Harvest moon and early computer woes in 1976 Nebraskaland notes
Readable items reflect a bright orange moon in January 1976 and frustration with Blue Cross Blue Shield computer errors mislabeling coverage. A long dated postcard from 1909 travels through Osceola and Pawnee City to Rev Bachenberg and Althea Zang Huggler. Lockwood Corp expands using a former gas station site, and Aurora irrigation firm buys in to create ten Lockwood outlets. Polk County Fair dates July 27 28 29 30 with Centennial themed activities planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Ethel Hall
Normal
Nebraska
Pawnee City
Truman Bachenberg
Reverend Bachenberg
Ronal
Polk County
Ray Conrad
Community Calendar Highlights for January Events
Community calendar lists January gatherings including Easy Aces with Olive McKeag, Lions club on Monday at noon, Mental Health session Tuesday, Noxious Weed meeting at the county office Wednesday, Rebekah Lodge and Entre Nous Thursday, and Firemen's Meeting plus Filibuster Club on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive McKeag
Lions
Peggie Mills
Rebekah Lodge
Dorothy Campbell
Firemen's Meeting
Blood Drive Over Quota In Osceola Event
Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Osceola on January 13 collected 88 pints, above the 87 pint quota. Of 102 volunteers, 17 were first-time donors. numerous residents and Lions Club, American Legion Auxiliary, and Shelby and local groups aided logistics and meals. A separate note announced Bob Schuenelle’s invite to the Chamber banquet on February 8 at Ryan Hill Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Osceola
Bloodmobile
Jean Bond
Red Cross
Chris Gaedeke
Ross Watts
Charles Gabel
Lawrence Schlesinger
Chris Huggler
Mervin Ransom
Bill Bryan
Virgil Bugbee
Glen Hendrickson
Sally Hendrickson
Ruth Peterson
Eugene Sterup
Buddy Mautz
Pat Gabel
Don Eklund
Don Augustine
Marilyn Dake
Betty Hinkle
Geraldine Klein
Vivian Ekstrom
Jim Lewis
Eldena Lindblade
Jack Schott
Howard McKeag
Martha Smith
Dennis Hiemer
Colin McKeag
Don Linton
Iva Linton
Jane Habben
Bertha Dunn
Joyce Bartak
Truman Bachenberg
Kurt Anderson
Paul Carlson
Wes Peterson
Mary Davidson
Leonard Davidson
Rosetta Skinner
Maury Watts
Gertrude Buhl
Louise Wheeler
Dean Wheeler
Linda Fuhr
Don Fuhr
LeRoy Gerrard
Sidney Dunn
Lorraine Anderson
Steve Sterup
Cecile Waldman
Jackie Jonas
Judith Bryan
Gerald Bryan
Bernie Gissler
David Utley
David Senn
Janet Urban
Lewis Schott
Lawrence Sarow
Glen Jacobsen
Mark Utley
Norman Hofbauer
Calvin Coffin
Scott Anderson
Bob Sterup
Ken Sipes
Debbie Ehmen
Jean Waller
Frances Carlson
Harold Davis
Louise Johnston
Eileen Whitmore
Beth Lindblade
Roxanne Vidlak
Larry Johnson
Helen Johnson
Sheldon Bond
Lana Flodman
Kenneth Alt
Louis Monson
Pat Reisdorff
Lola Urban
Marline Mickey
Brenda Dunn
Karleen Watts
Mary Ellen Wobig
LeRoy Lindblade
Rick Rutter
Dottie Vrbka
Larry Harding
Joyce Longenecker
Don Sigler
Warren Campbell
Mitch Coffin
Mike Simonsen
Steve Wombacher
Cal Vrbka
Robert Peterson
Willard D. Johnson
Craig Page
Jackie Johansen
Duane Lindblade
Lions Club
Martin Jones
Charles Roberts
Paul
Pat Richards
Fern Wyman
Mary Rose Girard
Margaret Norton
Laura Delfs
Grace Hunter
Carolyn Sipes
Donna Wieseman
Lavina Swanson
Irene Meacham
Marge Fonda
Neela Watts
Mildred Sigler
Evelyn Peterson
Glenna Wieseman
Ellen Wieseman
Ruth Lux
Ila Klein
Blanche McKeag
Sharon Christensen
Carolyn Wieseman
Ardith Hayes
Bertha Smith
Shelby
R. N
Osceola Matmen Fall To Palmer In Tough Dual Meet
Osceola wrestlers fought hard against Palmer but lost 39 to 25 in a dual meet. Ray Johnson and Rick Watts won key bouts, while several Osceola wrestlers earned medals at the Stromsburg Invitational. Regulars Lee Ray Augustine and Russ Sigler are out with injuries and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Genoa
Pete Chapman
Fullerton
Nelson Tavares
Todd Hiemer
Lyndon Wieseman
Scot Sipes
Russ Miller
Darold Johnson
Mike Voelik
Scott Watts
Mike Klaus
Jerome Zelasney
Neal Roehrs
Steve Davis
Kelly Johansen
Rick Nordstrom
Jon Habben
Palmer Tigers
Palmer
Paul Hennings
Gay
Ray Johnson
Wichman
Dale Runquist
Carl Mangelsen
Kevin Glause
Duane
Mike Smith
Tom Santin
Santin
Smith
Rick Johnson
Frederick
Stromsburg
Bohac
East Butler
Johnson
Erickson
Harvard
Dale Ranquist
Mead
Friend
Langhorst
Howells
Runquist
Reno
St. Ed
Clarks
St Edward
Goldenrod
David City
Lee Ray Augustine
Russ Sigler
South American Senorita Joins Don Cerny Family
Simone Ferreira a sixteen year old from Salvador Bahia Brazil arrived in Omaha with other teens under the International Cultural Exchange Program to live six months as a daughter with Don and Lou Cerny. She writes that she hopes for a career in medicine and is enrolled as a senior in Osceola schools taking Office Practice American History American Problems Geography English and Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Don
Lou Cerny
Simone Ferreira
Omaha
Nebraska
Cernys
Simone
Salvador
Bahia
Mar
Eikenhorst Reelected To Upper Big Blue NRD Board
The Upper Big Blue NRD elected Raymond Burke Morris White and Orval Eikenhorst to leadership roles at the January 15 reorganizational meeting. Robert Schneider became secretary and LaVerne Peterson was replaced. Subcommittee plans include cost share payments for conservation practices and a project proposal for the Resources Stewardship program. The next meeting is February 10 in York. Allen Beerman will speak at the January 27 awards banquet. An area traffic accident at State and Ohio caused $800 to $900 in damage with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Big Blue Nrd
Raymond Burke
Stromsburg
Morris White
Ulysses
Orval Eikenhorst
Osceola
Robert Schneider
York
LaVerne Peterson
NRC
Burke
Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
NARD
White
NARDA
Upper Big Blue Nrd
Allen J. Beerman
York Legion Club
NRD
Fairgrounds
City Council Opens Year With Light, Street, Water Work
The City Council on January 8 heard Warren Campbell of the Nebraska Public Power District discuss extra lighting for the new junior-senior high school. County Surveyor LeRoy Gerrard reviewed plans to curb and resurface Kimmel Street. An agreement for Highway 81/92 maintenance was signed. The council hired Zieg Tank Company of York to clean and repaint the water tower interior. A sewer grant application with the EPA was approved. The meeting adjourned after warrants were signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Campbell
Nebraska Public Power District
LeRoy Gerrard
Kimmel Street
Zieg Tank Company of
York
EPA
Texas Relative Died In Osceola
Mrs Elgin L Ingram of Dallas died at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital on January 16. Funeral services were January 18 at Kepner Roberts Chapel, burial in Osceola Cemetery, memorials at St Luke Episcopal Church in Dallas. Survived by husband Elgin, sister Catherine Hayden Norton, cousin Nancy Ezell Lanyon, and other relatives. Numerous out of town attendees listed from Nebraska and Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin L Ingram
Dallas
Texas
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Kepner-Roberts
James Krotz
Seward
Osceola Cemetery
St. Luke Episcopal Church
Elgin
Catherine Hayden Norton
Nancy Ezell Lanyon
Walter L
Kate Clugh Hayden
Out of Town
James Norton
David City
Nancy Lanyon
Bernice Bush
Calvin Ingram
William Ingram
Gordon Bush
Franklin, Nebr
Estell Ingram
Carol O’connell
Holdrege
Lennis Lind
Nettle Carlson
Ellsworth Carlson
Polk
Bud Zinnicker
Harlan Hendricks
William Norton Jr
Miles N. Norton
Laird Watkins
Lincoln
Also Mentioned on This Page
Candid
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
BC/ BS
Aang He
Lockwood Corporation
Lockwood
Aurora Irrigation
U. S
Gering
Sandy
Grace Rutter
NFO
Polk County National Farmers Organization
Viking Center
Bill Beebe
Gresham
Merv Ransom, Jr
Milton Marak
Marvin Klein
Ormund Moore
Bob Zelasney
OHS
Bulldogs
Wieseman
Roehrs
Nordstrom
Hiemer
Vacha
Mangelsen
Schack
St Ed
Codr
Rick Watts
Svita
Teegerstrom
Watts
Meyer
Greg Cliffords
Koopman
Cliffords
Wemhoff
Duane Tenniges
Himmelberg
Brazda
Vassler
van Pelt
Kastle
Don Cerny
Eikenhorst
Big Blue
State
Ohio
William Reetz
Benedict
John Jarmin
Ron Jones
Shepard
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