Groundhog delays shadow forecast and town braces for spring
In a local note a groundhog misses its shadow hinting at early spring while residents discuss official weather sites. The community recalls Valentine days and February as a month of heart history. flu cases surge prompting school dismissals and quarantines at medical facilities. A filing deadline for local offices looms as citizens are urged to serve. An editor recounts a bird's door escape at the Record Office and its mystery entry point.
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Heart Fund
Nebraska
Washington
Lincoln
Arnie Dowling
Filing Deadline Set for Polk County Homestead Exemption
April 1 1974 is the filing deadline at the Polk County Assessor for a newly amended homestead exemption based on age and income. Eligible homeowners 65 or older by year end may apply. income limits apply and exemptions up to 90 percent may be granted upon Tax Commission approval. Veterans totally disabled by nonmilitary causes also qualify. Reapplication is required each year.
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Polk County
Tax Commission
Richard Anderson
Flu Reaches Annie Jeffrey Elementary Sparking Absences
A Tuesday school check shows 75 absent at Annie Jeffrey Elementary due to flu while Sehor school notes 35 absences. Upcoming activities include a February 7 wrestling meet at Palmer and a February 8 basketball game with Polk plus a make up junior high game at Stromsburg the following Saturday. The County Assessor urges inquiries on homestead exemptions and changes before March 15.
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Annie Jeffrey
Palmer
Polk Here
Stromsburg
Osceola School Board Sets May Events and Fees Review
Osceola District 19 Board of Education met at the high school February 4 approving continued participation in Unit Seven cooperative Reading Program serving about fifty students. The board addressed band instrument deposits and extended Prom and Commencement dates for May events.
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District 19 Board of Education
Unit Seven
Eugene Sterup
Cengas Refund Planned for Rural Northern Natural Customers
Cengas announces upcoming refunds for residential and small commercial customers in David City Osceola Shelby Garrison Rising City and other communities served by Northern Natural Gas. The refunds stem from a Federal Commission ruling reducing two rate increases in effect since 1971 and 1972. Refunds begin after Cengas receives funds and are spread over 12 months with a gas cost credit on monthly bills.
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David City
Osceola
Shelby
Garrison
Rising City
Northern Natural Gas Company
Federal Commission
Chris Dahmke
Northern Natural
Dahmke
Cengas
Northern
Northern Natural Pipeline
David City Grapplers Beat Osceola in Narrow Duel
Osceola traveled to David City and lost 30 to 21 as 98 lb, 112 lb, and 185 lb bouts swung the meet. Bob Runquist 105 won 5-0, McMeekin 112 forfeit, Sterup led early, Coffin 167 won 9-4, Lemp 145 and Gabel 185 lost, Smith HWT fell by pin. Osceola’s record falls to 4-3, Palm er tournament on February 7 awaits.
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Osceola
David City
OHS
Dale Runquist
John Girard
Lee Ray Augustine
Bob Runquist
Mike McMeekin
Merle Runquist
Duane Mangelson
Ray Urban
Bill Sterup
Russ Daro
Daro
Dan Kreis
Chuck Lemp
Mitch Coffin
Jim Gabel
Mike Smith
Scholarship Established By William Wolfe Post 91
William Wolfe Post No 91 of the American Legion announces a $500 scholarship for an Osceola High School graduate. Dr Wallace Monson, chair of the committee, says details are at the superintendent's office. The stipend goes to the school where the recipient plans further study beyond high school.
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William Wolfe Post
The
American Legion
Osceola
Wallace Monson
William Wolfe
the Post
Hearing Set in Formal Complaint 1079 Osceola
Nebraska Public Service Commission schedules a public hearing for Formal Complaint No. 1079 against Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company on February 14, 1974 at 10:00 a.m. in the American Legion clubrooms Osceola.
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Osceola
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Legion
Community Calendar and Fraternity News
A calendar of local group meetings and events lists city council, scouts, Lions, Rebekahs, and various fraternal lodges with dates from February 7 to February 19. It notes initiated student Carolyn Wagner at Nebraska Wesleyan joining the Willard sorority, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wagner.
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City Council
Scouts Lions
Friendly
Vernon Kuhnel
Gabs
Florence Mills
Rebekahs Entre Nous
Mildred Sigler
Osceola Lodge
Af&am
ALA
Regina Deeter
Meta Larson
Scouts Ioof
Carolyn Wagner
Nebraska, Wesleyan
Willard Sorority
Carolyn
Raymond Wagner
Chamber Met In Special Session
A special Cham ber of Commerce meeting was held Monday with twenty two members present to decide if the group should continue as the community voice. Attendees analyzed potential achievements and discussed dues and attendance while planning a dinner event before the February 25 meeting. Mr and Mrs Ed Wagner celebrate their 68th wedding anniversary February 13 with a family dinner at the Good Samaritan Center.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ed Wagner
Mr. Wagner
Cecelia
Mrs. Wagner
Good Samaritan Center
USDA Sets 74 Program Details for Rural Conservation
Eugene Sterup, executive director of the County ASCS, outlines the 1974 Rural Environmental Conservation Program. The program provides cost sharing for practices such as permanent vegetative cover, tree planting, water reservoirs, strip cropping, terraces, windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and runoff controls. Local counties may add practices to meet specific conservation needs once RECP is approved and funds allocated.
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Eugene Sterup
ASCS
Secretary of Agriculture
Sterup
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Candid
Davis
Good Samaritan Home
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Board of Education
By Sandy
Chavies Schulz
HEART
Sehr
School Board
NPPD
Leroy Gerrard
Matmen
By Dave Watts
Habben
Russ Caro
John Schroeder
Mike Codr
Clarks
County Highway Department
County Extension Office
ABC Bridge Club
Marie Meister
USDA
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