Osceola Chamber Urges Local Shopping As Holidays Near
Osceola and surrounding area urged to shop at home to support needed services and institutions. The piece praises small-town life, notes neighboring towns draw shoppers with lower prices, and urges year round patronage to help fund hospital, school, library, pool, and curb upkeep. It highlights local residents Chris Gaedeke and Cedric Finecy, plus garden and plant displays in businesses, and mentions a junior play about a dude ranch opening Friday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Osceola
Dude
4-H Members Honored at Polk County Jamboree
About 100 people attended the Extension Jamboree and Pot Luck at the Viking Center Stromsburg on Monday November 15 marking the Polk County Extension Board annual meeting and 4-H Achievement Night. Recipients earned medals from national and local sponsors across multiple project areas including Ford Motor Company Fund and Standard Brands Inc. warning is omitted.
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Viking Center
Stromsburg
Polk’ County Extension Board
Richard Triba
Polk’ County” Extension Board
Paul Anderson
Max Gabel
Extension Board
Canada
Marilyn Houdersheldt
Osceola
Walden Jones
Valley
Cathryn Hennings
4-H
Gaedeke Builds Wood Burning Furnace For Home Heating
Chris Gaedeke designed and built a wood burning furnace costing about 720 dollars to heat his 50 by 28 foot house and 2,000 gallon hot water tank. With six logs daily, the system delivers 160 to 170 degree water through a copper radiator, powering house heat and hot water. Inspired by Lawrence Cremeen, the setup uses a self built firebox and a second hand insulated tank, with future plans for solar integration.
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Chris
Lawrence Cremeen
Clarks
Boulder
Colorado
Cremeen
Polk County Conservation Plan and School District Survey
The Polk County ACP Development group met October 28 at the ASCS office to craft a county conservation plan with cost sharing for soil and water objectives. Officials highlighted erosion control, wildlife habitat, and shelterbelt improvements with available funds for 1976 77. In District 19 a November 16 survey at the high school sampled residents on 75 skills for graduation and school community responsibility with results to guide curriculum objectives.
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Polk County Acp
ASCS
Eugene Sterup
USDA
NRC
Paul Walgren
Polk County
ASC
Sterup
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Ascs Office
Osceola
State Department of Education
Statistics Division
North Central
Osceola to Consider Outdoor Classroom in School Plan
An advisory committee of ten will meet November 23 at 7 30 in the Osceola High School science room to discuss an outdoor classroom. The project aims to provide a vegetation rich area for conservation education and study across grades. Funding includes a $300 donation from the Natural Resources District and a possible $1500 grant if Osceola’s Title IV ESEA application is approved by the Nebraska State Department of Education.
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Osceola High School
Natural Resources District
Nebraska State Department of Education
Nebraska
Osceola
Junior Class Presents Comedy Western Friday
Polk County Agricultural Society held its annual meeting at the fair grounds office on Wednesday afternoon November 10. Board members elected for a three year term were George Tiaden Columbus Jim Marak Stromsburg and Glen Petersen Stromsburg. A regular meeting followed and officers for 1977 were elected president Henry Galus vice president Jim Marak secretary Donald Sigler and treasurer Walden Jones.
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Cindy Widga
Paula Smith
Renae Burke
Melanie Oquist
Patti Bender
Lori Coffin
Jayne Nelson
Nebraska
Charolais Cattleman’s Association
Lester Hullinger
Andy Monson
Mary Sue Beatty
Jean Gerrard
Jill Johnson
Mindy Peterson
Douglas Wendell
Jennifer Widga
Rhonda Widga
All of
Rachel Nordstrom
LaDonna Reisdorff
Sara Schott
Jean Sigler
Tracy Walgren
Jeff Wheeler
Tim Wheeler
Todd Wheeler
Osceola
Michael Bryan
Silver Creek
Allen Miller
April Nyberg
Polk
Teresa Baker
Karen Hanson
Scott Rosenquist
Patti Winkler
Laura Winkler
Stromsburg
Nancy Boden
Sheila Boden
Joel Carlson
Lisa Davis
Joe Kaczor
John Lux
Danny Oquist
Brenda Peterson
Carla Schott
Joel Anderson
Mike Jones
Lynelle Meerkatz
Debbie Neujahr
Bernardine Nitsch
Lisa Pedraza
Columbus
Barbara Augustin
Cindy Whitmore
Shelby
DeVon Carlson
Janis Christensen
Tony Hullinger
Larry Augustin
John Messing
Good Samaritan Home
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Donald Sigler
Jerry Thelen
Raymond Watts
Clovers
Covenant
Polk County Agricultural Society
Fair Grounds
George Tiaden
Jim’ Marak
Glen Petersen
Henry Galus
Jim Marak
Walden Jones
Allison Kay Fuhr Born to Donald Fuhr Couple
A baby girl named Allison Kay Fuhr weighed seven pounds four ounces at birth on November 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fuhr.
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Fuhr
Allison Kay
Donald Fuhr
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Candid
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Paul Harvey
Chris Gaedeke
Cedric Finecy
Polk Butler Insurance Office
Wally McKeag
Bank
Cleaners
Coop Warehouse
Achievement Ford Motor Company
Susan Kaczor
Denise Triba
Agricultural International Harvester Co
Debbie Jones
Olin Corporation
Elton W. Peterson
Walt Larson
Bread Standard Brands Inc
Renae Burke Clothing Coats and Clark Inc
Chicago Board of Trade
Paul Hennings
Montgomery Ward and
Amy Jo Lemkau
Purina
Dog Foods
Joel Carlson Food and Nutrition
General Foods Corporation
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp
Jayne Nelson Forestry International Paper Company
Susan Jones
Vicki Jones
Chevron Chemical Company
Murray Jones
the S&h Foundation, Inc
Penny Watts
Union Oil Company of California
Mike Sigler
Darla Sterup
General Motors
Carmen Schott
Howard Pitzer
SWINE
Nebraska Park
Omaha World Herald
Lisa Larson
Woodworking Weyerhaeuser Company
Market Beef
Safeway
Ak-Sar-Ben
Simplicity Pattern Company
Polk County Extension Service
Becky, Dunn
Carolyn Hennings
Lisa * Ferrell
Tandra Leimser
Elly Swantek
Gina Schmidt
Debbie Theis
Merle Dawes
The
Legion
Louis Schott
William Wolfe
American Legion
Gaedeke
Junior Class
Fair Board Met
Todd Hiemer
Amy Johnson
Neal Roehrs
Melinda Peterson
Scot Sipes
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