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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1966
Page
1
Entries pour into The Record as the first weekly Arm chair Quarterbacks Contest offers a $5 weekly prize. Read rules on football page. pick winners for 14 games listed in ads and mail entry to The Record. A tie-breaker by score exists but only comes into play in ties.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Dugan of Stromsburg welcome Michael Sean born Aug 31 at St Marys Hospital Columbus weighing 7 lbs 11 ozs. Mrs Dugan is Nancy Hastings daughter of the Ivans of Stromsburg. Mr and Mrs William Troxler announce son Scott Allen born Sept 2 weighing 8 lbs 5 ozs.
Polk county dairy entries excel with Penny Swanson and Lola Belle earning grand champion 4-H Holstein honors among 160 competitors. Alvin Cederberg and Miss Swanson lead with multiple purple ribbons and top titles, as 9 year 4-Hers showcase milking shorthorns with champions and reserves amid a celebratory display.
Lions Club President Jack Conrad promotes a world peace essay contest open to ages 14 to 21 by Jan 15, 1967. Entries up to 5000 words earn top $25000 with many prizes, state and national rounds, and final judging at the Chicago Lions International convention.
An expert photographer will visit Osceola on Wednesday September 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Osceola Hotel to take pictures of area children for The Record. No charge to have photos taken or published, no oblig tion to buy, but copies may be purchased in any quantity. Appointments to be made by calling Mrs Doris Grossnicklaus at 747 2431 Osceola.
Six Goldenrod Saddle Club members rode in the grand entry at Arcadia last Sunday. Mike Treffer placed 3rd in the 12 and under pole bending. Afternoon winners included Hardy Huggler Marvin Klein Jim Marak and Loren Treffer first in baton race and potato race. Loren Treffer first in pole bending second in balloon race. Dutch Dethlefs and Treffer won first in scoop shovel. At St Edward Labor Day Show the club earned a ribbon for most horses present with multiple winners including Marvin Klein Clover Leaf Barrels and Spike Stevens with a 1st in flag race and 1st in 4 in line.
The manager plans a balanced starting 11 featuring Dunn at fullback Kropatsch at right half Nelson at left half Cerny at quarterback Roberts left end Johnson left tackle Augustin left guard Rodene center Schmoker right guard Urban right tackle with Dan Sterup and Gissler on the ends. Defense leans on the Simonsen brothers Wieseman Eklund Jones and Wobig for added support. Game time is 8 p.m. Friday.
John Monson born May 15 1881 on his father’s Osceola homestead to Peter and Carrie Monson baptized Lutheran and married Alice Bengts Jan 3 1907. They had five children. He suffered a stroke in June 1965 and died August 31 at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital aged 89. Survived by two sons Kermit Kenneth two daughters Ferne Pulliant Pearl Barr six grandchildren eight great grandchildren and others. Funeral Sept 3 at St Paul Lutheran Church with Rev Robert B Turner officiating music by Mrs Howard Boden pallbearers Vernon Boden Howard Boden Calmer Boden Otto Daum William Buhl Ford Johnson.
The Wee Club will meet at the A and B Lounge Room in Shelby on Wednesday evening September 14 for a 6 30 supper. Graduated Larry Joshnson, son of the Lyle Johnsons of Polk, finished navy basic training at Great Lakes Illinois. Osceola locals hosted Sunday dinner in the Morris Richards home with LaVern Richards Jerry Peterson J H Gustafsen and Marlene Fusby and family.
Rainfall for the week ends Saturday at one inch. Surface and subsoil moisture are adequate. Irrigated crops are excellent, others good. Third cutting alfalfa 75 percent complete. Corn 10 percent not yet in dough, 30 percent dough. Main farm work focuses on silage and harvest prep. Field crops look excellent. livestock feeders arrive for stalk cleaning. Dorina Nelson earns summer quarter honor at the C E School of Commerce in Omaha.
Story recounts Osceola memories and local Idle chatter about Jack Benny Mary Livingston radio show moonlights, Labor Day reflections, and odd small events around Polk County. Includes Osceola High School football schedule for 1966 with dates and times.
August conservation work covered several Polk county farms with land leveling on multiple properties led by Howard Whitmore and others, two livestock water pits completed on Leo Kresha’s Osceola farm and for J N and Dennis Kirby in Silver Creek, terraces and waterways by Louis Monson Gilbert Lampshire and Mrs John Renner, plus an erosion control dam on the Carl Wieseman farm.
Volunteer chairman Warren Johnson reports Polk county July sales at 26795 bringing the seven month total to 248192 or 62.6 percent of the 1966 quota.
Walter W. Berck. a seven year board member, serves as acting administrator while on leave. He is learning duties and expects to hold the role for several months with a possible permanent appointment if he performs well.
Last week Rev. Richard Staple State Director for CROP helped a Polk County group finalize plans for a CROP drive. The drive runs Sept 2 to 20 with Osceola Lions collecting in Osceola and grain elevators coordinating grain transfers for cash donations.
Mr and Mrs Wesley Peterson observed their 25th anniversary with a Sunday family gathering at the home of their daughter and family, the Dean Wheelers, in Allen. Attendees included Karen, Keith, Carita, Edna Anderson, Irene Anderson, the Lemoyne Anderson family of Osceola, and the Erwin Anderson family of Omaha. An all-host supper at the Ivar Oberg home Wednesday evening honored the couple with relatives from Osceola Stromsburg Central City and Allen in attendance.
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