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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1953
Page
1
A Christmas music program will be presented Tuesday evening at the high school auditorium starting at 8 p.m. by Wesley Reist and the music department. Admission is free. The program features the mixed chorus, boys and girls glee clubs, senior and grade bands, and a first grade performance alongside the high school band.
Henderson clubs defeated Polk varsity 48 43 and the seconds 34 33 after a strong first half lead. Ken Werner scored 18 for Polk before fouling out, Gaylen Lind led the seconds with 9, and Polk failed to protect the basket in a costly fourth quarter. Earlier Polk beat Silver Creek 40 12 in the preliminary.
The Arborville 4H Hot Shots program led by Mrs. Ernest Salchow featured singing, duets, skit Look Pleasant, fashion and cooking demonstrations, and certificate awards for achievement. The Birthday Club met at Mrs. Ester Lackey’s home with families of local members in attendance and refreshments served.
At the Polk Woman's Club monthly meeting two new members were welcomed Mrs Bertha Brazda and Mrs John Sweenie. Twenty four members and three guests attended. The club will lead the March of Dimes campaign in Polk for the fifth year running starting January 2 1964.
Sondra Hill returned from Chicago where she attended the National 4 H Congress. She earned an all expense paid trip from Gene Autrey and Wrigley Jr Co for regional and state wins in Community Relations and served as a guest speaker at a Kiwanis Club luncheon. The trip included awards such as a Motorola clock radio and orchids, plus hotel and events with representatives from 48 states and 17 foreign countries.
Thirty guests gathered at St. Pauls Lutheran church parlors in Hampton Sunday afternoon to honor Mrs Willard Klawann and her infant son Kevin Willard. Hostesses Mrs Donald Jackson Mrs Maurice Miller and Mrs Charles Norquest led games and the gift presentation as community members attended.
Polk residents including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nelson Mr. Emil Wils husen Mr. and Mrs. Ben Berger Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hennings and Mr. Myron Jones joined attendees at the CCA Convention in Kansas City Missouri The event featured speakers Bertil Tronet and D Frank Pippin a 560 strong ladies luncheon a 4000 member silver anniversary supper and entertainment by KMBC radio Texas Rangers and the Co op Creamery quartet Birthday Cake from Cooperative Cafeteria and themed table candles made from Co op Glo Wax.
The Merry Makers 4H Club girls and leaders joined the Columbus Chamber of Commerce for a year end education tour. They visited Swift and Co. to see butter production, a chicken turkey dressing line, Reece Wooden Sole Shoe Factory, Anderson Greenhouse, the Police and Fire Station, the police office, and the local Post Office. The group of 21, guided by sponsors and leaders, learned about safety, accident reporting, mail addressing, and emergency response before returning after lunch and shopping.
Laurence Gordon, 25, died Wednesday morning at Stromsburg Hospital after a head hemorrhage. He had been hospitalized since November 8 and had recently relapsed while visiting the Pork Progress office, where he had worked. He owned the Polk Theatre prior to his illness. funeral plans were not set.
Delwyn Lindholm will depart for Washington D C on December 14 as one of four state winners in a National Committee contest for the Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight. His all expense paid trip covers four days in the capital for his entry a Social Studies unit titled Hi Neighbor promoting world understanding and world brotherhood.
Sunday events include a birthday supper for Mrs. Minnie Smith of York with multiple families present. Irregular dinners feature guests in the Wils husen and Wer ner homes, plus 37th wedding anniversary celebrations for L. E. Blase and spouse. Several local families host or attend dinners and visits around Archer and Bradshaw, with callers from York and Aurora.
The Polk grade basketball team topped Stromsburg 29 15 on Burg court marking their second straight win. Dittmer led Polk with 9 points, Harding added 8, Bruce Johnson 6 while Stauber led Stromsburg with 8 of the 15. Dittmer and Long controlled rebounds as Polk leveraged height and experience.
Polk County ASC announces 1953 and 1964 program year deadlines. Practices under the 1953 ACP must be reported by December 31, 1953 to qualify for payment under the 1963 ACP. Those seeking 1954 ACP payments must sign the 1954 cost sharing request between December 15, 1953 and January 23, 1954.
The Birth notice records World Pfc Don Forss and Mrs Forss as parents of a daughter Karen Ann weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces born in Minneapolis on Friday December 4 Mon is stationed in Japan and the family visited York to celebrate Mrs Earl Waaks birthday Others at the gathering included Mr and Mrs Ernest Nierman Linda and Mr and Mrs Hugo Gosse and more local relatives and friends
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