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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1966
Page
1
A reader describes finding beer cans in a well kept cemetery on Monday. She questions why anyone would desecrate the site and notes it as a serious littering problem just before Memorial Day. Mrs. D. W. McFadden raises concern.
Kenneth E. Sipes OHS principal will attend University of Nebraska this summer on National Science Foundation fellowship. Session runs June 13 to August 5. Patty Miller resigns as Methodist Hospital switchboard operator in Omaha and takes an office position with Walnut Grove business in Osceola. Miller is daughter of Lloyd and family from Fullerton.
The Osceola downtown area nears Old Times Day with new front at Osceola Hardware and fresh paint for Eastside and Lorre Lanes. The Legion club, Promised improvements, and local volunteers including Ruth Lux Bert Gissler and Phil Nyberg are thanked for tireless work. the paper notes ongoing prep by many unnamed helpers.
A hospital report records multiple patients dismissed or noted as discharged in Osceola Stromsburg Gresham Shelby Benedict York and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs Clarence Armagast Mrs Gerald Quick Mr Dennis Emmons Mrs Morris Law and others.
Paul Monson of Osceola was re elected chairman at the Polk County Republican post primary convention held at Osceola City Hall. Mrs Phil Campbell and Mrs Dwight Burney named vice chair and secretary respectively with Glen Babcock as treasurer. Monson and Burney chosen as delegates to the state Republican Convention in Omaha on Sept 23 with alternates Mrs Perry Sapp and Dwight Newcomer.
Polk County Recreation Assn schedules 8 p.m. meeting on Monday June 6 at Osceola city hall urging all members to attend. Guest speakers Mr and Mrs Dwight Burney spoke at Hartington Chamber of Commerce banquet about their Pakistan trip with color slides.
Polk County will choose a Miss Centennial Queen during county fair week with winners advancing to the Nebraska Centennial Queen race in November. Eligible are native Nebraskans aged 17 to 21 by November 1966 who have graduated high school and are unmarried.
Official entry blank for Miss Polk County Centennial Queen with fields for full name birth date address phone parents’ name birthplace marital status and high school graduation by 1965 66 term. Acknowledges awareness of rules and agrees not to wed before December 31 1967 with parent signature line.
Osceola will host a Nebraskaland Country Music Jamboree and Talent Show this weekend. The 8 p.m. event at OHS auditorium features Allyn Leimser The Plainsmen Jane and Elaine Unger Sisters Leon Cynova Don Lemp and Tom Johnson. Auditions Friday 3:30 to 6:30 with selected contestants in the evening show.
POGUE James and Mrs Pogue of Stromsburg welcome a boy Alan Richard born May 25 weighing 6 lbs 2 ozs Steven Alan Rafert born May 28 weighing 7 lbs 4 ozs to Don Rafert and wife of Stromsburg OSCEOLA LOCALS Cue of Springdale Ark visited with Phoebe Morgan and relatives in northern Nebraska and South Dakota en route west Memorial Day observances included Joe Sullivans Grarys Island Ray Hastings and Mrs Minnie Cadwell of York and Mrs R N Hastings Dale Lalleys and two daughters Denver Denzil Barth and daughter Grand Island were weekend visitors at Marvin Ransom Sr home Louis Shemek died this morning at Osceola Hospital funeral arrangements pending Farewell basket supper for Rev and Mrs John Stalions and family at Methodist Fellowship Hall 6 30 Friday before their move to South Bend Ind Fire at the Charles Fischer farm home caused several thousand dollars damage destroying a metal shed and equipment Weekend visitors included Dr and Mrs Floyd Heinemeyer Rockford Ill and Jack Lesuer Denver Incoming visitors near Louis Shemek included Albert Shemek and son Laurence Shemek Garland Tex Eugene Shemek family Tucson Ariz. Mrs Ralph Mentink and children Rawlins Wyo Kenneth and Reggi Mentink visited with Walter Watts family Regi Mentink accompanied Mrs Mentink to Independence Kansas for relatives Norwood Creek paums Memorial Day companion Carol Jean Branting spent the holiday with her parents Weekend visitors to Albert W Gabriel home included Leroy Gabriel family Laramie Wyo Mrs Agnes Dworak Oakland Calif Harold Martens Rising City Don Gabriel family and Albert A Gabriel.
The Little League beat Shelby then lost to Silver Creek. Pony League wins over Shel by Sunday 9-7 with Umstead and Cerny on the mound, then 8-0 over Silver Creek with Potter and Cerny pitching. Smionsen hit two homers. Osceola dominates Silver Creek 15-1 and Genoa 12-0 with Houdersheldt Peterson and R Grossnicklaus on the mound. catchers listed. Goldenrod Saddle Club at Kenesaw show with Loren Treffer Jim Marak Rodger Marvin Klein winning in 4 abreast. club awarded longest distance trophy and ribbons at WRC Ranch near Columbus.
Three Polk county students Nancy Mills Oscelosha Osc eola high Arlyce Lind Polk high and Greg McMeekin Shelby high will attend the 1966 All-State high school course at University of Nebraska June 12 to 30. The program provides three weeks of artistic experiences under University staff with campus living and wholesome recreation. Nearby Sammy Cook and Mrs Charles Cook of Hot Springs South Dakota visited the Schmoker home.
Nearly 300 graduates and friends attended the 19th annual alumni banquet in the OHS auditorium. Members from several classes gathered at various host homes and venues, including the 1916, 1926, 1936, 1946, and 1956 groups, with attendees from Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska.
A column lauds county volunteers for end of school activities and local events while praising elderly residents. Winnie Johnson boasts 63 grandchildren and great grandchildren and knits slippers. Mrs Will McKeag and daughters attend the Shelby Alumni banquet as long time SHS graduates, with the oldest graduate honored.
By Glen H. Krohn moisture improved with rain totaling half an inch for the week ending Saturday. Surface moisture short, subsoil adequate. Crops 100 percent planted and in good condition. Pasture and range feed fair. Main farm work includes finishing planting, some replanting, spraying, hay cutting and raking. Wheat in good condition with some hail and freezing damage.
Osceola enters a unit in the NEBRASKAland Days parade in Lincoln on June 15 as part of a statewide kickoff for the 1966 tourist season. The 90 minute spectacle starts at 5 pm and is videotaped for telecast at 6 30 pm, drawing an expected 50 000 spectators. Grand marshal is Mrs Lyndon B Johnson with Charlton Heston accepting the Buffalo Bill Cody award.
A local column explores 6 6 66 and June 6 as a playful sequence. Mrs Phil Micek of Shelby wins a prize at Osceola Hardware Open House. A patriotic Iowa motorist appears with a flag mounted on the fender.
Osceola school superintendent Virgil Bugbee will attend a two week institute at the University of North Dakota this summer. The program will focus on special teaching aids including projectors recorders teaching machines and computers.
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