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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1974
Page
2
Local business moves unfold as Walter Green joins City Meat Market and Lloyd Kroger buys Farmers Store. Drownings, weddings, school board changes, and harvest activity shape a busy week with 60 bushel yields and a 120 acre land sale nearby.
Miss Mary Ann Widga and Eugene L. Roberts wed at St. Paul Chapel Lincoln on July 2. Rena Mae Willits attends Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Carolyn Strand graduates from Lincoln School of Commerce. Local families travel, visit, and host relatives. new kindergarten teacher named. camp, trips, and weekend gatherings recounted.
Glenn Hill recaps a 1921 subcontract where Dugdale Construction of Omaha laid Polk street brick pavement. Foreman era ties connect Grell Construction Co to the sewer work. Louis, a rapid bricklayer, kept 3 to 5 men stocked to feed bricks.
The piece argues inflation is caused by both wages and prices, condemns the Nixon administration as ineffective, and questions the blame on labor or corporate interests. It notes escalator clauses, rising gasoline and sugar costs, and the hardship on the poor while predicting uncertain futures for fuel and bread prices.
Sunday overnight and Monday guests visited Melvin Bender’s home including Dale Bade family from Hooper Nebraska. Thursday visitors in Ollie Johnson’s home included Stanford Ang and Robert Shostrom. Open house celebrated Harold Kuck's 25th wedding anniversary at St Libory with Rudolph Ehn and family among guests. Numerous local residents hosted visitors from California Missouri Minnesota Nebraska and other states for weekends dinners and family events.
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