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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1945

Page

8

Local Social Notes From Osceola And Nearby Towns

Mrs Will Kroger and Mrs Hen nie Seymour visited in Osceola. Sunday hosts included Mr and Mrs Leonard Orendorff with Vern Brown and others. Janice Sundberg visited Lincoln. Several couples and families attended dinners and visits in Stromsburg York North Loup Old. A New Honor Roll dedication at Arborville Church is planned for April 29. Judge I M Bengtson anniversary dinner honored in Aurora.

Will Kroger Hennie Seymour Willard Cornell Osceola T. A. Stevens James Green J. C McClure Leonard Orendorff Vern Brown Chappell Paul Stevens Clem Orendorff Richard Sealey Irvin Light Carl Wilshusen Janice Sundberg Lincoln Donna Lee Oscar Sundberg Henry Sandell Albert Sundberg Edwin Anderson Stromsburg John Adelson Chapman Henry Ziegelbein York Wm. Ziegelbein C R Leach Bilanche Seaman Dale Leach North Loup Kenneth Leach Old Seaman Leach Alameda Calif Arborville Lloyd Kroger Jeanelle I M S Bengrtson Aurora

State Farm offers 80 percent collision coverage

A Lincoln style ad offers 80 percent coverage up to 250 dollars for crumpled fenders and other collision damage. It promises dollar-for-dollar refunds thereafter and directs inquiries to Petrus C Nelson of Stromsburg Nebraska with phone 2912 State Farm Mutual.

State Farm Mutual Petrus C. Nelson Stromsburg Nebr

Notice to Creditors in Charles O Johnson estate

In the County Court of Polk County Nebraska creditors are notified of a hearing on August 20 1945 to hear adjust and allow all claims against the estate of Charles O Johnson deceased. Claims must be filed by August 18 1945 or be forever barred. Dated April 20 1945 L M Merrick County Judge.

Polk County Nebraska Charles O. Johnson L M Merrick

Hearing on Nebraska will for Howard Tarman estate

Notice to creditors heirs and devisees that Gilbert Blaine Tarman petitions to prove a foreign will from Illinois for Howard Tarman deceased. The hearing is set in Osceola Polk County Nebraska on May 18 1945 at 10:00 AM. Publication in Polk Progress three weeks prior is required. Related parties include Ann E B Tarman and devisees.

Howard Tarman Gilbert Blaine Tarman Nebraska McLean County Illinois Enid Testate North Range Polk County Ann BE. Tarman Ann EB Tarman Tarman Osceola Polk Progress L M. Merrick

Legal Notice for Tressie Ethal Shanebrook Estate

Notice to creditors heirs and others that Newton Shanebrook filed on April 14 1945 a petition in the estate of Tressie Ethal Shanebrook who died intestate February 26 1940 in Rockford Winnebago County Illinois. The undivided one half interest in real estate described as west Quarter of Section 31, Self Witre a Want Ad.

Tressie Ethal Shanebrook Newton Shanebrook Rockford Winnebago County Illinois

Petition to Determine Heirship in Polk County Neb.

L. M. Merrick, county judge, files a petition for probate of Tressie Ethal Shanebrook estate in Polk County Neb. The hearing is set for May 11 1945 at 10 AM in Osceola. The petition seeks heirship, debt discharge, and decree establishing descent of real estate. Attorneys Mills & Mills represent the petitioner.

Polk County Nebraska Tressie Ethal Shanebrook Sait Tressle Bethal Shanebrook Osceola L. M. Merrick Mills & Mills

Inauguration and War Memories Highlight Nebraska Ledger

Reports recall Aifiaswee Retefrend in the Philippines 1935 and escapes from Japanese firing squads. He travels to Washington and will visit San Francisco as Philippine delegate to the International Security Conference. Mention also notes CAA pilots, modernization of aircraft, and extensive county expense entries and adjournment details.

Paul Cunningham Iowa House Committee On Washington Lincoln Nebraska House of Representatives United States Cunningham Philippines Manila San Francisco International Security Conference Luzon Delgado Omaha Fremont

County Commissioners Audit Claims in Polk County Nebraska

Osceola Nebraska April 17 1943 official proceedings show the Polk County Board auditing and approving claims with warrants issued from the County General Fund Each listed item includes names titles and amounts such as County Treasurer salary 166 65 County Clerk 166 65 County Attorney 83 32 clerical 100 00 and printing telephones and salaries for several county officials and staff.

Gunnard Peterson Charles Sargent Ruth Shustrum Lillian Timm Mary E. Carlson Edith Heilman Lincoln Tele. & Tele. Co Anderson Mercantile Co. Loo Iceadedbrdagee Patele Victor ‘Anderson Co Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Agsn Food Center R. M. McDonald Osceola Water Department T. A. Reece Stromsburg Hospital Thelen's Pharmacy Medical Robert Doner St. Funkhouser Lincoln Road Equipment Co Edward Schlesinger Arthur S. Nelson Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Assa Homer Hastings Tillman H. “Joy Lloyd Miller Robert Miller Osceola Nebraska Board of County Commissioners Polk County County General Fund Carleton Anderson John T. Anderson Philp Campbell Cne Elsie Cole Roy W Erickson Dorothy Jones K-B Printing Company Lincoln Tele & Tele Co Telephones Oh Oliver McBeth LM Merrick

Government wartime policy allowed brief whiskey resumption

In court dialogue the judge notes that once distillers halted whiskey for industrial alcohol, racketeers moved in. He credits government action permitting a short legal whiskey resumption without harming the war effort.

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