Osceola Publishes Comprehensive Community Survey
Osceola leaders in Polk County announce completion of a 25 page Community Survey Booklet detailing the city’s economic, business, industrial, civic and human assets. The study lists 60 retail firms, one bank, a $4.1 million annual retail output, and notes Osceola’s sewer and water systems, schools, and abundant natural gas and power resources.
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Osceola
Polk County
Consumers Public Power District
Glenn Green
CPPD
Harold Klingman
Bert Gissler
Don Byers
Harry Lees
Chris Dahmke
Phil Nyberg
Gary Garey
Fred Bond
Ray Conrad
Don Waterman
Perry Sapp
Marlin Johnson
Spring Meeting of DCCW in Seward Highlights
Over one hundred women attended the York Deanery Diocesan Council of Catholic Women spring meeting in Seward on March 25. Benediction by Rev. Frank Leiblinger opened the 1:30 p.m. session at St. Vincent's Church. Clergy present included Rev. Clement Green and Rev. John Prachar. The business session at the Civic Center was led by Mrs. John Armstrong of Milford. Mrs. Willis Heyen directed the Salute to the Cross and Flag. Guest speaker Mrs. Robert Easely, president of the Lincoln DCCW, presented Learn About Your Council. Shrine contest winners announced for Parochial and Public School divisions. Attendees from St. Vincent's Osceola listed.
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York
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Seward
Frank Leiblinger
St. Vincent’s Church
Clement Green
V. F
John Prachar
Civic Center
John Armstrong
Milford
Willis Heyen
Robert Easely
Lincoln Dccw
Bruce Buller
Margaret O’brien
Geneva
Robert Radick
David Armstrong
Richard Harman
Staplehurst
John Gill
St. Vincent’s Church Osceola
Alfred Kuhnel
Don Cerny
Albert W. Gabriel
Ed Schott
Rose Dinges
Victoria Staroscik
Lemke to speak on brain injuries at birth
Dr. T. J. Lemke of Columbus will address the Platte Valley Association of Retarded Children parents group on April 9 at 8 00 p m. at the Opportunity Center. The talk titled Brain Injuries At Birth will be followed by an informal discussion for questions about diseases and other causes of brain damage. The association invites all interested individuals and groups to attend, noting the meeting date change.
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T. J. Lemke
Columbus
Platte Valley Association of Retarded Children
Lemke
Death of Adel Berggren at 77
Adel Berggren aged 77 died recently. Funeral services were held at the Stromsburg Baptist Church with burial in Stromsburg Cemetery on March 27. Two daughters survive along with unspecified relatives.
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Stromsburg Baptist Church
Stromsburg
Adel Berggren
Bhawah
First April Baby Born at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Linda Mae, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Hughes of Stromsburg, arrived April 2 weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. As Baby of the Month winners they receive a $2.50 admission coupon to the Muse Theatre.
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Linda Mae
Donald Hughes
Stromsburg
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Muse Theatre
Miss Marilyn Miller Engaged to Duane Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller of Lexington announce the engagement of their daughter Marilyn Mae to Duane Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reynold Peterson of Osceola. No wedding date has been set.
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Robert Miller
Lexington
Marilyn Mae
Duane Peterson
Reynold Peterson
Osceola
George W. Harrison
Sally Jane
Albert R. Conway
Garland Trew
Ashland
Salvation Army Annual Fund Drive in Polk County
The Salvation Army conducts its annual Polk County fund drive led by Dr. H. S. Eklund as chairman. The campaign aims for 640 dollars in Polk County and 190 dollars in Osceola with firms and citizens to be contacted. Committeemen include Dr. H. B. Eklund, D. R. Byers, and Martin Roberts.
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Salvation Army
Polk County
H. S. Eklund
Osceola
H. 8. Eklund
D. R. Byers Treas
Martin Roberts
Visitors Call On Sam Cook And Ansel Pehrson
Mr and Mrs Wren Sherwood were Friday evening visitors in the Sam Cook home. They called on the Ansel Pehrsons Saturday evening.
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Mrs. Wren Sherwood
Sam Cook
Ansel Pehrsons
Red Cross Fund Drive Urges Osceola Residents
County Chairman Martin Roberts says volunteers canvass Osceola for Red Cross funds. Rural residents are urged to mail contributions to Martin Roberts in Osceola or John Falk in Stromsburg to support the full-time program.
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Martin Roberts
Osceola
Red Cross
John Falk
Stromsburg
Osceola PTA Reports March Meeting Activities
Osceola PTA at Jef frey Elementary held its March 28 meeting. Second graders won the pennant for parent attendance as fathers earned two points and mothers one. Charter membership was extended to April and a push to post school closing notices on KOLN-TV was approved. Austin Bacon spoke on Civil Defense and radio active fallout, praising Civil Defense during the eastern Nebraska flood. The next meeting is April 27.
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Osceola Pta
Jeffrey Elementary
Board of Education
Koln-Tv
Austin Bacon
State Office of Civil Defense
Bacon
Civil Defense
Nebraska
Extension of 1962 Feed Grain Sign-up
The local ASCS office extends the spring sign-up for 1962 Feed Grain and Barley Programs to April 14 due to bad weather and upcoming legislation changes. Since April 14 is a Saturday and offices are closed, producers may sign through Monday April 16, 1962.
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ASCS
Births Linda Mae and Dale Dunn Born
Linda Mae weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces arrived April 2 to Mr and Mrs Dale. Dale Dunn weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces born April 3 to Mr and Mrs Dunn.
Osceola High School Presents Happy Daze Play
The Osceola High Senior Class will stage Happy Daze a three act comedy Friday April 6 1962 at 7 30 pm in the high school auditorium The cast includes Mr Maxwell Lynn Anderson Mrs Maxwell Marilyn Oberg Wilbur Maxwell Louie Kentor Connie Maxwell Carol Branting Betty Lou Maxwell Carolee Dawes Bernadine Smith Mary Prell Hercules Nelson Bob McCormick Mrs Brown DeeAnn Conrad Aunt Mary Marilyn Prososki Mr Mallory Mike Cotter Elmer Richard Pehrson Muggsy Lester Gabriel The plot centers on a spoiled 15 year old girl who fakes a kidnapping and causes family uproar with ensuing complications. Be sure to catch this humorous evening.
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Osceola High School
Happy Daze
Mr. Maxwell
Lynn Anderson
Mrs. Maxwell
Marilyn Oberg
Wilbur Maxwell
Louie Kentor
Connie Maxwell
Carol Branting
Betty Lou Maxwell
Carolee Dawes
Bernadine Smith
Mary Prell
Hercules Nelson
Bob McCormick
Mrs. Brown
DeeAnn Conrad
Mary
Marilyn Prososki
Mallory
Mike Cotter
Elmer
Richard Pehrson
Muggsy
Lester Gabriel
Record Calendar of Sales Events
The public sale of William Ieaston will be held at the farm three miles west and 134 north of Gresham on Tuesday April 10 at 1 00 p m Farm machinery a Chevrolet truck and numerous other items listed Lunch stand Ingalls & Grubaugh auctioneers The household goods of Mrs Mayme Adair will be sold at the residence 1% blocks east of the Osceola Theatre on Saturday April 14 Sale time 1 00 p m Merrick & Engel auctioneers Sale ads of above mentioned sales may be found elsewhere in this issue
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William Ieaston
Gresham
Ingalls & Grubaugh
Mayme Adair
Osceola Theatre
Merrick & Engel
Rural Homemakers Recognition Day to Honor 100 Women
The Women's Division of Columbus Chamber of Commerce will honor 100 women from Platte Boone Nance and Polk counties at Rural Homemakers Recognition Day on Thursday April 12. The all day Columbus event at the Methodist Church features coffee hour registration a noon luncheon and a program Shibui in Relation to Interior Design by Mrs G Harlan Kennedy of Orchard Wilhelm Co Omaha.
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Women’s Division
Columbus C of C
Platte
Boone, Nance
Polk
Columbus
Methodist Church
Shibui
Methodist Men to Show John Wesley Film on Palm Sunday
The First Methodist Church will sponsor a Palm Sunday film showing of the John Wesley biographical work. The 1 hour 17 minute color film, produced with the Methodist Church Television Radio and Film Commission and J Arthur Rank, contrasts Wesley’s spiritual struggle with deeper faith. Pastor Hawkins calls it among the finest biographical films, with refreshments served afterward in the church basement.
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First Methodist Church
John Wesley
Television, Radio and Film Commission
The
Methodist Church
J. Arthur Rank
Pastor Hawkins
Wesley
Miss Rosalie Smolenski Shower Held at St Marys Hall
A pre nuptial shower for Miss Rosalie Smolenski took place Sunday at St Marys parish hall. Guests played bingo and contests before lunch and gifts were opened. Mrs Edward Lisko won the door prize. Miss Smolenski plans to wed Phil Urkoski on May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Smolenski
St. Mary’s Parish Hall
Edward Lisko
Miss Smolenski
Phil Urkoski
Girl Scouts Brownies to Hold Annual Cookie Sale
Osceola Girl Scouts and Brownies plan an annual cookie selling campaign from April 6 to April 19 with door to door sales.
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Girl Scouts
Osceola Girl Scouts and Brownies
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital News Notice List
Deceased Mrs Walter Thomas Shelby Dismissed Mrs Elsie Wallace Osceola Mrs Leonard Renquist Benedict Richard White Shelby Edith Hiemer Shelby Carrie Greenslit Surprise Ed Wagner Osceola Roy Hartson Shelby Harland Fusby Stromsburg Rose Conway Shelby Kenneth Olson Stromsburg Warren Thomas and baby Stromsburg Dale Hopwood and baby Gresham Miss Joan Nutterman Gresham Patients Marion Thomas Shelby Donald Hughes and baby Stromsburg Dale Dunn and baby Osceola Reisdorff Columbus Zetta Nelson Stromsburg Frank Messing Shelby Nels Hasselbalch Shelby Karen Sterup Osceola K W Howard Benedict Gust Johnson Stromsburg Effie Johnson Stromsburg Hannah Brown Polk Harry Wilson Shelby J T Stanton Stromsburg Harry Beckman Benedict Lloyd Scow Shelby Janice Hewitt Osceola
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Elsie Wallace
Osceola
Leonard Renquist
Benedict Richard White
Shelby
Edith Hiemer
Carrie Greenslit
Ed Wagner
Roy E. Hartson
Harland Fusby
Stromsburg
Rose Conway
Kenneth Olson
Warren Thomas
Dale Hopwood
Gresham
Joan Nutterman
Marion Thomas
Donald Hughes
Dale Dunn
Jake Reisdorff
Columbus
Zetta Nelson
Frank Messing
Nels Hasselbalch
Karen Sterup
K. W. Howard
Benedict
Gust Johnson
Effie Johnson
Hannah Brown
Polk
Harry Wilson
J. T. Stanton
Social club meetings listed for April
The CN PEO hosts a meeting at 2 30 p m Monday April 9 with Helen Inness and Dorothy Campbell assisting. Friendly Neighbors Club gathers in the evening of April 10 with Mrs Delmar Augustin. Rebekah Lodge meets at 8 p m Wednesday April 11. Entre Nous meets Wednesday afternoon April 11 with Mrs DeVon Johnson.
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CN Peo
Helen Inness
Dorothy Campbell
Friendly Neighbors Club
Delmar Augustin
Rebekah Lodge
Entre Nous
DeVon Johnson
Burns Heal: Sterup Toddler Recovers From Spilled Pot
Karen Sterup, two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Sterup, pulled a pan of boiling water from the stove and suffered second degree burns. She is reported to be recovering nicely.
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Karen
Eugene Sterup
Night and day speeding and traffic fines in county court
Ronald C Romans Ord night speeding 65 mph fined $11 plus $4 costs. Mary Lipton McFadden Oma ha night speeding 65 mph fined $11 plus $4 costs. Lee H Noyd Stromsburg hit and run fined $10 plus $4 costs. Maurice DeCabooter Omaha daytime speeding 84 mph fined $31 plus $4 costs. Ronald E Moss Kearney night Richard B Combs David City passing on hill fined $21 plus $4 costs. Lyle H Westerbeck Grand Island passing on hill fined $21 plus $4 costs. James V Van Houten Lincoln night speeding 70 mph fined $21. Dwayne G Neujahr Surprise passing on bill fined $21 plus $4. Phil J Buckley Omaha night correction from last week. Carroll R Zaruba Omaha night speeding 70 mph fined $21 plus. Dale L Watson York Insufficient funds check fined $10 plus $22.80 costs. Restitution $21.95. Joseph F Ostry Ulysses improper use of farm plates fined $10 plus $4 costs.
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Ronald C. Romans
Ord
Mary Lipton McFadden
Omaha
Lee H. Noyd
Stromsburg
Maurice DeCabooter
Ronald E. Moss
Kearney
Richard B. Combs
David City
Lyle H. Westerbeck
Grand Island
Hill
James V. van Houten
Lincoln
Dwayne G. Neujahr
Surprise
Bill
Phil J. Buckley
Carroll R. Zaruba
Dale L. Watson
York
Joseph F. Ostry
Ulysses
City and School Election Results
Results from Tuesday's City and School election show mayoral winner Marlin Johnson with 208 votes and several contenders receiving single digits. In South Ward council, Earl Watts led with 129, followed by Harlan Rowan 77 and others. Education board results show Wesley Peterson 169 and Paul Walgren 177, with several other names listed. Voters approved liquor by the drink 157 to 138 in Shelby.
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Marlin Johnson
Thomas Hofbauer
Harlan Rowan
Fred Bond
Ray Branting
Perry Sapp
Earl Watts
Orval Eikenhorst
Bert Gissler
Ray Sedlak
Art McVeigh
Fred Dunn
Dale Lewis
Board of Education
Wesley Peterson
Paul Walgren
Paul Monson
Sheldon Bond
Ronald Beebe
Shelby
Polk County Wildlife Club Holds March 30 Meeting
The Polk County Wildlife Club met March 30 at the Osceola Legion Club. New officers named are President Shorty Bowe and Secretary-Treasurer Roy Trotter. Dues set at 1.25 with cards and keys allocated to Polk County towns.
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Polk County Wildlife Club
Osceola Legion Club
Shorty Bowe
Roy Trotter
Polk County
Polk
Butch Mills
Stromsburg
Ronald Tewell
Osceola
Ralph Deland
Bob Hrouda
Dale Heimer
Bob Sigler
Norm Fintel
Carla Sauter
Overland
Clarks
Stromsburg Legion Club
Officer Woodgate
Recognized for 40 Years of Service at L T T Co
L C Smick Williams of Stromsburg was honored for 40 years with Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co in The Lincoln Telephone News. He started in Hastings in March 1922 and later worked in Osceola and Stromsburg where he has served as combination man for 24 years.
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L. C. “Smick” Williams
Stromsburg
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co
Lincoln Telephone News
The
Telephone Company
Hastings
Osceola
Mrs H H Carter Dies at 86 in Polk County
Emma Rasp Carter, 86, lifelong Polk County resident, died March 28 at Osceola Rest Manor after a career spent on a Shelby area farm. Survived by two sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held Saturday at Wesley Methodist Church Shelby with interment in Blue Ridge Cemetery.
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Emma Rasp Carter
Polk County
Osceola Rest Manor
Shelby
Carters
Wesley Methodist
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Dr. Lemke
PVARC
Salvation Army Appeal
Murray Dale
Farmer
Chamber of Commerce
Mel Steen
Nebraska Game Forestation and Parks Commission
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Eugene Prososki
Jack McCormick
John Osenbaugh
Good Samaritan
Bob Bryan
Ridge
Goldbeck
Good Samaritan Society
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Hospital News
Walter Thomas
Sally Harrison
H. H. Carter
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