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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
1
A city proclamation limited yard and garden watering starting July 9 due to hot dry weather and low standpipe pressure. North of Central Street water on Tue Thu Sat. south of Central Street on Wed Fri Sun. no watering Monday to protect public water supply. Officials urge cooperation.
Mrs J A Belisle of Lincoln announces the engagement of her daughter Merridel to Edward Watts son of Mr and Mrs Earl Watts of Osceola. Miss Belisle works in Lincoln and Edward is stationed at the Naval Air Base in Lincoln. A fall wedding is planned.
A humorous reminiscence tracks a reader’s battle with a chirping cricket and a swarm of mosquitoes. The piece lampoons insect biology and ends with a reluctant confession that no body was found, suggesting the cricket vanished. The tale riffs on misdirected pest control and human foible.
The State Committee approved merging rural districts 2 5 13 29 37 39 40 48 49 53 61 and parts of 8 15 21 23 into School District No 19 Osceola. Estimated value of the consolidated district is 5 212 000 with a court hearing set for July 25 in Osceola to dissolve the named districts and attach them to District 19.
Persistent shoplifting and tire thefts plague the county seat with daily reports of missing tires and personal property. In one case thieves were seen leaving a car on a jack while removing a tire, highlighting ongoing urban insecurity.
Last Saturday night strong winds tore through the Valley precinct causing downed cottonwood trees, interrupted electrical and phone service, and damage to buildings. A barn west of Stromsburg reportedly collapsed while fires sparked at Huggler and Peterson farms during a lightning strike. Temperatures reached 90 to 95 degrees in the day with 70 to 75 at night amid a multiweek dry spell bad for the corn crop.
Three hundred sixty acres of Polk County farm land will be sold next Wednesday July 20 at two o clock p m at the south front door of the Osceola courthouse. Property lies northwest of Stromsburg and includes two sets of improvements with electricity. Norton Norton of Osceola attorney and J T Granton of St the referee for the sale may be contacted for details.
Carl Allinder was high bidder at a referee sale in Osceola Tuesday afternoon. Eighty acres of unimproved Polk County farm land leased to Albert Teegerstrom were sold to Allinder for $120 per acre. Mills Mills Mills of Osceola handled the sale with W H Norton serving as referee.
A trailer separated from its tractor five miles west of Osceola on Highway 30A 92 in a freak accident. Alex Adelson, 82, Polk County farmer, was struck when the trailer veered and collided with a westbound car driven by Harry Whitesell of Grand Island, pinning Whitesell and leaving him with a broken elbow and broken ribs. He was taken to Osceola hospital. The Omaha driver, Jack Banning, reattached the trailer and continued to Omaha.
Roy Horst Polk county assessor reports farm machinery values up by over 500000 and farm tractors up 147617. Declines in stored grains cut about 550000 from wheat and corn stocks. Farm land valued at 29 million, town lots up 34020, farm improvements up 1726045, and business inventories down about 20000.
Mrs. Arthur B. Mickey died at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie Wyoming after a long illness. She and her husband lived in Laramie 26 years where she was a purchasing agent for a Petroleum and Oil Shale experiment station. Survived by husband three children Robert Kay Betty Ruth father John Lee Welton Evanston Sr sister Mrs Walter Schroeder Pierre Sd. Funeral at Episcopal Cathedral Laramie. She visited Osceola with her husband when Ed Mickeys lived there.
Polk County's 80th annual fair set for August 4 7 runs over a weekend for weekday workers. Albert Ryan announces Wheeler Pittman free acts returning with daily shows featuring the White Horse Patrol Osceola band and Polk et Shelby Band. Gates open noon Sunday. admission 1.00 for adults, season six tickets 4.00. 8 to 14 pay 0.50 with seven tickets.
Revised schedule for drivers tests now in effect effective July 1st. A fee in the pane fee, ee license up. afe as
Funeral services were held last Tuesday July 5 for Mrs Miller who died July 1 at St Paul after a heart attack. She was 65 and survived by her husband a son and two daughters. Interment was at Farwell Dame cemetery.
A Missouri man, David A. Conrad of Lolla, suffered a fractured knee and other injuries last Wednesday after noon when his panel truck, belonging to the U S Geological Survey, lost control on a road three miles east of Shelby. He was taken to a Columbus hospital for treatment. State Trooper Arnold Lasec investigated the crash.
List of contributors to the Fire Department Tank Truck Fund is published again as several new donors joined in the past week. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wieseman and Mr. and Mrs. Walter W Berck with 5.00, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hanson and Milton 5.00, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Grossnicklaus 0.00, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Schneider 5.00, Mr. and Mrs. C. R Carlson 0.00, plus others totaling additional contributions.
Osceola residents are invited to attend the Silver Creek Flower Show on July 26 at the Pioneer Theatre Silver Creek. Flowers must arrive 8 to 11 a m for judging. public viewing 1 to 5 p m with films, a tea, and awards. Classification sheets available at Kepner's Store Osceola.
Sept County celebrates Navy recognition as the USS Polk County LST 1084 is renamed in a ceremony in San Diego Bay. The issue also notes fishing trips, a Monroe plane crash death, Columbus races July 21 to August 9, track improvements, and a city water use proclamation amid drought restrictions.
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