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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
1
An epidemic of chicken pox has entered the Polk vicinity with a small number of cases reported so far. Dr. J B Williams warns of serious consequences if patients leave home or attend public places and urges reporting to the health board and two week home confinement to check the spread.
At a referee sale 200 acres belonging to Mrs Anna Thelander estate sold to Mil and Frank Thelander for 8010 dollars or 60 75 an acre. Two improvement sets on 120 and 80 acres. Emil and Frank Thelander sons of Mrs Thelander. Kenneth Cornish of Osceola referee of the sale.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and Dick left last Thursday by auto for California to visit relatives and attend the Rose Bowl game. They were joined by Mr. Smith’s father and Mrs. Smith’s father, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kepner and Dr. and Mrs. Harley Eklund. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Herbes rode the Cornhusker Special from Omaha to Los Angeles for the game.
Notice announces the Swede Home Farmers Union annual meeting at Swede Home hall on Monday evening January 6 with a program and oyster supper. Dr M C Perlman OD of Lincoln will be in. Crow's Drug Store Monday morning January 13 to fit glasses delivery at homes as desired.
A string of light jokes and puns from a social gathering include Auntie But s quips about appearance and pay parity and a running gag about a filing cabinet as an office receptacle for lost items. A gag about a husband and wife ends with the wife reflecting on his “you are right and I am wrong” line.
Fire early Tuesday morning destroyed the frame house inhabited by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Headman in Stromsburg east section. Origin of the blaze unknown. by the time it was found only a few pieces of furniture could be saved as nearby buildings were protected from the flames.
Myron Johnson of Omaha attended a dinner Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Sundberg and Doyle. Mr and Mrs Trof Ostberg and family celebrated Christmas day with Ed Ostberg near Hampton. Residents marked the birthday anniversary of Meg C F Juergenson last Sunday evening.
The December 1940 food stamp sales show Polk county 438 Shelby 0 Ek 812 Stromsburg 397 Stromsburg Bank Osceola 1236 total 8310. Adding 60 percent for blue stamps yields a grand total of 4966 in sales across the listed locations and entities.
Polk county Extension Agent Ray Cruise will join the annual Extension Service conference at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture in Lincoln. The event runs January 2 through January 9 with talks by Paul Miller and Mary Rokahr and Barnard Joy. The program emphasizes 4-H club work and future educational plans.
Shelby bankers W H Pierce and Ray J McBeth with Frank Mc Meekin and Harvey McClung lead a round table on how the Farm Program helps bankers and vice versa. The discussion airs on KMMZJ Grand Island Sunday at 2 20 p m with ten minutes of facts for Polk County listeners. Community committee members from Canada precinct join in.
A reader group extends thanks to the Poli Progress for courtesy to the Methodist churches of Polk Hordville and Swede Plain and wishes a peaceful New Year. The page also lists Grand Island livestock prices with hog and cattle movements and notes Wednesday horse and mule sales ongoing.
Mr and Mrs P T Wurth hosted Tuesday dinner for Mr and Mrs Charles Norquest and family from near McCool and Mr and Mrs Leo Wurtz with Grant Johnson. Sunday hosts included Mr and Mrs Robert Lindahl and family of Clark, Mr and Mrs Clarence Lindahl and Kimball family, Mrs Hannah Lindahl, Mr and Mrs Bryan Graves and Mardell, Mr and Mrs Lester Graves and Richard, Mr and Mrs Ostberg and sons and Mrs Augusta Person. On the same issue the Home Service Store run by O Alfred promotes a Big Winter Values Sale offering 10 to 50 percent discounts, urging a trip to town amid rising costs.
Weather across Polk County signals a soggy year ahead as 1941 opens with steady rain. A dense early fog clung to the region, turning New Year celebrations at home for many residents due to hazardous travel conditions.
Mrs Charlott Beckstrom aged ninety one dies Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Martin Appleton's home in Swede Home. A Polk County resident most of life. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Mrs R Bush will entertain the High Prairie Club Friday Jan 3. Sunday School will meet next Sunday. Swede Home church annual business meeting planned for Thursday evening. Rev C A Sward and family hosted Sunday dinner in Stromsburg. Raymond Messinger and family from Plattsmouth visited Albert Jones home. Dorothy Fredrickson of Moline Ill Christmas visit ended with work on Sunday. Fredrickson reunion held at Myron and Myra Johnson Osceola with about 45 attendees.
The Village Light and Water Commission announces a December refund of 150.00 to electric light users via a twenty percent discount on December bills. For two years the department has offered a fifteen percent addition to the regular five percent December discount. two hundred patrons share the benefit with larger users gaining greater savings. A five dollar bill would receive a one dollar reduction.
A reader letter from Carrie H. W. Smith thanks the Polk Progress editor for a fine paper and the year's liberal offer making it affordable. She cites the editorial looking back over 1940 as worth the subscription and praises the city of Polk and its residents for shaping its character.
Mr and Mrs J B McDaniel welcomed friends Friday including Mildred Wilcox and Elaine Wilcox of Hastings and Gladys Swanson of Scottsbluff along with Shafer and Allison families. Visits continued Saturday with Mrs Henry Smith and others in York. Other gatherings included dinner hosts Garling Sundberg Reed Shenk Knorr and a University of Nebraska student Arthur Stuthelt visiting Lincoln area for medical treatment and Rose Bowl plans.
Last Saturday the Polk Silver Dollar club held its concluding meeting with a large local turnout. The grand prize went to Harold W Knosp of Clarks who attended and collected five dollars. A list of one dollar winners includes Emil Person Edwin Nyberg Bernice Ehn John Ray Gordon Glad Arthur Adelson and many others from surrounding towns. Read on for Christmas visits and the end of county drawings as season closes.
Christmas gatherings and visits defined social ties in Arborville and nearby areas. Families from Hampton Valentine Moorhead Lincoln and York shared dinners and holidays with local households including the Bedients Ramsey Wochner and Beckner clans. Community events include Sunday School officers elected and multiple relatives hosting festivities with names like Merchant Shockey Bedient Blair Dahlgren and Stouffer appearing.
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