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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1971
Page
3
The article notes a scarlet fever outbreak closing schools and a state legislature plan to levy a gasoline tax. Governor McKelvie calls a special session for February 1 to discuss the tax. Local social events, illnesses, and Christmas observances fill in the holiday period.
Classified notice lists subscription rates for Nebraska and elsewhere plus per line charges for obituary poetry and card of thanks. Details include rates for 6 months 3 months and single copy with postal matter at Polk Nebraska under the 1879 act.
The Williams Steiger OSHA Act of 1970, effective April 28 1971, requires employers to provide safe workplaces and follow Labor Department standards. The Extension Office offers pamphlets on recordkeeping requirements for those seeking details.
Christmas Day guests included Mr and Mrs Lowell Bills and family with Rudolph Ross and Lena Nordstrom of Stromsburg and Mr and Mrs John Boyle and Heather of York. Dwight Burney attended the Johnson-Armstrong wedding in Lincoln and visited Henry Reed and Elsie Stevens. Don Man of Giltner stayed with Milan Blase.
December 23 to 31 no school and December 28 29 holiday tourney at Trumbull. January 3 classes resume. January 7 basketball with Benedict at home. January 11 junior high basketball with Silver Creek at 1 30 p m. January 14 end of 9 weeks and Albion Choral Clinic January 17 21. Goldenrod basketball tournament at Bure January 21 28 home games Wolbach and Burg.
Mr and Mrs Norman Reetz of Lincoln along with Mr and Mrs Ervin Blase and their sons and Mr and Mrs Robert Baack and family were dinner guests in the Martin Baack home on Christmas Day. Christmas Eve hosts included Stanford Ang with guests Dave Ekdahl Mrs Lloyd Hanquist Mrs Karen Alfred and Robbie of Lincoln and Larry Coover and family.
The Van Housen family hosted a Christmas Day dinner at the Glen Stevens home with Lloyd, Dennis, Neal, and Henry Van Housen among the attendees. Afternoon guests included Calvin Crow and family from York and Bill Filter of Omaha, with more visits by Virgil Bush and Morris Lindquist at Grand Island. Christmas dinner at Louis Blase’s home welcomed Virgil Blase of Olathe, Joy Lynn Legg and daughter, Victor Kerker, Lester Rher s, Vern Eklund, and Clif Branting with Clarence Munn’s group in Central City.
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