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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1965
Page
1
The past week saw a high of 46 degrees on Thursday January 7 and a low of minus two two days later. Daily readings list Tuesday January 5 to Monday January 11 with highs of 39, 43, 46, 20, 20, 40, 41 and lows of 19, 23, 29, 10, 10, 5, 13 respectively.
Eight teams compete in the Goldenred Conference basketball tournament at Polk High School. Action starts Tuesday at 7 p.m. with top seed Polk vs Clarks Palmer at 8:30 p.m. Silver Creek. Wednesday features St Edward vs Genoa at 7 p.m. and Stromsburg vs Osceola at 8:30. Semis Friday, finals and consolation Saturday at 7 and 8:30.
About 30 people from Polk, Butler, Seward, York and Hamilton counties attended a Jan 6 Utica meeting. Attendees included Bruce Anderson, Richard C. Sealey, and Jim Erickson. Ted Vogt moderated as topics covered ground water recharge and irrigation development. About 25 Polk wells added 2,900 acres to irrigated cropland, bringing Polk to 8,555 wells and 77,000 acres. Emphasis on proper irrigation systems, land leveling, water management, and moisture recharge to protect groundwater. Local Soil and Water Conservation District offices offer planning help and welcome groundwater fluctuation data. Also a Did You Know note on bear grease in turn-of-century hair dressings.
A TV writer debates claims about Gilfurstan the so called miracle cold remedy. Ad veterans demand affidavits and laboratory proof while office staff plan to discard old engagement photos and other leftovers.
Polk County Sheriff Reynold Peterson investigates a break in at the Max Quick home south of Stromsburg. Items missing include valuable guns and coin collections from the residence after an early Friday evening break in.
Mrs Betty J Majors Polk county superintendent announces an off campus Speech 151 class for 3 hours college credit to be conducted by University of Nebraska. Enroll by contacting Mrs Majors Osceola phone 7475421.
City library adds numerous new titles across fiction and non fiction. Notable novels include The Explorer by Katherine Keyes Wentworth Stevenson The Edge of Piracy by Chidsy A Right to Die by Stout An Infinity of Mirrors by Condon Valley of Vengeance by Smith Flight of the Innocents by Yu tang Target by Haines Things as They Are by Horgan The Scorching Wind by Macken A Kind of Anger by Amber My Friend Rose by Duncan Not a Cloud in the Sky by Lawrence Beaver Men by Sandoz and Never No More by Seifert. Non fiction includes Keep Calm If You Can I Ned All The Friends I Can Get Silent Miaow Galico The Gift of Janice Wylie Antiques Cole Bible Stories For Young Readers Armstrong Juvenile Star Bright Gray Boy Wanted Lambert Wild and Wooly West Miers Almst Like Sisters Cavan na Bud Plays Senior High Basketball Jackson Osceola Hall Mystery of the Ski Jump Keene The Disappearing Floor Dixon Mystery of the Water Witch Turn gren Calvin and the Boy Scouts Martin.
The Utica game previously set for January 16 was rescheduled to January 30. The change affects fans and school athletics scheduling.
The Sunrise District Boy Scouts of America held a special cabinet meeting in Utica on Tuesday January 5 to set objectives for 1965. The district covers York Seward Polk Butler Saline and Fillmore counties aiming to provide Cub Scout Boy Scout or Explorer programs for all 8 to 18 year olds. Leon Nicolas of Shelby will lead advancement efforts for the district in 1965.
Nean McKeag, 51, a farmer from near Osceola, underwent a cornea transplant at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha on January 7. He is reported in good condition. The donor cornea was supplied through Nebraska Lions Club members efforts.
An undetermined origin fire in Stromsburg destroyed the Overland Sand, Gravel and Ready-Mixed Concrete Co. quonset, a 40 by 125 foot structure, two concrete trucks, a truck, tractor and loader, a bulldozer, two pickup and two panel trucks, tires and shop equipment. Milkman Delano Ahlquist found the blaze around 4 a.m. and volunteers fought it but could not save the site. Manager Vayden Anderson could not yet estimate total damage.
Dennis Kucera of Bellwood will speak at the Osceola Legion Hall Monday January 18 at 7 30 p m. The educational program aims to help farmers understand worsening agricultural conditions, explain the NFO program, and update on marketing arrangements with processors. Public invited.
Osceola Schools PTA met January 6 at Grade School Auditorium. A March of Dimes film and an instructional film were shown, with high school band performances highlighted. Bernard Gisslr presided. Penny Carnival date set for April 2 to fund foreign student expenses. Supt. Bugbee cited upcoming music events including Albion clinic dates and Osceola Music Festival on March 26.
Windbreaks reduce cold wind discomfort, conserve moisture, prevent soil erosion, and improve farm value. They can cut fuel costs 15 percent or more and boost cattle gains in winter. Contact Soil Conservation Service or County Agent for planning and cost sharing details. Planting stock available from Clarke McNary and others. order blanks at county agent or SCS office.
The 8th annual Fertilizer Machinery and Chemical Exposition will run February 3 and 4 in Lincoln. It is held with the 15th annual Fertilizer Dealers Training Conference in Nebraska and is sponsored by the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and Extension Service and the Nebraska Fertilizer Institute. Ninety seven exhibit spaces are on Pershing Municipal Auditorium floor. Over 2,000 attendees from Nebraska and surrounding states are expected.
Motorboat owners with 1964 certificates must renew permits and display new symbols by April 1. Boats not registered in 1964 must be registered before Nebraska operation. Registration forms were mailed to 1964 boat owners and available from dealers. Fees range from 1 to 20 dollars by boat length and use.
Osceola defeated Clarks 58 to 50 Tuesday then lost to Aurora 92 to 49 Friday. Shonsey led Clarks with 20 points while Monson 19 and Ransom 18 paced Osceola. Upcoming home game vs David City Aquinas and a Jan 30 rescheduled Utica game set Goldenrod conference tournament next week with Osceola facing Stromsburg at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Members of the First Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service received an award from Mrs Elmer Wagner of Tilden Dist Promotion Sec for the largest percentage gain in membership during 1964. The unit is first to receive the certificate and future units will compete for it.
Thomas A. May of Hastings pleaded innocent at a Monday arraignment in Federal court to four counts of interstate transportation of gambling equipment. He is accused by a Federal grand jury in Omaha of transporting a bingo type machine from Missouri to Hastings and transporting punch boards from Chicago to American Legion clubs at Shelby and Osceola. Former Silver Creek Postmaster Leslie A. Johnson also pleaded innocent on charges of taking postal funds and making false entries.
City council discussed Consumers Public Power District Osceola property valuation with an engineer estimate of about 4000 dollars. Councilman Mills offered to study municipal power systems for cost and feasibility while City Clerk Bond was absent due to hospitalization. Mayor Johnson led the brief session.
Osceola High School will take more than 40 choir students to the 20th Annual Albion Choral Clinic in Albion January 15 and 16. About 30 other schools join to form a chorus of over 800 voices. a Saturday concert at 8 p.m. caps the event.
George LeRoy superintendent of Scouts Rest Ranch State Historic Park near North Platte will speak at the 1965 Polk County Farm and Home Day in Osceola Tuesday January 19 He will discuss redevelopment of the Rest Ranch as a tourist attraction and show a Buffalo Bill Wild West Show film The forenoon program features weed control and narrow row spacing while the women's program covers landscaping A noon lunch is provided by the Osceola Chamber of Commerce Thelma Allinder’s poem The Freedom Stair appears in the From Sea To Sea In Song anthology
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