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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1968
Page
1
The annual child welfare benefit tea invites the public at 2 PM Friday in the church basement. A speaker and a Beatrice State Home choral group join the program with the ALA State President and the State Children's Welfare Chairman. Local unit exhibits quilts and clothing for the needy.
Plans outline a youth and adults gun and rifle club offering safety and marksmanship with BB guns pellet pistols and rifles and shotguns. It will affiliate with the National Rifle Association use its materials and host a meeting at 6 30 p m on Monday April 22 at the ASC office.
Osceola tops the Polk County meet with 7714 points on April 12 at Polk. Stromsburg takes second with 49, Polk 31, Shelby 23. Firsts include Jack Cerny in sprints, Randy Bond, Jim Green in distance events, and relay teams. Music festival results list multiple solos and ensembles with top ratings. Driver education trips to Columbus wrap the year. Voices of America program slated for April 19 in the high school auditorium.
Osceola high school announces fifth six weeks honor roll with lists for Seniors Juniors Sophomores and Freshmen plus honorable mentions. An open house marks Mr and Mrs John Rongish 25th wedding anniversary at Shelby EUB church basement. Osceola leaders attend G S Council meet with Mrs Norbert Tiemann as speaker and panel on Leader Training Design.
April 18 to May 2 listings show fan club meetings WCTU women’s group industrial development committee bridge club historical society tea and several society and church events, with dates through May 2 and a markets section listing prices for Wheat Corn Oats Beans Milo by cwt for local traders.
Robert Ming and Healey Kans face speeding charges with $10 and costs. Warranty deeds record Edward Wagner and wife to Orval C Eikenhorst and wife for land in NE NW 21 14 2. Richard R Klein and wife to Walter W Harbour and wife for Sub Lot 5 in NESE 16-142. Alfred F Dailey and wife to Richard R Klein and wife for N percent W percent 19-142.
Trevor Glen Hinkle was born April 12 in Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hinkle. The mother Deanna Conrad Hinkle is formerly Deanna Conrad.
Winter drags on for some as spring lingers with blossoms two weeks ahead of schedule. A first aid class led by Mrs. Ken Krieg trains about two dozen ambulance drivers home extension club members and others, with final exam set for Monday April 22.
The Lee Campbells of Gresham celebrate their Golden wedding anniversary with an Open House at Wayland Congregational church parlors on Sunday April 21 five miles from Gresham. A grade school music program titled Voices of America will be performed at 8 p.m. April 19 in the High School Auditorium featuring sticks, clarinets, auto harp and piano.
The Cubs of Den 4 led by Mike Smith with Steve Trotter Danny Bond and Brad Lamb toured Columbus on Monday visiting Saunders Archery Behlen Mfg Co Reece Wooden Shoe Co Columbus Police and Fire Depts Daily Telegram and Loup Power House accompanied by Den Mather and Mrs Roy Trotter.
Jim Wilson of Polk will present Grass and People in the Land of the Wide Skies at the Stuhr Museum in Grand Island on Sunday afternoon April 21 at 2 30. The program features 250 color photographs by Mrs. Wilson and their son Steven, Bainbridge Island photographer, whose show The Territory of Man runs this month.
The Osceola Lions Club sponsors the first spring trap shoot on Sunday April 21 at 1 30 p m at the Polk County fairgrounds open to all shooters. Also reports fire damage at the Charles Lockard home and a hay pile near a barn sparked by a tree stump fire with Osceola firefighters responding.
The hospital report lists patients Mrs Mamie Steever Stroms burg Walford Nelson Osceola Andrew Peterson Osceola Robert Lux Shelby Mrs Martha Wasserman Stromsburg Phillip Waller Stromsburg Mrs Teresa Dunn Osceola Mrs Betty Ang Stromsburg Charles Nutterman Gresham Wilmont Crozier Osceola Mrs Marie Plageman Osceola Edwin Almstrom Osceola Mrs Wesley Ericson Stroms burg Miss Cecil Standing Stroms DISMISSED Mrs Ester Lackey Polk Mrs Clarence L Carlson Stromsburg Mrs Mary George Stromsburg Lee Rein Osceola Verle Hedrick Gresham Mrs Gladys Buchta Osceola TRANSFERRED Mrs Lawrence Swanson Stroms
Bob Lux of Osceola area was pulled into a hay feeder while removing wrap on the rollers. He freed himself, walked home, and is hospitalized at Jeffrey Hospital with a broken arm and ribs, cuts and scratches. Local American Legion units set an April 30 luncheon and program at First Methodist fellowship hall.
The Polk County Extension Council gathered April 8 at City Hall with county chairman Roy Carlson presiding. Reports covered the David City Home Extension meeting, senior citizen homes, and area home economist plans. Announcements included the September Summer Camp at Halsey and the Chadron state convention.
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