Polking Around Through Oregon To Idaho Winter Road Trip
A narrative travel sketch recalls driving from Oregon to Idaho in winter. The author jokes about Oregon’s gray season, sun seekers with planes, a lone hitchhiker with a bottle, and a final crossing into Idaho before continuing eastward toward Pocatello and Boise.
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Ralph Branting
Oregon Woods
Oregon
Springfield
Willamette River
Cascades
Idaho
Oregon Coast
Boise
Pocatello
Medical Self-Help Course Offered by Polk County Group
The Polk County Women's Safety Organization offers a medical self help course planned for Tuesday evenings in March. Five to six meetings are expected and there is no cost. Contact the listed chairmen by February 22 for details.
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Polk County Women's Safety Organization
Bert Gissler
Osceola
Robert Willits
Polk
Don Linton
Shelby
Carl Johnson
Stromsburg
Polk High School Book Fair Scheduled
Polk High School will host a student book fair from February 17 to 19 with browsing and purchasing available for students. The public sale runs from 3 38 to 4 30 P M in Room 102.
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Polk High School
Cubs Split Friday Saturday Battles and OT Win by Marquette Cubs
The Cubs hosted Palmer and Marquette in back to back games with mixed results. Palmer won 2 0 after a tight first half while Marquette needed overtime to prevail 42 37 in a see saw finish. Key scorers included Richard Bedient and Bruce Ortegren for the Cubs, while Ken Bills Mick Hoffman and Tom Mundt starred for the Marquette club. The final home game is set for Nebraska Christian in Central City Friday.
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Cubs
Palmer
Marquette
Palmer Tigers
Tigers
Ron Waller
Palmer Cats
Bruce Ortegren
Richard Bedient
Ortegren
Mark Albin
Tom Mundt
Robbie Glasser
Marquette Cubs
M~cubs
Ken Bills
Mick Hoffman
Mick
Polk Cubs
Clint Peterson
Bruins
Jeff Jacobsen
Nebraska Christian
Central City
Adult Sewing Class Offered at Polk High School
An adult sewing class will be offered at Polk High School starting Tuesday March 2 with an organizational meeting for registration and scheduling. The registration fee is ten dollars for the camp.
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Polk High School
Krockers Visit Grandmother in Kearney this Weekend
Mrs. Hil lmer Jones hosted Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Krocker of Kearney as weekend guests. The couple spent Saturday and Sunday with Jones at her home.
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Anna Kisler
David Jacobsen
Tina
Marquette
Omaha
Clem Prososkt
Wayne Ross
Council Bluffa
Dick Gustafeon
Dick Teetz
Walter Steinke
Wolbach
Mike Harris
Clarks
Ronald Krocker
Kearney
Hillmer Jones
Louis Blaser
Clara Boss
Emma Bornaman
Columbus
Richard Gregg
Seward
Minnie Miers
Wayne Ramsey
Ervin Hesselgesser
Central City
Obituary Henry Bernard Johnson
Henry Bernard Johnson born November 21 1897 near Swede Home Nebraska died February 10 1971 aged 73 years 3 months Married Martha Tolmer March 18 1920 in Swede Home Church Lived in Polk Community worked in trucking and later as a bus driver Survived by daughters Ruth Cramer and Laura Brown both of Springfield Oregon nine grandchildren seven great grandchildren and many relatives Services held at Anderson Funeral Chapel Saturday afternoon Reverend G M Christensen officiated Interment in Swede Home Cemetery Pallbearers Burdette Baker Milton Johnson Jr Raymond Johnson Harold Johnson Milton Johnson and Harlan Toline The poem at end offers comforting verses for the family.
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Henry Bernard Johnson
Charles
Matilda Johnson
Nebraska
Martha Tolmer
Polk
Ruth Cramer
Laura Brown
Springfield
Oregon
Anderson Funeral Chapel
G. M. Christensen
Burdette Baker
Milton Johnson, Jr
Raymond Johnson
Harold Johnson
Milton Johnson
Harlan Toline
Hospital weekly list at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County
Week of February 8 15 reports patient admissions discharges and transfers at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital. Names include Mrs Merle Mitchell Benedict Mrs Nellie Klein Stromsburg Mr Gary Hullinger Harlan Youngland Emma Horstman Polk Joyce Longenecker Osceola Clarence Johnson Osceola George Hasselbalch Shelby Carl M Wilson York Jessie Carter Shelby John Matousek Shelby Wesley Koehler Osceola Raymond Roehrs Osceola Carl V Anderson Osceola Irene Kops Osceola Maurice Watts Sr Osceola Bertha Schmid Osceola Debra Svoboda Osceola Phoebe Morgan Osceola Rodney Gaedeke Silver Creek Cynthia Carlson Stromsburg Michael Voelik Osceola Walter Rudeen Stromsburg Harold E Nelson Osceola Bryan Way Shelby Lee Bayer Polk Laurie Johnson Osceola Dixie Schutt Stromsburg Brian Polacek Surprise Thomas Parminter Stromsburg Henry B Johnson Stromsburg.
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Merle Mitchell
Benedict
Nellie Klein
Stromsburg
Lee Anderson
Osceola
Gary Hullinger
Harlan Youngland
Emma, Horstman
Polk
Joyce Longenecker
Clarence Johnson
George Hasselbalch
Shelby
Carl M. Wilson
York
Jessie Carter
John Matousek
Wesley Koehler
Raymond Roehrs
Carl V. Anderson
Irene Kops
Maurice Watts, Sr
Bertha Schmid
Debra Svoboda
Phoebe Morgan
Rodney Gaedeke
Silver Creek
Cynthia Carlson
Michael Voelik
Walter Rudeen
Harold E. Nelson
Bryan Way
Lee Bayer
Laurie Johnson
Dixie Schutt
Brian. Polacek
Surprise
Thomas Parminter
Henry B. Johnson
Kaneb Plans Major Petroleum Terminal Near Osceola Nebraska
Kaneb announces a new Osceola Nebraska petroleum products terminal to store gasoline fuel oil distillates and diesel with automated additive injection and truck loading. It will source products mainly from seven Kansas refineries and connect to other pipelines for supplies, while Geneva Nebraska gains expanded propane storage and loading capacity to meet heating irrigation and other needs.
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Kaneb
Osceola
Nebraska
Geneva
U. S. Highway 30
Kansas
Kansas, Oklahoma
Texas
Mrs. Wilmer Rodine obituary at Polk Evangelical Free Church
Mrs. Wilmer Rodine of Polk died February 13 1971 after five years of ill health at Midwest Covenant Home Stromsburg. Born July 28 1896 near Hamilton County she married Wilmer Rodine June 26 1918 and lived in Arborville Polk and Columbus. Funeral services February 16 at the Evangelical Free Church Polk with Rev Thorn and Rev Koelling. Burial in Swede Plain Cemetery. She was survived by her husband a son Roland and a daughter Alice plus seven grandchildren and several siblings.
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Wilmer Rodine
Anna Glad
Midwest Covenant Home
Stromsburg
Rodine
Hamilton County
Andrew Gust
Kristine
Olson) Glad
Arborville
Evangelical Free Church of
Omaha
Edwin
Polk
Lillie Johnson
Edith Stellars
Ellen
Evangelical Free Church
Phillip G. Thorn
Harold Koelling
Elvira Nyberg
Edwin Nyberg
John Nyberg
Sunday Dinner Lesson Turns Funny Funeral Notice
A Springfield Oregon family story describes a noisy Sunday dinner where a father demands kindness or else, and children respond with quirky exchanges about siblings. The piece ends noting visits by relatives to a funeral for Henry Johnson and H B Johnson, linking domestic life to a condolence gesture from relatives Jim Green and others in Norfolk and Springfield.
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Matt
Dad
Wendy
Ben
Jim
Jay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polking
Webelos
Mr. Burney
Sandell
Sundberg
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Polk Public Library
Mrs. Wilmer
By Marsha Redman
Harold Cramer
Keith Brown
Judy Green
Henry Johnson
Jim, Green
Norfolk
H. B. Johnson
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