Polk County news highlights from Progress Files
Rev J M Bay's 84th birthday honored by Baptist Church. Commercial Club to raise funds for a Polk Memorial Athletic Field honoring World War I veterans. Several local families visited in Grand Island and Omaha trips noted. New Chevrolet sedan destroyed by fire. Local students attend Boyles Business College in Omaha. Various visits to relatives and camp events near Polk and Hordville.
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J. M. Bay
Commercial Club
Polk Athletic Field
Willard Tenney
J. W. Tenney
Walter Johnson
Norm Mooney
Grand Island
The
Baptist Church
J. B. Leibee
Beatrice
Dennis Mills
Ed Stevens
Lodgepole
Will
Theo
Stevens
J. C. McClure
C. R. Peterson
Albert Sundberg
Platte
M. G. Lindburg
Carling
Saronville
Clyde Stevens
Polk and Hordville
Frank Otte
Charles Smith
G. M. Hill
Omaha
Odd Fellows Lodge
George Larson
Peppy Workers Club
Maxine Wright
Vivian Anderson
Mrs. McCoy
Donna Lee Sundberg
Betty Branting
Darlene Johnson
Polk Memorial
Wilbur Whitacre
Paul Lemke
Cowles Lake
Polk Progress masthead and postal info
The Polk Progress shows editor and publisher Norris W Alfred. The paper is entered as second class matter at the Polk Nebraska post office. Subscription rates list Nebraska four dollars per year and five dollars elsewhere. Ten lines per inch pricing noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Polk Progress
Norris
Alfred
Polk
Nebraska
Paratrooper Pvt Gary Clayton Completes Basic Airborne School
Army Private Gary K. Clayton 20 son of Mr and Mrs Roger W Clayton of Hordville completed three weeks of training as a paratrooper at the Basic Airborne School Fort Campbell Ky on July 1 During two weeks with the 1011th Airborne Division he endured physical conditioning and parachute fundamentals His last week included five jumps qualifying him as a parachutist Also noted visitors to Mrs Jennie Williams at Providence Hospital Lincoln were Mrs Wilda Holmes L G Deming of Sioux City and Mrs George Harvey of Lawton Iowa
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Army
Gary K. Clayton
Roger W. Clayton
Hordville
Basic Airborne School
Fort Campbell, Ky
1011St Airborne Division
Wilda Holmes
L. G. Deming
Sioux City
Iowa
George Harvey
Lawton
Jennie Williams
Providence Hospital
Lincoln
90th Birthday Celebrated in Polk County
Ten years ago Mrs. Marie Peterson marked her 90th birthday on July 12 at her daughter Esther Peterson's home in Polk. A birthday message was sent by Mamie Eisenhower. Don Kipp closed Don's Market after one year in operation on a Saturday night.
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Marie Peterson
Esther Peterson
Polk
Mamie Eisenhower
Don Kipp
Don’s Market
Ethel Garten
Bridal shower and family visits noted in Swede Plain area
The Swede Plain column lists Miss Linda Colson's bridal shower at Clarks Methodist Church with many guests from Iowa and nearby towns. It also records numerous visits, dinners, picnics, and family reunions among Adelson, Nyberg, Coover, Samuelson, and Lind relatives, plus officers meeting of the Swede Plain Woman's Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pork
Clarks
James Adelson
Iowa
Linda Colson
Clarks Methodist Church
Ed Coover
Arlo Stevens
Karen
Paul Coover
Richard Sealey
Richard Sealey, Jr
Rolland Stromberg
Jo Ella
Nettie Carlson
Arthur Samuelson
Wallace Lind
Leanne
Merle LaVelle
Philip Johnson
Robert Clymer
Harry Christensen
Stromsburg
Buckley Park
Harold W. Johnson
Willard Adelson
Marion
Rudolph Nyberg
Arthur Trennepohl
Linda Nyberg
Omaha
Marvin Ehn
Ceresco
Wilbur Whitacre
Ellsworth
Dale Nyberg
Central City
John Nyberg
Harvey Sundberg
Ronald Katz
York
Elmer Garner
Hordville
Merlin Nyberg
Ilinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Ted Dittmer
Rex Graham
Silver Creek
Ronnie Graham
Dittmer
Lennis Lind
Eldon Johnson
Osceola
Cecil Coover
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Wiley Coover
Sharon
Okla
Vincent Strawberg
Dalton, Ill
Holdrege
Also Mentioned on This Page
NHS
Rexall
Harimans
Zlomke Furniture
Central
Ayaa
Gary Clayton
Wegner
Central City, Nebraska
Swede Plain News
Harvey Lind
O. E. Johnson
Patronize Progress
Seal Steel
Farmers Coop. Grain Association
Polk, Nebraska
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