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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1973

Page

3

Polk Local Socials Note A Busy Week

Mr and Mrs Dale Lindburg and family visited in the Don Bjerrum home on Sunday afternoon. Henry Reed and Lester Rehrs dined with Mr and Mrs Louie Blase on Wednesday. Tech Sgt Art Trennepohl and family stayed with the Harless family Saturday evening. Hilmer Samuelson returned to San Bernardino after visiting his mother. Numerous local residents visited and hosted including the Hoffmans, Johnsons, Mundts, and Wurtzes across several days.

Dale Lindburg Jane Sarah Don Bjerrum Messers Henry Reed Lester Rehrs Louie Blase Tech Art Trennepohl Dick Harless Hilmer Samuelson San Bernadino Cal Josephine Samuelson Lee Harless Dean Samuelson Viola Ziegelbein Martin ‘Hoffman Willard Henderson Verlin Johnson Randy Osceola Don Hudson Winton Wright Carl Mundt Ollie Johnson Stanford Ang Herbert Wurtz Clarks P. W. Aker

Bird Watching Fifty Birds on a Nebraska River Trip

Bird watchers on New Year weekend tally twenty nine species along Platte river roads and groves near Polk Nebraska. Lee Morris Swede Lind and the Progress editor recount sightings including bluebirds waxwings juncos and a Cooper's hawk across groves farms and river bridges.

Lee Morris Lind Lee Platte River Roger Gustafson Polk Mile Fields Nebraska Cooper Claude Shenk Arvid Carlson Covenant Cedars Horner Swede Lake Mary’s Ranch Covenant Cedars Corner Covenant Corner Skinner Farm Dick Gustafson Swede Plain

Meeting Truman memory and local voter registration tale

A San Diego area writer recalls meeting President Truman and a prior Hoover sighting, detailing his one man campaign for Clinton McKinnon in Frontier Homes during the 1948 race. He recounts registering thousands, quips about party alignment, and notes Truman’s amused reply and a 100 to 1 precinct result.

Norris Harry S. Truman U.S Hoover Beloit Wis G.O.P Truman Clinton McKinnon Congress Frontier Homes San Diego South Frontier McKinnon Dewey Ami

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