Memorial Day Bicentennial Reflections and Local Observances
The article notes a low downtown flag display on Memorial Day despite a national Bicentennial mood. It urges forming a flag committee via the Chamber of Commerce and highlights weekend events in Osceola including a Parade at Agriculture City USA, a Pied Pipers performance, and the OHS alumni banquet commemorating Milan Snodgrass and family. The dedication of the church at the Historical Society museum and a distributed Vacation Guide 76 are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
America
Osceola
USA
Pied Pipers
OHS
Milan Snodgrass
Mike
Historical Society Museum
Osceola OHS Alumni Honor 29th Reunion Banquet
Approximately 375 Osceola High School alumni gathered for the 29th annual reunion banquet at the downtown auditorium on Saturday evening May 29 1976. The event honored graduating classes 1916 1926 1936 1946 1956 and 1966 with tours of the new building, speeches by class representatives, and a 1977 reunion plan set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola High School
OHS
Steve Smolik
Teresa Christensen
Chances R
York
Alumni Association
Robert Johansen
Jim Winslow
Joe Roberts
Elton Berck
Lincoln
Dorothy Koehler Trennery
Omaha
Frances Schnasse Terry
Lexington
Kentucky
James Marak
Jill Grossnicklaus Snodgrass
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Michael Anderson
Charles McBeth
D . Powell
Raymond Kepner
Walter Berck
Doug Jones
Bill Bryan
Margaret Buresh
Donald Sterup
Vivian Nelson
Sharon Meister
Harold Grossnicklaus
Duane Gabel
David Richards
Patricia Johansen
Bernard Cemper
Betty Mangelsen
Columbus
Paul Walgren
Sandra Schumann
Mervin Johnson
Marjorie Johnson
Indianola
Armed Forces
Robert Scholz
Robert Sigler
OHS Junior To Attend Lawmen Week In Lincoln
Russell Sigler will join 43 eleventh grade boys for the ninth annual Junior Lawmen Program at Nebraska State Patrol Training Center Lincoln Air Park from June 7 to June 11. The session covers drug education traffic law enforcement accident investigation first aid and alcohol education with field radar VASCAR and fingerprinting activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sigler
Robert Sigler
Nebraska State Patrol
Lincoln Air Park
Nebraska American Legion
E. J. Kohmetscher
Law and Order
American Legion
Russell
Osceola Parade Highlights County U S A Celebration
More than 500 participated in the Osceola Agriculture U S A celebration featuring a 30 unit parade and a courtyard theatre program of fairy tales with a modern twist. Grand marshals were Mr and Mrs Martin Anderson. The Pied Pipers from Hastings performed folk tale dramatizations on the courthouse lawn after the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture City
Osceola Chamber of Commerce
Good Samaritan Center
Meridian Shrine of York
Leonard Rasp
Gresham
Tony Nabity
Martin Anderson
First National Bank
Steve Darling
Sunshine
Columbus
York Shrine
B&i
Martin Jones
Uncle Sam
Chamber
Abraham Lincoln
Stan van Hoosen
Osceola High School
American Legion
Billy Goats
Parade
Matt
Ella Anderson
Janet Urban
Ron Christensen
Jane Peterson
Kenneth Mentink
Outstanding Osceola student earns Bausch and Lomb honor
Kent Rodene, son of the DeVerne Rodenes, is the first Osceola High School recipient of the Bausch and Lomb Science Award for top scholastic standing in science. He received a bronze medal from science instructor Donald Andelt at Recognition Night on May 18 and is eligible for a four year scholarship. He was also named by the Osceola Chamber of Commerce as the second highest ranking senior boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Rodene
DeVerne Rodenes
OHS
Kent
Donald Andelt
Osceola High School
Osceola Chamber of Commerce
Sick Don Byers Back Home After Hospital Stay
News notes that Don Byers returned home from Lincoln General Hospital after surgery and Dr. W F Monson was dismissed from the same hospital following surgery. Raymond Urban, 19, was hospitalized at Methodist in Omaha after a severe right-hand injury from fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Byers
Lincoln General Hospital
W. F. Monson
Raymond Urban
Francis Urban
Methodist Hospital
Omaha
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Florence Timm
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Palo Alto
Calif
Lester Urbach
Eloise Beatty
Grand Island
Bill Folger
Marjorie Douglas
Jack Trennery
Doro
Charles E. Donnelly
P.O
Rapid City
By Koehler
Dave Campbell
Grace Mentink
Ralston
John Fillman
Neela Miller
Seal Beach
Roy Pierson
Slayton
Minn
Marvel Merrick
Marian Shelmadine
Laramie
Wye
Leonard Ireland
Wilma Shore
Gardiner
Ore
Ireland
Louise Hastings Daughterty
Zella Gillmor
Harry Brazee
Beatrice Alverson
Dorothy Garber Campbell
Calmer Boden
Leona Grossnicklaus
Lewis Dunn
Goldie Johnson
Poole
Harry Dotson
Grace Wilcox
Wallace Young
Maxine Johnson
Hudson
Cole
Wesley Peterson
Lois Anderson
Iva Olson
Denver
Carl Westring
Helen Ogden
Stromsburg
Maurice van Houtan
Elsie Gissler
Clearmont, Mo
Bill Terry
Frances Schnasse
Lexington, Ky
Fred Prue
Mary Beth Schnasse
Corpus Christi
Texas
Pauline Collier
Hastings
Loretta Kropatsch Valasek
Dorothy DeLand
Harbor City
Frances Hanson Holm
Dallas
Opal Lierman Young
el Cajon
Birdelle Clark Laverick
Pas& Christian
Clayton’ Fredrickson
Lakewood
Ryan Hill Country Club
Lawmen
Alt
Coop Grain
Richard Alt
Richard
Dick) Alt
Farmers Co-op Grain Company
Columbus Grain Company
Duncan
Marcia Burritt
Ray Roehrs
Rodene
United Methodist
Kenneth Scott
Don Watts
Leonard Davidson
Harold Thayer
Peggy Watts
Arnold Dowling
Raymond Watts
Rachel Bachenberg
Lisa Johnston
Tami Johansen
LuAnn Watts
Lori and
Janna Marsh
Joyce van Hoosen
Edith Moore
Jim Klein
Gregg Wieseman
Mmes Wesley McCoy
Orlie Conkling
Harold Jarmin
St Paul Lutheran Vacation Bible School
Heaven
Terry Mentink
Joni Ransom
Michael Patience
Lee Boden
Paul Monson
David Nordstrom
Carita Peterson
Don Fuhr
Pastor Nordstrom
Alfred Hanson
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