John Cohagan 77 Dies After Short Illness at Polk Home
John Cohagan 77 Polk resident died early Saturday after a short illness. The obituary notes his 53rd wedding anniversary and lists surviving children including Rev Acquilla Cohagan John Jr Winifred Frank Floyd Lillie Hoover Viola Wither Jonathan Cohagan and others. He was born December 9 1868 in Ash Grove Iowa and moved to Polk County Nebraska as a child. He married Laura Judd at age 23 and had thirteen children five of whom preceded him in death. He lived most of his life in Polk except four years away and died June 1 1946. Funeral services were conducted by Rev Booker of the Free Methodist Church with interment at Polk cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cohagan
Pioneer Polk
Cohagan
Acquilla Cohagan
Turlock
Calif
John, Jr
Colorado Springs
Colo
Winifred
Frank
Polk
Floyd York
Dave Recd
Oregon
Lillie Hoover
Sterling
Viola Wither
Jonathan Cohagan
Ash Grove
Iowa
Wagora
Polk County
Nebraska
Laura Frances Judd
Ottuma
David Aquila
Lillie Clarinda
Cora Sofia
Grace Rosetta
Mary Viola
John Wesley
Winfred Leslie
Robert Franklin
William Floyd
Bessie Lenora
Bertha Lydona
Laura Vivian
Loran Earl
Lillie Clarinda Hoover
William Ployd York
Laura Vivian Beck
Red Wood City
California
Mr Codagin
Egre
Stromsburg Hospital
Daddie A Poignant Tribute From a Grieving Family
A heartfelt elegy honors a departed father, recalling his protective presence and family warmth. The speaker laments a broken family tie while cherishing memories of childhood songs, late lap sits, and a voice once shared with loved ones. The poem looks forward to reunion in the afterlife.
Primary Ballot Sample Included in This Issue
The issue presents sample ballots for the upcoming primary election and urges readers to check them before voting.
Local Folk Visit Kin Across Nebraska In Weekend Notices
Large grain of social activity with multiple visits and gatherings across Elwood North Platte Grand Island Central City Osceola and Hampton. Families including Whitte Cramer Wurtz Blase Smith Gustafson Lindburg and Gustafson mark birthdays vacations and church events amid Bettys and veterans from Polk Deschler and Harvard.
Albert Sundberg in Osceola Hospital After Major Surgery
Albert Sundberg, noted businessman, was rushed to St. Francis hospital in Osceola Tuesday morning and underwent major surgery that afternoon. Reports say he remains critically ill but has a good chance for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sundberg
St. Francis Hospital
Osceola
Wilshusen Picnic At Aurora Park Draws 63 Attendees
Wilshusen family picnic held June 2 at Aurora Park with 63 present. A noon dinner and late afternoon ice cream and strawberries followed by time together. Attendees include Art Wilshusen Melba Ann Mundt Dorothy Amel Wilshusen Ervin Light Mary Light Elmer Wilshusen and Dick Saghorn with several out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilshusen
Aurora Park
Art Wilshusen
Melba Ann
Henry Mundt
Dorothy
Amel Wilshusen
Ervin Light
Mary Light
Elmer Wilshusen
Dick Saghorn
Arborville Social Roundup Builds Weekend Visits
Miss Nora Mae Cline and Bill Cine with Gilmer and Lindburg families hosted and visited relatives from Lincoln Hampton and Denver. A Adelade Lindburg shower at Hordville honored the bride to be. Memorial Day address given by Rev Paul Lemke at Arborville Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Mae Cline
Lincoln
Bill Cine
Faustin Ames
Gilmer
Robert Stevens
Joan Lindburg
Willard Lindburg
R C Gustafson
Hordville
J L. Erickson
Hampton
Adelade Lindburg
Gustafson
Robert Merchant
York
Donald Newton
W . Newton
Keilan Newton
Denver
Colo
Geo. Otte
Paul Lemke
First Baptist Church
Polk
Arborville
Martin Hoffman
Leroy Bills
John Bills
Oklahoma City
Lyle Cockle
Gresham
Stromsburg Hospital
Maurice Flick
Aurora Park
Ernest Kading
Union Pacific announces revised morning train arrival in Polk
The morning train from Union Pacific will arrive in Polk at 7 05 instead of 6 35. Dan Ice and Mon of Green River Wyoming visited relatives and friends Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Polk
Dan Ice
Mon
Green River
Wyoming
New Doctor to Locate in Osceola
Dr D T Kelley of Omaha will open offices in the former bank building on Osceola’s east square. Kelley, a 1944 University of Nebraska Medical School graduate, interned at Naval Hospital San Diego and served on the USS Colorado. He was honorably discharged June 1. Mrs Kelley, formerly Madonna Burke of Rochester, Minnesota, is a graduate nurse. They have a 20 month old son and reside on Gospel Ridge in a home purchased from KK A Cornish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Kelley
Omaha
Bank
Sam Crouse
de Kelley
University of Nebraska School of Medicine
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Calif
US Battleship
Colorado
Kelley
Madonna Burke
Rochester, Minn
Gospel Ridge
Kk A Cornish
Rainy May Brings 4.35 Inches. April 31 Inches
May rainfall in the vicinity totaled 4.35 inches, compared with 31 inches in April. Despite a spell of unusually cold weather, farmers report crops are normal with no damage from the cold snap.
New Delaware County CC Corp bonus payments for crops
Swistay payments for dairy products sold in April June will be paid in July August. Folk County farmers and landowners sold 227384 bushels of corn and 54371 bushels of wheat under the Commodity Credit Corporation bonus plan. The train will be shipped directly to Europe to aid the starving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folk County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Europe
Hordville Man Attends Modern Woodmen Convention
T G Slater of Hordville leaves for Chicago to attend the 25th quadrennial Modern Woodmen of America head camp. He is one of six Nebraska delegates elected at a May 1 state convention in Omaha. The gathering includes 190 delegates from the U S and four Canadian provinces and runs June 4 through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T G Slater
Hordville
Modern Woodmen of America
Chicago
Mr Slater
Nebraska
Omaha
United States
Family Reunion Marks 75th Birthday and 41st Anniversary
Forty relatives and friends gathered at Grant Willits home to celebrate Carrie Johnson’s 75th birthday and Fred Keeler’s 41st wedding anniversary. Guests from Monroe, Lindsey, Columbus, Genoa, Stanton, Clarks, Alda, and nearby areas attended a bountiful meal and exchanged remembrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Willits
Carrie Johnson
Fred Keeler
Johnson
Edith Johnson
Ben Nelson
Lewis Johnson
Eril
Monroe
Ray Johnson
Lindsey
Milo Keeler
Violet Medinger
Columbus
Charles Keeler
Genoa
Dale Willits
Stanton
Edwin Drewel
Alda
Archie
Ed Rudman
Richard Johnson
Clarks
Clair Willits
Beryl
Wheat Rye Mixture Contest At Grain Improvement Plot
A wheat-rye percentage estimation contest with a 25 prize will highlight the grain meeting at the Herman Anderson farm on Tuesday June 25. Nebraska residents may participate as the event ties to rye invasion in wheat and features field observations, seed tests, and a seed treating demo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Anderson
Nebraska
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Nebraska Agriculture Experiment Station
Joc Swindbank
Grain Improvement Group
Cheyenne
Harry McCauley
Adolph Forss
Milfred Johnson
Walter F. Nelson
Harry and Calmer Herrmann
Guy Rosenberry
James B&. Cook
Gerhardt Lux
Judge Kroger Speaks at Picnic Honoring Bodine’s 25 Years
District Judge E. G. Kroger of Grand Island spoke at a local picnic honoring C. O. Bodine who completes twenty five years as manager of the Farmers Co operative Association. George Grosvenor of Central City recalled the association’s early history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Kroger
Grand Island
C. O. Bodine
Farmers Co-operative Association
George Grosvenor
Central City
Death of Malcolm J. Ferguson Pioneer Banker in Marquette
Malcolm J. Ferguson long prominent in Polk and Hamilton county banking died at his Marquette home after a two week illness. Born November 9, 1880 in Algonquin Windis he moved to Nebraska with his family and attended Aurora schools and the University of Nebraska. He served as bookkeeper and assistant cashier at First National Bank of Aurora for 20 years then led the Citizens State Bank in Polk and later the First National Bank in Marquette. He was active in Nebraska Bankers Association and Freemasonry. He is survived by his wife two daughters Betty Schumacher of Greenwich SC and Shirley of Marquette two sons Donald and Malcolm Jr, two grandsons John Donald and Todd Ferguson three granddaughters Elizabeth Mary and Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm J. Ferguson
Polk
Hamilton
Marquette
Malcolm John Ferguson
Algonquin
Windis
John D. Ferguson
Jennie Todd Ferguson
Nebraska
Aurora
University of Nebraska
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Ferguson
First National Bank of Aurora
State Banking Department
Citizens State Bank
First National Bank
Nebraska Bankers
South Carolina
Shirley Jean
Donald
John Donald
Todd Malcolm Ferguson
Elizabeth
Mary Schumacher
Ann Ferguson
William Dresden Lindburg 1916 1946 Polk obituary
William Dresden Lindburg died May 26 1946 after illness born March 30 1916 on a Polk area farm married Pauline Fisher October 6 1940 two children Sondra and Dresden Funeral held at First Baptist Polk with Rev Edick A Anderson and Rev Paul Lemke Interment in Laclede Cemetery He leaves wife two children his mother Mrs May Austin a sister Mrs Margaret Lawhead a brother Lewis Lindburg and many relatives and friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. D. Lindburg
William Dresden Lindburgh
Polk
High Prairie
Polk Baptist Church
Pauline Fisher
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Sondra Pauline
Dresden Alden
William
Kearney Hospital
Kearney
Pauline
Sondra
Dresden
May Austin
Central City
Margaret Lawhead
Conad
Lewis Lindburg
Stromgburg
Josephine Lindburg
Nerees
Virgil Lindburg
First Baptist Church, Polk
Edick A. Anderson
Sunday Guests Visit Van Ostrand Family
A string of relatives and friends visited the Van Ostrand home in York for Sunday dinner and extended visits including Cramer of Broken Bow and VanOstrand relatives from Benedict Hampton Bradshaw and York. Everett Green was the Omaha visitor on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. van Ostrand
Arlene
Warold Cramer
Kearney
Billy Alison
Vera Stark
York
Everett Green
Omeha
Polk High School Alumni Banquet Biggest Ever Honored Veterans
The 32nd Polk High School Alumni Banquet drew about 200 attendees as 24 veterans received special recognition. An Honor Roll listed 116 alumni with military service, and classes 1946 1936 1926 and 1916 were honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Mildred Forrester
Merriman
Ralph Doremus
Dorothy Whitacre
Doris Baker
Swede Plain Church
Gilbert Blase
Glen Hill
Raymond Peterson
Osceola
Memorial Day visits and local gatherings in Stromsburg
Memorial Day visitors from Lincoln Osceola Central City Ansley and Osceola joined local Stromsburg families for dinners and afternoon gatherings. A birthday celebration at Miss Marie Samuelson’s home and a hospital surgery for Mrs. Ralph Granere were noted along with summer school plans for Robert Minnick and a family dinner at the Larsens with multiple guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Anderson
Denah Samuelson
Lincoln
Victor Anderson
G. A. Randall
Dickie
Osceola
H. F. Haverland
Homer Green
Polk
Harold Covey
Donald Rystrom
Helen
David Carlson
Arnold Wilhoft
Gerry, Wilhoft
Ramona Larson
Leon Gustafson
Central City
Russell Anderson
Edward Carlson
Marie Samuelson
Vernon Young
Charles
Ansley
B L. Myers
Rodney C. Larsen
Lloyd Fellows
Loren Ray
Verlin Fellows
Wilmer Johnson
Jeanette Anderson
Dorothy Donelson
Friend Man Injured When Car Turns Over
Cr. McCarthy of Friend Ned sustained fractured ribs and other bruises when his 1041 Ford overturned about two miles south of Shelby on Saturday afternoon. A tire blowout caused the crash. He was alone in the car and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Osceola for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cr. McCarthy
Ned
Shelby
McCarthy
St. Francis Hospital
Osceola
Visitors from many towns stop at local homes
Mr and Mrs W Johnson of Denver visited the Johnsons' parents Mr and Mrs John Johnson. Several other couples from Denver Maple Plain Topeka Hordville Central City Clarks Hampton and Hampton attended weekend or Sunday visits at local homes including the Hanquist Gustafson Van Ostrand Ostberg Shenk and related families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Johnson
Denver
John Johnson
Henry Horstmarr
Ivan Carlson
Maple Plain
Minnesota
Reuben Hanquist
Robert Linburg
Topeka
Kansas
P. A Hanquist
Reuben Gustafson
Hordville
Rudolph Gustafson
Henry Horstman
Giltner
Alvin van Ostrand
Florence
O. R. van Ostrand
Bryan Graves
Central City
Grant Johnson
Hol Ostberg
Guy Shenk
Henry Slorndorf
Clarks
Mervin Shenk
Otho Nickels
Hampton
O R van Ostrand
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Daddie
Pease
Dad
Charles Whittemore
Rodney
Elwood
George Wurtz
North Platte
Katherine Anderson
Harold Cramer
Harold Green
Camp Fire
Merle Stromberg
Donna Sundberg
Roy Morgan
Joyce
Clarence Bryant
Wm _ Blase
Mary Blase
Minnie Smith
Marie
Martin Smith
Bill Ziegelbein
Gilbert Driewe
Martha Johnson
van Bush
Will Wurtz
Ralph Shafer
Andy Anderson
Oscar Sundberg
Ella Shenk
Gay Calhoon
Long Beach
Alvin. Smith
Sand
Arthur Gustafson
Robert Gustafson
Victor Larson
Josephine Swanson
Dave Swanson
Joe Swanson
Arthur Anderson
Elmer Garner
Merle LaVelle
Marilyn Lind
Rolland Rodine
Robert Strickland
Fremont
Lloyd Kroger
Junior Lindburg
Dave Swangon
P. W. Aker
Donald Hanquist
Donald Haggart
Lois Hangart
Lindburg
Fred Qlaessle
Oscar Jones
Max Jones
Kenneth Feterson
Earl Johnson
Oliver Johnson
WNU
Wilshusen's
Aaanews
County Extension News
Judge Kroger
Stromsburg
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