Emil and Oscar Larson Leave for Florida and Cuba
Emil and Oscar Larson depart for Florida and Cuba to spend the winter, while J. E. McDaniel heads to Texas for the season. The Progress notes community moves, travel plans, and shifts in local business and club activities with several residents making trips or hosting events during the holidays.
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Emil and
Oscar Larson
Florida
Cuba
J. E. McDaniel
Texas
Emil
Sunday School Bowling Party in York
The seventh and eighth grade Sunday School class of the Methodist church and teacher Mrs. Irvin Anderson enjoyed a bowling party Tuesday afternoon in York. High scores were Tonya Anderson Becky Stevens and David Stromberg. The group visited the IOOF Home gave Christmas gifts toured the York Women's Reformatory and heard a talk by the superintendent. Gerald Stevens provided transport. Members include Sheila OShea Becky Stevens Patty Ostberg Tonya Anderson Gail Widga David Stromberg and James LaSeur.
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Methodist Church
Irvin Anderson
York
Tonya Anderson
Becky Stevens
David Stromberg
IOOF
Marie Dethloff
Clarence Newton
Gerald Stevens
Sheila O’shea
Patty Ostberg
Gail Widga
James LaSeur
Polk County Savings Bond Sales Lag Behind Quota
Polk county eleven month savings bonds totalled 298567 with November 28263 and 62.4 percent of the 1965 quota. The report cites N R Phillips state director. A second note mentions medieval printing as a genteel trade and apprentices paying masters for training. A light aside contemplates lending a lawn mower only if it stays in the yard.
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U. S
Polk County
N. R. Phillips
Local social guests and hostesses noted in community circles
Esther Stewart and Lela McNaught served as hostesses. Program leaders were Ruth Aker, Sylvia Sandell and Sigrid Alfred. Visits from Chicago and Stromsburg residents filled Tuesday and Wednesday evenings with gatherings at Ed Coover and Wallace Sandell homes, plus Christmas dinner hosts Mr. and Mrs. Trof Ostberg and Mr. and Mrs. Orlie Miller.
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Esther Stewart
Lela McNaught
Ruth Aker
Sylvia Sandell
Sigrid Alfred
Rolland Stromberg
David
Mae Schiles
Elsie Miller
Chicago
Ed Coover
Lloyd Kroger
Max
Greg Wilhelms
Stromsburg
Wallace Sandell
Marvin Branting
Cliff Branting
Trof Ostberg
Orlie Miller
In Russia Hotel TVs Are Widespread and Watchful
A report notes that Russia uses television sets in nearly every hotel room as a standard amenity and raises concerns that these devices may monitor guest activity. The piece highlights privacy implications and government involvement in hotel tech deployments.
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Russia
Fool and Money: How They Fell Into Partnership
A witty meditation on scams and gullibility. The piece asks how a fool and his money come together, exploring common traps and the psychology behind financial missteps. It uses crisp, ironic language to critique risky decisions and misplaced trust.
Chickadee Pudding Recipe Prompts Bird Feeder Fun
Editor reports from the coast share a sourdough twist, then describes a homemade chickadee pudding recipe. The method involves molding a pudding with string, hanging it from a milk carton in a tree, and watching sunlit birds enjoy the treat from a window.
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West Coast
East Coast
Melted suet bread snack mix recipe in a milk carton
A quirky recipe lists 14 percent melted suet and peanut butter mixed with bread crumbs corn meal and oatmeal to set in a half gallon carton with a central hole for hanging. It notes a 1965 funeral of Grant Willits and T J Nelson at a Polk Baptist church and jokes about three seasons for youngsters baseball football and basketball.
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Grant Willits
T. J. Nelson
the Baptist Church
Polk
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Mary Wilcox
Franklin
Otis Waak
May Lindburg
Central City
Smith
Post Office Department
Bradshaw
Rt. 1
Shannon Shafer
Kentucky
A. W. Shaffer
Fred Allison
Harvard
J E. McDaniel
San Antonio
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Mildred Wurtz
Chas. Norquest
P. T. Wurtz
Earl McClure
Phyllis Alfred
Oklahoma
O. F. Alfred
C. O. Bodine
Hordville
Henry Sandell
Lavar
Arthur Hemmingsen
Albert Sundbergs
S. A. Ramp
Polk High School
Peggy Rowe
Loup City
Bill Priest
Omaha
J. Preston
Benedict
Hennie Seymour
M. Olson
Paul Lemke
V. O. K. Swenson
The
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Frank Adelson
W. C. Steele
Martha Westfall
Nebraska City
Dana
Arnold Isaacson
California
Harry Heiliger
First National Bank of
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Progress
Woman’s Club
Ardis Wilhelms
Dick’s Standard Service
Polk, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska Preda- Association
National Newspaper
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Wegner Monument Company
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Farmers Co-op Grain Assn
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