Local Couples and Families Share Weekend Visits Across Nebraska
A parade of town and rural visitors fills a weekend in Nebraska with multiple households hosting relatives and friends. Notable stops include Omaha’s Neil McNaught and family, Central City’s Frank Nelsons, and the Kroger home near Benedict, among others. Rev Etter of the Portland missionary group visited the Lemkes, while LeVar Sandell spent the weekend with parental hosts Henry and Marion Sandell. Ansel Lindquist and daughter hosted a birthday party honoring Billie, a U S Navy member, with many locals attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil McNaught
Omaha
Frank Nelson
Central City
Lloyd Kroger
Jeanelle
Will Kroger
Martha Westfall
Dana Westfall
Nebraska City
Mesdames
P. W. Aker
Josephine Lindburg
Henry Sandell
Henry Horstman
Maurice Lin
Homer Branting
Grand Island
van Bush
Fred Gilliard
Clarks
Merle Lavelle
Lennis Lind
B. C Stromberg
Billie
U. S. Navy
Julia Lindquist
Stromsburg
Ansel Lindquist
Polk County 4-H Extends Training And Livestock Clubs
Polk County launches a new 4-H judging and demonstration training for agricultural and home economics teams. Burdette Baker leads the May 10 Livestock Club at the Baker home, amid expanding Pure Seed Judging practice and certification efforts with several applicants urged to file by May 10. The county reports 50 wool bags shipped and top contributors with hundreds of pounds of consignments as the war ends and occupation plans begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Burdette Baker
Baker
Burdette
Progressive Livestock & Poultry Club
John Anderson
Wallace Lind
Donald Dahlin
Leonard Anderson
LeRoy Anderson
Doyle Mahlin
Robert Anderson
Norma Tuind
Marjorie Dahlin
Robert C Taddiken
Lincoln Brome
S J Cadwell
George Spit
Polk County Sheep ,and Wool Association
Arthur Morrill
George McMeekin
EH. A. Hedlund
Wallace McMeekin
Milestones on Highway to Victory in World War II
A chronological outline of World War II from Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland to Allied triumphs in 1945. Key events include Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, D Day, the Rhine crossing, and Berlin’s fall, with Allied advances in Africa and Europe.
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Germany
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Poland
France
England
Maginot Line
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Italy
Dunkerque
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
Europe
Russia
America
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
U. S
Africa
British Isles
Ninth
Rhine
Elbe
Austria
Local Visitors Share Weekend at Ferris Family Home
Osceola area families visited Ida Ferris and extended kin over the weekend. Martin Scholz drove his parents to Phillipsburg Kansas for a few weeks visit. he returned Friday. Omaha and Nebraska City guests joined Kenneth Mentink and family for Sunday dinner and relatives in the area were seen. Sheriff Peterson and Mrs Peterson took a business trip to Dayton Ohio. Pat Samuelson and son from York stayed with her father Frank Mills during her reoperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola News
Bert Ferris
Holdrege
Bill Ferris
Valley
Rudolph Sandin
Edgar Wisely
Darlene
Ida Ferris
Martin Scholz
Louis Scholz
Philipsburg
Kansas
Bill
Martin
Donald Jarmin
Harry Lees
Lorraine Whitgren
Omaha
Betty Brown
Nebraska City
Kenneth Mentink
Gunnard Peterson
Peterson
Dayton
Ohio
Pat Samuelson
York
Frank I Mills
Samuelson
Reports Confirmed On V E Day News
The text recalls the moment of final confirmation for V E Day with President Truman stating he had been in contact with General Eisenhower and that there was no foundation to an earlier peace rumor. It notes prior false reports and a White House denial that followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
White House
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Allied forces map vast postwar Pacific push
The article outlines a two theater strategy after victory in Europe. It cites an estimated 5,000,000 U.S. foot soldiers needed to defeat Japan, with full navy and air support. Troop redeployment, divisions regrouping, and months of preparation precede sailing to the Pacific via Panama or US routes. Japan counters with millions of trained youth and mobilization plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Pacific
United States
Panama Canal
Polk County clears May 1 1945 claims in regular session
Polk County Nebraska board auditors approved April and May 1945 claims from multiple funds including County General Emergency Relief Mother's Pension and Special Bridge Fund. Listed payees include Central Electric & Gas Co Omaha Printing Co and Osceola Lumber Co with amounts for clerical, mileage, supplies, repairs, and other services.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
County General Fund
Central Electric & Gas CO
Consumers Public Power District, Light
S. J. Harless
Mrs. Roy &, Hartson
Frank Nordberg
C. Esse Eens
G. T. Ray
Vital Statistics
Jackson Dry Cleaners
Jackson Linen Supplies
Harriet Johnson
Ven Wee
LeRoy Johnson
Sqioqry
K-B Printing Co
Ceereaee
Owen McClung
Helen McCormick
Omaha Printing Company
Osceola Lumber Co
COA
CLC
Evelyn Peterson
Gunnard Peterson
Bruce Pickett
Media One
T A
Reece
Clerk District Court Court
Edith Heilman
Carleton Anderson
Emil Monson
Paul Smith
Dental
Mother's Pension Fund
Evelyn Schwartz
Owen McCuung
Albers & Alcorn Teepalb
John W Oberg & Son
Shelby Cooperative Oil Co Gas
Sinclair Refining Co
A. S. Nelson
Farmers Union Coop Oil Assn
Albert W Gabriel
Arthur S Nelson
John W Cberg & Son
Sigler Garage
S. J. Harless— Ifarmers Coop
Bay Farmers Union Coop
OW Assn Polk
Stromsburg Oil and Grease
S J. Warless Road
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
Special Bridge Fund
Art Barber
Gate City Iron Works Supplies
Emerald Johnson
Verlin M. Johnson
Carl Nyquist
Elmer Swanson
Emer Swanson
Peoeseee
Albers & Alcorn
Tarry W. Pratt
Insurance ad warns of auto claim jeopardy and home loss
A vivid ad urges readers that a costly auto accident claim could endanger home savings and future finances. It promotes State Farm Mutual auto coverage as complete protection at low cost and calls Petrus C. Nelson in Stromsburg Nebraska for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State ‘Arm Mutual Auto Insurance
Petrus C. Nelson
Swede Home Church Sixth Sunday Services
The Swede Home Church holds Sunday School at 10 am and Morning Worship at 11 am on the sixth Sunday after Easter. The Dorcas Society meets Saturday at 2 30 pm with a special Mother's Day program. Next week the Lutheran Brotherhood gathers Thursday at 8 30 pm for a program on Lutheran World Action. A showing of the film Strip Film is planned. Vacation Bible School for children four and up begins the last week of May.
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Swede Home Church
Dorcas Society
Lutheran Brotherhood
Lutheran World Action
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