Sunday Dinner Guests and Visiting Kin List
Mr and Mrs James Creech and family hosted a Sunday dinner with Frances Creech and Mrs Hookstra of Bellwood and Miss Elaine Creech of Columbus. Lyle Dornburgh and family visited Columbus relatives, while C E Kissinger and children of Los Angeles stayed with Paul Holmes and family en route home from Iowa. Kissinger is Holmes cousin. Abortion in Sheep discusses vibrio fetus and temperature effects on survival. Sleeping Car history recounts Pullman’s 1850s car conversion and the first trip in 1859 with a Porter’s boots request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Creech
Frances
Mrs. Hookstra
Bellwood
Elaine Creech
Columbus
Mile Clarence Creech
Lyle Dornburgh
C.E. Kissinger
Los Angeles
California
Paul Holmes
Iowa
Mr. Kissinger
Mr. Holmes
George Pullman
Bloomington
Chicago and Alton
Chicago
Pullman
Ruth Wolstenholm
Meridian
Idaho
Nice
Creech
Clarence Creech
Olaf Alfred
Phyllis
Pearson
Roy E. Horst Republican Candidate for County Assessor
Roy E. Horst runs as the Republican candidate for County Assessor seeking to lead property valuation in the county. Campaign emphasis centers on fair taxation, transparency, and modernization of assessment methods.
Way Back When 80s and 40s notes mix in July history
A local column recalls past events from July with two decades’ snapshots. 30 years ago a baby girl weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces at E P Hanquist home on July 8. Dr Slusser travels with a cane after a hip dislocation. marriages and moves surface including Carrie Blair’s marriage to Lafayette Cook. 20 years ago the stork visited Walter Nyberg’s home. families from New Castle and New Galilee visit. local injuries and a death are noted. 40 years ago Fred Shockeys celebrate a Golden Wedding anniversary with family and a spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Hanquist
Slusser
Carrie Blair
Mary Blair
Arborville
Lafayette
Custer County
Vivian York
Chadron
Vera Hill
Ruth
Myra Glasser
Julesburg
Colorado
J. A. Theiss
Hannah
Theiss
Polk
Chas. Hanquist
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Stork
Walter Nyberg
Jake Glasser
Will Glasser
New Castle
Penn
Beulah Kurtz
New Galilee
Robert Glasser
Anouth
Darlene McConnell
John Robinson
Grand Island
George Quick
Nathan Sundberg
Portland
Oregon
Florence Meerkatz
Ben Moderow
Scribner
Moderow
Manly Fisher
Charley Bodine
Fred Shockey, Sr
Paul Coover
Earl Widge
South Dakota
Sundberg Awarded Frigidaire Plant Tour For Nebraskans
A. E. Sundberg of Sundberg & Son earned a three day all expense paid tour of Frigidaire Dayton Ohio plants for outstanding sales in the Nebraska and western Iowa area. The trip includes a twelve car train to Dayton and a visit to Wright Patterson Air Base with stopovers at Frigidaire plants and the glass house assembly of Metermiser units. The group returns to Omaha Tuesday afternoon after a banquet at the Biltmore Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Sundberg
Sundberg & Son
Frigidaire
Dayton, Ohio
Sundberg
Livingston
Nebraska
Iowa
Dayton
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Air Material Command
Air Force
Omaha
Burlington
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Biltmore
Polk churches schedule Sunday services
Hordville Baptist Church led by Rev. Edick A. Anderson offers 10:00 Bible School and 11:00 Morning Worship with all welcome. Immanuel Lutheran Church under C. W. Long posts Sunday 10:30 worship and 10 a.m. Sunday School. Evangelical Free Church with Rev. Clifford Smith holds Sunday 10 a.m. service 11 a.m. worship 8 p.m. evening service and mid week choir practice at 8 p.m. Thursdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hordville Baptist Church
Edick A. Anderson
Local Church Services and Pastors Listed
Arborville Congregational Church with Rev Earle Faton pastor Floyd Merchant chorister and Kenneth Bedient organist Sunday School at 10:00 am worship at 11:30 am Polk Baptist Church Bible School at 10:00 am Morning Worship at 11:00 am Elwood Anderson pastor Hordville Methodist Nels Pearson pastor July 30 Sunday School 10:00 am worship 11:00 am fifty years in the ministry message by pastor Union service 8:00 pm at the Lutheran Church Rev Pearson speaker Community invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Faton
Floyd Merchant
Kennneth Bedient
Harold Bedient
Lutheran Church
Rev. Pearson
Polk and Swede Plains Methodist Church Notices
Polk and Swede Plains churches announce morning worship at Polk and Swede Plains each at 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. Sunday School times: Polk 10:00 a.m. Swede Plains 11:00 a.m. Union Evening Service at 8:00 p.m. Rev. Clifford Smith to preach. Everyone invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk and
Swede Plain Methodist
Paul W. Walker
Swede Plains
Polk
Union
Clifford Smith
Strange Spitzbergen and Quiet Homes in Arctic Norway
A fragment describes Spitzbergen with long polar night and midnight sun, noting a reward for finding a rat and a cognac prize. It advocates choosing steep homes for quiet locations and placing bedrooms away from busy streets to limit noise and modern civilization fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitzbergen
Arctic Circle
Norway
Ordinance 127 The Annual Appropriation
An ordinance titled The Annual appropriation establishes the city’s yearly budget allocations across departments. It sets spending limits, authorizes expenditures, and guides fiscal planning for the upcoming fiscal year. The measure advances through readings and public review as part of the municipal legislative process.
Polk Village Levy Deductions for 1951 Budget
The Village of Polk Nebraska approves a 1951 levy plan with taxes set for General and Incidental 5 mills, Street 3 mills, Library 0.75 mills, Fire 0.4 mills, Fire Equipment 0.5 mills, Park and Amusement 1 mill, Auditorium 1 mill, based on assessed valuation from Pleasant Home Precinct records. Eldon Johnson, Village Clerk, seals the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Nebraska
Polk County
Nebaska
Pleasant Home Precinct
State Board of Equalization and Assessments
Taw
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stewarts
Libby’s
Pure Food Grocery
Roy E. Horst
Republican
University of Nebraska
Lincoln Business College
Hill’s Produce
J. D
J. D. Plow
J. D. Lister
J. D. Hammer Mill
Wurtz
John Deere
Pp Equipment Repairs & Service
Melvin Ethington
Polk High
Fairmont
Ethington
Greeley
Colo
Hileen Peterson
Elmer Peterson
Josephine Zorris
Berkley
Cal
Wm. Stankel
Ed. Newhauser
Eureka
Carl Reed
Peoria
Charles Carlson
Wesley A. Koehler
AAA
Immanuel Lutheran Church
C. W. Long
Evan
Cong. Church
Hordville
Nels Pearson
Harold
Sap
Taddiken
Democratic
Polk County Sheriff
Shelby
NoSales
Nebraska Division
United States Brewers Foundation
Fleet
Nat'l Bank Blig., Lincedp
Kroger’s Store
Wh. Thompson
Malaga
Calif
del Monte
Blackbird Tomatoes
NAVY
Lg. Jar
Blue Barrel
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Seal
Eldon Johnson
LTATE
COI
Polk, Nebr
Post
Lyon & Healy
China
Mattres
Hanquist & Galusha Auctioneers
Citizens State Banks
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