Polk PTA Opens School Year With Speaker And Activities
The Polk community notes the first PTA meeting of the year on a Wednesday with Mrs. James Wilson lecturing on colored shoes. September events include WSCS talks, a church picnic, and a wedding in Lincoln. Polk High reports 203 students with 13 seniors and updates on clubs, staff, and alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers Association
James Wilson
Neil McCormick
Harry Wurtz
York
Linda Dornburg
Judy Adelson
Janet Graves
Sec Treas
Nataliie Hahn
Sally Norquist
Jeri Cramer
Genon Stohl
Lookout
Methodist Church
Gilbert Lampshire
Rolland Stromburg
Labor Day Through Nebraska History and Shifting Celebrations
The article traces Labor Day from a farmers and Populist aligned event in the 1890s Nebraska to a modern holiday largely devoid of a unified labor cause. It notes Lincoln's 1890 gathering of 35 Farmers Alliance groups and about 20 unions drawing over 20,000 people, then describes growing union influence and later waning organizational purpose as holidays broaden beyond labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Labor
Farmers Alliance
Lincoln
Farmers Alliance Movement
Valley Valley Club Potluck Dinner Saturday Evening
Valley Valley hosts a 6:30 p.m. potluck supper at Valley Church basement on Saturday Sept 12. Families bring a pie dish and silver. event organized by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
Valley Church
Gary Lux
Henry Buresh
Lincoln
Margie Lux
Frank Lux
Shely
Social notes from Osceola area include weddings and visits
Miss Marietta Gabriel visited Miss Joyce Bilderback at Ft. Calhoun Nebraska. Gabriel attended Bilderback's wedding to Fred Frazier in Missouri Valley Iowa on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Darrell McFadden returned Steve and Scott to their home and spent the weekend visiting in Omaha with Mrs Peggy Cunningham and at the Richard Swearingen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Jones
David Rutter
George ‘Burritt
Peggy
E. E. Burritt
Columbus
Peggy Marie
E .E Burritt
Ralph Burritt
Marietta Gabriel
Joyce Bilderback
Ft. Callhoun
Nebi
Gabriel
Bilderback
Fred Frazier
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Darrell McFadden
Steve
Scott
Omaha
Peggy Cunningham
Richard Swearingen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polk
Denver
Cole Polk
Claude Green
Oregon
Glen
Walter Green
Connie Jones
Mary Doremus
Bonnie Litty
Lynda Myers
Virgil Bush
Cheryl
Lyle Dornburg
Farmers Co-op
Dean Thelander
Sutton
Wscs of Methodist Church
Leslie Adelson
Paul Strand
Anna Eisler
Richard Johnson
Hosetesses
Donald Rudson
Rolland Stromberg
Neil McNaught
Earl Stevens
Chas. Lytle
Oscar Sundberg
James Lindburg
Frank Ostrander
Osceola
University Hospital
Roy Glasser, Jr
Jerry Giles
Carmen Sandell
Robert Swanson
Stromsburg
Estes Park
Colorado
Sharon Holoch
Queens
Miss Holoch
John
Gaylen Holmes
Nebraska Wesleyan
Joyce Stevens
Kary Heiden
LaMar Lind
State Teachers College
Kearney
Bob Carlson
Hastings College
Bart Nyberg
Univ. of Nebraska
Bruce Johnson
Midland College
Fremont
Rena Mae Willits
University of Denver
Colo
Nancy Norquist
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bryan Memn
Karen Shostrom
Lincoln School of Commerce
Jack Larksin
Germany
Ce Ere
Maytag
Dairy Queen
Discount
York, Nebr
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mrs
Bruce Pickett
Lewis Dunn
Francis Urban
Ray
Mond Schott
Dianna
Kay
Janet
Connie Urban
Legion Hall
Marlene Miester
Bill Umstead and Sons
W. D. Wilson
David
Doran
Alfred Kuhnel
Dale Dunn
Henggeler
Columbus Park
Jack Wieseman
Rex Wieseman
C. R. Carlson
Don Henggeler
Council Bluffs
Norman Henggeler
Shelby
Richard Wyman
Ted Wyman
Kathy Wyman
Lynn Boden
Gardner School
Irene Burritt
Hilbert Buchta
George Reed
Carl Thelander
Howard Boden
S. A
S. Norris
Chicago
Rutter
Charles Fischer
Effie Fornander
Clarks Bridge
Farmall H Tractor
Little Genius
John Deere
Oliver
Lister
International Lister
International Mower International Hammer Mill
J. D
van Brunt
Kimber
Int. K. B
Pickup
Chevrolet
Buzz
Elec
Brunner
Devilibus
ALOW
Olga N. Anderson
Merrick & Engel Auctioneers
Nat'l. Bank
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