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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1953
Page
6
Last Saturday a Blair businessman forgot to pay for his lunch after coffee. Later three of his employees settled the 15 cent bill with a nickel apiece, the editor noting the coffee was extra good in Blair Enterprise.
The state hospital advisory council met in Lincoln last Thursday to determine use of remaining federal funds for the Howard County Community Hospital. Officials aim to outline next steps for fund allocation and project support.
The Burlington work train with over 100 men is laying new main line rails from Fairmont to the Strang wye. The project, part of a council allocation, aims to handle heavy traffic on the line reported by Geneva Nebraska Signal.
A seven member temporary board to direct future activities for a Neligh swimming pool was named Tuesday at a meeting with 60 representatives from local organizations. The Neligh News reports VFW Auxiliary organizers rallied supporters for the pool project. Seventy five students will pick up fallen corn the last three days of this week to aid the fund raising effort.
A petition with the state department of roads and irrigation seeks the creation of the Twin Loups Reclamation District in parts of Valley, Greeley, Howard, Merrick and Nance counties in the North Loup and Loup river basins. A hearing is set for January at the office of the state engineer in Lincoln Scotia Register.
Construction began Sunday on Albion's 12 unit motel with a bulldozer leveling the site. The $26,000 project aims for completion by spring at a location north of Highway 91.
Delegates from Adams Sterling Clatonia Wilber Milligan and Clay Center met Friday to form the Highway 41 Association aimed at improving the highway. Geneva Tecumseh planned to join but lacked delegates. Wilber Republican.
At the Floyd Tyler farm one and a half miles east of Chapman a plant processes about 1.5 million pounds of popcorn per season. Most corn is bought within 75 miles, processed in a large quonset building with 10 000 bushels of storage, then cleaned sorted and shipped mainly to west coast buyers via Central City Republican Nonpareil.
Mr and Mrs Joe Dolezal planned a bear hunt in northwestern Colorado starting October 11 but weather paused the trip. They diverted to Wyoming and each bagged a deer. In another report, two trucks and a car collided west of Rising City early Thursday, an oil transport burned, no injuries reported.
Platte Valley Bank officials question if a scam is at play or a careless business man accepts faulty checks. A draft drawn on Platte Valley Land Bank and signed U. R. Stuck reached a Schuyler store via exchange channels and was rejected by The North Bend Eagle.
North Platte Tribune Shopper reports the Hirschfeld Company clothing store was burglarized Saturday night. A safe was cracked to steal cash and silver totaling about $2000, leaving only pennies behind as the work of an expert thief.
Conrad Ericson recalls a hunting trip with nine companions who shot 26 pheasants in two and a half hours. They found a pheasant flock in a cornfield and moved into a tall clover field where the nine men walked abreast and pheasants rose, one by one, to be shot by a partner.
Bob Pence suspected battery trouble when his 1952 car would not start last Thursday. He checked the hood and found the battery missing. The garage had been entered during the night, and the battery was taken.
Councilman Lee Soltow proposed a resolution to form an ordinance barring trucks carrying explosive cargoes from city streets. The measure mirrors moves by other Nebraska municipalities and Lincoln County Tribune Shopper notes similar actions nearby.
A Brahma steer bid in by Harlan Jensen at the Geneva sale wandered from Oklahoma, eluding pens and a tractor chased through south Geneva. It ended in Les McPeek's feed yard and, after attempts to corral it, was shot three times and butchered.
Father John H Howe presides on the 24th Sunday after Pentecost with Masses at 7 30 and 10 30 a m The week includes First Friday and First Saturday Masses with confessions before each mass Grade School catechetical instruction at 2 p m Confessions 5 5 30 p m Evening devotions 8 p m Altar Society meeting Wednesday at 8 p m World Peace Rosary 7 30 p m Weekday Mass at 8 a m Men invited for social hour after the meeting.
Friday devotions and choir rehearsal at 8 p m. Sunday mass at 9 a m followed by family communion day. Confessions before mass. Public card party in parish hall at 8 p m. Tuesday children catechetical instruction in parish hall at 4 p m.
Calvary Lutheran announces WMS meeting Thursday at 2 PM with Dorcas at 8 PM on Friday. Stewardship Committee and church events follow. Church School and Worship at 10 AM. Pastoral Conference at Wahoo on Nov 9–10. Installation of Luther College president Tuesday at 8 PM. Men’s Chorus practice Wednesday at 8 PM.
The Brotherhood holds its annual meeting with officer elections on Thursday at 8 p m for 1954. November 13 to 15 marks the 50th anniversary celebrations at St Paul s Osceola featuring a Brotherhood Chorus song service on November 15 at 7 30 p m.
Evan Covenant Church in Stromsburg Nebraska lists Cecil Johnson pastor. Saturday Confirmation Class at 10 a m Sunday services 10 a m Sunday School 11 a m sermon The Golden Rule KJSK 3 p m evening service 7 30 p m Bible meditation I Timothy 2 1 6 This is Good Tuesday church fellowship 7 30 p m hostesses Mrs Reuben Sundberg and Mrs Harlan Younglund Thursday Revelation study 7 30 Choir 8 20 Welcome to our friendly spiritual home
Maurice Lewenson leads Sunday School and Bible classes at 10 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m and Luther League vesper at 7 30 p m The church promotes upcoming anniversary festivities with banquet tickets available for purchase so Vernon Boden can report to the serving committee on Monday
The Methodist Church announces a busy week with adult choir and young adults rehearsals at 8 p m and an address by Rev Swenson on A Chaplain s Viewpoint of the Armed Services. Sunday School at 10 a m Worship at 11. youth depart at 6 for a Polk sub district meeting. Board meeting Monday at 8 p m.
District 18 residents visit friends and relatives across Monroe Rising City and Lincoln with Halloween parties and gatherings. A legal notice in Polk County seeks to declare absentee Robert Frizzell dead and appoint Robert L Jill as administrator with a hearing set for November 20 1953.
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