Polk Region News In Briefs and Social Notes
The Polk area reports Fourth of July celebrations in Osceola, local kit tball results, and harvest activity. Notable items include Sure Shot hog oilers moving back to Polk, a baby girl birth at the Stromberg home, and community events at Polk churches and parties. Featured obituaries and local sports results appear alongside long lists of reunions and personal visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Johnson
Dr. Leibee
Omahs
Lord Lister Hospital
Polk and Vicinity
Osceola
Polk
Hog Oiler Company
York
Alex Scott
Oscar Stromberg
Weather summary shows cool start and variable heat early July
An early morning coolness inspires endurance as hot afternoons press crops. July 2 to 5 show fluctuating temperatures from 72 to 95 with a brief shower on July 3 and Independence Day bringing the coolest day of the week with 72 at 9 am and 84 at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress
Local visitors and hot July weather noted in Polk
Mr and Mrs Harold Lawhead of Wichita visited the Richard Johnson and Clarence Gutherie homes. Guests included Mr and Mrs Dick Anderson of Grand Island and Mr and Mrs Dwight Burney of Oak Grove. Weather records show July heat with highs near 100 and winds from the south and southeast across several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold ‘Lawhead
Wichita
Kan
Richard Johnson
Clarence Gutherie
Dick Anderson
Grand Island
Leslie Adelson
Dennis Jacobsen
Oak Grove
Calif
David
Marquette
Charles Peterson
Margaret
Denver
Dwight Burney
Blanche Sundberg
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Alvena Lind
Sure
Shot Hog Oiler Company
Pork
J. L. Stouffer
Polk Kittenballers
Triangle Oilers
Central City
Harriet Burgess
Gladys Mills
Mesdames Leand Bowers
A. A. Shockey
Mervin Shenk
Helen McCoy
Ames Stroup
Chas. Smith
P. J. Garten
Neil McNaught
I. D. Huston
Katherine
O. F. Alfred
Polk Methodist Church
Helen Danielson
Stromsburg
Ak SarBen
Omaha
Rolland Dah
Jin
Floyd H. Rodine
C. O. Rodine
Marsa, Texas
Hobbs
New Mexico
Bruce E. Cowgill
Silver Creek
Cowgill
Shirley Cramer
Janice Sundberg
Delores Dahlin
Betty Glasser
P. W. Aker
van Aker
Blase
Richert
M. Blase
Camp Beale
Ross Goethe Jr
Camp Carson
Colo
Ross Goethe
Butchers
Bankers
Legion
Polk Oilers
Wally Lind
Polk Oil
Dale Nelson
Roy Bateman
Vance Air Base
Enid
Donavan Widga
Dean Ostberg
Lloyd Kroger
Jeanelle
Max
Arias
Red Feathers
Colorado Mountains
Emma Johnson
Delores
Darney
Steven
Baltimore
M. C. Johnson
Mark
Stephanie
San Diego
Lowell Bills
Leroy Bills
Oklahoma City
Leland
Bills
Ruth Bills
Herschel. Shenk
Carroll Flodman
Lawrence Shenk
Brenda
Connie Jones
Camp Wa-Shun-Ga
Junction City
Max Jones
Ardith Goeguler
Dolan Hahn
Hannah
Hahn
Barry
Nyberg
Darwin
Norfolk
Walter Stohl
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Dale
Joe Lichtenberg
Bradshaw
Nebraska
Bradshaw Township
York County
Dale Auction-Realty. Co
First National Bank
Nebr
Farmers Co-op Grain Association
Farmers Co-op
Co-Op
Merck Pfizer
Anchor
Blanco
Farmers Co-op Grain Association of Polk
Farmers Coop Grain ‘Ass’n
Polk, Nebraska
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