SBA urged Nebraska towns to build industry via local effort
Norman A. Otto argues small towns with populations under 2000 must actively develop industry. He cites a 1000-person town creating four new industries over years by aiding entrepreneurs with financial and management help. He notes SBA tools and soil data access, and urges community involvement to unlock resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman A. Otto
Small Business Administration
North 17Th St
Omaha
Nebr
Nebraska
Usc c
Swede Home Memorial Day Service Observance Planned
Memorial Day events will honor at Swede Home Cemetery with Youth of Calvary and Vance Toline among participants. If rain, service moves to the church. choir and Junior chorus to sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swede Home Cemetery
Calvary
Vance Toline
Ronald Sarow
Everett Anderson
Gerhard Gieschen
Fremont
Raymond D. Johnson
George Heckman
Gary Mosier
Lincoln
William
Larson
Earl Jones
Milton Anderson
Anderson
Ruth
Lester Gestrine
Clarence Nielsen
Covenant
Stromsburg
Jerry Jones
Philip
Sheryl Jones
Rupert Carlson
DeVon
Joel
Vivian Carlson
Harlan Toline
Vance “Toline
Cindy
Myron Jones
Delmar
Monty
Murray Jones
Lillie Chindgren
Nebraska Synod
David Jones
Evelyn Oquist
Evan Nordstrom
Floyd Everett
Central City
Ronald Saron
Fred Vangdahl
Mervin Rystrom
Walter Larson
Harold W. Johnson
Harold A. Johnson
Karen Gestrine
Evelyn
Oquist
Fred Yungdahl
Clark Yungdahl
Elwyn Yungdahl
Lloyd
Local Graduations and Baptisms Highlight Lincoln Area
Southwest Mr and Mrs Walter Hughes attended St Pauls Methodist in Lincoln for the baptism of their great grandson Douglas Richard infant son of Richard Bucoy. Families hosted after services and gatherings followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hughes
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Lincoln
Douglas Richard
Richard Bucoy
M. D. Bercks
Hughes
Pickard Bacoys
Robert Baker
Kevin
Leroy Johnson
Columbus
Joe Wegmann
Byron Johnson
Carl Johnson
Phil Erickson
Benedict
Don Erickson
Bruce Boyd
Omaha
Dick Erickson
Laurel Denney
Clarence Nielsen
Henry Thelander
Dalton
Soil surveys in Nebraska provide maps and data since 1905
Soil surveys document Nebraska’s soil resources with written summaries and maps. Early surveys used small scale maps. modern work uses aerial photographs for greater accuracy. The first new county survey was Nance County in 1961 with thirteen more since, Polk County awaiting publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nance County
Polk County
A_ soil survey
Osceola area man inducted for Army service
Tuesday evening May 20 Rickey Lee Braithwait, son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Braithwait of Osceola, was forwarded to Omaha by Polk County Local Board No 75 for induction into the Army. He will begin basic training at Ft Lewis Washington. Five registrants were sent that evening for physical examinations. the June call lists nine for examinations but none for induction without volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto F. Branting
Swede Home
Farmers Union, Osceola
Branting
Osceola
Utica
Rogers
Rasch
Spahn
Hurlbut
Willie Berck
Anna Oberg
Dolphin
William Heitzman
Board of Education
Harry B. Foster
Vine St. Presbyterian Church
Omaha
Ruth Smith
Lincoln
University
Nebraska
Alfred Kuhnel
Esther Gabriel
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
August W. Johnson
Rickey Lee Braithwait
Stanley Braithwait
Polk County Local Board No. 75
Army
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Historical Society tours Abilene on seventh trip
Polk County Historical Society sponsored a Sunday tour to Abilene Kansas for 38 travelers. The chartered bus departed Osceola at 5 am and Stromsburg at 5 15 am visiting the Eisenhower Center Old Town Abilene and the White House Inn before returning residents from Osceola Stromsburg Lincoln York Oregon and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Kansas
Polk County Historical Society
Osceola
Stromsburg
Bellville
Eisenhower Center
Eisenhower
White House Inn
Ike
Mamie
Old Town
Lincoln
York
Oregon
California
The
Historical Society
Kinsley's Museum
Nebraska City
Shenandoah
Minden
Polk County
Social notes from Osceola and surrounding towns
Sunday gatherings honor anniversaries and visit relatives across Osceola Stromsburg Shelby and Osceola with guests from Fremont Lincoln Corvallis and Gresham. Baccalaureate attendance at Lexington High School and graduating Gary Appleton noted among community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhard Gershan
Fremont
Raymond D. Johnson
Swede
George Heckman
Burdette Jones
Lincoln
Oscar Jones
Harold Johnson
Corvallis
Oregon
Hubert Hotchkiss
Stromsburg
L. L. Wer
Elton W. Peterson
Barter program boosts U S balance of payments with agriculture
Chairman Gordon L. Nuernberger of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee said CCC barter contracts strengthen the balance of payments. Contracts valued at 74.1 million were signed in Q2 1969, 129.7 million for the first half, with major commodities like cotton oats and tobacco exported under barter to offset dollar outflows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Sealey
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
CCC
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Gordon L. Nuernberger
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
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Country Club
SBA
Soil Conservation Service
G. S. Troop 326
Waldean Johnson
Ted Johnsons
Merle Johnson
Roger Johnson
Margaret Sallee
Denver
Chas. Stewart
Muse Theatre
Legion Auxiliary
Cemetery Association
Harlan
Howard McKeag
Skidmore Place
Barbara Cerny
Lester Anderson
Eller’s Hall
St. Andrew’s
Ira Irland and
Pawnee Park
John Rosley
Nell Reece
Harriet Thelander
Tom Moore
Merle Luft
August Fischer
Charles Fischer
Baby
St. Louis
Alexian Brothers Hospital
Robert Fischer
Robert Sigler
Robert Sigler Jr
Robert Jr
Sigler
Opal Steinhausen
H. Glen Buchta
Hilbert Bucht
Walter Koehler
Abbie Richards
Stromsburge ‘Hospital
Dean Buffinen
Alliance
Lois Jones
Eleanor Gabriel
S. Sgt
B. J. McClain
St. Vincent’s Church
Annette Watts
Kay Watts
Donna Watts
Donna Mentink
Myron Bernt
FFA
John Cederberg
Donny Watts
Douglas Dunn
Larry Wieseman
Rodney Gestrine
Sentinel
Fanny McCray
Osceola Hotel
Randy Bond
Jack Cerny
Homer Green
Ray Nyffeler
Lutheran Church
Burdette Baker
Gary Peterson
Brian
Brenna Boyd
Dayton
Ohio
Howard Sundbergs
Harold Burge
O'Neill
David Sundberg
Irvin Anderson
Morris Nielsen
Lavvaughn Adelson
Polk
Richard Anderson
JoAnn
Paulette Anderson
Vernon Anderson
Ronald
Ray Warner
Arthur Twarling
Merwin
Jack Stanton
Roy Horst
Carol Donelson
Janis
Larry
Harry Hahn
Norma
Terese
David
Mary Beth
Lawrence Twarling
Marvin Gustafson
Angéla
Jim Clark
Alex Knefeldt
Clarks
Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Sun
Cathryn Jensen
Nielsens
Joe Jensen
Cathryn
Emily Snyder
Bobbi Jo
Russel Kreis
Milton Johnson, Jr
Shelley
Ralph Gruder
Marvin Koch
Delbert Norquest
Raymond Gray
Myrtle Johnson
Marie Pierpont
DeVere Hamilton
Grand Island
Irvin Andersons
Bryce
Barry and
Lance
Armand Schmaker
Lanny
Leland Peterson
Roland Peterson
Reynold Holladky
Bee, Nebr
Osceola News
Patricia Mooney
Stroms
Chester Buchholz
Shelby
Larry .Wieseman
Robert Dittmer
Oscar Thomas
Signe Johnson
Richard Teegerstrom
Sarah Corbett
Ann Louise Kucera
Merlin Simpson
Albert Crossant
Cora Atkinson
Emma Swanson
Adam Keehn
Bernard Johnson
Willie Shostrom
Edwin Glad
Duane Nielsen
Charles Sargent
Marie Plageman
Agnes White
Frida Peterson
Leo Larson
John Anderson
Edna A. Anderson
Polk County Country Club
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