Girl Scout trip across Nebraska earns troop funds
Girl Scout Troop No 299 with 6 Cadettes and 2 leaders raised $250 through a county fundraiser and a weeklong tent camping itinerary across Nebraska. The group visited Ft Kearney Calloway Lake McConaughy and Wind Cave while traveling from Osceola to Minden and back, thanking many contributors for support.
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Nebraska
Tayne Syves
Joyce Gissler
Barbie Mills
Christy Zedicher
Beverly Trotter
Bill Zedicher
Roy Trotter
Osceola
Minden
House of Yesterday
Pioneer Village
Ft. Kearney
Calloway
Scouts Rest
North Platte
Lake McConaughy
Ogallala
Front Steet
Rock
Jail House Rock
Scottsbluff
Chimney Rock
Scottsbluff National Monument
Agate
Ft. Robinson and
Chadron
Wind Cave
S. Oak
Hot Springs
Evans Plunge
Toad Stool Park
Chadron State Park
Halsey National Forest
Fort Falls
Duane Rupe
Valentine
Snake River Falls
Halsey Forrest
Sherman Dam
Nebraska Weather and Pine Ridge Deer Permit News
Above normal Nebraska temperatures continued with last week’s high of 91 on Thursday and a 07 low on Saturday. Weekly rainfall totals were .01 Wednesday and .14 Monday night. Pine Ridge Deer Permits allow two at once in a normal one per hunter unit, with $20 due for two permits. In Lincoln, families visited campus during a summer program for new students and parents.
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Nebraska
Chris Dahmke
Pine Ridge
Lincoln
Game Commission
Orval Eikenhorst
Joel
Fred Wieseman
Beverly
Mourners Remember George B. Anderson at Swede Home Funeral
George B. Anderson 79 of Osceola died June 29 1965 at Clarkson Hospital. He was born Nov 3 1885 on a Swede Home farm, married Ruby Lin den Feb 22 1916 at Hershey Neb. Funeral held July 3 at 2 p.m. from St. Paul Lutheran with Pastor G. M. Christensen officiating. Interment Swede Home Cemetery.
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George B. Anderson
Claus and
Wilhelmina Anderson
Osceola
Ruby Linden
Hershey
Nebr
Clarkson Hospital
Arthur Donelson
Kenneth Golden
Wilmer
Denver
Martin
Stromsburg
Melford
Philadelphia
G. M. Christensen
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Wesley Peterson
Betty Boden
Robert Anderson
Max Anderson
LeMoyne Anderson
Carol Donelson
Wayden Anderson
Bud Anderson
Swede Home Cemetery
Fiesta de Bambuco celebrated in Neiva Huila with citywide revelry
A report details Neiva Huila s annual Bambuco Fiesta from 24th to 29th with day Parades bull fights and free programs at the capitol and auditorium. Queens contests feature departmental and national winners while casetas bands and fireworks fuel all night dancing in festive native dress. Also noted is a Polk County March of Dimes certificate of appreciation for Dewey Sigler of Osceola and county totals of 2710.80 for January.
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San Juan
St. John
San Pedro
St. Peter
State Capitol
Neiva Huila
Dewey Sigler
Osceola
Polk County
Clinton Belknap
Lincoln
Belknap
Kinzli museum reflects collector life despite closure
Veterinarian and taxidermist Frank Kinzli operated a home style museum near Osceola Nebraska housing a vast world collection of birds insects and mounted heads. The facility is closed but described as the largest accumulation of oddities in Nebraska during a lifetime.
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Kinzli Museum
Frank Kinzli
Osceola
Nebraska
Auxiliary at Shelby honors a busy LegionAuxiliary unit
The Shelby American Legion Auxiliary met June 22 with Mildred White and Laverna Kumpf as hostesses. The unit reported on 1964-65 activities including charity donations, hospital support, a heart fund, poppy drives, Christmas cards for service members, and a hospital assignment. Barbara Graff was sent to Girls State. Barbara Graff will report July 27 on Girls State. The West Room of the Kinzli home features a local museum collection.
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Shelby
American Legion Auxiliary
Mildred White
Laverna Kumpf
Edna Funkhouser
American Legion Auxiliary Unit
Shelby Fertilizer Company
Shelby Oil Company
Pork Butler Insurance Co
Heart Fund
Barbara Graff
Goldstar
Trudy Johnson
Arwilda Uehling
Amelia Scholz
Osceola
Lincoln
Little Red Schoolhouse
Recreation Bingo
Shelby Park Fund
Radio Free Europe
Columbus Opportunity Center
Forgotten Children’s Fund
Tarleton
Osceola City Dump Extends Hours to Weeknights
The Osceola city dump will open Wednesday evenings from 7 30 to 9 p m in addition to Saturday hours from noon until dark. Mayor Marlin Johnson and councilmen say the extended hours give more people a chance to use the dump.
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Osceola City
Marlin Johnson
Johnson
County values show slight rise in Tangible property assessment
Polk county reports total tangible property value for assessment near 72 million dollars up over a million from last year. Figures include 71,839,627 this year and 70,676,377 previously with 36,450 for taxes on intangibles, up from 34,614. State board of equalization will review figures. WIESEMAN REUNION descendants gathered at Valley Church with relatives from Seattle, California, Rising City, Gothenburg, Omaha. OLSON RITES WILL BE HERE THURSDAY funeral for Mattie W. Olson set for 10:00 at Kepner Roberts Funeral Home. husband C. A. Olson once ran a Osceola store.
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Polk County
State Board of Equalization
Wieseman
John Wieseman
Osceola
Valley Church
Pauline Steward
Eleanor Furman
Seattle
George Walker
California
John Aden
Rising City
Harry Oman
Don Swanson
Gothenburg
John Lewis
Omaha
Birth Announcements From Several Hospitals
Births listed for six families include Ronda Kay Watts born June 26 at Clarkson Hospital weighing 6 lbs 3 ozs to Ronald and wife. Vickie Sue Venegas born June 9 at Bay Harbor Hospital Lomita California to Robert and Rochelle Venegas. Kevin Paul Heine born July 3 at Annie Jeffrey Hospital Waco to Martin and wife. and Linda Marie Peterson born July 5 to Duane and wife Stromsburg weighing 6 lbs 5 ozs.
Missing town old timer bell leaves town asking where
Osceola remembers the brass fire bell from the old city hall once used for curfew and as a weight for trucks in winter. Fireman Norman Fintel notes he was the last to pull the chain for a fire and many recall ringing at the end of World War II. Now the bell is gone, and residents wonder where it has gone.
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Osceola
Municipal Bldg
Norman Fintel
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Pappa
Arkansas
Osceola-Orchard
Orchard
Mitties
Erb
Giris
George Anderson
Doug Dunn
Kinzli
Lorraine Lewis
Switzerland
Saddle Club
York
Goldenrod Saddle Club
York County Fairgrounds
Billy LeSuer
Australia
Mr. Kinzli
Mr Kinzli
Tony Lipps
Lipps
Midland College
Wiiter
Linda Kinzli
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