Death summons well known Polk businessman
Paul T. Wurtz, 68, prominent Polk businessman and former city council member, died December 6 after ill health. He had run the implement business with his son Leo for twelve years, previously lived farm north of town, and was active in civic affairs. He is survived by his wife, son Leo, and daughter Mrs Charles Norquest. Interment was in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POLK
Paul T. Wurtz
Wurtz
St. Francis Hospital
Osceola
Paulie
Leo
Charles Norquest
Near
Church Cemetery
Beulah Mae Peterson 1899 1946 Nebraska educator and church member
Beulah Mae Peterson daughter of Frank E and Jessie Peterson born Polk County Nebraska May 22 1899 died November 30 1946 at her mother's home Englewood Colorado aged 47 years 6 months 8 days. She taught in Nebraska and Colorado schools since 1922 and dedicated years to Christian service and Sunday School. She was survived by her mother four brothers and a sister plus numerous relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Mae Peterson
Frank E
Jessie Peterson
Polk County
Nebraska
Englewood
Colorado
Free Methodist Church
Polk High
Nebraska State Teacher College
Nebraska Central College
Central College
McPherson
Kansas
Ralph
Pollk
Lloyd
Denver
Chas
Watertown
New York
Nathan
Margaret
Polk High School News Highlights Acknowledge Student Events
Polk High School reports Claire Hobart entertained students on December 5. Hobart, a blind musician since infancy, began piano at two and accordion earlier. He has traveled as a missionary and performs in schools and churches. The Junior Play at Polk was a success. Basketball season opens with Bradshaw, next game vs St Bonaventure on December 13. Local seniors decorate for Christmas as vacation begins December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk High School
Claire Hobart
Polk
Bradshaw
St Bonaventure
Columbus
LeRoy Anderson
Lowell Bills
Derald Johnson
Donald Forss
Gail Kealiher
Don Rasmussen
Jim Sundberg
Walden Volz
Wallace Lind
Kenneth Upton
The Swede Home Church Activities and Visitors
Sunday School 10 a m and Morning Worship 11 a m at The Swede Home Church. This week Ladies Aid 2 30 p m and Lutheran Brotherhood 8 p m at William Larson's home. Conf irmation Class 9 a m and Children's Christmas practice 9 45 a m on Saturday. Luther League moves to Sunday night December 22. Miss Ida Klein of Beatrice will spend the winter in Osceola with Mrs. Richard Matheson and daughters.
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Alfield BE. Franzen
Trinity
Ladies Aid
Lutheran Brotherhood
William Larson
Luther League
Ida Klein
Beatrice
Osceola
Richard Matheson
Stromsburg Man Dies From Self Inflicted Gunshot
Sam Kisler, 66, of Stromsburg, died Sunday from a self inflicted gunshot. He had been widowed recently and lived alone. He is survived by two daughters and one son. His brother Will Kisler lives in Polk.
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Stromsburg
Sam Kisler
Mr. Kisler
Will Kisler
Polk
Former Polk High coach now Joliet music director
Maurice D Ellison, Polk High School coach 1935 36, now directs vocal music at Joliet Township High School and Junior College, Joliet Illinois He has been named music director of St John s English Lutheran Church Joliet and sends greetings to Polk School and its people.
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Maurice D. Ellison
Polk
Jolet Township
Joliet
Ellison
Lloyd Kroger
St. John’s English Lutheran Church
Polio victim wins collie pup in Lassie contest
Larry Kinberg ten year old son of Keith and Mrs Kinberg of a farm east of Stromsburg won the collie pup given away by Joe Chantry of the Muse Theatre in connection with the picture The Courage Of Lassie. Larry, a polio victim treated at Lincoln Orthopedic Hospital for sixteen weeks, returned home Sunday.
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Larry Kinberg
Keith Kinberg
Stromsburg
Joe Chantry
Muse Theatre
Chantry
Jess
Lassie
Larry
Lincoln Orthopedic Hospital
Soil Conservation District Supervisors Election Set
On January 11, 1947 land owners will elect two Soil Conservation District Supervisors to four year terms. Nomination petitions list Gordon Fredrickson Osceola Harry Sterup Shelby M G Lindburg and Ray Brigham. Petitions may be endorsed by 25 or more landowners at the Extension Office Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation District
M. G. Lindburg
Polk
Ray Brigham
Shelby
Gordon Fredrickson
Osceola
Harry Sterup
Polk County Men Discharged From Service
The following Polk County men have been discharged recently from the Service of their country Joseph R Koziol Osceola Ralph BE Herrmann Osceola Marvin D Hengelfelt Stromsburg Dale E McCormick Silver Creek Levert C Oquist Silver Creek Christian L Gaedeke Silver Creek Otto BE Ewert Columbus Carl Q Peterson Jr Stromsburg Kenneth L Davis Polk Harold D Nebosis Osceolo David P Benda Shelby Winard H Augustin Shelby Robert H Mace Clarks Wayne C Coffin Shelby Donald W Ericson Stromsburg There have been no inductions or enlistments during the past month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Joseph R. Koziol
Osceola
Ralph BE. Herrmann
Marvin D. Hengelfelt
Stromsburg
Dale E. McCormick
Silver Creek
Levert C. Oquist
Christian L. Gaedeke
Otto BE. Ewert
Columbus
Carl Q. Peterson, Jr
Kenneth L. Davis
Polk
Harold D. Nebosis
Osceolo
David P. Benda
Shelby Winard H. Augustin
Shelby Robert H.mace
Clarks
Wayne C. Coffin
Shelby Donald W. Ericson
Sunday Socials Across Down Arborville Area
Mr and Mrs Robert Merchant visited the Otter family while Mr and Mrs Lewis Stark spent Sunday with the Bedients. The Lundbergs and Seth Piper shared visits with local households as Blythe Whittemore and Inez Long joined Whittemores for a weekend. Wayne Lindholm with Edward Reckner hosted and guests from Aurora and Stromsburg called in on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville
Robert Merchant
Ted Otter
Lewis Stark
Aurora Sipent
Fred Bedient
H J Bedient
Lloyd Stromberg
Earl Stevens
Jerry Werth
Seward
A. O. Whittemore
Seth Piper
B. EE. Jenking
Stromsburg
R. C. Russel
Lincoln
A. C. Whittemore
Wayne Lindholm
Edward Reckner
Baby
Sundbergs Visit Cousin in Stromsburg Evening
Mr and Mrs Maurice Sundberg of Stromsburg visited Sunday evening in the home of her cousin Mrs Hennle Seymour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Sundberg
Stromsburg
Hennle Seymour
Polk County Extension News Highlights and Activities
Polk County will be on the air Saturday December 14 at 11 00 a m on KMMJ. Miss Eva J Bute resigns as Home Demonstration Agent to take a position in Holdrege. A Fertilizer Meeting drew 35 farmers and color slides on crop experiments. February 8 the Cornhusker Caravan will visit Polk County with 14 subjects. Dairy Breeder’s Association work progresses as membership reaches 231 farms and 83 5 cows settled with three breedings. The Plying Fingers 4 H Club began with a breakfast and elected Laura Skinner president Betty Lees vice president Joan Taddiken secretary Rogene Lees awarded medals. Extension Office offers circulars on gifts and sugar-saving tips.
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County Extension
Polk County
KMMJ
Eva J. Bute
Phelps County
Holdrege
Ernest Lees
Laura Skinner
Betty Lees
Joan Taddiken
Rogene Lees
Merna Lees
Christmas Seals Fight Tuberculosis Worldwide
A history of Christmas seals began in Denmark forty two years ago and spread to the United States in 1907, raising millions to fund tuberculosis study and care. Despite progress many still die yearly with about 55,000 TB deaths in the United States and half a million people ill, including 40 000 under thirty.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
United States
Congressional activity and wartime labor shifts noted
The article tallies the 79th Congress outputs including 1,730 Senate bills and 5,111 House bills, 425 Joint and 168 Concurrent Resolutions. It cites committee reports on 2,358 measures, 1,017 bills passed, and over 300 resolutions adopted, with 18,000 pages of debates. It also details War era contracts and payroll shifts across agencies and onset of prefab aluminum housing plans.
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Senate
House
Congressional
Stromsburg Social News Highlights Visitors and Returns
Mr and Mrs Lewis Herrmann and Mr and Mrs Nick Gerdes of Osceola visited the Herman Anderson home. Miss Mary Ann Anderson, studying in Omaha, spent the weekend with her parents, joined by roommate Corrine Wilson of Valentine. The line also notes visits by the Hultquist and Elliston households, updates on Larry Kinberg’s polio recovery and his prize Lassie, Pvt Richard Pogue’s discharge and family visit, and guests of Borgstroms, Hornblooms, and Nordbergs with quick weekend attributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Lewis Herrmann
Nick Gerdes
Osceola
Herman Anderson
Mary Ann Anderson
Omaha
Corrine Wilson
Valentine
Anderson
August Fischer
Arthur Hultquist
Richard Pogue
North Camp Polk
Irene Pogue
F. O. Borgstrom
Carl
Burbank
California
P. W. Anderson
For Sale Local Livestock Listings
Hereford boars eight miles south of Polk offered by George Ditloff. Registered spotted Poland China male hogs for sale. Also young Shorthorn bulls eligible for registry. Contact Henry Olson at 1422 Hordville.
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Polk
George Ditloff
Poland
China
Henry Olson
Hordville
Big Yield Wins County Corn Crown for Local Farmer
BE H Tooker of Silver Creek tops Polk County in the 1946 National DeKalb Corn Growing Contest with 126.16 bushels per acre. Other county yields include Lewis Schott of Osceola 101.76 Rexford Peterson of Osceola 104.37 Nell Brigham of Shelby 104.15.
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BE. H. Tooker
Silver Creek
Lewis Schott
Osceola
Rexford Peterson
Nell Brigham
Shelby
Dunning Man Killed in Highway 30 Crash West of Osceola
O. J. Stratton, 50, of Dunning Nebraska died in a Friday morning collision seven miles west of Osceola on Highway 30. He drove a 1940 Buick owned by Riggs Motor Co of Dunning on a test trip toward Omaha. The Buick was a total loss. the truck from Kearney-based Transfer Co had damage but the driver, Donnald Hardthope, was unhurt.
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O. J. Stratton
Dunning
Nebraska
Donnald Hardthope
Kearney
Osceola
Osceola Social and Holiday Notes Report
Community news from Osceola notes visits by D Z Kelley and Carl Pierson family, births at St Francis Hospital, Farm Bureau event with 10c grab bag, visitors from Fairbury and Rochester, Legion and Auxiliary Christmas party plans, injuries, sheriff’s trip to Wyoming with a prisoner, All State Football Rally in Lincoln, veterinary convention, vacation trips, church youth dinner, and local gatherings with families in Burwell, Fremont, and Lincoln.
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D. Z. Kelley
Omaha
Carl Pierson
Avoca
Minnesota
Albert Pierson
Roger Gustafson
Polk
St. Francis Hospital
Stephen Roger
Linda Gustafson
C. R. Peterson
High Prairie Unit
Farm Bureau
Alvin Merrick
Charles
Fairbury
Ruth Merrick
Rochester
Osceola
Merrick
Alvin Merricks
Barbara Jan
Dick Merrick
Clay Center
Legion Double
Auxiliary
Columbus Post
Floyd Frizzell
C. R. Frizzell
Silver Creek
Elmer Berger
Veterans Hospital
Lincoln
Oscar Gustafson
Gunnard Peterson
Rawlins
Wyoming
Shada
Hanson
Harold Cole
Don Byers
John Mitts
Lincoln Junior Chamber of Commerce
University of Nebraska
Wesleyan University
Ottumwa, Iowa
W. F Monson
State Veterinary Medical Association
W. J. Herbes
California
The
Methodist Church
DeVern
Nadene and Son
Wesley Koehler
June Koehler
Fremont
Don Uland
Raymond Simpson
Donald Simpson
Burwell
Nebraska
Wm. Campain
W. H. Fulwider
Kenneth Mentink
Leonard Mentink
Lincon
The Song and the Star Christmas Cantata at Polk Church
The Polk and Swede Plain Choirs present The Song and The Star Christmas Cantata December 15 at 8 PM conducted by S A Ramp featuring thirty six voices with organ, solos by Donna Lee Sundberg Janice Sundberg Cenith Penrose Arthur Bates Bill Lavelle and others. The program includes Immanuel Mystery of Life Fear Not The Herald Angel Great King of All Nations and The Christmas Song with an offering and announcements by a large soprano and alto group and a full chorus with tenors and basses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Holton
Polk and Swede Plain
Promised Savior
Cenith Penrose
L. Kroger
Harvey Lind
Albert Sundberg
Mervin Shenk
Marilyn Dahlin
Arlene Hahn
Mervin Samuels
Gwendolyn Stevens
Jeannine Lind
Clifford Penrose
Lloyd Hahn
Dorothy Ann Dahlin
Lloyd Stroger
Marlene Shostrom
Lois Johnson
Delores Dahlin
Marjorie Dahlin
Willard Adelson
Emil Pearson
Janice Sundberg
Glennis Widga
Donna Lee Sundberg
Darlene Johnson
Elmer Garner
Merle Stromberg
Doris Anderson
Joan Lind
Arthur Bates
Jack Lavelle
Burdette Flodman
Oscar Sundberg
Wallace Lind
Darrel Johnson
Jimmie Sundberg
Boris Benson
Bill Lavelle
Wayland Flodman
Greens Chapel Liberty Local 578 FECU Election Friday
Liberty area notes election of officers for Greens Chapel Local 578 FECU set for Friday evening. Other items list church events and visits among residents including Mrs. D Newcomer hosts and Mrs D Powell plus family travel and guests in Ogden Utah and Nebraska towns.
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Edward Crossant
John Carter
Scottsbluff
Lewis Berggren
Marvel Berck
Lincoln
D. D. Newcomer
Liloydel
Harold Anderson
Marquette
Brooke Berggren
E. M. Schroll
Seward
C. W Hennings
Virgil Hennings
Hennings Beore
New Mexico
McNeeley Whitacre Couple Wed In Bellevue Kansas
Esther McNeeley and H G Whitacre were married Monday December 9 in Bellevue Kansas. Mrs Whitacre has worked at the local telephone office three years. Mr Whitacre runs the Polk barbershop. Hill carries fortune this couple to Kansas and back. For sale a seven room house two lots double garage hen house located in Hordville call 45 Mrs Judith Holmes. 12 2
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McNeeley
Whitacre
Esther McNeeley
H. G. Whitacre
Bellevue
Kansas
Polk
M Hill
Hordville
Judith Holmes
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Indiana
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Ohio
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National Republican Congressional Committee
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Republican Food Study Committee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House of Representatives
Washington
80Th Congress
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Hurd Hatfield
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