Polking Around Polks Community Club and Sunday Mail
A reader letter argues the Polk Community Club suffers from missing members at meetings and questions the anonymous decision to end Sunday mail service. The piece recalls postal history, party patronage, and the goal to deliver mail rather than profit, noting lack of names in the original report and locals visiting the Widga home.
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Polk Community Club
Progress
Don Hanquist
Polk
United States Postal Service
Postal Service
U. S. Postal Service
Congress
Ainare
Jess
Secretary of War
Polk Market Wheat Soybeans Prices Report
Polk Market notes bid prices for January 29 with wheat at 5.10, corn 2.40, soybeans 5.60 per bushel and other tonne prices listed as 3.80 for miles? The OCR reads inconsistently but shows commodities and figures for wheat corn and soybeans in cents per unit.
Community Chorus Sets First Practice for Palm Sunday Concert
The Community Chorus will begin rehearsals on February 6 at 8:40 p.m. in the high school music room under director Holly Batley. All area singers are urged to attend the first meeting to plan practice times and set a schedule ahead of the April 7 Palm Sunday concert.
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High School Music Room
Holly Batley
Home Society Meeting Chooses February Supper and Card Party
The Home Society met January 25 at Mae Johnson's home with Bea Johnson presiding. Members planned their February annual supper and card party and enjoyed Kings Korners with Anna Guthrie and Edna Lenz winning prizes. Ella Cramer received the hostess gift. The meeting closed with the Lord's Prayer and a pot luck lunch was served.
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Bea Johnson
Kings Korners
Anna Guthrie
Edna Lenz
Ella Cramer
Debra Lynn Wolfe Named Honor Roll Student
Debra Lynn Wolfe a Chadron State College sophomore from Polk is named to the honor roll for the past semester with a GPA of at least 3.45 on a 4.0 scale. She is an English major and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Wolfe.
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Debra Lynn Wolfe
Polk
Chadron State College
Debra
Donald Wolfe
Letter Questions Polk Community Club Leadership
A letter to Polk Community Club members questions Leonard Anderson heading the club per a January Progress headline. The writer challenges elected leadership for lack of attendance and asks for more enthusiasm and better meeting conduct.
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Polk Community Club
The
Progress
Leonard Anderson
Polk Co. Club
Leonard
Polk
Lowell
Senior Citizens Bingo at Legion Hall
Senior citizens bingo event set for Wednesday February 6 at 2 p.m. at the Legion Hall.
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Legion Hall
Bank Holding Firm Approved for Polk Bank Stake
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City approved K. L. and D. M., Inc. of Polk Nebraska to form a bank holding company by acquiring 82.9 percent of Citizens State Bank Polk Nebraska. The action was delegated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
K. L. and
D. M., Inc
Polk
Nebraska
Citizens State Bank
Food Stamps Sale Rescheduled to Feb 11 in Polk and Stromsburg
Food stamps will be sold in Polk and Stromsburg on February 11 due to Lincoln's birthday on February 12, shifting the original 12th date. Government officials notify residents to prepare for the earlier sale and bring required documents.
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Polk and Stromsburg
Lincoln
Lincoln Woman Visits Ostberg Family This Weekend
Miss Phyllis Ostberg of Lincoln spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Nona Ostberg and family.
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Phyllis Ostberg
Lincoln
Nona Ostberg
Engagement announced for Sandra Romsdal and Matt Hoffman
Bradshaw families announce the engagement of Sandra Kay Romsdal and Matt Hoffman of Bradshaw. Romsdal, a March graduate of Grand Island School of Business, is granddaughter of Vern Jones. Hoffman works at Car Parts in York and both are 1973 Bradshaw High School alumni. wedding plans are undecided.
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Sandra Kay Romsdal
Matt Hoffman
Mir
Howard Romsdal
Gilbert Hoffman
Bradshaw
Miss Romsdal
Grand Island School of Business
York
Bradshaw High School
Vern Jones
Hospital Report Weekly admissions and transfers list
Week of January 21 28 patients at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital include Vernon Cole Osceola Ruth Cornish Osceola Lilian Ferrand Stromsburg William Ferris Osceola Effie Forander Osceola Nora Gustafson Polk May Hartson Osceola John Hellstrom Stromsburg Janet Hiemer Shelby Myrtle Jones Osceola John Korus Silver Creek Edythe Larson Stromsburg Edmond McCauley Osceola Neilie Merrick Bancroft Louise Pearson Osceola Enoch Peterson Polk Dale Runquist Osceola Edward Wagner Osceola Annie Wendell Stromsburg Barbara O Hara Stromsburg Milton Anderson Stromsburg Transferred Bernita Cederberg Osceola Julius Johnson Osceola Raymond Fey Polk Harvey Sternberg Grestan Joyce Lucas Stromsburg Carolyn Sipes Osceola Marian Gillett Osceola Herbert Reetz York Mary Trolsovsky Osceola Donald Krets Osceola Patricia McGimsey Osceola Sharon Noyd and baby Stromsburg Polly Beckman Stromsburg Shannon Lerch Shelby Lester Hullinger Stromsburg Gladys Carlson Osceola Stella Kohl Clarks Melba Liedtke Gresham Lenore Lonowski Stromsburg Harriet Sundberg Stromsburg Myron Jones Osceola Deceased Gertrude Holzer Osceola Wurtz released from Brighton Colorado hospital home 14336 Foothill Road Golden Colorado 80401 Larry Coover entered St Elizabeth Hospital Lincoln Nola Gustafson patient Annie Jeffrey Hospital Osceola Enoch Peterson returned home from Annie Jeffrey Hospital Martin Jones patient Osceola Osceola hospital patient Stromsburg
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Vernon Cole
Osceola
Ruth Cornish
Lilian Ferrand
Stromsburg
William E. Ferris
Effie Forander
Nora O. Gustafson
Polk
May Hartson
John W. Hellstrom
Janet D. Hiemer
Shelby
Myrtle Jones
John O. Korus
Silver Creek
Edythe Larson
Edmond J. McCauley
Neilie Merrick
Bancroft
Louise Pearson
Enoch Peterson
Dale Runquist
Edward Wagner
Annie Wendell
Barbara O’hara
Milton A. Anderson
Diamlissed
Harvey Sternberg
Grestan
Joyce Lucas
Carolyn Sipes
Marian Gillett
Herbert Reetz
York
Mary Trolsovsky
Donald Krets
Patricia McGimsey
Sharon Noyd
Baby Boy
Polly Beckman
Shannon Lerch
Shelby Lester Hullinger
Gladys
Ce Wurtz
Brighton
Colo
Foothill Road
Golden
Larry Coover
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lincoln
Nola Gustafson
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Martin Jones
Homestead Exemption Eligibility Expanded for Seniors 65 Plus
The Polk County Assessor urges those 65 and older to apply by April 1 1974 for a new age and income based homestead exemption potentially reducing up to 90 percent of home tax upon Tax Commission approval. Eligible is owner occupants aged 65 by year end 1974 with income limits. both spouses age 65 or over may apply. veterans with total disability qualify regardless of age.
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Polk County
Tax Commission
Richard Anderson
Arborville Community Club elects officers for 1974
The Arborville Community Club met January 19 at Arborville Hall electing Tammy Fisher as president Tom Morris as vice president Cheryl Fisher as secretary treasurer Organizational leaders will be Mrs Morris Fisher and Mrs Lee Morris Charles Otte shared slides from Washington D C The group invites new members to the February 14 meeting Lunch was served by Joann Fisher and Shirley Morris News reporter Doug Norquest
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Arborville Community Club
Arborville Hall
Tammy Fisher
Tom Morris
Cheryl Fisher
Sec- Treas
Morris Fisher
Lee Morris
Charles Otte
Washington, D. C
Joann Fisher
Shirley Morris
Doug Norquest
Legion Auxiliary Heart Fund Drive Urges February Giving
The American Legion Auxiliary launches a neighbor to neighbor Heart Fund drive urging donations to fight heart and circulatory diseases. Volunteers distribute envelopes with a deadline to return contributions to Mrs Arnold Newhaus by Saturday February 23. Mrs Mary Salchow visited Mrs Arly Frickey in Lincoln Sunday.
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Heart Fund
Milllion
The
Heart Association
American Legion Auxiliary
Arnold Newhaus
Mary Salchow
Arly Frickey
Lincoln
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Polking
Lennis Lind
Lloyd Widga
Home Society
Mae Johnson
Margaret Lott
Fant
Stromberg
IGA
Lloyd Stromberg
Dave Carlson
Lloyd
Butch Mills
Arborville
Ira Plessinger
Dave
Plessinger
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Bernita Cederberg
Julius Johnson
Raymond Fey
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