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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1965
Page
1
A hectic week ends with a Osceola Osceola family trip to Ft Dodge and Indiana to fetch Tim, plus home updates. Neal Howe describes office moves, new bank quarters, and museum expansion talks with local historical society as Nebraska centennial nears.
The Red Cross Blood Mobile visited Shelby on August 16 1965 collecting seventy three pints from seventy donors with twenty seven presenting. Osceola recruitment ran with Grace Rutter serving as recruitment chair aided by Raymond Branting Leon Merrick and John Cerny. RUPERT CARLSON and several others earned one gallon pins while two gallon pins went to Eugene Sterup Russell Smith Gail Gonnerman Wayne Logan. Tom Reece funeral services set at Osceola United Methodist Church tomorrow morning.
Final preparations underway for Osceola school with faculty listed and schedules set. First day classes on Monday August 30. high school registration August 27 and 28. football practice begins August 23 with first game September 10 at David City. Labor Day no school September 6.
A mother notes the recurring drives to buy wooden rulers for six school years, sending about 20 rulers to school, bringing them home, and losing them. Each spring she hides the remaining rulers to avoid repeated purchases, only to start the search anew in fall.
Gary Garey reports short surface and subsoil moisture with irrigation at high rates. Alfalfa first and second cuts finished. about 5 percent of the third cut underway. Dryland corn and sorghums show stress from heat while pastures look good. farmers prep fields for legumes and wheat. cattle herds remain favorable. Locals note Colorado Springs visitors and family updates as Doremus family stays with Ransoms.
Correction notes band practice moved to August 20 26 and 27 at 830 am with Dennis Muehling guest later. Obituary for Mrs Neva Cox McGowan Denver 61 died August 8 after a stroke. Pep Club will meet at 2 pm Friday August 27 at the school gym to practice yells.
Richard Sealey, ASC County Committee chair, announced Sept 14 election meetings at 8 p.m. in each Polk County community. Boundaries follow the nine precinct lines. Three committeemen and two alternates per community will be elected, with delegates to the county convention. Eligible voters include owners tenants and sharecroppers in national farm programs. Race color creed or national origin do not restrict eligibility.
President Johnson summarized the 1964 Commodity Credit Corporation annual report praising CCC for helping farmers hold crops for fair prices, reducing surplus impact, stabilizing food supply, supporting banks, aiding allies, backing Food for Peace and international programs, and expanding exports. He called CCC a servant of all people and a tested instrument of democracy.
USDA reports show wheat stocks at about 819 million bushels, the lowest year end level in 12 years since 1953, due to aligning production with demand and boosting exports. From 1961 to 1964 total production ran about 600 million bushels short of use, driving down surpluses from a 1.4 billion peak in 1960. Exports in 1961-64 neared 3 billion bushels, with 730 million in the year and a 2.2 billion dollar farm income aided by a 400 million dollar income supplement through marketing certificates.
Mr and Mrs Glen Hendrickson marked their 25th anniversary with a reception at Kings Crystal Room Shelby on Saturday August 14 A 3 tier cake by Delores Hendrickson framed the table Guests included Delores Hendrickson and Marla Richards Edward Rosenberrys Richard Maddoxes Ray Conrads Leo Alberses Osceola and Carol Westerings Stromsburg The evening continued with a dance. Fire crews fought a midnight blaze destroying baled hay in a wire corn crib two miles south and west of Osceola totaling about 8 tons and estimated at 400 dollars Bud Koehler farm operator
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