Races toll tale Echoes of history and local doings in Osceola
A humorous note on a Omaha man’s misadventure after racing season leads into local Osceola items. Updates cover Polk County Recreation Assn bids, new homes, Cancer Society kickoff, Lions Club water plan, Mother of the Year awards, FHA funds, Centennial Charter memberships, and a hospital Nursing SOS for the graveyard shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Lions Club
Alaska
Canada
Mexico
Great Lakes
Dick Howe
Lions Club
FHA
City Hall
Osceola
Farm Bureau
Polk County Farm Bureau
Methodist Church
Polk County
Robert Thompson
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers of
Nebraska
Kindergarten registration in Osceola district
Parents in District 19 must enroll upcoming kindergarteners by writing or calling Osceola public school at 747-3121 or 747-2091 with the child name age and birthdate. Register by April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist
Osceola
Court Notices and Local Updates From Polk County
Courthouse notices list speeding fines for multiple residents in Yutan Omaha Nutley and Ord plus marriage licenses issued for Stromsburg and Stroms burg. Transfers of deeds and village requests feature Polk County property moves. 4 H training notes cover officers meeting results with thirteen clubs and forty five attendees. Upcoming events include Polk County track meets, cooking school, plays, district music contest and graduation activities. Raymond Miller of Sigler Garage honored for Ford 300 500 club sales in Omaha district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Miller
Sigler Garage
Omaha
Ford Division
Ford
Hospital Report Dismisses List Of Patients
Hospital report notes dismissals including Mrs Dale Hiemer of Osceola John Wyman and Mrs Grace Johnson of Stromsburg several Stromsburg residents Diane Thompson Polk and others from Stromsburg Osceola Shelby Gresham York and York area names appear with multiple entries indicating discharge from care. The roster includes Mrs Ella C Johnson Mrs Mattie Banks and Mrs Audrey Wescoat among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Hiemer
Osceola
John Wyman
Silver Creek
Grace Johnson
Stromsburg
Amelia Carlson
James Merritt
Diane Thompson
Polk
Walter Rudeen
Wesley Jones
Ella C. Johnson
Willie F. Johnson
York
Mattie Banks
Audrey Wescoat
Ellen Anderson
Anna Korger
Shelby
Charles Nuttleman
Gresham
Herman Anderson
Adam Keehn
Wm. Heitzman
Hannah Johnson
Elmer Kinberg
Ada L. Christman
Louis Robak
Hubert Augustin
Cub Scout Pack 12 Meets With New Den Mothers
March 30 meeting at Methodist church features Handy Man theme. Dens 3 and 4 showcase shoe racks card holders and pajama holders. Den 4 wins Cubby. New den mothers Joyce Conrad Rose Smith Betty Sigler. new Cub Russell Sigler. June campout planned. many awards incl Shane Conrad Chris Conrad Doug Draeger Danny Bond Robbie Sterup Steve Trotter Mike Smith Mark Dahmke Duane Mangelson Mike McMeekin Russell Sigler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Dens
Den 4
Joyce Conrad
Rose Smith
Betty Sigler
Russell Sigler
Shane Conrad
Chris Conrad
Doug Draeger
Danny Bond
Wolf
Frank Luxes celebrate golden wedding in Shelby
A golden wedding anniversary for Frank Luxes and Isabel Thelen was honored at a Shelby parish hall reception April 9 with about 200 guests. Messages from President Johnson and Pope Paul VI were read. vows were renewed at an 8 pm Mass led by Rev Anthony Trausch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Parish
Frank Luxes
Shelby
Wm. Lux
Columbus
Trace Thelen Proctor
Santa Monica
Calif
St. Ann’s Guild
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pope Paul VI
Michael Glynn
Columbian Fathers
Omaha
Anthony Trausch
Gerhardt
Barry Scheinest
Norfolk
Steven Lux
Frank Lux
Isabel Thelen
Sacred Heart Church
Wagner
Trace Thelen Stalnaker
California
Ambrose Thelen
David City
Lux
Robert
Osceola
Francis
Charles
Nadine) Scheinest
Paul
North Bend
Joe
West Point
Oswald
Leo
Florida
Anna Fozzard
Trace Proctor
Frank
Fritz Thelen
Norman G. Lux
Germany
Douglas Scheinest
New York
Market Prices: Wheat Corn Oats Milo
Grain prices listed show Wheat at 1.62, Corn 1.23, Oats 0.81 and Milo at 1.85 per cwt. in the latest market report.
Polk County Crops Weather Update Shows Dry Spring
Rainfall for the past week was none. Surface and subsoil moisture are short, prompting extensive irrigation before planting. Oats planting and fertilizing continue while pasture conditions raise concern for cow and calf operations.
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Glen H. Krohn
Bits and Missus reflections on weather and people
In a chatty column the writer recalls spring thunder, rattlesnakes, and a sparrow startled by a car motor. She mentions meeting Don and Mary Waterman now publishing The Ulysses News and notes a Cancer dollar meeting at City Hall with coffee funded by the writer. She quotes William Allen White's joke about not wanting the Lord to know she attended the Democratic Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Juan
Osceola
Don
Mary Waterman
Kansas
City Hall
William Allen White
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World-Herald
Terry Carpenter
Valley Forge
Terri
General Howe
General Custer
George Washington
Polk County Recreation Assn
Maurice Wattses Sr
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Kenneth Cornishes
Jim Lewis
Eldon Johnson
Gary Conrads
Enoch Anderson
Ralph Johnson
Cancer Crusade
American Cancer Society, Polk Co
Osceola City Hall
Congress
ASC
Eklund
Warren Chesnut
THE
LIONS
Harry Brazee
Gov. Tiemann
State Capitol
Brazee
Mmes
Edith Richards
Otto Olson
Earl Watts
Marvin Dawes
Leonard Coffin
Luther Potter
Bert Gissler
Harold A. Nelson
Marcia Dawes
Nancy Johansen
Douglas Wells
Lincoln
Margaret Dozier
Lincoln General Hospital
Jeffrey Hospital
Richard L. Studley
Hq. Co
14Th Inf
APO
San Francisco
Richard
Ft. Benning
Ft. Polk
Cu Chi
Viet Nam
District Farmers Union
Hampton
Dwight Wilson
Denver
Hans Jensen
Aurora
Elton Berck
State Farmers Union
Martin Jones
Steve Georgeau
Orlie Conkling
Parker Akers
M. G. Lindbergs
Dwight Burneys
Ted Ottes
Floyd Wests
Courthouse News
Donald C. Heldt
Yutan
Glen O. Johnson
Bernard R. Heght
Nutley
N. J
Charles F. Kasson
Ord
John T. Ingalls
Richard D. Taylor
Grand Island
Charles W. Fox
Danny J. Hoffman
Bradshaw
Shirlene Kay Fellows
Norman D. Clark
Patsy Lou Corbit
Wm. J. McMeekin
Sharon M. Eller
Louis R. Scow
Elmer G Rudeen
Gene D. Scow
Edward L. Scow
Municipal Corporation
Glen Hill
Olk
Glen Krohn
Duane Oquist
Judy Richter
Linda Treffer
Jon Tenniges
Polk Co
Consumers Cooking School
H.S. Auditorium
Thurs
Albion
Osceola Auditorium
Goldenrod
St. Paul
Henderson
Seward
Miller
CUB Scout
Osceola Locals
E. D. Schnasses
Wakefield
Greg Schnasses
Wayne
Freda Schnasse
Duane, Dozier
Jefferson, In
Gotfrid Larsons
A. W. Peterson
Varna
Illinois
E. C. Nordlund
Nebr
Mternitll
Lone Tree Monument
Central City
Don Conkling
Wesley Nelson
Nelsons
Jack Tindall
Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Eldena Sapp
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