Osceola Hosts District Legion Convention October 1946
Osceola Post 91 will host the 7th District American Legion and Auxiliary Convention on October 23 1946 with 200 to 300 delegates from posts and units including Oncepla Brainard David City Fremont Ulysses Clarkson Howells Leigh Schuyler Dodge Hooper Scribner Uehling Columbus Creston Humphrey Lindsay Monroe Platte Center Polk Shelby Ashland Stromsburg Cedar Bluffs Ceresco Malmo Morse Bluffs Wahoo Prague and Yutan. Sessions will cover district affairs and Legion programs. Notables include Richard D Marvel Department Commander and Mrs W J McVicker Department Auxiliary President with a full program of addresses and reports. An Auxiliary candle lighting and new member initiations are planned.
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Osceola
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Oncepla
Brainard
David City
Fremont
Ulysses
Clarkson
Howells
Leigh
Schuyler
Dodge
Hooper
Scribner
Uehling
Columbus
Creston
Humphrey
Lindsay
Monroe
Platte Center
Polk
Shelby Ashland
Stromsburg
Cedar Bluffs
Richard D. Marvel
Hastings
W. J. McVicker
Lincoln
Ashley Westmoreland
Lincoln Branch
Veterans Administration
W.W. H. Andresen
Veterans Employment
Frank J.tooley
Nels Nelson
Legion
Osceola Post
Kelly’s Hall
Peterson Schroder Quiet Phillipsburg Kansas Wedding 1946
A quiet wedding occurred October 5 1946 in Phillipsburg Kansas uniting Miss Phyllis Peterson daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Peterson Polk with Eldon Schroder son of Mr and Mrs Guy Schroder Alma Nebraska The couple will reside on a farm near Alma Nebraska The bride a Polk High School 1946 graduate and bookkeeper at Fredrickson Imp Co The groom a Huntley Nebraska High School graduate and farmer also attended Sunday dinner guests at O L Gustafson homes included Harry Rolins Prairie Island W A Stev ena and Harry Peterson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk High School
Fredrickson Imp. Co
Huntley, Neb
Alma
Neb
O. L. Gustafson
Harry Rolins
Prairie Island
W A. Stevena
Harry Peterson
Eastern and Western Nebraska Pheasant Seasons Announced
The eastern pheasant season runs October 19 through January 6 with a daily limit of seven cock pheasants and hunting from one half hour before sunrise to sunset. The western season runs October 26 to December 9 with a five cock daily limit. All pheasants must be sex identified and left with head, tail feathers, or feet. no hens may be hunted. Possession limits equal six or seven birds by residence, with frozen storage counting as possession.
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Nebracka
State Game Commission Office
Iwan Cerny Wedding at St Marys Church
Miss Regina Marie Iwan daughter of Mrs Rose Iwan and Victor Cerny son of Mrs Mary Cerny wed at St Marys Church Iwan Cerny wedding held Tuesday Oct 8 at 8 30 pm Rev Edward Jaworowski officiated in a double ring ceremony Relatives and friends attended Mrs Cerny a former Polk County telegraph operator and Mr Cerny a Polk County school alumnus and ex serviceman who served from Sept 1942 to Dec 5 1945 with two years overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin S. Jones
Dorothy Jones
Harold Nelson
Arthur 5. Nelson
Osceola
LaVerne Jones
Horace Stevens
T. A. Stevens
Polk
Alfield Franzen
Swede Home Lutheran Church
Lillie Chilhgren
Gwendolyn Stevens
Dorothy
LaVerne
Charles Walgreen
Ruth Walgreen
Wahoo
Mary Elaine Carlson
Miss Walgreen
Miss Carlson
Polk County
Stevens
Polk High School
Colorado
Iwan—Cerny
St. Mary’s
Regina Marie Iwan
Mra
Rose Iwan
Victor Cerny
Mary Cerny
Edward Jaworowski
Cerny
Double Wedding Honorees Receive Silver Gifts
Mr and Mrs Martin Jones were surprised at a wedding reception on October 12 honoring their two daughters and their 25th wedding anniversary with numerous silver gifts and many cards.
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Martin
Jones
Local notes of visits and events across Polk County
A long list of Sunday visits, social calls, and callers to various homes in Polk County includes Fred Newton visiting Mrs. Linnie Shafer, Carl Mundt's family in Hampton, and other families in Stromsburg, Grand Island, York, and Lost Gatos. 4-H Baby beef sales figures from Ak-Sar-Ben show five Polk County boys selling calves totaling 6040 pounds for 2495.40.
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County Extension News
Polk County
Richard” Péterson
Horn
Jimmie Larson
Hereford
Tom Brigham
Angus
Bobby Peterson
Donald Peterson
Social News Notes From Local Families Gatherings
Mrs. Maurice Flick and Jackie visited Nebraska City with her father John Wes. Glendale residents Mrs. Carl Clark and Mrs. L Welch with son Rexall dined with the Stevens family. Danbury visitors included Daniel Graves Jr and family of Danbury IA. Walter Bingham and family visited Danbury and Aurora. The Lantzers, Kemper, Coy, Reckner, Werth, Scheapler and Rau families also hosted or visited. Crocker gatherings marked by reunions at Bedient and Mulholland households with guests from Hampton, Grand Island, Lincoln and York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville Way
Maurice Flick
Jackie
John Wessell
Nebraska City
Carl Clark
L. Welch
Rexall
Glendale
Calif
Earl Stevens
Daniel Graves Jr
Danbury
Iowa
Dan Graves
Walter Bingham
Lake Geneva
Wis
T. D. Otte
Chas, Lantzer
Aurora
Clarence Kemper
George Coy
C. W. Reckner
Jerry Werth
Seward
Frank Scheapler
Charles Scheapler
Carrie Koltz
Emma Rau
Hampton
Ida Rieckert
Augusta Schrotfelt
Grand Island
Arlo Deihl
York
A. O. Whittemore
Joan Lindburg
Lincoln
W L. Lindburg
Harold Bedient
D. C. Vanatta
Joy, Il
B. E. Mulholland
Omaha
Former Osceola Resident Dies at 103 in Norfolk
Nebraska's oldest Civil War veteran Lewis B. Musselman died at age 103 in Norfolk from old age. Born July 28 1843 near Newark Ohio he enlisted August 8 1862 and served in Kentucky Tennessee the Mobile Campaign and Mobile Bay. He homesteaded near Lincoln before settling in Osceola and later Norfolk. He survived by wife a son Harry Musselman of Osceola two daughters Mae Hurford of Chicago and Mrs Kennard of Norfolk and many grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Norfolk
Lewis B. Musselman
Nebraska
Mr. Musselman
Neward
Kentucky
Tennessee
Memphis
Atlanta
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Lincoln
Harry Musselman
Mae Hurford
Chicago
Kennard
Polk County 4-H Leaders Receive Record Books Reminder
The article notes members must complete record books and submit them to leaders, with premium money distributed once Leader summaries arrive. The Polk County Home Extension Council will meet at the Extension office on Saturday afternoon, October 19 at 2:30 p.m.
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Polk County Home Extension Council
Local News Notes From Stromsburg Area
Mr and Mrs Maurice Newcomer of Lincoln visited with her parents Mr and Mrs R E Nelson and his parents Mr and Mrs D D Newcomer over the weekend Ronald Rystrom son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Rystrom returned on terminal leave after sixteen months overseas in Korea and will be discharged. November 25 Mr and Mrs Herman Anderson and daughter Alice Jane were guests at the Albert Anderson home east of Osceola Mrs Hermann of Osceola and Mrs Lewis Herrmann of Hayward California visited the Andersons last week. Mr and Mrs Charles J Olson received a telegram from their son John of Memphis Tennessee stating he had been discharged from the Navy and will locate in Racine Wisconsin John enlisted February 18 1941 Pvt Lloyd Wittgren transferred from Atlanta Georgia to Fort Jackson South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Newton
Kansas
Will Newton
Linnie Shafer
Henry Mundt
Carl Mundt
Hampton
Hennile Seymour
John Adelson
Carl Smith
Stromsburg
Nof Ostberg
Nebraska
Coon Rapides
Iowa
Hybbrid Seed Com
Ed Anderson
Chula Vista
Calif
L. C Orendorf
Melvin Moore
Arcadia
Shannon Shafer
Kearney
W. A. Wurtz
Ralph Shafer
Grand Island
George, Larson
Albert Peterson
Bellwood
Charles Hoover
Hanford
Hof Ostberg
Esther McNeely
Lynn Baldwin
Des Moines
Darlene Light
Bill LaVelle
Mia
Sid Crow
Elmer Garner
E. I. Garner
Aurora
Will LaVelle
Clarks
Merle LaVelle
Charles Todaro
Long Island
New York
Todaro
Jacqueline Lindberg
Clifford Taylor
Lexington
Charles Dahlgren
Nettie Carlson
Rudolph Gustafson
Frances Skinner
Charles Whittemore
Charles Smith
Wesley Stark
York
Carrie Cook
Amos
McCook
Anna Eklund
Everett
Lost Gatoes
Maurice Newcomer
Lincoln
R. BE. Nelson
D. D. Newcomer
Ronald Rystrom
Alvin Rystrom
Korea
Army
Herman Anderson
Alice
Jané
Albert Anderson
Osceola
Nick Gernies
Lewis Herrmann
Hayward
California
Herrman
Polk County
Charles J. Olson
John
Memphis
Tennessee
Navy
Racine
Wisconsin
Pvt
Lloyd Wittgren
Atlanta
Georgia
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
B. H. Weemer
Lon Danhauer
Central City
Carl Jaenike
Vaughn
Garrison
Ned
Warren Hastings
Hollywood
J. S. Gustafson
J. H
Gustafson
Ark
Gary
Clyde Willite
Silvey Creek
R. N. Hastings
Donna
D. W. Adair
Merle Peterson
Omaha
D. H. Wilson
Leslie Adelson
Judith
Roysler
J. B Heckman
Squptty
Neb
Beatrice
Rockford
F. B. Kelly
Holyoke
Colo
Kelly
Schuster
Silver Creek
Burke
St. Charles
Minnesota
D. T. Kelley
T. A. Reece
Dorothy
LaVerne Jones
Herman Jones
Warl
Orville Jones
Orville
Jerry Lee
Martin Roberts
I.0.c.f. Lodge
Norfolk
G. W. Locke
Hazel Brown
Rebekahs
Locke
Victor van ¥Lorn
Polk Band Gains Third in Harvest of Harmony
Osceola notes report Polk High School Band taking third place in Class C at Grand Island Harvest of Harmony. Columbus won Class A, Gothenberg led B. judges praised marching, playing and overall impression. Johnny Vance performed as a standout percussionist from Omaha.
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Omaha Public
Forrest Crass
Omaha Tech
Herbert Owen
Dept. of Music
University of Nebraska
Columbus Band
Johnny Vance
Omaha
Polk
Mesdames Gilbert Ben Club
Paul Strand
Floyd Lyle
Cliff Cramer
Oscar Jones
Oscar Sundberg
Will Kroger
Sylvia Sandell
Don Lindholm
Irwin Light
Acreage for Sale with Brick House and Farm Buildings
Eleven acres available for sale featuring a seven room brick house with modern facilities except heat. Includes a 500 hen chicken house, barn, brooder house, cow barn, and intact fences and buildings in good repair. Listing by John A. Falk Stromeburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Falk
Davis Fite marriage in Lincoln at St Paul Methodist Church
Miss Norma Fite daughter of C W Fite of Oroville Washington and Kenneth L Davis son of Frank Davis of Polk were wed October 13 at 6 p m in Lincoln St Paul Methodist Church Rev Gerald Kennedy officiated the double ring ceremony The bride wore white satin and sheer with a pearl tiara and carried white roses and gardenias Attendants included Shirley Thomson of Exeter Best man was Milton Johnson A reception followed at the Cornhusker Hotel The couple will reside in Lincoln
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Davis — Fite
Norma Fite
C. W. Fite
Oroville
Washington
Kenneth L. Davis
Frank Davis
Polk
St. Paul Methodist Church
Lincoln
Gerald Kennedy
le Bar
Shirley“Thomsons
Exe
Milton Johnson
Davis
Oroville High School
Bellingham Business College
Polk High School
Navy
School of Pharmacy
The
State University
Cornhusker Hotel
Dwaine Williams
Beasie Burnham
Mary Burnham
Shower honors Miss Melba Wilshusen at Wilshusen home
Friday evening a shower for Miss Melba Wilshusen was hosted at the Emil Wilshuen home with Dorothy Mundt assisting. About 30 guests attended as gifts and a white pink color scheme were featured. A lunch was served. A second shower occurred Sunday at the Carl Waak home with multiple hostesses. Gifts and lunch were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Wilshuen
Melba Ann Wilshusen
Dorothy Mundt
Miss Wilshusen
Carl Waak
Milford Johnson
Leonard Feekin
Henry Schultz
Henry Mundt
Polk Triumphs Over Osceola In Conference Opener
Polk beat Osceola 13 to 7 in the first conference game as Duane Sterner scored the Osceola TD in the first quarter and Jim Sund added Polk's late score. Polk Clarks clash canceled. Senior class plans an air marker on the hotel with aid from the Aeronautics Department after Town Board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POLK
Osceola
Duane Sterner
Jim Sundberg
Clarks
Department of Aeronautics
Auxiliary Meeting Delights at IOOF Hall With 30 Present
The Auxiliary met Monday afternoon in the IOOF Hall with thirty members and visitors. Mesdames A O Sund berg and Henry Horstman presided in the absence of regular officers. Plans were made to attend the district convention at Osceola October 28 and guests were serenaded with a birthday song for Mrs Shafer and Mrs Hannah Hahn. Hostesses were Mesdames Frank Davis Ralph Anton Rolland Dahlin and C J McCoy.
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IOOF
A. O. Sundberg
Henry Horstman
Osceola
Shafer
Hannah Hahn
Frank Davis
Ralph Anton
Rolland Dahlin
C. J. McCoy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Osceola Legion Post
Richard “Dick
Marvel State Commander
WNU
World-Herald
Bruce
George F. Anderson
Lavelle Lamoree
Walter Jones
Anderson
Blue River
Eva Bute
Miss Bute
4-H
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