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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1977
Page
7
LaVern Zart describes starting cake decorating in high school and pursuing it seriously after a March anniversary cake for her parents. She uses tips, borders, and dowel supports to keep wedding cakes level, learns from Lincoln Parks and Recreation classes, and emphasizes practice, improvisation, and craft utensils in her decorative hobby.
Shelton 4 H exchange student Suzanne Schepers returns from five months in Poland where she worked on a state farm and observed a government controlled economy. She notes many Poles join the Communist party for jobs, religious attendance despite restrictions, and a shift from private to state farms as older farmers retire. She describes holidays, diet, housing, and social conditions under a socialist system and recalls Poles value family, share food, and envy U S freedoms.
USDA reports 2,752,000 farms on Jan 1 1977, down 26,000 from 1976 while land in farms drops 2.7 million acres. Average farm size rises to about 393 acres from 348 in 1966. Texas remains the state with most farms at 202,000, followed by Missouri Iowa Kentucky and Tennessee.
Kearney State college announces the sixth annual high school band and choral clinic on Monday. The schedule features laboratory experiences with clinic band and chorus plus recreational activities and a glimpse of college life. The first 250 applicants are accepted at six dollars per student. The program ends with a 7:30 p.m. concert.
A reflective column laments feeling unprepared for 1977 while recalling 1976. The author jokes about wearing 1976 on the eyes, notes missed mid December events, and contemplates starting anew from March first as a remedy for the year’s lingering shock.
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