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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
1
The Lincoln Star notes a broom corn shortage could trigger broom shortages and urges price support. A Calcutta message mocks religious greeting, while a Nebraska wheat program debate stirs memory of Hruska. Comments on school start, teachers, and college days add small-town color as readers joke about grades and books.
Hordville High plans its first 8 man football season with 18 hopeful players under coach Larry Covar. The team starts Thursday September 12 at Marquette and hosts Friday September 20 against Gresham with a lights-equipped field. Schedule includes Marquette September 12, Gresham September 20, Phillips September 27, Waco October 4, Trumbull October 11, Doniphan October 18, Hampton October 23, York St. Joe October 31.
The passage notes four sisters tested for vision. oldest receive glasses, youngest proves 20 20, cries to wear glasses. A separate line mentions a concession for Pork Bean Day and local contacts Vern Jones Dick Harless and Eldon Johnson. A feverish child is kept home until normal, and a girl proclaims self love. From Aug 1962 to Aug 1963 Keith Brazda grows one and a half inches per chart.
A Welcome Teachers reception for Polk teaching staff will be Sunday evening August 25 at Polk Methodist Church with a union church service at 8 p.m. Rev J William Pickernell and Rev A Johnson lead a community choir. Mayor Marvin Fredrickson serves as master of ceremonies and Supt Kenneth Sand introduces the teachers. after the service a get acquainted hour with refreshments follows in the church social rooms. The event is sponsored by the Polk Council of Churches and Polk youth named to the Nebraska Committee for Children and Youth by Gov Morrison.
Polk Bean Day on September 7 features barbecued beef and outdoor beans, with coffee and crackers provided by the Polk Commercial Club. A morning parade, a pony colt drawing, doll show, horseshoe contest, and a bean picnic in the park accompany a day of music by Four Aces and a dance in the Community Hall.
Mr and Mrs Earl Stevens and Mr and Mrs Floyd Miller drove Sunday to take Ray Stevens daughters home to Greeley Colorado and were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Doug Smith at Story on Page 8 Julesburg Colorado
Thirty prospects reported for football practice Monday morning and have worked out in morning and evening sessions this week under Coach Don Stange. Fourteen returning lettermen bolster the Cubs hopes for a successful season. Current work emphasizes fundamentals and the system to be used with contact drills starting early in the week and a night scrimmage planned a week before the opening game with Stromsburg.
Driver Rev Wm Pinkernell updates Bus No 3 route listing Creech Bedient Bills Cramer Graves Norquest Haack Morris Larkin Harrington Hudson Keal iher Hoffman Brockevelt Van Ostrand Kennel Lavelle Glasser Rodine in sequence.
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