Local Houseguests Daily Life Notes
Polk area social highlights include Alaska visitors Mr and Mrs Merle Mallory staying with the Glen Babcocks. Sunday hospitality at Hillis Sterner's featured Ollie Baker Stanley Peterson and Harry Alexander Jr plus Rhonda from Harvard. Dennis Widge spent Saturday night with Don Stewart at the K L Stewart home.
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Merle Mallory
Alaska
Glen
Hillis Sterner
Ollie Baker
Stanley Peterson
Harry Alexander, Jr
Rhonda
Harvard
Dennis Widge
Don Stewart
K. L. Stewart
Shoes Shine Story From Polk Town In The 1920s
In Polk during the early twenties a youth recalls the shoe shine trade. He notes peers’ finances and how some boys earned small change, including Heavy Schultz who shined shoes at Quillen's barber shop then ran a popcorn machine and later led the Corner Cafe. The narrator also reflects on wages, pride, and small-town enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Alfred
Dana Westfall
Dana
Amos Shafer
Amos
U. S. Post Office Department
H. M. McGuffin
Harold
Heavy) Schultz
Quillen
Harold W Andersons mark 15th wedding anniversary
Saturday evening guests at the Harold W Anderson home honored the 15th anniversary. Attending were Oscar and Mrs Anderson and family, Reuben Anderson and family, Lee Anderson and family, Leonard Anderson and family. Carry in lunch was served. Additional visitors included James Adelson and family from Marion Iowa, Robert Stromberg from Washington DC, Julia Flodman and C Marvin Fredrickson, and Rolland Dahlin of Stromsburg visiting Delbert Query and Alvin Dahlin households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Anderson
Oscar Anderson
Reuben Anderson
Lee Anderson
Leonard Anderson
James Adelson
Susan
David
Marion
Iowa
Willard Adelson
Robert Stromberg
Washington, D. C
Edd Coover
Julia Flodman
Marvin Fredrickson
Hartwig Flodman
Delbert Query
York
Rolland Dahlin
Stromsburg
Alvin Dahlin
So long Orrin as youth reshapes the market
The speaker notes being busy with customers waiting for shines and plans a bite at Pete's Cafe. He observes that the youth now have immense purchasing power to fund their brief, potentially transient lifestyles. He offers no moral judgment, merely stating that the situation is different.
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Pete
Charles Otte Wins Purple Ribbon in 4-H Speaking
Charles Otte, son of Mr and Mrs Ted Otte, won a purple ribbon at a 4-H public speaking contest in the 4-H building at York last Tuesday. His talk was titled 4-H Isn't Humbug.
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Charles Otte
Ted Otte
York
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Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben
California
Schultz
Dear Norris
Farmers Coop. Grain Association
Polk, Nebraska
Orrin
State Farm
Ralph C. Bond
Nebr
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Compu
Bloomington, Illinoie
Purina
Bil
Polk Grain Co
Bley
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