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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
1
Osceola chamber of commerce bi weekly meeting at Osceola Hotel featured a prize winning 4 H Club baby beef steak dinner served by Host Anderson. County Agent Cruise Phil Campbell and Bob Hansen spoke. Hansen reported on boys state experience. Discussion covered Highway 92 paving completion and plans for a night meeting banquet with state officials as guests.
Robert C. Taddiken of Shelby was reelected chairman of the Polk County Agricultural Conservation Association at a county convention held at the courthouse on Wednesday September 11. John M. Staroscik Osceola was chosen vice chairman and Herman A. Jones Osceola the third member. Alternate members are Ray J. McBeth and Wesley A. Koehler. Between four and five hundred voters participated.
A Monday afternoon shower in the Valley Church basement honored Mrs. Wm. Dotson formerly Grace Wilcox who wed on Sunday. Hostesses Fern Shokey and Alice Garretson led about fifty relatives and friends through a life story panorama with song and acting. Mrs. Dotson received many useful gifts.
The Osceola Rebekah lodge held a special meeting Friday night to observe the 89th National Anniversary. Emma Gylling of Lincoln, a living charter member, addressed the crowd along with Mary McCoy of Plattsmouth, the other remaining charter member. The Osceola Order is about 50 members strong.
Two iron beds with springs a round dining room table a dresser and a refrigerator offered for sale. Inquiries at this office.
Parity payments to Polk County amount to 56969.74 since August 6 1940 with corn. Wheat parity totaling 68656.64, largely in May and June. Deductions for crop insurance reduced wheat payments. Conservation payment, largest of the three, will be issued in late fall. Preliminary work underway in the Polk County Agricultural Conservation Office on payment applications.
Extension Agent Ray L Cruise notes vigorous fall weed growth on untilled stubble in Polk County. Rolling coulters or disks may be used to keep machines from clogging and to keep weeds on the surface, with mowing as a mulch in some cases. Prompt action now reduces seed spread and eases farming next year.
St Andrews and surrounding families attended the funeral of Joseph Altmanshofer in Big Springs. Local gatherings included an Altar Society meeting at the Cerny home and a food sale planned at Hansen's Meat Market. Residents Theodore Gabriel and family visited Fullerton and David City while Mildred Hahn prepared for Washington.
Polk County will supply 37 bachelors aged 21 to 35 for the first draft per War Department figures. Stromsburg contributes 5, Osceola 4, Shelby and Polk 2 each. Registration is Oct 16 from 7 to 9 pm at voting places or schoolhouses. Exemptions include active service, national guard, ROTC, foreign diplomats. Married men living with wives are exempt from the first draft.
Mrs E B Zang of Osceola announces the marriage of her daughter Ruth to Ronald J Tad diken son of Mr and Mrs Robert Tad diken Shelby. The ceremony was May 20 1939 at the Methodist parsonage in Washington Kansas. Ruth is Osceola High School 1935 graduate and worked in Dr Lytle office. Ronald is Shelby High School 1935 graduate and attends University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy. He worked at Bush Drug Store last summer.
Rev. John Oberg leads Luther League gathering in church parlors with the William Buhl and Cc F Johnson families hosting. Sunday marks the 18th Sunday after Trinity with Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning Worship at 11 a.m. titled The Only Solution. Evening Worship at 8 p.m. Deborah featured as the Old Testament Personality. Choir practice Tuesday at 8 p.m. Harmony Society to meet at Chas G Johnson home on September 26 with a Sunday School Rally planned for September 29.
Shirley Harris had her tonsils removed at the hospital on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Steve Larchick announce the birth of a seven pound boy on Tuesday September 17. J D Kittrell of Lincoln was a medical patient earlier in the week at the hospital.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Polk County met at the Polk Methodist church last Tuesday. Morning sessions featured reports from local presidents and county directors on progress despite handicaps. Osceola Union contributed a reading. Polk Union presented a Library Project with a valuable object lesson. Rev Gust E Carlson of Stromsburg led the noontide prayer. Officers elected: President Mrs Falk Stromsburg, Vice President Mrs Goethe Polk, Secretary Miss Blanche Stevens Polk, Treasurer Miss Lulu Hendrickson Osceola.
Mis cellaneous shower hosted at Si Cook home for Mrs Vivian Dunning. Local families and visitors from Stromsburg Lincoln and Columbus attended dinners and visits. Illness at the Andersons and travel updates from Minnesota, Oregon, and Texas appear among the listings.
Osceola High School classes last week elected officers and sponsors for the coming year. Freshmen choose Allen Kresha as president with Rose Staroscik as vice president and Elaine Malek as secretary treasurer, sponsor Miss Lieben. Sophomores pick Margaret Anne Hansen president and Arthur Umshler as vice president with Ruth Bintz as secretary treasurer, sponsor Miss Eden. Juniors elect Bill Grossnicklaus president and Dean Deland as vice president with Irvin Deeds as secretary treasurer, sponsor Miss Elmberg. Seniors name Mary Louise Tenn president and Tom Rutter as vice president with Norman Warwick as secretary treasurer, sponsor Mrs. Larson.
Grace Wilcox daughter of Osceola residents wed William Dotson son of Omaha. Rev Brown officiated at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The couple plans to live in Omaha where Dotson works for Union Pacific. Jeanne Wilcox served as bridesmaid. Charles Bessie as best man.
Polk County farmers approve shelterbelt plantings with 50 miles already on farms. Meetings to elect tree committees and discuss the 1941 program will be led by E. E. Evans of the Forest Service and Ray L. Cruise. Moving pictures will be shown. Clear Creek Precinct meets September 26 at Eller's Hall. Canada Precinct meets September 27 at Strains Hall in Shelby.
Mrs. Millie Daniel and sister Nell Wilson visit in Town with plans to stay as relatives are visited. L R Meacham and Mrs. Tom Meacham travel to Rexford Kansas to see Arthur Yeaton family and return Sunday. George Heinemeyer visits Donald Heinemeyer in York. George Mace Lesta travel to St Paul for the Gladys Mace and Glenn Kanter wedding at the Methodist church. Dake hosts Algor Youngdahl Donald and Clair McCormick for Sunday dinner in Stromsburg. Mark Johnson takes son Verlin to Lincoln for Agriculture College. Floyd Frizzell and family help move Bruce Pickett family to the County Farm.
Polk County shelterbelt owners attended the Shelterbelt Picnic at Pawnee Park in Columbus on Sunday September 15. State Director John L Emerson led speakers as Ray L Cruise Wallace Kinney Rose and Marjorie Staroscik and others performed. About five hundred people enjoyed talks entertainment a horse shoe contest a 30-implement display and a farmers win 23 9 in softball.
Extension agronomist G T Webster and County Agent Ray L Cruise will inspect ten sorghum varieties at three Polk County plots on September 26. Attendees can compare Hegari Club Pink Kafir Early Kalo Kalo Colby Day Sooner Scoti Atlas at the Obrist James McMeekin and Tooker farm sites with morning to midday sessions.
The Wesley Chapel Woman s Foreign Missionary Society becomes the Woman s Society of Christian Service under United Methodist Church. Officers named include President A E Dawes and Vice President Roy Moore with others serving as secretary treasurer and pianist. Local notes mention visits by A Vance and son Leone, Marguerite Johnson’s trip to Lincoln, and a junior department watermelons gathering at Ray Brigham home.
The Dorcas and Junior Dept of Swede Home Church sponsor a Mission Festival on Sept 24 at eight o clock. Displayed will be Mission Fields items. Speakers include Mrs Carl Lof of Omaha and Sister Astrid Erling from China. Refreshments to follow.
A $25 reward is offered by the Parish Hall Committee for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who broke into the parish hall at Shelby on Monday morning September 16.
A terse note from Osceola Wrecking Co reports they offer gumming and sharpening services for all kinds of items. No further details provided.
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