Osceola Record History Note and Editorial Motto
The Osceola Record notes its origin as The Homesteader begun in August 1872 by H. T. Arnold and filed as second class matter at the Osceola Post Office. Editor Kathleen A. Howe is listed, with outside-Nebraska edition pricing and affiliations including National Editorial Association and American Newspaper Representatives. The issue quotes Edmund Burke on action against evil.
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Post Office
Osceola
Nebr
Osceola City to Review Special Assessments Dec 3
Notice to subscribers on expired subscriptions and schedules of proposed special assessments for Street Improvement Districts 3 to 12, 14 to 16 in Osceola Nebraska. Mayor and City Council as Board of Equalization will meet December 3, 1970 at 8 PM in City Hall to hear objections and adjust assessments. Objections may be made in person or by representative. city clerk Fred Bond issues the notice.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Robert T. Paul
City of
Fred Bond
Notice of Probate and Executors in Polk County Nebraska
In Polk County Nebraska notices detail probate petitions for Nellie G Benson Eva Hennings and Nellie E Bond. Appointments include Hazel L Meridith as Executrix Glen Hennings as Executor and Ronald A Eklund as Executor with hearings set for November 10 9 and 18 1970 respectively and claims due February 18 1971 with a February 19 1971 hearing. County Judge Eldon R Johnson seals the notices.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Nellie G. Benson
State of
Hazel L. Meridith
Osceola
Eldon R. Johnson
Eva Hennings
Glen Hennings
County Court
Sidney Lynn Snider
Nellie E. Bond
Ronald A. Eklund
Raymond Kentor
Max L. Simonsen
Michael L. Simonsen
Osceola Nebraska Street Improvement Districts Notice
To all persons interested in Street Improvement District Nos 3 to 12 inclusive and 14 15 16 of Osceola Nebraska this notice informs of public action and related deadlines for district improvements. Information includes filing requirements and potential assessments to fund street projects.
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City
Osceola
Nebraska
Estate and meeting notices from Polk County Nebraska
Public notices detail estate claims against Raymond Kentor and administration petition by Michael L. Simonsen with hearings in Osceola. Also Polk County Agricultural Society announces its annual meeting at Osceola City Hall with secretary Ray Conard listed.
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Polk County Agricultural Society
Polk County
Nebraska
Osceola
Ray A. Conard
Wayland Merry Workers Plan November Meeting
Wayland Merry Workers met in the church basement for devotions and a business session. Members sewed carpet rags and coffee hour was hosted, with plans to meet November 11 for a gathering hosted by Miss Hazel Gonnerman.
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Ardle Eklund
Elmer Schuknecht
Hazel Gonnerman
Peter Kopke
Robert Barr
York
Lincoln
Kopke
Kenneth Voss
Seward
the Kopkes
the Barrs
Sylvester Voss
Elroy Hoffman
Walter Schroeder
Craven Stream
Calvin Stream
W. A. Schapers
Hartford
Conn
Lyle Cockle
Stromsburg
Arnold Gill
Nellie Downey
Fay Rosenberry
Robert Campbell
Bob
Chula Vista
California
Shelby
Anthony Winter
Bradshaw
Morris Dunn
Osceola
Earl Bond
Foy Rosenberry
Lewis Berggren
Ed Anderson
Ted Gonnerman
Cornhusker Hotel
Miriam Circle Meeting at Green's Chapel in November
Anita Hollister notes Miriam Circle meets November 12 at the church at 2 p.m. The column lists visits and dinners among local families including the Eskeldsens, Burkes, Donelsons, Teegerstroms, Lauermans, Berggrens, Rystroms, and Powells with several Sunday meals and birthday observances mentioned.
Weekend Socials and Funeral Guests Count Locals
Local residents hosted and visited across multiple homes including Harless, Johnsons, Lindquists, Hennings, Torells, and Bercks. Attendees traveled from Grand Island, Denver, Loveland, Omaha, and Lincoln for meals, birthdays, anniversaries, and the funeral service for Mrs Lucie Torell. Several families attended Baptist Youth Rally in Omaha and LDS church services in Lincoln.
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S. J. Harless
Polk
Jim Marak
Jim Bowman
Stanley Harless
Myron Johnsons
Roy Wilson
Ansel Lindquist
Verlin Fellows
Bob Hellbusch
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Clyde Hennings
Lucie Torell
Carrie Hannah
Tujunga
California
Herbert Peterson
Boise
Idaho
Gladys Peterson
Holdrege
Clarence Lutkey
Aurora
Orvylle Hennings
Prescott
Arizona
Howell Cox
Omaha
Geunther Schwartz
Lisa
Bud Fuss
Norfolk
Nebraska
Byron Torell
Burdette Berck
Loveland
Colorado
Monty Henkel
Tonya
Denver
Vern Berck
Maurice Newcomer
Son Rich
Baptist
Baptist Church
Harlan McKeag
Colin
Tracy Nelson
Chas. Steever
Shirley Baker
Ronda
Colleen
Susan Peterson
Tami
Chari
Albert Bloom
Keith Kinberg
Raymond Burke
Mike Engel
Jane Sipes
Peru College
Jerry Engel
Teresa Engel
Glen Green
Osceola
Engel
Mike
Jane
Teresa
Peru
Lincoln
Harry Obrist
Ted Gonnermans
Leland Valentine
Ogden
Utah
Valentines
Ohio
Irven Rystrom
Jackie Torell
Quintin Torells
A. S. Torell
Vaughn Berck
Hampton
Larry Lind
York
Richard Hughes
Scott
Alda
Archie Berck
Houston
Texas
Quintin Torell
Gary Gassman
Karla
Tommy
Tom Kreis
Marvell Davis
Beatrice
Alvin Burke
Renae
Local births and family visits reported in town
Mrs. Darwin Hahn and her newborn were discharged Sunday from York General Hospital and are resting at her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dean Buffington home. Mrs. Martin Jones and Mrs. Gladys Carlson returned Thursday from Greenwood Arkansas after visiting sister in law Mrs. Gladys Walgreen.
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Darwin Hahn
New Baby
York, General Hospital
Dean Buffington
Martin Jones
Gladys Carlson
Greenwood, Ark
Gladys Walgreen
Air Medal Earned by Darwin I. Neuhaus in Vietnam
Darwin I. Neuhaus 19 son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Neuhaus Polk Nebraska received the air medal while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile in Vietnam. He earned it for meritorious service during aerial flight supporting ground operations and is a rifleman in Company E 1st Battalion 5th Cavalry. He entered the Army in June 1969 and completed basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana.
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Army Sp
Darwin I. Neuhaus
Arnold Neuhaus
Polk
Nebraska
1St Cavalry Division
Vietnam
Spec. Neuhaus
5Th Cavalry
Army
Ft. Polk
Engagement of Jacklyn Jarrell to Theron Ienn announced
Engagement announced for Jacklyn Jarrell of Blitchton Georgia and Theron Ienn of Osceola Georgia with details of their families education and service. Jacklyn is Bryan County High School graduate and four year Southern Bell employee in Savannah. Theron is Army veteran with Vietnam service now farming near Shelby. The wedding is set for November 22 in Blitchton.
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James Floyd Jarrell
Blitchton
Jacklyn
Theron Rene Ienn
Morris [Enn
Osceola
Bryan County High School
Georgia
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Savannah
Sean
Vietnam
Shelby
University Opens 5000 Acres at Mead Field Lab for Hunting
The University of Nebraska begins hunting season November 7 on 5000 acres at the Mead Field Laboratory. Pheasants are above average despite the driest growing season in 15 years. Licenses allow pheasants quail rabbits squirrels and coyotes by shotgun with strict access rules.
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Mead
University of Nebraska
Warren W. Sachs
Sachs
Nebraska
Osceola Social Visits Include Carlson Family in Omaha
Mrs J F Theisen and children of Schuyler visited Mrs Joe Schott and the Jack and Raymond Schott families. Chas Cotton left for Seattle after weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs George Buchta. Clarence Carlson guests and calls on Richard Ekstroms noted as well as visits from Elsie Carlson of Sweden and Anna Carlson of Washington DC. Roy Grossnicklaus and Walter Koehler hosts. Hospital board to meet November 11 1970 in Osceola Nebraska at 8:00 p.m.
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J. F. Theisen
Schuyler
Joe Schott
Jack
Raymond Schott
Chas. Cotton
Seattle
Washington
George Buchta
Clarence Carlson
Clarence Johnson
Rolland Ekstrom
Arvid Carlson
Omaha
Elsie Carlson
Sweden
Anna Carlson
Washington, D. C
Richard Ekstroms
Roy Grossnicklaus
Walter Koehler
Osceola High Begins Wrestling Program
A reader notes Osceola High starting a wrestling program to complement football. The piece recalls Halloween tire pranks and a local patrolman loaning air for flat tires, then urges cleanups of political signs after elections and discusses football season winding down.
Easter Seal Camp Party Benefits Camp Fund at Local School
Twenty five tables of cards were played at the Easter Seal Camp party sponsored by the Friendly Neighbors Club at the Catholic School in Shelby Sunday, Nov 1. About 145 dollars in donations were sent to the Camp Fund after the party. Prizes went to Bennett Little and Mrs Harold Blevins in bridge Mable and Bil Kumpf in pitch and Frank Kosbin and Doreen Sterup in Sheephead.
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Friendly Neighbors Club
Shelby
Bennett Little
Harold Blevins
Mable
Bil Kumpf
Frank Kosbin
Doreen Sterup
Sheephead
Congas seeks higher natural gas rates in Osceola
Congas asked the City Council to adopt increased wholesale gas rates effective December 27 1970 to cover Northern Natural Gas Co cost rises. The FPC suspended July 27 1970 rate increases for five months. Residential heating customers would pay about 1.14 dollars more monthly, with final FPC decision pending.
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Congas
Northern Natural Gas Company
Federal Power Commission
Northern
FFC
Central Telephone & Utilities Corporation
FPC
Cengas
Chris Dahmke
Osceola
Oyore
Pyran
Favorite Books of Baltimore Youth in 1960 and 1970
The Enoch Pratt Free Library surveyed Baltimore high school students in 1960 and 1970 about their favorite books. The lists include titles by Mitchell, Frank, Daly, Hulme, Shute, Brontë, Lederer, Burdick, Uris, Smith, Brown, Salinger, Lee, and others, reflecting diverse readership among Black students and peers across decades.
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National Library Week
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Baltimore
Margaret Mitchell
Mrs
Mike
Nancy and
Benedict Freedman
Anne Frank
Maureen Daly
Kathryn Hulme
Nevil Shute
Charlotte Bronte
William Lederer
Eugene . Burdick
Audie Murphy
Leon Uris
Betty Smith
Claude Brown
J.D. Salinger
Harper Lee
Dick Gregory
E. R. Braithwaite
Mister
Bo Bo Jones
Ann Head
John Griffin
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Begin
H. T. Arnold
Kathleen A. Howe
Susteining
National Editorial Association
National Act
American Newspaper Representatives
Edmund Burke
NE IN Apee Association
Nebraska Press
Oswald Bernt
Pearing
Leo Bernt
Sylvester Bernt
Guardian
Seal
Wayland
Anita Hollister
Miriam Circle
Mark Eskeldsen
Earl Burke
Jennie Burke
Janis Donelson
Richard Teegerstrom
Jim Lauerman
Julie Teegerstrom
Roger Sundberg
Brooke Berggrens
Max Rystrom
Annie Jefrey Hospital
Mae Twarling
Merwin Twarling
Carol Donelson
Larry
Janis
Robert Berggren
Pat
Barbara
Ray Sall
Susan
Chappell
Steve Sall
Everett Powells
Pat Berggren
Tim Beckman
Everett Loremans
Everett Powell
J. L. Hurd
Darwin Neuhaus
Osceola News
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Ed Buse
R. W. Carlin
Rex C. Columbus
Clarks, Nebr
Osceola Record
Somes Macin As
Ridge Runner
John Iske
John
Big Red
Big Orange
Osceola High
Bob Carey
Bob Hrouda
Library Notes
Record Advertisers
Bert Gissler
Keogh
National Fidelity
Life Insurance Company
Kansas City
Missouri
Robert F. Rosenburg
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