Glastonbury distance duel headlines Kansas Relays pace
The Glenn Cunningham Mile at the Kansas Relays in Lawrence pits Don Gehrmann and Fred Wilt as top distance men with a probable record under 4 10.1. Nebraska's Ed Weir team is weak in relays while Dick Meissner and Irv Thode look to shine in field events.
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Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Lawrence
Don Gehrmann
Wisconsin
Fred Wilt
FBI
New York
Indiana
Gehrmann
Nebraska
Bill Carroll
Dick Meissner
Omaha
Irv Thode
Loup City
Glenn Beerline
Alliance
Weir
Ike Williams
Jimmy Carter
Williams
Fitzie Pruden
Robinson
Stan
Musial
George Kell
Detroit
Brooklyn
Don Newcombe
Cleveland
Bob Lemon
Miltie
Battlefield
Iowa
Lincoln
Lastern Star Chapter Organized At Polk County
A new Order of Eastern Star chapter was instituted in Polk Saturday evening April 14. A dinner for 67 was served by the Ladies Auxiliary at the Legion Hall before the ceremony conducted by Louis E B Houser with a slate of officers led by Margaret Jones and Kenneth Stewart. Attendees from multiple Nebraska towns marked the gathering. the local chapter named Willanna with 30 members.
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Order of Eastern Star
Polk G
Lodge Hall
Legion Hall
Louis EB. Houser
Allie Wegner
Gr Sec’y
Vera Jones
G.W.M
Mildred Duckworth
Zelma Maguire
Helen Beldin
Aural Raecke
Mary Fklund
Warder
Frank Sburtridge
Gr. Sentinel
Walter Raecke
Assoc
Thos. A. Barton
Jane Owens
P. Grand
Marjorie Houser
Grand Rep
Nebraska
Kansas
Betty Burbridge
Grand
Penn
Stromsburg
Omaha
Lincoln
Hebron
Loup City
Mitchell
Curtis
Hampton
Silver Creek
Central City
Clarks
Emma Nelson
Verna Fredrickson
Selah McNaught
Helen Isaacson
Evelyn Shenk
Irma Adelson
Flo Schultz
Helen Samuels
Viola Tenson
New Warehouse Under Construction by Fredrickson Implement
Work began Monday on a new all steel and brick warehouse by Fredrickson Implement Co between Johnson Chevrolet and Green Clothing and Appliance. The 70 by 60 foot building will fill a long vacant open space on Main Street and include a new sidewalk along the site.
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Fredrickson Implement Co
Johnson Chevrolet
Green Clothing
Four Class Champions Brace for Grand Championship Playoff
The four class champions will be bracketed for a playoff to decide the Grand Championship. The piece names Bud Podbielan of Brooklyn Johnny Wryostek of Cincinnati George Zaverink of Cleveland and Sandalio Consuegra of Washington as notable major league players.
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Bud Podbielan
Brooklyn
Johnny Wryostek
Cincinnati
George Zaverink
Cleveland
Sandalio Consuegra
Washington
Obituary of Anna Anderson Lind in Polk Nebraska
Anna Anderson Lind 83 of Polk Nebraska died April 7 1951 after a long illness. Born in Sweden May 7 1867 she lived in Omaha Mead Swede Home Swede Plains Polk and Folk before settling in Polk. Survived by daughters Mrs Walter Nyberg and Mrs Clarence Larson and Mrs Ames Lind plus 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral April 19 at Swede Plain church conducted by Rev Nels Pearson with a quartet and organist Mrs Willard Adelson. Interment Swede Plain Cemetery.
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Anna Anderson
Nels Anderson
Sweden
Polk
Nebraska
Omaha
Mead
Swede Plains
John Lind
Ellen Anderson
Anne Lind
Walter Nyberg
Clarence Larson
Swede
Ames Lind
Portland
Oregon
Swede Plain Church
Nels Pearson
Harvey Lind
Russell Fjelland
Wallace Lind
Willard Adelson
Kermit Larson
John Nyberg
Harold Schulte
Alvin Stranberg
Dean Samuelson
Avlyn Hanquist
Swede Plain Cemetery
Negro soprano at Polk for spring concert Friday
Miss Wylma Fletcher, Negro soprano, appears at Polk Baptist church Friday evening April 20. She offers sacred and secular numbers and spirituals. Fletcher studied at Koox Conservatory Hinchliff Studios Chicago Conservatory McDonald School and Northwestern School of Music. Free will offering received. no charge.
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Wylma Fletcher
Polk Baptist Church
Miss Fletcher
Koox Conservatory of Music
Hinchliff Studios
Galesburg
Ilinois
Chicago
Chicago Conservatory
McDonald School of Music
Northwestern School of Music
Polk
Legion meeting set for April 23 at Legion Hall
All Legionaires are asked to attend the American Legion monthly meeting next Monday night at the Legion Hall. The event is scheduled for April 23 with members urged to be on hand for the gathering and agenda updates.
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The
American Legion
Legion Hall
Paper Drive Rumors Circulate In Town
Local chatter questions when a town paper drive may start. No sponsor confirmed yet, though several organizations could benefit from funds. A high school class might consider organizing the effort amid rising paper prices.
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Tfigh School
Tupper Couple Welcome Daughter Jocelyn Blanche
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tupper of Jissie Texas are parents to a daughter named Jocelyn Blanche born April 13. The mother is Blanche Leach by prior marriage.
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Rey
Robert Tupper
Jissie
Texas
Jocelyn Blanche
Tupper
Blanche Leach
Obituary of Rutherford B Putman
Rutherford B. Tutthan born October 29 1876 near Stromsburg Nebraska died April 7 1961 at Methodist Hospital Omaha Nebraska age 84. He lived on farms in Polk and later Omaha. Survived by four sisters one brother and fifteen nieces and nephews. Services held at Polk Methodist Church with burial in Polk Cemetery.
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Rutherford B. Tutthan
Horace
Cathryn Putman
Stromsburg
Nebr
Methodist Hospital
Omaha
Nebraska
Polk
Polk County
Maude Moore
York
Rutherford
Methodist Church
Nels Pearson
Earl Clark
Tujunga
Calif
Blaine Putman
Des Flaines
Sinois
Harry Putman
Clarks
Dr Strong
Chester Bennet
Charlie Graves
Clyde Cypher
Warren Fightmaster
Henry Cross
Alec McClain
Wayne Stevens
Ewing
Polk Cemetery
Hattie Victoria Steelquist
August
Wilhelmina Steelquist
Rockford
Ilinois
Lfe
Edward August Lindquist
Harold
Hattie
Methodist Church of
Woman's Club Gifts Fire Place for Polk City Park
Construction began Monday on a new fire place donated by the Woman's Club for the city park. The club says the feature will enhance beauty and usefulness and should be finished in time for a May dedication during a breakfast honoring Polk High School's senior class.
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Pork Woman's Club
Woman’s Club
Woman's Club
Polk High School
Polk School News Highlights Grades 1 2 and 5 6 Activities
The Polk school section notes first graders reading in Good Stories and new Number-Play book, lists Honor Roll and perfect attendance students across kindergarten to eighth grade, seniors and juniors photos, and a large Rebekah Lodge district meeting with officers named. It also covers a Polk obituary and funeral details.
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Beverly Ekdahl
Regy Green
Linda Johnson
Joyce Stewart
Calvin Crow
Cheryl Bush
Jane Glasser
Charles Peterson
Arlan Stromberg
Donna Cohagen
Pamela Cramer
Janice Crow
Stephan Funk
Gary Green
Dolan Hahn
Doris Scott
Eugene Miller
Joan Cramer
Leon Johnson
Larry Jones
Joan Seamons
RoCella Lindholm
Carmen Sandell
Nebraska
Whipple
David City
Bellwood
Rising City
Edith Lancaster
Assembly
Agnes Christensen
Omaha
Polk
Ada Baer
Iva Cramer
Lillian Sargent
Claribelle Hasher
Ethel VanMatre
David
Grace McMeekin
Shelby
Evelyn Upholt
Tracy Kreisinger
Outside Guardian
Marie Lewis
Osceola
Inside Guardian
Ruth Miller
Nell Baer
Polk Holds Clean Up Days April Twenty and Twenty One
The Board of Trustees designates Friday April 20 and Saturday April 21 as Clean up Days in Polk. Two hauling trucks will take trash to the city dump. Trash must be placed in receptacles near alleys for pickup and no bonfires on paved streets to protect brickwork.
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Board of Trustees
Polk
Polk High seniors stage comedy play The Campbells Are Coming
Polk High School seniors present a comedy titled The Campbells Are Coming scheduled for Wednesday April 25. Tickets go on sale at Davis Pharmacy with prices 60 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.
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Polk High School
The
Davis Pharmacy
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