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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1970
Page
1
Eldena Lindblade muses on the first day of school and the busy September ahead with football, fairs, and holidays. She recalls a Lake Ericson vacation, a livestock auction, and wild plums for jelly while noting family trips to the hospital and a string of September observances including Grand Dad's Day.
Army Sergeant Marion D. Doak, 26, Stromsburg Nebraska, earned a second Bronze Star Medal at Ft Rucker Alabama for valor in ground combat during his Vietnam service with the 30th Infantry's Company E in the 199th Infantry Division. He enlisted in 1965 and also holds the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Plans for a November 28 wedding are made by Mary Lassek and Robert Krueger both of Columbus. Miss Lassek, a Shelby High School graduate, works at Becton Dickinson. Krueger, a 1964 Duncan High School graduate, farms and is employed by Central Sand and Gravel in Columbus.
Platte College will offer a 10 week evening course on Investments starting September 24 in Osceola High School Room 201. Instructor Bill Dedrickson will cover stock and commodity markets trusts and insurance for small investors. cost is 20 dollars with on site registration the first evening.
A multi purpose dam on the Norman Leach farm west and north of town nears completion with water storage capacity six times normal. The project includes recreation and flood control, part of the Davis Watershed flood plan. About six more dams are needed to reach full system capacity.
Community notice shows the Centennial Book Committee will meet Wednesday September 16 at 8:00 p.m. at City Cafe. The announcement also updates local items from the Osceola police report to post office lobby hours and band practices.
Osceola Welcoming Committee of the Chamber of Commerce visited five new residents at their homes Larry Johnson Larry Larson Greg Ransom William Hubert Sr Clarence Davis Jr and noted 32 local businesses provide gift certificates or services as welcoming gestures with more calls planned.
The Record announces a 12 week Arm chair Quarterback Contest with weekly prizes of 5 dollars in merchandise certificates. Entries due by 5:00 p.m. Sept 11, winners named weekly starting Sept 17, tie breaker questions required, prizes redeemable with sponsor merchants.
John Deere dealers Cal Lepp and Ed Larson announce a new Osceola dealership named Lepp and Larson of Polk Co Inc. The site lies west of Osceola on Highway 92 across from the Country Club. Land leveling by Wieseman Bros. is underway with building bids taken. operations expected by fall with 5 to 6 initial employees.
Osceola district reports 1970 fall enrollment of 491, up from 487 in 1969. Jeffrey Elementary lists 259 students with class counts from Kindergarten to 6th grade and High School totals 232 with grades seven through eleventh. New students are named for each grade level, including Randy Boruch and Crystal Leimser in first grade, Ronald Leimser in third, and Irene Davis in seventh.
Thirty six boys and girls participated in a kids open golf tournament at Ryan Hill Country Club on Sunday. Results follow listing top finishers and scores.
Seven awards for En gineer Third Class Leonard C. Warnick will be presented to his wife, Mrs. Warnick of Polk, Sept. 3. Captain Herschel A. Pahl of the Naval ROTC Unit at the University of Nebraska will make the presentation. Warnick served in Vietnam from August 1969 until his death on June 7, earning the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and other decorations.
Navy Seaman David J. Krumbach son of Mr and Mrs John Krumbach Route 2 Shelby Nebraska joined a six day Hong Kong leg marking the mid point of the USS Oriskany sixth Western Pacific cruise.
Osceola Superintendent Virgil Bugbee says the 35 cent school lunch will remain for now though rising costs may require an increase later this year. The district buys most food. federal reimbursement is four cents per meal. Last year 63,237 meals served and 23,296 extra half pints of milk consumed. Menus will not be published weekly to avoid food waste. medical diets can get weekly menus by calling Mondays.
Albert Stroup and his son Neil move to the Mrs. John Staroscik residence from Brule. Marlene Ahlschwede of York moves to the Tom Schmoker apartment, and Margaret Day of Callaway moves to the Eldon Johnson apartment. Wallace McKeag and family return to Shelby from Fairbury, with McKeag running a soybean extruder mill.
Osceola schools announce activity tickets are on sale at grade and high schools. Students can save by using the tickets for all football and basketball games and assemblies. Kindergarten students admitted free. Prices: grades 1-6 one dollar, grades 7-8 one dollar fifty, grades 9-12 two dollars.
Cadet Jack A. Cerny son of Mr and Mrs John O Cerny Osceola Nebraska trains this summer at Camp Buckner on the U S Military Academy reservation West Point New York. He is a Third Classman at the Academy and a 1969 Osceola Public High School graduate.
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