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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1973
Page
1
The Polk Progress will be mailed Thursday instead of Wednesday next week. It will be printed by the Stromsburg Headlight and edited by Barbara Gnauden.
A letter from Evelyn Warrick recalls how Polk Progress was named by Pearl Clark while gathering ads and news for the fledgling weekly. The exchange notes Clark’s sister Mabel Stevens and early Polk history, with memories of Bean Days, band concerts, and the town’s trains. Continued from page 8.
The Summer Recreation programs closed with the Midget All Star games at Polk and the older girls softball team winning their league tournament at Wa co. The swimming bus will run its last trip to Stromsburg on Friday August 24 per Lowell Bills Community Club president. Donations of 15 from Mr and Mrs Lavern Schulze and 5 from Mrs Arthur Trennepohl were given to the Summer Recreation Fund and swim bus expenses.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Wall of Henderson welcome a son born August 13 weighing 9 pounds named Kevin Lynn. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Carl Carlstrom and Mr and Mrs Allen Ziegelbein of McCook with baby girl Alissa Ann born August 13 at McCook hospital weighing 4 pounds 11 ounces.
Community members are urged to submit biographies or autobiographies for the Polk County Autobiography Book. The project, offering a chance to record local family histories, requests entries by the end of 1973.
The gospel group Gospel Travelaires from Omaha will perform at a Polk union service on Sunday evening August 19 at 7 30 p m in the First Baptist Church. The group organized in 1972 travels mainly on weekends in a camper and recently logged over 20000 miles performing in Canada Arkansas Colorado Missouri and Nebraska. Members include Jerry and his wife from Omaha Roger and Kent Harold with their spouses from Council Bluffs. All members belong to Nazarene Church. A free will offering will help cover expenses.
Hordville Public Schools plan to start the 1973-74 year on Thursday August 30 to allow attendance at the Hamilton County Fair. Teachers workshops run August 27 and 28. Administrative staff includes Superintendent William Kennedy and Principal Glenn Hartsock. New and returning staff details list several teachers, drivers, and aides. Lunch prices rise to 45 cents for students and 55 cents for adults.
The article recalls a group choosing a Minnesota fishing lodge trip as an affordable vacation. It contrasts unplanned getaways with careful prep, noting debates over destinations, vehicle fits, and the playful chaos as they pack, map routes, and joke about avoiding last minute panic.
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