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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1969
Page
3
Sixth graders write stories on an unwanted house as the first term wraps up on January 17. Buses reverse routes starting January 20. The piece mixes classroom notes on space and magnets with a short fiction about an old house facing ruin, and notes a classmate Kevin Goertzen’s death.
A derelict home narrates its decline after a lazy family neglects upkeep and abandons it. Fire, decay, and loneliness follow as the structure confronts its impending collapse and isolation. The Johnsons return to sell the house after a harsh, fiery end in winter.
Belated Christmas dinner and supper were hosted at the Ernie Lott home to celebrate Mrs Lott's birthday. Attending were Mrs Thelma Hoffman and Mr and Mrs Merlin Hoffman and family of Rising City, Mr and Mrs Robert McMeekin, Mr and Mrs Max Lott and Kirk of Shelby, and Mr and Mrs Lee Anderson and family of Osceola.
Mrs Blanche Fitz came back Saturday from a month in McAllen Texas with her son and family.
A rotting lumber pile near Polk pleads for visitors to save it from collapse. The narrator laments harsh winters, frost, wind, and hail that threaten the structure, and notes gray aging, dead trees, and littered surroundings while hoping someone will come to see it before it dies.
A new Extension Club named Modern Millies formed in York County after neighbors met January 6 at Mrs Morris Fisher home. York County Extension Agent Carol Thayer introduced the program and officers elected: President Mrs Virgil Tenniges, Vice President Mrs Morris Fisher, Secretary Treasurer Mrs Dean Lindburg, Reporter Historian Mrs Owen Bedient. Members include Mrs Gerald Stevens, Mrs Duane Burney, Mrs Don Dose, Mrs William Blender, Mrs Ronald Foote Sr and Mrs Neal Sandell. February 3 hostesses will be Mrs Ronald Foote and Mrs Neal Sandell. Program leaders will present Wood Furniture selection.
The Eastside Birthday Club gathered Saturday afternoon with Myrtle Werner. Eleven members attended and all enjoyed a delicious lunch.
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