Move and register now to vote on election day
The piece warns that movers may lose voting rights if they fail to re register and change precincts. It notes Nora Spitz and Albert Ryan, both 93, who voted in recent elections, challenging others to vote despite weather or health. An article on gun control titled How About Cigarette Lighters appeared with an unsigned letter by Bernie Camp.
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Nora Spitz
Silver Creek
Clear Creek
Albert Ryan
Osceola
Spitz
Mr. Ryan
Albert
Bernie Camp
Nebraska Farm Bureau
Births announced for Brigitte Joann Eklund and Mark Allen Schreiber
Brigitte Joann Eklund was born November 5 at Fort Ord California to Major and Mrs R Gregg Eklund with paternal grandparents Dr and Mrs H S Eklund. Mrs and Mr Robert Schreiber of Columbus announce a son born November 9 at Behlen Memorial Hospital Columbus weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces named Mark Allen. Grandparents are the Paul Schreibers of Columbus and the Cedric Finecys.
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Eklund
Brigitte Joann
Paul Schreibers
Columbus
Cedric Finecys
Public invited to Bulldog Booster dinner and film night
Public invited to a Bulldog Booster dinner at 7 p.m. Wednesday November 20 at City Cafe. Films of the past season will be shown at the Muse Theatre after the dinner. An additional note mentions a Shelby lunch program serving 2790 students a day as corrected from 1% in last week's edition.
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City Cafe
Muse Theatre
Shelby
Deer Hunters Report Strong Weekend in 1968 Rifle Season
Osceola Locker lists eight local hunters checking deer as the first weekend ends. Don Reisdorf leads with a four pointer weighing 225 pounds, among notable catches by Moravec, Kubicek, Juracek, and others. Hunters head into next weekend with optimism.
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Osceola Locker
Don Reisdorf
Shelby
Don Moravec
Gresham
Dennis Kubicek
Harold Church
Clarks
Glenn Carpenter
Eldon Lauber
Eola
LeRoy Grossnicklaus
Ron Juracek
Albion
Jerry Tenniges
Don Bartek
Huck Rowan
Gary Workman
Sandhills
Buck
Jim Marak
Don
Reisdorf
Weekend Accidents Near Osceola Reported
Two weekend accidents on Hiway 81 and Hiway 92 near Osceola sent four people to hospital, one in critical condition. Mary Ann Meier 16 Lincoln lost control while passing and was taken to an Omaha hospital with severe injuries. Dale Frizzell Osceola and passenger Bill Umstead escaped injury after a Sunday morning crash at the Platte River Bridges. Brownie Girl Scout Troop 138 welcomed Kimberly Headley and Janna Marsh at Monday’s meeting.
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Osceola
Hiway 81
t_ John Iske
Mary Ann Meier
Lincoln
Conte
Miss Meier
Omaha
Carol Alder
Ashland
Jimmy
Hiway
Platte River
Dale Frizzell
Dale
Frizzell
Bill Umstead
Brownie Girl Scout Troop 138
Kimberly’ Headley
Janna Marsh
Brownie Woods
Bulldogs capture conference title with 34 0 win
Osceola Bulldogs rout Genoa Orioles 34 0 to finish 9 0 and extend win streak to 17 games. Potter Coffin Cerny and Bond score as Simonsen adds three extra points. Wyman leads defense with 6 tackles and a key interception. 11 seniors play final game of 1968 season.
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Bulldogs
Genoa Orioles
Greg Kresha
Osceola
Genoa
Leo Potter
Marv Simonsen
OHL
Potter
Bond
Simonsen
Mike Cerny
Cal Coffin
Jack Cerny
Orioles
Brian Umstead
Cerny
Umstead
Boic Gissler
Ed Wieseman
Delmar Jones
Dick Wyman
Colin McKeag
Lynn Boden
Joz Kresha
Evan Wieseman
Jonn Wobig
Scott Anderson
Bob Eklund
Joey Fijell
Randy Gissler
Joe Kresha
Steve Sterup
Briam Umstead
John Wobig
Jerry Cerny
Jon Heimer
Russ Jacobsen
Mike Larson
Jon Tenniges
Bryce Anderson
Mike Burgess
Ron Girard
Jim Green
Ken Kozisek
Larry Neujahr
Bill Norton
Keith Peterson
Bill Pliefke
Kurt *Anderson
Terry Anderson
Roger Augustine
Monty Jones
Steve Kumpf
Randy Neujahr
Murray Schmoker
Gordon Schott
Mike Sterup
Steve Tenniges
OHS
GHS
OHS Basketball Practice Set For November 18
OHS head coach Don Bartek announced the first official practice for the 1968 69 season will start at 3 40 PM Monday Nov 18 with one session the first week. About 38 players are expected including senior lettermen Fjell Gissler and Cenny, juniors Bond Simonsen Wieseman, and 13 14 freshmen. Gary Workman returns as assistant coach and Greg Kresha is the statistician. The season opener is December 10 at Shelby.
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Don Bartck
OHS
Bartek
Joey Fjell
Randy Gissler
Jack
Cenny
Randy
Six Way Tie Won With Tie Breaker In Armchair Quarterback Contest
Douglas Colberg of Stromsburg won this week’s Armchair Quarterback contest by breaking the tie among six contestants. His tie-breaker answer was closest to the actual score. Other top entries came from Eldon R. Johnson Bert Schaf Mary and Mike Sterup. Seventy three participants missed the Kansas State result in the Nebraska K State game.
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Douglas Colberg
Stromsburg
Doug
Eldon R. Johnson
Bert Schaf
Jerome Gabriel
Mary
Mike Sterup
Kansas State
Polk County Votes in Near Record Year with Low Turnout
Unofficial Polk County results show 1700s votes for Nixon and Humphrey in a near record national turnout year. County Clerk Dale Frizzell notes 2704 of 3307 registered voters cast ballots with 105 absentee ballots. Local races include Railway Commissioner Eric Rassmussen and Congressman Dave Martin winners, plus Osceola Justice of the Peace Raymond Miller.
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Polk County
Dale Frizzell
Nixon
Humphrey
Mussie
Wallace
Eric Rassmussen
al Bonta
Dave Martin
J. B. Dean
Raymond Miller
Osceola
Soil and Water Conservation District
Robert W. Bryan
Maurice Newcomer
Rudolph Nyberg
Goldenrod Conference Title Won By OHS Bulldogs
OHS Bulldogs celebrate a 340 victory over Genoa Friday night clinching the Goldenrod Conference Championship. The complete undefeated season status remains uncertain as investigators gather more facts. An upcoming Goldenrod band clinic in Genoa on Friday November 15 features a mass band under Dennis Schneider with top bandsmen chosen. The eighth graders will attend a York Community Center party November 14 sponsored by Mr. Jensen. TAP tests administered to juniors this week measure progress against national peers, with freshmen tested earlier. American Education Week runs November 10-16.
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Peers
Workman
Bulldogs
Genoa
Goldenrod
OHS
Dennis Schneider
University of Nebraska
Bulldog Band
Cadwallader
Susan Herrmann
Barb Mills
Joyce
Gissler
Melanie Monson
Bob” Gissler
Bill’ Pliefke
Connie Richards
Dale Fjell
Kathy Wyman
Sharon Green
United States
Britt Hargraves rites Monday in Idaho funeral
J Britt Hargraves 54 of Grand Island died November 6 at a Grand Island hospital. Grave side services and burial were held Monday November 11 in Pocatello Idaho. Hargraves and wife Marie recently lived in Osceola while employed as managers of the Polk County Country Club.
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J. Britt Hargraves
Grand Island
Signs of summer in winter linger in Leo Albers garden
Odd fragments describe a garden with early strawberries, iris blooms, and a Pauls Scarlet rose in August. Snow coats mornings late in the week, amid sleds and blankets at a football game. Community scenes include a write-in weed district vote and quilt making by Mrs. Nebosis.
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Leo Albers
Paul
Wyoming
Bess Shermadine
K-State
Asi
Musk’ Thistle
Anna Nebosis
Good Samaritan Center
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NSN
Wes. McCoy
Jim Lewis
Sinclair Station
Colberg
South Osceola
Britt Hargraves
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