instantly and pinned in the dairy cab for two and a half hours. The gas driver Donald Yetter 53 of Lt. Edward Neb was treated and released from Genoa hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Grand Island
Neb
Milton Dean Erks
U. S. 30
Donald Yetter
Edward
Erks
Vetter
Genoa
Lincoln Star
Innesses, Eisemans Attend Eastern Star Events Abroad
Mr. and Mrs. George Inness returned from Estes Park. Their son and daughter-in-law James and wife from Waco joined them. Jimmy later returned home. Mrs. Timm visited Philadelphia two weeks, attended a brunch honoring Vera Jones in Mitchell Nebraska, and joined the National Grand Chapter convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Inness
Estes Park
Colorado
James Inness
Waco
Texas
Jimmy
Albert Timm
W. F. Eiseman
Philadelphia
Open House Held At Osceola School Buildings
A Board of Education sponsored open house at Osceola high school attracts about 250 guests. Earl Watts welcomes visitors and Virgil Bugbee introduces the faculty. The program features Marsha Richards and Delores Hendrickson tap dance, Danny Husak piano solo, Carol Sterup piano solo, Nancy Nash vocal, Kay Timm ballet, Barbara Klingman Jack McCormick among piano soloists, Kathy Schneider presents. Howard Carlson gives a 4 H swine earmarking demonstration. Coffee and doughnuts served. tours of both buildings offered for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Earl Watts
Virgil Bugbee
Marsha Richards
Delores Hendrickson
Danny Husak
Carol Sterup
Barbara Klingman
Jack McCormick
Kay Timm
Nancy Nash
Kathy Schneider
Howard Carlson
Dale Frizzell
Bulldogs Fall To David City 13-6 In Openers
Osceola fell 13 to 6 at home to David City in the opener. Osceola outgained on the air and ground but others capitalized on two productive drives. Curt Bryan led the Bulldogs with 62 rushing yards and Le Roy Rein snagged two passes in a competitive evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldogs
David City
Osceola
Sipes
Butler County
Curt Bryan
Leroy Rein
Larry Frizzell
Bryan
Kobra
Hanis
Bolton
Stromsburg
Goldenrod
Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Week Sept 9 16 Dismissals List
Hospital News for Jeffrey Memorial Hospital lists patients discharged during the week of September 9 to 16. Names include Mrs Telander Peterson Stromsurg Mrs Laura Hendrickson Osceola Fred H Topil Rising City Mrs James Hayhurst David City Mrs Louis Cohenour Shelby Lyle Johnston and baby Osceola Roy Totter and baby Shelby Philip Waller Stromsburg Norris Anderson Stromsburg Fred Wescoat Silver Creek Rex Watts and baby Shelby Robert Merrick and baby Shelby Ray Tworek Osceola Robert Steenbock Polk Homer Hastings Osceola Earl Burritt Osceola Glenn Knorr Stromsburg Victor Hinze Waco Carl Reisdorff Silver Creek Robert Lux Shelby Paul Mecek Shelby Tom Reece Osceola Herman Schade Shelby Max Jewett Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telander Peterson
Stromsurg
Laura Hendrickson
Osceola
Fred H. Topil
Rising City
James Hayhurst
David City
Louis Cohenour
Shelby
Lyle Johnston
Roy Totter
Philip Waller
Stromsburg
Norris Anderson
Fred Wescoat
Silver Creek
Rex Watts
Robert C. Merrick
Baby Boy
Ray Tworek
Robert Steenbock
Polk
Homer Hastings
Earl Burritt
Glenn Knorr
Victor Hinze
Waco
Carl Reisdorff
Robert Lux
Paul Mecek
Tom Reece
Herman Schade
Max Jewett
Polk County 4-Hers Sweep Ribbons at Nebraska State Fair
Polk County 4-H members earned five purple seven blue twenty four red and twenty seven white ribbons at Lincoln Nebraska. Top honors went to Marvell Fjell Jean Johnson Lionel Swanson and Howard Carlson in various displays and demonstrations. Six Polk judging teams placed high with Foods judging 12th Cloth ing 17th Animal Husbandry 19th and Dairy 13th while An nette Sward judged home living individually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
4-H
Lincoln
Polk County 4-H
Marvell Fjell
Jean Johnson
Lionel Swanson
Howard Carlson
Irene Ruzicka
Natalie Hahn
Linda McKeag
Pleasant Homemakers
Doris Swanson
Kathryn Pliefke
Twila Johnson
Nancy Carlson
Barbara Wieseman
Sherril Erickson
Kay Anderson
Avis Waller
Annette Sward
Marilyn Oberg
Shirley Jones
Janice Kreis
Mary Anderson
Harvey Blase
Happy Lassies
Harold Anderson
Cheryl Bush
Barbara Oberg
Darwin Anderson
Louis Monson
Donald Conkling
Calvin Carlson
Diane Scherer
Bob Swanson
Bobby MecMeekin
Local residents visit relatives and travel notices across states
Guy Fox of Spokane visited with Mr and Mrs Si Cook. Dr C W Jeffrey of Rawlins is a house guest at Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cornish. Rex Hays returns home to Redwood City after summer visit with the Husaks. Rev and Mrs Robert V Johnson attend Town and Country meeting in Chicago for about 10 days. Vernelle Carlson stays with the Johnson children. Bobby Johnson to spend weekend with Clarence Johnson. Florence Casper visits Lincoln last Wednesday with Mrs Husak. Thomas Husak returns to Creighton University for senior year pre med. Jan Grossnicklaus and LeRoy Gabriel enter University of Wyoming at Laramie for fall term. Mrs Dick Walgreen and Jean visit Mrs Martha Walgreen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Fox
Spokane
Wash
Si Cook
C. W. Jeffrey
Rawlins
Wyo
Kenneth Cornish
Fred Husak
Rex Hays
Husaks
Redwood City
Calif
Robert V. Johnson
Town and Country Committee
Chicago
Creighton University
Jan
Holly Grossnicklaus
LeRoy
Albert W. Gabriel
University of Wyoming At
Laramie
Dick Walgreen
Jean
Ashland
Martha Walgreen
FHA Girls Will Turn Hobo Next Wednesday
On Wednesday September 24 the FHA girls of Osceola High plan to seek jobs to raise funds for the Osceola Chapter. This gives a chance to complete odds and ends neglected during the summer.
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FHA
Osceola High
Osceola
WCTU Convened at Stromsburg for Annual Meeting
The Polk County WCTU held its annual gathering September 10 at the Salem Lutheran Church in Stromsburg. Mrs. John Falk welcomed guests, Edith Malm led devotions, and reports were given by union leaders from Osceola Polk and Stromsburg. Memorial services honored recent deaths and four new recruits were welcomed with white ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
WCTU
Salem Lutheran Church of Stromsburg
John Falk
Edith Malm
Stromsburg
Clarence Carlson
Osceola
Grant Willits
Polk
R. J. Stephenson
Lulu Hendrickson
Albertus Larson
Rolland Swanson
Evelyn Schwartz
Ralph Larson
Elmer Logan
Carl Sundberg
Ross Richards
Falk
Myron Johnson
Parker Aker
Otto Olson
Will Lindberg
Will Carlson
John Herrmann
Shirleen Marie
Warren Leland Carlson
Jay Edwin Marsden
Donna Lynn Hanson
Laborer Falls 16 Feet At Grain Elevator Site
A Tuesday morning accident at the Farmers' Grain Elevator building site injured Max Jewett 33 of Cable Wisconsin. He fell 16 feet from the bank into the pit and was admitted to Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital with a leg injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers
Max Jewett
Cable
Wisconsin
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Births report from Jeffrey Hospital and Memorial
Dennis Gene Watts born Thursday September 11 at Jeffrey Hospital weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce to Rex and wife. Robert Charles Merrick Jr born Sunday September 14 at Jeffrey Memorial weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces to Robert C. Merrick and Nellie Cox Merrick. Catherine Lynn Gaskins born September 11 at Sunnyside Washington weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces to Bruce and Barbara Gaskins. Barbara Lynn Wintersteen is Vic Newcomer’s granddaughter, making Vic a great grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Gene
Rex Watts
Jeffrey Hospital
Robert C. Merrick
Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Robert Charles, Jr
Merrick
Nellie Raye Cox
Shelby
Bruce Gaskins
Sunnyside
Wash
Catherine Lynn
Gaskins
Barbara Lynn Wintersteen
Vic Newcomer
Osceola
Vic
Local Social News from Lincoln and Shelby Areas
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Paul Gustafson and Carol Ann Gustafson. Ladies attended an all day Women’s Society Seminar at Shelby Methodist Church as part of the Columbus District meetings. Calmar Dunn and Morris Dunn family visited Mrs Will Buchta in David City. Barbara Senn and Kathleen Barry were social guests. Nancy Nash honored at a going away party hosted by Anitta Johnson with Betty Lou Burritt and Karen Ferris. eleven girls attended and Nancy received a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gustafson
Carol
St Paul Lutheran Church Plans Finalized for New Building
At a recent meeting St Paul Lutheran Church accepted final plans for a one floor church with an educational unit and social room. Architect Hazen and Robinson of Lincoln designed the seatings for 300 plus 175 overflow in the social hall. Bids expected in January as preliminary work moves the parsonage to a new site and Rev. Robert Johnson and family live temporarily in the Jones property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Hazen and Robinson
Lincoln
Robert Johnson
Martin Jones
Don Cerny
County 4-Hers Head to Ak Sar Ben Show in Omaha
The thirty first Ak Sar Ben Livestock Show opens in Omaha with 1 000 youths from four states entering 2 027 total entries across market steers heifers and dairy cattle. Barbara Wieseman of Osceola is Seward District Dairy Show queen and will participate Friday September 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Coffee
Barbara
Fred Wieseman
Osceola
Seward
Ak-Sar- Ben
Omaha
Lora Lee Dawes
Lionel Swanson
Glen Dobberstein
Darwin Anderson
Louis Monson
Nick Richters
Mr. Coffee
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Osceola Farm Sale Set for October 2
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Yungdahl plan to move to Osceola and sell farm items from their south Osceola home once occupied by the Dahmke family. The sale on Thursday October 2 will include two tractors and extra farm machinery. a detailed list appears next week. Ann Cook’s sale of farm equipment and household goods is slated for September 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Yungdahl
Osceola
South Osceola
Chris Dahmke
Ann Cook
Local families share visits and birthday observances
Mrs. Bill Ferris drove Leila Miley Barbara Oberg and Karen Ferris to Neligh for a Baton Twirling clinic Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. F J Dunn were dinner guests at the Dale Dunn home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fred Schildt of Seward were dinner guests Thursday at the Orval Eikenhorst home in observance of Joe Eikenhorst birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Ferris
Leila Miley
Barbara Oberg
Karen Ferris
Neligh
F. J. Dunn
Dale Dunn
Fred Schildt
Seward
Orval Eikenhorst
Joe Eikenhorst
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Ahrens Jewelry
By Bess Shelmadine
Alliance
State Health Department
E. A. Rogers
Rogers
Mystery Farm
Silver Creek Street
Hospital News
Nebra
St. Paul
Hers
Ak-Sar-Ben
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