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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
4
The City Grocery and Market announces readiness of cold storage locker boxes and urges those seeking a box to choose early. A formal opening will be set later with details to follow in next week’s issue.
Notice of probate filed in Polk County Nebraska for the estate of Carl A Jenner. Petition seeks probate of the will and appointment of Orion E Jenner as administrator with will annexed. Hearing set for February 11, 1939 at 2:00 PM. Signed by County Judge L. M. Merrick.
The column recalls Claude Green arriving home from Camp Dodge Iowa with Battery C 127 Field Artillery after service in France. Vern Waldin’s twenty first birthday party with forty guests gifts. Martin Jones leaving for Lincoln to attend the State University. Mrs Harry White joining her husband, local telephone manager, at a cottage. Godfred Olson returns from Camp Grant with pistol expert badge. F J Hahn sells his garage to Iowa buyers. Birth notices list daughters for Scheapler Schrader Hahn families in January.
Fifteen years ago in Polk the Cohagen & Son firm announced as proprietors of a new grocery and hardware store. Albert Sundberg suffered a serious bruise when a 60 pound hay fork fell in the warehouse. Mrs Meerkatz was hospitalized. A Dornburg had a scalp wound from a slip on ice. Band rehearsal proceeded with pay day observations. a list of bachelors and ladies names appeared in society notes. Godfrey Lindahl bought the McGuffin property in Polk’s south part.
Ten years ago on a Saturday forenoon the Nieman property owned by Lawrence Sundberg and occupied by Mr and Mrs Parkinson in West Polk was burned out. Freezing hydrants hampered firefighting. only the furniture could be saved. Donald Slusser visits parents on furlough from the navy. Claus Peterson and his wife celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with a family dinner and a cash purse. Marshal Bodine checks fire protection gear to prevent freezing while walking his beat at night.
Sunday callers visited Henry Sandell and Hijalmar Shostrom households. Lincoln trip and truckers convention attendance noted. Francis Doremus welcomed an eight pound boy born Saturday January 28. Wurtz family travels Texas to Mexico with Shafer from Grand Island. Monterey Mexico living conditions cited in a letter from Bill Wurtz. Local newspaper sale bills offered to reach over 3000 readers at no extra cost.
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