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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1977
Page
2
Local notes report weddings births and home moves as families like Nelsons acquire land acreage near town and Sundbergs attend hardware convention. A blizzard of 1947, deaths and recoveries are logged alongside church events garden clubs and community gatherings.
Obituary mentions John Myers recovering after major surgery at Omaha Methodist hospital. Dwight Myrs and Vivian Funk stayed with him. Dave Moore and baby daughter moved into Polk from a farm east of town. Families Redman Lotta and Latta relocated from York. plumbing and well business planned by Redman and Lotta. Fred Dornburgh earned a B S degree from the University of Nebraska College of Business Administration. Conrad Lindholm helped clean up after a garage fire in Holdrege. Gus Brown and Troy visited Carl Brown in Polk.
A local apprentice philosopher warns that civilization may go backward if the nation hurries toward a false sense of progress. He contrasts rapid tech growth and military power with the need for humility, human dignity, and brotherhood as the journey toward a humane democracy continues.
Mrs Harold Carlson entertained the Park Avenue Club at her home January 14. February plans feature Mrs Marvin Fredrick son or Mr and Mrs Wallace Sandell. Other social notes include visits from Mr and Mrs Reuben Hanquist and family to Lincoln, a Polk County Republican Women meeting in Stromsburg, and showers and dinners among local residents.
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