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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1945
Page
4
A local notice recalls a family update as a patient, once bedfast for weeks, shows slight improvement at this writing. The item notes a 1925 birth to Sterling and wife, and mentions Ida Marie Nordstrom and Carl Albert Peterson’s surprise marriage with County Judge Gibbon officiating.
Simon Larson and Isaac Benson of Hordville lease several hundred acres near Polk for oil and gas test drilling. They start the first well Monday August 24 on the Will Wurtz farm one mile south of Polk. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Roy Glasser. Marie Covey of Stromsburg and Herbert Anderson of Polk wed in Omaha. John Myers leaves Polk Motor Co for a position with Lester Stark. Florence Anderson assists at the Bank of Polk. Fifteen years ago in 1930 Sheriff Roy Van Hoosen investigated a Polk store robbery. Esther Emma Butzke and Lancaster of York wed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Philips 66 Oil Co may open a filling station near J E McDaniel’s shop. Sterling Nelson acts as acting manager at the local telephone office. Marlene Shostrom underwent an appendicitis operation in Columbus Hospital. Geraldine Shields returns from Grand Island hospital. Karl Detloff injured falling from a ladder at a hardware store. Marion Kealiber and Phyllis Brown wedding announced.
Sunday August 11 service at the Congregational church in Lincoln led by Rev D R LeLanding. Mr and Mrs Floyd Cohagan announce arrival of a six pound baby boy at their home Tuesday. Dr Williams reports tonsil cases including Mrs Nels Wilson and son McLain Gloria Peterson Vivian Anderson and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Enoch Peterson.
Local items include Miss Rose Marie Stoner visiting the Sundbergs in Una dilla and Donna Lee Sundberg visiting Ruth Bintz in Osceola. Mrs Martha Westfall returns to work after a Estes Park vacation. other visits to Grand Island are mentioned. Card of thanks to fire department for aid after cow shed fire. Notice of final report in the estate of Joseph W. Wilson with hearing set for August 31, 1945 before L. M Merrick County Judge.
A Polk County Nebraska public sale order directs Referee M A Mills to auction the SE quarter of the SW quarter in Sec 3 13N 4W on Aug 28 1945 at 2 00 PM at Osceola Court House South Front Door. Sale requires 15 percent cash with balance after court confirmation on Sept 15 1946. lease rights noted. Abstract provided.
Clarence R Bryant filed a petition in the Estate of Mary J Campbell deceased alleging she died testate on December 24 1932 and that he claims ownership of a described parcel of land in Polk County Nebraska as part of the probate matter and notifies heirs at law creditors and others.
In Polk County Nebraska the Petition requests a court hearing on probate matters for Mary J Campbell nee Bryant. The document outlines land described by metes and bounds and lists heirs: Joseph A Campbell, Clarence R Bryant, and Vivian J Emken. The hearing is set for August 31, 1945 in Osceola with Mills & Mills as attorneys.
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