Polk Around and Local Weddings Fill Weekend
A Sunday into Monday rain brought 1.48 inches in Polk with gauges varying nearby. News notes of weddings include Karen Ang and Dick Alfred and LaMar Lind joining in Arnold Nebr, plus Gary Green’s wedding write-up. Deaths recalled include Senator Estes Kefauver and the President’s 39 hour old son.
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Polk
Len Anderson
Dave Meline
Pete Ehn
Oliver Adelson
Ray Werner
Gary Green
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Tennessee
TVA
Nebraska
Eisenhower
Dixon- Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
Polk Schools Set to Open August 26 With Early Start
The 1963-64 Polk term begins Monday August 26 with a half day 8:30 to noon and regular classes start Tuesday. Football practice begins Monday August 19. hot lunch 25 cents. bus routes depart elementary at 7:20 and high school at 3:50 with detailed driver lists and numbers.
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Polk
Leonard Warnick
Hanquist
Stromberg
Stevens
Hascoolidge
Lindgren
Ehn
Meerkatz
Anderson
Flodman
Johnson
Lind
Doremus
Harless
Morris
Carlson
Don Shostrom
Wayland Flodman
Carol Flodman
Jones
Dean Ostberg
Heiden
Don Ostberg
Rosno
Bender
Stohl
Reuben
Democracy debates power state and citizen rights
The note highlights democracy as a rightful government form where citizens freely express concerns and criticisms. It argues that a true democracy allows everyone to be heard, write, advertise, and shout about what is wrong with democracy itself.
Polk Bean Days Set for September 6 and 7
Polk Bean Days will run Friday and Saturday September 6 and 7 with barbecued beef from Dinsdale Bros. A football game between Polk and Stromsburg opens the schedule followed by a community hall dance. Saturday features a parade with cash prizes, a noon bean meal, a horse show and a home talent show leading to a final dance with The Four Aces performing.
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Don Stange
Polk
Edna Crow
Dinsdale Bros
Polk Grain Co
Stromsburg
Polk Community Hall
Four Aces
Wilber
Nebr
Dean Myers
Arnold Neuhaus
Norris Alfred
Oscar Sundberg
Nick McNaught
Vern Jones
Eldon Johnson
Hordville Schools Plan Fall Term Start and Staff
The Hordville Schools announce classes begin Friday August 30 with registration until 11 a.m. School resumes Tuesday September 3 at 8 45 a m. Clyde H Coleman serves as superintendent and teaches commercial subjects. Miss Verna Erickson leads English Home Economics and Spanish I II, with R Smith returning for math science and girls PE. Larry Kovar joins as coach and teacher, Ralph Granere handles music, and various teachers cover grades. Custodian Gilbert Necker and bus drivers Smith and Rev Foley return. Cooks Bertha Anderson and Glenn Carlson resume hot lunch duties.
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Hordville
Clyde H. Coleman
Coleman Wil
Verna Erickson
Erickson
R. Smith
Grand Island
Larry Kovar
Hardville
Ralph Granere
Lawrence Ueckert
Nielsen
Wisely
Clyde Colman
Martha Creach
Gilbert Necker
Smith
Rev. Foley
Bertha Anderson
Glenn Carlson
Blase Couple to Celebrate Golden Anniversary at Open House
Mr and Mrs Will Blase of Polk observe their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday September 1. Open house from 2 to 5 p m at Immanuel Lutheran Church basement near Polk with a 2 30 p m program. Friends and relatives invited without further invitation. They request no gifts.
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Will Blase
Polk
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Porter couple welcome a son in Red Oak Iowa
Hospital reports Mr and Mrs Robert Porter of Red Oak Iowa welcomed a baby boy. Mrs Porter is formerly Bernice Blase.
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Hospital
Robert Porter
Red Oak
Iowa
Porter
Bernice Blase
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