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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1973
Page
1
The Osceola Chamber of Commerce float earned third place and $10 at Stromsburg Swedish Festival parade last week. Float was driven by chamber president Ron Christensen.
A work detail is planned for Saturday morning June 23 at the Polk County Historical Museum. All members and willing workers meet at 8:30 a.m. with paint brushes hammers and other tools to repaint the school house sod house walls and roof and pour a cement slab over the time capsule. Heavy jacks are still needed for the sod house walls.
Bob Harrison son of Mr and Mrs Jack Harrison of Osceola is aboard the rescue ship Amberjack which helped with the Atlantic submarine rescue operation. The Harrisons had just returned from a two week visit with the Bob Harrison family at Key West Florida.
The Scandinavian Mutual Insurance Company board met Tuesday evening June 12 at Norton Law office Osceola to discuss policy procedures and laws affecting the insurance field. Attendees included Harold W. Anderson Polk Myron Jones Martin Jones W H Norton Duane Schmoker Osceola Ker mit Branting Carleton Anderson Melburne Olson Stromsburg. A salaries list for Osceola teachers administrators cooks bus drivers and others funded by the school district is noted in today's Record.
Detasselers must submit an application card. early signers should visit the Extension Office to finalize. Polk County shifts from the Lincoln Employment Office to the Columbus Office affecting detasseling job applications. Mr and Mrs Jim Headlee returned June 12 from a Foreign Studies Abroad trip to Italy and Greece with Kearney State College.
Mrs Emma Tlamka died early Monday after a short illness at Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital. She was a former area resident. Rosary 8 p.m. Wednesday at Kepner Roberts Funeral Home, followed by 8:30 Mass at St Vincent's. Funeral 10:00 a.m. Thursday at St Vincent Catholic Church, Osceola Cemetery burial. A daughter, Mrs David Anderson of Osceola, survives.
Mrs Leslie Jarmin formerly Florrie Weeden died last week at GraMarrest home in Scottsbluff. Born in Osceola and a 1906 Osceola High School graduate, she moved to Scottsbluff in 1916 with her husband Leslie Jarmin, who died last year. Surviving daughter Lucille of Michigan and cousins Betty Pierson Stromsburg Homer Brigham Shelby and Lois Grossnicklaus Osceola.
Irene Burritt from Osceola Public School joined area teachers for a five day June workshop on individualizing reading instruction at ESU 7 Columbus. The session, conducted by Peggy Neiles of Denver and Helen Jensen of Inwood, was sponsored by ESU 7 Title I Cooperative with University of South Dakota cooperation.
Osceola Pee Wees suffer a crushing double header loss at Ulysses. Tim Peterson’s squad led 1-0 until a two-run third and later blew a 7-0 advantage, with Doug Sterup and Robbie Watts anchors on the mound. An error on a return throw allowed the winning run in the finale. Next games set for Gresham and Osceola hosts Pee Wee tournaments July 18 19 21.
The American Legion Auxiliary county convention is set for June 26 at the Shelby Legion clubrooms. The meeting will begin with a 6 30 buffet supper. Reservations must be in to Mrs Richard Wyman by June 22. Cattle loss Sheriff Reynold Peterson is investigating the theft of cattle northwest of Osceola.
Mr and Mrs Alan Umstead and daughter moved from Lincoln to Lansing Michigan. Their son Alan will join Olds Mobile. Mr and Mrs Michael Engel moved from Mrs Richard Merrick residence Ridge to Peru to resume schooling this fall. Mr and Mrs Richard Klein relocated from south Osceola to a new home two miles west of Osceola. Mr and Mrs Ronald Sarow of Stromsburg plan to move soon to the Klein property. Mr and Mrs Bill Snodgrass moved from Omaha to Alda Nebraska. Bill Snodgrass works at Best Pharmacy in Grand Island.
At the 29th annual Gust A Peterson family reunion in Stromsburg, a study tour organized by Nebraska Farm Bureau federation left Lincoln on June 4 with three busloads of farmers visiting offices in Iowa Illinois Tennessee Arkansas and Missouri. The tour ended June 8 and the study committee remained to report observations to the state board. Walter Berck of Polk County Farm Bureau joined the tour amid reports of flood related crop losses.
Osceola softballers dropped three contests last week. Team 1 (8-11) lost 13-9 at Gresham after late bursts, with bases loaded in the final frame. Coachs Urban and Walford praised players Bev Schott Brenda Peterson and Debbie Neujahr for improvements and led an exhibition inning. Next at Shelby tonight. Team 2 (12-14) and Team 3 (15 H.S.) faced Polk last Friday, with Team 3 losing 14-2 despite solid play and Team 2 falling 18-0. Amy Graham allowed four hits in her first start and Polk pitchers struck out many. Friday the squads travel to Waco.
The pool’s circulating pump, bought in 1936, failed during last week’s extreme heat. A replacement was ordered and sent by air freight but appears misplaced between Chicago and Omaha. Officials expect the pool to reopen early this week.
Legion pony and midget squads lost all three completed games. Midgets fell 6 4 at Waco with eight Waco hits to Osceola six and eight Osceola errors. Gayle Neujahr struck out 13. Pony 10 0 in three innings. Zelasney started then faded. Johnson finished. Sunday game postponed by wind. plan to host Polk and next Wednesday at Benedict.
Schedule notes for the week list events from Wednesday June 20 to Wednesday June 27. Reads Ponies and midget Rising City on June 20 with a schedule change, then softball on June 21 at Shelby, June 22 at Waco for teams 2 and 3, June 24 host Polk Man, June 25 Pee Wees at Gresham, and June 27 Ponies and midgets at Benedict.
Miss Joyce Gissler a Midland College senior will edit the Osceola Record in July and August. She is a journalism major and has previously served as editor of The Midland. Gissler begins June 25 and will spend a week with Kathy Howe before taking over July 1 as Mrs Howe moves to Columbus.
A record 58 golfers turned out for the Thursday night Men’s Golf League on June 14. Winning scores included 59 by Dick Anderson and Ray Roehrs, with 60 by Bill Beebe and Ormund Moore and 62 by Bob Merrick and Walt Rempe.
On Wednesday a car driven by Harold Osantowski and a pickup driven by Tom Peterson collided at a rural intersection 4 miles west and two north of Osceola. Norman Larson, a passenger in the pickup, and Osantowski were taken to Annie Jeffrey Hospital. Damages were estimated at 350 dollars for the pickup and total loss for the car.
Milton Burgeson of Landmark Ford Sales in Los Angeles was named to Ford Division's 300-500 club for top salesmen based on calendar year sales. He is the son of the late Carl and Dora Burgeson and a graduate of Osceola High School.
Mary Kresha daughter of the Allen Kreshas of Osceola is among 20 students at the College of St. Mary in Omaha who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA for the second semester.
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