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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1970
Page
2
The Osceola Record lists publication data including location Osceola Nebraska 68651 Polk County. It credits editor Nancy Norton and notes subscription rates four dollars within Nebraska and five dollars outside, with a ten cent single copy price. The note cites sustaining member and national association affiliations and includes a Burke quotation.
The Osceola City Council, with Mayor Buffington and Clerk Bond present, approves retaining First Mid America Co. as fiscal agents. It also sets curb and gutter cost at 3.00 per foot to property owners and adjourns after approving bills and a few routine items.
The Nebraska Department of Roads schedules public hearings for Federal Aid Project F-14X39 the York to Columbus freeway. Hearings in York at 1 30 p.m. October 27 1970 and in Columbus at 7 30 p.m. October 27 invite testimony and written statements within 10 days. Maps and coordination data will be available.
Shelby residents attended an informational meeting in Stromsburg on Sept 9 about the Easter Seal Camp to be built in northeast Seward County with a drive for funds for cabins kitchen dining infirmary pool and crafts building. The report also notes local visitors hospital updates sports results and social events including a 32 to 8 football victory over Gresham on Sept 18 at Shelby home field and upcoming game with McCool.
Notices announce hearings for Oswald Bernt Sr estate and Clarence Richter will probate and appoint administrators executors. Hearings set September 28 1970 at 2 PM Osceola County Court Room and October 6 1970 at 10 AM for Verda Richter Executrix. Additional item shows Wilmer Anderson to be Executor with a timing note.
The document lists expenditures for textbooks and supplies from multiple publishers and vendors including Fearon Thomas Laidlaw D C Heath Goodheart-Wilcox Follett Ginn Ginn Houghton Mifflin Osceola Record and National Geographic Society. Amounts range from 1.70 to 597.46 with a total library and classroom needs showing 100.00.
The Board approved buying desks and chairs and securing insurance for football field poles and wiring. An open house is set for September 22 and the next meeting is scheduled for October 5 at 8 00 P M.
The Department of Roads will make available for inspection at district and main offices in Norfolk Grand Island and Lincoln the agencies and local officials and public advisory groups likely to be interested in a project. Public Hearing Engineer P. J. Russ notes hearings on 9 24 and 10 22 21.
A birthday dinner honoring Lacey Sprengel was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Sprengel in Geneva on Monday. The North Shelby Club gathered Thursday at Mrs. William Neubel’s home for a craft lesson on Fabric Flowers led by Mrs. Gary Hernbloom and Mrs. Robert Logan. Corinne Garretson, soon to be Kenneth Scholz’s bride, was honored at a shower Sunday afternoon at the Parish Hall. A training session for extension club leaders on storage problems will be held September 23 at 1 30 p.m. in Osceola City Hall with area extension agent Mrs. Jane Munson in charge.
Lincoln man Richard A Olsen receives a ten dollar fine plus five dollars costs for no number plates. Omaha man Ted Shipps faces ten dollars and costs for an expired inspection ticket. Arnold resident Gerald B Eastburn is fined twenty five dollars and fifty cents for daytime speeding Vascar. Columbus fisherman Danny A Abel pays ten dollars and five dollars costs for fishing without a permit. Silver Creek’s Vernon Peterson gets fifteen dollars and five dollars costs for daytime speeding Vascar. Osceola resident Ricky A Jones is fined ten dollars and five dollars costs for no operator’s license. Silver Creek’s James D Carlson charged twenty dollars total for no operator’s license and no inspection sticker. Edwin D Linderman listed in Kansas with no further details.
The record lists several speeding and alcohol related violations with fines and costs for individuals from Missouri Shelby Broken Bow Omaha and Colorado. Marriage licenses issued include Murray L Smith and Helen M Hohndorf in Shelby and several other pairings with ages and locations. Osceola News dinner guests and visiting relatives are also noted along with social visits and home gatherings in the area.
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