Thanksgiving feast veers from norm with Alaskan salmon
The article notes Erratic weather kept most Nebraskans to traditional dishes while Mary Lou Schott serves Alaskan salmon caught last summer. It also mentions a neighborhood label collection drive, a snow response by city workers, a Saturday drawing for certificates in Osceola, a Polk County educational TV show Pawito, and Jim and Delores Marak planning a holiday season opening in their store.
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Mary Lou Schott
Jim
Delores Marak
Delores
Marak
Maraks
Osceola
Polk County
Community Calendar for December Events and Meetings
City Council meets Thursday in December and a Busy Belles Christmas dinner is planned. Lions host a noon session on mental health, Friendly Neighbors hold a covered dish supper, Garden Club Christmas party, Entre Nous hosts a Christmas party, Rebékahs gather, WhirlWinds party and Easy Aces luncheon at the Country Club, Maple Leaf Christmas dinner, and Chat & Chow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Busy Belles
A&b
Shelby
Lions
Friendly Neighbors
Winard Augustin
Garden Club
Joyce Page
Neela Watts
Helen Swanson
Gabs
Margaret Norton
Lions Club Kickoff Annual Raffle in Osceola
Lions Club members begin a two week fundraising drive in Osceola to support local and state Lions activities. For each one dollar donation, contributors receive one chance in a December 20 drawing. winners need not be present. Funds aid school weight machine, Girl Scout sponsorships, and eyewear for county students.
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Osceola
Lions Club
Osceola Lions Club
Eugene Sterup
Fruit And Nut Tree Seedlings Available
Nebraskans can order seedling packets through a cooperative program by the Nebraska Nut Growers Association the Nebraska State Forester and the Game and Parks Commission. Each 20 seedling packet costs 7 50 includes packaging shipping and sales tax delivery in April for spring planting.
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Game and Parks Commission
County Extension Services
Soil Conservation Service
Lewis Nets Placing in State and National Husking Contests
Marvin G. Lewis, 64, of Coldwater Kansas, a retired highway patrolman and farmer, placed third in the Kansas State Corn Husking contest at Oakley on October 17 and seventh in the National Husking Contest nearby. He recalls corn husking from Osceola area and notes his family ties and local Lions Club activity advancing sight and hearing projects.
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Marvin G. Lewis
Coldwater
Kans
Oakley
Mr. Lewis
Platte River
Osceola
Marvin
Pearl Lewis
Dale Lewis
Neal McBeth
Stromsburg
Postmaster Emphasizes ZIP Code Use For Christmas Mail
Postmaster Lowell Hanson urges shoppers to mail early and include ZIP Codes in both mailing and return addresses. He notes ZIP Codes speed delivery and aid in case of smudged addresses. Pack gifts securely, include a return address slip inside parcels, and consider postal insurance.
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Lowell Hanson
US_ Postal Service
Community Committeemen Aid ASC County Committee
Final date for farm producers to return ASC ballots was December 1 as Polk County ASCS Executive Director Eu gene Sterup announced. The Polk ASC committee will count votes December 3 at 1 15 pm at the Osceola ASCS office. Nine committeemen and two alternates will be elected from three communities, with a December 11 convention to select county officers for 1976.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Eugene Sterup
ASCS
Polk County
Osceola
Sterup
Canada
Clear Creek
Hackberry
Island
Stromsburg
Valley
Platte and
Pleasant Home
Com
Polk County Featured On ETV Ponderings Series
A two program ETV Network series highlights Polk County land development for recreation. The first program airing December 5 showcases Pawito Twenty Years of Growing by Elmer Christensen and the Elmer Bradley family transforming 30 acres of bluff land into a lush area. A tour includes environmentalist Orville Freeman. The second program, Eighty Years of Planning, airs December 12 and expands on Christensen’s ideas on community planning and leisure time. Mrs Carl Eikenhorst of Seward, 77, dies after three weeks in hospital. services held at Middle Creek Lutheran Church near Seward.
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Polk County
Nebraska
ETV
Pawito
NETYV
Emiel Christensen
University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Architecture
Elmer Bradley
Columbus
Christensen
Orville Freeman
US Sec
Orval Eikenhorst
Eikenhorst
Carl Eikenhorst
Seward
Middle Creek Lutheran Church
Hedlund Wins Armchair Football Contest
Roy Hedlund of Stromsburg won a three way tie as last week's top armchair quarterback with 11 correct picks. Eleanor Korinek of Osceola and G Gordon Carlson of Stromsburg also had 11, none missing the same games, and Hedl under edge by picking Oakland 20 Atlanta 7 in a 38 34 overtime score.
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Roy Hedlund
Stromsburg
Eleanor Korinek
Osceola
G. Gordon Carlson
Hedland
Oakland
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Houston
Baltimore
Kansas City
Buffalo
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Detroit
Boston College
Holy Cross
Florida
Miami
Fla
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Rutgers
Syracuse
Tulsa
Texas A&m
Texas
Navy
Army
Baylor
Rice
Alabama
Auburn
Lincoln Omaha Hearings Review Bicentennial Sculpture Gift
Public hearings in Omaha Lincoln and Grand Island explored the Nebraska Interstate 80 Bicentennial Sculpture Gift with focus on art history and development and public reception. Legislators expect a vote after January 7 while the project uses federal funds and private donations totaling 525000 dollars and includes maintenance plans for rest area installations.
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Ruth Lux
Omaha
Lincoln
Grand Island
Nebraska
Ralph Kelly
Exon
Nebraska Arbc
ARBA
National Endowment For the Arts
Interstate 80
Bicentennial Sculpture Corporation
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U. of N Medical School
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ASC County Committee
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Marak Hardware and Farm Store
Jim and
Seward- Milford
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Paul von Ringelheim
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