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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1946
Page
1
Monday’s cooling showers brought one to two inches of rain from Osceola to Pokk, easing heat from the weekend. The moisture slows the wheat harvest but benefits the 1946 corn crop at a critical stage, with optimism for a large autumn yield if August rainfall continues.
Dr Alfred Tried, Stromsburg pastor from 1928 to 1945, died Friday July 12 at Emanuel Deacons Home in Omaha at age 71. Survived by daughter Eleanor Fahrer of Wahoo and Rev Constantine Tried of Chicago. Funeral services were held Monday at Swedeborg with ministers from Stromsburg District attending and Rev Anton Limdeen of Council Bluffs preaching.
The Merry Makers 4-H Club met July 5 at Floyd Lyle home with Miss Bute of Osceola as guest. Jean elle Kroger and Luella Gustafson led a table setting demonstration while Mari belle Lyle prepared potato soup. Lois Miller demonstrated hand towel making. President Marilyce Shostrom presided as business proceeded.
Mrs. Pete Johnson died Tuesday morning in Omaha. The body is being brought to Swede Home for burial Thursday July 18. She was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Chas Johnson and lived near Swede Home for many years.
Carl Steelquist who resigned as manager of the local Farmers Elevator is recovering at home after a light heart attack. Friends report he is progressing satisfactorily and improving this week.
Lt and Mrs Maurice Newcomer plan to return to Stromsburg after visiting Las Vegas. Ensign Lloyd McBeth earned Naval Aviator designation in Pensacola and is resuming studies at Nebraska. Families travel between Omaha Lincoln Fort Sill and Fullerton for illnesses visits and social events.
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Mrs Joe Janky of Long Beach California visits her son Ted and family as a band concert program features marches overtures and popular numbers including Home on the Range and Star Spangled Banner with selections like Victory Polka and Slidin Some performed by local musicians in Georgia details indicate a Sabbath day in Ga and the Spiritual National Emblem.
Polkites flock to night games in Stromsburg as crowds grow and a Stromsburg Ministerial Association voices opposition to Sunday baseball. Despite concerns, Sunday games appear here to stay, with talk of Polk organizing a team to join the league next year.
A miscellaneous shower for Miss Phyllis Steelquist was held at Mrs Rodger Gustafs home last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Frank Nelson of Central City assisted. The event produced a Book of Events in the bride’s life, with much laughter. Mrs Lloyd Hahn led the program. gifts and refreshments followed. The marriage is set for July 21.
Miss Phyllis Steelquist was honored at a bridal shower in Lutheran Church parlors Hordville hosted by Mrs Otis Anderson of Caldwell Idaho Mrs Lloyd Kroger and Mrs Neil McNaught. Forty five guests enjoyed a humorous mock wedding games and a luncheon arranged with pink and blue flowers.
Rainbow Rebekah Lodge No 382 installed its new officers for the coming term last Thursday. Named are Ada Dahlgren N na Cramer V G Bethel King Warden Linnie Shafer Conductor Mabel Dornburgh Chaplain Laura Merchant Musician R E Merchant Inside Guardian Elizabeth Otte RSNG Hennie Seymour RS VG T D Otte L SVG District Deputy Assembly President. Also Bessie Island and Suite from Arcade Lodge No 344 Shelby Nebraska installed officers. Visitors praised the remodeled lodge room and rich carpet as beautifying the home of all Pork lodges. Refreshments and a social hour closed the evening.
Local families host visitors from Gilmer Lincoln Seward Hampton and other towns. Guests include Foster Ames and Nora Mae Cline with Will Cline. Jerry Worth family. Harold and A C Dobberstein. J L Jackson. Laverne Harrington from Montrose. Wayne Snedigar and Ralph Sandell. Harry Parker. Maurice Flick family. Seth Piper at Roy Knapp home. birthday observance for sister.
Mr and Mrs George Reed visited Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Lester Rehrs. Ted Alfred called his parents from San Diego Monday evening to say he had arrived in the states.
The Polk Theatre now uses a new air conditioning system installed last week during a heat wave. Purified air circulates throughout the theatre keeping the interior cool and comfortable, drawing attendees like one lady who sat through two shows for relief from the heat.
County Extension notes rolling western Nebraska and Colorado fields with 50 bushel wheat reports for Pawnee and Nebred varieties. Early plowing boosts yields, alfalfa seed production guidance, and a 4 H fair board update plus a Polk County dairy record prize cow spotlight.
The Polk County Fair issues its first five year book with an orange cover reading Welcome Home Veterans and the discharge emblem. A veterans admission button will grant free entry to the fair, and a new War Veteran department is introduced.
Exhibits draw attention with a Servicemen discharge list up to May 1. County pages profile each town and farm officers and achievements. Organizations Farmers Union Extension Service Farm Bureau AAA FSA featured with Fair president and 4 H Junior Fair Board messages.
Miss Winnifred Lewis sister of W G Lewis of the Lincoln Hatchery will speak at the Baptist Church Sunday morning She spent years in the Philippine Islands and was imprisoned at Santo Tomas when the Japanese conquered the island Assenio a native Philippine helped keep her alive by smuggling food into the camp He will speak at Sunday School and in the evening on the soon to be independent Philippines public invited to these services.
Osceola reports a week of visitors and travels. The Herbes family returned from New York City and Washington with a plane trip from Omaha. Many neighbors hosted gatherings including the McKeags and Grim family at Calkins home. Seaman Raymond Schott arrived home from Tokyo Bay and discharge. The Nelsons visited Detroit en route to Glendale. Local church notices invite attendance at Greens Chapel.
At a Monday Commercial Club meeting plans were laid to fund a Polk Memorial Athletic Field near the high school site with electric lights for night games. A minimum $1500 target was set, using potential school fund surplus if available, without new taxes. Bleachers and beautification were discussed alongside the field and the 40th anniversary celebration next September.
Local residents hosted and visited with friends and relatives from across Minnesota California Ohio Denver and Nebraska this weekend. The gatherings included dinners in Polk Stromsberg and Whitacre homes and multiple arrivals guests from Wilmar Grand Island Stromsburg Osceola Pueblo and Cincinnati with card bowling and birthday celebrations noted.
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