Club News Rules Highlight Two-Week Deadline
The Ducke Houe The Record stresses timely club meeting reports with a two-week outside deadline and dates mentioned. It notes missing dates or reporters increases issues and urges reporters to include date and name. Also reports top ten state honors for area football players and praises team effort behind individual recognition.
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Lone Star Club
World - Herald
Polk
Clarks
Bob Douglas
Jack Cerny
Osceola
al Urkoski
Shelby
John Rongish
Dan Wombacher
Cenny
Douglas
Urkoski
Rongish
Wombacher
Hospital Report and Service Men Addresses Requested
Hospital list shows patients Adams Keehn Osceola Bond Osceola Junge Benedict Lounsburry Stromsburg Nuttleman Gresham Lounsburry Stromsburg Mrkvicka Osceola Rafert Gresham Abresch Gresham Kinnaird Stromsburg Kuhnel Shelby Sundberg Stromsburg Emmons Osceola Marsden Gresham Peterson Stromsburg Burke Stromsburg Esau Osceola. Holiday message urges publishing area service men's addresses for early mail delivery and asks parents and Legion Auxiliaries to help ensure complete details.
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Adam Keehn
Osceola
Earl Bond
Albert H. Junge
Benedict
Mary Lounsburry
Stromsburg
Charles Nuttleman
Gresham
Allen Lounsburry
Leonard Mrkvicka
Oscola
Don Rafert
Monte Abresch
Vern Kinnaird
Emory Kuhnel
Shelby
David E. Sundberg
Dennis Emmons
Kenneth Marsden
Gresh
Legion
Drawings Set for December in Osceola
Osceola businessmen launch the Christmas season with the OXCO 67 drawings starting Dec 2 at 3 30 p m near the courthouse south door. Tickets will be sold by merchants, double tickets placed in a box, winners must be present, drawings held Saturdays through December 2 9 16 23 with small cash gifts shared among participants.
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Osceola
Osceola Xtra
Mike Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Shelby earns runner up in eight man ratings
Shelby's undefeated eight man football team finished second in the World Herald season ratings under coach John O'Brien. The squad, dominant in the Crossroads conference, outscored opponents 492 to 85 and earned two players all-state honors. They also earned a Thanksgiving trip to see Nebraska versus Oklahoma.
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Shelby
World Herald
John O’brien
Mead
Hampton
McCool Junction
Rising City
Monroe
Hardville
Gresham
Bradshaw
Marquette
Humphrey
McKeever Birth Brings Sonita Lynne to Osceola Family
Sonita Lynne McKeever weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces was born November 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul McKeever of Osceola at Atkinson Hospital. Mr. McKeever is a coach and member of the teaching staff at Osceola High School.
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McKeever
Sonita Lynne
Paul McKeever
Osceola
Atkinson Hospital
OHS
Kearney State College Tops Nebraska Public Colleges
Kearney State College reports 41 Polk County youths enrolled this fall making it the most Nebraska public state-supported college. The total enrollment is 4,839 with 108 from out of state. Osceola students include Ronald Buffington Bruce Bughbee Mary Buresh Sylvia Cerny Steve Eikenhorst Vanita Holm Arlette Johnson Linda Meister Deanna Prell Richard Prell Barry Schmoker Sharon Snodgrass Sandra Soukup Jerome Urban. From Rising City Keith Marquis is listed.
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Kearney
Group harvests corn crop for patient Martin Kresha
In Omaha a group of 17 men gathered Thursday afternoon to harvest Martin Kresha’s corn. Participants included Art Gabriel Conrad Kropatsch Alfred Bernt Leonard Kropatsch and others with help from Ray Reisdorff Richard Gonka and Mines.
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Martin Kresha
Omaha
Art Gabriel
Clarence Bernt
Conrad Kropatsch
Alfred Bernt
Raymond Schott
Leonard Kropatsch
Lawrence Tworek
Albin Prososki
Roy Grossnicklaus
Adolph
Leo
Allan Kresha
Ed Zelasny
Fred Wieseman
Luther Potter
Jerome Korger
Ed Smolenski
Ray Reisdorff
Silver Creek
Richard Gonka
Duncan
Mines
Glenn Kresha
Central Nebraska Centennial Spectacular Planned at Grand Island
Area residents from 21 counties gear up for the Central Nebraska Centennial Spectacular at Grand Island on November 25. The schedule includes a 2 PM afternoon program and 8 PM evening program with an arts and crafts show at the YWCA, a Nebraskaland speech contest by Toastmasters, free museum hours at Stuhr Museum, and free skating at Skate Island. Governor Tiemann attends with featured acts such as Osceola’s Country Cousins 4-H singing group and Merrick County’s Queen Betsy Byers performing a tribal dance.
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Grand Island
YWCA
Nebraskaland
Toastmasters
Stuhr Museum
Hiways
Webb Road
West Capitol Ave
Tiemann
Osceola
Merrick County
Betsy Byers
Polk County Crops-Weather Report Summary
Rainfall for week ended Saturday was none. Surface and subsoil moisture adequate. All crops in good condition. Corn 80 percent harvested, sorghums 95 percent, soybeans 99 percent. Moisture 14 to 25 percent. Feed supplies average or better. Milo and corn harvesting underway. Corn remains very wet and slow to dry. Livestock thriving in mild weather.
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Ken Krieg
Scholarships Aid Farm Youth For 1968 69
Scholarships up to 2400 dollars are offered for farm and ranch youths for the 1968 69 school year through the Farmers Home Administration and the state department of agriculture and economic development. Recipients may attend junior colleges trade schools state colleges and the University. apply by February 15 1968 through the FHA office in David City or contact local ASC and courthouse offices on specified Mondays Wednesdays. Polk county voters register under a new law with drives at Osceola and nearby sites December 1 4 5 6 7. Thanksgiving bridge luncheon at Idle Hour Cafe featured prize winners and hostesses including Leon Merrick Laura Delfs Ervin Grossnicklaus Leroy Johnson and Raymond Branting.
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Farmers Home Administration
State Department of Agriculture and Economic Development
State of Political Subdivisions
Butler
Polk
Seward
FHA
David City
Raymond Hauser
ASC
Osceola
Polk County
Idle Hour Cafe
Mmes
Leon Merrick
Laura Delfs
Ervin Grossnicklaus
Leroy Johnson
Raymond Branting
Herman Anderson
Carl R. Johnson
Mike Snodgrass
Marge Fonda
Jack Malek
Alfalfa Dehydrating Plant Talk Planned in Polk County
Osceola Development Corp invites Polk County farmers to an informational meeting Friday night at City Hall to explore a possible alfalfa dehydrating plant. A guest speaker will discuss prices, required acreage, plant operation and related questions. Dan Armbruster chairs the event.
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Polk County
Osceola Development Corp
Osceola Record to Run Countywide Free Weekly Circulation
The Record plans a countywide edition next week with free delivery to every postal patron. Advertisers can use the extra circulation at regular rates, with early copy urged to ease the busy period.
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Osceola Record
Roy Hedlund Wins Final Arm Chair Contest Prize
Roy Hedlund of Stromsburg clinched a $5 prize as the final Arm chair Quarterbacks Contest winner. He missed only the Dartmouth Cornell game, while four contestants were close with two misses. several others erred on three games. Notable wrong picks included Henry Buresh Mervin Ransom Jr Gary Garey and Mrs Elsie Prell.
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Roy Hedlund
Stromsburg
Dartmouth
Gary Garey
Omaha
Elsie Prell
1471 Polk County Residents Visit TB X-Ray Unit
A mobile X-ray unit drew 1471 Polk county residents to Osceola and Stromsburg last spring. The TB campaign funded by Christmas Seals provided the service at no cost, delivering peace of mind to families and guiding them on next steps.
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Polk County
Osceola
Stromsburg
Tuberculosis Organization
Weather Update and Local Social Notes at Fort Lewis and Nearby
Pvt. Steven R. Johnson of Co. E 5 Battalion 1 Brigade Fort Lewis Washington left November 3 to join the armed forces. Mrs. Irene Meacham returned from Oxford with her brother Donald Heinemeyer after a ten day absence due to surgery. Visitors included Mrs. Dunning and two children from Omaha with relatives in Shelby and Ed Wagner home guests from Omaha. Other visitors were Mrs. Eva Alt of Shelby and Mrs. Agnes Oades of Columbus.
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Steven R. Johnson
Fort Lewis
Wash
Steve
Vern Johnsons
Armed Forces
Irene Meacham
Oxford
Donald Heinemeyer
Phil Campbell
Geo. Heinemeyer
Meacham
Jerry Dunning
Omaha
Dwight Bushes
Mr Dunning
Shelby
Ed Wagner
Earl Colby
Linda
Dale Hartmann
Frank Zelensky
Eva Alt
Agnes Oades
Columbus
Reseal loan program announced for 1967 crops
ASC officials announce a reseal or loan extension for 1967 crops including wheat corn sorghum soybeans oats and barley. Eligible farmers must notify the ASCS county office by the original loan maturity date to participate with on farm and commercial storage options and CCC covering storage costs during the extended period.
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Richard C. Sealey
ASC
ASCS
ASC State Committee
Nebraska Asc
Nebraska
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Odd Bits and Missus by Eldena Sapp column
A reflective column recounts bus trips and social quirks around a Missouri return, praises patience and sportsmanship, and laments discipline while honoring teachers and Thanksgiving as a way of life. It notes a Florida friend’s blessing and urges gratitude for life’s clouds as well as its gifts.
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Missouri
Florida
Hope
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Doc
Warner & Swasey Co
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Ivan Strattons
Columbus Cosmetology College
America
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Mary Hartel
C. E. School of Commerce
Gus B. Hartel
David
Debra
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Schroeder
Dan Armbruster
NEW Scout
Debbie Reed
Miss Reed
Donald Curtis Dearborn
Catawba College
Salisbury N.C
Guilford-Catawba
United Church of Christ
Dearborn
Hastings College
University of Nebraska
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Armburster
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Development Corporation
Lincoln Tel. and Tel. Co
Chamber of Commerce
Osceola Legion Club
City Hall
Osceola Locals
Sealey
Eldena Sapp
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