Polk County sports teams and civic notes recap
A Polk County sports update praises Osceola and Shelby in football and mentions Polk and Stromsburg outcomes and a composite 29 5 3 county record. Voter registration unfolds Nov 9 10 at St Marys Church Shelby City Hall and the county clerk office. The piece also covers TV program on Negro rights and local development efforts by Osceola Development Corporation.
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Polk
Osceola
Stromsburg
East Butler
Polk County
Mook Wilhelms
St. Mary’s Church
Shelby City Hall
Electricity Cut For An Hour In Osceola
Consumers PPD will power down Osceola for about one hour tonight to replace old switches. Superintendent Glen Green said crews are installing new equipment and must cut electricity to remove the old switches.
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Osceola
Glen Green
Guest speakers for GOP women luncheon at Bit of Sweden
Dr and Mrs L L Zierott of Long Beach California will be guest speakers at a Republican Women's Club luncheon at the Bit of Sweden in Stromsburg on Wednesday November 15 at 1 p.m. They recently returned from a Europe trip sponsored by the Voice of Americanism. Mrs Zierott is Aurora born and a sister of the late Mrs Arnold Isaacson of Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Zierott
Long Beach
Calif
Republican Women’s Club
Bit of
Sweden
Stromsburg
Zierott
California
Voice of Americanism
Aurora
Arnold Isaacson
Polk
Carl Dornan Wins The Record Armchair Quarterback Prize
Carl Dornan of Stromsburg won ten dollars in The Record Armchair Quarterback Contest with only two misses in the recent week. Other high scorers included Roy Hedlund and C Carlson of Stromsburg and several contestants from Osceola and surrounding areas. The final contest deadline was Friday at 5 and this marks the year end. Judy Cerny participates in Mount Marty College Founders Weekend planning in Yankton with Roncalli Center dedication set for November 12 at 2 p.m. Reverend Martin E. Marty to speak. A benefit show at Muse Theatre on November 22 and 23 will support Osceola High School with proceeds from the unrehearsed film Young Americans. Private Theron R. Tenn, 21, Osceola, has been assigned as a carpenter with the 815th Engineer Battalion near Pleiku, Vietnam, on October 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dornan
Stromsburg
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ohio State
Michigan State
Stanford
Washington
East Butler
Roy Hedlund
C. Gordon Carlson
Eldon R. Johnson
Monte Grossnicklaus
Jay McDonald
Mike Sterup
O. D. Rodene
Glen Green
Joe Anderson
Osceola
Vivian Funk
Polk
Julia Staniec
Omaha
Anita Kentopp
Fremont
Gerald L. Clark
Evergreen
Colo
Judy Cerny
Donald Cernys
Mount Marty College
Yankton
S. C
Roncalli Center
Corbey Residence Hall
Martin E. Marty
Chicago
Muse Theatre
Osceola High School
Bill Zedicher
Vietnam
Theron R. Tenn
Morris A. Tenn
815Th Engineer
Pleiku
Osceola Bulldogs Clinch Goldenrod LCOP Title 30 6 at Genoa
Osceola bul led by Coach Paul McKeever clinched the Goldenrod conference with a 30-6 win at Genoa on Friday night. The Bulldogs totaled 196 rushing yards and 120 passing yards while holding Genoa to 39 rushing yards and 106 aerial yards. Jack Cerny sparked a key opening drive with a 6 yard score, and Cerny connected on passes to Bond and Augustin for additional scores as Osceola built a commanding lead.
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Osceola
Bulldogs
Goldenrod
Genoa
Paul McKeever
Orioles
Jack Cerny
Leo Potter
Randy Bond
Calvin Kropatsch
Cerny
Don Augustin
Bond
Augustin
Shelby 60 Humphrey 14 seals perfect season in high school finale
Shelby dominates Humphrey 60 14 to finish 10 0 in a strong showing led by Dan Wombacher with six rushing TDs totaling 30 on the year. Treadway adds a 14 yard score and Kevin Peterson connects for multiple conversions as Voss and Peterson each find the end zone. Defensive standouts include Kropatsch Bond Augustin Cerny Wieseman Jones Eklund Rodene and others as Osceola rallies late before Shelby seals win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Humphrey
John O’brien
Dan Wombacher
Wombacher
Dan Treadway
Kevin Abbott
Mike Voss
Randy Peterson
Peterson
Genoa
Don Anderson
Ken Pilakowski
Jerry Mohr
Pilakowski
Osceola
Bond
Kropatsch
Potter
Cerny
Augustin
Jack Cerny
Evan
Eddie Wieseman
Doug Jones
Bob Eklund
Tom Rodene
City approves new 40 by 5 foot steel building
Mayor Leroy Johnson and the council authorize a 40 x 5 ft steel building on the city hall lot with Farmers Co-op Oil Assn as main contractor for 3545.85 and Richard Pogue of Stromsburg to erect and pour foundation for 1664. The structure will serve storage and repair needs with fiberglass skylights and a large south door. The meeting also approved selling a city lot to Gregg Johnson and appointing Walt Harbour as Legion club manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Johnson
Farmers Co-op Oil Assn
Richard Pogue
Stromsburg
Gregg Johnson
Walt Harbour
Legion Club
Halloween party winners named at Legion Chamber show
Over 100 boys and girls attended the Legion Chamber Halloween party and costume contest. In the younger group Jamie Mickey was first as a chipmunk, Douglas Mickey second as a tramp, Julie Meister third as Miss America. In the older group Steven Trotter won as The Mop, Denice Dunn as a fortune teller, Kathy Jo Thayer as a serviceman. Judges were Mrs. Elmer Gleim, Mrs. Ben Schmoker and Mrs. Lee Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Chamber
Legion Club
Jamie Mickey
Douglas Mickey
Julie Meister
Steven Trotter
Denice Dunn
Kathy Jo Thayer
Mmes
Elmer Gleim
Ben Schmoker
Lee Johnson
Polk County Cross-Weather Report Highlights Harvest Pace
Rainfall for week ending November 4 totals .7 inches with adequate surface and subsoil moisture. Corn and sorghums show 22 and 14 percent harvested respectively. Range and pasture feed and hay are average. feed grain supplies exceed averages. Warm days allowed farm work including corn picking and milo harvesting though wet corn slows drying. Provided by Ken Krieg county agent for the State Statistician Laboratory in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Krieg
State Statistician Laboratory
Lincoln
New Address for PFC Theron R Ienn RA 16981510
Private first class Theron R Ienn of the 815th Engineers Battalion has a new APO address in San Francisco California 96318. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Morris Ienn of record.
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Lincoln School of Commerce
Barbara Klein
Nu Tau Sigma
Barbara
Richard Ein
Theron R. Ienn
Co. D
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Theron
Morris Ienns
Destructive Halloween pranks spark old time office rules tale
A reader notes temperate Halloween mischief today contrasts with past "Good Old Days" stories. The column recalls office rules printed in a 1863 magazine ad, including strict chores, weekly cleaning, and a 5 cent raise after five years, framed as progressive humor from a long lived Nebraska firm.
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World Herald
Wyoming
Gov
Hathaway
Len McGee
Representative Harrison
Nebraska
Nebraska Univ
Osceola
Robert Knapps
Knapp
Walt
Wes Kahler
Hathaways
Larry Davis
Columbus
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McKeever
Gordon
Channel 12
Dan Armbruster
Osceola Development Corporation
Armbruster
Dirty Dozen
Zedichers
Johnson
Walter M. Johnson
Vern Johnson
Middle East
Near East
Morocco
Tunisia
Iran
Afghanistan
Turkey
Istanbul
Alaska Native Medical Center
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Perry L. Noyd
USN
Lee H. Noyds
James C. Glasgow
Louis H. Glasgows
Clarks
Dale E. Ridgway
Joan Sanders
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Lytle Graduated
Jerry J. Lytle
Jean L. Burke
Naval Air Technician Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
U. S
Egidia
S.S.J
St. Francis
Greenwood
Mississippi
Plaid
Ncation
Lloyd Boden
Brenda Kay
Danny Hoffman
Bradshaw
Jefrey Memorial Hospital
GOP
Leslie W. Branting
Marvin D. Brantings
Ft. Benning
Army
Louise Timm
George Inness
Enoch Anderson
Norris Larson
Dub Grossnicklaus
Duane Gabel
Lynn Boden
Enoch Boden
Paul Carlson
Louis Monson
Scott Anderson
Vernon Boden
Rupert Carlson
Herman Hanson
Henry Buresh
Otto Daum
Wes Peterson
LeRoy Lindblade
Vernon Peterson
Arvid Barr
Bill Ferris
Kenneth Peterson
Ray Wagner
Dennis Johansen
Ken Burritt
LeMoyne Anderson
Alfred Hanson
Dave Rutter
Verner Ahlquist
Jim Pulliam
Calmar Herr
Charles Fischer
Carl Allinder
Oliver Seaberg
Virgil Johnston
Ray Lindblade
David Rutter
Harold A. Nelson
Lloyd Fjell
Ruth Eklund
Kenneth Studley
Robert Peterson
Howard Boden
Calmer Boden
Otto Nelson
Edith Gustafson
Merlin Simpson
Farmers Co-op
Burke Milo
Clarence
Laurence Burke
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Norman Leach
Lee
Calmer
Howard
Morris
Kenneth Anderson
LaVern Gulbrandson
Burke
Joseph Pulaski
Hamden
Conn
Leroy Grahams
Roy Berggren
Ervin Grossnicklaus
Doug Behrns
David City
Larry
Debbie
Wilbert LeSuer Jr
Shoe Hers
Palmer
St. Edward
Silver Creek
Win
Eldena Sapp
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