Polk County Home Extension Council Scholarship Named
The Polk County Home Extension Council offers a $75 scholarship to a graduating senior girl in Polk County pursuing home economics or nursing. Applications are available through high schools or the County Extension Office with a deadline of April 10. The winner will be announced at the Annual Home Extension Spring Tea on May 7.
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Polk County Home Extension Council
Polk County
Overloading Circuits and Safe Electrical Loads
If an iron is slow to heat or underperforms, check circuit loading rather than the appliance. Properly sized fuses or breakers warn of overload by tripping or blowing. Using a fuse too large removes protection and can cause voltage drops, dim lights, and overheated motors. Calculate per circuit wattage: 15A 1650-1800W, 20A 2200-2400W, then total bulbs and devices on each circuit.
Safer wiring tips for home electrical loads
If the do, you'll have to take something off the circuit. Check wattage and circuit for new major appliances before buying. Ensure enough power to operate the appliance. You may need an additional circuit, which costs money. Good service with ample capacity is valuable. install wiring to handle lights and appliances.
Farm Facts 5 Key Points on Agriculture and Food Costs
The notes state farmers hold twice the machinery value of the entire steel industry and five times that of the auto sector. Bread in 1958 averaged 19.3 cents with the farmer earning 3 cents of each loaf and 3.1 to the retailer. Over one third of U.S. employment is tied to farming and processing. Meat consumption requires about 33 hogs or 10 lambs per person life. By 1975 U.S. farmers must raise eggs 36 percent, broilers 61 percent, meat animals 56 percent, fruit and vegetables 60 percent, dairy 48 percent, and grain and potatoes 26 percent more.
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Osceola Social Notes Reach Seward and Colorado Visitors
Mrs. Bud Deeds and daughter Robin of Seward visited Flossie Deeds and Rock Miller last Wednesday. They were joined by Mrs. Deeds' mother Mrs. Henry Adams of Greeley Colorado for the afternoon gathering.
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Bud Deeds
Robin
Seward
Deeds
Henry Adams
Greeley, Colo
Flossie Deeds
Rock Miller
Polk County Commission approves new grader and pipe placings
Polk County Nebraska officials meet in regular session April 3 1962 auditing claims across funds. A resolution orders a new motor grader for Commissioner District 3 with a rental pact to Lincoln Equipment Co. An irrigation pipe under a county road is permitted for a trustee. A warrant is cancelled for a blind assistance issue uncashed after over two years. The board adjourns to April 17.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
General Fund
American Photocopy Equip. Co
Guildford D. Bryan
City of
Consumers Public Power Dist
Hilding Dahlin
Louis E. Daum
Dale Frizzell
Rae Dale Frizzell
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Hartman’s Drug Store
Ruth Heckman
Jack & Jill
John’s Rexall Drug
J. E. Steeple
District Court
Reynold Peterson
Daum
Anderson
Commissioner District 3
Lincoln Equipment Company
National Bank of Commerce Trust & Savings Association
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MFA Auto Insurance
MFA
Donald D. Sterup
Nebi
Osceola Feed Mill & Elevator
Osceola, Nebraska
Canada
St Choice
Leroy Johnson
Klopp Printing Co
Emil Monson
Polk Co
Polk Progress
Stephens-Peck, Inc
Bell Typewriter Company
Shirley Cox
Department of Information
Gary B. Garey
J. G. Kretschmer & Company
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co
the Lutheran Church
The
Methodist Church
Polk County Extension Service
Bonnie Ransom
DeVern Rodene
Mildred White
Marian M. Cotter
Hattie B. Munroe
Edith Heilman
Stromsburg
C. L. Anderson
M. D
Carleton Anderson, Co. Treas
Commissioner Dist
Louis E. Daum Milo Chapman
Donald L. Gabriel
Island Supply Welding Co
Lincoln Equipment Co
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. &Co
Reynolds Machinery Co
Shelby Oil Co
the Island Supply Company
Guildford
Palmberg Auto Supply
Harold Anderson
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. “Co
Mobil Oil Company
Moore Lumber Co
Polk Oil Company
Conrad
Lee — Price
Wes Peterson
Osceola, Nebr
A. M. Grubaugh
Mgr
Federal Land Bank Association
David City
Nebr
N Power & Gas Company
United States Brewers Association
Abraham Lincoln
Nebraska Division
United States Brewers Association, Inc
Lincoln