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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1961
Page
8
A collage of small ads lists items for sale and services including used portable typewriters refrigerators and jewelry. It also notes job offers distribution routes vending opportunities and poster letter supplies from Osceola Ahrens Jewelry and retailers in Minnesota Nebraska and Rochester Minnesota.
Osceola ad promotes long time loans for farms and homes with low rate interest. It urges plantings of cool season grass and alfalfa and offers drills for rent with seed cost savings. Wilson Seed Farm in Polk is mentioned.
The Davis family of 11575 Old Virginia Road, Reno Nevada express deep gratitude for the many expressions of sympathy. Though distant they feel your kindness and cherish these memories during their sad time.
A sincere thank you for every act and expression of kindness and concern shown during my illness. Don Johnson.
Mr and Mrs Fred Wieseman hosted a lawn picnic last Tuesday evening for their daughter Barbara visiting from Bryan Memorial School of Nursing. Guests included Mr and Mrs Paul Swanson and family Mrs Frank Swanson Mr and Mrs Chas Christman all of Stromsburg Mr and Mrs Gary Garey and family and Mr and Mrs S W Calhoun.
Polk residents exchange visits with families in Skokie Kilgore and Columbus while Betty Ang and David Edahl hosts. former Polk druggist Elmer Jensen revisits his 1916 business. Funeral for Henry Renquist noted. 4 H clubs win awards at Stromsburg. school opening set for August with 25 cent hot lunches. multiple reunions and church events reported.
Bruce Johnson has been director. Special numbers were given by band members during the two months of Saturday evening programs.
Mrs. Albert Black niece of Clyde Courtney visited Osceola for three days last week on her way home to Phoenix Arizona. Mrs Edith Heilman Miss Ethel Gramly and guests Rita and Roger Anderson spent Wednesday afternoon in Omaha attending the Cinerama South Sea Islands show.
E and H savings bonds buying remained brisk across Nebraska in July, with total sales of 6,687,851 dollars, up 13 percent from a year earlier. Polk County contributed 56,969 dollars, reaching 538,894 for the year and 89 percent of its 1961 quota, as state totals show six straight months of growth and a 12.6 percent average monthly gain. Nationwide, Nebraska total sales for January through July reached 59,123,826 dollars, or 61.4 percent of the state quota.
Dale G. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest D. Anderson of Stromsburg Route 1, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve after completing ROTC training at Fort Riley, Kansas, on July 28. A 1953 Stromsburg High School and 1961 University of Nebraska Lincoln graduate, he is a member of Alpha Gamma Sigma and Alpha Zeta fraternities.
Pastor C. M. Hadley leads services on August 20 the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Sunday School at 9 30 Worship at 10 30 Bethphage Night at 8 60 Tuesday 22 70 Club outing and worship at 9 Wednesday 23 Jr Choir practice Thursday 24 Luther League meets all in Swede Home.
The Lincoln Star promotes its sports coverage and daily features including box scores and the Point Blank column. It highlights comics, editors, columnists, and editorials, with a mail delivery offer for Nebraska and Northern Kansas readers. Subscriptions range from five weeks to a year, with separate prices for daily and Sunday editions.
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