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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1966

Page

3

Champion Coffee Drinker Sets Sixty Cups Daily

Gus Comstock of Fergus Falls Minnesota claims the world record for coffee drinking at sixty cups per day. A winter indoor sports note and holiday local social items follow with various families visiting relatives and celebrating Christmas.

Gus Comstock Fergus Falls Minn R. L. Peterson C. R. Peterson Stromsburg G. W. Gestrine Harold Lindburg Floyd Hedburg California Alice Lindburg Harvard Grace Lindburg Silver Creek Cc. H. Lindburg Rev C. H. Skinner Vic Johnson John Nordstrom N. S N. S. Nyberg and Family, Albert Peterson and Wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. Thelan Shelby A. H. Wooliver Tucker York Herbert Wurtz Amona The Baptist Church Sunday School Misses Mary Carol Nina Burke

Polk Progress publication rates and engraving notes

The Polk Progress lists the editor Norris W. Alfred and details mattering information such as postal handling and subscription rates. They outline pricing per year in Nebraska and elsewhere, six months, three months, and single copies, plus a 10 cent per line charge for obituaries and poetry and 56 cents per column inch for advertising.

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Polk area Christmas gatherings highlight extended families

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals bring together many local families from Lincoln York and Clinton with friends and neighbors. Hosting homes include the Jones Baack Blase and Adelson households and several Anderson households.

Oscar Jones Fred Laessle Martin Jones Lanny Ang Max Jones Anna Wurtz Robert Baack Lowell Bills Norman Reetz Marvin Louthan Lincoln Martin Baack Ervin Blase Ruth Bills Arborville Leslie Adelson Judy Denver Ray Vrbka Sharon Larson Arthur Pinneo York Judy Adelson Eric Anderson Oscar Anderson Leonard Anderson Reuben Anderson Harold W. Anderson Albion Beck Clarks

Christmas Gatherings Across Communities Highlight Holiday Cheer

Christmas Eve and Day brought numerous gatherings across Clarks Bellevue St Libory Osceola Central City and nearby towns as families including Darnells Andersons Monsons Kohl Hemmer Bills and Benders shared meals gift exchanges and visits with relatives in homes from Lincoln to Oklahoma City.

van Bush Flora Ostberg Kansas City Trof O. F. Alfred Edna van Housen J. H. Fenster Bradshaw Laura van Housen Lucille Dethloff Lincoln Karl Dethloff Ed Rochlitz Big Springs Will Green Albert McNeely Julesburg Cole Will R. B. Darnell Lindsey Darnell Joe Monson W. G. Kohl Arthur Clarks LaMoyne Darnell Bellevue Harold W. Anderson Jerome Hemmer St. Libory Kohl James Wilson R. G. Anderson Sadie Clark Ella Rudy Roy Cramer Osceola Melvin Bender Central City Duane Eaton Paul Bender Kenneth Reed St. Edward Leroy Bills Oklahoma City Ruth Bills Mrs. Lowell Bills Rena, Rudolph

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