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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1961
Page
2
Reader notes discuss Texas and Louisiana storms, Nebraska water mains restored, and Nebraska Student Union plans five free Saturday coffee hours after home games plus open houses. It calls for local notices to attract tourists and promote area sights.
Sealed bids will be received by the Nebraska Department of Roads in the State Capitol at Lincoln on September 21 1961 until 10 00 A M for gravel surfacing and incidental work on the Silver Creek North and South Patrol No 21014 State Road. Approximate quantity 1010 cubic yards. Bond 100 percent. Bidder to file a certified check of at least 75 dollars with the proposal. Plans and specs available at the Department of Roads office in Lincoln.
The notice reserves the right to waive all technicalities and reject any or all bids. John W. Hossack State Engineer signs as the overseeing official.
Bids opened September 21 1961 at 10 00 A M for gravel surfacing and related work on Shelby South Patrol No 21004 in Lincoln Nebraska. Bidders must be prequalified under Legislative Bill No 187 1955 session. Information at Department of Roads Lincoln office. Deposit equal to 100 percent of contract.
By order of the Polk County District Court a referee will auction multiple parcels in Osceola Nebraska on September 26 1961 at 2 p.m. Terms require 15 percent down with balance upon court confirmation, possibly deferred to March 1 1962. Mills Mills Mills attorneys Nyberg referee notice dates Aug 24 31 Sept 7 14 21 st.
In the County Court of Polk County Nebraska the estate of Etta G Leonard deceased. Administrator Philip H Nyberg c t a d b n has filed a final account and report and a petition for final settlement and allowance and for determination of heirs and distribution and discharge of the administrator. Hearing set September 28 1961 at 10 a.m. appearance and contest permitted. County Judge J E Steeple seal dates Sept 7 14 21 1961.
Notice to interested persons of the petition for probate of the last will of Edward A Swanson deceased and for appointment of Paul N Walgreen as executor, hearing set for September 22, 1961 at 10 A.M. in the County Court Room Osceola Nebraska. Dated August 29 1961. P H Nyberg Secretary.
List of claims allowed including Nebr. School Bros Assn Osceola Record North Central Assn Lyons Carnahan Singer Winston Houghton Follett SW Pub Creative Ed Osceola Transfer Triangle School Service Dietze Music Playtime Equip Transportation Wren Sherwood Johnson Chev Don Johnsons Gary Gustafson and others with amounts ranging from 3.50 to 488.52. Highlights include education publishers, insurance, transportation, and local vendors.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Kepner Funeral Home for Mrs. Sybilla Hotchkiss aged 72 who died on September 3. Births include a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Wm Umstead. The Methodist drive seeks 80000 for a new Osceola church. Jeanice Schott John Mills and Jimmy Norton traveled to Lincoln for Rush Week at the University. Osceola inaugurates a new dial telephone system last Wednesday morning.
Mr and Mrs Chris Huggler announce the birth of a seven pound baby boy at the hospital Monday Last rites were held Saturday for John Cerny 51 Rain and hail and strong winds dominated the weather Two to four inches of rain reported Allan Herrmann returned home from baseball war seasons with Williams burg Virginia team in the Eastern League he won ten games and lost seven Leonard Laska 17 son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Laska of Polk County died Wednesday at home
Thirty years ago this week the couple wed at St Marys Catholic Church in a morning ceremony. Also reported, Mrs Matt Gondringer of Shelby died at home after a long illness. Other items note Miss Alice E Yeltman and Howard Herbes wed in Omaha on July 9. Robert Miller of Morrill visited his mother Cecile Miller and family. Miss Gladys Johnson received a linen shower at the E J Browns home.
Miss Merle Kreis daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Kreis married Roy Anderson from the Stromsburg community at Green's Chapel parsonage on Friday evening Sept 9. Leone Vance left for Lincoln to attend the state university next year. Irma Shaw and Margaret Lind left for St Charles Missouri to attend Lindenwood Seminary. Edla Johnson arrived from Holyoke Colorado to visit her parents.
In the 19th century nomadic tribes roamed the Dakotas Montana Wyoming and Nebraska. From 1868 to 1877 the agency at Pine Ridge and Rosebud served as the home where the government distributed promised supplies to Indians, marking a key hub in the Indian wars era.
The Red Cloud Agency along the North Platte River near Henry Nebraska and across Wyoming was moved in 1873 to White River south of Crawford. The site and Fort Robinson were later designated eligible for National Historic Landmark status by the National Park Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rystrom of Stromsburg and Mrs. Otto C. Johnson of Gothenburg called on Susie M. Tilley last Friday.
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