Osceola records sponsor pages and Old Times Day prize
The Record highlights sponsor pages for Osceola businesses backing a free weeklong motel vacation at Park View Motel in Arnolds Park on West Lake Okoboji. The prize includes lodging, boating, amusement park rides, roof garden access, and excursions, with registration in May for Old Times Day on June 1.
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OHS
Osceola
Parkview
West Lake Okoboji
Arnolds Park
Lakes
Great Lakes
O H School Track Sends Jack Cerny to State Meet
At Seward district meet on Thursday OHS earned state entries with top finishes. Jack Cerny placed 2nd in broad jump and pole vault earning entry to Kearney May 17 18. Other placings include Duane Gabriel 2 mile 3rd Marv Simonsen discus 3rd shot put 5th Byron Nelson pole vault 5th and 2nd place in mile relay team.
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Seward
Jack Cerny
OHS
Kearney
Duane Gabriel
Marv Simonsen
Byron Nelson
Randy Bond
Calvin Coffin
Mike Cerny
Gordon
Lincoln
Four Polk Countians Named Good Neighbor Award Winners
Four Polk County residents were among 51 Nebraskans honored as Good Neighbor Award winners by Ak-Sar-Ben. Ruth Lux of Osceola headed a project for the Osceola Alumni Assn and Polk County Old Times Day. Glen and Mrs. Glen Babcock of Polk led a church remodeling drive and donated a piano. Lavern Burke of Stromsburg spearheaded a $10,000 effort converting a two-story building into a community center.
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Polk
Ruth Lux
Osceola
Osceola Alumni Assn
Polk County
Glen Babcock
Lavern Burke
Stromsburg
Polk County Outdoor Recreation Appraisal Report
An appraisal of Polk County outdoor recreation potential completed with a map of water areas and historic sites. The Technical Action Panel analyzed climate scenery natural and historic areas and population to assess prospects from high for small game hunting and cabins to low for water and winter sports. Copies are available from the Soil Conservation Service in Osceola.
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Polk County
Soil Conservation Service
Osceola
Wayne Stallings Tops State Legion Bowling Tournament
Wayne Stallings was the events champion at the state Legion bowling tournament in Grand Island earning a trophy and 70 dollars. He posted 1 815 in the all events with a 647 singles score 2 942 pin total with his partner Mike Snod and 1 185 in doubles.
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Wayne Stallings
State Legion
Grand Island
Stallings
Mike Snodas
Weather summary with tornado warnings and funnel clouds
The area faced tornado warnings Monday night as a state trooper reported two funnel clouds near Osceola that dissipated before touching down. Forecast shows mixed temperatures with rain chances and cooler nights ahead.
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Hi Lo
Osceola
Forrest Kinzli earns youth institute scholarship
Forrest Kinzli son of the Linda Kinzlis is chosen for a scholarship to the National Youth Institute Aug 5 16 at the University of Nebraska. He joins top youths from across the United States to study agriculture and will host out of state delegates August 10 12. Ak Sar Ben funds $50 of the $100 fee. the county agent leads effort to raise the rest. Forrest is an OHS transfer student from Duncan.
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Forrest Kinzli
Linda Kinzlis
National Youth Institute
University of Neraska
Forrest
Ak-Sar-Ben
OHS
Duncan
Old Times Day Plans Highlight Parades and Giveaways
The June 1 Old Times Day lineup includes a Saturday parade Dr. Robert Manley entertainment at the Auditorium and a Saddle Club portable TV giveaway. Tickets are sold by Saddle Club members with other attractions such as bake sales lunches and fish pond listed by chairmen Mrs. Floyd Emmons and Mrs Duane Schmoker. The Polk County museum will stay open extra days the week before and on Old Times Day.
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Saddle Club
Robert Manley
Floyd Emmons
Duane Schmoker
Job
County museum set to reopen with May 26 start
The Polk County Historical Society plans a May 26 weekend reopening of the county museum with Sunday hours 2 to 4 30 p m and extended May 29 30 and June 1 for Old Times Day The museum features new exhibits including a pioneer cabin wax birds and grandma s washhouse The group credits volunteers and notes June meetings canceled with a bus trip to Shenandoah planned for July 11 contact members for details
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Polk County Historical Society
County Museum
Philip Nyberg
Flodman
County Historical Museum
Polk County
Yesteryear
Enoch Ekstrand
Gideon Peterson
Harry Youngland
Curtis Flodman
Allegra
Nixon high man in election here
Unofficial returns show Nixon 874 votes and Kennedy 308 in Polk County primaries. In County Commissioner District 3 Bur dette Flodman led with 134 to 132 for Donald Dahlin. A picnic notice invites Shelby Osceola folk to a June 30 gathering at South Gate California near Tweedy Street.
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Nixon
Polk
Richard Nixon
Robert F. Kennedy
Burdette Flodman
Donald Dahlin
Shelby and Osceola
South Gate
Calif
Atlantic Blvd
Tweedy St
Park
War dead tribute May 18 by Osceola to wear memorial poppy
Citizens of Osceola join 20 million nationwide in honoring war dead on Saturday May 18 by wearing memorial poppies from the American Legion Auxiliary. Funds go to aid disabled veterans and widows and children of the fallen. Friday brunch at Methodist Church hosts WSCS members and guests with speaker Mrs Mildred Shuttlesworth of Epworth Village York at 9 am.
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Osceola
American Legion Auxiliary
Methodist Church
WSCS
Mildred Shuttlesworth
Epworth Village
York
Commencement Exercise At High School Auditorium May 1968
The program lists speakers including Robert W. Shively of Consumers Public Power District and district officials. The ceremony includes processional, invocations, salutatory, choir selections, valedictory, diplomas, and a class roll of graduates led by principal Kenneth Sipes. Pledged captains noted as Phi Alpha sorority members.
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Ann Anne Nancy Mills
Robert W. Shively
Consumers Public Power District
Columbus
Nebraska
Kathy Rodene
DeVern Rodene
Phi Alpha Sorority
Midland College
Fremont
Seniors First Grade at New School and Golf Course News
The column notes seniors being the first to attend the new grade school with a first grade class using the old Lutheran Church basement until 1956. Sgt. Billie Zedicher writes from Thailand with 53 days left before returning home and shares a poem about wives. Three holes at County Recreation golf course are playable, with the clubhouse due by month’s end and volunteers sought for cleanup.
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Eldena Lindblade
Old Lutheran Church
Billie
Nicky) Zedicher
Thailand
States
Pacific Stars
County Recreation
Raymond Kepner
McDill
Hank” Boyd
Phillipsburg Kan
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Tammy Conrad
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Douglas Mickey
Billy Howe
William Bender
Peggy Tindall
Susie Wyman
Mike Smith
Mrs. Daily
Wendy Schmid
Nadine Draeger
Steven Johnston
Chain of & Lakes
Marvin C. Carlson
Dennis D. Moore
Nebr
Gamma Sigma Delta
Honor Society of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
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Mark
Jody Rowan
Masonic Lodge
M. A. Mills Sr
Robert Wieseman
Lowell Hanson
Mills
Lodge
Capitol
Morrill Hall
The
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National Bank of Commerce
Antelope Park Zoo
Genoa
Allan Atkins
Atkins
Excavaton
Francis Inness
Muehling
Central City High School
Scott Anderson
Jeanette Wagner
Jerry Cerny
Mary Nyberg
AkSarBen
Silver Creek
Polk County Fairgrounds
Doris Cermak
Ak SarBen
Funkhouser Rites
EUB
Shelby
Jennie Funkhouser
York Hospital
IOOF
Youth Institute
Melanie Monson
Richard Odgers
Anita Peterson
Cheraliers
Kenneth Sipes
Hubert Girard
Paul Konig
Donald L. Augustin
Susan Lynn Buffington
Larry Burgess Dale Arvid Carlson
Jill Elaine Johansen Gregory Paul Johnson
Douglas H. Jones
Rodney Lee Jones
Calvin J. Kropatsch
Patricia D. Kropatsch
Kathy Gail McVeigh
Twyla Jean Mentink
Nancy Stewart Mills
Marshal R. Nyberg
Anita Marie Peterson Thomas Lee Rodene
Dorothy Ann Runquist Valerie Kay Rutter
Jane Rae Sedlak
William C. Snodgrass Victor Eugene Sterup Sandra Ruth Stratton
Connie Jean Stromberg
Candice Ann Studley
Jolene Lynn Wiser
Ann Marie Wobig Class Officers
Victor Sterup
Jane Sedlak Marsha Nyberg
Douglas Jones
Dale Carlson
Lawrence Theis
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