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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1968
Page
1
A county wide look at school lunch prices shows Polk 30 cents Shelby 35 cents Stromsburg 35 Osceola 35 with weekly tickets cutting 5 cents. Shelby and Stromsburg expect rises. Osceola notes a recent 5 cent increase. Page also notes community development progress and pride in local services.
Maud E Nuquist 88 longtime Osceola resident and Nebraska civic leader died Thursday October 31 at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Osceola. Funeral services were held Saturday November 2 at 3:00 p.m. at Osceola United Methodist Church with interment in Osceola Cemetery. A complete obituary appears elsewhere in this edition.
Floyd Smith presided over funeral services for Faye Smith at the Methodist Church in York. Died Wednesday at York General Hospital at age 72. Burial followed in York with survivors including his wife and a stepson, Glen Green of Oneeola.
The Osceola High School band directed by Rex Cadwallader earned a Superior rating at the 11th annual Marching Band competition at Pershing Auditorium Lincoln. Osceola was one of three class C schools to receive Superior and received a plaque for 10 years of participation alongside the winning trophy.
Osceola improved to 8-0 with a 30-6 victory over Palmer. Sparked by a 98-yard interception return by Jack Cerny, the Bulldogs benefited from Palmer errors including a fumble and a second pick. Ed Wieseman and Cal Coffin added scoring plays as Osceola pulled away in the fourth quarter.
Girl Scouts nationwide plan Speak-Outs this weekend to support goals of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. The events aim to break down prejudice and foster understanding. Hills Council seniors will host a Speakout at the Columbus Family Y on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. All senior high girls are invited. Mrs. Ethel Carman has left for Anaheim, California after July visits in Osceola Grand.
Leigh, Bert Schaf, is this weeks quarterback winner with one incorrect guess. Runners up include Kelly Gross, Nicklaus, Julia Staniec, Murray Jones, Gary Garey, Tommy Peterson and Anita Kentopp. The field had 45 entrants, with nine three-wrong, 19 four-wrong, and 10 five-or-more wrong guesses. Tom Peterson was the only contestant to hit the tie-breaker exactly, predicting the Colts Giants score.
The Osceola Public Library is cleaning and redecorating for an open house and higher winter readership. Staff sorted, cleaned, and rearranged books with many discarded or rebound titles. New carpet covers the interior and memorial fund items were added. the library operates Monday Wednesday and Saturday afternoons with Lulu Hendrickson or Miriam Carey on duty.
The Osceola Bulldog Boosters held their Monday breakfast where Rex Cadwallader played tapes of the Osceola High School band at the Marching Contest in Pershing Auditorium. Judges comments were heard and trophies shown. Over 20 booster members viewed color films of the Homecoming Parade. Booster President Bernie Gissler urged women to attend the November 11 Genoa game meeting.
Osceola Legion Club hosted the annual children’s Halloween Party with the Osceola Chamber of Commerce. About 35 youngsters competed in two age groups for prize money, with winners including Michelle Miller Murray Danton Patricia Gullberg Lorre Wobig Peggy Tindall and Robin Walgren.
The piece salutes the school band in Lincoln and the Bulldogs for a big Friday win with the Cornhuskers noted for leading throughout. It reflects on frost and fog in Nebraska, upcoming election results, a get out the vote debate, and a call to study government issues to vote intelligently. It ends with Harvest talk and quotes from Abraham Lincoln.
Final coat applied on Nance Street paving near the city county edge. The corner section opens to two way traffic as the John Inness paving project approaches completion.
Three OHS vocalists Barbara Gullkrag Dave Coffin and Scott Anderson earned acceptance to the All State Music Clinic in Grand Island November 21 23 sponsored by the Nebraska Music Educators Association. The Bulldogs aim for 9-0 as they host Genoa on Friday November 8. The OHS marching band received a 1 Superior at the Nebraska State Marching Contest and Osceola earned a plaque for ten years of superior ratings.
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