Local News Items Crowded Out Last Week
Miss Mary Louw Sandell of Lincoln spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Elwood Sandell. Many neighbors and relatives visited and attended dinners and social events in honor of Elwood's birthday.
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Mary Louw Sandell
Lincoln
Elwood Sandell
Wallace Sandell
Kent Sandell
Levar Sandell
Mary Lou
Carmen
Elwood
Richard Sealey
Paul Coover
Vera, Shay of
York
Grace Harless
Historical Society To Dedicate School House
The Polk County Historical Society moved the District No 17 school house to the museum grounds and completed needed work. Dedication ceremonies will be held this Sunday May 30 at 2 p.m. the building sits just south of the county museum in Osceola and the public is invited to attend and tour.
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The
Polk County Historical Society
Historical Society
Osceola
Winners Of The 1971 SCS Poster Contest
Margie Lux of Osceola won ten dollars and a certificate in the 1971 SCS Poster Contest. Rachael Boden, Julie Carlson, Gayle Neujahr, Doug Peterson, Dorothy Bouska, Melody Marak, Lana Bills, Douglas Draeger, Daryle Nelson, and Susie Bryan of Osceola and Stromsburg earned prizes ranging from one to five dollars plus certificates as seventh and eighth grade Polk County students. The event was sponsored by the Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District and county education offices following Conservation Day in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Lux
Osceola
Rachael Boden
Julie Carlson
Gayle Neujahr
Doug Peterson
Dorothy Bouska
Stromsburg
Melody Marak
Lana Bills
Polk
Douglas Draeger
Daryle Nelson
Susie Bryan
Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District
County Superintendent of Schools
County Extension Service
The
County Soil Conservation Service
Polk County
Tornado Safety Advice for Plains States
Spring and early summer bring tornado risk with peak danger between 4 pm and 8 pm though tornadoes can occur any time. A tornado warning means sighted or radar indicated. seek inside shelter, avoid windows, and use interior halls or basements. In open country move at right angles to the path or lie in a ditch. mobile homes should seek storm shelters or low ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains States
Kansas State
Merle Brown
Camp Easter Seal opens for handicapped in Polk County
Polk County Society of Crippled Children and Adults plans four sessions of Camp Easter Seal with eligibility for all handicapped children age seven and up or adults in Nebraska. Sessions run July 19 27 to August 27 with specifies for mentally retarded youths 7 13 year olds teenagers and adults. Camp offers nurse on site physician on call and activities from hiking arts and crafts swimming cookouts softball and games. For attendance contact Polk County Chairman Mrs Jimmy Majors in Osceola.
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Polk County Society of Crippled Children and Adults
Easter Seal Society For
Nebraska
Easter Seal
Jimmy Majors
Polk County
Osceola
Local Social Notes Include Weddings Travels and Honors
Progress Files records show couples journeying to Buffalo and Wichita for family visits and harvest work. Nebraska All-State Fine Arts accepts Polk High School students Sheralee Hill and Jeanelle Kroger. A charivari celebrates newlyweds returning from the Ozarks. Alumni plan a silver anniversary gathering after a banquet at Floyd Miller home. Janet Kay Bodine born May 20 in Oregon. Commencement at Kearney State College honors Nina Nelson. Mary Lou Sandell earns a Bachelor of Arts in Education at Kearney State. Memorial Day dinners, visits from relatives, and summer plans surface among Osceola, York, Grand Island, and Denver connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheralee Hill
Jeanelle Kroger
Polk High School
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Sheralee
Jeanelle
Oliver Baker
Ozarks
David Sundberg
J. ©. McClure
T. A. Stevens
Will Stevens
J C. McClure
Osceola
Floyd Miller
Donald Bodine
Portland
Oregon
Janet Kay
Lloyd Kroger
Leota Sneed
Phyllis Behrens
Kenny Bedient
Bernard Land
Gaylen Holmes
Clara Blase
Lewis Parker
Big Springs
Victor Blase
Harold Blase
Gilbert Blase
Walter Nelson
R. E. Burke
Nina
Stromsburg
Kearney State College
Bill Wright
Arvid Magnuson
Clarks
Ivan Johnson
Mary Lou Sandell
Nebraska State College
Kearney
All Hostess Supper Honored Daley Guest List
Polk local news notes an all hostess supper Sunday evening honoring Mr and Mrs Alfred Daley of Las Vegas Nevada. Guests included Mr and Mrs Earl Johnson, C Marvin Fredrickson, Ollie Johnson, Darold Johnson and Derby Kansas family, Kenneth Peterson, Douglas Peterson of Stromsburg, Wm Johnson and sons, Gary Waller and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Johnson
Alfred Daley
Las Veas
Nevada
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Ollie Johnson
Darold Johnson
Derby
Kansas
Kenneth Peterson
Douglas Peterson
Stromsburg
Wm. Johnson
Gary Waller
Las Vegas
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Lynn Benson
Paul Stevens
Don Ostberg
Murray
Haxtun
Colo
Douglas Ruch
Haxtun High School
George Pace
Rafael
Calif
Ethel Ostrander
Dale Nyberg
Richard Johnson
Carmen Sandell
Des Moines
Ames
Iowa
Gene Wood
Monmouth
Ill
Anna Eisler
Bessie Green
Roalland Stromberg
Deryl Reed
Grace Lundy
Ralph Redman
Carroll Flodman
Virgil Flodman
Central City
Wilbur Jones
Raymond Sundberg
Adolph Forss
Willard Adelson
Wallace Lind
Nettie Carlson
Ellsworth
Lloyd Widga
Sutton
Judy Perrella
Merle LaVelle
Dave Moore
Richard Hawthorne
Kansas City
Earl Fuehrer
Bradley
Minot
North Dakota
Marvin Nelson
Janet
Arcadia
Blanche Nelson
Dwight Burney
Allen Beermann
Linda Dierking
Nebraska City
Florence Cooper
Crete
L. Lane
Weeping Water
Herman Larson
Council Bluffs
Glenn Hill
Max Lott
Kirk
Shelby
Margaret Lott
Stanley Moore
COOP
Procraa
Farmers Coop Grain Association
SCS
Gordon Fossberg
Maurice Lindburg, Jr
James Lindburg
Dan Graves
Bradshaw
Marcella (Burgess) Perkins
Marjorie (Warnick) Ehn
Delores (Lundberg) Johnson
H. A. Cramer
Lois
Rachel] Schrader
Buffalo
New York
Everett Cramer
Sadie Clark
Owen Bedient
Wayne Ramsey
Stanley Peterson
Cecil Newton, Jr
Wichita
Aumni
Serena Meerkatz
Paula Mueller
W. D. Richardson
Orville Blase
Michigan
Albert Schultz
Illinois
Raymond Stankel
Laurie
Houston
Texas
Ruth Kroger
Gaylen
New Orleans
Grant Willits
Edick Anderson
Edith
Walter Anderson
Grand Island
Sally Norquest
Nancy
Colorado
Pat Punk
Vancouver
Washington
H. B. Stapleton
Walter Binafrd
Nathan Peterson
Margaret Peterson
Denver
Ralph Peterson
Colleen
Columbus
Msurand
Larry Cook
East
State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
WOME
Bloomington
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