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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
7
Pastor and Mrs Stauffer hosted coffee after church. Wallace Sandell and Esther Peterson joined Edith Benson and others for Sunday gatherings. Sundberg and Stromberg families hosted visits at Duncan Lake and in Washington D C while others enjoyed birthdays and a Brownville Theatre trip.
The article profiles Theodore Alexander Kiesselbach a renowned agronomist at the University of Nebraska known as King Corn. It traces his life from Polk County Nebraska to Lincoln and his pivotal work in developing corn hybrids that boosted Nebraska's agriculture and economy.
A string of Sunday visits unfolds across multiple Nebraska homes. Mr and Mrs Bill Gruber of Omaha visited his mother Mrs Olive Gruber in the Bessie Green home. Leonard Warnick dropped by the Bessie Green residence Sunday afternoon. Gary Green and an unnamed guest from Central City came by in the evening. Chauncey Gustafson’s wife visited Lou Holtor’s Central City home in the afternoon. Arnold Beins and family from Aurora, along with La Vaughn Adelson and Steve, visited Clarence Johnson’s home Sunday evening. Dolan Hehn hosted Mr and Mrs Jim Swanson and family, Mr and Mrs Elmer Swanson and LeMoyne of Central City, and Mrs Donald Paulson of McMinnville, Oregon. Marvin Branting and family visited Carl Wilson’s home in David City Sunday, with Wilson hosting Mrs Vern Yager of David City as well. Everett Green of Lincoln and his guest Mrs Olive Gruber joined Bessie Green for Saturday supper. Gilbert Glad and family from Aurora, Colorado, are visiting Gordon Glad’s home and other relatives.
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