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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1965
Page
2
A Silver Creek Nebraska jury acquitted former postmaster Leslie J. Johnson of making a false entry in postal records after deliberating an hour and a half. He faced one count of misappropriating 878 dollars in Post Office funds, with the other charge dismissed. Johnson had pleaded innocent.
Vanita Lee Willits of Silver Creek daughter of Mr and Mrs Virgil Willits has been chosen as representative to Corn rsker Girls State in Lincoln June 12 to 18. She is a Silver Creek High School junior and an honor student active in band chorus and varsity cheer. Alternate is Niane Cannon. She attends County Government Day Inter-High Day and serves as president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Other local notices list weekend visits and gatherings from Silver Creek and surrounding areas.
A long list of visits and guests fills a weekend in the area. Rex and Gemma Graham hosted at their Clark area home with several families from Columbus Grand Island and Central City joining for Sunday dinners. The Jacobsen and Strohbehn families visited Vernon Hauptmann and his new baby. Others travelled from Osceola, Kearney, and Sargent to see relatives, attend hospital stays, or attend meals at various homes.
Fourteen Silver Creek high school students traveled to Kearney State College on Friday March 19 to compete in the Nebraska Inter high school contest. The roster lists participants in Literature General Science American History Biology Geometry American Government Woodworking Physics Home Economics and more with several family and school connections noted throughout the report.
A body and tender man list appears with reference to TONIGES CHEVROLET Osceola Nebraska. The note suggests a painting crew or service connected to the Osceola area and a local business named TONIGES CHEVROLET. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
Silver Creek named Jim Jonson as the town's representative for Cornhucker Boys State in Lincoln this June. The junior, sponsored by Silver Creek American Legion Post 263, plays football basketball and legion baseball and participates in chorus. Greg Burger is named as alternate.
Grade five covers geometry and club work while noting birthdays and a roller skating party. Eighth grade studies geometry and Nebraska history as Diana and Claudia shine in spelling and a Central City contest. Kindergarten welcomes two new pupils. first through third grades report birthdays, attendance, and projects. Community notices include church events and a unified confirmation class with Palm Sunday services listed.
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