Piper marks 94th birthday in Polk County
Seth S Piper celebrated his 94th birthday on November 7 spending 76 years in Polk County since his wife died a month ago. He received cards and four birthday cakes including ones from Idaho and Sidney Nebraska. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Guy Williams of Longmont Colorado Mrs Bob Piper of Waco Mrs Cleo Blodgett of York and Erika Headman and Victor Altberg of Stromsburg. Dinner guests were Mr and Mrs Bill Zedicher and their daughters.
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Seth S. Piper
Polk County
Christine Jenkins
Piper
Idaho
Sidney
Nebr
Guy Williams
Longmont
Colo
Bob Piper
Waco
Cleo Blodgett
York
Erika Headman
Victor Altberg
Stromsburg
Bill Zedicher
Rain scarce in Polk County last month
Rain was scarce in Polk County during October with the weather observer Harold Klingman recording 0.09 inch and a trace on another day. Temperatures ranged from 93 degrees early in the month to 31 on the 29th. Land transfer notices follow, listing properties in Osceola and Stromsburg including Hazel Williams to Joseph Hill, Elwood Sandell to Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co, and several other parcel transfers and mortgages.
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Polk County
Harold Klingman
Hazel E. Williams
Joseph W. Hill
Nance and Mérrill
Osceola
Elwood Sandell
Et al
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Writer laments misleading ads and sales tactics in Osceola
A reader recounts disappointment with Color Classics of St. Louis in Osceola. She recalls inflated prices, misleading “free” offers, unhappy family photos, and poor sales training, contrasting friendly locals with the company’s offputting attitude.
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St. Louis
Osceola
Polk County Christmas Seal Campaign to Start Friday
The annual Christmas Seal drive in Polk County will begin Friday under chairwoman Mrs. M. R. Anderson. Funds support tuberculosis and other respiratory disease work from colds to fatal disorders, with 2,000 letters to update and mail as the opening task.
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Polk County
M. R. Anderson
Sunrise and Sunset Times Adjusted by Location
Times for sunrise and sunset apply to areas directly north or south of Norfolk. For locations east of Norfolk subtract one minute per 13 miles, and for locations west add one minute per 13 miles.
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Norfolk
Polk County Bond Sales Drive October Totals
Polk County purchases of U S savings bonds reached 39774 in October. County Chairman A E Bodine reported that 10 month sales of E and H bonds totaled 426988 and accounted for 72 8 percent of the 1963 county quota.
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Polk
U.S
A. E. Bodine
Retired Polk and Hamilton county agent honored in Lincoln
Margaret B. Crosby Ewing, a former Polk county agent from 1947 to 1956 and later based in Hamilton county, was honored at a Lincoln conference last week along with several other retiring agents.
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Polk County
Margaret B. Crosby Ewing
Lincoln
Hamilton County
Rev. I. G. Smith Celebrates 100th Birthday Milestone
Osceola's Rev. I. G. Smith, Presbyterian minister 1926 to 1930, marked his 100th birthday at Sunrise Manor in Sioux City Iowa. Born Nov. 6, he received greetings from President Kennedy and other officials and dined with ministers and friends. A retiree, he crafts lecterns pulpits and tithe boxes and has two living children Percy in Grand Rapids Minnesota and Curtis in Chicago.
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I. G. Smith
Osceola
Sunrise Manor
Sioux City
Percy
Grand Rapids Minn
Curtis
Chicago
Funeral set for Mattie Gottschall at Kepner Home
Mattie Gottschall died Nov 11 at the Social Center Rest Home aged 87. Survived by three sons and two daughters, she lived in Columbus and at the Schuyler and Social Center Rest Home after her husband Barnes died. Sister-in-law to Albert Schmoker Osceola. Services were held Wednesday at Kepner Funeral Home with Rev. John Stalions. burial at Circle Mound Cemetery Rising City.
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Mattie Gottschall
Social Center
Gottschall
Polk County
Barnes
Columbus
Schuyler and Social Center
Albert Schmoker
Osceola
Kepner Funeral Home
John Stalions
Circle Mound Cemetery
Rising City
Free diabetes test offered at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Over the years more than a thousand Nebraskans learned they had diabetes through free tests sponsored by medical and hospital officials. Next week from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. anyone may visit Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital to take the quick test, especially important for those overweight over 40 or with relatives having diabetes.
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Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Jones Creek Watershed Plan Expands Acreage in Polk County
The Jones Creek watershed district will cover nearly 5 000 acres in Polk County awaiting state and federal approval. Completion in about two years aims to relieve 3 236 acres of cropland from flood damage with a 135 140 dollar project including a floodwater structure 4 5 miles of channel work and grade stabilization. Federal share is 109 700 local cost 25 440 with most easements donated by beneficiaries. An existing 1958 dam will be integrated to provide reservoir control for about 30 percent of the watershed. Local organizers include Walter B. Jones Gerald Bryan and Oscar Imm as they push to control flooding and soil erosion. Also noted is Russell J. Cook Jr to be promoted to boatswain's mate second class USN aboard USS Capricornus out of Norfolk serving since April 1947.
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Polk County
Jones Creek
Walter B. Jones
Gerald Bryan
Oscar Imm
Obituary and hospital notices from Nebraska towns
John Benda 83 of Columbus dies in Norfolk hospital after a life as a farmer. Survived by wife, daughter Amelia Scholz of Shelby, two grandchildren and four brothers. Funeral set for 2 p m Thursday at St Luke's church Columbus with burial in Shelby.
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John Benda
Columbus
Norfolk
John
Amelia) Scholz
Shelby
St. Luke’s Church
Charles Laska 77 dies in Columbus funeral held at St Stanislaus
Charles B Laska 77 of Route 2 Columbus died Friday at St Marys hospital in Columbus after 3 1/2 years ill. Funeral Tuesday at St Stanislaus Catholic Church Duncan with burial in parish cemetery. He was born April 6 1886 in Polk County to Norbert and Scholastica Czarnik Laska. He farmed in Polk and Nance counties and served as township clerk and school board official. Survived by wife Catherine Stanczyk and 2 sons 6 daughters 18 grandchildren 4 sisters and 3 brothers. The Record-747-2431.
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Charles B. Laska
Rt. 2
Columbus
St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church
Duncan
Richard Clurej
Mr. Laska
Polk County
Norbert and
Scholastica Czarnik Laska
St. Stanislaus
Polk
Nance
Holy Name Society of
St. Stanislaus Church
Nance County
St. Mary’s Church
Pilsno
Catherine Stanczyk
Polk county bond drive names campaign coordinators
Aids were named for bond drive campaign coordinators of the Polk county Savings Bond committee. Raymond J. Sedlak of Osceola and Roland R. White of Shelby will serve as coordinators. Bodine noted the fall cattlemen's bond campaign expands to include all Nebraska farmers and ranchers.
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Polk County
A. E. Bodine
Raymond J. Sedlak
Osceola
Roland R. White
Shelby
Nebraska
Bodine
Community Calendar highlights local club events and exams
A dense listing of upcoming community group meetings and activities from Nov to Dec. Maple Leaf Club Legion Auxiliary Garden Club WCTU PTA Stoner Club and more. Includes drivers license exams at the courthouse and various social gatherings hosted by local organizations.
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Legion Auxiliary
Dorothy Campbell
Werner Johansen
Beulah Cemetery Society
Bethel
Wayne Augustin
PTA
Wesley Chapel Club
Alice Richards
Adolph Kresha
Stoner Club
Howard McKeag
Lillian Timm
Courthouse
Historical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Joyselan Byers
Nora Snodgrass
Rebekah Lodge
Methodist Adult Fellowship
Clara Massie
P. m
P.E.O
Harriet Johnson
Betty Johnson
O.E.S
Zella Kepner
Edith Smith
Helen Inness
Males to tell soil conservation story in Stromsburg
L. L. Males, a Cheyenne banker, will share a story of soil and water conservation at a Stromsburg High School auditorium dinner on November 18 at 6 30 p m. Tickets available at local banks, Soil Conservation and county extension offices, and district supervisors. Two local farmers will receive special recognition with a large colored air photo of their farm.
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Polk County
8&.C.S
L. L. Males
Cheyenne
Okla
Stromsburg
Bruce Anderson
Folk County Soil and Water Conservation District
Stromsburg High School
Soil Conservation and
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Naval Training Center
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Troop 162
Holand White
Perry N. Sapp
Folk and Butler Mutual Ins. Co
Robert L. Mills
Kenneth LeRoy Mentink
Smith
Perry Nelson Sapp
Stanley M. Braithwait
Hartman
T. Maxine Gestrine
Bernard F. Cemper
Lamberson
Ralph Watts
Richard B. Watts
Harry Wilson
Evelyn Crook
Elma Alt
Mila Bunch
Mintter’s
John A. Ogden
Ivan H. Hastings
Frank Gable
Lloyd Dean Smith
Asbabateech
Medan Ls
Osceola High School
Gene Dappen
Bond Report
Rev. Smith
Russell J. Cook
Richard J. Cook
USN
Navy
Platte
York County
Ronald Buffington
W. J. Johnson
Elsie Wallace
Herbert Heine
Morris Johnson
Ted Wyman
Silver Creek
Augusta Lees
Dorothy Scott
Mabel Shostrom
Mercie Smith
Ed McCauley
Clayton Ellsworth
Shelby L. M. Bowers
Bradshaw
Roy Russell
Shelby Axel H. Erickson
Wayne Schultz
Don Shoup
Hardville
Mabel Fox
Ralph Appelton
Carrie Anderson
Harold Hanquist
Bertha Matzner
Gresham
Will Kroger
Guy Hanshew
Nellie Smith
Felmer Peterson
Charles A. Rydberg
Litchfield
Charles Laska
Sylvester
St. Edward
Phillip
Alvina
Louis
Violet) Marya
Elizabeth
Omaha
Virgil
Helen) Nickolite
Bellwood
Ben
Marian) Liss
Amelia
Leo
Tony
Oroville
Cal
Martin Valasek
Louis Shemek
Frank Welsh
Petaluma
Mary Meyerkamp
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Maple Leaf Club
Goldie Schmoker
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