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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1959
Page
2
The writer laments an unusually cold winter with around 20 degrees below zero. They praise cheap ice skating on the creek south of Columbus and suggest flooding a small area for kids. They note a telephone booth absence at the Corn Palace area and report bowling leagues starting with women’s teams, predicting an active winter for the sport.
Blake Clark argues in Reader's Digest that squandering historic sites in the name of progress erodes national memory. He cites government data on tourism value, recounts cases like West Point’s Superintendent's House and Boscobel, and highlights private efforts by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to save places where Americans lived and worked. The piece stresses urgency and preservation as sound investment.
Arthur E. Summerfield presented a plan at the 63rd Congress of American Industry in New York outlining economic and military security. The speech contrasted simple truths with criticism of elaborate government machinery that taxes and redistributes citizen funds through complex channels.
Mr Summerfield argues that a strong economy rests on a stable dollar and free enterprise. He urges tax reform to unlock private investment and warns against government expansion while highlighting his record of reducing the postal deficit and boosting growth.
Agricultural guidance from Dr. M. D. Weldon outlines continuous corn on low erosion fields with high plant populations and soil protection, and suggests crop rotations remain best on rolling land. The Osceola office offers the 1959 Farmers Tax Guide, IRS and Extension Service produced, plus notes on milo versus corn prospects and cattle feed prices amid drought.
The record notes that from 1867 to 1951 twenty two Nebraskans served in the U.S. Senate including Monroe L. Hayward elected in 1899 and dies before seating. After Wherry, seven held the seat until Curtis took office in 1955. Hugh Butler served until July 1954. Fred A. Seaton was appointed in November 1951 and served onward.
In 1954 Nebraskans saw three senators replaced during the year as Eva Bowring was appointed in May to serve until the next general election and Carl Curtis and Hruska won later terms. Bowring, the first Nebraska woman in the Senate, served briefly before the 1954 races reshaped the delegation.
Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Joe Kubicek of Shelby visited Mr and Mrs Emil Kubicek and David. Wednesday evening oyster supper guests were Mr and Mrs Charles Sladek and family of Schuyler and Mr and Mrs Clarence Leimser and daughter. Monday evening callers were Mr and Mrs Claude Fletcher of Mr and Mrs Edward Lisko.
Local families hosted and visited over Christmas week. Victor and Mrs Krumbach plus family joined John Krumbach and family for a Sunday evening gathering. The Gabriel and Gleim households held post-Christmas dinners in Osceola and Polk with relatives traveling from Moline Illinois and other nearby towns.
Mrs. Bob Lux and Mrs. Gary Lux hosted visitors Dianne and Norman from Omaha on Monday. Francis Alt and family called on the Wallace McKeag home Sunday evening. Harry Crossant joined coffee guests at the Scow residence on Christmas morning. Richard and Rodney White vacationing with their grandparents, Walter and Mrs. White. J A Thompson visited Fred Johnson on Sunday evening. Anne Heise of Omaha visited Marvel Davis on Monday.
The Byers family hosted New Year’s Day visitors including Mr and Mrs Don Byers and Mrs John Staroscik in Columbus. The Byers daughters Mary Connie and Vicki joined grandparents for a weekend stop. Nearby Roy Trotter family traveled to Fremont for Sunday visits. Orval Eikenhorst hosted Phil Nyberg Ruth Eklund and others for dinner. Sandra Phelps and Jerry Schmoker traveled from Lincoln and York to join the Schmoker gathering with an oyster supper. John Anderson Lillie Johnson and Vernelle Carlson were dinner guests of Rolland Johnson Sunday.
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