R H Thesing dies in Stromsburg obituary note
R H Thesing born February 10 1873 in Henderson County Illinois died December 5 1945 in Stromsburg aged 72 years 9 months 25 days. He joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Benedict around 1894. He married Hilda Runquist October 7 1914. Survived by brother Chris of Stromsburg three sisters Mrs Frank Anderson Dora Thesing and Mrs Ray Phillips of Moline Illinois and many nieces and nephews. Funeral held December 9 at Brauer Funeral Home with Masonic Order in charge burial in Swede Plain cemetery.
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R. H. Thesing
Stromsburg
Henderson County
Illinois
Evangelistic Lutheran Church
Benedict
R. A. White
Hilda’ V. Runquist
Polk
Thesing
Chris
Frank Anderson
Dora Thesing
Ray Phillips
Moline
Brauer Funeral Home
Masonic Order
Swede Plain
Polk County Selective Service Discharges List
The Polk County Local Selective Service Board announced today that numerous registrants have been discharged from the service. Names include Duane B Allison Stromsburg Mervin L. Rystrom Stromsburg Allen H Brown Shelby Malyn W DeTwk Shelby Richard P Augustin Shelby Leland F Bruckner Breee W Arnold Stromsburg Gary Jacobson Jr Stromsburg James C Valasek Columbus William H Norton Osceola Paul I Serman Osceola James Larson Stromsburg Fred K Johnson Stromsburg Ansel Rodne Polk Charles R Widga Polk Carl I Cramer Polk William J Czapla Columbus Garrold E Anderson Stromsburg Emerald A Gustafson Osceola Grant E Marseen Gresham Nimrod W Noreen Stromsburg Harry B Kreis Stromsburg Julian R Freeman Stromsburg Max A Thelen Osceola Lewis C Dunn Osceola
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Polk County
Birthday Party Honors Mrs Lemke After Noon
A Monday afternoon birthday celebration for Mrs Lemke featured a candlelit room and a Christmas tree. Mrs M E Olson led carols while Rev Olson gave a solo and spoke on Time. guests included Ed and Theo Larson, Wallace Sandell, and others.
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Lemke
M E. Olson
Rev Olson
Ed Larson
Wallace Sandell
Santa Claus
Willard Lindburg
Ebba Hanquist
Henry Horstman
Wilbur Whitacre
Theo Larson
Prenuptial Shower Honors Miss Berniece Wilshusen
A prenuptial shower was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milfred Johnson for Miss Berniece Wilshusen. About twenty five guests enjoyed games, a scrapbook gift, and a two course luncheon hosted by Milfred Johnson with helpers Melba Ann Wishusen Ervin Light and Norman Wilshusen.
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Milfred Johnson
Berniece Wilshus
Melba Ann
Melba Ann Wishusen
Ervin Light
Norman Wilshusen
Here Is One For Mr Ripley Two Pocket Books
The story follows Bernie Gissler of Osceola who lost his billfold with seven dollars and his license. Rol land Gissler, Bernie’s brother, found a billfold on a trench in Okinawa. Rolland’s billfold returned from the war department to Shim intact except for mold from Okinawa mud.
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Ripley
Bernie Gissler
Rudy Gissler
Osceola
Rolland Gissler
Bernie
Okinawa
Pacific
Rolland
War Department
Shim
Veterans attend county Legion banquet in Stromsburg
A county Legion meeting and banquet at Swanson's Hall Stromsburg last Wednesday evening drew a large crowd. Veterans of World War I and II including F. W. Davis Everett Green Hidon Anderson Ralph Upton Lyle Widge Carl Steelquist Maurice Lindburg Jr Ivan Cramer Donavin Widga Irvin Gestrine Robal Gustafson Arnold Isaacson Robert Dahlberg Roll Dahlin Melchior Widga Floyd Bittinger Ralph Harrington reported a fine event and good turnout.
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American Legion
Swanson's Hall
Stromsburg
F. W. Davis Everett Green
Hidon Anderson
Ralph Upton Lyle Widge
Carl Steelquist
Maurice Lindburg, Jr
Ivan Cramer
Donavin Widga
Irvin Gestrine Robal Gustafson
Arnold Isaacson
Robert Dahlberg
Roll and Dahlin
Melchior Widga
Floyd Bittinger
Ralph Harrington
Local social notes feature visits and birthdays across Lincoln area
Mrs George Wilson visited relatives in Lincoln from Tuesday to Wednesday. Mrs Florence Dyer accompanied her home for a few days. Mr and Mrs John Wessel and daughter with Clarence Paden visited the Maurice Flick home for Mrs Flicks birthday. About twenty guests played cards Sunday evening. Several families visited hospitals and homes in Aurora Stromsburg Marquette Benedict Deshler and York. The Twentieth Century Club held a Christmas meeting with small attendance. Captain and Mrs Thomas King and family were luncheon guests in York. Cpl Harlan Werner and Dorothy VonFange visited Grand Island and Deshler for wedding anniversary celebration. Cpl Lloyd Morris of Hamilton Field Calif returned home after discharge.
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George Wilson
Lincoln
Plorence Dyer
John Wessel
Clarence Paden
Wenashee
Wash
Maurice Fiick
Maurice
Alliance
Ohio
D. D. King
William Dayton
York
Chas. Lytle
Cpl
Harlan Werner
Dorothy VonFange
Grand Island
Ray Werner
Deshler
Walter Werner
Lloyd Morris
Hamilton Field
Calif
Local attendance at Osceola Legion Turkey Shoo event
Glenn Hill Ray Werner Floyd Lyle Cecil Newton Earl Rassmus senior and junior and Harold Green were among local attendees at the Osceola Legion Turkey Shoo on Sunday. It is noted Messrs Werner and Lyle will have turkey for Christmas dinner.
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Glenn Hill
Ray Werner
Floyd Lyle
Cecil Newton
Earl Rassmussen
Son
Harold Green
Legion
Osceola
Messrs
Werner and Lyle
Local Folks Attend Ceremonies and Gather for Holidays
Mrs John Stariscik plans to attend Capping Ceremonies in Denver at St Joseph Hospital this week. Mary Anne Stariscik is a nursing student in the class of 1946. Bentley Brown discharged from the Navy on December 6 at Maryland after enlisting in 1942 and 22 months aboard at Norfolk. Captain and Mrs E. M. Burr of Ft. Meade visited here, with plans to settle in Florida after discharge. A turkey shoot at the fair grounds drew a large crowd despite freezing weather, sponsored by the Legion. Wayne Anderson notified his parents of arrival on the West Coast and Denver discharge plans. three years service, two overseas, in the Signal Corps of the 13th Air Force. Dr. and Mrs. Hoberg traveled from Corpus Christi for a family death in Sargent, Neb. Pvt. Gene Cole returned from McCook air base for a three day pass. transfer to a Texas camp planned. Lowell Hanson resumed post office duties after Navy enlistment. Parish group St Andrews held a Christmas party at the Albers home with high card prizes awarded to Mrs Ervin Grossnicklaus and Louis Shemek. Families shared Sunday dinners near Stromsburg. Joe Nuquist returned from Madison, Wis. for Christmas. Robert Nuquist to visit from Long Beach for holidays, then return to California. Mr. and Mrs. V. Hurst planned Denver holidays with son Harry Flurst. Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Peterson hosted the 49er bridge club. Herman Anderson won traveling prize. County Judge Merrick issued a marriage license to Eleanor G Scow of Shelby and Clifford D Colvin of Ada Okla.
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John Stariscik
Denver
St Joseph Hospital
Mary Anne
Bentley Brown
Navy
Maryland
Norfolk
Virginia
E. M. Burr
Ft. Meade
LeRoy Johnson
Burr
Central City
Army
Florida
Fair Grounds
Legion
Wayne i. Anderson
FT. Anderson
West Coast
Signal Corps
13Th Air Force
F. Hoberg
Corpus Christi
Texas
Nebraska
Sargent
Neb
Gene Cole
McCook
Lowell Hanson
Leo Albers
Sophia Kresha
Leo Kresha
Adolph Kresha
St Andrews Parish
Albers
Ervin Grossnicklaus
Louis Shemek
Carl Cederberg
John
Walter Berck
Mardell
Robert Miller
Marilyn
Maurice van Houten
Stromsburg
Joe Nuquist
Madison
Wisconsin
A. F. Nuquist
Robert Nuquist
Long Beach
California
49Er Bridge Club
Herman Anderson
Merrick
Misa Eleanor G Scow
Shelby
Clifford D Colvin
Ada
Oklahoma
County Extension News Plains oats germination test urged
State Testing Laboratory advises testing oats for germination and purity and asks farmers to submit samples soon to the Extension Office. A county test plot for oat varieties may run with 100 farm samples by January 1 to justify spring 1946 planting.
World-Herald readers invited to writers' reading
Omaha World-Herald invites readers to a writers reading event at the downtown library featuring local authors. Public admission is free with a brief Q&A session to follow.
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The
Omaha World-Herald
Sam Crouse Heads Polk County Fair Board
At a special meeting of the Polk County Fair board of directors last week Sam T Crouse of Osceola was elected president to succeed Dick Merrick who could not accept the office Other officers include Grace Hahn of Polk as vice-president Don Word berg of Stromsburg as secretary and I D Huston of Osceola as treasurer.
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Sam Crouse
County Fair Board
Polk County Fair Board of Directors
Sam T Crouse
Osceola
Dick Merrick
Grace Hahn
Polk
Don Wordberg
Stromsburg
I. D. Huston
Rheumatic Fever Heart Disease Program Extends Reach
Nebraska runs a rheumatic fever and heart disease program in two counties under Services for Crippled Children with plans to expand. Early signs include poor weight gain pallor nosebleeds rapid heartbeat low fever and limb or abdominal pains. Only a physician can diagnose. provide good nutrition rest exercise and a clean home to build resistance.
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Polkr County Medical Society
Nebraska
State Journal and World Herald Subscription Request
A reader asks about subscribing to The State Journal and World Herald. The clipped note seeks information on available plans pricing and how to start delivery.
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The
State Journal and World Herald
The First Christmas Tree Legend by Luther the Bold
A frost nipped evergreen stands small and child sized as a woodman brings a tree into a warm home. A boy watches as glass ornaments shimmer and melt into light while Luther, a daring man, smiles at the simple magic of trees and children.
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Martin Luther
Youth With Borrowed Car Injures in Night Crash
Louis Meryl 22 of Brainard is hospitalized at St. Francis with leg injuries and facial cuts after his borrowed car veered off Highways 306A and 81 near Brainard, smashing a guard rail. He claimed two men gave him a ride and liquor, a tale later found to be false. the vehicle belonged to Joe Riha of Omaha and was driven from Brainard to Osceola before the crash.
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Louis Meryl
Brainard
St. Francis Hospital
Meryl
Gunnard Peterson
Joe Riha
Omaha
Osceola
Swede Home Luther League Meets This Week
Local Swede Home Luther League schedules a Tuesday December 18 meeting. Farm Bureau gathering set for Friday December 14 at Petrus Nelson home. Community notes cover visits, birthdays, and school closings including Dannebrog and High Prairie 4-H activities.
Nelsons 85th birthday causes Stromsburg gathering
Nelson celebrated his 85th birthday on a Saturday with a Sunday School group visit to his Stromsburg home. A program was given and lunch served. Several relatives and visitors from Minnesota Texas Illinois and California visited or arrived on leave from the military in the prior days. Master Technical Sergeant Richard Nelson arrived in San Diego from the Pacific Theater aboard the Salerno Bay last week.
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CP Nelson
Floyd
Great Lakes
Illinois
R. E. Nelson
Richard Nelson
San Diego
Salerno Bay
Reuben Nelson
Minneapolis
Minnesota
David Sundberg
California
Willard Jeffery
Dennison
Texas
E. O .Jeffery
Schuyler
Howie C Ed Johnson
Allegra
Lou Israel
Osceola
J A Anderson
Milton Anderson
Dean Sharp
Andrew McCumber
Grand Island
Morris Johnson
Mary McCumber
Stromsburg Hospital
Herman A Jones Elected Chairman of AAA
The county AAA elected Herman A Jones as Chairman for 1946 on December 7 1945 along with Lee F Campbell as Vice Chairman Parl O Bond as Third Member and alternates Wm R Donelson El mer Tooker. The Commodity Credit Corporation announced all grain bin sites in Polk County are to be abandoned and for sale at reduced prices with wooden bins at 161 dollars and steel bins at 27200 dollars. contact the AAA office for details.
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Herman A. Jones
AAA
Herman A Jones
Lee F. Campbell
Parl O. Bond
Wm R. Donelson
Elmer T. Tooker
Commodity Credit Corporation
Polk County
Arnold Isaacson Visits Los Angeles Over Christmas Holidays
Arnold Isaacson was en route by plane from Omaha to visit relatives in Los Angeles for Christmas. Mrs Isaacson had already left for the western city several weeks earlier. The couple plans to return to Polk before the new year.
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Arnold Isaacson
Polk
Omaha
Los Angeles
Tax collections reach all time high in County
County Treasurer Carleton Anderson reports November tax receipts surpassed 9 000 for real estate and personal taxes excluding auto. Comparisons show 1941 November collections at 32 000 and 1943 around 50 000, with heavier payments due to rising taxes and greater ability to pay in some districts.
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Carleton Anderson
Mrs Christine Johnson Swanson Rites Held In Stromsburg
Mrs Christine Johnson Swanson, born February 18 1873 in Sunne Varmiland Sweden, died December 5 at Osceola hospital aged 72 9 22. She immigrated in 1893, settled near Osceola, married Edward Swanson February 24 1897, had three children, two grandchildren, and two U S Navy relatives. Funeral services were held December 7 at Kepner Funeral Home Osceola and Evangelical Covenant Church Stromsburg with interment in Stromsburg cemetery.
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Christine Johnson Swanson
Sunne Varmiland
Sweden
Osceola Hospital
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Edward Swanson
Evangelical Covenant Church
Quist
Osceola
Alfred
Grand Island
Norma
Charles Walgren
Monroe
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Paul Walgren
Clemens Swanson
Our Land
Emma Banta
Emil Olson
Brooklyn
Kepner
George Schermer
Stromsburg Cemetery
Polk Town Board Opens Ladies Rest Room at Hotel Basement
The Polk Town Board with the Woman's Club has arranged a ladies rest room in the hotel basement. It is cleaned, attractively painted and heated at all times. Support is urged to keep it sanitary, funded by salvage proceeds from waste paper.
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Polk
Polk Town Board
Woman’s Club
Polk merchants stock up for Christmas shoppers
Christmas merchants in Polk County tout large inventories of home furnishings toys toiletries clothing and gift items at Sundberg’s Polk County Hardware Davis Pharmacy Lloyd Rogers Home Service Store Green’s Appliance and Clothing. Local residents Mr and Mrs John Smith visited Loup City. M G Hill accompanied C Whittemore to Lincoln for arm surgery. several Legion members attended a County Legion meeting and dinner in Stromsburg.
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Sundberg
Polk County
Davis Pharmacy
Lloyd Krogers
Home Service
Green's Appliance & Clothing
Polk
John Smith
Loup City
the & W
Hahn
Lloyd Hahn
Martin Baack
M. G. Hill
C. . Whittemore
Lincoln
County Legion
Stromsburg
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Mrs
Paul Lemke
Polk Commercial Club
Arborville Way
Osceola News
County Extension News
Sixtension
Polk County Farms
York County Rural Youth Organization
Onstators
W Enterprises
College of Agriculture
Lilly Brigham
Elon Gonnerman
Food Mills
Foley Mills Co
Sally
Union Pacific
Agricultural College
Ellen
D. D
Clarence Larson
Walter Larson
Wm. Larson
Johanna Larson
Aisél Fredrickson
Dale
Mary
Marvin Fredrickson
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