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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1974
Page
2
Readable items include heat records from early August with 113 to 119 degrees, local hires and moves, church and school events, a Diamond Jubilee parade, marriages, and community notices. Notable names include Dr. W. L. Hull, J. S. C. Green, Mae Tenney, Chas Becker, and Rev. Milford Olson.
In Mailbox Mill Valley readers praise Marsha Redman for camping columns that sparked laughs amid House Judiciary Committee discussions. The note highlights aphorisms and quirky quotes from her July 25 column and recalls personal anecdotes from the Sequoia Theater and Golden Gate Bridge reporting, closing with a nod to Lynn Ludlow.
Rates for advertising per column inch 77 cents and obituary poetry per line 15 cents. Card of thanks 20 cents per line with a $2 minimum. Subscriptions listed as Nebraska and elsewhere with a six month option.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Guthrie visited with relatives at Fremont and Oma and attended the wedding of Vicki Davis and Maynard Gross Saturday at the Baptist Church in Hordville. Trent Tyler was ring bearer. Guests included the Gustafson family, Allan Pickrel, Linda Tyler and others.
Lincoln Evening Journal notes Oregon's bottle bill gains nationwide publicity after a 60 mile Capitol/Omaha tour by lawmakers and Falstaff. Nebraska fails to revive the measure as South Dakota adopts a similar law, with Lincoln Senator Fowler signaling reintroduction next year.
Tom Harrington of Benedict pumps irrigation water across a county road to reach 65 acres while facing a temporary restraining order. York County officials seek a road burial standard. a 3-2 vote blocked a cross road permit amid court dates set for August 15.
Polk locals Brian Hoffman and Sue Winters of Bradshaw spent Sunday evening at the Willard Henderson home. Bradley and Christie Pfeifer returned to Lincoln after a week with grandparents M. O. Johnson. Mr and Mrs M. O. Johnson and Duane and Mr and Mrs Ted Pfeifer and children of Lincoln attended a family reunion at Julius Ostberg home in Osceola Saturday. Mr and Mrs Walter Stalh entertained Elmer Garner for supper Thursday. Kent Anderson and Leanne Sundberg of Lincoln were Sunday supper guests at Harold Anderson's. Willard Henderson visited his daughter Lori Hoffman at York hospital on Saturday. Sunday visitors at the Hof Ostberg home included Nona Ostberg and Ed, Bill Hoffman of Fort Sill Oklahoma, and Don Ostberg and Murray.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Blase and Paul joined a Monday luncheon for Robbie’s upcoming fifth birthday on August 6. York visitors Peg Lindburg Jan Lindburg Lori Hanquist and Karen Cox spent a week at Fuller church camp. Eastern Star members staged a birthday anniversary with a sing fest and games hosted by Mr and Mrs Leslie Adelson.
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