Polk County People and Local Happenings In Osceola Area
Local page highlights include D N Mills as Polk County Paige Auto Salesman and a fire that destroyed the Harry Henderson Farm Home southeast of Polk. Construction progress on the Polk county courthouse, social gatherings, picnics, travel plans, and multiple small community events populate the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. N. Mills
Paige
Harry Henderson Farm
Charles Eckles
Ford
Charles
Irma Smith
Nebraska
Wyoming
Gering
Lawrence Barton
Ella Mahnken
Charles Lindahl
Platte River
Clarks
Bryan Graves
Olof Ostbergs
Grant Johnsons
Charles Lindahls
Robert Lindahls
Nels Nyberg
Bertha
Seattle
Wash
Frank Rourke
Rourke
Ellen Nyberg
Riverside Park
Harry Henderson
Polk
Polk Progress: Local News Briefs From County Seat
Local items include community events, upcoming meetings, and brief notices from Polk County. Names and exact dates are sparse, with focus on civic updates and neighborhood happenings in the county seat.
Nebraskans To Picnic In Denver
An August 8 noon Nebraska picnic will be at the Garden House Pavilion in Elitch Gardens Denver. Free admission and discount ride tickets available from Mrs Harold Sass in Longmont or Eva Frahm in Commerce City. Bring a basket dinner. drinks provided. Open to Nebraskans living in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden House Pavilion
Elitch Gardens
Denver
Harold Sass
Judson
Longmont
Colo
Eva Frahm
Highway 2
Commerce City
Colorado
Local Picnic Attended by Polk Residents at Buckley Park
Mrs C Marvin Fredrickson and Mrs Russell Freil joined the TCW club annual picnic Thursday evening at Buckley Park in Stromsburg. Miss Jane Fredrickson and others are attending a three week summer session at the University of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frog Pond
Polk Park
Maurice Lindburg
Columbus
Charles Peterson
Sally Ann
Thais Belle Lackey
Fremont
Louis Parker
Big Springs
Clara Blase
Frank Cohagen
Donna Jean
Rudolph Ehn
Merlin Wright
Minnesota
Lloyd Kroger
Omaha
Irene Stewart
Cramer
California
Chapman
Oliver and
Elwyn Johnson
Daryl Sterner
Bellevue
Mrs McSwan
Time To Consider 1972 Wheat Crop
Nebraska wheat producers weigh yield and protein as test weight falls from last year. Duane W. Foote urges studying 1971 variety performance using University of Nebraska test plots published in the Outstate Testing Circular. Centurk limited seed and Foundation Centurk supply noted. Scoutland and other varieties advised in C. C. 178.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Duane W. Foote
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Foote
University of Nebraska
Foundation
School Board approves budget and new teachers
The Board of Education met with all members present except Dale Lindburg. They approved the 1971-1972 budget and bills dated July 6 1971. The board hired Mrs Thengvall for fifth grade and Miss Carol Huber for English. Payments to suppliers and staff were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Dale Lindburg
Dwayne Miller
Thengvall
Carol Huber
K. L. Stewart
Local visits and meals linked by Polk County families
The Polk area report details multiple visits and dinners among Adelson and related families from York Grand Island Clarks and Wichita with stops in Stanford Osceola and Albany Oregon. Guests include Mrs Leslie Adelson Mrs Orlie Adelson Roy Nelson Willard Adelson Art Adelson and others as they travel between Kansas Nebraska and New York for gatherings and overnight visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Adelson
Cindy
Debbie Larson
Arthur Prince
York
Debbie
Grand Island
Orlie Adelson
Wichita
Kansas
Roy Nelson
Clarks
Willard Adelson
Art Adelson
Dick Alderson
Robert J
Adelson’s
Polk
Paul Strand
Bernard Breuning
Stanford
Gary Breuning
Matthew
Joe Breuning
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polk County
Osceola
John L. Snodgrass
Neva
Tressa Hill
Helen Richmond
Edna Tenney
Zarah Shafer
Babe McGaffin
John Elving
Richard Widge
York and Stromsburg
Broadway Jones
Stromsburg
John Wall
Hampton
B. M. Burke
Sidney
Seophia Richmond
Helen
Fullerton
Chautauqua
Bradshaw Lumber and Implement Co
Newton
T. S. Fisher
Vera Hoffmeister
Benedict
Yellowstone Park
Henderson
C. J. McCoy
Dan Graves
Edwin Glad
A. G. Glad
Edith
McGregor
Town
L. O
Kahler Coffee Shop
Harlan Johnson
Ralph & Marie Kahler
Nebraska Association
THE
Treasury Bond
Inter-Collegiate Press
Omaha World-Herald
Coors
Charles A. Bennet Co., Inc
Ginn and Company
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Motor Trend
National Geographic
Hertzberg-Ne
Enic Ga Ven
ER Gareeney
Follett Educational Corporation
NASCO
South-Western Publishing Co., Dooks
Ccee Seenane
Ralph Lavelle
Haume
Sargent-Welch Scientific Company
Stephenson School Supply
Dick's
Polk Light & Water
Wrenees
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co
Reuben Hanquist
Charles Norquest
United Chemical Company
Fede Als Dene Gillum ®Ook Company
Pooes Wesesessse Vec Encctvees
Layne Hanquist
Douglas Norques Labor
Stromberg
IGA
Anderson Plumb
Ing
Harold Anderson
Horace Stevens
Jo Ann
Martin Jones
Russell Banks
Albany
Oregon
Stevens
Banks
Olive Gruber
Esther Ellwood
Hartsdale
New York
Bessie Green
Gruber
Mrs Green
Rufeler
A Avice
Polk Oil Co
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