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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1951
Page
1
A truck carrying cattle driven by Bill Vogel of Mira Valley overturned on a detour and lay on its side in a ditch. The box was badly damaged and ranchers spent time rounding up the cattle. Scotia Register.
Omaha District engineers discuss a tentative plan combining channel improvement with detention storage reservoirs to control floods in the Shell Creek Basin. The proposal calls for cutoffs and cleaning on Shell Creek from Newman Grove to the mouth, below Schuyler-Newman Grove.
Sheriff Dan Scheneck captured Leslie Harvey, 27, of Grand Island, after a police chase that began when Harvey escaped earlier in the day. Harvey, wanted for grand larceny in a break in at the Palmer Hotel, was seized near the Loup river bridge. Kathryn Flaherty plans an extended England visit, staying through September and visiting a sister in the Waves stationed in London. Her son serves in the army in Germany.
J. L. Tug Pollard, 56, a long time Merrick County resident and operator of a hardware and implement business in Clarks since 1926 Clarks Enterprise, died of a heart attack Friday evening while visiting friends near Osceola.
Billie Davis, 17, of Culliman Alabama, is in serious condition at St. Mary's hospital in Columbus after diving into the park lagoon at Schuyler's picnic grounds and striking a hard object. He and his friend worked at Columbus-Colfax County Call. Meanwhile workers digging a basement found an outline of an old casket and five of six handles, suggesting an old cemetery about 75 years ago, per the Central City Nonpareil.
Mrs. E J Fleip of Exeter bought the last money order under the old Gen eva system just before noon Saturday. Mrs. Floyd Abbott of Geneva purchased the first money order under the new system Monday. The Clay County News notes odd items including a salamander found in a pond at the Oates farm, a Bee area old time dance, a fatal tractor rollover near Beaver Crossing, the drowning death of Roger Myers, and a 14 year old boy accidentally shot in the wrist. The Central City Republican reports a county clerk receiving an instrument with 16 300 words for recording.
The Nebraska supreme court ruled Sundahl must die in the electric chair on October 26 for the murder of Bonnie Lou Merrill. Sundahl, a Norfolk resident, was convicted in Platte County district court for killing the Silver Creek girl after she joined him for a ride, then leaving her body beside Lake Babcock with a hatchet used in the act.
The Commodity Credit Corporation fixes the 1951 wheat support price at 2.27 per bushel for farm stored grade one wheat in Polk county. Loans for warehouse storage reduce by 10 percent per bushel and CCC covers storage. Eligibility requires grade three or better or four or five by test weight, with farm storage requiring 30 days in bin and under 14 percent moisture.
Elsie A. Cole, County Assessor, reported Tuesday that Polk County assessments rose by 2,078,925.00 with gains across all property classes. Business schedules grew 192,410.00, farm schedules 1,564,555.00, and motor vehicles 264,575.00, averaging 468.93 per car, signaling a trend toward fuller taxpayer honesty.
Mr and Mrs Miller marked their Golden Wedding Anniversary July 8 1951 at home with open house from 2 to 5 p m. Married July 9 1901 they have lived on farms in Polk county Nebraska and five years in Osceola. They have two children five grandchildren and were joined by original attendants and many relatives. A 175 guest reception featured a three tier cake yellow and white decor and a Maple Leaf Club serving. A short program included poems songs and a “Just Married 50 Years” finale as photographs were taken and guests left for Columbus.
The Garden Club schedules a Tuesday July 17 picnic in the city park at 6 30 p m for members and families. Attendees are asked to bring their own dishes and a covered dish. Mrs Mark Timm and Mrs A J Manthey visited Lincoln and Wilber with the Timm family.
Three tracts totaling 320 acres in Polk County are listed for public sale at the Osceola courthouse on Wednesday, August 1 at 2:00 pm. Tract one lies at the Bluffs foot northwest of Osceola and is well improved. Tract two northwest of Osceola west of Silver Creek bridge yields prime pasture and hay land. Tract three, an improved eighty, is in the same area. Details and contacts appear in the ad elsewhere.
One of the largest Saturday night crowds in years attended the town’s first band concert. Directed by John Adams the high school group included many students and a few older community players. The concert began a summer series to be held on Saturdays near the court house for eight weeks with rehearsals Friday evenings at the school house auditorium and new members welcome.
Osceola Juniors were routed 20 to 3 by David City on the home field Sunday. Alt and Glatter pitched for Osceola with J Sterup catching. Berucha pitched for David City with Cermak catching. Osceola also played York Wednesday and will face Columbus Sunday at 2:30 pm. Osceola Midgets later beat Shelby 12 to 7.
Mrs Norris Larson was guest of honor at a church shower hosted by Sally Ball Alice Johnson Demaris Johnson Joan Bowe and Joan Wieseman. Thirty five friends and relatives made a scrapbook tracing the couple's life with pink blue and yellow decor. Out of town guests included Mrs Emil Hejtmanek Clarkson and Mrs Algot Larson Ceresco. A group of friends serenaded the couple.
Osceola lost 10 to 3 to St Edward in a league contest amid injuries and fielding errors. Pitcher Bob Sterup strained his strained right elbow covering home plate, with no bones broken but season endangering, while St Edward collected 11 hits to Osceola's six.
St Francis Hospital becomes a Blue Cross participating facility joining 110 Nebraska hospitals and over 400 in the U S and Canada. Blue Cross members at St Francis receive standard benefits including daily room allowances and covered medical services with no advance payment needed, while Blue Shield coordinates physician payments. Public notice notes various enrollment paths for groups and individuals including employee, community, and non group options.
The Purple Heart is awarded to Robert Massie U S N for wounds in the Korean fighting. A letter from Massie to his father Charles Massie, written from Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan, confirms the action.
A Lake Ericson era column notes 225 plus residents lunching at a Gas Company opening on the square with Lois Bamesberger baking cookies. Doc Peterson demonstrates fishing and a catfish haul as well as a jug marked Stinky. Crouse-Tex Drug Store installs six new self service cabinets. Mrs. Harlan McKeag wins first prize for a strawberry pie on an Omaha TV show. Fourth of July fireworks are toned down by a firecracker ban, leaving Osceola calmer but farmers busy in the fields.
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