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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
4
Church schedules for several congregations list services and classes around year end and New Year. Local residents visit relatives and attend holiday events with names such as Mark Ramsey Edwin Reckner Edith Merchant and Miss Flick noted among attendees.
Complimentary to Edson Wilcox and family a holiday gathering at their Arborville home featured about twenty five young guests. York hospital visit and a local party itemize the community Christmas spirit with gifts and Santa Claus. A factory stock closeout and a local checker tournament are noted along with state chess champion Earl Payne.
The Polk Nebraska Board of Trustees met December 3 1940. Minutes approved external reports heard and accepted. An extra 15 percent discount on electric bills for December was authorized and notices to print in The Polk Progress. Bills from Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Co Lincoln Tel Co and many residents were audited and ordered paid. The meeting adjourned.
The Polk Progress notes its status as a weekly newspaper serving Polk Nebraska with postal service entry March 21 1907 under the 1879 act.
C O Rodine petitions in Polk County District Court on December 18 1940 to quiet title in the West Half of the Southeast Quarter Section 16 Township 13 North Range 4 West Polk County Nebraska against named nonresident defendants and others. Defendants must answer by January 27 1941.
The family gratefully thanks friends and neighbors for kind acts and floral offerings after the sudden death of their husband and father. They acknowledge music from friends and Rev Longacre who participated in the services and mention Mrs Nelson Wilson and the McLain and Woodrow Wilson families.
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