Roosevelt dies prompts nation mourn and local figures noted
The progress page highlights President Franklin D Roosevelt’s death and the nation’s mourning. It also records local events: Eckles buys a 1935 Chevrolet. Florida visitors meet Polk residents. a Polk Co shot polio drive begins. and several local people face illnesses, travel, weddings, and community projects in Deland, DeLand Flodman, Hampton, Osceola, and Polk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charlie Eckles
Local Social Visits Highlight Polk County Weekends
Polk residents hosted and visited family and friends across York and nearby towns. Creighton Anderson and family spent a weekend with his mother Mrs Axel Anderson in York. Rudolph Gustafson visited Conrad Lindholm last Tuesday. Reuben Hanquist Vera Nyberg Vega Ekdahl joined coffee guests at the Oscar Anderson home. Stanford Ang Gerald Widga and Vega Ekdahl shared Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Les Roberts in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deland Flodman
Carrol Flodman
Polk
Mac Gleim
Coral Sea
Ted Janky
York
Janky
Dennis Carlstrom
Carol Stromberg
G’a’l’e’n Sterner
Connie Hoffman
Lorraine Reckner
Richard Mundt
Kearney
Cheryl Stohl
Alice Wilson
Nigeria
Sertoma Club
Stromsburg
Creighton Anderson
Axel Anderson
Rudolph Gustafson
Conrad Lindholm
Reuben Hanquist
Polk Progress Ad Rates and Postage Details
The Polk Progress indicates second class matter status at Polk Nebraska. Advertising charges are per column inch 77 cents. Obituary poetry 15 cents per line. Card of Thanks 20 cents per line with minimum $2.00. Subscriptions Nebraska 6 dollars yearly, 4 dollars for six months, 3 dollars for three months. Elsewhere seven dollars per year. Single copy 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris W. Alfred
Polk
Nebraska
Weather Woes and Spring Hopes Chronicle April Skies
A rustic weather diary traces a volatile April with repeated wet spells and scattered warmth. Farmers seek mudgers amid muddy fields, while snippets note visits from Mr and Mrs Conrad Lindholm and Allen Adams among locals in Lundsborg and Roy Glasser Jr.'s household.
No Farmhouses Editorial Sparks Nebraska Debate
Editor Norris Alfred cites the Polk progress as he debates land use laws with state senators. He argues for limits on deep irrigation, warns against predatorial policy, and urges the unicameral to lead on conservation and farm size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Norton
Polk
Richard Lewis
Humboldt
Lewis
W. H. Norton
Osceola
Progress
Bill
William Fulbright
U. S
Nebraska
Polk County
Fullbright
Fulbright
Stromsburg
Norris Alfred
Community visitors share hospitality in pork town
Mr and Mrs Murray Nelson visited Conrad Lindholm’s home Wednesday evening. Dennis Anderson of Lincoln visited his grandparents, Oscar and Mrs Anderson, Saturday. Rev Irving Stauffer and children with Mr and Mrs Elwood Sandell dined with Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson Sunday. Bertha Jones and Conrad Lindholm visited Thursday afternoon at Bill Kingsley’s in Central City. Mr and Mrs Ed Dobberstein and Irene Mundt dined Sunday with Mrs Anna Rau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Nelson
Conrad Lindholm
Dennis Anderson
Lincoln
Oscar Anderson
Irving Stauffer
Elwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lela Sapp
Polk Progress and
Osceola Record
Perry
Lebanon
Farmers Co-op
Cpl
Victor Johnson
Washington, D. C
Hampton
Ben Paben
Sharon
Ann
Ernest Kaeding
Aurora
Art Grimes
Mabel Grimes
Grand Island
Pfe Marie LaVonne Williams
Usmcwr
Harold Nelson
James Hudson Ferguson
USMC
J. KR. Ferguson
Williamston
S. C. Polk
Friends Report
Sam Wall
H. G. Brauer
Maxine Kahler
Alice Rodine
Wilmer Rodine
Johnson Bros. Chevrolet
Charles Eckles
I. B. Leonard
Columbus
Norma Garling
Enoch Peterson
Superior
RIV
Lloyd Lind
Conrad. Lindholm
Lundsborg
F. ‘Slaskopf
Wayne Adams
Denver
Colo
Ron Adams
Kelly
Chad
Roy Glasser, Jr
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