McKeag Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Mr and Mrs Harlan McKeag marked their silver wedding with multiple gatherings the week of February 11. Friends and relatives joined dinners games and desserts at homes in Osceola and nearby towns as the couple received greetings and gifts.
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Harlan McKeag
Neal Prell
Donald Hoffer
Prell
McKeag
Colin
Messrs
Mmes
Horace
James Jr
Howard McKeag
Osceola
Harvey
Wallace McKeag
Shelby
Paul McKeag
Son
Kearney
Willard McKeag
Fremont
Arch Austin
York
Kathleen McKeag
Lincoln
Hollis McKkeag
Midland
Michigan
McKeags
Anna Johnson
Stromsburg
Carl R. H. Johnson
Clarence Sands and Sons
Mar
Community Social Notes From Local Visits
Swede Home Mr and Mrs Ronald Sarow visited Mr and Mrs Wilbur Falk and family Monday evening. Sunday dinner guests at Rog er Hanquist home were John Gestrine and Mr and Mrs Harold W Johnson. Carl G Johnsons family celebrated his birthday with visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Sarow
Wilbur Falk
Roger Hanquist
John Gestrine
Harold W. Johnson
Carl G. Johnson
Harlan Johnson
DeVon Johnson
David
Diane
Carl Johnson
Rudolf Sandin
Raymond Gestrine
Osceola
Lester Gestrine
Adolph Forss
Floyd Everett
Central City
Axel Anderson
Amy
Sterling Anderson
Covenant Home
Stromsburg
Thei
Cecelia O'Callaghan
Humphrey
Thelma Conklling
Scott
Don Conkling
Francis Done
Denice
Doris Conkling
Marjorie Fonda
Sun
City Center
Florida
Walter Kirtley
Clifford Johnston
Silver Creek
Harold Walstead
County hits one third bond quota in Polk county
Polk county sales of U S Savings Bonds and Savings Notes in 1968 totaled 125 762 with December at 8723 pushing the county to 33 1 3 percent of the annual goal. Statewide sales reached 46 990 427 or 62 1 2 percent of the state target. W E Johnson notes declines in Series E and H while Freedom Shares rise, earning 5 percent interest at maturity in 4 1 2 years and sold with Series E Bonds.
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U. S
Polk County
W. E. Johnson
Volunteer
Community Social Notes From Wayland Area
Mrs Lavins Kepke and others list travel visits and family gatherings across Florida Texas Osceola Stromsburg and York. Local residents hosted dinners attended weddings Shrine party and hospital visit while noting trips by Gonnerman Liedloff Campbell Rosenberry and other families with several weekend and weekday social events.
Local social notes cover weekends and meetings
Southwest residents hosted guests from Greeley and Lincoln while multiple couples and families visited in Columbus and Central City. 4-H clubs elected officers at a February 12 meeting and future homemaker school events were announced for Columbus with free demonstrations and booths.
School caucus urged to shape Osceola budgets
A February 18 1969 letter to the editor from Osceola Nebraska urges parents and citizens to attend the school caucus on February 2 to nominate capable people for the school board. The writer questions budget transparency and asks why the board does not publish summaries of official business and salaries as required by Neb statutes 79 513 and 79 805 LB 305 of 1961.
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Nebro
Community Calendar Highlights and Social Security Update
A February calendar lists events from Indus. Develop to City Council meetings across several days, including activities at Shelby School and the Country Clubhouse. A Social Security notice explains new eligibility rules for dependents, with Eugene D. Hotz visiting Osceola on February 24 to assist claims.
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Social Security
Eugene D. Hotz
Lincoln
Osceola
Helpmobile Demonstration Highlights Teaching Techniques
Mrs Paul Konig and Marcella Konig attend the Nebraska State Education Association Helpmobile demonstration in Grand Island on February 8. The event features sessions in math arts and crafts social studies reading music and modular scheduling with 5200 teachers attending since 1963. A secondary Helpmobile is planned February 15 in Kearney and an elementary event February 22 in Ogallala. The Osceola Garden Club met with 13 members and welcomed Florence Watts. A 13-year-old boy was hospitalized after a sleighing accident near the school.
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Marcella Konig
Paul
Nebraska State Education Association
NSEA
Grand Island
Kearney
Ogallala
Osceola Garden Club
Lulu Ward
Florence Watts
Elvina Monson
Doris Grossnicklaus
Maude Magnuson
Country Club hosts pre-play dinner ahead of Birdie show
Country Club dining room opens at 5 30 PM Saturday February 22 to serve diners before the 8 PM performance of Bye Bye Birdie at the High School Auditorium. Merlin Larson advises reserving ahead and blocks of tickets may be bought to sit together, via the high school office.
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Indus
Shelby School
Carol Armbruster
Legion Auxiliary
Helen Johnson
Mildred Snodgrass
Birdie
City Council
Country Club
Mgr
Merlin Larson
Church and community notices from Osceola records
Osceola Record lists church events for United Methodist, St. Paul Lutheran, and Calvary Evangelical churches with service times, Sunday School and youth group meetings. Administrative notes include a Title I summer program approval, budget changes, and a February 25 school caucus at the courthouse, plus a funeral in Shelby for Wm. Glatter.
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United Methodist Church
Richard V. Odgers
Marie Odgers
W.S.C.S
ST. Paul
Calvary Evangelical OF
Swede
G. M. Christensen
L.C.W
Osceola News Bridal Shower and Visits
Mrs Jerry Krieger attended a Lincoln bridal shower for cousin Judith Krieger at Mrs George Krieger home. Wm Schlesinger funeral in Shelby attended by Mr and Mrs Bill Johansen. Irvin Gestrine from Polk visited the Martins. Fr Victor Derwinski of Harvard visited Tom Hofbauer and Mrs Lewis Shemek. Mrs Orval Eikenhorst hospitalized at York General. Weekend guests Mike Soderaas home included Dannie Stroble of Kearney and Bill Snodgrass of Lincoln. Mrs W H Norton attended the Democratic Central Committee meeting in Grand Island. Mr and Mrs Hubert Alt attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Krieger
Lincoln
Judith Krieger
George Krieger
Bill Johansen
Shelby
Irvin Gestrine
Polk
Moma
Martin Gestrine
Victor Derwinski
Harvard
Tom Hofbauers
Lewis Shemek
Adapted Certified Grass Seed Boosts Polk County Pasture
Nebraska farmers plant adapted certified grass seeds to assure established stands and higher vigor. The seed origin is guaranteed, leading to greener, leafier pastures with longer forage seasons, supporting increased livestock production. Polk County varieties include big bluestem Kaw and Pawnee.
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Nebraska
Polk County
Polk Seonty
Peniel Bo Brey
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