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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1977
Page
1
The piece stresses Agricultural Day on Monday March 21 as a national event, urging farmer unity to counter buyer power, praising the pioneer spirit and the farming community, and noting its growing importance alongside Labor Day. It also previews Osceola events and springtime community activities.
The Girl Scouts marked their 65th anniversary with a covered dish supper at Shelby Public School on March 13 attended by over two hundred. Osceola Shelby and Stromsburg units filed twenty four descriptions of activities including flag presentations, songs, puppet shows, and skits led by troop leaders.
State officials halted hundreds of planned removals along highways after protests over damage to oaks, cottonwoods, and evergreens. A town hall push led by Governor Exon and regional meetings drew thousands, with a March Lincoln hearing promised and possible extension discussed.
Thursday March 17 Ride A Wees with Bev Gissler 7 30 p m Polk County Historical Society tromsburg Methodist Church members bring bells A Shar It Club with Dora Lockard 7 30 p m Filibuster Club with Bette Boden Friday March 18 9 00 a m Legion Auxiliary quilting all day Hostesses Donna and Glenna Wieseman Monday March 21 1 4 p m Mental Health Scouts Senior Citizens Methodist Church pot luck dinner Tuesday March 22 T C Club 12 00 p m Chamber of Commerce Good Samaritan Home Wednesday March 23 Gabs with Peggy Mills Entre Nous Thursday March 24 Easy Aces with Olive McKeag
Tickets go on sale for the OHS athletic banquet to be held April 1 at 7 00 PM in the downtown gym. Pep Club will canvass March 21 to reach interested attendees. Beanie Cooper the head football coach at the University of South Dakota will speak. If not contacted by March 26 call 747 3121.
Osceola elementary and junior high teachers will be off March 21 to attend an in service workshop in Omaha with Stromsburg and Shelby educators. Junior high staff will tour Tech High School facilities and programs while elementary teachers observe Bellevue elementary methods. Lunch and a tour of SAC headquarters at Offutt AFB are planned. Classes resume March 22.
A 25 mile Polk County Bike and Walkathon runs Saturday March 19 from Stromsburg to Polk and back rain or shine. Registration starts 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at Stromsburg Viking Center with checks at local farm homes and support from community groups. First prizes include a $25 bond for top fundraisers and a MOD dance closes the event.
Polk County American Cancer Society unit kicks off with 31 crusaders at Osceola Legion Club. Business crusade runs March 22 to April 1 led by Mike Rief, Dan Wombacher, Stephen Kuhnel, Jim Marak, and Ed Saylor. County goal for 1977 is 3250 dollars.
Gladys Carlson 76 died Tuesday morning March 15 at Annie Jeffrey Hospital widow of C Rudolph Carlson she is survived by son Carl Jr daughter Mary Peterson and Joan McEwen a brother Charles Walgreen two sisters Eva Oberg Myrtle Jones six grandchildren and three great grandchildren services Friday at 10 30 a m at St Paul Lutheran Osceola Clarence Newton 87 former Polk resident funeral held Wednesday March 16 at Congregational Church Arborville he had been at Good Samaritan Center for the past year
The Polk County Home Extension Shelby group hosts a Spring Tea on March 21 at 1 30 p m in the Sacred Heart Catholic School basement. Mrs William Peters council chairman leads the program with a crackpot cookery demonstration by Mrs Margaret Tooker Cornhusker Public Power home economist. All women are welcome to attend.
Polk County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee ends the 1977 sign up for Long Term Agreements under the ACP due to lack of farmer interest. They reallocated $10,000 to the regular ACP budget as funds for spring conservation work are obligated. Approvals now depend on slippage or cancelations of existing approvals, with farmers urged to complete work by expiration dates.
The Columbus Federal Land Bank Association and 14 other Nebraska banks fund two $500 scholarships at the University of Nebraska Lincoln for junior students pursuing agriculture and agribusiness. The 15 associations collectively hold $45 million in loans across Boone Butler Colfax Nance Platte and Polk counties, with nearly $186 million lent in 1976, up over 30 percent from 1975.
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