Polk County Wry Notes On Lake Fishing And County Fair Bid
Polk anglers recount a 20 hour effort at Grove Lake that yielded about 25 bullheads, Harlan using shrimp and Kahler preferring minnows and worms. A county fair bid follows with 4-H cattle talk, bids from ten Polk businesses, and a joke about a cat named Pedro. The note ends with school time looming and a marble paper weight courtesy.
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Polk
Grove Lake State Recreation Grounds
Harlan Johnson
Ralph Kahler
Kahler
Ecrawdads
Marlan
Harlan
Dean Myers
Lowell
Paul Stevens
Paul
David Stromberg
David
Frank
Frank Ostrander
Pedro
Progress
Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n
Polk Grain Co
Stromberg Iga
Polk Oil Co
Farmers Union Coop Oil Ass’n
Commercial Club
Citizens State Bank
Polk Industries, Inc
The
Polk Progress
Glen Krohn
Polk school to start hot lunch program August 30
The Polk school hot lunch program begins August 30 with lunch prices set at 30 cents for students and 35 cents for adults. Milk costs remain low, tickets available by week month semester or year, and refunds apply to unused portions. Head cook is Mrs. Laura Bolton entering her 13th year. Beans Day plans discussed by Pork Women's Club at Verland Widga home.
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Polk School
Polk
Laura Bolton
Ethel Ostrander
Minnie Miera
Margaret Lott
Pork Woman’s Club
Bean Day Festivities Spark Polk County Celebration
A local column reflects on a summer governors conference and its gag rule on headlines while promoting upcoming Polk Bean Day. The event promises a full day of parade beans barbecue beef ball game races and a 35 voice male chorus from Hastings.
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Alabama
Roger Brazda Farm Land Auction Set for Aug 26
The 200 acre Roger Brazda farm near Polk will be sold at public auction Friday August 26 at 1 30 PM. Dale Banna and Henry Bergen act as auctioneers. Brazda Implement Co will hold its annual fall machinery sale in Polk on Tuesday August 30. Sale bills will be printed this weekend.
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Roger Brazda
Polk
Dale Banna
Work
Henry Bergen
Sutton
Brazda Implement Co
Summer Recreation Program Ends With Final Tournament Night
Polk hosts the 10 11 and 12 year old boys tourney with finals Thurs at 7 and 8 30 PM at Polk City. Monday reports include Clarks 6 Shelby 3 Osceola 10 Benedict 0 Silver Creek 4 Central City 3 Polk 2 David City 1. Tuesday saw Osceola 8 Silver Creek 5 and Clarks 5 Polk 3. Girls softball loss at Fremont. Pony League 13 14 tourney starts Wednesday at Central City through Saturday. Marilyn Sorensen to pitch at Polk in Wednesday game against Polk. Total collections $835 25.
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Polk
Clarks
Shelby
Osceola
Benedict
Silver Creek
Central City Boys
David City
Clarks and
Nancy Kisler
Fremont
Pony League
Central City
Cairo
Marilyn Sorensen
Don Miller
Sissiaseave Inc
County Court Speed Violation Docket Summary
In County Court Hans Weber Dorchester day speed $25 $5 Lyn W Quackenbush DeWitt day speed $15 $5 Ronald R Dressler Omaha day speed $15 $5 Ira Criffield Hazard day speed $15 $5 James B Ludwigs Omaha day speed $15 $5 Grald Otoupal David City day Joseph C Kenny Illinois day speed $30 $5 Larry M Wise Wyoming day Stanley M Stotz South Dakota day speed $25 $5 Harry E Wolstencroft Omaha Harry Knecht Loup City day Robert W Hanisch St Paul night speed $45 $5
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Hans Weber
Dorchester
Lyn W. Quackenbush
DeWitt
Ronald R. Dressler
Omaha
Ira Criffield
Hazard
James B. Ludwigs
Grald Otoupal
David City
Joseph C. Kenny
Illinois
Larry M. Wise
Wyoming
Stanley M. Stotz
South Dakota
Harry E. Wolstencroft
Harry Knecht
Loup City
Robert W. Hanisch
St. Paul
Polk High Star Dennis Sealey Joins Shrine South Squad
Dennis Sealey of Polk High School joins 32 other top high school players in the Shrine Bowl South squad for the eighth annual charity game set for August 20 at the Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. South coach Bill James leads drills at Doane College Crete while North trains at Midland College Fremont. both squads visit Shriners Hospital in Minneapolis before the game.
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Dennis Sealey
Polk High School
University of Nebraska
Midland College
Fremont
Shriners Hospital For
Minneapolis
Minn
County Historical Society Honors The Homesteaders
The Polk County Historical Society crowned living heirs of original homesteads with Honorary Lifetime Memberships at the Friday fair program. August Carlson, on Sec 28-14-3, marks 88 years on his father C. H. Carlson’s homestead since 1872, among eight named recipients listed with section and pioneer names.
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Curtis Flodman
Polk County Historical Society
August Carlson
C. H. Carlson
Joe Lindblade
Emanuel Linblade
John Monson
Peter Monson
Walter Bush
John Bush
Frank Thelander
Charles Thelander
Nettie Norton Carlson
C. O. Norton
Chester Baker
William H. Baker
Martha Smith
J. P. Smith
Flodman
Navy Dental Technician Otte Deploys to Da Nang Vietnam
Dental Technician Third Class Fredrick D. Otte USN arrives in Vietnam as part of Da Nang U S Naval Support Activity. The unit, created to meet combat logistics needs, will include more than 4000 Navy personnel handling supplies and offloading ships in the region.
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Fredrick D. Otte
USN
Ted Otte
Vietnam
da Nang U.S
Navy
East Side Birthday Club Meets Mrs Swanson on Birthday
The East Side Birthday Club met with Mrs. A. E. Swanson on Monday to honor her birthday. After a social afternoon a lunch was served.
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East Side
A. E. Swanson
Corner Cafe to Close for Four Day Vacation
Margaret Johnson the Corner Cafe operator will close the cafe for a short vacation beginning August 18. The cafe will reopen August 22.
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Margaret Johnson
Corner Cafe
Polk Bean Day Becomes August 27 Parade To Dance
Polk invites the community to its annual free Bean Day on Saturday August 27 with a parade and closing dance at the Community Hall. The program features beans barbecue beef baseball races homemade ice cream airplane rides penny per pound carnival and local concessions ending with 35for early evening entertainment. A full schedule will appear in next week's Progress.
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Polk
Hastings
Hospital Census and Discharges Across County Towns
The Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital lists patients and a week of discharges spanning Osceola York Stromsburg Stromsb g Stromsburg Gresham Benedict Silver Creek Lincoln and Lincoln area Bryan Memorial Hospital. Names include Herman Jones William Otte Arvid Wittgren Frances Crow Orval Gildersleeve Lee Christiansen Hannah Johnson Sheldon Huggler Rupert Carlson Flora Haight Julia Johnson Hattie Randell Emma Ericson John Fintel Charles Nuttleman John Monson Donald Evans M F Phillips Elizabeth Smith Robert Imm Mercie Smith Maurice Watts Otto Swanson Walter Watts Nina Larson Sigurd Allinder Bill Wieseman James Lamb Leonard Renquist Esther Peterson.
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William Otte
York
Arvid Wittgren
Stromsburg
Frances Crow
Orval Gildersleeve
Stromsb
Lee Christiansen
Hannah Johnson
Sheldon Huggler
Osceola
Rupert Carlson
Flora B. Haight
Julia Johnson
Hattie Randell
Emma Ericson
John Fintel
Charles Nuttleman
Gresham
John Monson
Donald Evans
M. F. Phillips
Elizabeth Smith
Robert Imm
Silver Creek
Mercie Smith
Shelby
Maurice Watts, Sr
Otto E. Swanson
Walter Watts
Nina Larson
Sigurd Allinder
Bill Wieseman
James Lamb
Leonard Renquist
Benedict
Esther Peterson
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
Cool Week Brings Pleasant Weather and Light Rain
The week opens with cool conditions and lingering clouds after a Sunday arrival. August shows little rain with only .05 inch by Tuesday morning, while July rains of 2.03 and .96 inches ease drought fears. A 4 inch rain occurred Tuesday afternoon.
Swanson Returns From Newman Grove Funeral
Mrs. A. E. Swanson came home Tuesday after a weekend with sister Mrs. Fred Anderson in Newman Grove and attending Mr. Anderson's funeral on August 1. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Myers and their family joined relatives at a Columbus area family reunion picnic Sunday.
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A. E. Swanson
Fred Anderson
Newman Grove
Dean Myers
Columbus
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Polking
Nielsen
Norfolk
Times
Nick McNaught
Shrine South Squad
County Historical Society
Fritz Otte
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Herman Jones
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