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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
4
Polk Schools dramatic and music departments present free Saturday shows at 2 30 PM in December under Miss Pearson and Mr Strickland. Sponsored by Polk Commercial Club. This Saturdays program December 10 features a radio show with the Man on the Street News impersonations and more.
Receipts totaled cattle 9,500 and hogs 11,000 at Omaha on Monday December 12, 1938. Cattle prices held near last week. best steers around 11.75 to 13.25 per cwt. Cows and stockers active. yearlings up to 9.00. Hog prices opened lower on broad receipts. top butcher weights 6.90 to 7.10, sows 6.50 to 6.75. Lambs and sheep slow. fat lambs 8.85 to 9.25, natives 8.50 to 9.00. feeders limited and steady.
Entry records a second classmaster appointment at Polk Nebraska Post Office dated March 21 1907 under the 1879 act of Congress.
District items recount a strange midnight phone call to D N Mills four miles west and one mile north of Polk followed by a drive to avoid towns and a meeting with a stranger who handed a five dollar bill before departing in another car. The column notes social doings, weddings, and local incidents including a large fire in Rising City and community events.
Come in and get our price on sale bills before you have them printed. Not only can we save you money but your ad will be placed before more than 3000 people at no extra cost to you.
Office hours for J. B. Williams, physician and surgeon, are 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Public contact numbers provided as office and residence lines.
The WCTU gathered Tuesday at Mrs Ida McConnell house with nine members and nine visitors. Devotional led by Miss Blanche Stevens. Peace program by Mrs Ross Goethe. Two specials, a reading by Welcome Willits and a violin duet by Glen Johnson and Betty Doremus. Lunch followed. Several local residents visited relatives and hosted gatherings across Freeman Haxton Hampton Stromsburg and Stromsburg area with multiple dinners and social events noted.
Mrs Wayne Stevens and Mrs Joe Johnson express gratitude to those who remembered them during illness and hospital stays.
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