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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1952
Page
3
The Progress Files recounts a successful Older Folks Picnic at the city park sponsored by the Commercial Club with Albert Sundberg as master of ceremonies. Other items note wheat harvests in Polk County, birthdays, baptisms, a 10 cent cake promotion, and local visits and travels.
Twenty years ago Ralph Branting resigned as mechanic at the Sodergren Meteor and PN Mills fills his place. Orville Spear returns from Omaha for medical treatment. Waltter Binford brings him home. Polk Municipal Band to Lincoln for an open air concert at the U S Veterans Hospital. Pork American Legion junior baseball team wins county title and heads to York for district play with Lincoln Fairbury Clay Center Laighton. Weather brings wind rain and hail.
Local church schedules appear for multiple Polk churches including Hordville Immanuel Park Swede Plain and Evangelical Free with service times in mornings afternoons and midweek study. The section also notes various community gatherings such as a Clarks picnic and visits among families across nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs J. N. Norton of Washington, JC. returned that week to upend their simmer oon their home nor h of town. Mrs Fran Q Ostherz was their guest several days since their return. Mrs Helen Isaacson and Mrs. Viola Benson entertained six ladies at a breakfast honoring Mrs Arthur Hiemmingson of Shafter, California. Mrs J R Teller of Sioux City spent last week visiting her father, Mr. H. G. Whitacre and Mrs. Whitacre. Mr. and Mrs Walter Nelson and Mrs. Elmer Hanquist were Grand Island visitors Monday.
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