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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1968
Page
4
Community notices relay multiple gatherings. Jimmy Fisher’s second birthday celebrated with family. Arlan Warneke and wife honored for 35th wedding anniversary. residents visit relatives across Bradshaw York Central City Grand Island Pierce and Lincoln with dinners, lunches and showers.
First graders fill February calendar and learn days of the week and months. They start the SRA Listening Skill Builder program focusing on comprehension recall and time sequence. Students listen to stories and answer questions then self assess with teacher guidance and graphs. Douglas Kingston joins the class from Girand Island. Eight girls and five boys in the room. Visitors include Mrs Neal Sandell, Mrs Dale Sayer, Mrs Roger Werner and Mrs Carroll Shenk.
In January the East and West Pleasant Home precincts reported 63 solicitors covering 142 homes for the polio drive. Total contributions reached 155 dollars and 50 cents. County chair Mrs Donald Rystrom and precinct chair Mrs Irvin Anderson thanked volunteers including Mrs Lloyd Widga and Alvin Dahlin. Special thanks went to Country Woman's Club, American Legion Auxiliary and Emmanuel Lutheran Ladies Aid for support. Saturday guests at Ronnie Heiden's Hampton home included Eddie Johnson and others from York.
The 30th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Robert Merchant was celebrated at Polk Baptist church on Sunday February 11 with a short program by their children and grandchildren followed by lunch for relatives and close friends. Guests included Mr and Mrs Walter Morrison of Denison Iowa and Sunday evening supper company listed among close family friends.
The Trinity Lutheran LCW met in the church basement with Rev. Rowoldt opening Bible study. Alvertus Jones led the program on American Missions and showed a film The Long Reach of the Church. Dalla Hoffman reported lunch stand receipts from the Ben Peterson sale. World Day of Prayer is set for March 1 at Arborville Church with Crossroads proposed as a March 1 project. A 6:30 fellowship supper is planned for Sunday March 3 with 11 members and one visitor attending lunches hosted by Mary Brazda and Marcia Redman.
Mr and Mrs Danny Rickenberg are parents of a son born February 8 at Central City hospital weighing 9 lbs. Sunday dinner guests in the Riddlemoser home included Eddie Johnson Arlyce Lind and families from Hampton and Battle Creek. Friday night visits to Rolland Stromberg and Sunday visitors to Rudolph Nyberg and Philip Nyberg’s Osceola household were noted.
Arborville notes describe a pink and blue shower for Mrs Calvin Crow and a birthday celebration for Janet Kennel. Attendees include Mrs Lloyd Van Housen and Mrs Dennis Van Housen, L. D. Perkins girls, and several area residents at York and surrounding towns.
Mary Anneta Colby born May 17 1898 near Benedict Nebraska married thrice to John Gustafson Elmer Anderson and lived in South Dakota Polk Kansas and California She left behind her husband Elmer two stepchildren Eugene Anderson and Dorris Jones 23 grandchildren 10 step grandchildren 7 great grandchildren plus many relatives including siblings and a host of friends. She died February 5 after long illness and hospital care in Salina Kansas.
The Polk County ASCS office reports heavy sign ups for the 1968 wheat and feed grain programs starting February 5. In the first five days, 350 feed grain farms and 335 wheat farms completed agreements. To qualify for payments, producers must sign an intention to participate and divert at least 20 percent of their feed grain base, with optional 50 percent diversion for extra payments. Wheat requires an intention to participate and planting for harvest within the wheat allotment. Sign up ends March 15.
The American Legion Auxiliary met in the Legion Hall on Monday February 12. Anna Eisler led the business session and a poem about Abraham Lincoln was read. The group sponsored an Americanism essay issued $5 to Radio Free Europe $2 to Seminar and voted on Girls State candidates. Elaine Miller reported Heart Fund progress and Elaine Stromberg read on the American flag. Doris Ostberg organized the Americanism program. 24 members attended hosted by Lauretta Neuhaus Florence Doremus Phyllis Flodman and Beulah Widga.
Mrs Willard Adelson and Mrs Shostrom visited the Good Samaritan Home in Osceola on Sunday evening and met with Mrs Celia Hult at the Covenant Home in Stromsburg.
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