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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1965
Page
1
Advertisements in the Oscenala Record promote Firecracker specials for July 1 to 3. Stores will close for Independence Day on July 4 and July 5 while residents stock up on groceries and summer needs in Osceola.
Representatives of the Pan American Highway Association will be in Osceola next week to sell memberships. Funds raised go to promote the improvement of Highway 81 from Canada to Mexico. Mr and Mrs Carl Dannenhauer of Concordia Kansas are field representatives and will call on business places to sell memberships.
In Osceola the local newspaper laments reduced post office evening service causing news from the day to arrive late. Fran Howe and editor Fran Howe work evenings to meet deadlines as mail shifts. captions and notices mix with wedding engagement pages and a 4-H trip announcement for Barbara Klingman of Grand Island.
The Altar group of St. Ann's Shelby met June 17 at the Parish Hall. Prayers opened part of the session and readers thanked for Augustin wedding help and Msgr Kean farewell efforts. Mary Taddiken won high in Pinochle. Louise Krumbach and Wilma Krumbach won other prizes. Mrs Myron Barker of Silver Creek died June 27 in Osceola. services held at the Silver Creek Methodist church.
Beginning last weekend Polk county towns switched to a new postal schedule with mail in the morning and out in the evening. In Osceola mail arrives around 6 30 a m and distribution starts at 7 30 a m depending on mail volume.
The note urges advertisers and correspondents to submit copy next week as Independence Day falls on Sunday. Stores and offices close. mail schedules shift with 4:45 PM cutoff for Osceola mail, 5 PM eastbound truck, and rural routes leaving at 9 15 AM. City columbus hub improves connections despite possible delays.
ASCS notes spring field work in Polk County as farmers clear crops, apply fertilizer, mow hay, and harvest wheat soon. It warns weed control on diverted acres to protect feed grain payments, suggests cover crops, and reiterates pastures ban on diverted land from April 1 to Oct 1. Wheat price support set at 1.29 per bushel with protein tests on request and storage discounts apply.
Polk and Butler Mutual Insurance Company of Osceola was one of 13 county mutuals to receive recognition certificates for notable business growth in 1964. It earned the top dollar gain, adding 661,890 dollars in coverage during the year, at the Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company 57th annual meeting.
Community leaders in Osceola seek public support to save the three story Walgreen home and convert it into a town museum. Mrs. Curtis Flodman backs restoration with estimated $8500 for purchase and repairs plus display space for the Kinzli collection. Residents urged to write to the Record and chamber with their views.
Monday Chamber meeting at City Hall drew only six members as plans moved ahead for a county fair free barbecue. Osceola float for July 3 parade to be provided by Dale Lewis and a 1927 fire truck. Walgreen house museum restoration discussed. Also notes on Cub Scouts Pack 162 activities and local obituaries and events including a pre nuptial dinner and Methodist church address by Senator John Knight.
The Osceola Lions at a noon meeting announced help for three upcoming projects. They will repair the Ox Bow Trail in Polk County to attract tourism, clean and reuse old bricks as facing for the country club house, and obtain and house a museum.
A Monday night downpour in Polk County pushed the season total over 18 inches while normal is under 13 inches. Weekend rain was the only other storm in two weeks. Temperatures avoid 90 yet approach it as humidity keeps conditions uncomfortable.
The annual Johnson picnic was held Sunday at Osceola Park with committee members Mrs. Harley McKeag and Mrs. Fred Johnson. Attendees included numerous Johnsons and families from Stromsburg, Marquette, and Littleton, Colo, with guests Melodye Gentzkow and others. 1966 organizers are Mrs. William Buhl and Mrs Leonard Mentink.
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