Polk County Farm News and Local Social Highlights
Willard Lindburg injured in a runaway and will carry a sling arm. Leota Sneed resigns as Polk schools music teacher to become supervisor in Omaha. G Brauer reports top yields on Bryan Graves Ernest Nierman and Adam Deuker farms. A large rain aids corn as community gathers for picnics and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Lindburge
Leota Sneed
G. Brauer
Bryan Graves
Ernest Nierman
Adam Deuker
Willard Lindburg
R. J. Allison
Jennie
Esther
Lawrence Lind
Clarence Lind
Pauline
Hastings
Josephine Lindburg
Elva Hahn
Maurice Lindburg
Vera Hill
Mildred Merchant
Arborville
Rystrom Co
Polk
Avery, Waterloo Boy
Moline
Dodge
Florence Henrickson
Havens
Minnie Williams
Marie Bodine
Polk Mercantile
Wausa
Board of Education
A. K. Main
Modesta
Calif
Main
Walter Binford
Polk Cemetery
Billy Wurtz
Herbert Wurtz
San Diego
U. S. Army
Grand Island
Josephine Samuelson
Hilma Pearson
Harold Bunting
Polk Progress snippet shows prices per item
A terse notice records prices of items at four dollars and five dollars. The readable text lists two price points four and five dollars per line with no additional context.
Polk Area Family and Friends Visit Across States
Polk residents hosted and visited a wide circle of relatives and friends from Ames Iowa Bellingham Washington Clarks Nebraska Grand Island Central City Lincoln and Omaha. Notable gatherings included birthday celebrations and a funeral for Loren Albin in Plainview with relatives from Polk and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Scott
Stromsburg
Henry Knorr
Polk
Scott
A. Carnine
Farmers’ Co-op Grain
Carl Steelquist
Dick McConnel
Leona
Greeley
Frank Adelson
Winnifred McClure
Lincoln
Ramsey Nelson
Clarks
Marvin
Lester Westlund
Princeton
Minn
Westlund
Henry Shostrom
Leonard Stromberg
Oscar Stromberg
Orlie Adelson
Farmers State Bank
Larry Coover
Arlan Stromberg
Sterling
Colo
Larry
Don Best
Colorado
Harold Anderson
Mark
Jolla Stromberg
Debbie
Becky
Virginia Miller
Pam
Phyllis
Eddie Ostberg
Billy Stromberg
Randy Flodman
Bonnie Carlson
Clifford Carlson
Storm Lake
Iowa
Robert Hellbusch
Emory Cramer
Henry Cramer
Ella Rudy
Roy Cramer
Ed Conley
Broken Bow
Sadie Clark
Clark
Conley
Gary Green
Joe Hahn
Jake Harding
Capital Beach
Clarence Lindahl
Ames
Bob Aegeter
Paul
Bill
Brena
Bellingham
Wash
Llof Ostberg
Robert Lindahl
Olga Graves
Central City
Jim Benson
Cindy
Lester Graves
Grand Island
Hollis Stromberg
Dale Carlson and
Kenny
Silver Creek
Don Ostberg
Murray
Dean Ostberg
Henry Kisler
Darold Hoffman
Martin Hoffman, Sr
Doyle Gustafson
Omaha
Rudolph Gustafson
Chauncey Gustafson
Nell Aker
Lloyd Albin
Johnson's Lake
Loren Albin
Plainview
Loren
Robert Ostrander
Gary Harless
L. C. Kelley
Letter from Norris Alfred to Nebraska Governor Exon on farming
In a July 16 1972 letter Norris Alfred critiques Governor Exons speech to farmers. He argues against an overly businesslike view of farming, warns of farm consolidation and loss of small family farms, and decries shelterbelt removal and land drainage changes while urging support for agriculture human-scale values. He cites government programs and rural depopulation trends, and questions the future of Nebraska farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Nebraska
Nebraska Stockgrowers and Sandhills Cattle Association
Grand Island
J. James Exon
Dave Martin
House
Roman Hruska
Carl Curtis
Senate
Nebraska Stock Growers Association
Sandhills Cattle Association
ASC
SCS
Polk
Supreme Court
United States
Dorothy Switzer
Sumac
Platte
Loup
Norris Alfred
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Ruth Glasser
Osceola
Ebba Hanquist
Polk County
Shirley Cramer
KMMJ
Gerhard DoSe
Berniece Wilshusen
Betty Lou
Ruth Mundt
Crete
Alfred Wohl
Wilmer Bodine
Polk Park
A. EB. Ekstrom
Mary Alice
Orpha Ekstrom
Irene Forss
Wahoo
Merry Cooks Club
Seward
Mardell Graves
Dorothy Sealey
Nellie Jean Smith
Dorothy Ehn
Elmer Hanquist
Imogene
Donald
Maxine Bolton
Joe
Walter Widga
C. R. Peterson
Shirley
Beatrice
Don Johnson
Bradley
Demaris
Erwin Light
Louise Wurtz
Mary Light
Evelyn Kealiher
Puerto Rico
Henry C. Graves
Cleveland
Ohio
Gus Kleppe
Chicago
Alice Nelson
Deborah Kay
Sheralee Hill
Glen Hill
Donald Iglehart
Marion Iglehart
Wauwatosa
Wis
Polk Methodist Church
Uc Ace
Nebraska Association
State OF
Governor Exon
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