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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1973
Page
1
Community editors outline parade lineup with Dr H S Eklund and wife Mary to lead. Joyce Page and Maxine Winslow oversee booths with kids’ activities proposed. Also notes a dryer repair tale sparked by a sparrow nest in Albion.
Plans to charter a motor coach for the 37th Annual National Extension Homemakers Conference to be held in East Lansing Michigan from August 13 to 16. Extension Club members are invited to join the trip and visit places along the way and on return. contact the County Extension Office.
Four Nebraskan players secure starting roles for South Dakota State University next fall. Todd Simonson Bancroft Bob Gissler Stromsburg and J D Alexander Pilger along with Lynn Boden Osceola form the new starting line and defensive unit touted for NCC prominence. Boden 6 4 246 is a returning tackle and leader while Gissler 6 3 210 earned a spring berth at defensive end after an injury layoff.
The Polk County Historical Museum will open its season on Sunday May 27 at 2 p.m. New items were added over winter and more plans are planned through the summer. Invite Memorial Day guests to view county history in pictures and artifacts.
The Polk County Fair at Osceola receives $1,000 from Ak-Sar-Ben. Half funds two new buildings and the rest repairs to a permanent wire fence. Ak-Sar-Ben matches county fair contributions with up to $1,000 per fair. The program totals $90,000 for improvements plus $30,000 for premiums. Since inception nearly $3 million has aided fairs with funding from the race meet.
Osceola School System signs contracts for ten new teachers for the 1973-74 term. Joyce Graham will teach 6th grade. Yvonne Zeleski, 5th grade. Teresa Christensen, vocal music. Jerrold Harrenstein, instrumental music. Sharman Joseph, English. Jean Meyer, girls physical education and English. Dennis Valentine, math and business. Jonathan Habben, social studies and drivers education. Marcia Chapman, English. Peter Chapman, social studies, physical education, football, basketball, and track.
The Record reports that only the Special City Election results can be printed this week due to a Tuesday noon deadline. Vote totals are unofficial with 276 in favor and 104 against approval, details to follow next week.
Joyce Roberts of Denver daughter of Mrs. Martin Roberts and the late Mr. Roberts has been commissioned a First Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Reserve. She joins the 5502 Hospital Augmentation Unit assigned to Fitz Simmons Medical Center in Denver and will spend two weeks active duty in June at Fort Ord Medical Center Monterey California. She was named President Elect of District 2 Colorado Nurses Association and will serve on the state CNA board for two years.
The American Legion Auxiliary to William Wolfe Post 91 met May 18. Poppy Day was set for May 25 and members were asked to provide tied sprays for Memorial Day to be left at the Legion Hall by 6 30 a.m. May 28. Flowers from non-members welcome. They planned drapes for the Legion Club and helping with the lunch stand at home baseball games. The Girl's State Tea is July 2. A $10 donation was approved for the National Cytology Center. Carolyn Wieseman received an auxiliary charm for Camp Pinnacle Award for membership. Tray favors for the Veterans Hospital were completed and another fall assignment was requested. Lunch served for 18 members by Leona Boden and Mae Scholz.
Planning is underway for a Polk County Biographical Book with a $10 per page fee. Bernie Gissler asks residents to submit forms via county banks or Osceola schools, including family trees and pictures, by September 1 for inclusion or museum-only filing.
Thirty three Osceola High School seniors received diplomas at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Valedictorian Pam Walford and salutatorian Duane Oquist led a list of honorees including Ruth Bachenberg, Murray Schmoker, Jacqueline Smith, Chris Hayes, and many others with scholarships, awards, and Boys and Girls State honors announced at the Honors Convocation.
Melvin P. Olson, administrator of School Services for the Nebraska Department of Education, will deliver the main address with the topic They are Different. Olson, a former teacher coach and administrator, has taught in Bassett Springview Valentine and Schuyler and lectured political science at Huron College. He has served on the Lincoln Mayor's Council on Youth Fitness and co-chaired the Governor's Council on Youth Fitness, plus Boy Scout work in Cornhusker Council.
On May 25 1973 Osceola hosts Poppy Day with American Legion Auxiliary volunteers at street corners offering red silk replicas of WWI and WWII poppies. Poppy Chairman Virginia McVeigh notes funds support veteran rehabilitation and each veteran is paid for making poppies.
More than 2,000 students earned graduate and baccalaureate degrees at the University of Nebraska Lincoln commencement in Pershing Auditorium. Chancellor James H. Zumberge presided. Osceola graduates Melanie Monson earned a BS in Education and Alan Umstead earned a BS in Industrial Engineering.
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