Samaritan Center in Osceola Announces New Addition Dedication
The Good Samaritan Center of Osceola will celebrate a new addition with room for 28 persons through an open house and dedication ceremony Sunday afternoon June 11. The event runs 2 to 4 pm with Bert Gissler presiding and Rev. Richard V. Odgers giving the invocation. Greg Timm will sing with Mrs Ceva accompanying.
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Good Samaritan Center
Osceola
Bert Gissler
Richard V. Odgers
Greg Timm
Ceva
Old Times Day notes and county ambulance woes
The notice recalls Old Times Day events with winners and local greetings, plus upcoming Polk County ambulance service funding concerns. It outlines sharply higher costs for 24 hour two man crews and minimum wage requirements, mentions potential solutions from counties, and invites public input to county commissioners.
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Kepner-Roberts Funeral Home
Polk County Recreation Assn plans clubhouse and golf
Contracts signed for a cubhouse west of Osceola with 130 days to complete after a 10 day start period. Association seeks members at 75 dollars per family for first year with lower ongoing dues and envisions a 9 hole golf course rifle range and archery facilities.
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Bill Norton
Polk County Recreation Assn
Osceola
Association
Old Times Day celebrates Osceola events and parade
R Kepner and Miss Lindblade led Old Times Day activities in Osceola. The fourth annual celebration included the Sun day museum open house, alumni banquet, Memorial Day events, and a community play. A large parade featured the Legion color guard and Polk county residents, with notable local families and a Beatrice wedding party noted in the coverage.
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Osceola
Raymond Kepner
Delores Lindblade
Polk County Museum
Twen
Good Samaritan Center
The
Legion Color Guard
Polk County
A. T. Wilson
August Carlson
Osceola Osceola County Fair Highlights Historic Marker
The parade featured the Nebraska Centennial Queen Nancy Griffin and bands from Osceola Shelby Stromsburg David City Genoa and others with many floats including St Pauls Lutheran Stromsburg winning the county float prize. A new historical marker was unveiled with Lions club sponsors and remarks by Marvin Kivett of the state historical society.
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Stead
Nebraska
Nancy Griffin
Osceola
Shelby
Stromsburg
David City
Genoa
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Rebekah-Odd Fellow
Ricky Sigler
Patty Gullberg
OHS
Saddle Club
Phil Nyberg
Dedica
Polk County WWI Vets to Host State Picnic on Flag Day
Polk County Veterans of World War I and Auxiliary plan a state picnic at Buckley Park in Stromsburg on June 14 with a noon basket dinner. All WWI veterans their wives widows and Barracks and Auxiliary members invited. Recorded military band music all day. Birth notices include Tworek Ronald Ray mond and Ericson Doreen Kay with hospital details.
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Buckley Park
Stromsburg
Polk County
Polk County Museum Programs Highlight Community Fall Events
The article details a Polk County program at the new museum with Kivett, a fashion show in a school auditorium, and a Teen Dance. High school girls modeled gowns and wedding dresses. local youths performed songs and dances. Prizes included a camper trailer, a pony, and an Afghan comforter from local clubs and auxiliaries.
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Tion
Polk County Museum
Kivett
Nancy Norton
Shelby and
Stromsburg
Lions Club
Mildred Snodgrass
Saddle Club
Dick Howe
Legion Auxiliary
Florence Mills
Harold Bausch
Leigh
March of Dimes
Osceola
Dan Sterup
Patty Gullberg
Shelby
Kathleen McKeag
Roger Krumbach
Polk
Sally Stufft
Steve Saylor
Vickie Willits
Murray Lindberg
Garden Club
Otto E. Olson
Mmes
Fred W. Schuman
LeRoy Rhodes
Harry Brazee
Perry Sapp
Linda Herrmann
Charles Roberts
Chris Mills
Jerry Cerny
Dale Lewis
A. T. Wilson
Greg Johnson
Vernon Boden
John Inness
Charles Fischer
Carl Wieseman
Bill Zedicher
Jay McDonald
Osceola Osceola Osceola Notables Honor Local Citizens
Community notes from Polk County recount a Memorial Day parade and a charity banquet drawing nearly a thousand attendees. Ruth Lux received a city plaque and a personal expense stipend for organizing Old Times Day events. Lester Gabriel, Osceola student, earned an Air Force Academy appointment and graduation honors.
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Gerhardt
Ruth) Lux
Boardman Studio
Doc Monson
Craig
Minnesota
Monsons
Sapps
Osceola
Lester Gabriel
Air Force Academy
Perry
Lester
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Toca Samaritan Center
Bill Engert
New York
Kenny Bowe
Long Island
Joe Hill
Engert
Timmy
Billy
Fran Howe
Ruth Lux
Legion Club
Marietta Peters
Judy Beatty
Phyllis Yungdahl
Marlene Sterup
Virgil Hastings
Jim Olsen
Nebraska City
Stan Seebold
Elkhorn
Daryl Swanson
Lincoln
Verlie Johnston
O'Neill
Wayne Beatty
Clark Yungdahl
Rex Dake
Donald Sterup
Mervin Ransom Jr
Vernon Kuhnel
Joyce Jones
Irvin Jones
Bill Elders
Ft. Collins
Colo
Adrian Swan
Columbus
Cubhouse
Gregg Eklund
H. S. Eklund
Robert Gregg Eklund
Vietnam
Chu Lai
Robert G. Eklund
U. S. Army Hospital
Ryukyus
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Della Heitzman
Osceola Locals
Osceola Park
Derrald Tibbetses
Dennis
Beatrice
Ray
Rex Brighams
Frank McMeekins
Neal Brigham
Dale McMeekin
Darwin Deturk
Ron Coffin
Virgil Johansen
Lyle Johnston
Jim Brigham
Jack Johnston
Ervin Grossnicklaus
Bill
Pueblo
John Cumberworth
John
Toledo
Frank Koenig
Cedar Falls
Grossnicklaus
Julius Herrmann
Arcadia
Bertha Berck
Bob Bryan
Omaha
Bryan
Bergan Mercy Hospital
Grand Isling
R. Kepner
Miss Lindblade
Derrald Tibbettses
Terry
Dennis McMeekin
Jim Turner
Lyons, Kans
Myrna McGlynn
Kevin
Todd
Cindy
Edna Carlson
Leona
Nelda Darling
BU An
Tworek
Raymond Tworek
St. Mary’s Hospital
McClain
Ronald
Tech
B. J. McClain
Fairborn, O
Eleanor Gabriel
Jeffrey Hospital
Ericson
Doreen Kay
Marvin Ericson
Eldena Sapp
Leonard Hanson
Omaha South High
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