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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
1
In Friday results Gas Co. beat Record 17 to 0. Tuesday games saw Gas Co. win 17 to 5 against Siglers 5. Make up game Siglers 3 defeated NFL Insurance 2. Last game Friday night pitted NFL against Record.
Osceola defeats Belgrade 16 to 10 Sunday at Belgrade to stay a half game ahead in the Central Nebraska League. Next Sunday Osceola faces Central City in a key road game and Central City visits Osceola August 22 for a makeup contest at 8 15. This wraps up the league schedule.
A team of seed specialists from Indonesia Sudan Bolivia Honduras Taiwan and Thailand toured Wilson Seed Farm as part of a ten week seed improvement course sponsored by the Foreign Agricultural Service and the Agency for International Development. The group, led by H V Geib and LeRoy V Peters, studied seed production and handling after five weeks at Mississippi State University and five weeks visiting land grant colleges and seed facilities in several states.
Cecil DeLand and son Jerry of Boulder visited Wm DeLand’s home over the weekend, with Irma De Land of Omaha observing Mrs DeLand’s birthday. Family gatherings included Shostroms and Johnston relatives at a Burwell rodeo and a move to Beatrice. Nine stitches were needed when Terry McMeekin cut his foot at a lake near Royal Nebraska. Rodger Wright returned to Osceola after completing Army service in Korea.
Miss Mavis Carlson daughter of Mr and Mrs C R Carlson of Silver Creek earned a diploma from Bryan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing at a Sunday evening commencement in Christ Methodist Church Lincoln. She is among seven teens completing the three year program and will begin duties at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital.
Birth notices report Daniel George Klein born August 9 to Ed and (Mrs) Klein of Stromsburg weighing 9 pounds 7 ounces. Owen Donald Baker born August 10 to Donald and (Mrs) Baker of Stromsburg weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. Andrea Gae Yungdahl born August 11 to Clark and (Mrs) Yungdahl of possibly Stromsburg weighing 8 pounds. Janice Elaine Oquist born August 11 to Stanley and (Mrs) Oquist of Clarks weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces. A son born to Robert Horst and (Mrs) Horst of Shelby on August 13 weighing 5 pounds 5 ounces.
Morning coffee gathered Friday August 10 at the home of Charles Massie, with Chas. Massie and Leon Merrick as hostesses to honor Mrs Ardis McMeekin. An out of town guest, Miss Dorothy Gondringer of Sioux City Iowa, attended.
In July the weather remained mostly mild with pleasant conditions. Temperatures peaked at 98 on the 8th and dipped to 50 on the 26th, while total rainfall reached 6.49 inches including 1.81 inches on the 28th and 1.70 inches on the 20th. Day to day readings followed with showers spread across several days.
Phyllis Carlson daughter of Mr and Mrs Rupert Carlson of Osceola has been accepted for admission to Bethany College Lindsborg Kansas for the semester beginning September 9 1962. New student orientation and registration run the first week with classes starting September 14.
Mrs Lena Huebner aged 75 of Portsmouth Iowa died August 2 at Harlan Hospital after a two week illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Vinton Clark of Osceola. Mr and Mrs Clark attended the Catholic Church funeral in Portsmouth Monday morning August 6. Mrs Clark stayed with her father until early this week.
R. E. Wait area manager of The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company warns posters on telephone poles create dangerous working conditions for linemen. Accidents may occur when climbers strike nails or tacks used to fasten posters, causing falls. The warning follows a University of Nebraska bulletin suggesting poster placement after field spraying, which the company endorses only with caution and has instructed workers to remove posters.
A list of discharged, deceased, and admitted individuals connected to Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital. Entries include names such as Clyde Baker, Mrs. Edward Quick, Miss Helen Mickey, Mrs. Vern Fairchild, Mrs. Hazel Koca, Mrs. Lulu Farris, and many others from Osceola, Stromsburg, Shelby, and surrounding cities. Details reference patient status and family relations with baby births noted in several cases.
Oliver Baker aged 68 died at Osceola hospital Sunday evening. Funeral services were held at Harmony church near Bradshaw on Wednesday August 15 at 2:00 p.m. He was born in York county and lived in York and Polk Counties. Survived by wife, two daughters Mrs. Charlotte Moomey Lincoln and Mrs. Clydella Merklinger South Sioux City Iowa, and a son Daniel in the Naval Service at Memphis Tennessee.
Mrs Mildred Snodgrass and the Mike Snodgrass family attended the Nelson family reunion Sunday at Buckley Park in Stromsburg. Last Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Glen Green Jim and Sharon attended a family dinner at the Louis Stejskal home in Wilber honoring Mr and Mrs Allie Gaston and daughters of Phoenix Arizona.
The School Lunch Program will open August 27 with the same staff as last year including Mrs. Reynold Peterson, Mrs. Albert W. Gabriel, Mrs. Ansel Peterson, and Mrs. Cedric Fineey. Students may buy a $5.00 meal ticket for 20 meals or a 5 meal ticket for $1.25.
On Wednesday August 29 Otto Olson will auction farm machinery household goods lumber and miscellaneous items at the farm on highway 81 34 miles east of Osceola. Sale begins at 1 00 p m with lunch by Lutheran Churchmen. The sale ad will run in next week’s issue.
Eight top high school science students from New York Connecticut Texas and Louisiana visited Polk County with Dr Vincent Schaefer and Mrs Schaefer to learn about grass planting. They stayed at Wilson Seed Farm and heard talks on warm season native grasses and pasture management from local experts.
The Social Calendar lists the Garden Club meeting with Mrs Dan Magnus on Aug 21 evening. Program leader is Marjorie Richards. Hospital Auxiliary plans an 8 p.m. Aug 20 meeting at the hospital. Busy Belles picnic rescheduled for 5 30 p.m. Aug 26 at Stromsburg Park. WCTU hosts a 1 p.m. luncheon on Thu Aug 16 at the Lutheran Church. Rebekah Lodge meets at 8 p.m. on Aug 22.
Doris Marie Cerny infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Cerny was born August 9 at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital and passed away August 10 at an Omaha hospital. Survived by parents two brothers. Funeral at St Vincent Church at 10:00 am August 13. Burial in Shelby Cemetery.
The Friendly Neighbors and families held a picnic at Osceola park Sunday evening. Miss Joanne Vizal of Wichita Kansas visited Raymond Branting's home for several days. Dan and Roger Mills from Omaha spent two weeks in Osceola with their grandparents Mr and Mrs M A Mills. Their parents Dr and Mrs John W Mills joined them this past week, and the Mills family has since returned to Omaha.
A County Court list records numerous traffic penalties across Omaha Lincoln and surrounding towns. Violations include night speeding from 60 to 75 mph with fines ranging from 11 to 31 dollars plus costs, improper plates and related offenses, and truck violations with sheriff and officer fees noted.
Carol Branting hosted a barbecue supper Friday night for several girls to mark her birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schott and family returned Monday after a week with Mrs. Schott’s parents, Nels Melinder, in Fargo North Dakota, and sightseeing around Lake Huron. They attended a relative’s wedding near the Canadian border.
Cheryl Bush of Polk is home from a 17 day trip to New York City as part of the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth. Seventy four youths participated visiting UN sites and seeing My Fair Lady on Broadway and Radio City Music Hall. Karen Blevins of Shelby was another Polk County youth on the trip.
Gregg Wieseman, son of Mr and Mrs Rex Wieseman, was under observation from Sunday morning until Tuesday evening at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln after swallowing a coin. The piece mentions several local gatherings and visits including the Johnson reunion picnic in Pioneer Park Lincoln with multiple attendees from Lincoln and surrounding areas. It also notes property moves and visits such as the Koehler and Rest Manor switch in Osceola and various family visits and trips to Wilber and Grant.
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