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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1966
Page
1
Several Polk county girls take part in the Miss York pageant set for April 15 16 aligned with the Consumers PPD home show Contestants include Linda Peterson Amber Johnson Dianne Lux and Nancy Parminter from Osceola and Stromsburg The pageant features area youth with ties to 1965 Harvest of Harmony queen honors and OHS activities.
Weather improvement noted as the state board of education works through several ongoing issues. The writer suggests the NSIA should offer constructive suggestions rather than criticism. Parminter of Stromsburg is described with height and activities and a Miss York pageant planned for April 15 and 16 at the York city auditorium with a downtown York parade on April 16.
Rodeo tickets go on sale for April 22 23 at Lincoln state fair grounds coliseum. Three performances 7 30 p m Friday 1 30 p m Saturday 7 30 p m. Contestants are college students from Kansas and Nebraska schools.
Dawn Michelle Cudaback weighed 9 pounds born April 1 to Larry and Bonnie Cudaback of Exeter. Bonnie Imm is visiting from Omaha relatives. Tommy Lynn Voss weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces born April 9 to Tommy and Linda Voss of Shelby. Linda is Virgil Johnston’s daughter. Osceola locals note Julie Grossnicklaus and Bobby visited Omaha relatives. Julie returns from Nebraska U for spring vacation.
Osceola high school music department presents the Bulldog Band Blast Tuesday April 19 at 8 p.m. Featured are the award winning marching band the junior high band the senior high concert band and the Chevaliers withSeveral small groups from both bands performing. Repertoire includes Clifton Williams Dedicatory Overture and the music of the Tijuana Brass.
A reader from China Polk County writes to the paper thanking it for publishing a note of thanks and for supporting the Nebraska Heart Fund Association. The writer assumes no charge for the notice and expresses sincere appreciation for the contribution to the cause.
The hospital releases a roster of patients including John H. Duren Shelby Ed Wagner Osceola Janice Wagner Rising City Mrs Lloyd Fellows Stromsburg and others. The Joe Hills traveled to Iowa to visit friends in Webster City and Ft Dodge while Duane Vanderbeek and newborn son visited the Otto Daum home in Lincoln.
Ruth Lux reports Polk County braces for Osceola Old Times Day on June 1 with Governor Morrison and Mrs Morrison as parade guests. They will ride in the afternoon parade, the governor will speak, Mrs Morrison will sing, and Lincoln visitors Ned and Raska the oxen team will pull a wagon with a miniature Union Pacific Train. The parade ends with Jim Wilson's Nebraska Storied Land song debut.
Lt Cmdr Ernest H Gleim 34, a Polk high school 1949 graduate and Osceola native, was aboard a navy P 3 Orion that crashed 185 miles south of San Diego during anti submarine exercise. An air sea search failed to locate the missing crew. debris found but no survivors.
The Polk county Farm Bureau held its annual banquet on March 30 with Ray Soukup as toastmaster. Eldon Schnoor reviewed Nebraska Farm Bureau progress, and Osceola musicians provided entertainment. Members voted to incorporate and discussed membership, prizes, and community events including a June Lions project and a county parade pageant.
Osceola Lions Club members planned to repaint the Chamber of Commerce direction sign in downtown Osceola. A weather delay followed a Monday noon meeting led by Bernie Gissler. Plans include giving away a Honda motorcycle and a 30 cup coffee maker on Old Times Day June 1. ZIP code books are sold at several downtown spots including The Record Kepner Roberts Western Power and Gas.
Water pressure will be low for a few days while workers repair and repaint the city stand pipe. Water Commissioner Lee Schroeder said the standpipe was drained Tuesday and refurbishing began Wednesday. He urged cooperation to conserve water and asked residents to keep cars away from the area during painting.
Rainfall for the week ending Saturday was .15 inch with surface moisture adequate and subsoil moisture in surplus. Oats 75 percent planted. main farm work includes land preparation leveling and conservation practices. Light shower Thursday added topsoil moisture. Wheat in most places in excellent condition. Mild spring benefits the livestock industry overall.
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