Osceola Summer School Advances Reading and Reading Programs
Rex Cadwallader reports Osceola summer school, directed by Ken Sipes, enrolls 43 students from first through eighth grade with classes in physical education language arts and reading. Teachers include Mrs. Burritt Mrs. Gondringer Mrs. Fjell and Mrs. Inness. Sessions run Monday to Friday until July 18 with visitor days for parents. Attendees at a Saturday wedding in Columbus include Ansel Pehrsons Oscar Jones Merton Flodman and Wesley Jones families.
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Wilma Gondringer
Ken Sipes
Orpha Fjell
Frances Inness
Bonita Michener
Daniel Harrington
Columbus
Ansel Pehrsons
Oscar Jones
Merton Flodmans
Wesley Jones
Polk County picnic and community notices in California
The Osceola and Shelby picnic is set for Sunday June 29 at South Gate Park in California with Polk County friends invited and patrons to bring own tableware and food. Firemen report over $1000 in proceeds from their annual dance. contributions continue.
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South Gate Park
California
Atlantic Blvd
Tweedy Street
Southern
Ball Park
Polk County
Osceola Firemen
Osceola Past and Present Fifty Years of Local News
A retrospective column from June 17 1909 to June 20 1959 recounts local activity in Polk and surrounding counties. It notes people moving, school and church events, road and bridge matters, expansions of homes and businesses, and community milestones across decades in Osceola and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ryan
Omaha
Grant Kingsolver
Shelby
Lutheran Church
Olof Hanson
Wahoo
M. V. Byers
Missouri Valley Veterinary Association
Polk County Commissioners
Columbus
County Board of Supervisors
Platte County
Duncan Bridge
M. A. Mills
Columbia Law University
N. Y
Mills
Lindlie Heald
North State Street
Cox Force of
Carpenters
Provisions tightened for ASCS farm storage loans
Changes announced by the U S Department of Agriculture tighten some farm storage and drying equipment loan provisions while keeping loans available. Eligible farmers may apply at their county ASCS office for on farm storage equal to one year production, with new limits including lower dryer loan percentages and higher interest rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willys-Knight and
Whippet
Snider
Osceola Country Club
Polk County
Nebraska Weedaw
Happy Homemakers
E Wisely
Mary Beth Schnasse
Maxine Wright
Phyllis Joy
Betty Cummings
Pearl Mitchell Massie
Mt. Sterling
June Koehler
York
Frances Johnson
WPA
Miss Johnson
Jeanne Backlund
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Richard C. Sealey
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASCS
Mr. Sealey
ASC
Commodity Credit Corporation
Elim
Sizaley
Garden Club Notes and Local Events in Osceola
Osceola Garden Club met at Lorraine Lewis home on June 10 with a come as you are theme. Members discussed Old Times Day plant care and hospital beds, plus a June 17 visit to Golden Age Manor in Gresham. Special guests included Maud Magnuson’s daughter and Edith Richard’s sister.
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Osceola Garden Club
Lorraine Lewis
Lillian Brown
Golden Age Manor
Gresham
Wyn Hill
Maud Magnuson
Marjorie Richards
Edna Anderson
Maud Mag
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Osceola
Irene Burritt
Douglas Mickey
Stanley Lamb
Gaylin Schmoker
Mrs Burritt
Lee Ray Augustin
Lu Ann Augustin
William Berder
Jene Richards
Mrs. Gondringer
Sally Sterup
Michael van Hoosen
Tom Sinkup
David McMeekin
Don Lewis
Rex Cadwallader
Osceola News
Nancy Gordon
Don Bartek
Marcia Zedicher
Marcia
Jan Grossnicklaus
Maurine Birkel
The
Osceola Development Corp
Calvin Coffin
Leonard Coffin
Calvin
Ora
Pleasant Corner
F. A. Swanson
F. E. Merrick
Lone Maple
Wambeam
Joe Moore
Vena Pierce
Guy Pierce
Litchfield
Thomas H. Sanford
Pleasanton
Levi Headley
Hattie C. Monson
Joan Schwab
Fort Collins
Colorado
Efficiency Stores Inc
Fairbury
Farmer’s
Donald Miller
Union Pacific Company
Fullerton
Don Byers
Evelyn Brown
Concordia
Kansas
Jeannette Carlson
Rolland Johnson
St. Paul Lutheran
Annetta Anna Karges
Robert Topinka
St. Peter’s Catholic
Clarks
Bonnie Lou Buchholz
Rober V. Gustafson
Osceola Methodist
Ruth Merklinger
Mervin Stromberg
Plymouth
D. T. Kelley
American Legion Auxiliary
Maxine Alt
Richard Birkel
David City
Betty Jo Quick
Mary Anderson
Willard McKeag
Augustana Seminary
Rock Island
Illinois
Towa State College
John Edwin
Harold Jarmin
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Bud Deeds
Seward
Flossie Deeds
Janet Dunning
Eldon Yeutter
Marlene Anderson
Wallace Larson
Polk
Ardyce Nyberg
Arthur Trennepohl
Lynn Brigham
Willow Lake
Martin Roberts
Vern Johnson
Gary Gustafson
Wally Monson
Bill Zedicher
Marlin Johnson
Harold Hauberg
Swarthmore
Swarthmore College
Mark Gustafsons
Hoxie
Earl Richards
Red Cloud
Cotton Birthday Club
Alfred Gabel
Mmes
Mel Pale
Ogal Miller
Bob Baert
Bert Rosenberry
Albert Anderson
Marlin Kumpf
Leo Glatter
Methodist Church
United Methodist
Harold Thayer
Don Conkling
Gary Conrad
Julie Gullberg
Barbara Mills
Pam Snodgrass
Chris Zedicher
Jane Dunn
Michelle Lewis
Barbara Pehrson
Linda Johnson
Becky McDonald
Cindy Nahrstedt
Terri Howe
Bruce Treffer
Charles McGimpsey
Epworth
Garden Club
Met
Mrs. Lewis
Nuson
Denver
Edith Richard
Oregon
Blanch Rein
Mervin Carter
Methodist Hospital
Carter
Harry Sterup
Indus
Lillian McDonald
WCTU
Harry Brazee
City Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Maurine Schuman
Ehm
Sandra Walgren
Museum
Scouts
Lions
T & C Club
Rebekahs
Fireman
Prairie Hills Council Board of Directors
Gambles
North Platte
Don and
Lou Cerny
Countky Stromsburg
James C. Cotton
J. Homer Ingalls
Board of County Comm
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