Columbus Area Chamber aims seven-county regional growth plan
The Columbus Area Chamber expands to a seven county region led by Polk County, promoting mutual aid and inter-community cooperation as a path to rural revival. The piece cites Vision-17 support, warns against isolationism, and notes a correction on a local home builder’s name. It closes with wedding news for Pam Fagen and Greg Gutz set for April 18 in Fremont.
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Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Columbus Chamber
Polk County
Columbus
Vision
Whistling Dixie
America
Clayton Fagen
Fremont
Pam Fagen
Greg Gutz
Trinity Lutheran Church In
Benefit Planned for Local Family
A benefit card party at St. Andrews Church on Sunday April 19 at 7 30 p m supports the Glenn Kresha family after Mrs. Kresha's recent death and his upcoming eye surgery. Proceeds fund a family fund with tables of pitch pinochle sheeps head and bunco, prizes, lunch, and a free will door donation. Donations can be mailed to The Osceola Record or left with Jack Schott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrews Church
Glenn Kresha
St. Andrews Altar Society
Knights of Columbus
Kresha
St. Andrews
Kc’s
Kresha Fund
Jack Schott
Osceola Record
Welfare Tea to feature Omaha speaker
The annual benefit Child Welfare Tea by the American Legion Auxiliary will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 17 in the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Guest speaker is Randall Biart, Executive Administrator of the Nebraska Children’s Home Society, Omaha. Marjorie Swanson of Ceresco attends, and the third grade under Mrs. Marcella Konig will sing. Local unit sewn items will be displayed and later delivered to Beatrice State Home, Soldiers and Sailors Home, veterans families, and the Nebraska Children’s Home.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Fellowship
United Methodist Church
Mines
Jay McDonald
Algot Yungdahl
Randall Biart
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
Omaha
Biart
Legion Department
Marjorie Swanson
Ceresco
Marcella Konig
Nahrstedt’s
Consumers
Beatrice State Home
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Service member Robert Moore address at Fort Hood Texas
Service personnel SP/5 Robert Moore is listed with a Fort Hood address in Texas 76564 through the HQ Band Supply Command. The entry records his military rank and location as part of the personnel listing.
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Robert Moore
Cmd
Fort Hood
Texas
Wedding Dates Announced For Two Osceola Pairs
Mr and Mrs K R Richards of Osceola announce Connie Richards engagement to Pat Dennis L Clausen son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Clausen of Genoa The wedding is set for May 28 at St Lawrence Catholic Church Silver Creek Connie Kula to Calvin Kropatsch with future groom back from Army Reserve training and farming duties in Osceola and Silver Creek locations.
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K.ray Richards
Osceola
Connie
Pat
Dennis L. Clausen
Herbert Clausen
Genoa
Miss Richards
Osceola High School
University of Nebraska
U. S. Army
Ft. Bliss
Texas
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Silver Creek
Connie Kula
Calvin Kropatsch
Jean Kula
Conrad Kropatsch
Douglas & Lomason
Osceola to Host Polk County Centennial June 30–July 1
Merton Flodman accepts chairmanship for the Polk County Centennial event set for June 30 and July 1. A planning meeting is scheduled April 20 at 7 30 p m in City Hall. Governor Norbert Tiemann will appear in Polk County April 18 with a 12 30 p m luncheon in Stromsburg and a public visit in Osceola from 2 to 3 p m.
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Merton Flodman
Osceola
Polk County
Norbert Tiemann
Stromsburg
Sweden
Polk
Legion Boosts Kids Baseball in Little Six League
Osceola American Legion will enter two Little Six teams from Osceola Polk Shelby Gresham Benedict and Waco. Pony players aged 12 to 14 and Midget players 15 to 17 will play double headers each Sunday starting May 31. Eugene Sterup elected president and Elmer B Johnson secretary-treasurer at the March 31 meeting in Gresham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola American Legion
Little Six
Osceola
Polk
Shelby
Gresham
Benedict
Waco
Eugene Sterup
Elmer B. Johnson
Sterup
Legion
Ed Watts
Osceola Public Library Open House Brings Guest of Honor
The Osceola Public Library invites the public to an Open House on Monday afternoon April 20 from 2 to 5. Visitors may inspect recent improvements and remodeling. Miss Lulu Hendrickson, former librarian, will be guest of honor. Coffee and cookies will be served by Library Board members.
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Osceola Public Library
Lulu Hendrickson
Gertrude Reese
Maurine Schuman
Jay McDonald
Bob Carey
Bob Mills
W. H. Norton
Charles Gordon Victim of Freak Accident
Charles Gordon OHS instructor and coach was struck in the face by a heavy plank while helping demolish a house in Shelby on Saturday afternoon. The plank fell from an upper story causing a deep facial injury. He received emergency treatment in Shelby then was moved to Methodist Hospital in Omaha for nose surgery Sunday morning and faces a likely week of hospitalization.
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Charles Gordon
OHS
Shelby
Gordon
Methodist Hospital
Omaha
Osceola Welcomes New Mascot Bulldog Pup
Osceola gains a nine week old bulldog puppy donated by the Booster Club as a potential Osceola High School Mascot. The pup arrived last weekend and is housed temporarily at Bert Gissler’s before boarding with Bill Umstead’s. Booster members invite name suggestions, with options like Bull Dog and OC "Flash" under consideration.
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Osceola
OHS
Bert Gissler
Booster Club
Bull Dog
Remember When Bad Snows and Blizzards Close Nebraska Roads
Reprint from the April 6, 1905 Osceola paper describing severe early week snow and wind in Nebraska. Temperatures plunged to 27 below zero, rail and local traffic halted, and drifts blocked homes. Doctors and liverymen faced long, arduous trips. Dr. Shaw battled heavy delays reaching Seeberger and Anderson. Dr. Grey fought through a drift to Hackberry, and Join Herrmann spent eight hours to open a Silver Creek route.
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Nebraska
Shaw
Seeberger
Odd Bits on Taxes and Space Travel Echoes
Eldena Lindblade reflects on income tax and spending, noting how U.S. Chamber of Commerce figures show workers lose 2 1/2 hours of an 8 hour day to taxes in 1969. The piece notes tax dollars funding the Saturn V launch and a Space Center visit, with a playful tone about figures like a pumpkin coach and capital gains.
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Eldena Lindblade
Internal Revenue Department
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Moon
Space Center
April Walgren Named Junior Counselor at Cornhusker Girls State
April Walgren daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Walgren has been chosen as one of 10 junior counselors for this year’s Cornhusker Girls State. She represented Osceola last year as the delegate named by the local Legion Auxiliary. The program, sponsored by Nebraska units of the American Legion Auxiliary, is held each June at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The 1970 session runs June 6 to 12.
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April Walgren
Paul Walgren
Cornhusker Girls State
April
Osceola
Legion
Nebraska
American Legion Auxiliary
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
City Anticipates Reduced Mill Levy
Osceola expects a lower city mill levy for 1970 71 as budget plans take shape. Current rate at 16.2 mills is the lowest in years, with past levels cited from 17.80 mills in 1955 and 23 mills in 1969. Sales tax refunds from the state fund the reductions, replacing former personal property and per head taxes. January 1970 refunds totalled 16 793 37 dollars, up from 15 778 24 in January 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Fred Bond
Sterup-Johansen Chosen for District 19 School Board
Eugene Sterup and Jinx Johansen were selected for the District 19 School Board in the April 7 local election with 185 votes cast. Dick Howe e Jay McDonald and Harold Pearson won City Council seats, Dean Buffington became mayor, and Harold Thayer could not accept as Police Magistrate.
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Eugene Sterup
Jinx Johansen
Dick Howe
Jay McDonald
Harold Pearson
Dean Buffington
Harold Thayer
Thayer, How
Jack Harrison
South Ward
North Ward
Osceola Track Opens With Close Meet Loss To Henderson
Osceola and Henderson opened their track seasons with eight first places each but Henderson outscored the Bulldogs 72 to 58. Duane Gabriel and Calvin Coffin each won two events for Osceola, with Gabriel taking the two mile and long jump and Coffin the 220 and 440. Randy Bond added a 10.6 in the 100 and Leo Potter won the 880 in 2:13.05 as Osceola also claimed relay wins and a high jump standout by Al Regier of Henderson.
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Gregg Kresha
Osceola
Henderson
Bulldogs
Duane Gabriel
Calvin Coffin
Gabriel
Coffin
Randy Bond
Leo Potter
Marv Simonsen
al Regier
Byron Nelson
Cal Coffin
Lea Potter
Ed Wieseman
Ev. Wieseman
Bond
Wieseman
Potter
Nelson
Jim Green
Randy Neujahr
Green
Jim Carlson
Lynn Boden
Ev Wieseman
Larry Lux Injured in One Car Accident
Larry Lux 20, son of Mr and Mrs George Lux Shelby, was taken to Annie Jeffrey Hospital after a one car crash on the west edge of Osceola. He apparently lost control veered across the road struck dirt on highway 92, car flipped onto its top. Passers by alerted rescue units around 10 30 p m. Lux a Kearney State student was alone and on his way home for the weekend. Hospital report Monday listed him in satisfactory condition.
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Larry Lux
George Lux
Shelby
Annie‘ Jeffrey Hospital
Osceola
Lux
Osceola Rescue Unit
Hiway Patrol
Kearney State
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E. L. King
Dewey Sigler
Albert
Harley Warner
Game Commission
NLN
Dave Rutter
Bill Ferris
Norm Fintel
Nebraska State Hiway Patrol
Shelby Gym
American Legion
Our Town
Tiemann
George Cemper
Glen Babcock
Vayden Anderson
Cancer
Crusade
Clara Massie
Jeffrey
Charles W. Jeffrey
Rawlins
Wyoming
Carbon County Memorial Hospital
Osceola Locals
Doug Berggren
Papillion
Leon Hopwood
Clarence Burke
James Loukota
Exeter
Glenn Green
Bill Umstead
Quickfast
Miles
Phoebe Morgan
Farmer’s Elevator
Sterup-Johansen
Osceola News
Ron Christensen
States
Kansas City
Kansas
President’s Career Club
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Bryan Memorial Hospital
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