BB shoot off planned for August 22nd Osceola locals and rifle club plan free hunter safety
Osceola area boys and girls will compete in a BB shoot off Thursday August 22 at the fairgrounds starting 6 30 p m with packs of BBs as prizes. Eldon Lauber presided at the Friday meeting and plans for a free hunter safety course were announced with details to follow. Chris Dahmke was elected secretary replacing Dick Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Area
Osceola Rifle and Pistol Club
Eldon Lauber
Lauber
National Rifle Assn
Ate
Chris Dahmke
Dick Howe
1968 graduates survey plans for next steps
The 29 member class of 1968 reveals future plans with many heading to higher education. Universities named include Nebraska, Kearney State, Midland, Grinnell College and Stewart’s School of Cosmetology as students pursue engineering, education, business, journalism, and law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
Kearney State College
Don Augustin
Norfolk Junior College
Larry Burgess
Rodney Jones
Columbus
Behlen’s
Milford Vocational School
Alvin Cederberg
Paula Cotter
Washington, D.C
Dennis Fischer
University
N.U
Linda Herrmann
Connie Stromberg
School of
Home Economics
Greg Johnson
Kearney State
Doug Jones
Twyl
Midland College
Fremont
Marsha Nyberg
Anita Peterson
Tom Bodene
Dorothy Runquist
Stewart’s School of
Council Bluffs
Valerie Rutter
Jane Sedlak
Bill Snodgrass
Vic Sterup
Sandy Stratton
Knights of Columbus Elect 1968 69 Officers in Shelby
The John F. Kennedy Council of the Knights of Columbus in Shelby elected its 1968 69 officers led by Grand Knight John W. Schott and Deputy Grand Knight Glen Green. Others include Recorder Ray Grossnicklaus and Warden Henry Galus with Trustee Paul Meister and several parish leaders. Public notices show camping youths and local obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
The
Knights of Columbus of
Shelby
Joh W. Schott
Glen Green
Ray Grossnicklaus
Henry Galus
Eugene Gabel
Bernard Korger
Jerry Engle
Leonard Prochaska
Ted Pandorf
Paul Meister
Youth Activites
Mark Alt
Camp Marietta
Chris
Steve
Dan Alt
Roger Houderscheidt
Kenny Gabriel
Danny Kobza
Philip Pandorf
John Meister
Bob
Dale
Marie Runault
Osceola
Committeemen for ASE to be nominated
Richard C. Sealey, chairman of the county ASC committee, says ASC community committees should be farmer representatives. Slates of nominees will be set up at the county ASCS office, with elections in the third week of September by mail ballot in Polk County on Sept 17, 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Richard C. Sealey
ASCS
Osceola Schools Open Septem Ber 3 And Preopening Meetings
Osceola schools set to open September 3 with registration for high school pupils on Thursday August 29 and Saturday August 31. Preopening teacher meetings on Friday August 30 feature Dr Velma Schmidt and Mr Roy Gray from the State Department of Education addressing elementary and secondary staff. Bus routes revert to near last year with drivers named. New faculty include Miss Eileen Blitzkie Miss Katherine Beebe James Beebe Miss Sandra Wasmund Norman Cheat Rex Cadwallader and others. The school lunch program will continue under Reynold Peterson who is stepping down as head cook after years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Jeffrey
Velma Schmidt
State Department of Education
Roy Gray
Betty Majors
Schmidt
Gray
Polk County
East Butler
Morris Richards
Leonard Mrkvicka
Robert Grossnicklaus
Max Simonsen
Harold Jarmin
Neola Anderson
Esther Wagner
Edith Smith
Dorothy Davis
Eileen Blitskie
Irene Burritt
Bernadette Daily
Orpha Fjell
Katherine Beebe
Doris Cermak
Richard Hart
Lawrence Theis
Donald Bartek
Kenneth Sipes
Vitel Bugbee
Eileen Blitzkie
Spencer
Neb
Wayne State College
Lincoln
Nebr
James Beebe
Rising City
Sandra Wasmund
Hays Springs
Chadron State College
Norman Cheat
St.Edward
Shelby
Rex Caballader
Bellevue
University of Nebrasa
Richard Hatt
Arcadia
Calif
Osceola and
Reynold Peterson
Mraeterson
Hospital Report Names Readied for Disposition
A list of patients shows several names across Osceola Stromsburg Gresham Silver Creek and surrounding towns. Several patients are marked dismissed transferred or listed for transfer, with physicians and facilities not shown in the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy van Winkle
Silver Creek
John Wieseman
Osceola
Lynn Kreis
Stromsburg
Blanche Bolton
Freda Waller
Oscar Olson
Steven Jean
Richard Watts
Raymond Gestrine
Roy Hartson
Shelby Russel Fredrickson
Wren Sherwood
Lena Jordan
Charles Lytle
Charles Nuttelman
Gresham
John
Three attend Nebraska youth conference in Lincoln
Mary Ellen Nyberg April Wal fren and Randy Gissler were delegates to the 1968 Nebraska conference on youth at the Nebraska Center in Lincoln. About 300 Nebraska youth attended discussions on juvenile problems, with Osceola sending its first delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Sterup
Lincoln
Bryan Memorial School of
Ping Arta Center
Nebras- Wa Fatto
Eis Aller
Mary Ellen Nyberg
April Walfren
Randy Gissler
Nebraska
Nebraska Center
Osceola
The
Chamber of Commerce
the Lions and the Welfare Department
Legion Aux Receives Top Awards for Child Welfare Work
Unit No 91 American Legion Auxiliary earned cash honors for the best outstanding child welfare meeting in April and for the best year round child welfare effort. It also won the Marguerite Bosch gavel for the latter project at the state convention in North Platte in July. Attendees included president Mrs Ben Schmoker and rehabilitation chairman Mrs Jack Malek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 91
American Legion Auxiliary
Apri
Marguerite Bosch
North Platte
Ben Schmoker
Jack Malek
Odd Bits From Eldena Lindblade on Gardens and Local Life
A column highlights garden quirks with coons and corn, moon planting questions, and weather helping Greenbug control. It notes Osceola farm life, Polk Co Recreation Club crowds, and a polo grounds vendor recalling a 1898 hot dog origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Co. Recreation Club
Harry Stevens
Polo Grounds
New York
Seehof
Improvements at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Recent upgrades include paneling on outside walls in the south corridor rooms and 12 new hi low manually operated beds. Repainted walls and new cupboards added in X ray and surgery departments. The Joint Commission surveyor has reviewed the hospital for this year. In September the county women may help reorganize the Hospital Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Paving plan north of Osceola okayed and creek cleanup eyed
Osceola will cooperate with county on paving Nance Street from the highway to town edge and north to Inness corner. Mayor Leroy Johnson and the council discussed costs and asked residents to pay driveways. Creek cleanup and tree maintenance to be county assisted with easements sought. Sewer bonds of about 3,000 to be paid off soon. Water and sewer tax enforcement approved with shutoff rules and hook-up penalties. Dick Howe resigned from the council. a replacement to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Nance Street
Inness Corner
Leroy Johnson
Carl R. H. Johnston
Dick Howe
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Hartington
Fran Howe
Terri
Uncle John
Lynn Anderson
Phardan
Navy
Lakehurst
N.J
Mediterranean
Lemoyne Andersons
Anita Hollister
Harold Swan
Gering
Lee Skoglund
Mattoon
Dwight Newcomer
Polk County Fair
Loren Oberg
Stromsburg Bank
K of C
Lytle
Chas, Lytle
Polk
Lillie
Good Samaritan
Robert Lytle
Bethesda
Charles Dye Augusta
Aldred Schnasse
Wakefield
York
Marian Cotter
Nebraska ‘Center For
Giprcevia
Nebraska State Department of Public Welfare
ASE
Schotts
Raymond Schott
Osceola City Hall
Everett Powell
Osceola Methodist Church
Elmer Gleim
Wm. McKeag
John Hossack
Harry DeFrene
Gordon Fredrickson
Nean McKeag
Sistant
Ansel Pehrson
Walter Jones
Lester Anderson
Merle Johnson
We- They
Stromsburg Seciteconi
Wascallinns
Stromeburg Res
Clarks Steerer
Meewes
St. Edward
Henderson
Clarks Ree
Pelk Res
Pelk Secession
Palmer Gemcerecelleceree
Genea
Scone
Legion Aux
Odd Bits
Eldena Lindblade
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