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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
8
Mrs Minnie Smith and Marie visited on Tuesday at the Martin Smith home, sharing time together in a family gathering.
Reverend and Mrs. N Pearson attended the Polk Bible Camp several times during the past week.
Osceola Chamber funds a free swim for all 4-Her members as part of a county fair outreach. The note mentions grasshopper bait availability on Mondays and Fridays, warnings about alfalfa seed shortages, and a August 9 Cannon farm meeting on horse care demonstrations with Ted providing feedback. A rehearsal riding contest is set for August 23 at 1 pm.
Local brief notes Miss Leota Sneed of Holdrege is named the Polk schools music teacher for the coming year, after teaching in Gibbon last year. Also crowd notes a weekend of visits and events including weddings, rodeo attendance, and Camp Fire Girls activities with planning for August outings. Commissioners meet to adopt the 1948-49 budget resolution.
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