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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1963
Page
8
John Reckner thanks the American Legion for making his attendance at Boys' State possible and for a Monday steak supper. He calls the week educational and enjoyable and expresses gratitude for the honor.
Mr and Mrs Herman Neuhaus and Mrs Emma Neuhaus of Leigh visited the Arnold Neuhaus home. L E Blase Garling and Reed families and Henry Reed visited friends in Hampton. Randy Neuhaus and Paul Hadley attended camp at Covenant Cedars near Hordville. Walter Stahl and family visited C Marvin Fredrickson home Sunday afternoon.
The Polk church changes Sunday Morning Worship to 9:00 A M and closes at 9:55 A M. Church School remains 10:00 A M and WSCS meets Wednesday at 2:00 P M. Normal schedule to resume on September 8 following Sunday service changes.
Calvary Lutheran at Swede Home lists events with Rev. Larry Casper. Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Worship at 10 30 a m on July 7. A Low general meeting July 9 at 8 p m and Jr Choir practice July 11 at 9 30 a m. Advance notice of the 90th anniversary and reunion on August 18 at 3 p m.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Lytle traveled home to Augusta Kansas after a stay during which Mrs. Lytle and their children visited Chas. Lytle and Ollie Johnson. The father had been in Chicago for naval reserve duty over the past weeks.
Segments mention Polking Around returning from Omaha and visiting Merle. He reports his son Terry fell from a tree house about a month earlier needing hospital care to remove wood splinters. The gas company begins laying mains entering town from the south past the new school.
The Nebraska pheasant crop appears largely unharmed by recent heavy rains and floods. Game Commission director M. O. Steen says the worst flooding was in areas with few pheasants, maintaining an outlook for an excellent pheasant season. Some losses occurred in heavily rainfall areas but are not widespread enough to cause concern.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Ramsey and family were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Jim Pikerel and family at Bellview Beverly Pikerel who had spent a week with Pat Ramsey returned to her home
Ground surveys by Game Commission staff show a good duck hatch in Sand Hills lakes with blue winged teal comprising about half the population and other species in the mix. Rio Grande turkeys report second consecutive strong hatch with hens and large poults in areas stocked in 1961, reflecting adaptation to sparse woodlands.
Mr and Mrs C Marvin Fredrickson visited Mrs Freida Newman at Annie Jeffrey hospital in Osceola Sunday evening. They then stopped at the Fred White home in Stromsburg. Lonnie Cramer, who had stayed three weeks with Janie Fredrickson, returned with her father Harold Cramer and brothers Tommy and Bob for their Springfield Oregon home.
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