March of Dimes Campaign Aims to Reach Rural Areas This Week
The March of Dimes launches a district drive with door to door visits by volunteers and mailed appeals. It notes 250000 babies born annually with birth defects and 1 million Americans with arthritic diseases. The appeal lists 70 treatment centers and polio victim support, urging contributions to local chair Martin Roberts or county director Dale Frizzell.
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March of Dimes
Martin Roberts
Dale Frizzell
Bus service expansion eyed for Osceola and nearby towns
State Railway Commission approves Columbus to Omaha route via Osceola Stromsburg Polk and Hardville with Nebras ka Motor Coaches to operate from Central City to Shelby and Omaha. Service begins March 2 for 90 days to gauge patronage with a possible continuation or discontinuation. The piece also notes Omaha World Herald criticism of city administration and defends press scrutiny of tax supported government.
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State Railway Commission
Deryk L. Turner
Columbus
Osceola
Stromsburg
Polk
Hardville
Central City
Shelby
Omaha
Turner
Nebraska Motor Coaches
Greyhound
Lincoln
Omaha World-Herald
World-Herald
Teenagers plan March of Dimes meeting in Polk County
TAP chairwoman Twila Wieseman and co chair Sharon Abbott announce an organizational meeting of teenagers for the 1964 March of Dimes on Thursday January 30 with representatives from Osceola Polk Shelby and Stromsburg. An executive committee includes Dan Wieseman Carolyn Girard Janice Creech John Reckner Mike Trout Linda Hoffer Bob Cockle and Carolyn Sundberg. The schools will be visited Thursday to explain the campaign and the full committee will meet in Polk to finalize plans.
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Twila Wieseman
TAP
Polk County
Sharon Abbott
Dan Wieseman
Carolyn Girard
Osceola
Janice Creech
John Reckner
Polk
Mike Trout
Linda Hoffer
Shelby
Bob Cockle
Carolyn Sundberg
Stromsburg
Pasture Rest and Farm Improvements Highlight Polk County ACP
A Polk County farm planning guide urges focusing on pasture rest, drainage, and pattern plantings to protect fields and cut costs. The county’s ACP offers cost sharing for resting native pasture, pattern planting for wind protection, and diverted acres to align conservation with feed grain goals. Updates include long term planning with SCS technicians and a note on local governance and banking leadership changes.
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Polk County
ACP
ASCS
SCS
Dunning Anniversary of Atom Split at Shelby High
Dr John R Dunning of Shelby High School marked the 25th anniversary of his role in splitting an uranium atom with two colleagues. The event dated Jan 25 1939 and was highlighted as Columbia University revealed details of Dunning’s early atomic research. His father A C Dunning was a prominent local figure.
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Dr. Dunning
John R. Dunning
Shelby High School
Dunning
Columbia University
A. C. Dunning
Kearney State hosts Mu Epsilon Nu Beta chapter installation
Joe Fisher of Polk and Maur ice Ransom of Osceola become charter members of Mu Epsilon Nu education fraternity at Kearney State. Fisher, Ransom and 12 others organized the chapter, with installation and initiation on Sunday. The original chapter was founded at the University of Nebraska in 1955, making the Kearney group the Beta chapter.
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Joe Fisher
Polk
Maurice Ransom
Osceola
Mu Epsilon Nu
Kearney State
Fisher
Odd Bits Enroute to Albuquerque by Perry N Sapp
Travel diary notes crop and weather observations across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas from fair to good wheat south and poor elsewhere. Mentions Dalhart Guyman Dodge City snow Santa Rosa and Albuquerque with humorous asides about Boot Hill and local food. Ends with quips about blood banks and a church joke.
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Kansas
Dodge City
Kan
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Guyman
Okla
Dalhart
Tex
Boot Hill
N. Mex
Albuquerque
Sandia Mountain Range
Sandia Range
Las Vegas
Osceola Lions wind up March of Dimes drive
Osceola Lions club members ended their March of Dimes solicitation this week. Martin Roberts is local chairman and Rev. Robert Turner will serve on the county centennial committee. The group will donate all gathered spectacles for a sight conservation project.
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Osceola Lions Club
March of Dimes
Martin Roberts
Lee Draeger
Robert Turner
Lions
Osceola Record Hosts Lincoln Tour Office For Travel Events
The Osceola Record office becomes local headquarters for Lincoln Tour and Travel Agency Inc of Lincoln. The firm plans nine escorted trips to the World's Fair this summer from May through October. Each 15 day tour visits Philadelphia Washington Niagara Falls and other sites. Brochures are available at the Record office.
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Osceola Record Office
Lincoln Tour and Travel Agency Inc
Lincoln
Hawaii
Philadelphia
Washington
D. C
Niagara Falls
Record Office
Two Osceola Salesmen Honored by National Fidelity Life
Two Osceola men earned honors as salesmen for National Fidelity Life Insurance Co. Bert Gissler for the 17th consecutive year joined the President's Honor Staff Round Table, an elite group from over 500 sales reps. Rolland Gissler, in his first year, qualified for the President's Honor Staff with 51 other leaders. Donald Dahlin, District 3 county commissioner, filed as a Democratic candidate for commissioner.
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Osceola
National Fidelity Life Insurance Co
Bert Gissler
Rolland Gissler
Bloodmobile visit planned for Osceola February 10
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Osceola on Monday February 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Osceola high school auditorium. Volunteer donor goal is 120 from Osceola Shelby and nearby towns. Donors must be 21 to 59, with 18 year olds eligible with parental written permission. other restrictions apply.
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Red Cross
Osceola
Dwight Bush
Osceola High School
Feder al Land Bank Assn to Hold Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Feder al Land Bank Assn. is set for 11 a.m. February 3 in the David City auditorium. A free noon meal will follow at the Methodist church with Darrell Coufal and his combo band. Three directors will be elected for 3-year terms. Kenneth R. Lynk of Marshalltown Iowa will be speaker. Last rites for Mrs. Harry Wilson, 77, Shelby, were held Friday at Kepner Funeral Home. Burial was at Circle Mound cemetery Rising City. Mrs. Wilson died January 22 at Osceola hospital. She was born December 11, 1887, in Butler County.
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Federal Land Bank Assn
David City Auditorium
Methodist Church
Darrell Coufal
Adolph B. Codk
Dwight
Henry Brase Jr
Shelby
Kenneth R. Lynk
Marshalltown
Harry Wilson
Kepner Funeral Home
Circle Mound Cemetery
Rising City
Students Earn Perfect A Honor Roll in 3rd Period
Osceola High reports 3rd six weeks top scholars across grades. Sophomores Donna Nelson Kay Niemeier Margaret Peterson and freshman John Sedlak led with all A grades. Seniors Joe Eikenhorst Pat Carlson Julie Gullberg Connie Leach Gary Nelson Jim Peterson Craig Monson Beth Monson Mary Wobig plus others earned honorable mention.
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Osceola High
Donna Nelson
Kay Niemeier
Margaret Peterson
John Sedlak
Gary Ahlquist
Chris Carlson
Anita Lockard
Eugene Prososki
Jackie Rutter
Barry Schmoker
Ricky Ekstrom
Ron Lux
Cheryl McKeag
Joe Eikenhorst
Pat Carlson
Julie Gullberg
Connie Leach
Gary Nelson
Jim Peterson
Craig Monson
Beth Monson
Mary Wobig
Sopomores
Dick Bennett
Alan Umstead
Kathy Rodene
Vivian Carlson
Barbara Bennett
Patty Dunn
Pat Gonsier
Tricia Dahmke
Patty Gullbergz
Jane Anderson
Mike Simonsen
Karen Peterson
Joe Anderson
Bob Gabriel
Carolyn Girard
Mike Gonsier
Leon Johnson
Larry Miley
Richard Prell
Phyllis Nyberg
Steve Johnson
Janice Fischer
Linda Meister
John Nelson
Dan Dunn
Judy Cerny
Delores Hendrickson
Polk county Kicks Off 1967 Centennial Planning
Preliminary plans set a Polk county committee to work with the state centennial commission. Bob Bryan chaired the meeting with state official Don Schreiner explaining the purpose of statewide groups. The 1967 centennial aims to preserve heritage, attract visitors, and guide future growth. next Polk meeting is March 2.
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State Centennial Commission
Bob Bryan
Don S. Schreiner
State Commission
Polk County
Polk County Group
Osenbaugh Takes Chamber Reins At Ladies Night Banquet
Fifty five Chamber of Commerce members and guests attended the annual Ladies Night banquet. New president John Osenbaugh presided citing the past year's work under Elmer Johnson. Slides by Bert Gissler showcased his Orange Bowl trip and Southeast travel.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bert Gissler
John Osenbaugh
Elmer Johnson
Osenbaugh
Martin Roberts
Dick Howe
Richard Klein
Harold Klingman
Virgil Bugbee
PTA
Martin Johnson
Gissler
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IM A. Mills Sr
First National Bank
Don Byers
Dan Armbruster
Roy Dinsdale
Jack Dinsdale
Raymond Kepner
Bob Mills
Mills
University of Nebraska
Columbia University Law School
New York
M. A. Mills
M. A Mills
Alex
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Mr. Mills
Richard
Casper
Wyo
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Arlette D. Irohnson
Osteola
George P. Lee
Mike Holcomb
Leonard Seldon Partridge
Harlan S. Johnson
Duncan Lee Lehman
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Myron D. Croston
Danny R. Weeks
Glen Green
Green
Chris Dahmke
Dean Buffington
Perry Sapp
Wilma Huff
Perry N. Sapp
Noot
Postal Service
Lowell
Carlos’ Place
Dorothy Bush
H. S. Auditorium
Eldena
Donald Dahlin
Dahlin
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Polk County Committee
Chamber
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