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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1968
Page
1
Hospital report lists patients and dismissals across Stromsburg Osceola Gresham Benedict and Polk counties. Names include Maiaie Steever Peterson Carlson Swanson George Waller Rein Ang Nuttelman Hedrick Crozier Buchta Plageman Wasserman Lackey Miller Sigler Magnuson and one baby girl.
The public is invited to the annual child welfare benefit tea at 2 p.m. Friday April 19 in the Methodist church basement. Guests include a speaker and choral group from Beatrice State Home the ALA state president and the state children's welfare chairman. Items made by the local unit for Beatrice State Home and other needy institutions will be on display.
A local Osceola letter condemns long standing racial bias and welfare policies. The writer cites military service by area youths and warns rising taxes will affect the town as riots and looting echo national tensions. He deplores prejudice and urges erasure of bigotry.
Osceola tracks team won two meets led by Mike and Jack Cerny with Duane Gabriel setting a school record in the two mile. At Henderson Relays Osceola placed seventh. Kennedy won the mock presidential primary in the junior high. Senior class presented Dear Diary. FHA hosted Hospitality Day. final six weeks began with Easter vacation looming. Natalie reports on New Zealand travel observations and local civic notes.
Palm Sunday ceremonies at First Methodist Church welcomed eight children into the church through baptism including Heather Jeannine Krieg Veronica Lee Hansen Kimberly Kay Gerald Preston Jay Wesley and Patrick Owen. Membership transfers were received for Richard Klein Ken Usk ey Jack Headley Bernard Cemper and Wayne Beatty.
E C Schotts celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with their children and grandchildren present. A mass at 10 am by Msgr Obrist. 1 pm dinner at St Vincent hall with prizes awarded to local guests. Moves note Eldon Lauber relocates to Osceola. death of Mrs Hattie Turner of Belgrade reported with local attendees listed.
Kindergarten registration will be handled by contacting Osceola High School at 747-3121 with the child’s name and birthday. An April mothers meeting will be arranged. Art Display Five in Osceola Elementary School are selected for the April 6 13 Nebraska exhibit at Miller Paine auditorium Lincoln exposing works by Peggy Tindall Sara Armbruster Dana Boden Anne Armbruster and Sharon Green. Grade School Musicales Voices of America will be performed April 19 at 8 p.m. in the Osceola High School Auditorium with free admission.
The Apollo Club from Columbus will perform at Osceola High School auditorium on Thursday May 2 at 8 p.m. About 30 men will sing for joy in a program praised for its lively style and wide state performances. Dennis Muehling Osceola music director is in the group with Polk County Education Association guests attending dinner that evening. Engaged couple announcement follows.
Connie Jean Stromberg of Osceola has been named a Union Pacific scholarship winner for 200 dollars to be used at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and Home Economics. Linda Jane Herrmann of Osceola is an alternate. The program awards 40 scholarships, one per county served by the U P.
Good Friday service unites St Pauls First Methodist and St Paul Lutheran churches Friday at 1 30 p m at the Lutheran Church Rev Richard Odgers preaches and the Lutheran Choir provides music Public invited to the hour long service Osceola stores close 1 to 3 p m Friday Shirley Anderson named historian FHA state convention notes Nearly 700 delegates attend from 122 chapters in Lincoln Nebraska
Eldena Lindblade notes clever garments crafted by the Legion Auxiliary shown in shop windows around the square and invites readers to the Child Welfare Tea on April 19. The column mixes local anecdotes from school report cards, cooking mishaps, fuel and car quips, and a note on women’s baseball history and hens laying green eggs for Easter.
Lions Club collects old eyeglasses for refurbishment for sight conservation. Gerhard Ahrens to collect by month end, meeting led by Dick Howe. Rev. R. V. Odgers showed a glaucoma film. A bicycle safety program committee will be headed by Lee Draeger Jim Eriksen and Dan Armbruster.
Mayor Leroy Johnson and the city council set May 1 for a special city election on liquor by the drink. Petitioners numbered near 100 registered voters, far above the required minimum for a referendum. Voting will be at the courthouse in a single polling place. officials were appointed. Glen Green proposed mercury open refractor street lights, 7 000 lumen, over three years, funded by Consumers PPD but increasing city electric bills by over 100 percent. Eldon Lauber’s bid to wire the new city building was accepted. The council seeks lighting improvements for city hall and approved Jim McCoy as fireman. Chris Dahmke discussed a house numbering system after street signs go up this spring.
Reverend Paul Konig argues Easter faith rests on more than an empty tomb. He says personal transformation and acceptance of Jesus’s teachings reveal the risen Christ to those seeking his way of love, forgiveness, and self forgetfulness, not just spectacular proof.
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