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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
8
Vivian Anderson of Cin aimasti Ohio attended Tuesday evening supper as a guest in the home of Mr and Mrs Green with Mr and Mrs H J Kent and Ken and Jerved Bedient also present.
Mr and Mrs Phillip Waller Cheryl and Mr and Mrs David Timm spent Sunday at Holdrege with Mr and Mrs Guy Anderson. Mr and Mrs Carl Johnson and daughters surprised Mr and Mrs Albertus Larson on their 10th wedding anniversary Wednesday evening. Mrs Wiliam Larson visited Kearney with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Almstrom and baby.
Mr and Mrs Ted Weimer and Robert of Harlowton Montana spent Saturday night with Mrs Margaret Scharman and daughters. Rev and Mrs Eugene Olson of Omaha were Saturday guests of Mrs Peterson and her husband.
Local residents journey to California and Mexico City for family visits and conferences. Esther and Edith Mattson along with Mrs A B Lind and Berniece depart for California for three weeks. Mrs S D Evins and Olive McBeth head to San Francisco for a five day Red Cross meeting. Morris Ford visits from Michigan with family. Lews Lower and sister from Pekin Illinois stop in Stromsburg. Harold L Covey travels to Vinita Oklahoma for his grandfather’s funeral. Roy Covey attends from Visalia California. Wesleyan College commencements prompt travel. Louise French joins group to Lincoln and Mexico City outbound.
County commissioners met in regular session with all members present. Audited claims include payments to Alex Adelson John Anderson Branting Hardware Hastings Machine Shop Osceola Record Polk County Extension Service and others for mileage postage food and supplies totaling multiple accounts. The board approved warrants drawn from County General Fund Emergency Relief and other funds for various departmental expenses.
County records list May 1948 expenditures including fuel parts and labor costs from Lincoln Equipment Co. and Farmers Union Co op, plus freight and light charges. The board approves insurance covering road machinery storage shed and appoints W W Norton as Substitute County Judge during L M Merrick's vacation, effective June 14 1948, with adjournment to June 21 1948.
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