Polk High and community news from January events
The Progress News summary notes school relocations after a December fire with classes housed in local churches. It records January temperatures, a degree for Donnette Ostberg, grain prices, and honors for regional families. Local sports cover Polk Cubs wins and losses, and obituaries list Fjell Bush and Johnson.
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Meerkatz House
Evangelical Free Church
United Methodist Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church
Donnette Ostberg
College of Engineering and Technology
Univ. of Nebr. Polk
Roger Merchant
Exon
Nebraska
Dan Gilson
Polk Cubs
Benedict
Polk High School Basketball Schedule Calendar
Jan 16 Girls basketball York at Polk 6 30 and 8 00 p m. Jan 17 End of Semester. Basketball Hardville at Polk 6 30 and 8 00 p m. Jan 22 Jr Hi basketball at Silver Creek 1 15 p m.
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York
Polk
Hardville
Silver Creek
Game Re scheduled Polk Benedict Snowed Out
The Polk Benedict game postponed by snow has been rescheduled for February 18 at Benedict.
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Benedict
Fifth and Sixth Grade Players to Perform at Half
Part of the fifth and sixth grade classes will play a brief basketball game Friday night at halftime of the Polk Clarks game. Other students will play in a separate game. The activity is led by PE instructor Miss Calder.
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Polk-Clarks
Miss Calder
Polk selects MOD Dance king and queen candidates
Kathy Bender and Duane Bodine have been chosen to represent Polk as king and queen candidates for the 1975 March of Dimes Dance. The event date has not yet been scheduled.
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MOD
Kathy Bender
Duane Bodine
Polk
Albion Choral Clinic Brings Polk Groups to Albion Neb
Polk's Mixed Chorus and Swing Choir travel to Albion Nebraska for the annual Albion Choral Clinic Friday and Saturday January 17 and 18. Rehearsals run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday with an 8 p.m. concert featuring the clinic choir and Polk's Swing Choir. Admission costs 1.50 for adults and .75 for students. The 1960s conductor Robert Van Voorhis is an alumnus of the University of Nebraska Lincoln and now associate professor of music at the University of North Dakota after teaching at Albion High School. He has led clinics and judged contests across several states.
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Albion Choral Clinic
Polk
Albion
Nebr
Robert van Voorhis
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Albion High School
UN. of North Dakota
van Voohis
University of Ne. Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
So. Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Polking Around on Inflation and Nonsense Times
The piece rails at inflation and recession as the country spins into a downward spiral. It mocks auto price hikes and big ad campaigns while criticizing war talk and arms sales. Local notes mention Mrs Hannah Bodine visiting Parkview, and Mr and Mrs Lynn Sundberg with family visiting on Sunday.
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John Foster
Dulles
United States
U. S
Hannah Bodine
Emma Johnson
Parkview
Lynn Sundberg
Dick Mundt
Charles
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Progress News
Shelby Huskies
Marla Branting
Gregg Hanquist
Polk High
March of Dimes
Homer MacDonald
Columbus
Stromberg Iga
Lloyd and Eleanor Stromberg
Glenn Hill
Polk Contractor
Lincoln
Associated General Contractors of America
Hardville Bulldogs
Polk High Cubs
Clarks
Debra Lynn Wolfe
Chadron State College
Roger Morris
Cory Dean
Joseph L. Fjell
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Osceola
Walter Bush
Polk Hotel
Richard Anderson
Polk County
Citizens State Bank of Polk
U. S. Treasury
Ment
Internal Revenue
Service
Weess
Saeeermane
Dennis L. ‘Johnson
Dennis L. Johnson
Doris M. Stewart
Re L. Stewart
Harold L. Carlson
Polking
Call
Polk Farm
Dale Buen
Gary Anderson
Stromsburg
Mason
Bob Baack
Milo Martin
Grand Island
Seward
Midland BY Products Inc
Phil Brutto
Farmall C Tractor
Basil Brown
W. Charles
Geis Motor Co
Carl Mundt
Don’s
Alma Oil Co
Don Williams
Central City
Lowe Paints
Armstrong Barwick
Gibson’s
E 7Th
Polk County Mental Health Clinic
E. T. Parminter
Hamernnk Construction CO
Rt. No. 4
Marlin Love
State of
Main Street Park
Arnold L. Neuhaus
Will County
Irene Mundt
Myrl D. Edstrom
Eldon R. Johnson
Lillie F. Lytle
Julia Flodman
Farmers Mutual OF Nebr
Leland Harless
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