Polking Around Hair Fashion Sparks Local Banter
Readers discuss long hair trends as barber Meline leaves town and locals debate styles and shaving. The Polk cabin crew notes attempts to halt growth with odd remedies while Cubs basketball ends season undefeated, setting up district play and a potential state return. A snowstorm hits Saturday night and a humorous call for a barber at season end lingers.
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Meline
Grand Island
Ken Stewart
Clarks
Polk
Cubs
Henderson
Stromsburg
Lincoln
Polk Cubs Rally To Top Henderson 57 40 In rugged showdown
Barry Nyberg reports Polk Cubs defeated Henderson 57 to 40 as a fourth quarter surge and free-throw spree broke a 39 37 lead. Key contributors include Regy Green Kisler Ang Eisler and Kroger for Polk while Henderson stars S scored includes Epp Friesen and Kroger for the Huskies. Polk posts 24 straight wins and 16th win this year with 33 rebounds to 21 for Henderson.
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Polk Cubs
Henderson
Maples
Huskies
Polk Cagers
Cubs
Regy Green
Polk
Darwin Hahn
Lanny Ang
Alvin Kisler
Ang
Hahn
Alvin Eisler
Alv
Max Kroger
Don Fast
Willis Epp
Charles Friesen
Jim Karloff
Huskie
Pete Stoetzel
Kroger
Max
Kisler
Stoetzel
Little Cubs
Doug Sundberg
Stout
Doug
Calvin Crow
Dave Fjell
Crow
Ardean Franz
Huskiettes
Ron Thomas
Phil Friesen
Stromsburg
Advertisers Highlight Local Sales and Services
Sundberg's Hardware offers a dollar days sale with free coffee and cookies on February 24 from 2 to 4:30. Page two prints two ordinances granting and regulating natural gas service in Polk. Local ads promote Gooch's Steer-Prema, Polk Oil Co tires, Baby Pig Chow and Pig Startena, Ak-Sar-Ben members, Barbers Service cars, and Stromberg's IGA Food Sale with trading stamps.
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Sundberg’s
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co., Inc
Polk
Farmers Co-op Grain Ass’n
Polk Oil Co
Vern Jones
Polk Grain Co
Ak-Sar-Ben
Nebraska
Barbers Service
Polk High student among Nebraska’s top ten in 1962 Betty Crocker
Miss Cheryl Rae Stohl of Polk High School ranks among Nebraska’s ten highest in the 1962 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow program. Her exam papers are under review by Science Research Associates as she remains in the running for a Betty Crocker scholarship of 1500 dollars or 500 dollars.
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Cheryl Rae Stohl
Polk High School
Nebraska
Betty Crocker
Science Research Associates
Miss Stohl
Doris Scott to Wed Robert Cermak of Bellwood
Mrs. Foster Scott of Polk announces the engagement of her daughter Doris to Robert Cermak son of Mr and Mrs James Cermak of Bellwood. Miss Scott teaches in District 3 near Columbus and the fiancé works for Soil Movers Corporation in Columbus.
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Foster Scott
Polk
Doris
Robert Cermak
James Cermak
Bellwood
Miss Scott
Columbus
Soil Movers Corporation
50th Wedding Open House for Andersons
Mr and Mrs Clarence Anderson of 1809 8th Street Rockford Illinois hold an open house to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on March 4 at the YMCA Lodge in Rockford.
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Clarence Anderson
Rockford, Ill
YMCA
Rockford
Polk Community Chorus Plans Palm Sunday Rehearsal
The Polk Community Chorus meets at the high school next Sunday February 25 at 2 30 pm to recruit singers for their annual Palm Sunday concert with rehearsals ahead.
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Polk Community Chorus
Polk Commercial Club Elects Officers at February Meeting
The Polk Commercial Club elected Norris Alfred president James Brazda Jr secretary and Nick McNaught vice president at the February gathering. Dues of 25 per year will be collected before the March meeting.
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Polk Commercial Club
Norris Alfred
James Brazda, Jr
Nick McNaught
Polk High Students Win At Dramatic Festival
Janice Anderson and Natalie Hahn earned superior ratings at the Golden Rod Conference Dramatic Festival in Clarks on February 15. They performed oral interpretations of prose literature, with Janice presenting Algebra and Class Parties and Natalie addressing Miss Dorothy Entertains the Minister.
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Janice Anderson
Natalie Hahn
Clarks
Natalie
Janice
Miss Dorothy
Retarded Children Association to Meet at Columbus Center
The Platte Valley Association for Retarded Children will hold its monthly meeting at the Columbus Opportunity Center on Friday February 23 at 8 pm A film Birth Defects will be shown as the program for the evening Public is welcome to attend These meetings include lunch after the session
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Platte Valley Association For Retarded Children
Columbus Opportunity Center
Social Security Rep to Visit Osceola February 28
Lincoln official H. Hornby will visit Osceola February 28 to assist with Social Security matters. He will be on the courthouse's second floor from 8 30 a m to 12 30 p m.
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Social Security
Lincoln
H. Hornby
Osceola
Heiden Couple Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Friends and relatives attend open house Sunday March 4 at the home of Mr and Mrs John Heiden 140 Fishback Fort Collins Colorado to honor their 50th wedding anniversary. The Heidens were born in Hamilton County Nebraska and married at St Peters Lutheran Church Hampton. They were well known in Polk before moving to Fort Collins in 1937.
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John Heiden
Fishback
Fort Collins
Colo
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E & R Inc
Don
Dwayne Miller
Miller Boys
By Barry Nyberg
Green
Epp
Fast
Ron Regier
Stromberg
IGA
Glen Babcock
West Polk
Polk High
Natale Hahn
Retarded Children Association
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