Cadets and Girl Scouts Plan Nebraskaland Tour Fundraisers
Troop 290 Cadets and Girl Scouts will raise funds in the coming months for a tour to Nebraskaland next summer. Led by Rev. Trotter and local members Chris Zedicher Barb Mills Jane Sipes Joyce Gissler and Mary Ellen Nyberg they offer to perform odd jobs now. Their first project will be a lunch stand during Old Timer's Day on Sept 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraskaland
Rev. Trotter
Chris Zedicher
Barb Mills
Jane Sipes
Joyce Gissler
Mary Ellen Nyberg
Old Timers Day planned by Osceola chamber and Society
The Osceola Chamber and Polk county Historical Society announce plans near completion for Old Timers Day on Sept 17. The event may become annual if the public cooperates. A 3 PM variety show at the south courthouse entrance follows a 2 PM picture gallery opening at the Polk Butler Insurance office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Chamber
Polk County Historical Society
South Courthouse
Polk Butler Ins
Polk County
Lillian Brown
Ryan's
Osceola
Osceola items feature sports star and political event notes
Former Osceola athlete X Bob Dinges shines at the University of Wyoming as a top candidate for starting end and improves defensively. A misprint note from Sigler addresses a previous story. A Polk county Democrat meeting in Osceola discussed party aims, with Mrs Frank Morrison as guest speaker and a Dollar a Month fundraising drive announced by Mrs Ben Peterson. Osceola Open House set for Sept 15 at 7:30 p.m. with tours and refreshments after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Dinges
Osceola High
University of Wyoming
Coween
Utah
Polk County
Frank Morrison
Bit of
Sweden
Stromsburg
Osceola
New 3 cent per cubic foot gas refund for Osceola residents
Western Power and Gas Co announces a 3c per cubic foot credit for residential natural gas customers in Osceola for about a year. Expected yearly savings exceed $5 for the average home uses heating water and cooking. The credit follows settlements approved by the Federal Power Commission with Northern Natural Gas as the supplier. Locals note social events including the Kuhnels and Cedarberg visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Power and Gas Company
Osceola
Western
R. M. Crooks
Federal Power Commission
Northern Natural Gas Company
Osceola OKs curb-gutter districts at Sept 3 council
City Council on September 3 approved two petitioned curb and gutter districts in Osceola. No protests were signed and construction will begin at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Schumanrites Remembered In Osceola Obituary
Fred William Schuman aged 68 born December 9 1893 in Nevada Missouri died September 1 at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Osceola. He served as WWI Army Air Service pilot and postmaster from 1936 with strong Legion Red Cross and Masonic ties. He leaves wife Maurine daughter Sandra Walgren two grandkids and brothers George and Joe. Funeral at Osceola Methodist Church with burial in Osceola Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred William Schuman
Nevada, Mo
Herman
Mary Schuman
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Osceola
Polk Co. Democrat
Army Air Service
Maurine Walrath
Sandra
Sheila
American Legion
Red Cross
of Masons
Order of the Eastern Star
Shrine
Methodist
John W. Stalions
Ceva Carlson
Ruth Cornish
Dwight Bush
M. A. Mills, Jr
Carleton Anderson
A. E. Bodine
W. W. Norton
Guy F. Ball
Everett Smith
Ray Sedlak
Osceola Cemetery
J. H. Albright
Columbus
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
St. Bonaventure Church
Marie Hastert
Shelby
Soil Survey program reaches half the U S land area
The national cooperative soil survey has mapped about 850 million acres or slightly more than one third of U S land, with 65 million acres mapped yearly by 1200 soil scientists and 200 supporting researchers. Maps at 1:20 000 scale aid farm planning and are published mainly by the Soil Conservation Service with state experiment stations and other agencies involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
Polke
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Land-Grant Colleges & Universities
Forrest Service
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Land Management
Department of Natural Resources, Conservation, Or Agriculture
Geological Survey
National Co-Operative Soil Survey
The
Soil Conservation District
SCS
Soil Conservation Districts
Congress
Hospital News Roster and Dispositions
DECEASED Fred Schuman Osceola John C Peterson Stromsburg Harold Davis Osceola Walter Green Polk Keith Johnson Stromsburg Mrs Vaughn Mickey and baby girl Osceola Mrs Elmer Stewart Shelby Danny Oquist Osceola Mrs Gary Conrad and baby girl Vernon Crow Osceola PATIENTS Mrs Chester Baker Stromsburg Mrs Ida Sheldon Stromsburg Mrs Jack Goetz Shelby Roy Mitchell Benedict Mrs George Geier Silver Creek Mrs Francis McGimpsey Mrs Emanuel Klein Silver James Neal Shelby Mrs Selma Peterson Stromsburg Charles Hope Osceola Mrs Emma Ericson Mrs George Hasselbalch Shelby Mrs Alice Matieson Osceola Mrs Jed Kaczor and baby boy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schuman
Osceola
John C. Peterson
Stromsburg
Harold Davis
Walter Green
Polk
Keith Johnson
Vaughn Mickey
Elmer Stewart
Shelby Danny Oquist
Gary Conrad
Vernon Crow
Chester Baker
Ida Sheldon
Jack Goetz
Shelby Roy Mitchell
Benedict
George Geier
Silver Creek
Francis McGimpsey
Emanuel Klein
Silver
James Neal
Shelby
Selma Peterson
Charles Hope
Emma Ericson
George Hasselbalch
Alice Matieson
Jed Kaczor
Baby Boy
Birth Announcements From Osceola And Norfolk
A series of birth notices: Michael William Thelander born Aug 30 in Norfolk weighing 6 lb 14 oz to Wesley and wife with sister Inga Marie. Teri Jo Conrad born Sept 4 at Jeffrey Memorial Hospital weighed 7 lb 8 oz. Timothy James Kaczor born Sept 8 in Osceola weighing 6 lb unknown ounces. Grandparents listed for each family.
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Wesley Thelander
Norfolk
Michael William
Thelanders
Inga Marie
Frank Thelander
Osceola
Walter Pedersen
Elkhorn
Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Conrad
Gary Conrad
Teri Jo
Kaczor
Philip Kaczor
Timothy James
Road meeting planned for open discussion
A statewide information meeting on highway construction planned in Fremont Junior High School administration building. The Polk and ten other counties will discuss roads as part of the 1986 67 biennium program with six area meetings. A social security rep from Lincoln H I Hornby visits Osceola Sept 16 to assist residents nearing 65 with claim proofs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Sribe
Fremont Junior High School
Polk
Social Security
Lincoln
H. I. Hornby
Osceola
Social Security Office
Odd Bits From Perry Sapp On Home Front Rural Life
Local column notes a crossing with Carl Swanson and his steer Randy near Greeley Nebraska as Swanson travels from International Falls Minnesota toward the Gulf of Mexico. The piece also surveys late summer rains boosting crops, drought patches, new houses in Osceola, and community anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry N. Sapp
Hiway
Greeley
Nebr
Carl Swanson
Swanson
International Falls
Minn
Gulf of Mexico
Carl
Randy
Noot
Osceola
Osceola August Weather Features Wide Temp Range
August temperatures in Osceola ranged from a cool 42 to a hot 106 with over 3 percent inches of rain. Harold Klingman, an official weather observer, logged the heaviest rainfall at 1.38 inches on the 18th while August 3 reached 106 and August 9 recorded 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Harold Klingman
Bev Wieseman Shows Reserve Champion Guernsey at State Fair
Beverly Wieseman, daughter of the Wieseman family, exhibited a 5 year old Guernsey cow named Lady to win the Reserve Championship at the Nebraska State Fair. Bob Vergith of Martell captured the 72 Championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bev Wieseman
Beverly Wieseman
Fred Wiesemans
Bob Vergith
Martell
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Sigler
Dub Grossnicklaus
Christianna Sarow
Steve Georgeau
Joe Lindblade
John Mickey
Roy Emmons
Ida Zedicher
Gertrude Reece
Osceola Cleaners
Maxine Buffington
Allegra Johnson
Kepner-Roberts
McDonald's
Lillian McDonald
Jeffrey
Paul Kuhnels
Friday Kuhnels
al K Cedarberg
Ben Blair
Dana College
Concil
Johnsons
M. O. Johnson
Elmer B. Johnson
Osceola Implement Co
Oliver Corporation
University of Nebraska Field Laboratory
Mead
Wallace and
Wren Sherwoods
Albright
McCormick-Otto
Robert A. McCormick
Bonnie J. Otto
First Presbyterian Church
Grand Island
Robert E. Wiesemans
Basil Ottos
Donniphan
John L. Shell
Marilyn Otto
John A. McCormick
Cortland
Cora Hewitt
Gayle Hewitt
Omaha
Black Hills
Merriam, Nebr
Loren
Susan
Steven
Julie
Frank Peterson
Lesa
Jess Stodghill
Rock Island, Tr
Frank Joy
Tillman Joys
Hospital News
Nan Rippe
Stono
Polk County Welfare
Kenneth Rippe
Osceola High School
Rippe
Carol Branting
Bulldogs
Osceola Bulldogs
David City
Bruce Bugbee
Gregg Timm
Gary Engert
John Nelson
Tom Rodene
Vic Sterup
Mike Sterup
Mike Wieseman
Dale Carlson
Gregg Johnson
John Sedlak
Doug Jones
Roger Klein
Charles Roberts
Larry Osenbaugh
Danny Husak
Dennis Jones
David Senn
Jim Headlee
Bill Engert
Bartek
Greg Urban
Gary Nelson
Carroll-Jones
Jim Peterson
Danny Dunn
Bill
Wazny
Webb Cotter
Jack McCormick
Joel Eikenhorst
Craig Monson
Ricky Rutter
Ken Bowe
Coach McKeever
Kent Heckman
Hiro Eeg Mae
Milt
Wren
Wallace
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