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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1964
Page
1
A moral tale traces a pre human Leader who taxs every pleasure to maintain power. Ogo discovers happiness through homemade drinks and improvments, while the Leader brands joys as evil and taxes them. The piece argues modern governments mimic this pattern, taxing enjoyable acts to control citizens.
Osceola school board members purchased a stereo record player linked to clarinet and piccolo for the music department for 400 to 500 dollars after bids from music instructor Gene Cappen. They kept grade milk at 2 cents, will fix bus No. 2, and addressed state tourney attendance policy.
Polk county Farm Bureau sent 10 leaders to the district information meeting in Geneva on January 30. Nebraska Farm Bureau secretary treasurer Robert Thompson spoke on legislative issues. Eldon Schnoor and Wing Wachtel discussed membership and affiliated services for 1964 and for Polk county.
Polk County teens will hold a March of Dimes dance at Osceola Grade School auditorium on Feb 15 from 7 30 to 11 00. Admission is 50 cents for singles 75 cents for couples A March of Dimes King and Queen will be chosen Refreshments will be served.
City library lists new books including The King's Orchard and In Her Majesty's Secret Service. Also noted is a thank you for the Frances Nebosis library gift and local court fines for intoxication and speeding.
Osceola PTA members watched a plastic figure used to show mouth to mouth resuscitation and external heart massage during the January 29 meeting at the school. Orval Eikenhorst led the session with Don Geery of Consumers Public Power District presenting. The Penny Carnival is planned for April 3 at the school and reports on American Field Service were requested. Next meeting is February 26.
Stromsburg native Ben Peterson was elected president of the Polk County Farmers Union at the annual meeting in the REA Building on January 27. Richard Hiemer Shelby was elected vice president with Allegra Johnson Stromsburg as secretary treasurer. Max Suddarth Shelby is the legislative delegate, with Judy Loreman and Shirley Buresh as youth delegates for the state convention in Lincoln February 25 26. Carolyn Sundberg alternate. Country delegate Lawrence Hoffman with Dwight Newcomer alternate. Mrs Ed Hanson and Mrs L Hoffman led lunch service. Elton Berck Lincoln state president and F led Otte Polk 5th district director spoke on legislative work and the need for local and county resolutions for the state committee.
The terms of three Jones Creek Conservancy District directors have expired and an election is set for March 16 to fill vacancies for William Wyman Walter B Jones and Gerald Bryan. Petitions with ten resident taxpayer signatures must be returned to the Soil Conservation District office by Feb 25. A correction notes the state reduced the cost share for deferred grazing on native pastures from 3.75 to 2 per acre. details are in the Polk County ACP Handbook page 32 practice B-2.
At the 11th annual Polk County Co-op Federal Credit Union meeting Harlan McKeag and Dennis Johnson were chosen as directors. Duane Keyes and Martin Jones named to the credit committee with Ansel Fredrickson as the third member. The 75 attendees viewed the film The Kings X and heard that the credit union now has 22 members with 34 new loans and assets above 550,000.
The Swanson herd bred cow Babelle at Arborland produced 26,640 pounds of milk and 1,161 pounds of butterfat in 365 days, a state all breed production record. Babelle, six years old, was raised in the Swanson herd and later sold to Fred Epperlie of Nebraska.
Weather records show January temperatures from -18 to 63 degrees with only .24 inches of precipitation. Snow reached 3 inches but melted by January 18, per observer Harold Klingman. heavy weekend snowfall not reflected in current figures.
Osceola Bulldogs overwhelmed Palmer Polk 63 to 38 on Friday night at host Palmer. Gregg Ransom scored 14 points to top the tally with Leon Johnson 11 and Larry Miley 10. Bob Goerl and Jim Bahensky led Polk with 10 each. Next week the Bulldogs host Polk at 6:30 and 8:00 p m with Henderson visiting February 11 for the final home game.
Rev. Peter Ascanio of Madera California receives a new car from a Christian businessmen association to honor his work aiding migrants with medical legal and other assistance. His wife Elaine Nyberg is a Polk native and cousin to P B Nyberg of Osceola. The couple met in South America where she was a missionary. Thelma Allinder’s poem Independence Day Prayer will join the American Poetry League anthology Sea To Sea In Song. Allinder also serves as one of five judges for the league contest this year.
Perry N Sapp recounts a Phoenix visit with varied local names from Portland Torrington Polk and Iowa. He critiques New Mexico payrolls taxes. He notes nicer climate and higher costs in Albuquerque and Polk County land values. He mentions snow in Flagstaff and a snowdrift hunt. He also covers a tailoring workshop and a Union Pacific detour train in Osceola with details on a school event and a help meet the quota.
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