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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1962
Page
1
Osceola trailed but scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Wahoo 9 to 8 on Thursday. The Osceola Midgets secured the victory in a late comeback.
Osceola topped Clarks 11-2 Sunday night to raise its record to 7-2 and move into first place in the league. Kinberg and H Grossnicklaus pitched for Osceola while Brazee Peterson and D Booth appeared for Clarks. Osceola hosts Shelby next Sunday at 8 15 p m.
In Stromsburg and surrounding areas a series of petty offenses are fined by county court. Prosecutions include procuring liquor for a minor, minor in possession, night speeding at 65 mph, careless driving, improper use of F plates, intoxication, and drunk driving. Notable sums include Dale O. Ibbotson 100 dollars fine for drunk driving and six month license suspension. Correction notes Jack E. Taylor night speeding 65 mph fined 11 dollars plus costs.
The I. D. Hustons returned home Monday after spending several days in the Paul Eveland home at Ames, Nebraska.
A flash flood swamped Osceola Friday night as 1.81 inches of rain fell locally while Swede Home saw 4.5 to 6 inches. Firemen evacuated families, sandbags surrounded Rest Manor, basements flooded, and water filled streets as crews pumped areas and protected key buildings. Highway 92-308 flooded, traffic halted temporarily. Residents work on cleanup under Operation Mop Up.
The Commodity Credit Corporation announces support rates on 1962 farm stored grains produced in Polk County. Wheat 2.08 dollars per unit, grain sorghums 1.95, barley 1.95, oats 1.60, rye 1.03. Loans and purchase agreements available through January 31, 1963.
Rebekah Lodge meets at 8 00 p m Wednesday August 8. Lions Club hosts a steak fry Monday evening August 6 at 6 30 at Osceola Park.
Congratulations are in order for Mrs. Jessie Hewitt who turned eighty three on Tuesday. Ten neighbors and friends surprised her at her home with a decorated cake and lunch brought by the self invited guests.
Mr and Mrs Chas Micek of Shelby welcome Linda Kay born July 28 weighing 6 lbs 1 oz and Mr and Mrs Merlin Simpson of Stromsburg celebrate Ann Victoria born July 31 weighing 5 lbs 7 ozs.
Mrs Harold Jones and Mrs Gary Conrad hosted a miscellaneous bridal shower Sunday at the Conrad home honoring Kay Timm. Games provided entertainment and a blue and white color scheme marked the decor.
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital releases a list of deceased William T. Inness Stromsburg and many names from Osceola Polk Stromsburg Shelby Clarks Gresham Sterling Silver Creek Columbus and surrounding towns. The notice names multiple individuals including Mrs Henry Nebosis Mrs Beula Graves and John Lisco with no further details.
Thelma Allinder's poem Court ship Semantics will appear in the 1962 Young Anthologies Heart's Secrets Best New Love Poems of 1962. Young Publications releases annually and distributes nationwide to libraries bookstores stands and individuals. Complimentary copies go to celebrities and distinguished figures to promote the volume. The book should be off press in late July or early August.
Rev. Sushil Joseph from Pun jal India will speak at Fairview and Silver Creek Methodist Churches on Sunday August 12 at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. He is the son of a Delhi Conference Methodist minister and recently earned a B D from Asbury Semin Wilmore Kentucky. He is serving the Columbus Methodist Church this summer through the sponsorship Board of Evangelism. He urges Christians to act in daily life and in mission fields worldwide, not just attend large churches.
The Polk A Tots met at Mrs. Dale Buchta's on July 19 at 2 00. Members planned a swimming party for Achievement Day. Younger girls baked oatmeal cookies while older members worked on Dress Revue entry cards and answered questions in Let's Sew Record Books.
A Sunday evening gathering at the Rolland Ekstrom residence included Pastor and Mrs. Robert Turner and Daniel, the families of Clarence Carlson and Joe Fjell, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson, Mrs. Florence Ekstrom, and Miss Helen Ahlin.
Firefighters were summoned to the Louis Tworek farm near Osceola Friday evening as lightning struck a barn in the valley area. The blaze destroyed baled hay grain a truck and other machinery with damage estimated in the thousands. Fire units from Duncan and Silver Creek assisted.
The Osceola Public Schools hire eleven teachers across all grades for the 1962-63 term. New staff include Kindergarten Neola Anderson. First Marilyn Giesmann Edith Smith. Second Beverly Olson Jo Ann Olson. Third Irene Burritt Doris Theis. Fourth Orpha Fjell. Fifth Mildred Sigler Esther Mrkvicka. Sixth Pauline Fink. Seventh Francis Inness Marie Bradley. Eighth Darrell Foote. High School adds Lawrence Theis Kenneth Rippe Dennis Scheer Donald Bartek Marian Hill Carolyn Coffman Larry Clay Annette Magorian Dora Lockard Kenneth Sipes Virgil Bugbee as principal and superintendent respectively.
The Genoa Lions Club will celebrate its silver anniversary with a 3:00 p.m. August 5, 1962 picnic in Genoa City Park. Russell W. Nixon of Lions International will speak, with Pete Lakers of the Columbus Lions Club as toastmaster. Attendees include clubs from Duncan, Columbus, Fullerton, Madison, Norfolk and Platte Center.
Mrs Merle Johnson helped Mrs Ross Richards at a Saturday coffee party honoring Mrs Robert Moore. Mrs Mary Spaulding moved to Eagle Nebraska to teach next year. Community notes mention Guildford Bryan Road District 2 Commissioner receiving medical treatment at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha.
Sunshine and cooler temperatures welcomed the kickoff of the 1962 Polk County Fair on Monday. The midway hosted a strong carnival, 4-H judging occurred, and wrestling entertained the grandstand. A Grand Old Opry show was slated for Tuesday evening with a large crowd anticipated. A fuller report will appear in next week's Record.
Mrs Ardis McMeekin and sons receive farewell tributes as visitors host bridge and cookout gatherings in Shelby. July 21 to 25 events feature prizes gifts and social—Beatrice teaching position planned for the coming year with dinners and gifts for the honored guest.
Rev Ray B. Hawkins led funeral services at 2 p m Wednesday at Osceola Methodist Church for William T. Inness who died Sunday at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital. He had resided at Covenant Home in Stromsburg. Survivors include two daughters and a sister Mrs Wm McKeag of Osceola. Burial followed in Shelby Cemetery.
Sp4 and Mrs. Robert Moore arrived July 20 from Germany for a visit with relatives and friends. They will leave Sunday for Fort Eustis, Virginia, where he will be stationed. Sgt. 1 Gerald K. Johnson of Fort Bliss, Texas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Johnson, is attending a six month school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. His wife and two daughters remain in Texas.
Monday guests of Mrs. Jessie Hewitt were Laverna Kumpf Mildred White Emma Schlesinger all of Shelby and Lyda Croisant of Osceola.
Thirty-three children completed their beginners tests and received Red Cross swimming certificates. The list includes Seanna Carter, Pamela Augustine, Kathy Hayes, Connie Stromberg, Gordon Schott, Margie Simonsen, Gary Alt, Connie DeTurk, David White, Bob Eklund, Connie Hiemer, Sandy Stratton, Michelle Lewis, Janelle Headlee, Candy Studrey, Dorothy Runquist, Pamela Snodgrass, Ronald Glatter, Mary Cerny, Cindy Hiemer, Julie Wobig, Leslie Miley, Deborah Schott, Debra Larson, Gloria Morgan, Deborah Carlson, Vicki Ferguson, Mike Rosenberry, Marsha Nyberg, Mike Larson, Steven Sterup, Leo Potter and Helen Runquist.
A Swedish reader Nels Paulson in Tyringe writes to Osceola acknowledging the Record. He thanks for weekly news and notes it is time to renew, sending five dollars and signing as a friend in Sweden.
Dr. J. S. Carson announces the first inoculation of the Sabin Oral Vaccine will be given in Osceola on Sunday September 2. The exact site will be announced later and readers are asked to return a coupon by August 15 to help estimate serum quantities.
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