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1953 Polk Progress Neighborhood Chronicle Highlights
June through December notes from Polk County include births in Clarks York and Benedict and a June 20 to July 31 span of multiple births. News covers new district school board members bus purchases hospital election set for September 15 and various marriages anniversaries and obituaries. The section lists local civic posts school staff changes and community events highlighting ongoing county life.
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Robert Thomas
York
Henry Schulze
New School Board of District
Willard Adelson
Charles Norquest
Everett Green
Floyd Merchant
P. W. Aker
Lealie Adelson
Doyle Sundberg
Nebraska Univ
C. R. Peterson
Osceola
Polk School Board
Fred~rickson Impl. Co
Johnson Bros. Chevrolet
Paul Strand
Carlyn
Wayne Peterzon
Esther Whitacre
Wolf
Bonnie Renquist
Don Schaepler
Walter Scheele
Paul Gustafson
Lincoln
Lowell Bills
Lee Morris
Caroline Nordstrom
John Bills
Osceola Hospital
Stromsburg
Nils Hall
York Gen. Hospital
Wigs
Swede Plain Cemetery
Frank Fossberg
Baptist
Hordville
John
Dick) Shockey
Arborville
Dale Fredrickson
Lester Widge
Lemoyne Doremus
Berkley
Calif
Sarah Ann
Maurice Ellison
Oakland
Fred G. Peterson
Near Stromsburg
Roy Ellsworth
Seward
Polk Progress
Ralph Kahler Jr
Co-op Oil Co
Polk Public Schools
H. E. Warren
Mabel Lucado
Arthur Phillips Prin
Shirley Ruby
Wesley Reist
John Sweenie
Vincent Strawberg
H. Horstman
Kenneth Reyner
Hillis Sterner
Imogene Hanquist
Golden Rod
Polk County Federated Woman's Clubs
Polk
Richard Sealey Sr
Polk Co. Pma
Seven County Appeal Board
Francis Tewell
Delores Kreutz
Trumbull
Setember
New Press
Pfc
Don Forss
Karen Ann
Minneapolis
Minn
Richard Dee
Eldon Schroder
Alma