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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
1
In a Polk County scene, locals debate a rumored air powered car while recounting the big bass and old sports tales. Art Newton, Polk High alumnus, recalls helmet swaps and a patch night. a visit by Don Newton and others widens the chatter to a July Fourth forecast and local bank concerns.
Mr and Mrs M F Stewart formerly of Pocatello Idaho moved to Polk Saturday. They reside in the former W J Johnson residence in south Polk, now purchased. Mr MirI Stewart will join his brother Ken at the Citizens State Bank. he was office manager for Grinnell Company of the Pacific in Pocatello. The couple are parents of three children, all married and living in Idaho and California.
At the June 18 1968 budget meeting Educational Service Unit No 7 voted to request a one mill levy for the 1968 69 school year. Nine members and four visitors attended. Funds would support speech therapy special education health services consultative services and a media center for seven counties. The board also approved hiring staff to operate these programs for 1968 69. The next regular meeting is July 15 at the Unit headquarters in Genoa at 8 00 p m.
Mr and Mrs Max Kroger welcomed their baby daughter Michelle Kay born June 27 weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces. The family name and birth details are listed in this society notice.
A fragmented weather column notes July 2 with heat and cold swings, intermittent sun, and farmers bringing in wheat as grain dries. It cites moisture at 26 inches for the week, Prairie Creek receding to puddles, and mentions local ads for air conditioners and Cub Cadet tractors alongside casual remarks on long underwear.
The fiftieth anniversary of Mr and Mrs Wilmer Bodine was marked with an open house at the Evangelical Free Church in Polk on Sunday June 30 1968. About 150 relatives and friends attended with out of town guests from multiple states.
Doyle M. Frazier age 26 of Shelton wed Carolyn A. Allinder 20 of Stromsburg on June 8 1968 at Osceola. Michael Wayne Abbott 22 of Lincoln married Constance Louise Sullivan 21 of Lincoln on June 22 at Shelby. Thomas Webster Richards 22 of David City weds Rosella Agnes Topil 20 of Rising City on June 22 at Shelby. Richard Carl Bauer 23 of Longmont Colorado to Lorraine Ruth Reckner 20 of Bradshaw married June 22 1968 at Polk.
Enroute home from a vacation in Colorado and Wyoming the Lynn Bensons visited the Paul Stevens home from Thursday through Sunday. Also joining on Sunday were the Lee Pascos of Lincoln and Ant Smiths of Omaha.
Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas announces Polk will host a new district office with five day a week operation and full inventory after remodeling. The Polk site will serve Marquette, Chapman, Benedict and Phillips, with Benedict receiving gas late July or early August. Lloyd F. Albin will become Polk district manager moving with his family from Atkinson Nebraska. he brings extensive company service and irrigation network experience to the position.
Polk ASC County Committee awarded certificates and emblems to Ruth Eklund and Dorothy Headlee for 15 years of ASCS service to Polk County farmers. Eklund is Price Support Clerk and Headlee is Production Adjustment Clerk. Ernest Lees received a 15 year award as Community and County Committeeman. State ASC Committee conveyed congratulations.
In York County stop sign cited with fines of 10 for the driver and 5 for Larry A. Noyd of Stromsburg. Counts include speeding on county road 50, reckless driving 15 days jail, fleeing to avoid arrest with 200 damages to Stromsburg city and 12.10 costs. Other entries list Roger P. Gabel Shelby day speed 15 plus 5, Marvin V. Mercer Grand Island day speeding 15 and 5, Levert W. Peterson Osceola night speeding 30 and 5, Steve C Sterup Osceola Improper muffler 10 and 5, Arvilda May 4mos Iowa day speeding 25 and 5.
The Polk and Clarks girls meet Thursday night July 4 for a softball game followed by a Polk Volunteer Fire Department fireworks display. Admission 50c, preschoolers free. proceeds fund fireworks. Boys travel to Osceola Sunday for a double header. Summer Recreation Program seeks donations after two weeks with no money.
Week of June 25 to July 2 records patients at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital. Names listed include Dake Osceola Van Winkle Silver Grossnicklaus Osceola Bolton Polk Anderson Osceola Olson Osceola Gabriel Osceola Herrmann Osceola Beebe Shelby Adelson Stromsburg Sherwood Osceola Nuttleman Gresham Lounsburry Sburg Middough Stromsburg Frida Peterson Stromsburg Lamoree Stromsburg Carpenter Shelby Doremus St Sburg Duren Shelby Hinkle Silver Creek Sundberg Stromsburg Johansen Osceola Green Osceola Webster Denver Micek Silver Creek Jaax Shelby LaMunyon Shelby Shostrom Osceola Blake Osceola Standing Stromsburg Roy Morgan Osceola Horst Osceola Barber Stromsburg Huggler Osceola Anderson Stromsburg Crowdell Benedict Dake Silver Creek
Mrs Bruce Lusignan and three daughters Jeanne Kerry and Anne of Palo Alto Calif visit the Jim Wilsons at their home while Dr Lusignan serves in Brazil as an adviser on satellites for the educational TV system.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Lind stayed at the Walter Stohl home Friday for a picnic. Mr and Mrs Walter Stohl and Leilani visited the Robert Willits home Tuesday evening. The Swede Plain choir held its last summer meeting Wednesday night with a Wiener roast and homemade ice cream.
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