Oilmen weigh in as Polk area notes tally
Local items report Pete Shostrom weighing 245 pounds and Will Cohagen 235 at Sack Lumber Yard. Drilling continues on the Wurtz farm south of Polk as residents persist in oil prospects. Social notes mention Irene Cohagen marrying Walter E. Myers in Grand Island and a new baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Howard Herbes.
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Ruth Sidwell
Axtell
Axel
O. B. Bailey
Orville
Fullerton
Polk
Richmond
Helen
A. Bauder
Harlan
Iowa
H. T. Bloom
Leland
Rosenberg
Ore
A . Shafer
Pete Shostrom
Will Cohagen
Pete
Will
R. L. Cox
Godfrey Olson
Viking Hall
Benedict
Wurtz
Calmar Jones
Lincoln
Zora Shafer
Tressa Hill
Lillian Brown
Naomi Alfred
Maud Stoneger
Cairo
Riverside Park
Rev
Kimbel
Gerald
Rising City
Carl
Adolph Dose
Henry Emken
H. A. Cramer
Kansas City
Lloyd Kroger
Carl Steelquist
Central City
Lloyd
Polk Progress Classified Rates and Post Office Entry
The Polk Progress notes its second class post office status in Polk Nebraska under the 1879 act. It lists subscription rates: Nebraska four dollars per year, elsewhere five dollars, six months three dollars, three months two dollars, and single copy ten cents. Card of Thanks ten cents per line with minimum one dollar. obituary poetry ten cents per line. Advertising, per column inch fifty six cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Nebraska
Social Security Rep Schedule For Osceola Visit
A Lincoln social security representative will visit Osceola on July 24 to meet from 9 00 to 11 30 a m on the second floor of the Courthouse. The note calls for part time workers and urges obtaining a social security number before job applications. The Lincoln office should be contacted. Mr and Mrs Jess Caldwell of Swanton visited their daughter and family, joined by Mr and Mrs Glen Brazda.
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Lincoln
Osceola
Jess Caldwell
Swanton
Glen Brazda
Horstman Rowe anniversary celebrated at home
Relatives gathered at the Horstman home to celebrate the 39th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Horstman and Mr and Mrs A Rowe over the weekend. Merle Stromberg is three weeks old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Stromberg
Henry Horstman
A Rowe
Horstman
Polk WSCS Centennial Program Returns to Church
The Women's Society for Christian Service met July 6 after noon at the church for a centennial program titled Ladies Aid of Long Ago. Thirty eight members and guests attended as old songs were sung and a history of the church was read noting it will mark its 90th year next year.
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Women’s Society For Christian Service
Ladies Aid of
Mildred Anderson
Roger Gustafson
Lawrence Larson
Irvin Anderson
Mer
Local Socials Roundup From Stromsburg and Nearby Areas
Mrs Glen Hill and others from Stromsburg visited Mrs Bessie Green Thursday evening. A shower for Miss Sandra Hyde of Lincoln drew Stromsburg attendees to Swede Plain church Sunday. Carl Carlstrom family joined a Lincoln Antelope Park picnic and Lincoln 200 visit. Belated birthday party for Mrs Donavin Widga hosted by Ruth Gustafson. Coffee guests included Mrs Claus Oberg and Mrs Nettie Carlson. Clinton Bahensky of Bellevue joined W J Fisher and others in Stromsburg for a Sunday visit. Roy Glasser Jr hosted a Colorado guest Ronald Adams briefly. dinner guests at Mrs Bessie Green included Keith Brown and Gary Green families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Hill
Jack Allison
Elmer Allison
Stromsburg
Bessie Green
Carroll Flodman
Lawrence Shenk
Lee Hanson
Sandra Hyde
Lincoln
Swede Plain
Carl Carlstrom
Antelope Park
Richard Widga
Donavin Widga
Gail
Milfred Johnson
Colo
Roy Glasser, Jr
Keith Brown
Jim
Judy
Springfield
Ore
Gary Green
Amy
Central City
Picnic Supper and Social Visits Across July Local Families
Last week a picnic supper was enjoyed July 4 at the Martin Hoffman Sr home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Orlie Miller and Mr and Mrs Ester Lackey. Mae Sundberg joined Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs C O Rodine. Mrs Roger Gustafson visited Grant Johnson on Wednesday. Mrs Martin A Hoffman Sr called on Mrs Hannah Carlson Thursday. Dolan Hahn and family were Sunday visitors of Mrs Shirley Broshears in Central City. Saturday evening guests of Mrs Addie Benjamin included Mae Sundberg Mabel Benjamin Pat Anderson Leo Calhoun and Arnon Dover.
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Martin Hoffman
Orlie Miller
Ester Lackey
Mae Sundberg
C O Rodine
Roger Gustafson
Grant Johnson
Martin A Hoffman, Sr
Hannah Carlson
Dolan Hahn
Michael
Michelle
Shirley Broshears
Central City
Addie Benjamin
Mabel Benjamin
Pat Anderson
Leo Calhoun
Arnon Dover
Seaman Ronald Jensen Completes Navy Basic Training
Seaman Ronald A Jensen, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond L Jensen of Hordville, has graduated after nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald A. Jensen
Raymond L Jensen
Hordville
Navy
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Harvard dinner honors Dolan Glasser visitor from Yuma
Mr and Mrs Roy Glasser Jr and family Mrs Hillis Sterner and Galen were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Stanley Peterson at Harvard to honor their son Dolan from Yuma Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Glasser, Jr
Hillis Sterner
Galen
Stanley Peterson
Harvard
Dolan
Yuma
Ariz
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Amelia Bearhart
J. G. Carlson
Ben
Harold Johnson
Alice Fusen
Wichita
Kan
Karl Dethloff
University Hospital
Omaha
Jim Sundberg
Garden City
Oscar Sundberg
F. Bennet
Pearl Jack
John I Anderson
Alvin Anderson
San Gabriel
OF. Alfred
James Allen
Atta
The
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hees Association
AsGb Cfr Ibn
Polk Wscs
Wegner
Central City, Nebraska
Seaman Ronald Jensen
Rexall
Harimans Rexall
Hartford Insurance Company
Insurance Company of North America
St. Paul Fire & Marine
Cimarron Insurance Company
Fireman’s Fund
Citizens State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Polk, Nebraska
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