Fr Ghonta to lead new assignment at Falls City church
Father Raphael P Chonta who served St Vincent parish Osceola for 40 years will begin his new post at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Falls City on June 14 succeeding Msgr Lawrence Obrist. He previously assisted at Lincoln cathedral Plattsmouth pastor at Rule and oversaw a $100000 school project.
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Raphael P. Chonta
St. Vincent Parish
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholi
Falls City
Msgr
Lawrence F. Obrist
St. Vincent’s
Osceola
Fathe Chonta
Lincoln
Plattsmouth
Immaculate Conception
Rule
East
St. Bonventure University
Allegany
N. Y
Swedish Festival draws Burgtown crowd in Osceola
The Swedish Festival returns this weekend in Stroms burg with varied events as Mock Wilhelms helps run the fair and The Record aids The Headlight. The American Legion opens a remodeled upstairs Youth Center in Osceola, aiming for three open nights weekly. Gary Garey earns a Masters at Colorado State with a 3.7 GPA and may relocate after interviews across several states.
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Stromsburg
Mock Wilhelms
Gary Garey
Polk County
Colorado State
Active Conservation Work Marked May in Polk County
The May conservation season in Polk County saw land leveling helpers J. W. & Paul Imm, Silver Creek, and multiple others including Willard Perry Shelby H P Tewell Stromsburg and John Kantor Osceola. Cooperators advanced irrigation pits and terraces were built while diversions and waterways were completed on several farms. Local notes mention Old Times Day planning, births, obituaries, and Osceola locals with attendance at weddings and hospital visits.
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Polk County
J. W
Paul Imm
Silver Creek
Willard Perry
Shelby
H P. Tewell
Stromsburg
John Kantor
Mary Ann
Lambert Boruch
Osceola
Carroll Hahn
Mike Podraza
Leonard Stachura
George Tiaden
Louis Leow
Leo Lassek
Alex Podraza
Columbus
Wayne Augustin
Ray Nyffeler
Max Rystrom
Soil Conservation Office
Teen center opens this weekend under American Legion
Starting Saturday night June 18 teens have a new center at the Legion Club open Fridays Saturdays and Sundays 7 to 11 PM. Mrs Blanche Rein will run it with teen food, $1 membership for food and drinks, pinball hockey and a jukebox for entertainment, parents welcome, strict rules enforced. Family picnic at Buckley park Stromsburg June 12 included Osceola families Jones Nelson and Oquist with Martin Oscar Joneses.
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The
American Legion
Legion Club
Lee
Blanche) Rein
Jones-Olson
Buckley Park
Stromsburg
Osceola
Martin
Oscar
June 1966 to Flag Week Notes and Local Bits
Eldena Sapp shares a column of local humor and memories, reflecting on National Flag Week since 1938, Father’s Day gift ideas, clothing habits and jokes about men and Swedish culture, plus snippets about neighbors, travel, fishing, a hospital visit, and a classroom anecdote from Leonard Hanson.
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Eldena Sapp
Wayne Anderson
Pres. Wilson
Stromsburg
America
California
Far West
Dan Armbruster
Jay MacDonald
Dale Nahrstedt
Bob Mills
Ash River
Kabetorgama
Namakan
Minn
Ont
Little Johnson Lake
Chris Gaedeke
Gladys
Don Byers
Vinton Clark
Canada
Leonard Hanson
Omaha South High
Dorothy Gondringer
Dorothy
Eldena
Rev Richard Odgers Named Osceola Minister at Conference
Rev Richard V Odgers of Chapman was appointed the new minister of the Osceola Methodist church at the annual conference Wesle yan University. Odgers previously served five years at Fairview Chap man.
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Richard V. Odgers of
Chapman
Osceola
Osceola Keeps Undefeated Pace in Central Nebraska League
Osceola tops Silver Creek 17 to 1 to stay atop the Central Nebraska league standings with a 17-1 win. St Edward, still undefeated, trails by one game after a 10-4 victory over Genoa. Sunday results note series of hitters Peterson Houderscheidt Grossnicklaus Gray Kula Thayer Frensen. A non league game with Schuyler is scheduled for Thursday night.
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Osceola
Recreation Assn Seeks New Members For FHA Project
June 1966 meeting notes for Polk County Recreation Association report increased FHA funding and required memberships to 150. Misunderstandings over land price resolved, club house costs deemed high, paper work to Washington pending. Memberships offered at 10 and 65 dollars via Dean Buffington. Also reports Polk County youth officers in Girls State Shelby Janet Christensen attorney general and Danny Dunn named to city school board at Boys State election.
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FHA
Polk County Recreation Ass’n
Washington
Dean Buffington
Osceola
Polk County
Lincoln
Janet Christensen
Shelby
Danny Dunn
Dale Dunns
Polk County Grans-Weather Report Summary
Moisture for the week ending Saturday is 1% inches. Surface and subsoil moisture are adequate. Sorghums are good and other crops excellent. Alfalfa first cutting is 75% finished. Pasture and range feed are good. Main farm work includes hay moving baling and some replanting with initial cultivation. Some rain-related problems persist but improving. Pastures and meadows are in good condition supporting livestock feed.
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Glen H. Krohn
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Ron Christensens
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Robert Turner
Leonard Gadeken
Norfolk
Christensen
Leonard Marshalls
Judy
Burnell Schulzes
Connie
Thorwald Christensens
Alvin Andersons
Dannebrog
Schulz
Social Security
Cotton Birthday Club
Eugene Gabel
Mmes
Louis Daum
Mel Heibel
Bob Rafert
Roy Berggren
University of Nebraska
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Keith W. Johnson
BeerLows
Legion
May
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Tisa Dawn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Leonard Vanderpool
Jusus Cerny
Maury Watts
Rochester
Mayo Hospital
John Lewises
Jeffrey
Omaha
Phillip Timm
Timm
Verner Ahlgust
Marian Cotter
Paula
Minneapolis
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Cotter
Shirley Mills
Kern Walker
Gerald F. Gondringer
Fort Leonard Wood
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Louis M. Shemek
Wireman School
Howard McKeags
Laurence Andersons
Peggy Lynn
Grand Island
Cheryl McKeag
Rrissus
R. Odgers
Osceola Pacing Central League
Recreation Assn
Polk County Grans
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