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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1951
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Carlson and their son from Arlington Virginia visited her parents Mr and Mrs A E Swanson. Mrs Swanson hosted Thursday gathering with another Swanson daughter Mrs Rol and Swanson and family from Stromsburg.
A number of young residents fill teaching posts in Polk County rural schools. Names include Marilyn and Dorothy Dahlin Dist 44 and 59, Annette Johnson Dist 6, Wayne Creech Dist 66, Vincent Stranberg Dist 70, Marion Dahlin Dist 26, Reatha Creech Dist 46, Marlene Johnson Dist 42, Gilbert Glad Sth grade Stromsburg, Phyllis Rhode Dist 44 York County. School opens Sept 3. Local social visits and a WCTU meeting followed with officers elected for the year.
On Monday August 27 a chartered bus load of Polk County Farmers Union Go-Op members left for Coffeyville Kansas City and St Joseph Missouri for a four day educational tour of Consumers Co-Operative Associations paint factories warehouses fertilizer plants and offices. Participants included Clarence Bolton Roy Glasser Jr Fred Rhode Elwood Sandell Con Lindholm Willard Lindburg and Milton Anderson plus Lavonne. Lincoln Desorts Dahlin Doyle Sundberg and others visited with local residents in Benedict and Lincoln during the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Creech and family visited McCool to mark their 21st wedding anniversary. The Hall couple hosted Martha and Janice Creech who returned home with them. Church events included Rev Nels Pearson at Pierce Chapel and Clarks Methodist. Various social visits and trips to Salina Denver Lake Geneva and Rising City are noted along with flowers demonstrations by Sheralee Hill Madiyn Hahn Sondra Hill and others.
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