28 Apr 1977
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1977
Page
1
In Osceola the Muse Theatre closes for the season and becomes a permanent loss as the Bill Zedicher family ends local movie nights. The longtime venue, dating back to silent films and later the Rivoli, leaves the square with no immediate revival planned.
Debbie Anderson daughter of Lee Andersons and a Jeffrey Elementary sixth grader won a Campbell Soup label collection contest among two sixth grade classes taught by Dorothy Saesrud and Pauline Wieseman. She is shown with two books and a tape recorder awarded previously for collecting over 6,000 labels. this year the students earned two record players and the order has been mailed.
OHS boys track hosted Stroms burg Vikings and Cedar Rapids Tigers on Monday the 18th but rain shortened the meet making points unofficial. John Zelasney finished second in the 3000 meters and Lyndon Wieseman swept the long jump and shot put. Greg Cliffords and Steve Peterson took first and second in pole vault, Tim Johansen tied for third in the 100 meters, Dan Bond placed third in the 90 meter hurdles, and George Boruch was third in the 55 meter high hurdles. The 4x800 relay finished second as Murray Dunn Derald Johnson Duane Tenniges and Sam Flatt raced 9:49.1. The Bulldogs next duel with Shelby is planned for Wednesday the 27th. The Golden Rod Conference track meet is set for Saturday April 30 at Central City.
The calendar lists events from April 28 to May 5 including Firemen's meeting, Easy Aces with Hilda Yungdahl, Filibuster Club with Leona Boden, Mental Health Scouts Lions sessions, and City Council on May 5. Notable changes noted for Leona Boden's club.
The Polk County Commission approves a 50 percent cost share for the Herman Dittmer floodwater retardation structure in northwest Polk County. The $19 145 88 project will be built by Bryan Construction Company of Silver Creek, continuing county district cooperation on flood control projects. The county has prior cost shares on the Coover floodwater retardation structure north of Polk.
Osceola police seek a white pickup with a heavily damaged front after it struck Florence Bowe’s car on Nebraska Street near Kimmel around 9 p.m. Wednesday April 20. The vehicle, traveling east then south, totaled the Bowe car and left the scene. driver remains unrecovered. Officer George Shepard notes the Bowe car was probably totaled.
Since the 1930s ASCS has used mail referendums to decide on marketing adjustment measures. The 1938 act required two thirds farmer approval for quotas on wheat cotton rice peanuts and tobacco. Quotas apply to all producers and become effective through acreage allotments and penalties.
Cooperative Extension Service sponsors a free food preservation workshop at the Osceola Methodist Church on May 4. Morning 9:30 session covers canning and pickling, afternoon 1:00 session covers freezing and drying. Teresa Shaffer from UNL will lead. Linda DeTurk will test pressure canner gauges. No charge, no preregistration, all welcome.
The Ryan Hill Country Club held its Spring Opening on Sunday April 24 with 40 golfers in a mixed couples Knickers Tournament. Winners covered multiple categories led by Closest to winning score shared by Tom Perry with Lucille Osantow ski and Kenny Kuhnel with Bonnie Nelson.
Nearly 100 attend the Osceola Women's Bowling Association awards banquet at Ryan Hill Country Club marking the end of the 1976-77 regular season.officers elected for the city association and two leagues are listed, with awards for high team series and game, high individual series and game, season averages, perfect attendance, and pin milestones. Door prizes included potted plants.
The First National Bank of Osceola invites customers and new depositors to a free 8 by 10 color portrait session taken by professional photographers. Appointments are available evenings and weekends May 2 to May 7, with selections of finished portraits within 30 days and optional low cost additional prints.
Steve Johnston was injured when a car jack slipped and pinned him. Neighbor Bob Lux found him about an hour and a half later, and the Osceola rescue unit transported him to Clarkson Hospital in Omaha where he spent the night in intensive care with facial cuts and back and shoulder bruises before being released home Friday evening.
A multi county manhunt followed the Sunday night escape of Maurice Logue from the Osceola jail. Logue, 28, jailed since February 22 for armed robbery and auto theft in York County, fled during a disturbance as officers from Osceola and nearby towns joined state patrol and county sheriffs in the search. A Simplot fertilizer truck was stolen the same evening amid the manhunt.
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