Osceola voters face city hall building vote and school tax note
The April 4 city and school election asks Osceola residents to decide on funding a new City building and fire department facilities with a tax increase. In three years the High School Auditorium debt will be paid, easing taxes. The Salvation Army runs its annual campaign for state welfare and disaster relief, funding the Maternity Home in Omaha. Old timers seek readers' letters about the Co-op Oil Station for prize money. The new structure’s concrete floor is poured, all steel framing to follow, while wind and rain disturb plans. A hotel clerk quips about electric current availability.
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Osceola
Salvation Army
Omaha
Nebraska
War Cry
Osceola Nebraska City to Sell Land for Sewer Plant
The Mayor and City Council of Osceola Nebraska announce on March 2 1961 a private sale ordinance for a tract described by metes and bounds known as the old City sewer and dump grounds to Edmund C Schott and wife Josephine Schott under a 1958 contract as part of sewer treatment plant expansion. Legal remonstrance requirements are noted under state statute.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Polk County
Old City
Edmund C. Schott
Josephine Schott
Sale of City Premises to Edmund C Schott
In accordance with the ordinance authorizing the sale the city will execute and deliver a deed for the described premises to Edmund C Schott within 30 days from March 9 1961 the date of passage and publication of the ordinance. The sale faced objection and remonstrance filed with the Council. ATTEST M Snodgrass City Clerk Fred Bond Mayor 29 3
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Edmund C. Schott
M. Snodgrass
Fred Bond
Bond Election for Osceola Nebraska Fire Station Plan
Notice to Osceola voters of a general municipal election on April 4 1961 to decide issuing 25000 in negotiable bonds to fund a combined fire station and municipal building with tax levies and interest terms up to six percent. Polls open 8 am to 8 pm at the Courthouse lobby. By order of the Mayor and City Council. Also probate notice for Etta G Leonard estate hearing March 31 1961 with Phil B Campbell named executor.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Polk County
Etta G. Leonard
Phil B. Campbell
Nebrasa
J. E. Steeple
West Side Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Birthdays
Numerous local families hosted and attended gatherings over the weekend. Guests included the Anderson, Peterson, Baker, Ahlquist, and Johnson households with visitors from Lincoln, Los Angeles, Portland, and Phoenix, plus Easter cantata attendance and family birthdays celebrated with cake and ice cream.
Mrs. Anderson guest of honor at Peterson gathering
Mrs. Kenneth Anderson attended a Friday evening event hosted by Mrs. Gust Peterson. The gathering honored Mrs. Lee Johnson of Los Angeles who was listed among the guests.
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Bobbi Jo
Lyle Kreis
Phoenix
Arizona
Ralph Kreis
Sunny Vale
California
Elmore Nelson
Arvada
Colo
Marlin Youngquist
Gaylen Ahlquist
Kenneth Anderson
Wallace Peterson
Gene Fusby
Ruth Rudeen
Marvin Hengelfelt
Louie Hengelfelt
Lester Widga
Lloyd Widga
Dennis
Paul Nyffeler
Chester Clark
Columbus
Ray Nyffeler
Dean Hanson and
Lee
Orley Conkling
Francis Donelson
Gust Peterson
Lee Johnson
Los Angeles
Community notices from Osceola and nearby towns
Osceola and surrounding area social news lists visits and gatherings. Linden Mulford and son Berry returned home after a few days with his parents in Stuart. Pearle Matheson of Fremont visited her mother, Alice Matheson, with other local residents attending church and a Luther College concert in Hastings and Wahoo events.
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Linden Mulford
Berry
Chas. Mulford
Stuart
Pearle Matheson
Fremont
Alice Matheson
Jack Wieseman
Tom Reece
Carl Wieseman
Herman Jones
Earl
Myron Jones
Glen
Douglas
Delmar
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Hastings
Orville Jones
Sheryl Ann
Orville
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Don and
Mary Waterman
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Dino
Sinclair
Dale
Jim Lewis Sinclair
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Newcastle
Con Poultrymen
Roscoe Hill
Hatchery
Lincoln
West Side
Mrs
Homer Green
Bob Peterson
Juliene Lott
Anderson
Reppert
Bel Poket
Glasser Jr
Pol
Arthur Twarking
Mervin
Roy Snedeker
Portland
Oregon
Morris Johnson
Maureen Johnson
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Paul Fusby
Sharon
Wallace Larson
Scott
Hordville
Forrest Anderson
Spires
Baby
Columbis
Calif
Dale Anderson
University In
Cheryl
Ralph Greuter
Milton Johnson Jr
Julie Baker
Robert Baker
Byron Johnson
LeRoy
Irvin
Eldon W. Anderson
New York Life Ins. Co
A Mutual Co
Grant Ave. York
Pfister
Alfred Gabel
Shelby Lloyd Fellows
Stromsburg
C. W. Leimser
Robert Linda
Don Yungdahl
Mary Gerdes
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
The
Don Johnson
Bert Gissler
Bryant
Arkla
Gas Company
Osceola News
Ed Bonne
L. L. Ter
Edna Anderson
Irene
Wesley Peterson
Louise Peterson
Luther College
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Luther College of
Massey Ferguson Field
Shelby
Membekin Implement CO
Shelby, Nebraska
Farmers Co-op Grain Co
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