Tornado Tale From Frog Pond School District 38
Neva Hill Bright recalls teaching at Frog Pond District 38 near Polk when a spring 1920 tornado hit the Axel Jones farm one mile away. She describes closing windows, sheltering thirteen pupils in a muddy ditch, and watching the barn lifted into a nearby field before a safe return home with her father.
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Neva
Hill
Bright
Tornado
Frog Pond
Norris
Neva (Hill) Bright
Sterling
Colo
Polk
G M. Hills
Axel Jones
Calmar Jones
Jim Nelson
Cohagen
Dad
Polk Progress Advertising and Subscription Rates Listing
Public notice lists subscription rates for Nebraska and elsewhere, 6 month and 3 month options, single copy price, and miscellaneous charges including obituary poetry and card of thanks per line. It notes Norris W. Alfred as editor and publisher and Post Office registration details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Pvt Dennis Carlstrom Joins 5th Missile Battalion Army Defense
Pvt Dennis Carlstrom son of Mr and Mrs Carl Carlstrom of Polk has been assigned to Battery C 5th Missile Battalion 56th Artillery in Dillsboro Indiana as a Military Policeman. He entered the Army in February 1967 and trained at Fort Gordon Georgia before his current posting. Battery C defends Southwestern Ohio Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky with Nike Hercules missiles.
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Dennis Carlstrom
Carl Carlstrom
Polk
5Th Missile Battalion
56Th Artilery
Dillsboro
Ind
Carlstrom
Army
Ft. Gordon
Cincinnati-Dayton
Polk Local News Highlights Family and Church Picnic
Mrs Olive Gruber and Mrs Leon ard Ellwood of Heartsdale New York along with Mr and Mrs Willard Gruber of Omaha and others visited Mrs Bessie Green. The KYB class of the Evangelical Free Church held its annual class picnic in Polk Park with special guest Helen Nyberg of Cody Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Gruber
Leonard Ellwood
Heartsdale
N. Y
Willard Gruber
Omaha
Gary Green
Amy
Central City
Abbie Green
Bessie Green
KYB
Evangelical Free Church
Polk Park
Helen Nyberg
Cody
4 H Junior Leaders Return From Chippewa County Exchange
The Polk County 4-H group of 25 junior leaders and sponsors arrived home Thursday at 3 45 p m after a week in Chippewa County Minnesota They stayed with host families and joined in work play and church activities They compared farming practices noting wheat yields of 15 to 20 bushels per acre and expressed appreciation for the exchange and future trips.
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Osceola
Chippewa County
Minn
Polk County
Nebraska
Minnesota
Local Social Guests Visited in Iowa Homes This Week
Sunday and weekday visits reported across Iowa. Miss Anna Axberg of Fredricksburg hosted coffee with Roger Pries of Marshalltown and Oscar Anderson Sunday afternoon in Harold Anderson’s home. Pries stayed overnight with the Andersons. Julie Wurtz celebrated a birthday Thursday with Bill Kohl’s Clarkstown hosts. Grace Harless and Minnie Wright spent Sunday dinner with Susan Gertsch.
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Anna Axberg
Fredricksburg
Iowa
Roger Pries
Marshalltown
Oscar Anderson
Harold Anderson
Anderson Boys
P. W. Aker
Bill Kohl
Clarks
Julie Wurtz
Grace Harless
Minnie Wright
Susan Gertsch
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San Francisco
Manchester
Kennedy
Lincoln
Nettie Carlson
Russell Aker
Harvard
Walter Fredrickson
Leslie Adelson
Farmers Coop. Grain Association
Polk, Nebraska
Nebraska Pues Association
Aseb Cfr Es Sas Gr
Pvt
Rexall Drug Store
Harimans
Stromsburg
S T Dalton
Wegner
Company
Polk Oil Co
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