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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1967
Page
3
School notes detail a kindergarten round-up on Friday April 28 with a morning visitation for entering students and mothers. Prospective families will tour the grade school and attend a coffee hour in the auditorium after the visit. Letters to applicants will be mailed as usual.
An essay contest by the American Legion Auxiliary on Americanism drew several eighth graders. David Stromberg won fourth place while Sharleen Haack took first, Lyle Lindgren second, and Becky Stevens third. their papers will be printed later.
Mr and Mrs Chas Norquest returned home March 26 from Indianapolis reflecting on patriotism. Three Polk pupils took part in the District Spelling Contest at Fairbury April 26 with Cheryl Samuelson, Ann Otte, and Sharleen Haack placing in the top fourth of their divisions. Mrs Otte drove the students to Fairbury. Kevin Graves was accidentally omitted from the Fifth Grade Honor Roll.
The snippet lists school events from April to May including plays contests and graduations. It also records a long sequence of social visits and dinners among local families and guests from Ashland Lincoln Hordville Pocatello and Columbus with dates and host households.
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