Bremer's Sports Spiel: Prospects Across Major Leagues
A column weighs college baseball odds in Omaha and names Tennessee as top pick led by pitcher John Huffstetler. It also surveys Brooklyn pitching, bonus babies like Davidson and Pettit, Lopat signals to Berra, and heavyweight talk with Louis, Schmeling era echoes, plus Ian Tirrell studying via mail courses in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Texas
Tennessee Vols
Vols
Soph
John Huffstetler
Tennessee Nine
Louisville
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brook Bats
Brooklyn
Billy Joe Davidson
North Carolina
Cleveland Indians
Dick Wakefield
Detroit
Paul Pettit
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Davidson
Eddie Lopat
Yogi Berra
Lopat
Old Jersey
Joe Wolcott
King
Ezzard Charles
Joe Louis
Lee Savold
Joe
Charles
Tunney
Dempsey
Louis
Conn
Ian Tirrell
England
South Africa
Tirrell
Sewage Installation Soon Available Said by Village Clerk
Eldon Johnson the Village Clerk reports Nobson Brothers Construction will install pipe and dig the sewage ditch for homeowners linking to the main line. Interested residents should contact any Board of Trustees for more information.
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Eldon Johnson
Nobson Brothers Construction Company
Eldon
Board of Trustees
Ted Alfred Wins Masters Degree at Northwestern University
Ted Alfred will receive his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University in Chicago on June 12. He has accepted a position on the faculty of Chicago University as a research assistant in the Industrial Relation Center.
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Ted Alfred
Northwestern University
Chicago
Chicago University
Columbus man shines in Glenn Hill and Stevens homes
Mr Gus Sawyer of Columbus spent an overnight visit Wednesday at the Glenn Hill residence and also called at the T. A. Stevens home, extending social visits through the day.
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Gus Sawyer
Columbus
Glenn Hill
T. A. Stevens
Alice Mabel Stromberg Obituary Chronology and Family Ties
Alice Mabel Stromberg later known as Alice Karlson was born June 14 1891 near Clarks Nebraska and moved to Stromsburg in 1907. She married Karl Peter Karlson in 1934 and moved to Lincoln in 1942. She died May 24 1961 at age 69 after ill health. Survived by six sisters and two brothers with many relatives and friends listed among attendees and pallbearers.
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Alice Mabel Stromberg
Clarks
Nebraska
Stromsburg
Karl Peter Karlson
Lincoln
Karlson
Alice Karlson
Salem Lutheran Church
Tabitha Society
Women's Missionary Society
Sue
Art Stromberg
Oscar Stromberg
Albert Stromberg
Ray Sealey
Selma Stromberg
Ralph Johnson
Precious Lord
Leslie Johnson
Roy Walin
Merwin Stromberg
Paul Coover
Bill Stromberg
Leonard Stromberg
Robert Oliver
Art Lof
Ida Nelson
Ourin Zeamen
Allan Andresen
Omaha
Quinby
Sioux City
Iowa
Walter Carlson
Wakefield
Morris Carlson
Droughbaugh
Rising City
Art Walin
Leonard Nohavec
Loren Bayden
Eric Carlson
Ruth Christensen
Beatrice Hultgren
Lillian Andresen
Allan Stromberg
Denver
Myr
Roy Miller
Henry Fillman
Lydia Cummings
Beda Stromberg
Lewis Klenzman
Orville Miller
York
First Band Concert Opens Season Under Bates Direction
The season's first band concert was held Wednesday night with Arthur Bates again directing. Bates invites anyone interested to report for practice on Monday evenings.
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Polk
Arthur Bates
Bates
Class of 1926 Holds Polk High Reunion
A joyful Polk High School Class of 1926 reunion was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller Friday evening after the Alumni Banquet. Attendees included Calmer Jones Fairbury Earl Burke Stromsburg Virgil Eisler Wallace Sandell Lloyd Hahn and Lyle Widen. The group reminisced and Wallace Sandell captured moving pictures. Calmer Jones attended his first reunion in 25 years and Mrs. Floyd Miller had attended every reunion. Lunch followed late.
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Polk High School
Floyd Miller
Messrs
and Mesdames Calmer Jones
Fairbury
Earl Burke
Stromsburg
Virgil Eisler
Wallace Sandell
Lloyd Hahn
Lyle Widen
Calmer Jones
Local couple recognized for community and faith work
Mr and Mrs Wallace Sandell are longtime Polk County residents active in school church and civic life. Wallace is a Gideons leader trustee of Polk Baptist Church and school board director while Sylvia heads the Women’s Gideon Auxiliary Mission Circle and Baptist Young Folk sponsor. The family engages in Farm Bureau and photography with a lively, neighborly home. Our Week’s Recognition to Them includes a Bake Sale by Eastern Star Chapter on June 9 at Stromberg’s Grocery.
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Wallace Sandell
Sylvia
Polk High School
Neal
Kent
Diane
Wallace
Gideons
Polk
Polk Baptist Church
Farmers Union Produce
Farm Bureau
Women’s Gideon Auxiliary
Mission Circle
Baptist Young Folk’ Group
Woman's Club
Wally
Knothelers Top North Blue In Slow Pitch Tilt
Softball results show Knothelers defeating North Blue 31 to 11 while Community Club posted 20 and Legion scored 10. Other details are sparse with limited readable lines.
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Knothelers
North Blue
Legion
Osceola Tops Polk In Monday Baseball Results
Osceola defeated Polk 11 on Monday in a baseball result noted for strong offense and late scoring surge. Details on pitchers and inning-by-inning play are limited in the fragment.
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Osceola
Polk
Grandson of Mrs McDaniel Drowns in Huskerville
Teddy Forrester eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Don Forrester of Huskerville died after accidentally drowning in a drainage ditch Wednesday afternoon Funeral services were held Friday at the Community Church in Huskerville Burial followed at Lincoln Memorial Park Survivors include his parents one younger brother and grandmothers Mrs Eva Bowring Merriman and Mrs J E McDaniel Polk Teddy was well known in the community having spent vacations with his grandparents.
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Teddy Forrester
Don Forrester
Huskerville
Teddy
Lincoln Memorial Park
Eva Bowring
Merriman
Polk
Alumni Banquet Celebrates Polk High Alumni of 1951
Polk High School alumni from more than two hundred gathered Friday evening in the school auditorium for the annual banquet themed Our Memories. Honored classes 1921 1931 1941 1951. out of town guests listed. new officers Kenneth Bedient RoDonna Lindholm Merle Stromberg. banquet served by Legion Auxiliary and 1952 seniors as wait staff.
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Polk High School
Long United Graduates
Jim Klingsporn
Jack Myers
Louise Reetz
Hazel Hill
Selah McNaught
Patricia Dahlin
Solene Johnson
Ralph Frazier
Asbury Stromberg
Robert Stromberg
Washington D. C
Dean Nelson
Sterling
Cole
Paul Ruch
Haxtun
Colo
Helen Binford
Glen Pickerel
Omaha
Glennis Widga
Robert Stevens
Fred Bartratt
Dean Wiemer
Lincoln
Calmer Jones
Fairbury
Gene Bauer
Sutton
W. W. Norton
Raymond QC
Peterson
Osceola
Kenneth Johnson
Marquette
Frank Nelson
Gothenburg
Clarence Munn
Central City
Arthur Twarling
Earl Burke
Roland Swanson
Harvey Sundberg
Stromsburg
Kenneth Bedient
RoDonna
Indholm
Merle Stromberg
Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary
Bible School Ends At Baptist And Evangelical Churches
The Baptist and Evangelical Free Churches completed a Bible School held May 21 to 31 at the Baptist Church with 48 children enrolled. Lessons covered several age groups taught by Imogene Hanquizet, Mrs. Bodine, Mary Lou Sandell, Ardis Nyberg, Donna Monson, Reatha Creech, Mrs. Gordon Glad, Gilbert Glad, Rev. Clifford Smith, and Marlyce Shostrom. superintendent Rena Mae Willits led the program ending at the Evangelical Free Church. The missionary offering supports Assam, India.
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Baptist and
Evangelical Free Churches
Baptist Church
Imogene Hanquizet
Roland Bodine
Helpert
Mary Lou Sandell
Ardis Nyberg
Donna Monson
Reatha Creech
Gordon Glad
Gilbert Glad
Clifford Smith
Marlyce Shostrom
Rena Mae Willits
Couple and clergyman visit Genoa West Hill Cemetery
Mr and Mrs O F Alfred and Rev and Mrs Nels Pearson drove to West Hill Cemetery at Genoa on Wednesday.
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O. F. Alfred
Nels Pearson
West Hill
Genoa
Lincoln Couple Attends Alumni Banquet Overnight Guests
Mr and Mrs Fred Bartraat of Lincoln attended the Alumni Banquet and were overnight guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Karl Detloff.
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Fred Bartraat
Lincoln
Karl Detloff
Polk Hit By Heavy Rain Delays Corn Planting And Damages
Rain totals of 3.22 inches fell at Polk over two days delaying corn planting as fields dried enough to work. A Thursday night lightning strike at Duane Wilkinson’s farm damaged a barn, calves, hay, tractor and other machinery. A separate 4 to 6 inch downpour near Polk washed out new corn fields and disrupted UP rail service for five days.
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Polk
Duane Wilkinson
Union Pacific
Osceola
Kenneth Davis Receives Degree at Nebraska Graduation
Kenneth Davis received a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at the University of Nebraska graduation. Only twenty three earned the same degree. Katherine Rebbe also received a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, a former Polk High School teacher last at Polk in 1948-49. Mr and Mrs Frank Davis attended the commencement program in Lincoln.
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University of Nebraska
Kenneth
Davis
Katherine Rebbe
Polk High School
Katherine
Frank Davis
Lincoln
Obituary of Edward F Johnson
Funeral services were held at Salt Chapel for Edward F. Johnson who died May 4. Rev. Dawson Parks officiated on May 27. Survivors include his wife Anna, eight children, five sons and six daughters, plus two brothers and one sister. Johnson was born in Kewaunee Illinois in 1874 and lived in Polk Hamilton Merrick and Central City areas. The family noted his farming, Methodist affiliation, and Odd Fellows membership.
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Dawson Parks
Salt Chapel
Edward F. Johnson
Muic
John Hruza
Julius Schmaltz
Elgin White
Jack Malek
Ronald Sarow
Floyd Everett
Larry Staruscik
Reuben Carlson
Arnold Carlson
Edward Franklin Johnson
Kewaunee
Illinois
Lillian Josephine Carlson
Hamilton County
Central City
Mr. Johnson
Methodist Church
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Asreeman
Robert
Edward
Mervin
Baltimore
Chester
Grand Island
Hazel Malek
Osceola
Edna Sarow
Stromsburg
Inez Clizbe
Tacoma
Washington
Evelyn Everett
Corrine Killion
Long Beach
California
Maxine Staroscik
Columbus
William
Fred
Hilma Samuelson
Hershey
Johnson
Anna Johnson
Alfred Gustafson
Gustaf Johnson
Westergotland
Sweden
Nebraska
America
Rantoul
Champaigne County
Merrick County
Chapman
Idas Christine Johnson
Hordville
Polk
Oscar
Baptist Church
Grace Leach
Violet Nelson
Auburn
Oscar L
Rudolph A
Reuben C
Hardville
Ruth Jones
Dale
Virgil Leach
Roger
Richard Gustafson
Doyle Gustafson
Sherman Jones
Brauer Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
Edick A. Anderson
Hordville Baptist Cemetery
Chas Leach
Sterling Nelson
Melvin McKenney
Carl Glenn
Dean Weimer
Lincoln
Kenneth Leach
Ord
Jamey Barbee
Sutton
Hastings
Robert Lindahl
Clarks
Olga Graves
John L. Nelson
Oscar Swanson
P. J. Refshauge
Aurora
Mac Ferguson
Marquette
Very Nelson
Oilers and Johnsons Win Softball Tilts
The D. X. Oilers beat Fredricksons Swedehomers 13 to 9 marking their second straight victory on May 29. Junior Sealey led with three safeties while Wes Johnston and Swanson matched that mark for the losers as the Oilers built an 8 0 lead before the Swedehomes rallied. In the second game Chevrolet defeated Cornhuskers 13 to 8 in five innings, with Eugene Klingsporn driving in two runs for the Cornhuskers amid many errors and walks. A lengthy obituary follows for Alfred Gustafson Johnson, detailing his Sweden birth in 1857, migration to the U S, family, church life, and burial arrangements.
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D. X. Oilers
Fredricksons
Oilers
T Swanson
Junior Sealey
Wes Johnston
Swanson
Johnsons
Cornhuskers
Johnsons Chevrolet
Eugene Klingsporn
Chevrolet Crew
Sundberg Silver Anniversary Open House in Rockford
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Sundverg of Rockford Illinois observe their silver anniversary with an open house this Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs James Lindburg. Guests may call between two to five and seven to nine.
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Lawrence Sundverg
Rockford
Illinois
James Lindburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lwell Bremler
Eastern Star Chapter
Stromberg's
J. EB. McDaniel
BIBLE
FBI
Gloria DeHaven
Haver News
Dennis Day
Mondigan Cartoon
SUN
WED
Comedy Harvey
James Stewart
Josephine Hull Cartoon
Peggy Dow
J. White
Kenneth Davis
Edward Johnson
Abham Larson
Rh. Hanquist
M. Johnson
Cramer
Appleton
W. Johnston
P L. Johnston
K. Larson
Toline
H Hoffman
Ld. Anderson
W. Larson
J. Holmes
Ly. Anderson
Sealey de. Ostberg
Munn
R. Anderson
L. Larson
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