Polk Chronicle: Local News Roundup and Social Happenings
John Myers becomes mechanic at Les Stark garage replacing Polk Motor Co. Louise Jack crowned Miss Polk during 29th birthday observances. Aug 17 wedding Ida Nordstrom and Carl Peterson at Columbus. related notes on drilling plans near Polk. Also reports births, accidents, travel to California, and community events including Bean Day planning and local hospital surgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Myers
Les Stark
Louise Jack
Miss Polk
Sterling Nelson
Ida Marie Nordstrom
Carl Albert Peterson
Columbus
Gibbon
Platte Co
Peterson
John Nordstrom
Simon Larson
Isaac Benson
Hordville
Phyllis Brown
S. C. Brown
York
Karl Dethloff
Joe Donald Forrester
U. S
Eve Bowring
Merriman
Forrester
Forester
Lincoln
Mildred McDaniel
Polk
Linda Johnson
Fridhem Lutheran Church
Johnson
Douglas’ Stevens
Virgil Wurtz
York Hospital
Harry D. Wurtz
Martin Baack
John Smith
Darwin Newton
E. W. Lott
Eastern Kentucky State’College Eastern
Richmond
Newton
Charlotte -- Mecklenburg
North Carolina
Mary Salchow
Kearney
Obituary and local ad rate card from Polk Progress
Advertising rates include 77 cents per column inch and poetry 15 cents per line. Card of Thanks 20 cents per line, minimum $2. Subscription: Nebraska $6 yearly, $4 six months, $3 three months. Elsewhere $7 yearly. Also notes second class matter at Polk Nebraska post office under 1879 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris W. Alfred
Polk
Nebraska
Inch
Wild thoughts on Nebraska football and television’s impact
A reader recalls a Nebraska home game in Lincoln and the Orange Bowl invitation spark. They warn that coach fanfare and big money in college football mirror the rise of political manipulation, while television degrades sport and education, ending with a wary note on the era’s excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Cornhuskers
Devaney
Nebraska
Golly
U. S
University of Nebraska Athletic Department
Nebraska Press Association
Nebraska Brewers Foundation
Lincoln Journal
UNL
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Cornhusker
Carlson Family Attends Minden Area Picnic Sunday
Mr and Mrs Harold Carlson and family joined a large family picnic at Minden Sunday. Supper guests Tuesday at Reuben Hanquist home included Jerry Gleim Dorothy Gleim Lincoln Layne Hanquist and Gregg Hanquist. Gleim recently visited Washington DC and Beltsville Md to see Michael Hanquist and the Mac Gleim family. Donald Hanquist Lori and Don Hanquist Jr plus Rodney Hanquist attended the Bolton family picnic at Stromsburg Sunday.
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Edick Anderson
Polk
Elmer Wilshusen
Anderson
Kathy Holmes
Jolen Nelson
Nelson
June Skaden
Willard Larson
Nebr
St. Elizabeth
Lincoln
Janice Sundberg
Oscar Sundberg
Albert Sundberg
Emma Johnson
Clarence Bodine
Ellen Sandell
Roy Garretson
Haxton
Colo
Garretson
Walter Binford
Kenneth Spear
Central City
Harold Carlson
Minden
Reuben Hanquist
Jerry Gleim
Dorothy Gleim
Layne
Gregg Hanquist
Gleim
Washington
D. C
Beltsville
Michael Hanquist
Mac Gleim
Donald Hanquist
Lori
Don Hanquist, Jr
Rodney Hanquist
Bolton
Stromsburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oscar
Amel Larson
Olof Alfred
Ewing
Alfred
Ord
Bartlett
Albion
Neligh
Glenn Willits
Dana Hurd
Clarks
California
Earl Waggoner
Rio Dell
Riverside
Martha Westfall
Estes Park
Phyllis Steelquist
Denith Penrose
Rolland Dahlin
Stromsburg Hospital
Junior Sealey
Lee Seibler
Aurora
Texas
Gilbert Benson
West Polk
Benson
Grand Island Hospital
Bobby
Branting
Kenneth Strong
Jane Whitacre
Wilbur Whitacre
H. B. Johnson
Charles Whittemore
Harold Johnson
Richard Gustafson
Kathy
Stephen’ Gustafson
Jim Swanson
Dolan Hab
Chevron
Polk County Joint Planning Commission
Viking Center
Joint Planning Commission
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