Ehrlich Speaks at Polk Extension Annual Meeting
The 1958 Polk County Extension meeting in Osceola featured speaker William Ehrlich, 18, of the Nebraska Air National Guard, recounting his 1957 South Pole expedition with the Air Force. A cooperative supper preceded the event, a revised Extension Constitution was adopted, and new board directors were elected for Canada, Osceola, and Valley precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Methodist
William Ehrlich
Lincoln
Nebraska Air National Guard
Ehrlich
South Pole
Air Force
Don Linton
Polk County
Canada
Dale McMeekin
Raymond Wagner
Valley
Duane Schmoker
Walter Spilker
Alma Anderson
Achievement Day Held At Stromsburg With Council Change
The Annual Home Extension Achievement Day was held in Stromsburg on October 20. A noon lunch honored retiring and new council members. Svend Overgaard of Millard Nebraska, treasurer of the National Home Extension Council, spoke at the afternoon program. Delegates reported on the State Convention at York and the National Convention at Wichita. About 60 women attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Svend Overgaard
Millard
Nebraska
National Home Extension Council
York
Wichita
Fertilizer Meeting Held in Osceola April 29
An information meeting on fertilizers and their use was held in Osceola on Tuesday April 29 with about 40 farmers in attendance. Extension Agronomist N D Weldon spoke to the group and answered questions, showing several slides during the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
N. D. Weldon
Extension Agronomist
Dr. Weldon
County Extension Agent reports activities in Polk County
A summary of the past year’s Extension Service work in Polk County is presented by Gary B. Garey. The full 1958 activities are available in the yearly report at the Extension Office, with cooperation from the county newspapers helping publish the notice.
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Polk County
Training continues for County Agent
The State Extension Service urges county employees to keep training on the job. Eight days through the year included program planning conferences or one day agent trainings. The agent enrolled in Extension Summer School at Colorado State University Fort Collins last summer. The three week session was partly funded by a Moses Foundation scholarship. Courses included Development of Youth Programs and Family Financial Management. The agent and family enjoyed the mountains and meetings with agents from across the United States and with Polk County people in Fort Collins.
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The
State Extension Service
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Moses Foundation
West Springfield
Mass
United States
Polk
Polk County 4-H Club Directory 1958 Leaders and Assistants
Organized clubs across Polk County list 4-H leaders and assistants with locations. The compilation names club leaders such as A Boxer, Ted Cannon, Rupert Carlson, Paul Swanson, Orley Conkling, and Merle Dawes among others, with Osceola, Stromsburg, Shelby, and Stromsburg as key locales and notes many clubs have two assistants.
Extension Board Tours Lincoln Ag College Campus
County Extension Board members and spouses joined the Polk county group for a Thursday tour of the Agriculture Campus in Lincoln. They visited dormitories dairy milking parlor meat laboratory and agriculture hall while women toured Foods and Nutrition and Home Economics buildings and men explored Engineering Tractor Testing and Soil Labs and the Green House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Extension Board
Garey
Lincoln
Walter Spilker
Nell Daley
Polk County
Foods and Nutrition
University Green
Tom Schmoker
Gerhardt Lux
Robert Tooker
Don Linton
George Tiaden
Don Hanquist
Lawrence Richter
Harry Kreis
Irene Krueger
Raymond Burke
Lavelle Lamoree
Meredith
Gary Garey
Polk County Fair Driven by 4-H Leaders and Volunteers
The Polk County Fair credit rests on hours of planning by 4-H leaders and committees who also supervised 4-H exhibits during the three fair days. Rogues included Mrs. Dale Buchta clothing and Mrs Orley Conkling foods among others, with judges Robert Keehler, R. M. Kildee, and Mrs Elizabeth Reed overseeing livestock and home economics projects. Lavelle Lamoree oversaw three extension clubs Osceola Shelby and O N C aiding open class home economics. the O N C won 10 dollars with Swede Home second and Stromsburg Project third in the club contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Dale Buchta
Orley Conkling
Luther Kreis
Lloyd Hahn
Ed Dobberstein
Paul Swanson
Wesley Nelson
Allen Anderson
Ted Canon
Robert Keehler
Omaha
R. M. Kildee
Fremont
Elizabeth Reed
McCool Junction
Lavelle Lamoree
Osceola Project
Shelby Project
4-H Picnic Brightens Stromsburg Park Day
The Polk County 4-H picnic and swimming party was held at Buckley Park Stromsburg on Thursday August 14. Over 60 4-H members leaders and family enjoyed swimming courtesy of Stromsburg Commercial Club. After swimming a picnic supper followed with Kool-Aid and coffee provided by the Polk County Extension. 4-H Leaders on the picnic committee were Mrs Raymond Burk chairman Mrs Richard Angerior and Mrs Mervin Rystrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Stromsburg
Raymond Burke
Richard Angereor
Mervin Rystrom
Seven Polk 4-H Leaders Attend Lincoln Conference
Seven 4-H Leaders from Polk county attended the Leaders Training Conference in Lincoln January 22 to 25. Attendees included Mrs. Richard Anderson, Mrs. Raymond Burke, Mrs. Dale Bu chta, Mrs. Mervin Rystrom, Mrs. Luther Kreis, Allen Anderson, and Orley Conkling. They later led a county Leaders Training Meeting at IOOF Hall in Osceola February 14.
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Polk County
Lincoln
Richard Anderson
Raymond Burke
Dale Buchta
Mervin Rystrom
Luther Kreis
Allen Anderson
Orley Conkling
IOOF
Osceola
County 4-Hers win many awards at Ak-Sar-Ben show
Polk County 4-H members exhibited at the Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show the world’s largest 4‑H event and earned five purple, eight blue, eleven red, and one white ribbon. Beef exhibitors Darwin Anderson Nick Richters Glenn Dobberstein Louis Monson won a purple Herdsmanship award and a county plaque. A county team placed tenth in a judging contest among 50 to 60 teams.
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Polk County
4-H
Ak-Sar-Ben
Darwin Anderson
Nick Richters
Glenn Dobberstein
Louis Monson
Osceola Girl Crowned Seward District Dairy Show Queen
Barbara Wieseman of Osceola daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Wieseman was crowned Queen of the Seward District Dairy Show at Seward on August 18 representing Polk county. Polk exhibitors won five purples five blues four reds and two white ribbons earning eligibility for Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha and travel funds to the State Fair.
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Barbara
Fred Wieseman
Osceola
Seward
Polk County
York
Lancaster
Fillmore
Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
4-H Leaders Banquet Sponsored by Polk County Banks
Over 120 4-H leaders and spouses attended the 11th annual banquet at Osceola High School Auditorium on April 30. Miss Joyce Carlson of Stratton Nebraska spoke about her five month IFYE India exchange, sharing experiences living with Indian families. The County 4-H Council presented plaques to five banks in appreciation of their support.
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Osceola High School
Polk County Bankers Association
Joyce Carlson
Stratton
Nebraska
International Farm Youth Exchange
IFYE
India
Carlson
Inia
Plot work with new chemicals on weed plots in 1957
Fall plots by the State Division of Noxious Weeds Polk County Weed District and Extension Service report renewed trials on tanweed and continued work on bind weed leafy spurge and Russian Knapweed. A new chemical 638 shows promise along with benzoic compounds and 2 4 D Butric further work looks promising.
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Polk County
Extension Service
Polk County 4 H members shine at Nebraska State Fair
Polk County 4 H members collected five purple, nine blue, twenty four red and twenty seven white ribbons at the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln last September. County judging teams placed high overall, with all teams finishing in the upper tenth to fifteenth percentile despite no team winning their contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
4-H
Lincoln
1958 County Extension Club lesson topics
The County Extension Clubs received a set of study topics for the year including Sewing Machine satisfaction and Sewing New Fabrics in January, Furniture Arrangement in March, Let's Eat Fruit in April, Food Facts and Fallacies in September, and Laundry Tricks and Gadgets in October. A variety of additional lessons were also offered by the College of Agriculture for club meetings.
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College of Agriculture
Osceola 4-H Champ Linda McKeag Named State Award Winner
Osceola high school student Linda McKeag was named one of Nebraska's 4-H Champions for dairy foods. She earned the State Award at 4-H Achievement Night and later competed for a sectional trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McKeag Jr.
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Linda McKeag
Osceola
Nebraska
Chicago
Linda
James McKeag, Jr
Sugar Beets Sown as County Plans For 1959
An informational meeting on sugar beet production was held in Stromsburg on April 23 with over 40 attendees. Ed Kidder Don Lewis and Howard Redabough of American Crystal Sugar Co Grand Island attended to discuss beet production and potential 1959 plantings if allotments can be established, co-sponsored by the Stromsburg Commercial Club and the County Ex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Ed Kidder
Don Lewis
Howard Redabough
American Crystal Sugar Co
Grand Island
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Silver Creek
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Busy Belles
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Friendly Families
FA. N
Golden Rod
Happy Hour Jolly Workers
Lone Star
Maple Leaf
North Shelby
Osceola Projec
ON. C
Polk-A-Dots
Sociable Sals
Swede Home
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U-Shar-It
Wesley Chape
Glen Hendrickson
Roy Grossnicklaus
Wayne Augustine LeRoy Doremus
Will Imhoff
Albert Bloom
Elgin Tenniges
Sam Wyman
Virgil Johansen
Lulu Ward
William Carpenter
Donald Hanquist
Bill Kumpf
Joe Fisell
Warren Johnson
Philip Waller
Robert Sigler Jr
Cedric Fineey
Platte
Osegola
Clear Creek
Hackberry
SPE
Saree Tis de As
Benedict Osceola Gresham
Gam Columbus Silver Cr
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Stromsburg Silver Ceek
Aek Rg
Extension Board Toured
Ag College
Buckley Park
County
Ers
Osceola Girl Queen
Bankers
Baba
Lionel
Penny
Madhavrao Begwentiee Patil
Swanson’s
Farmers Union Co-op Oil Ass’n
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