Reading drives extension club goals and community programs
The 1977-78 extension clubs push reading as a core aim with a reading chairman role and a county chair meeting quarterly. A school in Ogallala runs a daily 10 minute reading at 10 20, inviting students teachers staff and visitors to read. The piece urges families to visit libraries buy books or read aloud and notes Braille as a path to learning for the visually impaired. It cites historical labor shifts and promotes a Nebraska Travelogue slide show for free public access.
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Ogallala
ICOMMUNITY CALENDAR NOV 17 TO NOV 22
Listings for November 17 to 22 include activities at Easy Aces Marie Prell U Shar It Club Ride A Wees Legion Auxiliary Senior Citizens at Good Samaritan Center Mental Health projects and Scout activities with sessions on November 17 18 21 and 22 listing dates times and host names such as Viola Wieseman Loretta Kresha and Eileen Gabriel.
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Easy Aces
Marie Prell
Ray Starostka
A-Wees
Viola Wieseman
Historical Society
Swede Haven
Legion Auxiliary
Loretta Kresha
Eileen Gabriel
Good Samaritan Center
Great American Smokeout urged by NU coach Osborne
Tom Osborne, state chairman of the Nebraska Cancer Society, calls Nebraskans to join thousands in the Great American Smokeout on November 17. A pledge not to smoke that day honors health and highlights cigarettes as a leading preventable killer. The Polk County unit of the American Cancer Society also appeals to Osceola businesses.
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Tom Osborne
Coach Osborne
Nebraska Cancer Society
United States
Polk County
American Cancer Society
Osceola
Council Members Read and Plan at Polk County Extension Meeting
Polk County Home Extension Council met November 8 in Stromsburg after a noon luncheon. Fifteen members attended as Mrs William Peters opened the session and Roll call. Reading committee urged members to read and exchange books and discuss new activities at the January meeting. Meetings adjourned followed by Achievement Day activities. Cancer Society campaigns urged pledge signing and smoking cessation programs offered by films and literature. contact Carolyn Sipes for details.
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Polk County Home Extension Council
Stromsburg
William Peters
Paul Monson
Peters
The
Cancer Society
Carolyn Sipes
County Families See Higher Incomes in Polk County
A survey by the Marketing Economics Institute finds Polk County households rising into higher income brackets as more married women work. About 71.6 percent earned $8,000 or more in the past year, above regional and state figures, with fewer families in very low income groups.
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Polk County
Marketing Economics Institute
West North Central
Nebraska
Honey Sunday campaign raises 223 dollars in Osceola
Volunteers from three churches including Boy Scouts and school students gathered after services to collect 223.45 for the Association for Retarded Citizens ARC. Proceeds fund broad disability programs and local education aid. Local leaders Robert Johansen Don Andelt Ruth Lux assisted.
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Osceola
Association For Retarded Citizens
ARC
Polk County
Robert Johansen
Johansen
Don Andelt
Webelo
Osceola Arc Honey
Ruth Lux
Death Notice Mrs. Ethel J. Rodene 80
Mrs. Ethel J. Rodene 80 died Monday November 14 at Osceola hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday November 16 at 2 p.m. in St. Paul Lutheran Church with the Reverend Paul Reimers officiating and burial in Osceola Cemetery. The text then shifts to a study on buying power in Polk County, outlining income distribution across ranges and percentiles among local households.
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Ethel J. Rodene
Osceola Hospital
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Paul Reimers
Osceola
Time Limit Lowered On CCC Loans
The USDA announces nine month CCC grain loans replacing monthly terms to speed 1977 crop movement before 1978 harvest. Producers may switch to nine months or keep eleven, with 30 days to decide. Also notes deer check stations amid hunting season with several local names and closing date.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Immediately Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Thanksgiving Eve Service at St Paul Lutheran Church
The public is invited to a Thanksgiving Eve Service at St Paul Lutheran Church at 7 30 p m Wednesday November 23 Hymns special music and sermon will comprise the service to give thanks to the Lord for all His blessings.
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St. Paul Lutheran Church
Governor Exon Addresses Polk County Democrats at Dinner
About 175 Polk County Democrats gathered in Shelby Sunday evening November 13 for a fund raising dinner headlined by Governor James Exon. County chairman Clarence Davis Jr introduced Linda Branting as toastmaster. Exon urged focusing on real agricultural solutions and cautioned on cheap food while wages rise. He discussed energy, praised President Carter’s energy effort, and noted nationwide apathy. Nebraska officials Dick White and Allan O'Donnell attended.
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Polk County
Shelby
J James Exon
Clarence Davis, Jr
Osceola
Linda Branting
Polk
United States
Exon
Carter
Nebraska
Dick White
Lincoln
National
Allan O’donnell
Wayne
Conservation and Pollution Solutions Emphasized In ACP Program
The 1978 Agricultural Conservation Program focuses on rural pollution abatement plus soil water and woodland conservation. It will be funded at 190 million with state by state allocations coming later. Local committees will set priorities and cost share up to 90 percent for critical problems, with payments capped at 2500 per person.
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U S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Congress
ACP
Great Plains
John Cerny Wins Contests with 12 Right in Armchair Quarterback
John Cerny topples rivals with 12 correct game picks in last week's Armchair Quarterback contest. Murray Jones Craig Baker and Donald McClain close behind with 11. Only two contests left with final winner to be announced December 1.
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John Cerny
Murray Jones
Craig Baker
Stromsburg
Donald McClain
Madison
Arkansas
Texas A & M
Brown
Columbia
North Carolina State
Duke
Kentucky
Florida
Town
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri
Oklahoma State
South Carolina
Wake Forest
Auburn
Georgia
Syracuse
Boston College
Mississippi
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Colorado
Air Force
Vanderbilt
Rutgers
Tulane
Nebraska
Kansas
A Voice From The Past December 21 1887
A correspondence from L A Gushee recounts family losses in Nebraska and Colorado, with deaths of Mary’s relatives including Susie and her niece, plus a forgery panic over notes tied to a hydro carbon burner agency. The writer also notes bank fraud, a swindle, and family life with Daisy, Ben, and Daisy’s schooling while Gushee trims trees in a grove.
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Courier Gazette
Daisy
Ben
L.A
Gushee
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Kathy Thayer
Mike Veelik
Derald Johnson
Duane Tenniges
Denise Gabriel
Lori Coffin
Kim Stromberg
Tammy Johansen
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Steve Davis
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