Ford price cuts and local society notes in Polk area
Ford Motor Co prices fall with Tudor Coupe at 520 and Touring car at 310 open cars 290 500 560 listed. Local events include marriages Miss Victoria Nelson Ira Glasser and Miss Rosella Brauer John Kruse in February. Community updates cover school party, club meeting, birthday celebrations, snowbound residents, and Polk County high school basketball tournament winner Mer ton Goings Pork High defeating Stromsburg and Osceola.
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Ford Motor Co
Tudor
Ford
Edwin Lindburg
Philip Sack
KMMJ
Marie Victoria Nelson
Ira Glasser
Seward
Rosella Brauer
John Kruse
Lincoln
Aldrich
Arborville
Polk
Alice Lindburg
Harvard
C. H. Lindburg
Twentieth Century Club
Stromsburg
Merton Goings
Pork High
Osceola
Polk Progress Classified Rates and Notices
The Polk Progress lists subscription prices and post office classifications. Rates are Nebraska 4.00 annually, elsewhere 5.00, six months 2.50, three months 1.50, and single copy 10 cents. Card of Thanks and obituary poetry are 10 cents per line. Advertising charge 56 cents per column inch.
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Nebraska
Gideons Hold Fellowship Dinner in Polk County
The Polk camp Gideons hosted a Fellowship dinner at the Evangelical Free Church on Sunday. Pastors and families from Polk Churches attended along with several guests.
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Gideons
Polk Camp
Evangelical Free Church
Polk
Birthday Club Meeting At Mrs Whittemore’s Home
The Friendship Club gathered at Mrs C A Whittemore’s home Friday afternoon. Hosts and members provided a delicious lunch served at the close of the gathering.
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Friendship Club
C.A. Whittemore
Local residents host visitors and celebrate milestones in Polk area
Edwin Lindburg of Salem visited the Willard Lindburg home. Lois Miller and Dean Lindburg wed in Polk Baptist Church. Major social events include Family Night at the Methodist Church with over 130 attendees and dinners honoring visitors like Fred Adelson of San Diego.
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Allen Ziegelbein
W. Ziegelbein
Polk
University of Nebraska
University
Lois Miller
Dean Lindburg
Baptist Church
Roy Stiles
York
Methodist Church
Thede Larson
Martha Larson
Fred Adelson
San Diego
Calif
Gloria Adelson
Alma Nyberg
Central City
Anna Miller
Wayne Creech
Remembering a Pocket Cave and Youthful Games in Longmont
A reader recalls a vanished local cave dug by Polk area boys fifty years earlier near a sanitation project and cottonwood fence. He contrasts rough play with modern organized activities and laments today’s reliance on manufactured toys. Orrin Alfred signs off.
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Polk
Curtis
Alfred
Michigan
Dana Westfall
Forrest Sedan
Orrin Alfred
Osceola youth inducted at Fort Leonard Wood
Norman Lux son of Mr and Mrs Gerhardt Lux of Osceola Nebraska was forwarded to Omaha for induction on January 26 1966. He was sent to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for basic training. All youths 18 and older must register with their Selective Service Board within five days. Selective Service registration is a continuing requirement for all young men as they reach 18.
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Norman Lux
Gerhardt Lux
Osceola
Nebraska
Omaha
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Selective Service Board
Polk News Items Dinner Guests Visit Rural Homes
Mr and Mrs Russell Fjell joined Sunday dinner at Levert Peterson Jr. in Osceola. The Lind family from Arnold hosted weekend guests, and Julia Flodman welcomed Hartwig Flodman C Marvin Fredrickson Walter Stahl and Leilani Saturday evening. Russell Fjell and Michael Fjell hosted Central City guests. Curtis Flodman from Stromsburg visited Julia Flodman while Roy Glasser Sr. visited Ralph Glasser in Clarks.
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Russel Fjell
Levert Peterson, Jr
Osceola
la Mar Lind
Arnold
Lloyd Lind
Julia Flodman
Hartwig Flodman
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Walter Stahl
Leilani
Russell Fjell
Michael Fjell
Central City
Curtis Flodman
Stromsburg
Roy Glasser Sr
Ralph Glasser
Clarks
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Oscar Strand
California
Jeanelle
Laura Merchant
Bessie Reckner
Hugh McGaffin
Fairmont
Nebr
Oak Davis
R. L. Smith
Henry Horstman
J. E. McDaniel
Mildred
R. J. Allison
J . Williams
Ross Minor
Lloyd Kroger
Wayne Hill
Glen Hill
Sheralee
Hazel Nelson
J B. Williams
C. Steele
G. M. Hill
Wegner Monument Company
Farmers Coop. Grain Association
Polk, Nebraska
Nebraska P2eri- Association
Las Gbef
Arifen
Birthday Club
Salem
Ore
Willard Lindburg
Daniel Graves, Jr
Baby
Baltimore
Seth Piper
Donald
Marquette
Grant Johnson
Fred Ziegenmeyer
Sutter
O. F. Alfred
Ziegenmeyer
Delaware
Dwaine Williiams
U. S. Marine Corps
Harold Nelson
Everett Green
Bessie Green
Walter Green
Terri Lynn
Norris
Sincerely
Roy and
Katie Ehn
Bowen St. Longmont, Colo. Aod
State Farm
Ralph C. Bond
Stromsburg, Nebr
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Zlomke
Cty
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