Letter to the Editor plus travel note from Mrs McBeth and Tom
A reader renews an Osceola Record subscription with a $5 gift and thanks the staff. Another message from Tom details holiday travel from Perry AFB near Sherman Texas through Kansas and Oklahoma to Phoenix Arizona, noting ice snow and variable temperatures of 28 to 40 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Record
Tom
Perrin Afb
Sherman
Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Osceola Snow Totals and Ground Clearance
Osceola reports 3 inches of snowfall since December 27 with most of it remaining on the ground amid persistently cold weather. Temperatures ranged from single digits to mid 30s across December 27 through January 2, affecting melt and visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Hospital Report List of Transferred and Patients
Transfer updates show Mrs Chester Underhill moved from Stromsburg while listed patients include Emily Rinterman Stroms Joseph A Fjell Osceola Elizabeth Pohl York Elmer Kinberg Stromsburg Roy Mitchell Benedict Mabel Thompson Osceola Flora Haight Osceola Emma Joy Stromsburg Clara Suhr Gresham Charles Nuttelman Gresham Dennis Emmosis Osceolta Ronald Ziemba Osceola Selma Sundberg Stromsburg Hildur Lundberg Stroms Emma Heine Waco Emma Richert Gresham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Underhill
Stromsburg
Emily Rinterman
Joseph A. Fjell
Osceola
Elizabeth Pohl
York
Elmer Kinberg
Roy Mitchell
Benedict
Mabel Thompson
Flora Haight
Emma Joy
Clara Suhr
Gresham
Courthouse News Briefs From County Court
William C. Mary Leigh faces night speeding charges with a $20 fine and costs. A marriage license is issued to William M. Simms 26 and Karen K. Prell 24 of Council Bluffs. Reynold Peterson Sheriff transfers deed to Robert Stohl for lot 7 in Smiths 5th Addition Osceola. Correction records for Adam A. Luft and wife involving 23-15-2 and west 50 acres of N4%NW%4 25-15-2.
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William C. Mary
Leigh
William M. Simms
Karen K. Prell
Council Bluffs, In
Reynold Peterson
Robert Stohl
Smith
Osceola
Adam A. Luft
Polk County Family Newspaper Looks Back and Moves Forward
The writer reflects on recovering from holidays and notes broad cooperation from correspondents and advertisers. He mentions many marriages in December as old maids and bachelors file joint returns and shares a brief army update for Big Bill Engert who becomes a private in Omaha and trains at Fort Lewis.
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Quu
Howe House
Engert
Omaha
Fort Lewis
Wash
Fran Howe
Doris
Pink Thayer
Grandparents Hill
Polk County
Osceola Local Highlights and Long Fortnight Events
A compilation of Osceola area notes from 1967 covering civic roles, appointments, and community happenings. Notables include new county officers Louise Timm and Phil Nyberg, hospital board election of Marvin Fredrickson, and community events such as farm and legion activities. Also mentions salary shifts, flood relief plans, school staff changes, and the upcoming mail rate hike effective January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
CCC
Edward G. Burkes
Stromsburg
Dave Richard
Chris Dahmkes
Bloodmobile
Martin Scholzes
Louise Timm
Phil Nyberg
FHA
Zelma Burgess
Rebekahs
Marvin Fredrickson
Polk
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Bulldogs
Paul Konig
St. Paul’s
W. H. Norton
Nebraska Public Power Review Board
Farmers Cooperative Grain
Clarks Area
North Platte
Fremont
Raymond Burke
WCD
Sega Sadness
Albert Ryan
Noble Grand
Ioof Lodge
Mickey
Polk County Historical Society
Legion
G. E. Ekstrom
County’s Heart Fund
Clarks
Old Jeffrey
Bruce Cowgill
Silver Creek
Western Power
Tom Rodene
Jane Sedlak
Extension Board
Glen Krohn
Andrew Petersons
Alan Gissler
Osceola
Matt Shensey
Industrial Corporation
Recreation Assn
County
Willard Perry
Shelby
Perry Sapp
County Cancer Crusade
Heart Fund
Rebekah Assembly
Margaret Dozier
Frank Luxes
Polk-Butler Inc
Carl Gylling
Cheyenne
Wyo
Osceola Masonic Lodge
New St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Story of
King’s Ballroom
Blue Flames
Grand Island
John Osenbaughs
Rexall Drug Store
Mike
Osceola Chamber restructures to six director board
Osceola Chamber of Commerce met for its final 1967 session with Richard Archie Klein presiding. A six member board plus secretary treasurer will steer activities and Glen Green was elected secretary-treasurer. New board members are Tom Hofbauer Don Cerny Howard Daily Harold Pearson Bill Zedicher and Phil Nyberg. A dues system ranging from $10 for individuals to $75 for large businesses was adopted.
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Osceola
Chamber of Commerce
Richard
Archie’ Klein
Glen Green
Elec
Ted
Sheldon Bond
Tom Hofbauer
Don Cerny
Howard Daily
Harold Pearson
Bill Zedicher
Phil Nyberg
Chamber
Klein
Walter Ballenger Dies From Thanksgiving Crash near Marshalltown IA
Walter Ballenger 71 died Christmas Day 1967 from injuries in a Thanksgiving Day car crash near Marshalltown Iowa. He was born January 1 1896 to the Ballenger family of Shelby. Survived by wife Georgia Octo Birth and son Walter Wayne. Also survived by sisters Laverna Kumpf and Ada Oestreicher and brothers Boyd and George. Funeral in Iowa Falls where the couple lived since 1944.
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Walter Ballenger
Sam Ballengers
Shelby
Marshalltown
Georgia Octo
Rising City
W. H
Walter Wayne
Laverna Kumpf
Ross
Ada) Oesterreicher
Woodburn
Polk County Leads in Consumer Spending Amid National Growth
Polk County residents spent an estimated 13.739 million dollars on goods and services last year, about 0.0030 percent of national outlays, contributing to a record national GNP of 743 billion. Retail purchases totaled 12.523 million with 1.216 million for services amid rising prices and income. Savings bonds sales in the county reached 12,345 dollars. eleven-month totals stood at 305,279 dollars, 82.5 percent of the 1967 county quota.
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New York
Polk County
National Industrial Conference Board
Department of Commerce
U. S
W. E. Johnson
Nebraska Assessors Open Annual Property Assessment
Rural and town residents must report changes to property values for the annual assessment. Exclusions apply to household goods and non income assets. businesses still taxed. Dates: Shelby Bernt's Jan 8 9 10 11 12 Osceola Jan 2 to March 1 Stromsburg Jan 15 16 17 18 19 Polk Jan 22 23 24 25 26.
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Roy Horst
Shelby
Bernt’s
Osceola
Court House
Stromsburg
Old City Hall
Polk
New Year Reflections and Local Court House Coffee
Eldena Sapp looks back at 1967 with gratitude and humor. She notes the year’s mix of happiness and sadness, jokes about small gripes, praises Nebraska basketball, and cheers the Big 8 post season. Dorothy Fjell and Coral Boden host courthouse coffee celebrating Louise Hemn’s anniversary.
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Carl Wieseman
Cornhuskers
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Dorothy Fjell
Coral Boden
Louise Hemn
Dale Dunn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brent McBeth Lake Wilson
Minn
Guy Ball
Courthouse News
Gregg Urban
Mike Simonsen
Urban
Polk Co. Wildlife Grounds
Edith Heilman
Dept. of Public Welfare
Mildred Flodman
Pscott
Ali-Saren
Raymond Kepner
Delores Lindblade
Marian Inness
University of Salzburg
Austria
Robert G. Eklund
Vietnam
Samaritan Center
WWI
Jeffrey Hospital
Polk Co
Clarks Lowland
A. T. Wilson
Melanie Monson
Job’s
Ben Bergers
Vic Cennys
Reevesfor Ass’n
Ken Krieg
Gerald Bryan
Walter Jones
Bill Wyman
Jones Creek Conservancy
Nancy Mills
Grand Bethel Sr
Donette Gabriel
Commissioners
Butler
Colfax
Platte
Cancer Crusade
Montevideo
O. D. Rodene
SAC
Development Corporation
A. A. Gabriels
City Cafe
Little League Journey
Genoa
Lynn Anderson
USS Forestal
Osceola Lions
Ralph Simpson
Wm. Wolfe Legion Auxiliary
Candy Studley
Don Augustin
Natalie Hahn
IFYE
New Zealand
FLBA
Shelby Huskies
T. A. Reece
Consumers
Minneapolis Art Institute
Pearl Barr
Herman Thelens
City Hall
Jack Cerny
Calvin Kropatsch
Wallace Sandell
Oscar Imm Ansel Fredrickson
LaVerne Duke
Keith Miller
Lincoln
Messer Co
Corning
John
Drake
South Osceola
Elmer Johnson
Wausa
Stromsburg Methodist Church
G. Knerr
Knerr
Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Nina
Gerald Clifton
St. Louis
Lloyd
Elm Creek
Nebr
Krohn
Social Security
Internal Revenue Service
Social Security Office
Osceola Locals
Laurence Meisters
Harold Joneses
Dennis
Mary Wobig
St. Vincent’s Catholic Church
Linda Meister
Kearney State College
Nancy Powers
Merrick County
Dawson County
Betty J. Majors
Nebr. Ass
Nebraskan Council of Administrative Women In Education
Web Cotter
Washington, D.C
LaPaz
Bolivia
Walter Berck
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Parcel Post
Lowell Hanson
R. M. McDonald
Clarkson
Tatay
Heart
Eldena Sapp
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