Weather swings as milder day ends snow cover
Temperatures ranged from 12 below to 54 above over the past week and most snow disappeared by Wednesday morning. Rain with lightening rolled through the area, with 0.10 inch recorded Tuesday and 1.97 inches by Wednesday. Cadet Lester D. Gabriel of Osceola earns dean's merit at the U S Air Force Academy for 1967 class. he serves as an element sergeant in his unit.
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Gabriel
Lester D. Gabriel
Albert A. Gabriels
Osceola
U. S. Air Force Academy
Grand Island
Terri
Norfolk
Osceola Cagers Seek State Berth on Top of District Seedings
Osceola enters district play at Seward high with top seed and a bracket path that could reach state if Osceola and Seward Concordia advance. Seward Concordia ranked No. 6 and Osceola No. 8 in Class C Nebraska standings with Ceresco 10-4 slipping from ratings.
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Nn Osceola
Seward High School
Bartek
Bulldogs
Seward Concordia
Ceresco
Osceola
Valparaiso
Chamber of Commerce Sets Meetings and Events
Executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday February 16 at the L M Cafe. Members are urged to have committee slots filled by then. Ladies night at St Pauls Lutheran is set for February 28 with ticket sales by February 21.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chris Bahmke
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Dahmke
Harold Pearson
Phil Nyberg
Bert Gissler
Ray Conrad
Jack Conrad
Dick Howe
Ray Soukup
W. H. Norton
Polk Co. Recreation Assn
Harold Davis
Sheldon Bond
Lincoln
Washington
Osceola
Jones Family Pioneer Passes In Nebraska Community
James Stephen Jones born Nov 7 1876 near Malta Morgan County Ohio died Jan 29 1966 at Clarkson Memorial Hospital Omaha after long illness aged 89. He lived on a Osceola farm earlier worked for Union Pacific Railroad in St Edward and later in banking there and in Omaha. He married Alta Maude DeVoe on June 28 1906 and leaves four sons Evan A Kansas City Francis D Council Bluffs Kenneth L Omaha Willis R Omaha ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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James Stephen Jones
Joshua H. Jones
Ann Eliza Drake Jones
Malta
Morgan County
Ohio
Clarkson Memorial Hospital
Omaha
Osceola
St. Edward
Union Pacific Railroad
Alta Maude DeVoe
Evan A
Kansas City
Francis D
Council Bluffs
Kenneth L
Willis R
Miss Thayer Named to U N Senate Associates
Vickey Thayer of Osceola is named a Student Senate Associate at the University of Nebraska. Associates are freshmen or sophomores mentored by senators, chosen from 262 applicants for 64 positions. She helps with campus government and coordinates future Centennial observances.
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Vickey Thayer
Osceola
University of Nebraska
Miss Thayer
Teachers College
University of Nebraska Student Education Association
Kernals
Harold D. Thayer
Sgt. Thayer
Korea
Births Dozier and Turner Add New Members
Theresa Marie Dozier, 8 lbs 10 oz, born Jan 30 to Airman James B Dozier and wife at Annie Jeffrey Hospital Plattsmouth. Rev Turner and Mrs Robert Turner of Osceola announce a son born Feb 8 weighing 8 lbs 14 oz named Andrew Jon. Senior MYF hosts chili feed Feb 14 in Osceola Methodist Church Fellowship Hall serving 5 30 to 7 30. public welcome.
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MYF
Fellowship Hall
Osceola Methodist Church
Polk County conservation program boosts farm participation in 1965
Soil Conservation Service reports 918 cooperators in Polk County in 1965 with 439 completed plans and 8 revised. Major gains include 15 181 acres leveled, 902 wells drilled, 419 acres tree planted, 9 874 feet open drains, and 112 ponds. Awards given to Walter W. Berck and partners. district led flood control work.
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Soil Conservation Service
Polk Co
Conservation District
Lions Club
Walter W. Berck
Osceola
Polk Co. Farm Bureau of
Farmers Co-op Grain Association of
Stromsburg
Polk Co. Swcd
Soil and Water Conservation
Osceola Bulldogs top seed in district tourney after solid wins
Osceola Bulldogs beat Polk 75 49 and Henderson 66 54 to run to a 16 1 record. Alan Gissler scored 46 points setting a school scoring record in the Polk game. Osceola earns district top seed with Seward Concordia second and brackets laid out for Feb 21 25 at Seward Concordia host.
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Polk
Henderson
Osceola
Bulldogs
Genoa
St. Edward
Goldenrod
Henderson Boys
Huskies
Seward Concordia
Ceresca
Valparaiso
Seward High
Stromsburg
Milford
East Butler
Utica
Ceresco
Alan Gissler
Lad
Cubs
Heiden
Hanquist
Dennis Sealey
Sedlak
Carlstrom
Little Cubs
Simonsen
Cenny
Mrs Rousseau Appointed Elementary Music Teacher
Mrs Rousseau elected to teach elementary music for the second semester at Jeffrey Elementary School replacing Mrs Hanson. She pursues a bachelor’s degree at the University of Nebraska and will continue the program part time. Mrs Rousseau lives in York with her husband, manager of Meehan's Shoe Store, and their two York school children plus a son in the Navy.
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Howard Rousseau
Jeffrey
Carolyn Hanson
Rousseau
University of Nebraska
York
Meehan’s
Navy
Polk County Crows-Weather Highlights and Farm Notes
Rainfall and snowfall for the week ending Saturday show no precipitation. Snow on ground is 1 inch. Feed grain hay and roughage supplies, range and pasture, are all average. Ground cover is good and field conditions are excellent. Farm activities include planning 1966 farm business and calculating 1965 income tax. Harvested corn on milo is 30 percent with diverted acres at 30 percent.
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Glen H. Krohn
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