OHS Honor Roll Fifth Six Weeks List
The record lists students and their letter point patterns for the fifth six weeks for OHS. Entries include seniors Sid Dunn AAAB, Jerry Gond ringer AABB, Nick Zedicher AABBD, Michele Snodgrass AABC, juniors Chris Carlson AABBB, Eu gene Prososki AABBB, Ricky Ekstrom ABBBB, Bob Gabriel AAAB, and others across grades with various combinations, plus freshmen Alan Umstead AAAAB and Pat Gon sier AAAB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Dunn
Jerry Gondringer
Nick Zedicher
Michele Snodgrass
Chris Carlson
Eugene Prososki
Ricky Ekstrom
Bob Gabriel
Ronnie Lux
Jackie Rutter
Gary Ahlquist
Leon Johnson
Anita Lockard
Karen Gestrine
Carolyn Girard
Mike Gonsier
Cheryl McKeag
AABC
Alan Umstead
Vivian Carlson
Pat Gonsier
Donna Nelson
Margaret Peterson
Kathy Rodene
Kay Niemeier
Kent Heckman
Mike Anderson
Barbara Bennett
Dick Bennett
Patty Dunn
Janice Fischer
Osceola Hosts Grade School Conservation Day 1963
About 311 seventh and eighth graders plus teachers attended the Osceola event on April 16. The morning program at the high school featured demonstrations by Harold Gilman and presentations by Dale Williamson George Rotter and Vern Feye. Gary Garey led the day with local support from the Chamber of Commerce and conservation district leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Osceola
Harold Gilman
Dale Williamson
Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation
Cornte George Rotter
State Department of Education
Vern Feye
State Game Commission
Gary Garey
Robert Bryan
Soil and Water Conservation District
Osceola Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Anderson
Wilber
Verna Weye
Joe Rang
Forest Rafiger
Harold Klingman
Soil Conservation Service Tecnician
County Soil Conservation District
County Extension Service
Frost Touches Area With Early Cold Snap
Frost struck Monday night as temperatures fell to 24 degrees. Early damage assessment is underway to fruit trees, strawberries in bloom, and garden blooms to gauge extent.
Color Hobby Display Highlights Mrs. Elsie Wallace
Linda Gustafson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gustafson, capped in six months nursing course at Mary Lanning Hospital School. She is a 1962 Hardville High School graduate and granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Peterson. The Presbyterian Church ceremony was in alastings and the Hobby exhibit titled Color features decoupage, hand-painted china, embroidery, leather and wood crafts. The display includes a large collage of dried flora and a cast iron look on dishes. Next week showcases the stuffed animal collection of the Trotter daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Gustafson
Roger Gustafson
Elk
Presbyterian Church
Alastings
Linda
Mary Lanning Hospital
Hardville High School
C. R. Peterson
Osceola
Elsie Wallace
Roy Trotter
Grand Opening Draws Nearly Five Hundred At Osceola Limber Co
Nearly 500 attendees registered for the Osceola Limber Co Grand Opening held Saturday April 20. Prizes awarded include a Bar B Q grill Mixer stool and various tools with recipients listed by name. Additional gifts included two quarts of paint and one gallon of paint for several attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Limber Co
Bar-B-Q Grill
al Rommers
Lester Widga
Charles Kucera
Jay McDonald
Cedric Fineey
G. L. Ahrens
Kenneth Sipes
Lester Anderson
Leon Draeger
Mark Gustafson
Leo Albers
Rolland Ekstrom
Lee Anderson
Leonard Mrkvicka
Mmes
A. E. Ekstrom
Rose Swan
Dwight Bush
Tour to Annual Tulip Festival in Pella Iowa
Polk County Home Extension Council sponsors a tour to Pella Iowa for the Annual Tulip Festival. Departure from Osceola at 4 30 a m Friday May 10 arrives about 10 30 a m. Cost eight dollars thirty five cents with five dollar deposit. Noon meal for 25 at Pella Coffee Shop priced one fifty. Public invited first come first served. Contact County Agent's Office for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Home Extension Council
Pella
Iowa
Osceola
Polk County Extension Office
Child Welfare Tea Held by American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary held its Annual Child Welfare Tea at the Legion Club Rooms on Friday afternoon April 19. Rev. Loftis of York performed two songs and Mrs. Helen Inness reviewed the book The Answer is God. Lunch was served by a committee and proceeds of 60.65 were donated to the Columbus Opportunity Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Club Rooms
Loftis
York
Helen Inness
Columbus
Wesleyan Instructor To Fill Methodist Pulpit
Beverly Anderson, instructor in women's physical education at Nebraska Wesleyan University, will fill the Osceola Methodist church pulpit on Sunday April 28 as part of Church College Sunday. The program promotes the church college's role in America's educational system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Anderson
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Osceola Methodist Church
Nebraska Wesleyan
Church College
America
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital News Transfer and Dismissals
Transferred William Sternberg and Arthur Cederberg. Dismissed Deloris Lindblade, Alex Adelson, and Karen Johnson. Listed are many patients and guardians across Osceola Stromsburg Gresham Polk Shelby York Columbus Silver Creek Arpin and nearby areas with multiple newborns and wives noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sternberg
Gresham
Arthur Cederberg
Osceola
Deloris Lindblade
Alex Adelson
Stromsburg
W. J. Kroger
Polk
Anna Appleton
David Hart
Shelby
Karen Johnson
Harry E. Shaw
Stanley Braithwait
Janice Anderson
Victor Johnson
Darwin Carlson
Irvin Keil
Robert E. Sho
Vernon Boden
Virgil Gulbrandson
Donald Richards
Albert J. Swanson
Henry Nebosis
Anna Kmiecik
Silver Creek
Elwyn Yungdahl
Donald Johnson
Agnes L. Robinson
Arpin
Wisconsin
Mar
Osceola Wins Triangular Meet and Doane Day Highlights
Osceola Shelby and Silver Creek competed in a triangular track meet Tuesday April 16 with Osceola taking 68 points, Shelby 38 and Silver Creek 18. Joel Eikenhorst set a school mile record at 4:57.7 while Larry Miley and Chris Carlson beat Shelby’s John Abbott in the 880. The mile relay placed third with Harvard in 3:47.3. Osceola also won a dual with Stromsburg 65 53. Results list multiple events and distances with top placers and marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Shelby
Silver Creek
Joel Eikenhorst
Mike Cotter
Larry Miley
Chris Carlson
John Abbott
Polk County
Greg Ransom
Dan Wieseman
Gary Ahlquist
Duane Dozier
Harvard
Treadway
Schmoker
Bright
Dozier
Ahlquist
Voss
C. Carlson
J. Abbott
Mile
J. Eikenhorst
Lonnie Miley
Czarnick
Hiemer
Buffington
Ellsworth
Gray
Abbott
D. Wieseman
S‘udley
M. Wieseman
Ransom
Ahilquist
Merrill
Grosch
Burger
Sock
D. Yungdahl
Meister
Monson
Studley
Waller
County Court Fines Range From Speeding To No Licenses
A list from County Court shows multiple defendants from various towns facing fines for traffic and related offenses. Notable entries include speeding at high mph in Omaha and Colorado, no license or plates in Columbus and North Platte, and a minor in possession of alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth B. Laska
Columbus
Virginia Swirczek
Enid Murphy
North Platte
Weston Burgess
Shelby
Fred J. Richter
Gresham
Donald E. Carstens
Omaha
Thomas A. Peterson
Robert D. Mueller
Lincoln
Edward F. Burns
Colorado
Robert L. Custer
Mass
Robert Basse
Springfield
Ivan K. Milbourn
Lyle D. Darnell
Guenther Guennel
Canada
Howard B. Arnwine
Oklahoma
Richard J. Gans
David City
Record Staff Wins Nebraska Ad Contest Plaques
Publisher Don Waterman and staff at the Record office earned two bronze and walnut plaques in the 89th Annual Nebraska Press Advertising Service contest in Lincoln. Their Class B and Sweepstakes entries praised local ads for Triple F Feeds Osceola, using over 30 weekly ads from May 1962 featuring cattle and Election Day themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Waterman
Record Office
Punch
Nebraska Press Advertising Service
Nebraska Press Ass’n
Lincoln
Lewis
Banner Press
David City
Stromsburg
March Bond Sales Boost Polk County and State Totals
A. E. Bodine reports Polk County E and H bond sales reached 43725 last month, lifting the year’s first three months to 187550 which is 31.9 percent of 1963’s quota. State totals hit 27743104, six percent above 1962’s first quarter and 33.9 percent of the state goal. Millard announces expanded volunteer participation for the 1963 Freedom Bond Drive May 1 to July 4, and Burnham will chair the Nebraska School Thrift Committee’s May 9 Lincoln meeting at the University Center for Continuing Education luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Bodine
Third Grade Visitors Tour Record Office Highlights
Jeffrey Elementary School third grade groups visited the Record office with teachers Mrs. Theis and Mrs. Burritt. Brian Hansen, son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Hansen, sent a Thank You letter noting curiosity about printing, machines that cut and fold paper, the lead in type, and the new word slug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey
Theis
Burritt
Brian Hansen
Lowell Hansen
Waterman
Operation Balloon Drop kicks off TB campaign in Nebraska
The Nebraska Tuberculosis Association with Civil Air Patrol plans an April 27 event. CAP planes will drop balloons from fourteen Nebraska communities to raise awareness of chronic cough and shortness of breath as symptoms. Messages urge people to see a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Tuberculosis Association
Civil Air Patrol, Nebraska Wing
C.A.P
Nebraska
TB Association
FAN Club Tours Grand Island on Fifth Annual Bus Trip
Thirty members of the Friends and Neighbors Extension Club and guests joined a Tuesday April 23 bus tour to Grand Island. They visited Fair Acres Dairy Bartz Floral Shop Andersons Candy Shop and Pine Street Ceramic Shop and spent the afternoon at Fonner Park horse races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends and Neighbors Extension Club
Grand Island
Fairacres Dairy
Bartz Floral Shop
Anderson’s Candy Shop
Pine Street Ceramic Shop
Fonner Park
Grand Opening of Polk County Museum May 5
The Polk County Historical Society invites the public to a grand opening on Sunday May 5 from 2 to 5. Credit is given to sponsors and donors including Osceola Chamber of Commerce and Osceola Lumber Co for support and materials. A long list of donors furnished furniture and articles for the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Historical Society
Albert Ryan
Osceola Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Norton
Davis Decorators
Coop Oil Co
Osceola Lumber Co
Moore Lumber Co
Stromsburg
Milton Anderson
Harold Barber
Elizabeth Miller
Suzi Tilley
Ada Lindquist
Francis Whaley
Maude A. Nuquist
Mildred Flodman
Frank Westerdale
Floyd Moore
Irene Brumbaugh
Homer
Esther Fellows
Allegra Johnson
Clara McCormick
Jim Branting
Frank Lux
August Tenn
John Bailey
Delmar McFadden
Ross Richards
A. T. Wilson
C. A. Cremeen
Rose Garey
Lillian Brown
Leonard Liller
Grace Runquist
Lesta Mace
Carl W. Hensen
Mike Philips
Marla Richards Reaches Midwest Spelling Finals
Mr and Mrs Glenn Richards and daughter Marla traveled to Omaha for the Midwest Spelling Bee finals. Marla earned congratulations and an autographed picture from Senator Carl T Curtis for her participation in the finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Richards
Marla
Omaha
The
World Herald
Carl T. Curtis
Perry Sapp Judges Miss Seward Beauty Pageant
Perry Sapp served as one of the judges at the Miss Seward Beauty Pageant held Friday evening, contributing to the judging panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Sapp
Polk County Livestock Feeders Tour Draws Thirty Members
Thirty men toured Polk County cattle feeding operations on April 17 visiting the Vernon Boden Don Hayes John Carlson and Augustin Brothers feedlots. The group viewed a Bale Buster at the Boden farm and met Mr Boden. The day ended with a 6:30 social hour at the Legion Club Stromsburg hosted by the Stromsburg banks and a Smorgasbord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Vernon Boden
Don Hayes
John Carlson
Augustin Brothers
Mr. Boden
Boden
Legion Club
Stromsburg
Pat Augustin
County Feeders Group
Maynard Ortegren
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OHS
Craig Monson
Joe Kikenhorst
Julie Gullberg
Patti Carlson
Beth Monson
Jim Peterson
Beverly Wieseman
Mary Wobig
Steve Johnson
Barbara Klingman
Abbco
Mrs. Elsie Wallace
Lbr. Co
Larry Clay
Osceola Volunteer Firemen
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Hospital News
Doane
J. B. Engert
Klein
McCormick
Richards
Dist
Story
TB Ass’n
Marla Richards
Feeders
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