Osceola Notes Highlight 4 H Week and Local News
Harvest of Harmony band supporters celebrate marching success as the Osceola community marks 4 H Week with Gary Garey promoting the slogan Get It All Together. Alumni include Carl Albert Nixon and Glen Campbell. A Siamese cat finds a home at Osceola Implement. Weather and town scenes cover street cleaning, rain, and a grain dryer breakdown. Deer hunters must wear 400 square inches of orange for safety.
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Osceola Band
KFAB
Gary Garey
Douglas County Extension
Osceola
Carl Albert
Richard Nixon
Glen Campbell
Osceola Implement Company
Smith Grain
Nebraska
Game and Parks Commission
Garey Wins Tie Breaker In Football Contest
Two entries tied for first in this week’s football quarterback contest each missed one game but Garey’s tie breaker score Nebraska 49 Minnesota 6 gave him the win. Garey, a former Polk County Extension Agent now based in Omaha, collects a $5 merchandise certificate. The rest of the report notes few upsets and details a Jr Auxiliary meeting on Oct 4 with officers installed and donations for Good Samaritan Center.
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Gary Garey
Nebraska
Minnesota
Garey
Polk County
Omaha
Douglas County
Jr. Auxiliary
Legion Club
Good Samaritan Center
Jody Rowan
Denise Dunn
Legion Club Room
Beth Fjell
Cathy Schott
Palmer Trips OHS On Home Gridiron
Palmer defeats Osceola 14 to 9 at home as Stratman connects on two touchdown passes to Lamberson and Doncheske. Doncheske gains 99 rushing yards, while Laird Watkins leads Osceola with 32 yards. Palmer suffers key injuries to four seniors, and Osceola misses a late rally despite forcing several Palmer penalties.
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Palmer Trips
OHS
Osceola
Palmer
Steve Carlson
Stratman
Lamberson
Doncheske
Lee Doncheske
Ence
Bulldogs
Terry Stratman
Laird Watkins
Council Sets Restrictions At City Dump
City council approves landfill plan with Rex Wieseman digging a 200 by 40 foot trench for dumping. Dumping limited to residents at specific hours, with bundles for wind protection. Appliances and car bodies banned. Bill Hubert named dump supervisor. New roads and gates to be built.
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Rex Wieseman
Bill Hubert
Buffington
Mills
Schuyler
Joyce Page
York
Extension Clubs Honor Members at Polk County Achievement Day
The Polk County Home Extension Achievement Day at Stromsburg Viking Center featured guest speakers Er nest Haight and wife from David City showcasing hand and machine quilts. Officers for 1974 were installed and Edith Richards honored for 55 years in the extension club.
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Polk County Home Extension
Stromsburg
David Brinkman
Teresa Buller
Mavis Peterson
Margaret Vandegrift
Jim Christensen
Home Extension Club
Edith Richards
Helen Augustin
Shelby
Burdette Baker
Fred Bond
Osceola
Goldie Bond
Beatrice Brazee
Neil Brigham
Rex Brigham
Thelma Burke
Lillian Dawes
Ed Ruse
Marjorie Fonda
Raymond Gestrine
Grace Gonnerman
Camilla Grossnicklaus
Margie Richards
Mervin Rystrom
Benedict
Fern Schmoker
Iola Schmoker
Fern Scott
Oliver Seaberg
Paul Swanson
Lulu
Tech College Graduates Honor Local Students
Commencement exercises at Nebraska technical college campuses last week saw two local men receive diplomas. Lynn Anderson earned a diploma in Aviation Technology at Western Nebraska Technical College in Sidney, while Marvin D. Simonsen joined 51 graduates in Diesel Technology at Southeastern Nebraska Tech College in Milford.
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Nebraska
Technical College
Lynn Anderson
LeMoyne Anderson
Western Nebra Technical College
Sidney
Nebraska Tech College
Milford
Marvin D. Simonsen
Osceola High School Band Wins Harvest of Harmony Honor
The 70 member Osceola High School marching band performed in Grand Island's Harvest of Harmony parade and field contest earning a superior award. Under Jerrold Harrenstein the band placed among ten Class C groups with a heart and arrow formation and pieces like My Cherie Amour Light My Fire and Black and White. Drum major JoAnn Gissler led the group with majorettes Denise Dunn Margie Lux and Carita Peterson as they prep for Lincoln on Oct 27.
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Osceola High School
Grand Island
Jerrold Harrenstein
JoAnn Gissler
Denise Dunn
Margie Lux
Carita Peterson
Nebraska
Bloodmobile misses Osceola quota by thirteen pints
The Red Cross Bloodmobile in Osceola Friday collected 59 pints toward a 90 pint goal, with two donor rejections. Three earlier donations will be added to the report, and a long list of volunteers and donors was acknowledged for making the visit possible.
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Red Cross
Osceola
Bloodmobile
Sheldon Bond
Jim Majors
Alta Wieseman
Virgil Bugbee
Louise Johnston
Lonna Flodman
Merv Stromberg
Louise Davis
Don Buller
Geraldine Klein
Bonnie Mickey
Ed Watts
Robert Kronberg
Kenneth Sipes
Rick Rutter
Dave Rutter
Bernie Gissler
Lola Urban
Francis Urban
Bertha Dunn
Coral Boden
Pat Reisdorff
Glen Jacobson
Marsha Carlstromi
Evelyn Peterson
Gertrude Reece
Norman Hofbauer
Carolyn Wieseman
Shirley Marsh
Sharon Scow
Eldena Lindblade
Gerald Bryan
Charles Roberts
Truman Bachenberg
Larry Johnson
Jim Lewis
Alice Dunn
Ruth Peterson
Calmar Herrmann
Louis Monson
Mervin Ransom, Jr
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Candid
By Sandy
Osceola’s
Citizens of Tomorrow
Douglas Hanson
Annette Miller
Stacy Meister
Lois Kresha
Kelly Bright
Lori Reisdorff
Louise Cerny
Luann Larson
Sean Gabel
Steven Thelen
Bobby Nitsch
Kraig Kuhnel
Eric Dake
Jeanne Sieck
Toby Watts
Scott Wieseman
Terry Vanderpool
David Andelt
Debora Langer
Joan Sigler
Christy Erickson
Michelle Bergen
LeAnn Lesner
Roger Sieck
Extension Clubs
Stromsburg Project
Cookie Dusters
Friendly Families
Svenska Hushallerska
Maurice Alt
James Podliska
Home Extension Council
Doyle Frazier
Vernon Kuhnel
Richard Augustin
Tech College
Jean Bond
Glenna Wieseman
Geraldine Leach
Verna Davis
Jackie Johansen
Dr. C. Davis
Grace Hunter
Laura Delfs
Ina Mangelsen
Mildred Sigler
Irene Meacham
Marge Fonda
Neela Dunn
Ruth Lux
Clarence Davis
Bill Kumpf
Leonard Coffin
W. F. Monson
Bert Gissler
Phil Nyberg
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Lion's Club
Carder Throckmorton
John Cerny
Ardith Hayes
Mary Ellen Wobig
Deloras Hanson
Mary Ann Schott
Mary Rose Girard
Jane Roberts
Vickie Johnson
Sharon Bryan
Duane Lindblade
Raymond Lindblade
Leona Imhoff
Ron Girard
Otto Daum
Myrtle
Edith Gustafson
Leroy Lindblade
Henry Buresh
Alfred Hanson
Harry Imm
JoAnn Lamp
Dean Buhl
Bob Peterson
Steve Georgeou
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