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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1971
Page
3
Irene Burritt hosted Osceola teachers and colleagues with a farewell for Mrs. Harold Daily. The record recounts multiple visits, meals, birthday celebrations, Fourth of July observances, and weekend guest arrangements among Burritt, Kresha, Pickett, Umstead, Wieseman, Dunn, and related families in Osceola and Silver Creek.
Relatives gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Carrol Peterson to honor their 25th wedding anniversary which occurred on June 23. Attendees included Elin Peterson Levert Peterson Mim Peterson and many others. The honorees received a silver coffee and tea serving set.
Mrs. C R Carlson and Mrs Marlin Hill of Sioux City IA and Mrs Maury Watts were Saturday afternoon callers at Irene Meacham. Recent visitors in the May Hastings home were Mr and Mrs Arthur Yeaton of Colorado Springs CO. Beth Wieseman, Mrs Bill Houdersheldt and Mrs Joe Sullivan of Grand Island. The Houdersheldt family have returned to Shelby from Texas where they had been living. Mrs Houdersheldt is the daughter of the C A Shockeys.
Nebraska legislators set 18 committees to study interim issues with reports due late fall for action at the 1971 session. Chairmen include Warner, Keyes, Orme, Kennedy, Mahoney, and others. Gov Exon forms a new environmental council and air standards are approved for regions including Omaha.
Mrs Harold W Johnson hosts and hosts extend visits with friends from Torrance Nebraska Lincoln Fort Collins and McHenry. Family members Roy Johnson from Easton on and Layne Gregg from Minneapolis travel via plane to Omaha for a visit with local relatives.
Osceola residents welcomed weekend guests the Mike Cotter family from Lincoln and the Jim Headlees from Seward. The Headlees visited Mr and Mrs Floyd Headlee in Aurora and planned a fall move to Kearney for Jim Headlee to enter KSC.
Dr. Leslie F. Sheffield, previously superintendent at North Platte NU experiment station, is named to lead a statewide irrigation development program. Warner notes expanded research and extension education to foster orderly, sound, economic irrigation agriculture with university and county agents involved. Sheffield will coordinate the total effort across outstate stations and disciplines.
The July 1, 1971 Mixed Summer League shows teams including No one's, Whizzits, Usa's, Davis & Bond, G. & K's, Ransoms Etal, Blank's, and 4 J's with records ranging 10 18 to 17 11. Individual game high by Hubert Girard 228. Merridel Watts 183. Series leaders Wayne Stallings 572 and Merridel Watts 497. Team highs No. on Blank's 681 and Usn's 664. Usn's 1981 and No, one's 1912 for team series.
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