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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
2
The Osceola Record of Osceola Nebraska began as The Homesteader in August 1872 by H T Arnold. It lists editor Kathleen A Howe and subscription rates of four dollars within Nebraska and five dollars outside, with a 10 cent single copy. The paper is a sustaining member of the National Editorial Association and American Newspaper Representatives. A Burke quote is cited.
Subscribers are alerted to new six month and nine month rates. The document lists costs as two dollars and fifty cents for six months and three dollars and fifty cents for nine months.
Public notice from the County Court of Polk Nebraska for the estate of Morris A. Jean declares that all claims must be filed by March 15, 1973 or be barred. A hearing on claims is set for March 16, 1973 at 10:00 A.M. Dated November 21, 1972. County Judge Eldon R. Johnson.
The Board of Trustees of the Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital will meet on December 13, 1972 at 8:00 p.m. in the hospital board rooms at Osceola Nebraska. Walter W. Berck serves as Chairman.
Charles O Hope born May 5 1891 in Polk County died December 2 1972 at Annie Jeffrey Hospital Osceola aged 81. He was a farmer retired, survived by sister Mrs Floyd West, resident of Midwest Covenant Home. Services at Anderson Funeral Chapel Stromsburg December 4 officiated by Pastor Alvin Trucano with Doris Kreis singing The Old Rugged Cross and How Great Thou Art, pallbearers listed, interment Stromsburg Cemetery.
Osceola residents attended a Sunday Mission Program at Stromsburg Methodist Church presented by Carol French of Page Nebraska with Rev and Mrs Truman Bachenberg and Ruth. The group had served as missionaries in the Belgian Congo since 1957, and later stayed as guests at Rev Alvin Trucano’s Stromsburg home.
Local notes record Thanksgiving visitors and gatherings across Cedar Rapids Marshalltown Lincoln Omaha Stromsburg Columbus and David City. Families mentioned include Grossnick Jans Meister Heckman Ekstrom Deeter Albers Conrad Jones Mulgrew and Rutters with social visits in several homes and a bridal shower in David City.
Social center notes detail numerous weekend visits and parties across Stromsburg Columbus Gresham Lincoln and surrounding towns. Residents attend suppers card parties bridge gatherings and family visits with extended network including the Syslo and Johansen families and university trips.
Delmer Matson 59 prominent Hamilton County farmer and cattle feeder died Saturday afternoon November 25 at his Aurora area home after a coronary burial was in Aurora Cemetery funeral services were held Tuesday November 28 at Evangelical Covenant Church Aurora with Rev Wesley Sundberg officiating pallbearers were Paul Ellis Donald Harney Don Lutky Roy Lutky Clayde Mankin Lennart Wadell memorials to Evangelical Covenant Church were suggested born February 24 1913 in Osceola moved with family to farms near Aurora later married Alice Weedin in 1933 survived by widow and a brother Russel Matson of Aurora several relatives attended the service
The Clarke McNary Program distributed 1 3 4 million trees in Nebraska in 1972 per Ellsworth H Benson UNL Extension forester. Surviving well this year, trees faced first winter risk from rabbits and mice. Preventive steps include fall grass clearance, dog protection, shooting to reduce rabbit numbers, chicken netting around young yard trees, and scraping mulch from tree bases to deter mice.
The Carroll Hahn and Bernard Korger families attended a Shelby pancake supper. Eva Kresha visited for the Leo Kresha 50th anniversary at St. Andrew Church Hall. Several families and relatives gathered in Columbus and Osceola for events and conferences. Funeral services were held for Adolf Kapels in Creston. A Golden Wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kresha featured local guests and church members. Thanksgiving activities included visits and dinners among numerous local families. A Messiah performance in Lincoln and a winter in Phoenix were noted for local residents and their families.
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