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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1951
Page
1
La Verne Jacobsen, a local businessman and civic booster, earns statewide notice as a fur buyer. Since January he has paid out over $13,000 for region trappers' furs, purchasing more than 4100 hides including about 3000 muskrat, 700 raccoons and 400 mink.
The Pioneer Nite League will operate as a seven team league this season after Stromsburg and Da vid City dropped out due to long travel. Funeral services for Thomas Wacha, 80, former Mayor of Schuyler, were held Thursday afternoon following an illness of four weeks in Colfax County.
Vanessa Kaspar a 15 year old sophomore at Newman Grove schools remained unconscious Tuesday after a car crash near Aurora that killed four Grand Island youths. John Blecher longtime foreman for Chicago and Northwestern line at Newman Grove retires April 1 after 36 years with the railroad.
Mayor S. P. McFarland announced the new pool and grounds will be formally opened and dedicated on Memorial Day if no unforeseen circumstances arise. The completed facilities should be ready to turn over to the city of North Platte by April 13.
David City cagers defeated Wayne High to claim the Class B state basketball championship at Lincoln last week. Petitions circulating in Brainard seek to place on the April 3 ballot a liquor by the drink measure for village voters.
Alene Ochsner Calvin Kuska Lawrence Murphy and Ruth Moritz from Columbus win the National 4 H Club Camp honor. They travel to Washington D C in June for the top national achievement announced by the Columbus News.
Word comes that Mrs Gertrude Harris of San Francisco California has died. She once operated a millinery shop here about 35 years ago per Clarks News.
Mayor Wood announced at the March 20 council meeting that Seward will sign a five year Wholesale Purchase Power Contract with Consumers Public Power District. The agreement secures city electricity supply through 19. Seward aims to stabilize rates and ensure public power access for residents and businesses.
The city council, after voting to place a liquor question before voters, reversed stance Friday night and chose not to submit the issue. The shift follows a new ruling by the attorney general's office. Edward Nickolite steps in as chief enforcement officer in Columbus, earning 4800 dollars annually.
Merrick county officials report growing complaints from parents of minor children buying cigarettes. Retailers are urged to cooperate as the town continues its annual drive supporting its representative in the Cornhusker baseball league.
Mrs. Ida Campbell 84 died December 13 in Eugene Oregon. The former Ida Snider lived in Osceola as a young woman and was married to Ed Chenoweth and later to James Campbell. She was sister to the late S A and Ww Snider of this city.
Mrs Clyde Miller learned this week that her brother in law Cpl James Wiesinger from Tacoma Washington was killed in Korea on March 8 at age 21. He is survived by his wife Betty Meeker and their infant son. Mrs Wiesinger had visited Osceola in the Miller home.
Superintendent Clair W Walker announces Osceola schools will be closed all day Friday March 30 due to the Goldenrod Music Festival. The festival requires use of most of the building for performances rehearsals and uniform changes with programs detailed elsewhere in the issue.
Gary Randall Heinemeyer, two and a half, son of D L Heinemeyer of Oxford, Ohio, will begin farming with a chain-drive Farmall tractor gifted by Grandpa George Heinemeyer and Lawrence Meacham. The Heinemeyers have farmed the same land for over 70 years near Polk county, Ohio.
Hospital Committee raises funds to buy a car for Sisters at St. Francis Hospital. Volunteers have often failed to provide transport, forcing the Sisters to walk a mile to the business section in all kinds of weather. The plan aims to correct this long standing need.
The Volunteer Fire Department schedules its regular monthly meeting for this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. All members are urged to attend.
Carleton Anderson and his family attended a Lincoln meeting of county officials last Monday to review local governance issues.
Osceola hosts the Goldenrod Conference Music Festival with events in two venues. Morning piano solos and vocal competitions kick off at 8:00 in the assembly and gym, followed by afternoon choral groups and the final band performances featuring Stromsburg Polk Clarks Genoa St Paul Osceola. Critics include H Arthur Schrepel and Russell Cummings.
March brought persistent severe cold early on and a string of wet storms over two weekends. Rain and snow persisted into Tuesday night and Wednesday, easing slightly afterward.
A Polk County re appraisal committee led by John A Falk with K L Stewart and Paul Dobins will start work immediately to create a modern equitable assessment system. They aim for transparent records so property owners can compare values and ensure fair tax distribution.
Osceola junior Demaris Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Johnson, will represent the town as a delegate to Girls State sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Alternate is JoAnne Carlson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Carlson. Selection based on scholarship leadership and character. Event held on the university campus featuring a replica state government with campaigns and elections.
Olive and Ray McBeth hosted nephews visiting last week. Lloyd McBeth departed Thursday for Washington D C to join the Chemical Research Department of the Navy. A Polk County graduate, he served as an ensign in World War II and later earned a degree at the University of Nebraska.
The St. Vincent Choir held a no-host dinner Tuesday evening at Mr. and Mrs. Leo Albers home. Special guests included Father John Howe Mrs Claire Howe and spouses. After a 6 30 dinner the group played cards with prizes won by Father Howe and Mrs Thomas Bohaty.
Mr and Mrs G W Morgan came back after seven months in California. He golfed daily and fished, sending 149 pounds of frozen fish and lobsters home. They stayed in a trailer court near Santa Monica pier and toured many scenic spots including Old Mexico. Mrs Morgan and a friend joined TV and radio shows in Hollywood, winning a jackpot on People Are Funny. They still view Nebraska as the garden spot of the world.
A special dairy calf sale will be held next Monday at the Stromsburg Sale Barn. Some 60 head of Rice Lake Wisconsin calves aged three to seven weeks, top-grade dairy stock, TB and Bangs tested and vaccinated, will be sold. Shipment owner Harry M. Gross notes the sale starts promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Mr and Mrs S W Calhoun hosted Louis Kesterson an uncle of Mr Calhoun from Albion over the weekend.
Rev and Mrs John Herrmann left Osceola on November 1 to stay with daughter Viola Gehrkie in Spokane for three months but extended to five months due to requests and weather. They enjoyed meeting old friends from Spokane and Pacific Northwest years. They plan to return by March 30 and express a warm greeting to Osceola friends and relatives.
The Osceola Volunteer Fire Department hosts a benefit dance in the school gym next Tuesday evening April 3 to raise funds for new equipment. Lee Barron, a top midwestern band, will perform. admission is $1 with advance tickets selling fairly and available from firemen at the event.
The 4 H Sewing Club organized by Mrs Vera Cole includes eight members Laura Monson Mary Anderson Janell Bowman Alice Lockard Ann Maria Schott Ramona Anderson Donna Cole Karen Richards with Mrs Cole as leader and Mrs Bowman as assistant. Officers: Mary Anderson Secretary Janelle Bowman President Donna Cole Vice President Laura Monson News Reporter. They have held three meetings voting on motions to encourage promptness reduce wise cracks with black marks and parties for black mark recipients and a nearest-to-time meeting contest. They plan to enter articles at the fair and attend camp.
Osceola voters will choose two city council members and two school board members on Tuesday April 3. Incumbents Dr. H. S. Eklund and Robert Sigler head the council slate from North and South wards. School board nominees are Ivar Oberg Philip Nyberg Dwight Bush and Wm Mouden. Polls run 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at City Hall and the school house with sample ballots in this issue.
Social calendar notes a PEO gathering set for Thursday evening April 5 with Harriett Johnson as hostess.
Dr Ruth M Leverton of the University of Nebraska explains that protein from plant and animal sources provides essential amino acids and supports health when daily intake stays constant. In a 36 day study fifteen college girls followed identical meals with minute changes in breakfast dairy intake to keep protein levels steady.
The annual first bass contest between Ralph Deland and Ivar Oberg ended with Deland winning last Sunday. He brought home two bass weighing just over two pounds and just under two pounds from Clarks pits. Joe Chantry, ex Osceola resident, visited town earlier in the week while on assignment for a washing machine company. A vibrating mattress gadget was demonstrated at Kepner's offering 5 to 30 minute settings and a floating sensation, though a pocketful of 35 cents vanished after testing. Shuffle board drew winter entertainment as league play began, and a semi-trailer wreck on Highway 81 near the big corner caused corn losses after the truck, blinded by lights, left the road. gasoline leaked and rain worsened the mishap.
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