Fourth of July reflections mix sports results and local news
Coach Pete Chapman finds renewed hope with the return of a missing orange jersey and a plea for all five to come back to the Osceola High School athletic department. The article also notes fireworks sales, patriotic reflections, and local youth sports results including Osceola teams in softball and baseball, a barn fire northwest of Osceola, and visitors from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Chapman
OHS
Chapman
Record Office
Legion Auxiliary Receives Multiple Honors at Omaha Convention
The 57th annual American Legion and Auxiliary convention in Omaha honored the Auxiliary with multiple awards including a Superior Citation of Merit and a National Citation for Meritorious Service. Francis Urban and LeMoyne Anderson joined district committees, while a Butter nut Coffee Company urn supported youth activities. The Rosemary for Remembrance list noted Maurine Schuman of Unit 91. Also reported, the first 1977 wheat load was delivered to Farmers Coop Grain Co, owned by Earl Jones, testing 62 pounds with 14.15 percent moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Russell
LeMoyne Anderson
Richard Wyman
Francis Urban
Walt Kempe
American Legion and Auxiliary
Omaha
Ralston Post and Unit #373
Butternut Coffee Company
Rosemary For
Maurine Schuman
William Wolfe
Farmers ‘Coop Grain Company
Dick Alt
Earl Jones
District 19 Board approves lunch price hike and new hires
The District 19 Board met June 13 at the junior-senior high school. Lunch prices for 1977-78 rise to 60 cents for grades 1-6, 70 cents for grades 7-12, and 85 cents for adults. Two teachers, Ruth Ann Culton and Alan Strong, will join the staff this fall, completing the faculty. Opening day for the new school year is August 29 with tuition unchanged besides transportation.
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Board of Education
Ruth Ann Culton
Osceola
Alan Strong
Aurora
Alt Elected ARC Proxy President Heads Polk ARC Meeting
Lucille Alt of Shelby was elected president at the June 20 Polk County Association For Retarded Citizens meeting held at Stromsburg Methodist Church. Elaine Stromberg is vice president with Ruth Lur and LeEtta Kosch as secretary and treasurer respectively. new board members are Hazel Hill and Eileen Ransom. Sandy Peterson showcased five hard cover books for Polk County schools and libraries and handicapped education materials will be distributed via dentist and doctor offices funded by the annual Tootsie Roll Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Alt
Shelby
Polk County Association For
Stromsburg Methodist Church
Elaine Stromberg
Polk
Ruth Lur
Osceola
LeEtta Kosch
Hazel Hill
Eileen Ransom
Sandy Peterson
Stromsburg
Polk County
Paul
Howie
Knights of Columbus
ARC Booth
Ruth Lux
Irene Appleton
Parallel Terrace System Used On Nelson Farm
Mr and Mrs Robert Nelson of Freeport New York improved their Polk area farm with a parallel terrace system. Soil Conservation Service mapped the area and Upper Big Blue NRD agreed cost share. Construction finished June 16 and operator Paul Anderson planted immediately. The system aims to reduce erosion preserve fertilizer and simplify farming.
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Robert Nelson
Freeport
New York
Polk
Cliff Knispel
Nelsons
Soil Conservation Service
Osceola
Leon Draeger
Indian Cave State Park Opens as Nebraska's Newest Park
Indian Cave State Park near Brownville on state highway 64 E offers 3000 acres of hills bluffs and woodlands with 20 miles of trails RV and tent camping horseback rides a log cabin Indian Cave and the St Deroin townsite open year round with a park entrance permit required after Jan 1 1978 Contact Indian Cave State Park Shubert NE or the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for details.
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Indian Cave State Park
Nebraska
Missouri River
Brownville
Indian Cave
St. Deroin
Shubert
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
P. O
Lincoln
Community Calendar and Weekend Baptism
Polk County Noxious Weed event on Wednesday June 29 and Firemen on Thursday June 30. Lincoln plays Osceola on Friday July 1 at 8 00 p m and Beatrice faces Osceola on Sunday July 3 at 7 30 p m. Independence Day is Monday July 4 and Mental Health Legion meeting is Tuesday July 5 from 1 to 4 p m. The Bob McCormick family of Omaha and Mr and Mrs Clete Sullivan of Lincoln attended the baptism of Christopher R J Wieseman weekend guests of the Robert Wieseman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Shelby
Linnea Jones
Tanjin
Waco
Polk County
Lincoln
Beatrice
Legion Meeting
Bob McCormick
Omaha
Clete Sullivan
Robert Wiesemans
Christopher R. J. Wieseman
Hometown Girls Appreciate USA After Mexican Tour
Amy Jonsom and Carmen Schott recount a 10 day Midwest Educational Leisure Tour to Mexico with 46 students from Kearney State College. They visit Mexico City Toluca Morelia Guadalajara Anicho Island Guanajuato and Taxco seeing landmarks markets and a mariachi band while noting currency changes and cultural experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Jonsom
Carmen Schott
Amy
Carmen
Mexico
Kearney State College
Mexico City
Osceola
Chapultepec Park
Museum of Anthropology
Toluca
Morelia
Anicho Island
Guadalajara
Guanajuato
Queretaro
Carlota
University of Mexico
Taxco
United States of América
Wieseman Sixth at Fremont in Midwestern AAU Decathlon
Lyndon Wieseman competed at the Fremont Track Club in the Midwestern AAU Decathlon and placed sixth in his division. He won the shot put and set a lifetime best in the quarter mile, but an back injury in pole vault dropped him to sixth after seven events. He recovered for the javelin and mile run but could not match his best in those events.
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Lyndon Wieseman
Fremont
Wieseman
OHL
Pete Chapman
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Kansas
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McMeekin Bean Field
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Robbie Johansen
Dion Buhl
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Buhl
H.S
H. S
Leona Flatt
Peggy Tindall
Brenda Peterson
Amy Graham
Nancy Kucera
Denise Triba
Tindall
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Sandy Wright
Lee Boden
Silver Creek
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West Berlin
Ross Watts
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Wisconsin
Candid
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R Ray Seid
Tracy Day
Neal Roehrs
Todd Hiemer
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Duane Tenniges
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Pat Schott
Local Legion Auxiliary
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ARC
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Nelson
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