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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1972
Page
2
The Osceola Record from Osceola Nebraska notes the August 1872 start of The Homesteader by H. T. Arnold. Editor Kathleen A. Howe lists subscription rates and post office details. The paper cites sustaining membership in national associations and quotes Edmund Burke.
Official Proceedings of Osceola Nebraska record the Board of County Commissioners meeting held November 21 1972 with all members present. Claims were audited and warrants drawn against General Fund and other accounts for salaries supplies and expenses including election costs rent and various services. The board adjourned at 3 00 p m to reconvene December 5 1972 with the agenda available at the County Clerk’s office.
Mrs. Fred Alt reports Thanksgiving visitors across Lincoln Columbus Shelby and York. Families hosted relatives including Gondringers Scows Dawes Dawes Johansens and Neubles with dinners and suppers in Polk Genoa Wayne and Geneva. Several weddings and social gatherings noted among local residents.
Community notices recount Thanksgiving gatherings in Columbus and Osceola areas. Funeral services for Mrs. Alfred Lueke at St. John Lutheran Church, Shell Creek, were conducted by L. E. Mortensen with burial at Calvary Cemetery. Surviving relatives, birth, marriages, and local visits are detailed, including wedding of Susie Olcott and John J. Kratky and holiday visits by family members.
Mr. and Mrs. James Kropatsch announce a daughter born Saturday November 18 at St Marys Hospital Columbus weighing 7 pounds. Paul Johannes 54 dies in farm accident services held at St Johns Lutheran Church with WWII military rites at Roselawn Cemetery. Various local families attend Thanksgiving gatherings and 50th wedding anniversary events.
Thanksgiving day social notes show Elmer Gleim family in Lincoln with Dorothy Gleim and sons. Gary Moline in Wahoo. Page and Humboldt visitors in Omaha. Sally Mills from Cornell College visiting in Mt. Vernon and with Mills family. Other reunions include Bugbee and Lin coln families in Glenwood Iowa, and Bachenberg birthday celebration in Truman.
Public notices from Polk County Nebraska announce final report hearings for the Ellen Tilberg and Morris A Jean estates. The Tilberg matter sets a hearing for December 4, 1972 at 10:00 AM on heirship, taxes, fees, and final account. Claims against Jean estate must be filed by March 15, 1973 with a March 16 hearing.
A regional jail study delivered on November 1 by Cresap McCormick and Paget Inc. notes Nebraska jails are old and underutilized with lacks 24 hour staffing. It recommends closing some city and county jails, upgrading remaining facilities, and adding rehabilitation programs to address alcohol-related crimes and youth recidivism.
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