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Polk County News Sketches September to November Events
A digest of local events from Polk County includes school openings on August 31, military inductions and awards in September, church receptions and anniversaries, 4-H and football results, farm sales, and community milestones. Notable items: Leonard Warnick posthumous awards, JoAnn Stevens in horse shows, Cubs football wins and losses, Pan American stewardess appointment, and several obituaries and engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Charles Shenk
Polk County
Omaha
Armed Services
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Donald Lampshire
Marvin Glasser
Ft. Collins
Colo
Brian Kent
Leonard C. Warnick
American Legion Club
Antje Stankel
Immanuel Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church
Irving Stauffer
JoAnn Stevens
Edoff M. Erickson
Orlie Adelson
Swede Plain Methodist Church
Sam Cook
Clarks
Ralph Kahler, Jr
Fairmont
America
Route 66 Riders Saddle Club
NHCA
Polk Cubs
Stromsbureg Vikings
Stromsburg
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
St. Edward Beavers
Nordstrom Bros
Greely
Polk High Cubs
Genoa Orioles
Vicki Stromberg
Fort Collins
Pan American Airways
Polk County Farm Bureau
John Gabel
Shelby
Island
Glee Killion
Max R. Larsen
Linda Stevens
Leslie Branting
Blue Bombers
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Dennis Sealey
Iowa City
Iowa
Gregory Scott
Fred Wetzel
Central City
Raymond Sagehorn
Marvin Shenk
Nola Simpson
Ella Husmann
Chapman
Leroy Nelson
Hardville
Chapman United Methodist Church
Wayne
Pop) Hill
York Manor
Larna Merchant
Fridhem Lutheran Church
Hordville
Ida Meline
Polk Evangelical Free Church
Henderson Huskies
Polk High School
Kearney
Evangelical Free Church
Ella Rudy
Higby Mortuary
Aurora
Osceola Bulldogs
Steven Flodman
Earl Flodman
Nebraska Law Review
Lydia Peterson