Polk Celebration Two Day Event Honors 30th Anniversary
Celebration program for Polk's 30th anniversary runs Tuesday and Wednesday August 18 and 19 with a street carnival rides and concessions a double header ball game Lin ecoln Creek vs Polk and Swede Home vs Swede Plain admission 10c music by Polk Band and a modern dance orchestra. Wednesday features a big street parade sports races picnic dinner at the park at noon free coffee and 2 pm ball final admission 10c music by Polk Band dancing at 9 pm. Republican speakers include Dwight W Griswold Arthur J Denney Charles W Binder and Robert Simpsons with tentative arrangements for speeches to draw large crowds.
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Polk
Polk Band
Dwight W. Griswold
Nebraska
Arthur J. Denney
Congress
Charles W. Binderup
Mons
Robert Simpmons
Incoln
U. S
Shower For Bride To Be Elna Stranberg Nyberg Event
Announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Elna Stranberg to Edwin Nyberg at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Olof Nyberg on Friday August 7. The couple will wed in Hordville on August 15 as guests celebrated with games a treasure hunt gifts and a yellow and white luncheon for about forty.
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Elna Stranberg
Edwin Nyberg
Olof Nyberg
Hordville
Rudolph Nyberg
Helen Nyberg
Johnson McBeth wedding at Swede Home Church
Edythe Johnson daughter of Mrs. Esther Johnson and Brent McBeth son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McBeth wed at Swede Home Church on Sunday evening August 2 after the Luther League program. Rev. C A Sward officiated. The bride wore a brown dress with a matching hat. Attendants were Yaelen Peterson and Waldo Rodfine of Swede Home. The couple left for a wedding trip to the Black Hills.
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Edythe Johnson
Esther Johnson
Brent McBeth
Robert McBeth
Luther League
C. A. Sward
Yaelen Peterson
Waldo Rofdine
Black Hills
Polk County W C T U Convention Program
The Polk County W C T U holds its August convention in Polk. The day includes devotionals, an address of welcome, reports from locals and county directors, music by local unions, memorial services, reports on the National Convention at Tulsa, and a closing benediction. Notable participants include Mrs. E. E. Pengelly, Mrs. Z. F. Myers, Miss Eva Mouden, Miss Olive McBeth, Rev. Bailey, Shelby Union, Mrs. I. J. Merrick, L. M. Merrick, and Mrs. Dyar.
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Polk County
Polk
E. E. Pengelly
Z. F. Myers
Joel Hanson
Osceola
Eva Mouden
Stromsburg
Olive McBeth
Sup’t. of
Margaret Anderson
John Falk
Rev. Bailey
Shelby Union
I. J. Merrick
Polk Union
L. M. Merrick
Tulsa
Okla
Pre-Nuptial Shower Honoring Miss Verbena Brauer and Leo Wurtz
A Sunday evening shower celebrated Verben a Brauer and Leo Wurtz at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Wall in Hampton. Mrs Wall and Mrs Chas Norquest of York hosted with copper green and gold fall decor. Bridge was played and a copper green gold reception served to twenty four guests.
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Verbena Brauer
Leo Wurtz
John Wall
Hampton
Wall
Chas. Norquest
York
Frog Pond School Picnic Announcement
The annual Frog Pond School picnic is set for Friday August 21 1936 at City Park. A large crowd is expected. attendees should bring dinner and meet former teachers and schoolmates. Notify a friend or relative. By order of Committee.
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Frog Pond
Shower Honors Mrs. Donald Newton at Sealey Home
A miscellaneous shower for the recent bride Mrs. Donald Newton was held at the home of Mrs. Richard Sealey on a Tuesday afternoon. Guests enjoyed games and a two course luncheon in yellow and blue decor with about twenty attendees.
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Donald Newton
Richard Sealey
Nebraska grads secure jobs in 1936 report
University of Nebraska says 714 June graduates found employment across professions, with 50 percent of advanced degree holders already placed. Strong demand in agronomy, dairy, animal husbandry, rural economics, home economics teaching, institution management, botany, chemistry, physics, zoology, geology and oil industry. More graduates in business, law, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, and engineering secured positions with majority employed by end of summer.
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University of Nebraska
ET. A. Burnett
College of Business Administration
Stromsburg Residents Attend Luther League Convention
A block of Stromsburg residents attended the Luther League Convention at Swede Home Lutheran Church last week. Names mentioned include Doris Ericson Alice Clifford and several local families as they visited relatives in Loup City Des Moines Iowa and Denver Estes Park Colorado. City folks travel for visits while others plan rodeo Frontier Days trips and home projects progress.
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Stromsburg
Doris Ericson
Alice Clifford
Loup City
Richard Cristensen
Ripley Drug Co
York
H. Chistensen
Burwell
Jerry Kahley
Estes Park
Denver
Colo
Karley
Lincoln Tel and Tele Company
Axel Altberg
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Eurika Hedman
Victor Altberg
Ramon Hedstrom
Des Moines
Iowa
L. H. Hedstrom
A. V. Tielson
A. B. Hedbloom
Englewood
Boulder
William Schaperns
Betty Lou
Hartford
Conn
Beauty pageant draws wide county interest at Polk County fair
The Polk County beauty pageant at the Polk County fair grounds on Monday night August 25 will crown Miss Polk County by three out of county judges. Over a hundred girls are entered with sponsors from local businesses and professionals. The winner advances to Lincoln to compete for Miss Nebraska. A Little Miss Polk County contest for ages 3 to 6 will also be held.
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Polk County Fair Ground
Polk County
Nebraska
Jay Hastings
State Fair
Pell County
Remedy for Drouth: underground lake irrigation proposal
Robert Graham of York, district manager for Town Nebraska Light and Power, proposed tapping a vast underground water reservoir beneath Nebraska’s sandhill region to irrigate fields. He cited geologists locating a dense water vein from Kearney to Seward and Platte River area, potentially 100 feet deep, usable by electric pumps or tractors, with artesian wells as another option.
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Robert Graham
York
Town-Nebraska Light and Power Co
Nebraska
Kearney
Seward County
Graham
Colorado
Four Polk County meetings on trench silos August 15
I D Wood of the agricultural college at Lincoln will speak to farmers on silo construction filling and maintenance and other winter spring livestock concerns. Meetings begin 9:00 am at Frank Triba farm near Valley German Church then 10:30 am S J Harless farm near High Prairie School 1:30 pm James McKeag Sr near Osceola 3:00 pm Frank McMeekin farm near Shelby. Attendance urged at convenient location.
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Polk County
I D. Wood
Agricultural College
Lincoln
Trench Silos
Frank Triba
Valley
Water Conservation Ponds Considered for Drouth Relief
Polk County may be declared a drouth area by the State Drouth Committee pending USDA approval. If approved, WPA drouth projects would build water conservation dams to provide employment for eligible farmers and farm workers. Landowners seeking dams should notify R L Anderson in Osceola Relief Office. Also notes social visit at Benedict with Pierson and Sedan families.
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Polk County
Drouth
State
Drouth Committee
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
WPA
Dewey Laws
York
R. L. Anderson
Osceola
County 4 H Club Picnic Set in Osceola Park
Polk County 4 H members and families will hold their annual picnic at City Park Osceola on Wednesday August 19 starting at 10 am. Attendees should bring ice cream freezers and mixing for their group. Free cold drinks, swimming suits and towels with regular admission. Games from the earlier recreational school will be held. Admission 15 cents for children and 25 cents for those over 16. Mr and Mrs Irvin Green and children of Benedict visited Fre da Peterson and family. D N Nelson is temporarily employed at Carl Carlson meat market Stromsburg this week. Rutherford Putman of Omaha visited relatives here.
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Polk County
Osceola
Irvin Green
Benedict
Freda Peterson
D. N. Nelson
Carl Carlson
Stromsburg
Rutherford Putman
Omana
Church Convention Here Next Week
The Evangelical Free Churches of Nebraska hold the Young People’s and Sunday School Conference at Poll Bible Camp near Polk from Aug 18 to Aug 23 with daily morning and evening services led by Brother Harry Lindbloom. A youth camp runs Aug 24 to Aug 28. The W F M S lunch stand operates on main street during the Celebration. Rev Paul Carlson and family visited Loomis over the weekend.
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Evangelical Free Churches of Nebraska
Poll Bible Camp
Polk
Harry Lindbloom
Chicago
W.F.M.S
The
Methodist Church
Main Street
Paul Carlson
Loomis
Nebraska
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Johnson—Mcbeth
W. C
Polk Markets
Emil Pierson
Mrs
Forrest Sedan
Kenneth van Nostrand
Lincoln Creek
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