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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1959
Page
1
An eighteen hour radar check on Highway 304 in Polk County over October 23 24 25 logged 1831 cars. Patrolmen made 102 speeding arrests 52 warnings and 23 violation cards. Higher traffic from hunting season triggered the program, signaling tougher enforcement in the upcoming quarter.
The weekly bowling standings list merchants and teams with wins and losses. Notable performances include high individual games by R. DeLand and L. Schlesinger and high series by Derwinski and Kepner, with team highs by Gambles and Siglers. Also noted are personal visits and a local charity bazaar in Lincoln and a visit to Mrs Rose Dinges.
St Vincent's Church sponsors its annual Turkey and Ham Dinner this Sunday at the Osceola High School Auditorium. Dining runs 11 30 a m to 4 30 p m with turkey or ham dressing potatoes gravy corn pie and all trimmings plus a children's concession. Tickets are on sale from parishioners.
Clarence Bud Blessie of Omaha former McDevitt Legion minor league and sandlot pitching star died Thursday October 22 1959. Services were Monday October 26 at John Johnston and Son Mortuary and at SS Peter Paul Church. He formerly worked for The Osceola Record and pitched for Osceola in the Cornhusker League.
The Osceola Volunteer Firemen announce their monthly meeting for tonight. Mr and Mrs L Ilerv were lunch guests Friday of Mr and Mrs Franklin Williams.
The American Legion Post and Osceola Chamber of Commerce sponsor a Hallowe en Party at The Legion Club Rooms on Saturday October 31 at 7 30 p m All area children are invited Treats will be given for costumes Prizes of 3 00 2 00 and 1 00 awarded to each group by grade level
Pvt Edwin L Mangelsen son of Mrs Iaa Mangelsen Osceola Nebraska assigned to Company C 17th Specialist Battalion 4th Training Regiment Fort Jackson for Intermediate Speed Radio Operator course. Pvt Keith A Kreis 23 son of Mr and Mrs L G Kreis Stromsburg Nebraska assigned to 101st Airborne Division Fort Campbell Kentucky after basic training and Stromsburg High School graduation in 1953.
Fullerton banker Mr. FEM Black was elected president of the Nebraska State Bankers Association for the coming year. He has 40 years in banking with the First National Bank of Fullerton and has served as Executive Vice President since 1948. His son Jim works at Genoa National Bank and Ted attends Nebraska University. The Blacks flew to Miami for the American Bankers Association Convention and will return this weekend.
Osceola overwhelmed Silver Creek 19-6 on Friday night gaining 231 yards to 106. LeRoy Rein returned a kickoff 56 yards and Dinges scored late in the third. Jim Kropatsch added a scoring pass and Huggler kicked the decisive extra point.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cornish returned to their Osceola home on Monday after spending the summer months at Lake Ericson. Miss Erma Deland of Omaha spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Will Dean.
The cornerstone for the new St Paul Lutheran Church will be laid this Sunday at 3 00 p m with Pastor J Sabin Swenson officiating. Rev Maurice Swenson will preach in the morning and share church history. A brass box with Bible old cornerstone contents and church items will be placed inside. pastors and visitors from Stromsburg district and Pastor Donald Trued from Africa will attend. A social hour follows in the basement.
Pack 162 scouts from Cornhusker Council joined 2 000 others for a Saturday tour of Brownville. Two special trains carried them at 7 00 a m from Burlington Depot, Lincoln, to the oldest town in Nebraska, with stops at capital square hills and Walnut Grove Cemetery. They visited Brewery Cave Museum and Opera House before returning by 8 p m, as Osceola Scouts and Omaha Indians greeted them on departure.
A memorial hospital notice lists deceased and transferred patients from Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital. Included are Kenneth Richards Osceola. Joseph W. Spohn Osceola. Betty Richards Osceola. John A Thompson Shelby. Stanley Swolek Silver Creek. George Orton Silver Creek. Carl Hinze York. and many others from Osceola Rising City Stromsburg Stroms burg Shelby Benedict Stromsburg Stromseburg plus transfers and newborns. The record reflects a cross section of local families and medical facility changes.
The National Polio Foundation changes policy to shift costs to patients as donations decline. Polk County chapter ends hospital care for non confirmed or non paralytic cases and fees for physicians and surgeons must be paid by patients. Brace repairs fall to patients while aid is limited to two years post illness. Adults accounted for many cases and polio shots are encouraged locally.
Charles F Keech and James Nelson installed a recording gauge on an observation well at the Polk County Fair Grounds on October 26. The 140 foot dig found water at 84.69 feet. The device will continuously record water level and be checked monthly as part of Nebraska’s 30-gauge program begun in 1930.
Clear Creek Homemakers held guest day Oct 21 at Mrs. Mike Reisdorf home with eight members and guests present. Afternoon covered ten point pitch with Mrs Henry Smith winning high. Mrs Bud Abbottlow and Mrs Winnard Augustine winning most tens. Max Suddarth won October Bingo. Winnard Augustine and Arthur Johansen won prizes for guessing what was in the box and cat. Halloween motif decor and lunch. Next meeting at Mrs Roy Grossnicklaus home on Nov 18.
Mrs Alvin Cerny spent Monday night with Sgt and Mrs Burnell McClain in Lincoln. A covered dish dinner was held at the Laurence Meister home Sunday evening in honor of Mr and Mrs Joe Poe and family of New London Minnesota who were here visiting friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs Ralph Ecton of Oxnard California and Mrs Anna Appleton of Polk were Sunday dinner and lunch guests in the George Heckman home. Mr and Mrs Rudolph Appleton and Mr and Mrs Ralph Appleton and family were also afternoon visitors. The Ectons were en route to their home after spending the past seven months traveling in 22 foreign countries. While in Germany they were guests of Mrs Heckman s sister Mrs R A Poland and family of Stuttgart.
Dr C W Jeffrey of Rawlins Wyoming funds the sculpting and unveiling of the world's largest bronze head of Abraham Lincoln by Robert I Russin at a roadside park overlook on Highway 30 near Laramie The 12 foot bust sits on a 30 ft granite base facing south and a plaque honoring the donor will be placed near the base with his name and profile.
M. O. Johnson of Osceola Imp. Co attended the 60th annual National Retail Farm Equipment Association Convention in Philadelphia October 1926 as a special guest of Oliver Farm Equipment. Highlights included a panel by eighteen Farm Journal editors and talks by Catherine Wood Marshall and Calvin Dean Johnson. Tours visited historic sites as Johnson said the outlook for the future remains generally optimistic despite industrial problems. He returned home late Thursday by United Airlines.
Social Calendar lists events from October 30 to November 4 including a Cub Scout Pack meeting at a Lutheran church on Friday at 7 30 p m and various hostesses hosting NBBC Bridge Club Presbyterian Bible Kensington Busy Belles Extension Club Lions Club Wesley Chapel Missionary Society with dates and host names.
Mr and Mrs Waldean John Osceola announce their daughter Amy Yvonne born Wednesday October 21 weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces and having a brother. Mr and Mrs Herman Carlson Silver Creek announce their first child a son born Thursday October 22 weighing 4 pounds 15 ounces named Gordon Wayne.
Staff Sgt. Thomas Ball and his wife and baby departed Tuesday for Shepherd Field Texas after a visit with his father and sisters. Last Sunday Mrs Don Zeilenger and her children of David City were guests of her grandmother all day. Mrs Phoebe Morgan also attended forenoon church services with Mrs Morgan.
Rolland Johnson announced a total of 260 dollars raised in the local Boy Scout campaign for the Cornhusker Council. Orval Eickenhorst said captains and workers will continue outreach until all prospects are contacted and thanked all contributors. Acknowledgments were given to workers with special certificates.
E C Nordlund county chairman of the savings bonds committee said Polk County residents purchased 30 663 in E and H bonds in September. Yearly total reached 548 663 and 84 1 percent of the state quota. Nebraska sales statewide 5 619 361 and yearly purchases 76 236 164 or 81 5 percent of quota.
Mrs. Stryker gave a dinner at her country home near Rising City Nebraska honored her aunt Earl Stryker of Gothenburg and Phoebe Morgan last Friday. Bradley and Denice Schnoor stayed with their aunt Mrs Art Wiser Wednesday while their parents were in Lincoln and at the home of Mr and Mrs Del Kinberg.
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