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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
1
A colorless campaign ended with scant local interest Tuesday as farmers were busy. The county commissioners race in the east district saw Owen McClung defeated by Ed Carter. In the Republican contest Louis Daum defeated Os Lux.
The Hastings Methodist District Senior Youth Convention draws record crowds at Mission Camp near Polk this week. About 110 youths are enrolled with Dr. A E Hunter overseeing the event. Principal speaker Richard Ogino a Japanese Wesleyan student joins the Boston Symphony Male Chorus on tour performance.
A concert program dated June 19 outlines a sequence including March Anchors Aweigh March Mexicalli Rose Waltz Country Gardens Invercargill 566 March Harmony Queen Overture Little Sir Echo Cathedral Echoes and Rifle Rangers performed by the March Community Club with a military escort.
Mrs Mildred Snodgrass rehabs at her son Milan Snodgrass’s Osceola home after recent surgery and plans a return home soon. Mary Sigler and Janet Kepner attend the University of Nebraska summer high school course June 6 27, studying speech and music among 239 selected from 800 applicants.
Mr and Mrs Earl Stevens hosted Sunday dinner with family at the Peterson home. Bradshaw visitors G H Yoder called on the Graves family. Petersons visited Carl Stevens, and E B Koon and daughter from York joined Grace Anderson of Los Angeles at the Graves home. Neighbors and relatives visited across several homes, including Beavor Crossing and Benedict. The marriage of Dorothy Bedient to Gerald Stevens is scheduled Friday at Arborville Church at six o clock. J L Stouffer guests and Norquest family dinners are noted.
A health brief urges accident prevention through safeguarding, safe environments, and education. It covers playground safety, bicycle riding rules, car maintenance, safe picnics, and proper crosswalk behavior, warning that accidents strike suddenly and many suffer injuries yearly.
The Home Demonstration Clubs hold a two day district council meeting in Columbus June 14 and 15. Registration starts 10:30 at the City Auditorium, with an afternoon program at 1:30. Miss Florence Attwood will discuss The Home Extension Expanded Program. A banquet follows at 6:30 p.m. at St Bonaventure gymnasium. Saturday sessions begin 9:15 a.m. with group singing led by Mrs. Tullis and a speech by Ethel Saxton.
Several 4-H clubs form in High Prairie with officers elected at Happy Hour led by Orpha and Mary Ekstrom. New clothing clubs are started near Stromsburg and Wayland with leaders Mrs Norris Anderson and Mrs Foy Rosenberry. A John Ernst home 4-H group forms in north county with Dorothy Ernst as member and Mrs John Ernst as leader.
The College of Agriculture hosts a June field day focusing on small grains grasses and legumes. Attendees will find value in the oat plots west of Osceola on Highway 30 and a wheat plot north of Osceola. 4-H clubs and Pure Seed groups are noted with several leaders and dozens of participants.
Last Friday afternoon June Tih Mrs Wi Larson and Mrs Rolland Eckstrom hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Floreine Larson at her home attended by around 30 relatives and a few friends. The blue and white color scheme appeared in games and gifts. A blue and white decorated basket of gifts was presented to the bride by her nieces and cousins. The luncheon featured blue and white candy favors with a pink candle.
Copilot Captain Rob McCormick, brother-in-law to Mrs. A J Chantry of Osceola, died when a US Army C 54 transport crashed on Taboga Island Panama Bay as it attempted a landing. The six crew and 17 passengers perished. Captain McCormick survived by his widow Caroline and their son Robert who stayed with the Chantry family last summer.
Greens Chapel Liberty local annual picnic is planned for Friday evening. The column lists numerous visits and family events including memorials from Ft Collins to Osceola, birthdays, weddings, dinners, and visits among residents in Hordville Benedict Polk Stromsburg York and surrounding areas with relatives from Omaha Los Angeles and Boone County.
The Sandell picnic was held Sunday at Buckley Park with a picnic supper in the evening. Attendees included Henry Sandell and family from Polk, Arthur Heming son from Los Angeles, and numerous relatives from Polk, Grand Island, Genoa, Benedict, Lincoln, and Benedict.
The Osceola Selective Service office will operate part time starting June 17 1946 with hours: closed Sunday Tuesday and Saturday. Open Monday Thursday and Friday 1 pm to 5 pm and Wednesday 10 am to 5 pm. Mrs Blaine P Umstead replaces Marion M Cotter as local board clerk.
Miss Florenne Larson of Swede Home and Kenneth Almstrum of Osceola were married Sunday in Swede Home Church. The ceremony followed morning services with Rev. A. E. Franzen officiating. The couple, both Osceola High graduates, planned to begin life in Denver after a family dinner at the Larsons’ home.
Anna Solterback born December 20 1874 at Om aha died June 7 1946 at Osceola age 71 6 17. Married Louis Scholz March 30 1891 five children survive including Martin Walter William Reuben Timm and Rush Young. Funeral June 12 at Methodist Church burial Osceola cemetery.
Local residents Van Bush and Vandeline visited at the Lawrence Peterson home in Clarks Friday evening. Funeral attendance included Mr and Mrs Lennis Lind, Mrs Nettie Carlson and sons, and Mrs Phillip Johnson in Kearney on Monday for Nina Weist’s funeral, with afternoon Swede Plain Church services. Darwin Newton left for Oklahoma to work in the harvest fields. A Riverside Park picnic featured the Gustafson and Shostrom families. An organ was installed in the Methodist Church with dedication to be announced. Mrs August Nelson is slowly improving.
Miss Margaret Peterson traveled to Rockford Illinois to visit friends after staying at the Ralph Peterson home. Mrs Eldon Anderson hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Dorothy Bedient with 45 guests and a mock wedding. Numerous local families and 4-H members attended gatherings, church and family visits, and summer guest stays across Stromsburg, Clarks, York, and Genoa with trips to Lincoln and Boise mentioned.
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