Local Family Visits and Guests Attend Weekend Events
Community notes list Mr and Mrs Ralph Kahler as Saturday guests after a ball game at Harold Miller’s home. Judy Adelson from Lincoln visited her parents and Leslie Adelson spent time with Fred and Gilliard in Clarks. Florida-bound Gilliards plan winter stay. Sundbergs hosted guests including Wilbur and Cindy Carlson and others after basketball. Ed Hoffman hosted rising City visit, and Ida Baker’s death was reported from Emma δala Washington. Clarence Meerkatz hosted Clara Anderson Leon Meerkatz and Lynelie for Friday supper.
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Ralph Kahler
Harold Miller
Judy Adelson
Lincoln
Mrs
Leslie Adelson
Fred Gilliard
Clarks
Gilliard
Florida
Lawrence Sundberg
Rockford, Ill
Raymond Sundberg
Wilbur Jones
Central City
Clifford Quick
Hardville
Calmar Johnson
Cindy Carlson
Harvey Sundberg
Ed Hoffman
Rising City
Ernie Lott
Oliver Baker
Ida L. Baker
Emmadala
Wash
Clarence Meerkatz
Clara Anderson
Leon Meerkatz
Lynelie
Nebraska School District 72 Caucus Nomination Notice
The legal voters of School District 72 Polk County Nebraska are notified a caucus will be held at the Grade School Auditorium on Tuesday February 26 1962 at 8 PM to nominate two candidates for a three year term on the school board. The two highest vote getters for each seat will be certified as caucus nominees and appear on a separate printed ballot at the next municipal election. Done by order of the School District Board February 4 1962 Gerald A Stevens Secretary. Feb 7 15
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Polk County
Nebraska
Gerald A. Stevens
AK-SAR-BEN Noted as Major Nebraska Taxpayer in 1962
Third in a series highlights AK-SAR-BEN as one of Nebraska’s largest taxpayers. In 1962 it paid the state 598242 in taxes from its racing meet and 78318 to the state racing commission for county fairs.
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Nebraska
Ak-Sar-Ben
State Racing Commission
Aksar-Ben
Civil War Recital of North and South Strain
The narrative chronicles slavery's role in the South and the North's belief in equality. It notes the Underground Railroad as a road with stations aiding escape, the South’s secession under Jefferson Davis, Lincoln as leader, and key battles culminating in Lee’s surrender and Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth.
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Jefferson Davis
Lincoln
Sumter
S. C
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S Grant
Gettysburg
Lee
Grant
Local Social Notes From Polk Area Attendances
Mr and Mrs H B Stapleton and Kathy Sperry of Vancouver Washington and Pat Funk spent the week at Mrs J B Myers home. Pat left for Lincoln to attend the University of Nebraska second semester. They were dinner guests of Dr and Mrs Wm Grange and family at Grand Island. Other visits included meals and greetings with Earl Burke Stromsburg and Richard Myers in Lincoln.
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H. B. Stapleton
Kathy Sperry
Vancouver
Wash
Pat Funk
J. B. Myers
Pat
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Wm. Grange
Grand Island
Vivian Funk
Harold W. Anderson
G. W. Grosch
Silver Creek
Walden Volz
Omaha
Virgil Bush
Mourning After Assassination Echoes Through the Nation
The nation mourns following the assassination on April 15 1865 as the north laments a great leader and the south recalls a true friend.
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Weegner
Clausen
Monument Co
So. 78Th St
By Jeff Wilson
John Wilkes Booth
Polk
Haith Motor CO
Dodge
Dodge Trucks
Dart Sales & Service
Dodge and Dart
Polk Oil CO
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