Extended Heat Wave Hits Polk County Nebraska
Polk County and much of Nebraska endure an extended heat wave with daily highs reaching 106 degrees or more for over a week. Nights stay in the eighties offering little relief as residents sleep outdoors seeking breezes. Farmers worry the heat could damage the corn crop at a crucial stage, recalling last year's losses. A trace of rain on Saturday failed to provide relief amid widespread record highs.
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Polk County
Nebraska
FWA 4-H Cooking Club Meeting Notes
The FWA 4-H Cooking Club met at Mrs. McCoy's home on July 17 with eleven members two leaders and two visitors present. Wreatha Green was named secretary pro tem cupcakes were judged with Spice Cakes won by Green second Nelson third Eisler served lunch and plans were made for Camp Picnic and Achievement Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FWA
Betty Kisler
Phyllis
Shirley Cramer
Betty Eisler
Roberta Nelson
Ada Marie Nelson
Lewellen Johnson
Laura Jane Taylor
Many Wheat Loans in Polk County
Polk County farmers and landlords are tapping a wheat loan program run by the Agricultural Conservation office. About 200 loans are pending, mostly for current year farm wheat, with roughly 10 indemnity loans through crop insurance. The typical loan covers about 400 bushels per person, and Adolph Haimer of Columbus led with 664 bushels and a $371.18 loan. Farm storage wheat loans begin August 5, and on farm stored wheat must be threshed at least 30 days before application.
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Polk County
Polk County Agricultural Conservation Office
Altthough
Adolph Haimer
Columbus
Polk County radio program features farm policy talks and songs
The Polk County ACP office aired a 16 minute Grand Island broadcast on KIMJ M Sunday at 5 15. John M Staroscik Edward Messing and two sons performed songs about the farm program. Werman A Jones spoke on Wheat Crop Insurance for 1941 followed by a Q A with Myron Q Johnson.
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Polk County
ACP
KIMMJ
Grand Island
John M. Staroscik
Edward Messing
Harris
Terence
Werman A. Jones
Myron @Q. Johnson
Osceola
Staroscik
Lloyd Hahn
Marforio
Rose Staroscik
Mary Ann Starosci
Polk County 4 H Health Champions Named
Vance Bard and Jane Buchta win Polk County 40F Health Contest held July 16 in Osceola. Ray L Cruise County Extension Agent announces the top competitors and notes Vance, 18, is Osceola native son of Frank A Bard and wife. Jane, 17, is Osceola native daughter of Hilbert Buchta and wife. Vance has the higher score and will represent Polk County at the State Fair.
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Vance Bard
Jane Buchta
Polk County
Ray L. Cruise
Osceola
Vance
Frank A. Bard
Jane
Hilbert Buchta
Four H Demonstration Days Held in Polk County Osceola
4 H club members in Polk County are invited to a county wide 4 H demonstration day in Osceola on July 26. The event runs from 9 00 a m to 4 30 p m in the Court Room and offers guidance for new members and hands on practice for experienced 4 Hers with demonstrations presented and assisted by J V Srb and Mildred Nelson of the State Agricultural Extension Office at the College of Agriculture.
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mem‘Dera
Polk County
Osceola
J. V. Srb
Mildred Nelson
State Agricultural Extension Office
College of Agriculture
Community church notices list Sunday services and events
Local church listings show service times for Methodist Swede Plain Lutheran Free Methodist Baptist Evangelical Free and district events. Includes Sunday School at 10, morning worship around 11, union services in the park at 8, prayer meetings Tuesday 8 pm and district gospel events through August 3.
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Methodist Church
Swede Plain
M. E. Church
S. W. Longacre
Free Methodist Church
W. H. Lee
Evangelical Free Church
Union Park Service
Ladies Aid
Ice Cream Social at Arborville Town Hall
The Arborville Sunday School sponsors an ice cream social at Arborville Town Hall Friday evening. Homemade ge cream will be served. locals are invited to join friends for a pleasant community event.
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Arborville Sunday School
Arborville Town Hall
Camping group enjoys Riverside Park stay at Locke Cabin
A group including Jason Marjorle Nelson Phyllis Steck ulutet Shirley Peterson Joan Lindburg Elaine Lindburg Dorothy Whitacre Irene Whitacre Myra Mae Alfred camped at Locke Cabin Riverside Park Central City for the week’s end. Mrs Lloyd Kroger joined Thursday night and Mrs Theo Larson stayed Friday night with the party.
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Jason Marjorle ‘Nelson
Phyllis ‘Steck Ulutet Shirley
Peterson
Joan
Elaine Lindburg
Dorothy
Irene Whitacre
Myra Mae Alfred
Locke Cabin
Riverside Park
Central City
Lloyd Kroger
Theo, Larson
Polk County Republican Women's Club Meeting Notice
A Polk County Republican Women s Club will be organized in the Probate Court Room in the courthouse on Osceola Thursday July 25 at two o clock p m Mrs Wagner of Lincoln state chairwoman will be present and officers will be elected and committees appointed All interested are invited to attend.
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Polk County
Republican Womens Club
Court House
Osceola
Wagner
Lincoln
Better Sheep for Nebraska 4-H Club Meet
The Boys and Girls 4-H Club met July 18 at 8 o clock with Marshall and Charles Riley. Leaders discussed showing suggestions, 7 visitors attended, Maurice Anderson of the area attended and may attend Aug 1 to advise on sheep raising. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Fred Riley. Aug 1 meeting planned at Cary and Duane Sterner home. Members prepare exhibits for the Little World's Fair at York Reporter.
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Nebraska
Marshall
Charles Riley
Maurice Anderson
Anderson
Fred Riley
Cary
Duane Sterner
York
Utility Taxes Increase Hit Iowa Nebraska Light and Power
The 1940 revenue act raises corporate income tax to 20.9 percent, capital stock tax to 1.10 per thousand, and electric energy tax to 8.13 percent. Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Company estimates annual operating expenses rise by about 140000 dollars due to these taxes retroactive to January 1 1940 and June 30 1940 for different taxes.
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Iowa- Nebraska ,Light and Power Company
L. R. King
Local Dinners Highlight Hampton and Clarks Families
Mr and Mrs Lester Rehrs were hosted Friday evening at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Theo Rehrs in Hampton. Mr and Mrs Roy Whelson of Clarks were entertained at dinner Sunday in the home of Mr and Mrs Willard Adelson and their son.
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Lester Rehrs
Theo. Rehrs
Hampton
Roy Whelson
Clarks
Willard Adelson and Son
Local Residents Attend Visits and Gatherings Across States
Arborville residents report visits from relatives in Minnesota and Iowa. Local families host dinners and picnics, with trips by Bedient, Shrum, Filck, and Wessel, plus illnesses prompting travel to Missouri for a father. Members attend reunions and club meetings in York, Omaha, and red Oak areas.
Rev Berg Resigns Pastorate At Hordville Lutheran Church
Rev M B Berg resigns after two years as pastor at Hordville Lutheran Church effective August 25. He will take a similar post in Manchester New Hampshire and leave for that city September 1.
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Berg
M. B. Berg
Lutheran
Hordville
Manchester
New Hampshire
Polk News Highlights Quiet Weekend Gatherings
Crowds gathered at City Park for Union Church services led by Rev. I B Booker. Town residents reported multiple visits and picnics at Buckley Park Stromsburg Central City Hordville and Arbroville with numerous local families hosting relatives and friends over Sunday and Sunday evening.
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Polk
Union Church
I. B. Booker
Free Methodist Church
Charles Riley
Tekamah
Nelson King
Laverne Hahn
California
Lester Rehrs
Harold Johnson
Buckley Park
Stromsburg
Nelson King and Son
Central City
BG. W. Hahn
J. W. Nelson
Hordville
W. L. Lindburg
Grand Island
Mr. Jones
Lawrence Jones
Sherman Jones
J. &. Ericksen
Donna Hansen
Adelaide Lindburg
Hampton
Carroll Ericksen
R. C. Gustafson
Hilmer Jones
T J. Nelson
Landis Smith
Selma Anderson
Austin
Texas
Arvid Carlson
Clarks
C . Snodgrass
Osceola
Ira Glasser
Near Hordville
The
Baptist Church
Goldie Fossberg
Lillie Lind
Nell McNaught
Virgil Bush
Claus Lindahl
Wattle Lindquist
Carl Steelquist
Irvin Anderson
F. W. Peterson
Turlock
Calif
Glen Hill
Walter Binford
Oscar Gustafson
W. A. Stevens
Blanche
Harry Peterson
G.F. Brownfield
Lincoln
G. M. Hill
George Bright
Hill
Black Hills
A. B. Peterson
Greeley
Cole
Karl Detloff
W. J. Kroger
Iva Stevens
Geanelle Sundberg
Chester
Elmer R. Peterson
A. W. Shafer
C. G. Jack
Former Polk Boy On Extended Vacation
Oscar Stromberg reports his son Robert of Polk will leave New York by boat this weekend and travel via the Panama Canal to Los Angeles to visit sister Hazel. He plans a train return across the United States with a Polk visit in late August.
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POLK
Oscar Stromberg
Robert
U. S
Washington D. C
New York City
Panama Canal
Los Angeles
Hazel
United States
Kook Kuick Klub Meets at Maxine Kahler Home
The Kook Kuick Klub gathered at Maxine Kahler’s home on a Tuesday afternoon to discuss the lesson. Nine charter members plus leaders and two visitors attended. white breads brought by five girls were judged as club songs and yells were performed.
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Kook Kuick Klub
Maxine Kahler
Welcome Willits
Hannah Meline
Meline
Kahler
Wheat program work begins in Polk County notes
Twenty five Polk County farm reporters contact tenants to write applications for the 1941 wheat crop insurance. The effort began July 19 and runs to early August with landlord letters sent about the program. August 15 is the deadline at the county AICP office. The process includes signing the wheat program for 1941 and securing farmers' yields from the past year.
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Polk County
Tme
AICP
Osceola 4-H Extension Picnic Set For August First
Arrangements are complete for the County 4-H Club and Extension Service picnic at Osceola on August 1. Captain Schrein of the State Patrol will speak, a 9:30 a.m. softball tournament will feature 4-H clubs, swimming at reduced rates, and games for all. Families and lunch baskets invited.
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Osceola
Ray L. Cruise
Schrein
State Patrol
Margaret Erickson obituary notes birthplace and family
Margaret Erickson born in Gothenburg Sweden November 19 1952 died July 19 1940 at 87 married to Olof Norine later moved to Nebraska husband two daughters and one son preceded her in death two sons Theodore of Custer South Dakota and Clara Remington of Grand Island thirteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren survived funeral services at Brauer Funeral Home Polk Monday officiated by Rev Longacre interment Swede Plain Cemetery
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Margaret Erickson
Goteberg
Sweden
Olof Norine
Tlinois
Nebraska
Theodore
Custer
South Dakota
Clara Remington
Grand Island
Brauer
Polk
Longacre
Swede Plain
Sunday Guests and Local Vacations In Stromsburg
Sunday guests at the Victor Anderson home included Vernon and Clara Anderson Denah Samuelson Isaac Samuelson and Clara Anderson with others from Lincoln Polk Osceola Sioux Falls and St. Cloud. Several families planned trips to Minnesota Colorado Wyoming and California while relatives visited and returned from travels.
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Stromsburg
Victor Anderson
Vernon Anderson
Denah Samuelson
Lincoln
Isaac Samuelson
Polk
Carleton Anderson
Qsceola
Earl Widen
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Clara Anderson
St. Cloud
Minn
Rey
Omaha
Albert Wendall
Alice Wendall
B.S. Nordlund
Lakes
Minnesota
A. C. Morrill
Jean Wolcott
North Platte
Jean
Pelican Lake
Wolcott
Stever
Leonard Hagstrom
Seattle
Washington
Oregon
California
Rain request ad maker finds forecasted payoff
Harold Polly Acker former Osceola store man now Fairbury shoe dealer drew headlines by placing a rain want ad in the Fairbury paper. He asked for rain that would not spoil a Steele City picnic. The picnic ended Saturday night and Sunday saw 2.03 inches of rain.
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Getst Harold
Polly” Acker
Fairbury
Harold
Steele City
Honored at Arborville shower for Mrs Lyle Cockle
Mrs Lyle Cockle was the honored guest at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs Cora Cockle in Arborville. A mock wedding served as the main feature with games and contests. Thirty five ladies attended and enjoyed refreshments after receiving many lovely gifts.
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Lyle Cockle
Cora Cockle
Arborville
Man Loses Arm After Windmill Fall Near Osceola
William Angell, 47, of Osceola area, sustained severe injuries in a fall while repairing a windmill. A board on the platform broke, his arm caught a guy wire, and sliding down lacerated the arm to the point of amputation. He was in fair condition at York Hospital.
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William Angell
Osceola
Osceola Man Among Cadets training at Randolph Texas
A Osceola youth named William A. Herrmann is listed among 230 Flying Cadets at Randolph Field Texas. The group will finish basic flight training on July 26 then move to Kelly Field for ten weeks more before earning Wings and commissions as Second Lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve. Herrmann is the son of Mr and Mrs W J Herrmann of Osceola Nebraska.
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Osceola
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Texas
Uncle Sam
West Point
Kelly Field
Air Corps Reserve
Wm. A. Herrmann
W. J. Herrmann
Rain Drenches Shelby Parish Festival At Sacré Coeur
A sudden half inch rain at 530 p.m. Sunday sent hundreds of festivalgoers at Sacré Coeur Catholic Church in Shelby scrambling for shelter. The shower, lasting about 30 minutes, cooled the air and drew more attendees, with organizers estimating 2000 to 8000 people visiting the grounds that evening to enjoy games refreshment stands and open-air dancing.
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Shelby
West Side Community Notes and Social Gatherings
Luther League meets Thursday evening with Martin Jones and Martin Appleton families hosting The Ladies Missionary Society will meet July 31 in the afternoon Mrs Carl Pierson will entertain the TCCW club Thursday afternoon Bernice Sward hosted a missionary tea Wednesday afternoon Mr and Mrs Oscar Fredrickson spent Sunday at Ollie Johnson home near Polk Grandma Larson visiting Wm Garson home Mr and Mrs Frank Bolton and family and Kermit Larson spent Saturday evening with friends at Benedict Mr and Mrs Ansel Fredrickson and Dale spent Sunday evening at Faye Beardsley home near
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Arborville News
Dan Graves
Minnesota
D. D. King
York
Chas. Lytle
Stanley Bedient
Hemingford
Neb
Coral Cockle
Glen Bedient
Glendate
Calif
Shore
Fred Bedient
Harold Bedient
Oris Shrum
Stromsburg
Byrd Shrum
Leand Bowers
Kenneth
Mervin Shenk
Dora Swanson
Catherine of
Gresham
W. J. Fisher
Ralph "Fisher and Morris
Ben Paben
Lulu
Hampton
Marcella
Phyliss Shenk
Clarks
Maurice Filck
John Wessel
Viola
Bonnie Filck
Iowa
Lincoln
Grant Johnson
J Johnson
Otto Wallace
Missouri
Thals Belle Lackey
Lutheran Hospital
Robert Merchant Leff
Gertrude Flick
Ted Otte Jr
Raymond Noble
Aurora
Loveland
Cole BP
L. Kemper
Clarence Kemper
George
Ernest Rat- Ngee
Hellis Sterner
Frank Merchant
Omaha O'Er
Henry Vontausen
Frank Scheapferd
Bernard Schmidt
Scottabluft
W. B. Bedient
Audrey
Warold Bedient
Lyle Cockle
Henry Kisler Lot Polk
Piper
Rhoads
Fred Lodgett
Beloit
Wis
Chester Pickrel
Red Oak
W. J. Fisher and Daughters
West Side News
Luther League
Martin Jones
Martin Appleton
Ladies Missionary Society
Carl Pierson
TCCW
Bernice Sward
Oscar Fredrickson
Ollie Johnson
Polk
Grandma Larson
Wm. Garson
Frank Bolton
County Fieldwoman Attends York Rural-Urban Meeting
Mrs. Angell and her daughter Betty Jeanne with Miss Nell Reece attended York July 17 rural-urban program chaired by Mrs. Kirkpatrick. Over 100 rural and urban ladies heard a chalk talk on the Farm Program with Reece as accompanist.
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York
Wm. Angell
Betty Jeanne
Nell Reece
Kirkpatrick
York County
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