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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1966
Page
1
Raymond Kresha of Liberty Missouri submitted this winning Quickie. The weekly contest draws growing interest as readers design and mail entries. Send 2 or more letters numbers or symbols with a few words to The Record for a chance to win a portable AM FM radio at Christmas.
More than 120 Polk county high school students joined the American Legion sponsored County Government Day in Osceloa on November 17. The program featured visits to county offices, addresses by Philip Nyberg and William H. Norton, a Shelby Legion Auxiliary lunch, courtroom procedural demos by Robert L. Mills, and introductions of students to county officials.
Next week's Record plans wide county distribution to promote Osceola downtown events and ads. December offers 8 color TV tickets with renewals and 50 with new subscriptions if customers ask. The Record will publish letters to Santa for parents and relatives to view. The note mentions governors Hathaway and LeVander and a stray donation request from Thomas Wyman.
Former Congressman R D Harrison of Norfolk and Mrs Jack Miller of Columbus led Osceola planners this week for the 1966 Girl Scout fund drive with a $349 quota set for next week. Mrs Miller noted one in five girls is a Scout and funds will aid leader training camp staff and recruitment.
Rainfall for the week ended Saturday was none with surface moisture short and subsoil moisture adequate. Winter wheat good and all other crops excellent. corn 95 percent harvested. Feed supplies average or above. Harvest and fencing for grazing near completion as summer weather speeds harvest. rain needed to improve cattle feed now and later.
Gregor Bernt 82 of Grand Island died recently. Funeral services were held November 12 at St Marys Cathedral. Burial at Calvary Cemetery Westlawn Memorial Park. Born June 14 1884 in Polk County he farmed the Grand Island area with wife Antonia Nis sen whom he married January 24 1905. He worked about 20 years for the Bartenbach Advertising Co. Surviving wife two sons a daughter seven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren a brother and a sister.
At Annie Jeffrey Hospital Dunns Osceola welcomed a boy and girl born November 20 to Mr and Mrs Sidney Dunn Jadette Lee weighed 5 pounds 7 ounces and Russell Duane weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces born to Osceola residents with the newborns listed by name and weight
Weather reader notes an extended fall with foggy mornings and high temperatures keeping daytime warmth. Driving becomes unpleasant due to low visibility while air remains mild.
Consumers Public Power District board approves rate reductions for eastern and western systems across commercial, residential, and total electric categories. Savings total over 5 years exceed 3 million dollars with specific cuts per kilowatt hour for commercial, residential, and wholesale customers. Effective April 1, 1967, with further reductions anticipated after realignment of Consumers Soup and Platte.
Hospital report shows several patients discharged including Jake Reisdorff Columbus Robert Sigler Sr Osceola Mrs Elsie Stevens Stromsburg William Otte York Mrs Tressie Brown Osceola Mrs Edith Marvel Gresham Mrs Wilbur Hernbloom Stroms burg Randy Peterson Shelby Mrs Anna Peterson Stromsburg Mrs Robert Rafert and baby girl Shelby Teresa Rhodes Gresham Mrs Edith Heilman Osceola Larry LeSner Osceola Ludwig Sievert Stromsburg Chris Jensen Osceola Mrs Ruth Moore Stromsburg Trent Larson Osceola Mrs Martha Bush OsceolaPATIENTS Mrs Sidney Dunn and twins Jad ette Lee and Russell Duane Osceola Mrs Rose Newman Stromsburg Julia Johnson Stromsburg Mrs George Kroger Shelby Mrs Chester Baker Stromsburg Mrs Jane Calhoun Osceola Charles Nutterman Gresham Victor Altberg Stromsburg Carl Irmer Gresham Mrs Ella Baird Osceola Mrs Mercie Smith Shelby Esther Mattson Stromsburg Arthur L Larson Stromsburg Gust Lundborg Stromsburg OSCEOLA LOCALS Joe Roberts and Wilda Carlson Wesleyan students arrived Tuesday afternoon to spend Thanksgiving vacation with their parents the Martins and Mrs Ceva Carlson
Four leaders highlighted Polk County 4 H activities at the November 16 recognition banquet. Rupert Carlson led the Clover Clover 4 H club named state champion swine club for 1966 and received a plaque from Good Feed Mill. Other leaders earning pins included a list of names with 2, 5, and 10 year recognitions. The event at Stromsburg Baptist church featured remarks by Wes Antes and performances by a girls trio and accordion numbers. Also noted were Agricultural Society officer elections and upcoming fair plans. Separately, Seaman David E Michener reported for duty in Da Nang, Vietnam while local residents faced hospital updates and new residents at Farmers Co op Oil Station.
A collage of notes from Nebraskan letters, New Orleans chatter, and Osceola stories. The piece recalls Sugar Bowl talk, Beatrice Pershing College, a talking barking cat, hibiscus at the Gas Co office, and a gratitude message for Thanksgiving urging contentment and hopeful blessings.
The Polk County Historical Society met at Osceola City Hall with 31 members and guests as Mrs. Curtis Flodman presented Early Days of Polk County. The book, with 16 pages of pictures, is available at Philip Nyberg's office and Mrs Flodman's Stromsburg home. The next meeting will be in Stromsburg at Mrs James Westring's home on Monday Dec 19 at 7 30 p.m.
Mayor Lee Johnson issued a proclamation declaring November 15 to 22 as Christmas Seal Week to support the Tuberculosis Association program. He urged strong public health backing for the Christmas Seal campaign and noted community benefits from the association's year round work.
Osceola officers report strong participation in the Chamber of Commerce Christmas promotion with most businesses giving away free Color TV tickets on December 21. Tickets sold out as demand exceeded supply and organizers hope to resolve the shortage by midweek. Barbara Bennett receives pledge from Tri Phi at Midland College alongside five sororities pledging 72 women students.
David Cerny of Osceola was burned slightly in a Saturday night fire at his mother Mrs Julius Cerny home. He was cleaning parts with gasoline when fumes ignited by a heater in the Cerny garage. The blaze damaged the garage and contents. firemen prevented ignition of two fuel tanks and the adjacent home. Earlier, firemen fought flames in a York man’s vehicle near the school.
Trustee Dan Armbruster and advisory board members report strong interest in a proposed 28 person wing at the Good Samaritan Center Osceola. Bond-holders are asked to approve calling bonds and replacing them with notes at 6 percent interest before December 15.
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