Polk County Recreation Assn bids open for clubhouse
Enthusiasm grows as Polk County Recreation Association announces bids open April 20 for a new clubhouse. membership target set at 150 to 180 as crucial support. Community actions at Osceola city park include irrigation pipe sprinklers, tree trimming to combat Dutch Elm Disease, and planting 30 young trees by Cadette Girl Scouts. Emerald Crown Vetch will line creek banks to curb erosion while lighting and restroom upgrades progress. Local officials acknowledge park improvements and thank volunteers and workers.
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Polk County Recreation Assa
Osceola
Tom Schmoker
Lee Schroeder
Don Anderson
Park Board
Dewey Sigler
Schmoker
Schroeder and
Anderson
Cadette Girl Scouts
Polk
Jim Wilson
Polk County Cancer Crusade chaired by Perry and Sapp
With Cancer Control Month at hand the Polk County Gold Star crusade is led by co chairs Mrs Willard Perry Shelby and Mrs Perry Sapp. Precinct chairmen will appoint volunteers to call on residents and seek donations for continued life saving cancer education and early detection efforts. A trail ride by the Goldenrod Saddle Club near Osceola concluded with a Wiener roast at the Dick Watts home.
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American Cancer Society
Willard Perry
Shelby
Perry Sapp
Polk County Crusade
Goldenrod Saddle Club
Osceola
Dick Watts
John M White longtime Silver Creek resident dies at 67
John M White 67 of Silver Creek died unexpectedly Monday after arrival at St Marys hospital Columbus. Born December 9 1899 in Soldier Kansas he moved to Silver Creek as a child. He married Myrtle Baker May 20 1922 in Omaha. He worked for Grosch Irrigation Co served as postmaster health inspector and village leader. Survived by wife two daughters twelve grandchildren a brother and three sisters. Four prisoners from the state penal complex will present a program at the High School Auditorium Thursday April 1:30 pm. public invited.
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Silver Creek
John M. White
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Methodist Church
E. S. DeSpain
Soldier, Kansas
William
Bella Childress White
Myrtle Baker
Omaha
Grosch Irrigation Co
Nebraska
O.E.S
Silver Tehama Temple of
Hastings
Merle
Kathleen) Schott
Glenn
Norma Jean) Hackler
Tulsa
Okla
George
Babe) White
Helen Kinney
Hazel Jacobi
Clarks
State Penal Complex
OHS Athletic Banquet Honors Broad Team Of Athletes
The annual OHS athletic banquet praised honored athletes across football basketball and track. Speakers included Red McManus. Karen Peterson was toastmistress and Dan Dunn led the homecoming presentation as many students, parents and Chamber of Commerce members attended.
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McManus
OHS
Karen Peterson
Richard Klein
Chamber of Commerce
Alan Gissler
Dan Dunn
Linda Meister
Paul McKeever
Charles Gordon
Donald Bartek
Gary Workman
Gordon
Dora Lockard
Kenneth Sipes
Chevaliers
John Nelson
Charles Roberts
Bill Schmoker
Mike Simonsen
Dan Sterup
Gregg Urban
Don Augustin
Dale Carlson
Gregg Johnson
Doug Jones
Calvin Kropatsch
Tom Rodene
Scott Anderson
Jack Cerny
Mike Cerny
Bob Eklund
Dale Fjell
Joe Fjell
Randy Gissler
Royal Johnson
Delmar Jones
Joe Kresha
Ricky Sigler
Brian Umstead
John Wobig
Randy Bond
Jerry Cerny
Jon Hiemer
Mike Larson
Byron Nelson
Leo Potter
Marvin Simonsen
Dick Urban
Ed Wieseman
Evan Wieseman
Duane Gabriel
Jon Tenniges
Alvin Cederberg
Kenny Lisko
John Sedlak
Bill Snodgrass
Vic Sterup
Steve Sterup
Barry Hanson
Myron Prososki
Jack Tindall
Larry Heiden
David Senn
Galen Wiser
Nancy Mills
Judy Cerny
Anita Peterson
Connie Stromberg
Marcia Dawes
Susie Buffington
Candy Studley
Barbara Gullberg
Chris Mills
Sandy Osenbaugh
Sharon Soukup
Jane Anderson
Patricia Dahmke
Jane Frizzell
Lynda Gaedeke
Patricia Gullberg
Dolores Hendrickson
Nancy Johansen
Barbara Klein
Centennial Charter Membership Deadline Extended
Polk County Recreation Assn accepts Centennial Charter memberships until April 17. Chairman Bob Mills and committee oversee bids and processing as part of the ongoing effort to expand the program.
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Centennial Charter
Polk County Recreation Assn
Bob Mills
Association
Osceola Bulldogs Open Track Season With Relay Meet Third
Osceola finish third among teams at Henderson relays on a cold day. Henderson won with 91 points, Polk 5, Osceola 39, Harvard 33, Sutton 31, Palmer 12. Notable results include Mike Cerny, Bob Eklund, Leo Potter, and Charles Roberts winning distance medley in 12 56.4 and Gregg Urban setting a new school shot put mark 47 70.
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Osceola
Bulldog Tracksters
Henderson
Polk
Harvard
Sutton
Palmer
Mike Cerny
Bob Eklund
Leo Potter
Charles Roberts
H.H. Shuttle
Jack Cerny
Gregg Urban
Tornado safety warnings urge swift shelter and calls to report sightings
Warning guidance stresses brief but informative reports to the fire department. Osceola tornado sirens trigger 3 to 5 minutes of shelter while families plan storm-season actions and list local volunteers and organizers. A community club project seeks 150 members with pledges of lower dues as construction proceeds. Skinned Alive is the OHS senior play set for April 14.
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Osceola
Organ recital and dedication at Calvary Lutheran Church
Calvary Lutheran Church of Swede home will dedicate its new $9,000 pipe organ Sunday at 7 30 p m with guest organist Mrs Douglas Gustafson of Mead. She is a Midland College graduate with an Iowa master’s degree and has taught at Concordia College Seward. Public invited, free will offering to cover recital expenses. Election results list local officials elected and incumbents maintained.
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Calvary Lutheran Church
Swede
Douglas Gustafson
Mead
Gustafson
Midland College
Fremont
University of Iowa
Concordia College
Seward
Calvary Congregation
April Musings and Community Call to Action
A local column reflects on April’s fickle weather and April Fool humor while praising Osceola residents. It celebrates community volunteers, church and club activities, and the Blood Bank, urging public service and participation in short, earnest appeals.
Nebraska Centennial Essay Contest Prizes Announced
Nebraska Chevrolet dealers sponsor a 100 word essay contest from April 10 to May 15 with a 10 000 high school prize. Local winners receive 25 savings bonds up to 1000 for the state final. Chevrolet Motor Division funds a 1967 Camaro grand award. Eligible students are Nebraska high schoolers in grades 9 to 12.
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Nebraska Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Division
Nebraska
Chevrolet
Chest X-Ray Counts Vary Between Mobile Units
The mobile chest X-ray unit saw about 871 visits in Osceloa from March 28 to 31 with around 600 people receiving X-rays in Stromsburg from March 21 to 23. The turnout was notably lower than the prior stop.
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Mobile Chest
Osceola
Stromsburg
County Heart Fund drive total reaches 1240.97
Mr. Enoch Ekstrand of Stromsburg announced the Polk County Heart Fund drive is complete with a county total of 1240.97 dollars turned over to the Nebraska Heart Fund for research. Osceola raised 182.25, Polk 269.17, Shelby 209.96, Stromsburg 579.59. chairs included Otto Nelson Osceola Mrs. Matt Glatter and Mrs. John Scholtz Shelby Mrs. Arnold Neuhaus and Mrs. Roger Werner Polk FHA sponsor Mrs. Glen Krohn and Stromsburg American Legion Chair Bob Baker.
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Enoch Ekstrand
Stromsburg
Polk County Heart Fund
Nebraska Heart Fund
Osceola
Polk
Shelby
Ekstrand
Otto B. Nelson
Matt Glatter
John Scholtz
Arnold Neuhaus
Roger Werner
FHA
Glen Krohn
American Legion
Bob Baker
Dentalman Apprentice Kobza Reports for Duty in Memphis
Tennessee duty announces Dentalman Apprentice David M. Kobza son of Mr and Mrs Sylvester F Kobza of Shelby reports for duty at Naval Air Station Memphis Tennessee on assignment date not specified.
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Tennessee
David M. Kobza
Sylvester F. Kobza
Shelby
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tenn
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Laurence Meister
Dick Howe
County Cancer Crusade
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Sulleroys
Marsha Richards
Patsy Runquist
Bonnie Viergutz
Susan Buffington
Linda Herrmann
Jill Johansen
Patricia Kropatsch
Kathy McVeigh
Twyla Mentink
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Dorothy Runquist
Valerie Rutter
Jane Sedlak
Sandra Stratton
Candice Studley
Jolene Wiser
Ann Webig
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Melody
Connie Richards
Cindy Schultz
Jayne Sipes
Pamela Snodgrass
Beverly Trotter
April Walgren
Dorian Wozny
Katherine Wyman
Christina Zedicher
Mills
Danny Sterup
Rickey Braithwaite
Alex Mills
Eugene Sterup
Board of Education
Earl Watts
Dale Nahrstedt
Raymond Miller
OHS Athletic
Eldena Sapp
April
Lee Johnson
Johnny
Atlanta
Osceola’s Square
Heart Fund
Diana Brigham
Nebraska Wesleyan Univ
Phi Mu
James Brighams
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