Homecoming Parade Plans and Float Titles
The Homecoming Parade is set for 2 p.m. on October 21 with a comic strip theme. Float titles include Pop Eye Casper Bat man Tarzan Peanuts Grin and Bear It Porky Pig Rex Morgan Kay O Mullens The Better Half Little Abner Superman.
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Pop Eye
Casper
Batman
Tarzan
Peanuts
Grin
Bear It
Porky Pig
Rex Morgan
Kay-O Mullens
Little Abner
Superman
High School
Polk
OHS marching band earns superior rating at harvest of harmony
Local report praises the Osceola High School band for a superior score at the Grand Island Harvest of Harmony while noting many new members under instructor Dennis Muehling. The piece also covers local election chatter, a candidate withdrawal, and a look at downtown Osceola changes plus two injuries from unrelated incidents.
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OHS
Dennis Muehling
Jimmy Green Wins Armchair Contest Narrowly Again
Jimmy Green repeats as winner in the Armchair Quarters contest edging the Osceola Henderson game by precise prediction. Four others missed only one game, with Oklahoma's 18-9 upset prov ing the most errors among top entrants.
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Jimmy Green
Osceola
Steven Peterson
Iowa State
Kansas
O. D. Rodene
Georgia
Mississippi
Utah State
Brigham Young
Steven Gary
Dorothy Anderson
Omaha
Theresa Robak
Jack Burger
Silver Creek
Merlin Nyberg
Clarks
Greg Genrich
Bernie Gissler
Stromsburg
Lloyd Hedlund
Blair
DeVern Rodene
Henderson
Polk
Palmer
McCoy Becomes Osceola Locker Co Manager
Wes McCoy of Albion buys Osceola Locker Co from Don Hayes who will retire to farming. McCoy and his wife and daughter Sally move to Osceola to run a full service meat shop with sausage bologna and smoked chickens. son Jim, 19, attends Milford trade school.
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Wes McCoy
Albion
Osceola Locker Co
Sally
Osceola
Jim
Milford Trade School
McCoy
Don Hayes
Hayes
Christmas Craft Festival in Columbus Oct 20
The Platte County Extension Clubs host a Christmas Craft Festival at Columbus City Auditorium on Thursday October 20 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. About 30 clubs will display decorations and food items with instructions and recipes. Mrs. Allen Blaser chairs the committee. coffee and cookies served. Public invited.
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Platte County
Columbus City Auditorium
Allen Blaser
Historical Society
Polk County Historical Society
REA
Stromsburg
Hospital Report of Dismissals and Transfers
A hospital report lists discharged patients including Elizabeth Smith Osceola Roy Mitchell Benedict Lloyd Boden Gust Lundborg Fred Williams Harry Bodene Carl Anderson and others across Stromsburg Shelby Gresham Benedict and Osceola. It also notes transfers for Flossie Deeds and a roster of patients Rodney Kilgore Julia Johnson Emma Ericson Randell Dorsey Kessler and several others in Osceola Stromsburg Columbus Benedict York Gresham and York area communities.
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Elizabeth Smith
Osceola
Roy Mitchell
Benedict
Lloyd Boden
Gust Lundborg
Stromsburg
Fred Williams
Harry Bodene
Carl Anderson
Shelby
Robert Covert
Gertie Anderson
Roger Allen Hopwood
Robert Peterson
Carl Wolf
Gresham
Steven Bartek
Flossie Deeds
Rodney Kilgore
Lions Decide On Permanent Display For Old Fire Bell
Osceola Lions members voted to place the old city fire bell on permanent display at City Hall after discussion of moving it downtown. Jack Conrad led the Monday noon meeting. Other business included Saturday pancake day about $165, ACP handbook ads by Chris Dahmke and Leon Draeger, and the county fairgrounds trap shoot under construction.
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Osceola
Lions Club
Fire Department
Lions
City Hall
Jack Conrad
ACP
Chris Dahmke
Leon Draeger
County Fairgrounds
OHS Band Wins Award At Harvest of Harmony Festival
Osceola OHS band led by Dennis Muehling earned one of four 1s in the 19-band field at Grand Island's Harvest of Harmony. They also played in the downtown parade and plan to compete at the state marching contest in Lincoln on October 29.
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OHS
Grand Island
Dennis Muehling
Osceola
Pershing Auditorium
Lincoln
Quicky Winner Jerry Cerny Seeks New Submissions
Osceola resident Jerry Cerny wins this week's Quicky buck with a farm oriented joke. Readers are invited to send in quippy ideas for a weekly prize and a portable radio at Christmastime for the best overall entry.
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Jerry Cerny
Osceola
Democrats exceed fund-raising quota at Osceola dinner
Polk County Democrats held a fundraising dinner on Monday evening October 3 at the Osceola High School Auditorium. More than 200 attendees heard speeches by Gov. Morrison Lt. Gov. Sorensen State Sen. Ross Rasmussen and other prominent Democrats as they exceeded their campaign fund quota for the second year in a row.
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Nebraska
Morrison
W. H. Norton
Norton
GOP
Phil Nyberg
Polk
REA
Consumers and Soil Conservation District
Polk County Crops Weather Report Shows Strong Harvest
Moisture for the week ending Saturday was none with surface and subsoil moisture adequate. Winter wheat is good while other crops are excellent. range and pasture feed hay and forage above average, feed grain average. Dry cool weather and a light frost sped harvest of fall crops, though some feed lots remain empty due to high feeder cattle prices.
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Glen H. Krohn
Osceola Bulldogs top Henderson to beat Silver Creek 13-6
Osceola stopped Henderson 13-6 Friday night as Don Augustin intercepted two passes and returned a pick 60 yards to break a scoreless game. The victory improves Osceola to 2-3 on the season.
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Bulldogs
Henderson
Silver Creek
Don Augustin
Osceola
Augustin
Jack
Cerny
Alan Gissler
Husky
John Nelson
Calvin Kropatsch
Gissler
Nelson
Huskies
Burton Peters
Carey Friesen
Peters
Rondell Friesen
Randy Bond
Kropatsch
Friesens
Glenden Thiesen
la Verne Epp
Autumn mood and election talk from local pages
A nostalgic column blends weather chatter and sports notes with political opinions ahead of the November election. It mentions a Huskies win, football plays by Cerny and Friesen, and local ties to the Centennia Cookbook project with Stromsburg makers contributing recipes.
Joneses mark 45th wedding anniversary at family gathering
Mr and Mrs Martin S Jones celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary hosted at Severt Oquist's home. Attendees included family from Lincoln Norfolk Stromsburg Osceola and local friends. Also listed are a new address for Pvt Gerald F Gondringer and several lighthearted notes and Columbus Day humor.
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Gary Gustafson
Pam Lynee
Harold A. Nelson
Horace Stevens
Severt Oquist
Martin S. Jones
Clarence Walgrens
Lincoln
the Mines
Mildred Edwards
Norfolk
Hubert Hotchkiss
Stromsburg
Gladys Carlson
Chester Walgreens
Oscar Joneses
Arthur S. Nelson
Osceola
Wife survives shooting as husband dies in Polk county
Mrs. Mary Doremus, 39, recuperates at Bryan Memorial Hospital Lincoln from abdominal gunshot wounds after her husband Wilbur L. Doremus about 60 killed himself Friday afternoon near a farm in southern Polk county. Sheriff Reynold Peterson said the couple were separated and she had left the house before he reentered and fired.
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Steve
Don Barteks
Renee
Larry Snodgrasses
Cedar Rapids
Mildred Snodgrass
Columbus
Clarkson
Omaha
Mary Doremus
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
Wilbur L. Doremus
Polk County
Reynold Peterson
Doremus
Peterson
Benedict
Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Osceola
Mr. Doremus
Gary
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James K. Brazda Jr
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York
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David City
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DeWayne F. Gaskill
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Hastings
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Marvin L. Bankson
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Elmer C. Wilshusen
Idle Hour
Ruby Lewis
Lottie Miller
S. W. Floth
Firth
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Roy Trotter
Norris Larson
Richard Howe
Albert Rommers
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Viet Nam
R. Gregg Eklund
Germany
H. S. Eklund
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25Th Infantry
Osceola Garden Club
Clarks Pits
Maude Magnuson
Bernt Rites
St. Andrew Church
Walter Bernt
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Dick Sisler
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Goldwater
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Louis A. Hastert
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Donald Rystrom
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