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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
1
Publisher Dick Howe announces next week's papers will be printed on Tuesday June 30 for The Osceola Record and Wednesday July 1 for The Clarks News and Silver Creek Land. Early publication due to the July 4 weekend with many stores closed. Correspondents urged to submit news a day earlier than usual.
A local column recalls Tom Hofbauer’s 15 years at Osceola Feed Mill and hints at an interview about changes in the plant and town. The Swed ish Festival at Stromsburg is praised for community effort, while small tweaks near Albert Ryan’s barber shop are noted. A light poke at politics and a playful jab at Perry Sapp’s column wrap the piece with small town humor.
Osceola defeated Belgrade 21 to 6 Sunday night as Kinberg and Quick pitched for Osceola. The visitors were held to 10 hits with seven runs in the eighth inning sealing the win after an early rally.
The Division of Employment Offices in Nebraska joins a nationwide effort to recruit 2000 candidates for counselor aides and youth advisers. Training will occur at 20 universities from July 13 to September 16 with possible tuition, room, board, and $15 weekly on the job. Applicants must be 21 or a college graduate with related experience and unemployed at training start. exams June 27 at 9:06 a.m. Applications due by that date.
Heavy rains hit Polk County with damage in some areas while others remained safe. Farmers built flood control structures including dams near Shelby and Osceola to protect cattle, roads, and farmland. A plan for soil and water conservation was approved to reduce gully problems and flood damage, urging broader adoption of soil and water protection practices.
Summer labor demand grows for corn detasseling in Polk and Butler counties with early July start. Openings include field foremen with detasseling experience, machinery operators, and temporary summer workers. permanent farm positions offer $200 to $275 monthly. County residents urged to register with Gary Garey, Osceola area Extension Agent, for permanent or temporary work.
Carol Branting daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Branting leaves Lincoln for Vancouver Canada to represent the University of Nebraska at the National Student Education Association convention She will spend a week in Seattle on the return trip for the National Education Association convention Branting is vice president of the University of Nebraska Student Education Association a branch of the NEA teachers professional organization
A narrator travels 1142 miles north and west to Cranberry Portage Manitoba from Osceola. He describes reminders of danger, crop conditions in the region, and local mining, forestry, and tourism as job sources. Fishing yields include walleyes and northerns with lake trout caught near Three Cran Lakes.
A roster lists transferred individuals including Arthur Twarling from Stromsburg William Schlesinger from Shelby Mrs Robert Sigler Jr Osceola Mrs Charles Baker Stromsburg Mrs Joel Toline Stromsburg Mrs Kenneth Rusler York Chester Baker Stromsburg Susan Rosenberry Shelby Margaret Hustod Osceola Mrs Floyd Frizzell Sliver Creek Mrs Edwin Buse Shelby Mrs Alice Sechtem Gresham Miss Hedwig Zona Belgrade Wesley Michner Stromsburg Mrs Philip Waller Stromsburg John Peterson Stromsburg Nora Tenniges Gresham Mrs Robert Lux Shelby Paula Wagner Shelby.
Kristine Petersen, 10 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Petersen of Stromsburg, died June 19 at York hospital after several months illness. Funeral services conducted by Rev G M Christensen June 22 at Salem Lutheran church Stromsburg. Burial in Stromsburg cemetery.
Wilda Carlson daughter of Mrs Ceva Carlson won the essay contest What Job's Daughters Means to Me at the annual state Job's Daughters convention in Fremont on June 18 20. She attended with Mrs Carlson Mr and Mrs Chris Dahmke Patricia Mr and Mrs Dick Merrick Linda Peggy Hewitt and Brenda Bugbee. Officers installed included Mrs Dahmke as grand librarian and Mrs Carlson who serves on the Grand Bethel committee and will lead it next year.
Funeral services for Miss Louise M Urban 81 of Chicago formerly Osceola were held June 13 in Chicago. A Requiem High Mass was celebrated at Ascension Catholic Church. Interment followed in a Catholic cemetery. She was born in Germany in 1883 and died June 11 at her Chicago home. She came to Polk County as a child with her parents John Urban Sr and his wife, whose farm north of Osceola remained in the family. Survivors include a brother John of Chicago and several nieces and nephews. Mr and Mrs Laurence Meister attended from here.
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