Pierce Chapel WSCS Elects Officers at April Meeting
Pierce Chapel WSCS held its April 4 meeting at the church with Mrs. Darwin Williams in charge. Williams was elected president, with Max Butts as vice president and John Johnston secretary. Other committee heads named include Katie Schultz and Harvey Phelps. A Japan study led by Josephine Scahill preceded a missionary lesson by Gertrude Freely. A miscellaneous sale was hosted by Schultz and Phelps. Readers note local visitors and church events through the week, including baptisms, hospital visits, and a Palm Sunday baptism for Shellie Rae Graves. Funeral details for Keep Farley of Denver were announced with services slated in Palmer. Ethel Sutton and family planned travel to Carson, Iowa, through April 16. A Thursday 7:30 communion service at Pierce Chapel was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Beck
Pierce
WSCS
Darwin Williams
Cahill
Katie Schultz
Harvey Phelps
Alan, Howard, Terry
Dannie Carlson
Fullerton
Dick Ricken
Don Grafe
Lavonne Gregg
Irene
John Johnston
Fullerton Nursing Home
Lee Halsey
Ruth Fish
Mexico
Dale Beck
Augie Everses
Operation Entertainment
Mary Bosak
Augie Evers
Carrie Evers
Walter Evers
Grand Island
Evers
John Mangelsen
St Frances Hospital
Leo Ostranders
Belgrade
Dick Rieken
Jane
Richard Friedricksen
Georgia Lock
Central City
Harold Dexter
Wallie Lahl
Christine Laursen
Milwaukee
Wisc
Soren Dahl
Omaha
Smith & Daughter
Lincoln
Clarence Lahowetz
Dora Mangel
Shellie Rae Graves
Jim Graves
Pierce Chapel
Deaths and community notes from Polk County and beyond
Obituary notices report the death of Carl Emil Anderson in Littleton Colorado with funeral at Calvary Lutheran Swede Home. Survivors include two sons and two grandsons. burial at Swede Home Cemetery. Also noted are a tea honoring Mrs Mark Timm in Chandler for her 93rd birthday, the Eager Beavers meeting, 4 H Club activity, a June wedding announcement, and local civic updates on recreation road plans and Nebraska primary law comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Emil
Charley) Anderson
Cherrelyn Manor
Littleton
Colo
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Augusta Matson
Clarence
Long Beach
Calif
Lester
Osceola
Joseph
Laura Delfs
Ab Garinger
Star City
Saskatchewan
Canada
Arizona
Mark Timm
Chandler
Timm
Bob Timms
Wilber
Lloyd Timm
Callaway
Polk County
Eager Beavers
Gerald Mentink
Mentink
Freddie Bush
Harold Sullivan
Cortland
Constance Louise
Michael Wayne Abbott
Lincoln
Ray Abbotts
Shelby
Girl Scout Growth Discussed at Shelby Meeting
A Shelby delegation attended the Girl Scout Neighborhood Association meeting at Mrs. Bill Norton's home. Plans call for at least two new troops. Osceola now has a Senior Scout Barbara Gullberg, a Brownie leader and Program Aide, with Day Camp set for August 5 to 9. The Camping Committee has not secured a director yet. Three leader posts Cadette two and Junior one remain vacant. Troop organizer Mrs. Robert Sterup will contact prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Girl Scout Neighborhood Association
Bill Norton
Osceola
Barbara Gullberg
OHS
Robert Sterup
Tiemann Shifts Funds to Back State Aid Commitments
Lincoln The Tiemann administration reports 13.5 million available in the treasury to move from the state building fund to the general fund. The transfer aims to finance anticipated state aid to schools and local governments late this year and early next year, with 12.5 million of December aid and 10 million in January for local government tax relief, plus 10 to 12 million next year for income tax refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Paul Lincoln
Tiemann
Treasury
State Building Fund
General Fund
Norbert T. Tiemann
Osceola Nebraska Weekly Publisher Details
Osceola Polk County Nebraska published every Wednesday by Dick and Kathy Howe. It is entered as second class matter at the Osceola post office. Subscription rates are four dollars per year in Nebraska and five dollars outside Nebraska. single copies cost ten cents. The item features quotes from Edmund Burke and lists national newspaper associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Polk County
Nebraska
Kathy Howe
Nebraska Official Acts on Primary Candidates
Osceola Nebraska reports Gov George Romney also withdrew from the Republican race and the secretary of state holds sole authority to enter nationally recognized or advocated candidates in the primary under a 1965 Nebraska law. Attorney General Clarence Myer says 93 county governments remain unaffected by the one man, one vote expansion. He notes the 1879 law requires equal-population county commissioner districts and has been upheld, with no comment on potential effects on city village or school boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Ravenna
Buffalo County
Minatare
Scotts Bluff
Johnson Reservoir
Gosper
Dawson Counties
Hugh Butler
Frontier County
Oak Lake
Raymond
Lancaster County
John Reed
Nebraska
Lorraine Orr
North Platte
Orr
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
George Romney
Michigan
Clarence Meyer
U.S. Supreme Court
Myer
Supreme Court
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Muse Theatre
Osceola, Nebr
the Jungle Book
Technicolor
Fas
Sevan
Laat
Twig
Osceola, Nebraska
C. E. Anderson
Country Cousins
4-H
Lutheran Church Hall
Denise Dunn
Kay Lux
Susan Herrmann
Atty
Clarence A. H. Meyer
Meyer
Nebraska Highway Department
G.S
Nebraskaland
The
West Atcms
Sservisoft
Servisoft
Stromsbureg
Orro Chemical Inc O. C. Eikenhorst
Wegner
Richard
Dick’ Merrick
Nebr
Bonneville
Catalina Vista
Dodge
Chevie
Bridgestone Cycle
Barber’s Service
H. T. Arnold
National Ad Rep
Nebraska Press Association
National Editorial Association
Edmund Burke
Norman Leach
Pioneer H1-Bred Corn Co
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