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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1965
Page
4
In Clarks the annual athletic banquet took place March 17 in the high school auditorium with the theme Around the World with Sports and a red white blue gold color scheme. Sophomore and senior mothers prepared the meal served by freshmen girls in blue yellow and red outfits. awards honored outstanding football basketball volleyball and pep club participants. Guest speaker Myron Draemer could not attend due to hazardous weather.
Clarks hosts Craft Day at the 4-H Building from 9 to 3 with Crewel Embroidery Hatmaking and decorative crafts. Sessions include half day for hat making and longer for other crafts. Bring lunch. 25 cents registration. demonstrations by local residents.
Clarks News lists Wednesday Omaha visits by the Melvin Kennedys and Pat and Sunday guests at the Ralph Kahler Sr. home in Polk include the Glen Ferguson family. Other gatherings feature Cedar Rapids guests and local families in Columbus Loup City Fullerton and Lincoln, with twins Ron and Don Neel celebrated at Glen Neel home.
CLARKS reports a study of 65 water wells in the Platte River Valley shows 58 declined and 7 rose between March readings, averaging a 0.61 foot drop in one year and 1.68 feet over two years. Long term decline linked to irrigation expansion and land leveling. rainfall considered near normal.
Sunday guests visited multiple local families including the Dittmer, Noble, Meyers, Kohls, Jacobi, and Coffin households. Attendees came from Wells Minnesota and Omaha with travels to Lincoln and Central City for a funeral and a gas convention. Memorial and conference trips were noted.
Students competed in the Inter-High Scholastic Contests at Kearney with two girls earning Excellent ratings in prose interpretation and public speaking. The Goldenrod Conference Music Festival featured eight Clarks entries and criticism was noted. Merrick County savings bond sales in February reached 38,981 dollars with 82,130 dollars sold in the first two months, reaching 7 percent of the 1965 county quota.
Postmaster General John A. Gronouski announced that publishers and mail advertising groups will pre sort mail by ZIP Code as soon as possible before January 1, 1967. The decision follows a meeting with the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee and removes the July 1 deadline.
The VFW Auxiliary announces first place Sandra Hays and second Elynn Miller. Sandra advances to the district contest. Her essay In Education Rests the Future of America argues education shapes democracy and America's future, citing Jefferson and President Johnson. Elynn's essay will be published next week.
Local pages list Methodist pastor Clyde A Wells and church events at Clarks with services at 11:00 AM and Sunday School at 10:00 AM. Pierce Chapel hosts monthly meetings and divine worship. Congregational Pastor Bernard Niekerk and St Peter's Catholic Church provide mass times seasonal changes and confessions on Saturdays.
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