26 Feb 1970
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1970
Page
1
Local column recalls a breakfast table discussion on a 13 or 14 year old's sex and bathroom confusion. The piece shifts to a sunny Saturday in Polk with post office bees, chain saws, motorcycles and high school mood signaling spring. Community notes salute Anna Bhn's upcoming birthday and a club remodel at Main.
Polk Elementary students studied Cecropia moths brought by Cindy Widga and observed adults dying after cocoon emergence. A moth escaped to the hall and laid eggs on doors, sparking hands on lessons. Kindergarten and First Grade also visited the post office to learn mail handling.
Mr and Mrs Irvin Wie announce the engagement of their daughter Janie to Fred Wetzel son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Wetzel of Central City A May 21 wedding is planned.
Mr and Mrs Arthur E Scholz of San Diego California will host an open house at the United Methodist Church on March 1 to mark their fiftieth anniversary. Mrs Scholz is the former Lillian Adelson. Address 4105 Lenore Dr San Diego Calif 92115.
A discussion of the Nixon administration’s TV presence and the “frozen-face” look used by the President and White House aides. The Chairman of Communications reportedly instructed calm posture, no smiles or laughter, and steady, unwrinkled foreheads to project competence and avoid voter unease.
Polk community events list a March 7 soup supper at Polk Community Hall sponsored by Margaret Johnson of Corner Cafe to raise funds for the Warren Bedient Fund. Proceeds from a prior pancake supper exceeded expectations with 400 attendees. a raffle for four beef quarters donated by Owen Bedient will occur March 16 at the Polk Community Club meeting.
Gerald Kealiher son of Mr and Mrs Noel Kealiher was chosen as Polk Legion Post No 160 representative to Boys State in Lincoln next June Kenneth Bills son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Bills was chosen alternate Both boys are Juniors at Polk High School
Community Club committee for Summer Recreation asks residents to turn in any baseball uniforms to Nick McNaught at Polk Oil Company within a week. Please return them cleaned as funds are raised for new uniforms and old ones may be reused.
Fourteen members of Polk Eighth Grade submitted essays to the local American Legion Auxiliary with the topic Is Americanism Old Fashioned. Winners will be announced at the March meeting.
A humorous monologue details a winter battle with laundry. The narrator fights cold, wind and ruined lines as clothes freeze and must be machine dried. Household chaos, missing items, and Grandma’s old ways clash with modern appliances in a comical, practical ordeal.
The Polk Community Chorus will rehearse Sunday at 2 30 P M at the high school for its annual Palm Sunday concert. The program features The Glory of Easter by John W Peterson directed by Ron Foote.
Mrs. Edd Coover is listed as a medical patient at Litenberg Memorial Hospital in Central City.
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