Osceola Marked 100th Birthday for Albert Ryan
Osceola honors Albert Ryan who turned 100 with a three day celebration started August 30. He opened with a haircut at his shop, hosted a watermelon feed at Ryan Hill Country Club, and ended with a birthday party at home. The Osceola Record notes its 103rd year and teases football contests and courthouse restoration updates.
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Osceola
Albert Ryan
Ryan Hill Country Club
Mr. Ryan
Ryan Hill
New Band Director Plans Pre Game Shows This Fall
Stephen Smolik arrives in Osceola with his family to lead instrumental music at the school. He plans pre game and halftime performances using the full concert band at basketball games while shaping students into good musicians and music appreciators.
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Osceola
Stephen Smolik
the Ridge
Smolik
Kathy
Michele
Jill
Atkinson
Robert Sigler, Jr
Indiana
Yankton College
Volved
Free And Reduced Price Meals Policy For Osceola Schools
Superintendent Virgil Budgee announces free and reduced price meal eligibility for Osceola students. Families apply via forms sent home, with copies at the principal’s office. confidentiality is guaranteed and hearings available if rulings are disputed. Foster children may qualify and are noted in policy.
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Virgil Budgee
Osceola
Virgil Buggee
Stromsburg Men Injured In Auto Crash
Maurice Sundberg and Paul Freeman of Stromsburg were injured Thursday afternoon in a crash at the intersection east of Shelby. Driver Lloyd Hans of Shelby was traveling west. All three were taken to Behlen Hospital in Columbus. Sundberg and Hans were later released while Freeman remained in poor condition with a broken pelvis several ribs and a deep leg wound. Patrolman Cruise of David City investigated.
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Maurice Sundberg
Paul Freeman
Stromsburg
Shelby
Columbus
Lloyd Hans
Hans
Darwin Carlson
Behlen Hospital
Sundberg
Freeman
Haas
David City
Osceola News Items Highlight Local Visits
Miss Kathy Rodene returned August 19 from Pakistan and visited the Deverne Rodenes before starting her second year of teaching at Wisner. Mrs. Dewey Sigler and granddaughter Diane Johnson arrived home Sunday after a two week visit with the Steve Sigler family in Meriden Connecticut.
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Kathy Rodene
Pakistan
Deverne Rodenes
Wisner
Dewey Sigler
Diane Johnson
Steve Sigler
Meriden
Conn
Osceola Bulldogs Prepare For Genoa Clash Friday Night
Osceola Bulldogs gear up for the season with two-a-day practices and a strong defense. The roster features seven returning lettermen and size advantages in the line, while backfield returnees power the offense. The team opens the schedule Friday at Genoa against the Orioles at 8 p.m. Also noted is the death of Shelby native John Ray Dunning, a key atomic research figure and former Columbia University dean.
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Dave Watts
Osceola Bulldog
Bulldogs
Osceola’s
OHL
Mike Smith
Rich Hayes
Rob Sterup
Dave Herrmann
Dan Bond
Mark Schott
Rick Johnson
Lee Ray Augustine
Devon Carlson
Murray Jones
Brad Lamb
Russ Sigler
Scott Conkling
John Heindryckx
Todd Hiemer
Kelley Johansen
Randy Reese
Jon Richards
Neal Roehrs
Ken Tworek
Dan Watts
Rick Watts
Dana Augustine
Alan Bryan
Doug Coffin
Steve Davis
Tim Johansen
Derald
Shelby
John Ray Dunning
Key Biscayne
Fla
Albert
Josephine Thelen Dunning
Shelby High School
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Columbia University School of Engineering
New York
Esther Blevins
John Ray Jr
Edward Coyle
European travels of Buresh Innesses and Frye return
Henry and Margaret Buresh visited Scandinavia linking with the Galnanders and Nuttymaa family, noting high prices and a 17.65 percent sales tax. John and Frances Inness joined a Successful Farming tour across England, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and France observing thrift, old homes, discipline in schooling, and Dutch bicycling culture. Also, Lincoln police chief Harry Frye returns with his daughter to assume departure on September 1.
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Henry
Margaret Buresh
Scandinavia
Bengt Galnander
Stockholm
Sweden
Galnander
Sigbritt Edman
Buresh
Field Service
Sigbritt
Bureshes
Gallanders
Viking Line
Finland
Lasse Nuttymaa
Helsinki
Nuttymaa
Nikki Syvanen
United States
International Farm
Nebraska
John
Frances Inness
Canada
England
Netherlands
Germany
Switzerland
France
Europe
Mrs. Inness
Harry Frye
Lincoln
Frye
Death notices and funeral services for Nelson Laska DeWaele Carlson
Death notices report Carl Nelson age 87 died at Annie Jeffrey Hospital with Kepner Roberts Funeral Chapel handling arrangements. Tony Laska age 87 of Oroville is noted as deceased with sister Mrs Louis Shemek notified. August 23 death of Maxine DeWaele, 57, Monmouth is noted with survivors. David Carlson, 82, dies after lengthy illness. services set for September 4 at Salem Lutheran Church Swede Home burial.
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Carl Nelson
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Mr. Nelson
Otto B. Nelson
Kepner-Roberts Funeral Chapel
Louis Shemek
Tony Laska
Oroville
Calif
Leonard Wieseman
Monmouth
Fred
Maxine) DeWaele
DeWaele
Osceola High School
Sheryl Porter
Shirley
Walter DeWaele
Glen
Clarks
Melvin
Stromsburg
David Carlson
Carlson
Salem Lutheran Church
Seat Belts Urged After Nebraska Safety Campaign
The Nebraska safety drive pushes belt use with Governor Exon’s highway safety chief John L. Sullivan citing 1974 data on belt effectiveness. In six months this year four passengers and ten drivers died in unbelted crashes in Polk County with belt users faring better, while 3,090 drivers and 2,187 passengers were injured in belted-untied accidents.
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Nebraska
John L. Sullivan
J. James Exon
Department of Motor Vehicles
Sullivan
Plant Grown Flower Not Watermelon At Osceola Home
A sunflower grows tall on the west side of the Al Kuhnel residence in south Osceola. The plant, thought to be a melon, reached an estimated 14 feet after the Kuhnels watered it along with other crops.
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al Kuhnel
South Osceola
Kuhnels
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