All Conference Basketball Team Photo Misses Print
In Osceola last Saturday night fogged film after cold air broke the camera seal. The all conference team names are printed elsewhere in this issue. Osceola captured third place by edging Stromsburg in consolation and narrowly lost to Silver Creek in the semi finals. Attendance at tournament games set records with packed Friday and Saturday crowds. Farm and Home Day in Osceola drew a large crowd despite the cold, with Miss Margaret Stahly as guest speaker and 300 at the noon luncheon in the Methodist Church basement. The Conservation Picture Award went to the Walter B Jones family. A new student’s mother accepted the school entrance aptitude test policy with the remark that the boy is apt to do most anything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Silver Creek
Stromsburg
Margaret Stahly
England
California’s Second Gold Rush Aims to Kill Smog
Scientists and engineers race to meet a new California law requiring cars to use approved devices to burn unburned hydrocarbons. Two designs, a catalytic oxidizer and an afterburner, need materials that endure high heat and corrosion. Armco’s Clyde Davies touts a chrome nickel manganese alloy 21-6-9 as a potential breakthrough enabling viable smog control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sutter’s Mill
Clyde G. Davies
Armco Steel Corporation
Mr. Davies
Grand Old Man Of The Law Roscoe Pound Featured In February Reader's Digest
A Reader's Digest profile honors Roscoe Pound, Harvard Law School dean emeritus, noting his long life in Cambridge over 90, his early recall memory, and his career shaping U S law. It highlights his 1906 American Bar Association address, his clash with federal agencies, and his role in the Administrative Procedure Act. Pound served as Harvard's roving professor after retiring as dean in 1936 and again retired in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Reader’s Digest
Cambridge
Mass
Pound
University of Nebraska
American Bar Assn
St. Paul
Northwestern
Chicago
Harvard
Digest
Congress
Law Pioneer Continues Long, Productive Career
At 77 he learned Chinese and at 86 began a five volume study of American jurisprudence, finishing it at 89. Last year he completed research for an Illinois Bar Association court reform project. His vigor and courage exemplify dedication to law and American jurisprudence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Bar Assa
Notice of Probate In Polk County Nebraska Estate Hearing
In the County Court of Polk Nebraska a petition seeks Rollie Johnson as Administrator of the estate of Benjamin Elledge deceased. The hearing is set for February 1 1961 at 10 AM in the County Court Room Osceola. Dated January 5 1961. (SEAL) J E Steeple County Judge. Jan 12 19 26 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Benjamin Elledge
Rollie Johnson
Osceola
J. E. Steeple
Notice of Probate in Polk County Nebraska
In Polk County Nebraska a petition has been filed for probate of Swan J. Tilley deceased and for appointment of Robert L. Mills as Executor. Hearing set for February 7, 1961 at 10:00 a.m. in the County Court Room Osceola Nebraska. Dated January 13, 1961. (SEAL) J. E. Steeple.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Swan J. Tilley
Robert L. Mills
Osceola
J. E. Steeple
Polk County 4-H awards honor two Osceola girls
Beverly Wieseman and Kathryn Pleifke received the Robert's Dairy $50 awards to buy foundation stock for dairy heifers for 1961. State 4-H Club Leader Wes Antes announced the awards. The note also covers a Handicraft Workshop in Columbus on February 8 1961 and a Rooter's Day swine program in Columbus today January 26. Rotenone use guidance for cattle grubs is included, plus castor bean income remarks by UNL agronomist Dr. David Kittock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Beverly Wieseman
Kathryn Pleifke
Osceola
Robert’s
Wes Antes
Beverly
Kathy
Polk County Dairy Club
Evangelical and Reform Church
Columbus
11Th Street
20Th Avenue
Platte County Fairgrounds
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Agronomist
David Kittock
Wesley Chapel Social Notes and Visits Across Town
Wesley Chapel Social Center notes report Mrs Floyd West hosting, with callers including Mr and Mrs John Ditter and Mrs Ed Ross of Monroe among others. Residents attended meetings, decor lessons led by Neela Watts and Edith Richards, and several families shared visits and outings in Lincoln Columbus and Shelby with relatives and friends.
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Social Center Rest Home
John Ditter
Ed Ross
Monroe
Carl Jaenicke
Omaha
Nina Burke
Addie Wieseman
Clara McCormick
Lesta Mace
Cedric Fineey
Dale Frizzell
Jane
Mae Hastings
Bill Wieseman
Castor Beans Set For Nebraska Cropping Expansion
In Nebraska castor beans show potential as an established crop. Dr. Kittock notes moisture saturation affects weed competition, while cultivation helps control weeds. Last year 964 acres harvested with average yield 1,227 pounds per acre and $63.85 per acre return. Top irrigation yield 2,200 pounds per acre. top dry land yield 1,201 pounds per acre.
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Nebraska
Kittock
Community Social Roundup in Palmer Shelby Columbus and Nearby
The report lists numerous local visits and gatherings across Palmer Shelby Columbus Stromsburg David City Bellwood Clarks Scribner and other area towns. It notes birthdays showers hospital recovery and family visits including the Sterups Carters Carters Dean and Armand Schmoker Nielsen Birkel and others with several Sunday and Friday social events.
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Wilmer Carters
Palmer
Eugene Sterups
Eugenes
Dean Carters
Shelby
Dick Merricks
Hubert Girards
Columbus
Beth Shockey
Kay Timm
Armand Schmokers
Morris Nielsens
Stromsburg
Eugene Sterup
Leo Albers
Osceola Hospital
Nellie Cockson
Hubert Alts
Swoboda
John Hanus
David City
Lawrence
Albers
John Birkel
Adolph Kresha
Larry Kresha
Max Gabel
Lewis Schott
Joan Beringer
Bellwood
Lewis
Clarks
Otto Olson
Axel Andersons
Oscar Jones
Martin Gestrines
John Schneider
Kathy
Wayne Augustins
Jack Ernst
Daughters
Dave Richards
Arnold Ernst
Arthur Johansens
Jerry Johansens
Osceola Club Reports Insect Enemies Study Lesson
The Osceola Project Club met with Mrs. Ray Gestrine last Tuesday. The group enjoyed the Study Lesson Insect Enemies in the Home. Several members and guests visited family and friends across nearby towns over the weekend with various house gatherings and lessons on window treatment.
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Osceola Project Club
Ray Gestrine
Billy
Susan Schmoker
Tom Schmoker
Howard Liedtke
Albert A. Gabriel
Charles Kucera
Vickie
Jerry Kucera
West Point
Nebr
Vern Johnson
Marshalltown
Iowa
Florence Witters
Fort Collins
Colo
Dwight Edwards
Columbus
Oscar Jones
Jones
Wren Sherwood
Wallace Sherwood
Stromsburg
Wesley Chanel Club
Tom Schmoke
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Wress
ARTO
NATIO
NAL Editoria
Asocation
Don and
Mary Waterman
Alton Wilhelms
Col. U Us
Olume
Columbus, Nebraska
Yous County
Howard Tanner
Wesley Chapel
Mrs
Floyd West
Wesley Chapel Club
Morris Richards
Neela Watts
Edith Richards
Marven Dawes
James Alts
James
Leo Glatter
Millie Kubicek
Albert Anderson
Lincoln
Anderson
Gerald Stauber
Ernest Nuquist
Mary Gerdes
Zagasc
State Fane Mutual Insurance Company
Petrus Nelson
Tmseaameg
Eldon W. Anderson
New York Life Ins. Co
A Mutual Co
Grant Ave. York
Don Johnson
Bert Gissler
Incor
Massey-Ferguson
Massey- Ferguson
McMeekin Implement Co
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