Ladies Sweep Mystery Farm Prize at Polk County Contest
The Mrs. Einfred Peterson, Mrs. Floyd Hartson, and Mrs. Emil Monson won the top prizes identifying the Myron Jones farm a 1660 acre property five miles west and three-fourths north of Osceola. Jones, owner since 1929, operates a general farm with corn and hogs, using rotation, irrigation, terracing, and soil conservation. married 1939 with five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Jones
Einfred Peterson
Floyd Hartson
Emil Monson
Osceola
Herman Jones
Jones
Orwig to Speak at Athlete Banquet for 34 Honorees
Jim Malek, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, greets athletes and coaches at the annual athletic banquet. Bill Orwig of the University of Nebraska will deliver the main address. The event is Wednesday November 20 at 6 30 PM in the high school auditorium with 34 athletes honored. Tickets are sold by the Pep Club with Betsy Nash handling inquiries and dinner by Methodist ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Malek
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Orwig
University of Nebraska
Betsy Nash
Pep Club
Methodist
Off The Cuff: Teen Hangout After Games
A lively, chaotic scene at the teenagers favorite post game hangout. Jukebox roars as nickels flood in and orders clash in a flood of burgers and sodas. Players’ return sparks cheers or groans while street scenes hum with horns and gum popping as the night rolls on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Shelmadine
Tack
Nebraska road fund to receive increased state and federal money
Nebraska will award about 45 million dollars in contracts for 1958 road work plus 95 million for interstate projects and more for regular roads. City street funds rise by 2.4 million across 19 cities, with 50 50 federal aid matching funds. The plan targets Omaha to Lincoln interstate work and additional taxes and probes in Saunders Hall and other counties proceed with fiscal oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
State Highway Department
Highway Department
L. Ross
Ross
Omaha
Nebraskans Pay Less Taxes Than Their Neighbors
Nebraska state and local tax payments for 1956 57 total 194 753 000 dollars. Per capita taxes were 138 in Nebraska versus 154 to 188 in neighboring states, with Iowa 185 and Wyoming 181. State taxes run 52 43 per capita lower than surrounding states due to no sales or income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Rate Increase May Be In Offing For Telephone Users
The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Communications Workers' of America reach a new wage schedule. Bargaining since October 8 yields increases for all bargaining unit employees from 1.50 to 4.50 per week, averaging 6.08 per hour, costing about 233000 annually. Pricing of services likely will rise if costs continue up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Communications Workers’ of America
Afl-Cio
Merle M. Hale
Elvin Wait
C.W A
Hale
OHS Faculty To Attend Meeting At Shelby
The faculty of local schools will attend the Polk County Education Association meeting at Shelby next Thursday evening November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHS
Shelby
Polk County Education Association
Norton to Lead Polk County Heart Fund Drive
Wm. H. Norton of Osceola is named Polk County Heart Fund Chairman for the 1958 Nebraska Heart Association drive. State Chairman Stanley Huffman says the campaign supports heart and blood vessel disease research and education, with three-fourths of funds staying in Nebraska and 25 percent aiding American Heart Association programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Norton
Osceola
Polk County Heart Fund
Stanley Huffman
Nebraska Heart Association
Nebraska
Norton
Huffman
Heart Fund
American Heart Association
Demonstration On Cookie Decorating At Gas Office
The Gas Company will host its annual holiday cooky decorating demonstration at its local office next Wednesday November 20. Demonstrator Jerry Hauk will present new methods in bake and decorate cookies for the holidays. cookies and coffee will be served and a free 1957 Christmas recipes booklet given to attendees starting at two in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gas Company
Jerry Hauk
Her
Polio Alumni Survey Planned by Polk County Chapter
The Polk County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis conducts a Polio Alumni survey to map current polio patients in Polk County since 1946, their vocational status and treatment needs, and to gather names and addresses of earlier cases. Funds from the 1958 March of Dimes will help cover medical needs uncovered by the survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Leo Larson
National Foundation
Open House Sunday At Social Center Rest Home
Mr and Mrs Ralph Hasselbach managers invite the public to an open house at Social Center Rest Home two miles north of Osceola next Sunday November 17 from five to four oclock in the afternoon. Coffee will be on during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hasselbach
Social Center Rest Home
Osceola
Hasselbach
Bulldogs End 57 Season In Third Place In League
Osceola Bulldogs finished the season in third place after a 19 13 win over Merrick County at Silver Creek. Leroy Rein Curtis Bryan and Donnie Larson scored. Bryan led with 118 rushing yards and Rein 94. Armistice Day loss to Clarkes 28 0 preceded the clinching game.
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Osceola Bulldogs
Silver Creek
Sipe
Isi
Merrick County
Bulldogs
Leroy Rein
Curtis Bryan
Donnie Larson
Osceola
Bryan
Rein
Larson
Clarks
W St. Paul
Osceola Family Featured in State Oil Advertisement
The Earl Miley family of Osceola will appear in a Standard Oil ad in state Sunday papers on November 24. Miley, a Standard Oil agent, and his family were chosen to represent the company’s typical oil families in the advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Earl Miley
Osceola
Miley
Ford Tractors Displayed At Osceola Impl Show
The Ford Motor Company’s most powerful tractors to date will be shown on Friday November 15 at Osceola Implement Company. New Powermaster and Workmaster models offer 10 and 8 percent more drawbar horsepower respectively, with several updated design features across 12 models. The Johnsons invite farmers and power machinery enthusiasts to inspect the lineup at the showroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
Osceola Implement Company
Johnson
Ford
Johnsons
Annis Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Week in Review
Patients dismissed during the week of November 4 to 11 include Mrs. Mark Hendrickson of Silver Creek Mrs. Elizabeth Bealer of Osceola and Mrs. Charles Lindberg Jr of Siren Wisconsin Veil Leach Osceola Alma Hayhurst Shelby Bill Kepner Osceola Rolland Johnson Osceola Richard Sigler Osceola Jerome Harris Rising City D. E. Powell Stromsburg Mrs John Smith Jr Shelby Mrs William Welch Osceola John Gabriel Shelby Gloria Morgan Shelby Mrs Anna Olson Stromsburg Earl Bond Osceola Ray Fellows Osceola Webster Mills Osceola Sharilyn Johnson Osceola John I Anderson Osceola August P Anderson Osceola Mrs Robert Behrns Stromsburg Mrs David Rutter Osceola Mrs John Imhoff Silver Creek Mrs Henry Renquist Benedict Elsie Cerny spent the weekend in Iowa with sister Mrs George Hruska and family in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Hendrickson
Silver Creek
Elizabeth Bealer
Osceola
Charles Lindberg, Jr
Siren
Wisconsin
Veil Leach
Alma Hayhurst
Shelby
Bill Kepner
Rolland Johnson
Richard Sigler
Jerome Harris
Rising City
D. E. Powell
Stromsburg
John Smith, Jr
William Welch
John Gabriel
Shelby Gloria Morgan
Anna Olson
Earl Bond
Ray Fellows
Webster Mills
Sharilyn Johnson
John I. Anderson
August P. Anderson
Robert Behrns
David Rutter
John Imhoff
Henry Renquist
Benedict
Acres Leased to Denver Oil Company in Polk County
Over 9 000 acres in Polk County are leased to the Denver oil firm under 1957 Acreage Reserve rules valid through December 31 1957. The Polk County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee stresses continued compliance and clarifies grazing limits. County Clerk Dale Frizzell notes 66 leases totaling about 9840 acres filed in the southwest county with payments of 25 cents per acre per year, while landowners await the company’s future plans and the potential drilling prospect fuels local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Sealey
Polk County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Sealey
Polk County
Dale Frizzell
Thomas F. Stroock
Superior Oil Company of Denver
H. P. Tewell
Roy W. Carlson
A. E. Peterson
Mer
Denver Company
Free Fish Fry by Wildlife Club Nov 15 at Stromsburg
The Polk County Wildlife Club hosts a no charge fish fry at the American Legion Club in Stromsburg on Friday evening November 15 at 7 30 p m A free will offering will cover expenses A brief meeting will report club activities and introductions to Game Commission officials invited to attend The fish come from fish saved during Clarks sandpits treatment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Wildlife Club
American Legion Club
Stromsburg
Game Commission
Clarks
Bowman couple learn daughter joins husband in Germany
Mr and Mrs Carl Bowman of Englewood Colorado formerly Osceola report their daughter Mrs Larry Reins has arrived in Germany to join her husband stationed there with the Air Force. She traveled from Denver to New York and sailed on the S S America with three months at her parents home. Address listed as A 8 c Larry G Reins A F 19529448 66th Transportation Ltd APO No 130 New York New York.
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Carl Bowman
Englewood
Colorado
Osceola
Larry Reins
Germany
Air Force
Reins
Gary
Denver
New York
S. S. America
Larry G. Reins
A. F
66Th Transportation Ltd
APO
New York, N. Y
Mr and Mrs Enoch Boden in Omaha on Monday
Mr and Mrs Enoch Boden were in Omaha Monday on business visiting local contacts and handling routine affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Boden
Omaha
Watershed Meet Planned in York for Flood Control
York residents plan a mass meeting at the city auditorium on November 20 to organize the Big Blue River Watershed Association. Robert M. James and Senator Otto Liebers will speak as petitions circulate to form a district under S B 373. Counties in the watershed include Gage Saline Seward Butler Polk York Fillmore Clay Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. James
York
Big Blue River Watershed Association
City Auditorium
Nebraska
Gage
Saline
Seward
Butler
Polk
York Fillmore
Clay
Hamilton
Jefferson
Adams
Hall
Merrick
Otto Liebers
Robert Crosby
Big Blue River Valley
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Mystery Farm
Nebraska Road Fund
Scotts Bluff
Cheyenne
Box Butte
Kimball
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Saunders Couny
Fred Herrington
Saunders County
Herrington
Attorney General’s Office
Carpenter
Homer Hamilton
David Tews
Norfolk
John Munnelly
Fay Wood
Wm. H. Norton
Elsie Cerny
Mrs
George Hruska
Schiekers
Ben
Tom
Albert
Armand
Crawford
Denver Oil Company
Wildlife Club
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