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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1945

Page

5

Len's Place Polk Neb Hosts Holiday Notes In Local Column

Harold Lawhead buys Smithy’s Coffee Shop from Mr and Mrs Charles Smith and takes possession last week. Numerous Christmas visits and social events fill Polk with residents traveling to Cheyenne Lincoln Denver and Osceola. The Polk High teachers meet for a Christmas party while residents celebrate holidays with family friends and community groups.

Harold Lawhead Hhas Smithy Charles Smith FL B. Johnson Jim Polk Clem Orendorff Hazel Nelson Army Nurse Corps Topeka Kansas T. J. Nelson Osceola Nelson England Mise Conne Lee Sundberg Humboldt Oscar Sundberg Ronald Kirby Kearney Robert Rand Atlanta Merton Polk High School M. W. Willett Gladya McCoy Denver C. McCoy Everette Green Lee Byers Harold Green Glenn Green Walter Green Ruth Green G. W. Tinker Stanley Cooper Hastings Shannon Shafer Omaha Linnie Shafer Friendly Family Club Edwin B. Anderson Orville Rehrs Henry Schultz Delores Schultz St. Paul Minnesota Lloyd Lind Slusser Daisy Oscar Stromberg Stromsburg E. M Peterson

Lindholm Family Visit Highlights Kenny Infantile Paralysis Cure

Mr and Mrs Con Lindholm and their daughter visited the Van Bush home on Sunday evening. The note appears as the second of two articles on Sister Elizabeth Kenny and her revolutionary treatment for infantile paralysis.

Con Lindholm van Bush Tiris Elizabeth Kenny

Sister Kenny Starts a One-Woman Crusade

A 1911 account frames Sister Elizabeth Kenny as she demonstrates her polio treatment at Toowoomba General Hospital and later influences U S medical circles. The piece highlights her hands on methods, the boy she helps, and her lifelong mission against infantile paralysis.

Kenny Australia Aeneas McDonnell Toowoomba General Hospital Queensland Miss Kenny McDonnell Hopen General Hospital Minneapolis Minnesota Exchange Club United States

Christmas Visits Reported in St Paul Families

Miss Delores Scholz of St Paul spent Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Scholz and family. Mrs Orville Roehrs spent Friday at the home of Mrs Lyle Dornburgh and family.

Delores Scholz St. Paul Minnesota Henry Scholz Orville Roehrs Lyle Dornburgh Familly

Henggeler Dunn Wedding Dance at Parish Hall Shelby

A wedding dance for Henggeler and Dunn is set at Parish Hall Shelby on Tuesday January 1 with music by Duffy Belrod. The event includes a 9 00 PM start and admission of 50 cents tax included.

V. J. Johnson Grand Island Denver James Newell Henry Emken Near Benedict Kansas City Walter Rice, Jr Williamsport P. W. Aker Harvard Henry Mundt Pfc Eldon Garling Enid Oklahoma Marie Dobberstein Vallejo California Carl Mundt Hampton Betty Lou Ruth Mundt Martin Huffman Jr Stromsburg Hospital Connie Lee Earl Willard Adelson Frank Adelson Phyllis Steelquist Wheatland Ill Carl Steelquist Henggeler-Dunn Shelby Duffy Belrod

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