Small Town Life Emphasized in Polk County Feature
The National Observer's June 6 1977 issue highlights Jim Wilson of Polk Nebraska and his Prairie grass seed tale Small Is Big Enough. He argues small town life offers renewal and honesty as many Nebraskans return to rural roots with pride and caution.
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National Observer
New York City
Observer
Jim Wilson
Polk
Polk County
Nebraska
Platte Valley
Jim
Farmers Union urges registration for beef referendum
Local Farmers Union officials urge all area farmers to register at the ASCS office between noon June 6 and Friday June 17 in preparation for the national beef referendum held July 5 to July 15. They emphasize neutrality and confidence Nebraska farmers will vote their own decision.
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ASCS
Nebraska
Osceola Council Sets Special Election on Repeal Petitions
At the June 2 meeting Osceola City Council, Councilman Ron Christensen moved to repeal ordinances 342 and 343 on garbage collection and disposal but failed to gain a second. A special election will be held on the petition signed by registered voters. The council also issued a building permit to W. F. Monson and sold city lot to Bill Johansen. It adopted a 35 mph speed limit on Highway 81/92 through town and authorized grant applications for the sewer lagoon project with EPA and DEC funds. The meeting concluded after bills and warrants were approved.
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Osceola
Ron Christensen
W. F. Monson
Bill Johansen
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Environmental Control
High Prairie Alumni Celebrate 50th Graduation Anniversary
Alumni banquet in York marked the fiftieth anniversary of High Prairie’s first graduating class. The event honored graduates from 1927 to 1944, with Wesley Fredrickson as host and a committee including Opal Fredrickson Peterson and Maxine Hanquist. The High Prairie school operated 1874 to 1944 in Polk County, with blue and gold colors and strong baseball tradition.
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High Prairie High School
High Prairie
Clair Willits Farm
High Praire
York
Wesley Fredrickson
Opal Fredrickson Peterson
Maxine Bolton Hanquist
Philip Nyberg
Gordon Fredrickson
Levert Oquist
Polk County
Polk
Immanuel Lutheran Educational Sys
Thelma Johnson
Maxine Hanquist
Harriet Bush Gates
Adeline ‘Fredrickson Cockrell
Myra Fredrickson Johnson
Nina Gestrine Berger
Esther Larson
Margaret Larson
Helen Willits Peterson
Thelma Willits Johnson
Minnie Stohl Yungdahl
Marland Adelson
Ralph Simpson
Josephine Swanson Streumpler
Betty Thelander Nielsen
Earle Thelander
Rena Mae Willits Lawson
Donald Ostberg
Ralph Willits
Corn is waist high by the fourth of June in photo
A Midwest farmer and photographer pose with corn appears taller than the July saying. The caption notes waist high by June and cites the old rhyme about knee high by the fourth. The piece nods to the song Oh What a Beautiful Morning and the elusive big corn image.
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Dave Rutter
Rodger and Hammerstein
New Osceola Pastor Reimers Joins St. Paul Lutheran
The St. Paul Lutheran Church in Osceola welcomes Pastor Paul Reimers and his family Glennyce Philip Julie and Mark. Reimers previously served as campus pastor at Wayne State College in Wayne and on a church in Winside for eight years. He studied in Illinois and two years Tanzania missionary teaching African girls near Mt Kilimanjaro. The family shares interests in music and gardening. Mrs Reimers plays and tunes a harpsichord built from a kit by her carpenter father. Philip, age nine, was active in Cub Scouts in Wayne.
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Paul Reimers
Osceola
Reimers
Wayne
Wayne State College
Winside
Glennyce
Philip
Julie
Mark
Illinois
Tanzania
Mt.Kilimanjaro
Community Calendar of Local Meetings and Events
Community calendar lists events in Polk County with dates and times. June 9 to June 15 includes the Polk County Ag Society on Thursday and a Mental Health Lions session Monday. Garden Club with Lil lian Dawes and Legion Auxiliary Girls State Tea on Tuesday. no Stoner Club on Wednesday.
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Polk County Ag Society
Mental Health Lions
Mental Health
Lillian Dawes
Legion Auxiliary
No Stoner Club
Ryan Hill Tourney Draws 144 Golfers In Eight Annual Invite
The eighth annual Ryan Hill Men's Invitational Golf Tournament drew 144 players from 19 communities. Dennis Quick of Beatrice was medalist with 31 on the front nine and 64 to win the Championship flight. Winners across seven flights included Gene Zeilinger and Ken Keller in the President's flight and multiple players from David City, Osceola and Fullerton with top finishes in various flights and prize categories.
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Ken Pope
Shelby
Dennis Quick
Beatrice
Quick
Dale
Ray Roehrs
Osceola
Brad Irvin
Fullerton
Gene Zeilinger
David City
Ken Keller
Doug Colberg
Stromsburg
H. Hosch
John Morgan
Lyle Schneider
Hastings
Ed Dubas
Joe Wilson
Bob Baer
Gate Larson
Gate Larson, Papillion
Leo Aldrich
Rising City
Bill Day
Bob Meysenburg
Laverne Burkhardt
Central City
Len Smith
Bus Dill
Dave Barkley
Royce Schaeffer
Arlo Finlayson
Ray Brandt
John, Russell
Don
Mustard
Central’ City
Don” Widga
Tom Perry
Rick Boyle
Kearney
Fagstick
Greg Massing
Neal Neal
Herman Burkhardt
George Morgan
Osceola Midgets Open 1977 Season With Defeat
The Osceola Midgets lost 5-3 at home to Rising City on May 26 after leading 2-1 in the fifth. Rising City surged ahead with two runs in the sixth and two in the seventh as Osceola failed to score enough in the final frame.
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Midgets
Rising City
Osceola
ABLA
Hjerome Zelasney
Tracy Day
Todd Hiemer
Neal Roehrs
Eric Henderson
Duane Tenniges
Kent Urban
Lyndon Wieseman
Ray Johnson
Doug Sterup
Pat Schott
John Walford
Ponies
Bill Johansen
Waco
Johnson
Hiemer
Roehrs
Tenniges
Zelasney
Wieseman
Schott
John Lux
Osceola sees above normal rainfall in May
May brought 5.92 inches of rain in Osceola, above the 3.84 inch normal. The year totals 14.69 inches, with May 21 yielding the peak 1.77 inches. Temperature stayed mild with highs mostly in the 70s and 80s, 88 on the 16th and 47 on the 5th. Extremes last May were 90 and 25.
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Osceola
Red Skelton to Headline Nebraska State Fair 1977
The Nebraska State Fair announces an nine night entertainment lineup in the new Sports and Entertainment Complex. Highlights include Mac Davis Roy Clark Neil Sedaka Andy Williams Mel Tillis and the Statesiders Jim Nabors and Mary Macgregor Jimmy Dean the Statler Brothers Ronnie Milsap Tammy Wynette and closing with Red Skelton. Tickets go on sale July 1 with reserved five dollar seats and four dollar general admission plus discounted ten ticket booklets.
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Mac Davis
Roy Clark
Davis
Clark
Neil Sedaka
Andy Williams
Mel Tillis
The
Statesiders
Jim Nabors
Mary Macgregor
Jimmy Dean
Statler Brothers
Ronnie Milsap
Tammy Wynette
America
Red Skelton
Fairgrounds
Nebraska State Fair Ticket Office
P. O
Lincoln
Congresswoman Smith Fights For Saturday Mail
Congresswoman Virginia Smith sponsors a resolution opposing any reduction in Saturday home mail delivery and plans to introduce a House bill to prohibit service cuts. She notes 43 co sponsors on a moratorium extension to October 31 amid postal office closures resistance.
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Virginia Smith
U. S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Congress
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Francis Donelson
Glenayce
Ryan Hill
Kenny Pope
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Wieseman Johnson
Andy Johansen
Jeff Wheeler
Dan Kucera
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