Osceola News Roundup September 21 1961 Highlights
Retirement Village Fund reaches 30700. Osceola teachers to be guests of Chamber Sept 25. G A B Club met Sept 14 with 10 members. Albers celebrate 61st anniversary. Cederberg attends Luther College. Street light project prepared with incandescent lamps. Polk County Cooperatives name Columbus Day gala. Barbecue planned for 1500 at fairgrounds. Soil Conservation meet in Lincoln attended by locals. OHS cheerleaders listed. Hose ad at Steeples Store. York, Norfolk motor line on Meridian highway. Laura Whaley to Lincoln for state university work. Polk County Fair and Speed Association slated for best meeting yet. Democratic Polk county convention held. McKinley death resolutions adopted. New sewing machine at Dunn’s. Guy Klum to move to Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Chamber of Commerce
Merle Johnson
Paul Walgren
Eldon Swanson
John Albers
John Cederberg
Luther College
Wahoo
Phoebe Morgan
Clara May
York
Hugh Schmoker
Mark Timm
Polk County
Polk County Fairgrounds
Harold Klingman
John Howe
Lincoln
Demaris Johnson
JoAnn Carlson
Anita Branting
Yvonne Anderson
OHS
Sheerlace
Steeples
Margaret Crosby
Calder Throckmorton
Columbus
Laura Whaley
State University
Speed Association
McKinley
G. Green
F. M. Leibee
F. L. Dunn
Guy Klum
Methodist Clergy Assignments Highlight Osceola and Fairview
After the annual conference Rev. A. W. Lapthorne is assigned to Osceola with Rev. W. D. Hamilton serving Fairview and Valley churches. The article lists numerous boys reporting for football practice and notes the birth of William Allen Jr. to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Cummings on September 20. Polk County will join the statewide rat control effort in October, with estimated farm damage around $1.50 per rat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
A. W. Lapthorne
Osceola
W.D. Hamilton
Fairview
Valley
Rolland Gissler
Leon Carman
Lee Snodgrass
Ray Crossant
Dale Dunn
H. Francis
John Cerny
Bill Grossnicklaus
Dean Everitt
Wes Parks
Sam Byers
Erwin Anderson
Dick Mills
Jim Brazee
Lloyd Johnston
Jim Johnston
Ivan Her
Robert Massie
Dan Magnuson
Francis Urban
Wesley Kennedy
Dean DeLand
Bill Norton
Elmer Stewart
Bob Ball
Stanley Braithwaite
Raymond Walgreen
E. Schlentz
Allen Cummings
William Allen, Jr
Polk County
Clergy Return and Community Obituaries in Osceola
Rev. Handel Collier returns from Omaha annual conference and is reassigned to Osceola for year six. George Lind dies at Silver Creek at 24, survived by parents and wife of five months, Osceola High School class of ’26 graduate. Orville Reeb, 19, son of Mr and Mrs George Reeb, dies Sept 21 after long illness. Birth notice for David William DeLand born Sept 17 to Mr and Mrs F B DeLand. Fredrick J DeLand dies aged 77, wife and daughter Mae Hartson survive. Gladys Johnson and Oscar Fedde wed Sept 18 in Osceola, bride a Denver nurse trainee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handel Collier
Methodist Churches
Omaha
Collier
Osceola
George Lind
Silver Creek
Orville Reeb
George Reeb
Fairview
F. B. Kelly
David William
Fredrick J. DeLand
Mae Hartson
Gladys Johnson
Oscar Fedde
Denver
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Presbyterian Nurse's Training School
Grace Church pastor to serve charge another year
50 years ago Rev. J. A. Klein of Grace Church returned from a Kansas City conference with word he will lead the charge for another year. Hon. and Mrs. W. F. Crozier plan a winter spent in California. J W D Fagg of Elkhorn moved his goods to Osceola and will occupy the former N S Campbell place southeast of the city. Property activity grows in Osceola with three transfers this past week including Gilbert B Hotchkiss and O G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Klein
Grace Church
Kansas City
W. F. Crozier
California
J . W. D. Fagg
Elkhorn
Osceola
N.S. Campbell Place
Gilbert B. Hotchkiss
O. G
Catholic Women Plan Two Meetings In York Deanery
The York Deanery Council of Catholic Women schedules its fall board meeting for Tuesday September 28 at 1 30 p m in Mandeville Hall York with Mrs Kent Wortman of Aurora presiding A workshop for York and Hastings Deaneries is set for October 27 in York At Hastings on September 14 Mrs Gerhardt Lux director of the York Deanery and a Lincoln Diocesan board member attended with Mrs Wortman of Aurora on their return they visited the Glen Green home in Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Deanery Council of Catholic Women
Mandeville Hall
York
Kent Wortman
Aurora
Hastings
Lincoln Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Gerhardt Lux
Lincoln Diocesan Board
Glen Green
Veterinary Surgeons Meet in Omaha This Week
The State Association of Veterinary Surgeons gathers in Omaha this week with Dr. M. W. Byers on the program for a leading lecture. A member with a creamery position plans to move his family once he locates a house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Association of Veterinary Surgeons
Omaha
M. W. Byers
Public Schools Enrollment and Club Officers Listed
The Silver Creek Public Schools enrollment totals 287 students K through 12 with 200 in high school. Detailed by grade, senior and underclass officer rosters are provided for the high school and clubs including Pep Club and S. C. Club with named presidents and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle White
Silver Creek
Schmoker Couple Attend Debra Treadway Rick Nekl Wedding
Mr and Mrs Duane Schmoker attended the wedding of Debra Treadway and Rick Nekl on Saturday afternoon at Sacred Heart Church in Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Schmoker
Debra Treadway
Rick Nekl
Sacred Heart Church
Shelby
Make it With Wool Contest Opens for Young Creators
The nationwide Make it With Wool competition invites young women ages 14 to 21 to enter wool fashion design in junior and senior divisions. District III director Mrs. Everett Stork of Blair Nebraska says plans are underway and entries may be obtained by writing to her at Blair address. Local contest date is November 27 at Dana College Blair. Sub-debs and adults may enter the district contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary
National Wool Growers Association
American Wool Council
American Sheep Producers Council
Everett Stork
Blair
Nebraska
Stork
Dana College
Record contest offers $5 merchandise certificate weekly
The Record awards a $5 merchandise certificate weekly to the person who picks the most winners from listed games. Fill the entry form with chosen team names, predict the tie breaker score, include name and address, and submit by Wednesday September 29th before 5 00 p.m. One entry per person, multiple family guesses allowed on separate sheets. Judges’ decision final.
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Catholic Women
Patronize Record
Silver Creek News
John Loh
Dave Powers
Mary Powers
Rich Haas
Scott van Winkle
Denise Schipporeit
Randy Engel
Treas
Lori Alexander
Joan Beck
Raleigh Haas
Calvin Mustard
Donna McCarville
Ron Cuba
Sherri Peterson
Jerry Wilcox
Donna Gray
Joni Martin
la Tona Cannon
Sally Spohn
Sheryl
Edmison
Jacques Carter
Karen Urkoski
S. C. Club
Kevin Egger
Mike Cave
Tom Wyman
Bob Tooker
Elmer Tooker
Dorothy Clark
Newman Grove
Platte College
Dorothy
Ernest Fuehrer
St. Mary Hospital
Kenny Reed
Merle Peterson
Don Jacobsen
Gene Karges
Ray Reisdorff
Jack Bryant
Ed Maurers
Ted Wymans
Raymond Starostkas
Cleo Sawyer
Iowa City
Iowa
Lovena Buchholz
Vaughn Hurst
Jean
Loveland
Colo
Ned Powers
Madeline Powers
Wayne Wruble
Gresham
John Swertzie
Jon Strong
Henry Fuehrer
Raymond Fuehrer
E. L. Klein
Walter Peterson
Osceola Insurance Agency
First National Bank
Harold’s
Central City
Grand Island
Kepner - Roberts
Clarks
Polk
David City
Schuyler
Stromsburg
Co-op Oil, Inc
St. Edward
GMC
Lewis Mobil
Dale
Jim
Ender
Utah State
Ahrens
Air Force
Penn State
Lee Anderson
Farmers Co-op Grain Co
Purdue Bush Drug
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Chat and Chow Cafe
Kansas
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Zenith
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