Kickoff Coffee Launches Prairie Hills Scout Campaign
A Kick-Off Koffee at Mrs. Bert Gisler's home in Osceola marks the start of the Prairie Hills Girl Scout Council annual fundraising drive. The $25,800 goal covers 19 northeastern Nebraska counties as 16 volunteers begin soliciting support for girls ages 7 to 17, with 3,248 already in troops and more awaiting units.
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Koffee
Bert Gisler
Prairie Hills Girl Scout Council
Osceola
Nebraska
Prairie Hills Council
Containing Termites in Osceola Warns of Picked Exterminators
Local county agent lists approved termite exterminators and warns against door to door salesmen promising urgent service. Termites live underground, enter through cracks, and require chemical treatments around foundations or under floors. The piece also notes responses to no hunting signs and a humorous sign-sale offer.
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Osceola
Ord
David City
Fellowship youth visit with cupcakes to Osceola homes
The Junior Methodist Youth Fellowship delivered 100 decorated fall cupcakes and nut cups to residents at the Social Center rest home Good Samaritan home and hospital in Osceola on Sunday. Transportation was provided by Rev. O A Johnson Mrs Irvin Anderson and Mrs James Lindberg with Mrs Johnson and Mrs Forrest Anderson accompanying. The group had lunch at Stromsburg.
Osceola high band to open United Nations Day program
A Sunday UN Day program in the school gym will begin with the Osceola high school band concert at 7:30 to 7:40 followed by an 8 p.m. program. Shelley Bond and Wilda Carlson will show slides about their summer trip to UN headquarters and a UNICEF film titled Three of Our Children. Rev. John Stalions will give invocation and benediction, and the American Legion chorus will sing Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Osceola High School
Perry Sapp
Shelley Bond
Wilda Carlson
United Nations
Unicef
John Stalions
American Legion Chorus
Oscar Imm Re-elected F B Chairman in Osceola
Oscar Imm of Osceola was unanimously re elected president of the Polk County Farm Bureau at the October 9 annual meeting in Osceola Legion Hall. Ansel Fredrickson of Stromsburg is vice president and Mrs. Wallace Sandell of Polk is secretary.
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Oscar Imm
Osceola
Polk County Farm Bureau
Osceola Legion Hall
Ansel Fredrickson
Stromsburg
Wallace Sandell
Polk
Oscar Ericson 81 dies after long illness in Parsons Kansas
Oscar Ericson 81, formerly of Osceola, died Wednesday morning at Parsons Kansas after a lingering illness. He was a carpenter and painter and is survived by his wife two daughters one son and two stepsons Milo Chapman Shelby and Fay Chapman Spalding.
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Oscar Erickson
Osceola
Parsons
Kans
Milo Chapman
Shelby
Fay Chapman
Spalding
Ericson
Mrs Zedicher funeral set for Thursday
Funeral services for Sadie Zedicher 90 will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the EUB church in Shelby. She died October 11 at the Hillsboro Oregon home of her daughter Mrs Ervin Clotes. Burial will be in Shelby cemetery. Survivors include a son Ben Osceola and four daughters. Layman's Sunday observed next Sunday at 11 o clock at First Methodist with lay leader M A Mills Jr speaking.
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EUB
Shelby
Sadie Zedicher
Ervin Clotes
Hillsboro
Ore
Zedicher
Clobes
Merle Cunningham
Ben
Osceola
First Methodist Church
M A. Mills Jr
Glaucoma Clinic Examines 267 Sunday in Osceola
Osceola Lions sponsored a glaucoma detection session that checked 267 people. Four were suspected of glaucoma and 14 had other eye defects. 27 volunteered to donate eyes after death to the Lions eye bank, bringing the local list to 85.
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Lions-sponsored
Eye Bank
Lions
J. W. Pemberton
ASC Chairman Participates in Grand Island Workshop
Polk county ASC chairman Richard Sealey attended a workshop of agricultural soil conservation officials at Grand Island last week. He was among five chosen Tuesday to join a farm issues panel. Mrs Sealey attended a Wednesday meeting where the secretary of agriculture spoke as a guest.
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Richard Sealey
Polk County
ASC
Grand Island
Sealey
Dana College Homecoming Honors Fiftieth Dana Choir
Dana observed an anniversary as Mr and Mrs Carl Cederberg and Alvin with Mr and Mrs Clarence Anderson visited Dana College in Blair Saturday. The evening choir concert marked the Dana choir fiftieth anniversary with current members performing and one guest who organized the first choir. John Cederberg, a choir member, also chaired the Men's Housing display float which won first place at Homecoming.
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Carl Cederberg
Alvin
Clarence Anderson
John Cederberg
Dana College
Blair
Dana Choir
John
Dana
Ridge Folks Relax While Howe Visits Relatives
The Ridge community writes of a short, peaceful spell as the wild Howe visits grandparents with neighbors in tow. Terri turns nine with gifts from kin, and families anticipate moving closer to Osceola property. Plans include doll clothes crafting for Christmas and pattern trades among local women.
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Kathy
Howe
Terri
Grammas
Osceola Homecoming Hopes Dashed by Silver Creek
Osceola suffers a 14 to 13 loss as Silver Creek clamps down in a tight homecoming game. Dan Wieseman led Osceola with 66 rushing yards while Craig Monson added 59. Osceola mounted a 77 yard drive in the third quarter and honors were bestowed at halftime with queen Carolyn Girard and Dan Wieseman crowned.
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Osceola
Silver Creek
Bulldogs
Craig Monson
Dan Wieseman
Dan Oppliger
LeRoy Vanek
Ito
Phil Grey
Dan
Oo. S
Issid
Carolyn Girard
Osceola High School
Carolyn
Hubert Girards
Dana
Bill Wiesemans
Susie Larson
Gotfrid Larson
Ron Buffington
Dean Buffingtons
Shelley Bond
Sheldon Bonds
Barry Schmoker
Donald Schmoker
Stars & Stripes Forever
Polk County Seeks 283 Signatures for 1964 Nebraska Ballot
Polk County aims for 283 signatures to add the question of a return to a martina legislature on the November 1964 ballot. State chairman Phyllis Lainson says the goal mirrors the county’s typical share of total votes, with 47 255 signatures statewide.
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Polk County
Martina
Nebraska
Phyllis Lainson
Hastings
Lainson
Lloyd Hahn
Polk
Nebraska Federation of Republican Women
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital News Update
The notice lists dismissed patients including Mrs Everett Blender and baby, Mrs Weston Burgess, Mrs Sophia Walford, and several others, with a deceased entry for Mrs Seth Piper of York. It reads as a public hospital update of patient statuses and a single death.
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Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Hospital News
Everett Blender
Benedict
Weston Burgess
Shelby
Sophia Walford
Gresham
Thomas Sterup
Osceola
Peter Anderson
Stromsburg
Herbert Heine
Waco
Kenneth Olson
William Heaston
Allen Larson
Edward Sarow
Silver Creek
Edward Watts
Albert J. Nelson
Polk
Mabel Shostrom
Seth Piper
York
Brownie Scouts advance at church ceremony
Thirty girls and leaders met at the Lutheran church on Oct 8 for a fly up dedication and investiture. Scouts pinning and welcoming followed with year pins awarded. New Juniors named and a NATO exercise involving USS Independence noted. Brownies plan a covered dish supper Oct 17 at the Methodist church basement.
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Lutheran Church
Robert Mills
Orval Eikenhorst
Kenneth Sipes
Ann Armbruster
Michele Lewis
Jackie Rowan
Cindy Nahrstedt
Linda Johnson
Linda Grossnicklaus
Sue Eikenhorst
Bette Klingman
Linda Bolte
Deborah Larson
Julie Wobig
Sally Mills
Becky McDonald
Marla Augustine
Marcia Zedicher
Laurie Davis
Karen Johnson
Julie Hiemer
Sharon Green
Shirley Ahlquist
Betty Ann Kresha
Terri Howe
Roxanne Rushing
Brownies
Methodist Church
Gustafson Named Polk Lumber Manager in Osceola Move
Gary Gustafson of Osceola will assume the manager’s post at Polk Lumber Co. on November 1 and has already begun duties. He and his wife and their 6 year old daughter Peggy will reside in the Louise Wurtz home while he leads the company.
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Gary Gustafson
Osceola
Polk
Polk Lumber Co
Mrs. Gustafson
Peggy
Louise Wurtz
County Court Fines For Traffic Violations
In York County Court Gilbert Nixon cited for stop sign violation and fined 11 dollars plus 4 dollars costs. Hemingford resident Mary K Sampy charged with night speeding at 65 mph and fined 11 dollars plus 4 dollars costs. Rising City resident William F Potter charged with driving under the influence of alcoholic liquor fined 100 dollars plus 15 dollars costs. Iowa resident Robert E Detmering fined 31 dollars plus 4 dollars costs for reckless driving.
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Gilbert Nixon
York
Mary K. Sampy
Hemingford
William F. Potter
Rising City
Robert E. Detmering
Iowa
Osceola Lions Plan Blindness Aid Sale Event
Lions members will canvass to aid blind residents with a sale on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The assortment includes whisk brooms dishcloths mop heads push brooms and more. Proceeds benefit sight conservation with part kept locally. the group notes eyeglasses already purchased for children.
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Lions
Savings bonds sales surge in Nebraska in September
E and H savings bond sales rose sharply across Nebraska last month, led by Polk county. Total state purchases reached 5,802,232 dollars in September, 937,000 above a year earlier, a 19.2 percent rise and the year's peak. Polk county bought 40,756 in September, bringing nine month total to 387,244 for 6 percent of the 1963 quota.
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E and H Savings
Nebraska
A. E. Bodine
Polk County Bond Committee
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