Polk County 4-H Achievement and Extension Meetings
County 4-H Achievement will be in Osceola High School Auditorium with a 6:30 supper furnished by local businesses and 8:00 program numbers. Walt Behlen will speak at Stromsburg Methodist Church on Atomic Survival. County Extension Board members will be chosen. 1961 extension reports and a post meeting lunch follow.
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Polk County
Osceola
Fairacres Dairy Company
Jack and Jill
Behlen
Walt Behlen
Columbus
Polk County Extension Service
Methodist
Stromsburg
County Extension Service
County Extension Board
Canada
Valley Precinct
Shirley Cox
Gary Garey
Home Agent News
Polk County farmers to attend Co op Consumers annual convention
A group of 37 Polk County farmers and wives plan to attend the Co op Consumers annual convention in Kansas City on November 27 to 29 with Orville Freeman as a speaker. Polk travelers include Mr. and Mrs Rudolph Nyberg and others traveling by bus. The report also notes a Polk county banquet of farm organizations, local club activities, visits, and a Good Neighbor deed for Leslie Adelson after a silage accident.
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Polk County
Co-op Consumers Annual Convention
Kansas City
Orville Freeman
Polk
Rudolph Nyberg
Vern Eklund
Donald Hanquist
Methodist Church
Shelby
Lennis Lind
Dean Myers
Ben Peterson
Reuben Hanquist
Parker Aker
The
Faithful Workers Club
Florence Hoffman
Oscar Sundberg
Alaska
Irma Hoffman
Irene Carlson
Esther Larson
Teresa van Ostrand
Herbert Wurtz
Clarks
Emma Horstman
Chas. Lytle
Martha Lytle
Arlington
Wm. Dayton
York
Leslie Adelson
Adelson
Mervin Shenk
Dick Larson
Earl
Glen Stevens
Philip
Oscar Johnson
Bill Stromberg
Stanford Ang
Mervin Samuels
Ilos
Don
Dean Ostberg
Ed Coover
Clem Meerkatz
Willard
Arthur Adelson
Roger
Stanley
Vern Samuels
Bob Willits
Paul Coover
Bob Shostrom
Marvin Bankson
Sterling Anderson
Curtis
Wayland
Burdette Flodman
James Lindberg
Oliver Johnson
Polk High School
Comes Charlie
Joan Larkin
Dennis van Housen
Linda Johnson
Regy Green
Larry Klingsporn
Beverely Ekdahl
Alvin Eisler
Cheryl Stohl
Joyce Stewart
Darwin Hahn
Elaine Ostrander
Diane Sandell
Jeri Cramer
Polk County 4-H Band Members Attend Lincoln Event
The Polk County band of 31 members, led by play director Neil McCormick and sponsor Jerry Martin, traveled to Lincoln for the marching band competition with Don Shostrom as bus driver. They enjoyed a steak dinner en route at York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Gnauden
Lannie Ang
Neil McCormick
Jerry Martin
Polk Band
Lincoln
Norman McIntosh
Don Shostrom
York
Parker Aker
Polk County Farmers Union
REA
Stromsburg
Natalie Hahn
Joyce Stewart
Gail Giles
Natalie
Gail
Polk County Farm Bureau
Ben Peterson
Lloyd Hahn
Trinity Lutheran Church
Oscar Sundberg
Alaska
Lookout
Methodist Church
Marvin Fredrickson
Gilbert Lampshire
Wilford Stephens
Lloyd Stromberg
Fort Atkinson School and Library Aimed at Frontier Life
Fort Atkinson, active until 1827, housed a post population over a thousand and included a school established February 1822. Sergeant Mumford taught at 15 cents per day per pupil, with a three officer board enforcing attendance. The post also ran a tightly regulated library spending up to $500 yearly, featuring Robinson, Gibbon, Scott, Breckinridge, and other works, shaping literacy on the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Atkinson
Mumford
Board of Education
Colonel Leavenworth
Nebraska
Morgan
Robinson
Scotland
Dougherty
Gibbon
Rome
Scott
Breckenridges
Louisana
Election of Officers in Stromsburg Precincts Notices
Notice of election of board members for Canada Osceola and Valley precincts to be held at the Methodist Church in Stromsburg on Wednesday November 29 at 730 p m County Extension activities report for the past year to be given by County Agents and general business discussion. Dated November 16 1961 Polk County Extension Service officers listed.
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Canada
Osceola
Valley
Methodist Church
Stromsburg
Polk County Extension Service
Raymond Wagner
Raymond Burke
Osceola House Visit Details Grand Island Guests
Sunday afternoon callers in the Jack Malek home were Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Williams of Grand Island. The social exchange highlighted local acquaintances and weekend visits in Osceola.
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Jack Malek
Mrs. Lyman Williams
Grand Island
Easy Upside-Down Cake and Holiday Cookie Filling
Connie's Column shares an easy one layer upside down cake using apple sauce coconut brown sugar and butter in a 9 inch pan. A cookie filling combines dates sugar water lemon juice nuts and baking to fill unbaked cookies. Also notes gas heating systems improve air flow and promote dust-free comfort before Thanksgiving.
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H. H. Kirkpatrick
Sioux City
Iowa
Hot Cheese Dip Recipe for Crowd
Mrs. E N Townsend shares a hot cheese dip that serves a crowd. Dissolve one bouillon cube in half cup boiling water and blend with two cans cream of mushroom soup undiluted, crushed cheese sticks, garlic salt, and table salt then heat until smooth. Serve hot with toasted bread fingers.
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E. N. Townsend
Corner cupboard makeover idea sparks holiday flair
An Iowa reader suggests quick fixes for a dark corner cupboard using white paint and holly red adhesive paper for holiday cheer. Mrs Allen Haleen of Boone notes pinking shears improve iron on tape patches, inspiring color patches for linen place mats.
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Dad
Son
Allen Haleen
Boone
Christmas Candle in the Home Gas System
An advertisement from Northern Natural Gas Company of Omaha Nebraska promotes a small blue flame in gas refrigerators for automatic defrosting and efficient operation. It highlights year round natural gas delivery to homes via local pipelines and a silent circulation fan as the moving part.
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Santa Claus
Northern Natural Gas Company
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University of Nebr
University of Nebraska Northeast Experiment Station
Walter Tolman
Tolman
University of Nebraska
Paul Guyer
Leo Lucas
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Red Cloud
McCook
North Platte
Broken Bow
Bassett
Lucas
Breed Association
You
Tion
Nebraska Motor Carriers’ Association
South 13Th Street
Clyde E. Smith
Prop
Mrs. Lloyd Hahn
Nebraska Territory
Old Fort Atkinson
United States
Missouri River
Fort Calhoun
Washington County
Cantonment
Missouri
Lousiana
W. D. Aeschbacher
State Historical Society
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Stle
Warp Bros
Chicago
Connie’s
ovAtans
Omaha, Nebraska
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