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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1973
Page
3
The Progress weather report notes cooler conditions after a hot start with no 90 degree readings. Rain began Thursday night and persisted through Friday and Saturday, with 1.63 inches officially recorded Friday morning. Temperatures ranged from mid 50s to mid 70s as winds shifted and irrigation noise filled the countryside.
The text notes that minnows encompass carp and goldfish and adds that Nebraska allows hand spearing of nongame fish year round from sunrise to sunset.
Polk County Extension publishes news from the courthouse site and invites visitors to see new offices on the building’s third floor. The Agricultural Engineering Tractor Power and Safety Day on July 26 features silage storage and liquid waste spreading equipment, plus two new silo designs at the University of Nebraska Field Laboratory near Mead with notes on earth bank versus concrete buttress construction.
Eleven Polk County farm owners will get the Nebraska Pioneer Farm Award at the Polk County Fair on July 26. Recipients include Ronald L. Baker August F. Carlson Morris B. Johnson Gustav Peterson and others from Stromsburg Osceola Shelby Columbus and Polk. The Widga family tracing back to Pete Widga born in Sweden in 1851 is highlighted among three generations with long Polk County roots and historic homestead sites.
The Swede Plain WSCS met at the church on July 1 1973 with president Mrs Donald Dahlin presiding. Program leaders were Mrs Willard Adelson and Mrs Alvin Dahlin. Guest speaker was Mrs Truman Bachenberg of Osceola, a former missionary in Africa. Piano solos by Tammy and Cheryl Fisher. Refreshments served by Mrs Gordon Carlson and Mrs Robert Clymer.
Mr and Mrs Emory Cramer visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Larry Cramer and Susan. Mr and Mrs Dornburgh and boys of Columbus spent Sunday with his parents, Mr and Mrs Lyle Dornburgh. Mr and Mrs Carroll Flodman visited his mother Mrs Julia Flodman in Aurora hospital Friday. Mr and Mrs Leland Harless and Mr and Mrs Joe Whn visited Tuesday with Mrs Josie Samuelson at Park View and with Mrs Anna Ehn and daughters Ber niece and Myrtle in Central City.
The Widge family, tracing four generations from Swede Plain Church in Polk, maintains a long owned farm now run by Lloyd Widge. Donald and Verland are the fourth generation, with the award co sponsored by Ak-Sar-Ben and the Nebraska association of County Fair Managers recognizing farms staying in one family for a century or more.
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