Osceola group eyes museum with pool sweepers fund drive
Osceola residents and about 24 Polk County supporters met to start a city museum project. Funds have accumulated from insurance agents and earlier donations for a pool cleaner and a diving tower, with about 400 dollars still in the fund. A preliminary plan requires substantial money and a small admission fee may cover operating costs. A meeting is set for 7:30 pm at city hall on Monday. those interested should contact the organizer.
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Osceola
Polk
City Hall
Frau Howe Shares Time Saving Kitchen Hack
Kathy Ann notes a time saving tip using an electric knife to cut corn while Dick had bought the knife months earlier. The writer mentions freezing corn and praises the device for quickly removing kernels from three bushels, changing her view on the tool.
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Kathy Ann
Mrs Rost Receives Master’s in Education at Kearney State
Mrs Marcus V Rost of Holdrege earned a master’s degree in education at Kearney State College during Friday morning commencement on July 30. Attending included Mrs Marvin Fredrickson Mrs Walter Stohl and Leilani of Polk Mr and Mrs John Rost of Axtell Miss Rost of Grand Island Waldo Rost and daughters Genon Monica and Clendon Rost of Holdrege.
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Marcus V. Rost
Holdrege
Kearney State College
Rost
Polk High School
Marvin Fredrickson
Walter Stohl
Leilani
Polk
John Rost
Axtell
Grand Island
Waldo Rost
Genon
Monica
Clendon
Mrs Lincoln to Publish JFK Staff Memoir
Eve lyn Lincoln of Bethesda Maryland personal secretary to John F Kennedy will publish My Twelve Years with John F Kennedy due August 30 from David McKay Co Inc New York. She is a Nebraska native and Polk High School graduate now on the Kennedy papers staff. Osceola students enroll in Colorado State College summer session Maurice Ransom Elizabeth Rippe and Kenneth Lee Rippe among them.
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John F. Kennedy
Evelyn Lincoln
Bethesda
Bok
David McKay Co. Inc
New York
Nebraska
Lincoln
Kennedy
Polk
Polk High School
Osceola
Colorado State College, Greeley
Maurice Ransom
Elizabeth Rippe
Kenneth Lee Rippe
Rainy July Pushes Yearly Precipitation Past 20 Inches
Rain showers in the latter half of July lift total precipitation above 20 inches for the year, with July recording 2.66 inches. Normal through August is 19.20 inches. Temperatures rose to 91 on Monday, lower than July 23's 99. Night lows dipped into the 50s and a furnace click was heard by Osc Eolan. Weather observer Chris Dahmke notes July’s rainfall.
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Chris Dahmke
Hi Lo Pr
Polk County Crops Weather Report Highlights Field Conditions
Moisture supply is surface adequate and subsoil short. Irrigated corn 95 percent heading and tasseling, 90 percent dry. Irrigated sorghums 35 percent, dry sorghums 30 percent. Winter wheat and oats 100 percent harvested. Second cutting alfalfa 98 percent. Pasture and range feed average. Main farm work alfalfa hay. Irrigation active on row crops. Cattle look good with some pink eye reported.
Polk County Fair Week Features Wrestling Barbecue and Horse Show
The Polk county fair runs Thursday through Saturday with a wrestling program Grand Ole Opry performance free barbecue and a four H program as the week’s main attractions. Activities began today.
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Polk County
Igor Vodik
Ivan Kalmikoff
Haru Sasaki
Tiny Mills
Jean Antone
Betty Nicolli
Igor Vodikk
Grand Ole Opry
Jimmy Dickens
Duke of Paducah
Fred Levine
Gary van
Dianne Hamilton
R & L Amusements
Midway
America
Dickens
the Duke
Red Levine
Decca
West Virginia
Rosa
the Opry
Long distance rates cut in Nebraska by state commission
The Nebraska State Railway Commission ordered rate reductions on certain long distance calls by Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. The new schedule lowers night rates to 65 cents for a 3 minute station call and adds evening rates from 6 to 8 p m on weekdays and all day Saturday until 8 p m. The changes, effective within 60 days, follow earlier reductions from Jan 3 and aim to save Nebraska users about 225 060 annually.
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Nebraska
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
J. E. Olson
NWB
Births at Annie Jeffrey Hospital
July 31 Robert Allen Bright Jr born to Mr and Mrs Robert Bright Shelby weighing 5 lbs 3% ozs. August 2 David Lee Petersen 8 lb 13 oz son of Le land Petersen Stromsburg. August 2 Malinda Kelly Schultze 8 lb 8 oz daughter of Ron ald Schultze Gresham. August 3 La Donna Patricia Reisdorff girl 7 lb audience 8 oz Shelby. The Mervin Rystroms and Lor el visited Jerry Engel home Tuesday evening last week.
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Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Bright
Robert Allen Jr
Robert Bright
Shelby
Petersen
Leland Petersen
Stromsburg
David Lee
Schultze
Malinda Kelly
Ronald Schultze
Gresham
Reisdorff
la Donna
Patricia
Donald Reisdorff
County Fair Awards Honor Polk 4-H Youth and Other Local Figures
A detailed list outlines trophies plaques and cash alternatives for Polk county 4-H winners at the county fair with sponsors from Stromsburg Osceola and Stromsburg area businesses plus livestock show prizes and dress revue honors. Navy recruits Lance C Boye and David E Michener begin nine weeks of basic training at Great Lakes. Social security info notes an Osceola visit by H S Hornby and wage rules for farm workers.
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Polk County
4-H
Stromsburg
Victor Anderson Co
Farmers Co-op
Silver Creek
Osceola Chamber of Commerce
Osceola Cleaners
Dairy Durant Grain Co
Farmers Co-op Business Assn
Shelby
Durant Grain
Osceola
Farmers Co-op Grain
Polk
Harolds Thriftway
Osceola Record
Treffers Standard
Farmers Co-op Oil
Columbus Feed and Seed Co
Stromsburg Flour Mill
Duncan Grain Co
Polk County Sheep and Wool Assn
Nebraska
Navy
Lance C. Boye
Bernadine M. Swanson
David E. Michener
Wesley A. Micheners
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Red Cross Blood Drive Set in Shelby August 16
The Red Cross Blandmobile will be at Shelby high school auditorium on Monday August 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those wishing to give blood should call the new city chairman Mrs Dave Rutter at 747-2184 Osceola.
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Red Cross
Shelby
Gire Hinad
Dave Rutter
Osceola
County fair grant from Ak-Sar-Ben funds Osceola project
The Polk County Fair at Osceola receives 500 dollars as the first payment of a three year grant for a new Agriculture and art and craft building. President Henry Galus and Secretary Ray A Conrad announce the program is part of Ak-Sar-Ben’s county fair improvement funds. The program uses a dollar matching system and Ak-Sar-Ben allocates 50,000 dollars yearly for improvements along with 135,000 for premiums.
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Polk County
Osceola
Ak- Sar Ben
Henry Galus
Ray A. Conrad
Polk County Agricultural Society
Ak- Sar-Ben
State Racing Commission
Ak-Sar-Ben
Lions sell emblems at county fair for sight conservation
Lions plan a county fair weekend booth selling safety emblems for slow vehicles and items made by blind residents. Proceeds fund Osceola sight conservation. prizes include eye donor card signers. Also listed are Osceola baseball’s 14 6 win and naval service of Deland Flodman aboard USS Canberra.
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Creenia Lions
Bernie Gissler
Lions Booth
Lions
Osceola
Gissler
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Lorel
Jerry Engel
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H. S. Hornby
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Rich Pehrson
HOT Motor
Frank Peterson
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Istol. Deland C. Flodman
Carrol M. Flodman
Canberra
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