Polk Community Buzz Highlights Local Weddings and Honors
Dave Carlson directs a 13 piece orchestra for a sacred concert at the Methodist Church. Pat Crow, Polk’s first drug store founder, dies in Los Angeles at 60 after eight years there. Local anniversaries celebrate 25th to 57th years with family and friends. Polk Scouts sponsor three charity basketball games March 2 to fund the Scout Fund. Polk Public Schools reelect M. W. Willett as superintendent with a salary raise. Local visits, travel to Omaha and Denver for weddings, and various neighborhood news populate the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Carlson
A. K
Pat” Crow
Los Angeles
Calif
Bertha Nyberg
Omaha
Larson- Erickson
J. L. Stouffer
Denver
Gladys
Philip Sack
W A. Lindburg
Oscar Jones
Osceola
W. H. Pollock
Westfall
York
Will Miller
Lange
Will Garling
V. Lindstone
Scouts of
Polk
Scout Fund
Polk Grads
Maggie Christensen
Loup City
Ross Goethe
Phyllis Steelquist
Jacqueline Lindburg
M. G. Lindburg
Pat Crow
Frank Fossberg
Baptist Church
Marvin Fredrickson
Frank Davis
A. C Bates
M. W. Willett
Polk Public Schools
Grant Willits
Betty Glasser
Soybeans Raise Erosion Risk on Sloping Polk County Fields
Soil loss rises when soybeans grow on inclined land without conservation. The Polk County district notes a 50 percent jump in soybean acreage from 1953 to 1966, driven by demand and prices. If conservation practices like terraces, contour farming, stripcropping, and residue management aren’t used, wind and water erosion threaten yields. district staff offer guidance to implement protective measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District Office
Local Guests Highlight Courteous Central City Visits
Polk Local News notes social visits across Central City and nearby towns. Ray and Mrs Ruge hosted by Ernie and Mrs Lott. Carl Christiansen and Jolene visited Lincoln. Dale Nyberg and family joined Richard Johnson group. Cecil Eaton dined with Melvin Bender. Richard Alfred and Lincoln relatives stayed with Stanford Ang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Ruge
Central City
Ernie Lott
Carl Christiansen
Jolene
Lincoln
Martha Larson
Dale Nyberg
William Wright
Martha Bush
Osceola
Minnie Wright
Richard Johnson
Cecil Eaton
Melvin Bender
Richard Alfred
Stanford Ang
Polk County Social Notes Highlight Local Visiting Guests
Polk residents hosted and visited a wide circle of friends from Stromsburg York Seward Lincoln Holdrege Aurora Grand Island and Omaha. Notable events included Gary Harless slides on Germany 80th birthday remarks for Alice Campbell and Legion convention attendance in Grand Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Browitt
York
Frank Bret
Seward
Dick Harless
Gary Harless
Lee Harless
Pam
Gary
Germany
Clarence Bolton
Lincoln
Donald Hanquist
Laura Bolton
Merlin Lampshire
Holdrege
Clarence Johnson
Steve
Kelly
Kent Adelson
Ronald Beins
Aurora
Don Ostberg
LaVaughn Adelson
Legion
Grand Island
Ernie Lott
Minnie
Alice Campbell
Marvin Fredrickson
Omaha
Ivan Johnson
Lloyd Dietrich
Marquette
Paul Bender
Clarks
Melvin Bender
Polk County Registrants Inducted for Army Service
Four men were sent to Omaha for induction on February 14 by Polk County Local Board No. 75. William Wesley Nelson Edward Dean Johnson Robert James Slusarski Allan Henry Neuhaus were ordered for physical examinations and to report together for bootcamp at Fort Lewis Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Local Board No. 75
Omaha
United States
William Wesley Nelson
R. B. Nelson
Polk
Edward Dean Johnson
Har
Jan E. Johnson
Robert James Slusarski
Ted L. Slusarski
Columbus
Allan Henry Neuhaus
Arnold Neuhaus
Sunday Socials Bring Big Dressy Group to Osceola
Mrs Addie Benjamin Mrs Mabel Benjamin and Mrs Mae Sundberg with Mr and Mrs Mervin Shenk visited Mrs Ella Shenk at the Good Samaritan Home in Osceola Sunday afternoon. The Widgas and Frances Widga hosted dinners and visits with multiple relatives from surrounding towns. Rev R W Garrison from Kearney Myron Norquest and sons Lovette McCoy Vern Samuels joined Mer vin Samuels for Sunday meals. Ernie Lott hosted Thelma Hoffman and Robert McMeekin for Sunday dinner and lunch after the basketball game. Edith Benson and Esther Peterson dined with Chauncey Gustafson. Dean Myers Carla Dwayne Miller and boys were Friday night coffee guests of Harold Anderson and boys after the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Benjamin
Mabel Benjamin
Mae Sundberg
Mervin Shenk
Ella Shenk
Good Samaritan
Osceola
Donavin Widga
Frances Widga
Raymond Sundberg
R. W Garrison
Kearney
Myron Norquest and Sons
Lovette McCoy
Vern Samuels
Mervin Samuels
Ernie Lott
Thelma Hoffman
Rising City
Robert McMeekin
Shelby
Edith Benson
Esther Peterson
Chauncey Gustafson
Dean Myers
Carla
Dwayne Miller
Harold Anderson
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F. W. Fossberg
Freda Stunkel
Brighton
Colo
Robert Stromberg
Washington, D. C
Oscar Stromberg
Ernest Flodman
Elmer I. Logan
The
Barbara
Elizabeth
Genoa
Ben Peterson
Gail
Jane
Polk Legion Auxiliary
Methodist
Clough
Supt
Kneeland
Berggren
Colorado Springs
Albuquerque
N. M
E. H. Nondstrom
Boardman’s
Stromsburg, Nebr
Stag
Central City Veterinary Clinic
Central
Norris W. Alfred
Nebraska
Nebraska Association
Ee Newspaper
Ete
Co-Op
Two Circle
Farmers Coop Grain Association
Polk, Nebraska
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