Polk Area Log and Local Backwoods Notes
A Polk region diary covers a weekend on the AWK houseboat at Gavins Point with Kahler fishing for skipjack gar catfish and other catches. The entry lampoons civil rights lobbying in Washington, praises federal aid to Mississippi critics, and notes street widening work on Main Street with sidewalk height issues.
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AWK
Gavins Point
Kahler
Gar
Polk
Ood
Washington, D. C
Mississippi
United States Senate
Coordinating Committee For Fundamental American Freedoms, Inc
Polk Progress
Grand Island
Coordinating Committee For Fundamental Freedoms, Inc
Senate
Nebraska
Reuben Hanquist
Reuben
Polk Industries, Inc
Main Street
Reception Welcomes New Baptist Pastor
A reception and grocery shower honored Pastor Wood and his family at the Baptist church on Friday evening June 5. Ed Reckner led the welcome, with a program theme Building With God and a stone laying sequence by Don Hanquist as contractor. Out of town guests from York and Stromsburg attended.
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The
Baptist Church
Wilbur Crown
Roy Glasser, Jr
S.S
Elmer Hanquist
Clarence Creech
M. G. Lindburg
CYF
Dean Lindburg
Hanquist
God
Pastor Wood
Wood
Detassellers Sign Up Campaign Ahead of June 18
Columbus office reports similar detasseling activity in Rising City and Gresham this year. Sign-up aims to finish by June 18 with a Columbus representative at Brazda Implement Co. Polk from 9 to 10 a.m. and at Stromsburg Implement Co. Stromsburg from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. to aid registration.
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Columbus
Division of Employment
City
Gresham
Brazda Implement Co
Polk
Stromsburg Implement Co
Stromsburg
Mrs Hadley Injured In One Car Accident
Mrs Clifford Hadley was injured in a one car crash four miles north of Swede Home. High wind and loose gravel contributed to the collision and she was hospitalized at Osceola hospital.
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Hadley
Clifford Hadley
Osceola Hospital
New Library Adds Bed Breakfast and Bottled Water
Polk library this week received several new titles including Bed Breakfast and Bottled Water by Kenneth Morgan The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris L West Careful He Might Hear You by Sumner Elliott Bristle Face by Zachary Ball A Touch of Magic by Betty Cavanna Hound Dog Man by Fred Gibson Nurse on Holiday by Kathlene Harris and five new Rand McNally Elf Books for children.
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Polk Library
Kenneth Morgan
Morris L. West
Sumner Elliott
Bristle
Zachary Ball
Betty Cavanna
Fred Gibson
Kathlene Harris
Frank Reissman
Rand McNally Elf
Rev Harold Jensen Appointed Methodist Pastor in Polk and Swede Plain
Announcement at the Nebraska Methodist conference in Scottsbluff named Rev Harold Jensen to serve Polk and Swede Plain churches. Bishop Kenneth Copeland announced other appointments and two new district superintendents. The Jensen family moved to Polk and he will preach this Sunday June 14.
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Scottsbluff
Harold Jensen
Polk
Swede Plain
Kenneth Copeland
Max O. McCamley
Columbus
Melyon_Loteland
Omaha
Jensens
Adams
Bruening Receives Divinity Degree at Denver Seminary
Gary L. Bruening was among 18 graduates at the Denver Tliff School of Theology earning a Bachelor of Divinity after three years of study. He previously earned a B A from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1961 and will serve a church in Minnesota pending ordination next year.
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Gary L. Bruening
Denver
Colo
Tliff School of Theology
Methodist Seminary
Diff
Bruening
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Carolyn Jo
Minnesota
Methodist Church
Bernard B. Bruening
Wilsonville
Nebr
Doctor of Medicine Awarded to Clifford Mandahl Hadley
Clifford Mandahl Hadley received the Doctor of Medicine degree from Creighton University in Omaha at the June 1 commencement. He studied medicine in the School of Medicine and was a member of the Phi Beta Pi professional medical fraternity.
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Clifford Mandahl Hadley
Creighton University
Omaha
School of Medicine
Phi Beta Pi
Open House Honors Hillis Sterner on 40th Anniversary
The Sterner children host an open house at the family home in Polk to honor Mr. and Mrs. Hillis Sterner on their 40th wedding anniversary. Relatives and friends are invited to call Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 PM, June 14. No gifts, please.
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Hillis Sterner
Polk
Community clubs and societies June calendar update
Social calendar lists Rebekahs June 11, Happy Hour Club June 12, Jr American Legion and Commercial Club June 15, Garden Club June 16, Home Society June 17, Community Club and Oddfellows June 18. Events appear with group names and dates.
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Rebekahs
Happy Hour Club
Jr. American Legion
Garden Club
Home Society
Community Club
Oddfellows
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Charles Wright is a patient at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital in Osceola. Mrs. Clarence Creech was admitted to York General Hospital on Monday and returned home on Wednesday.
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Charles Wright
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Osceola
Clarence Creech
York General Hospital
Summer Recreation Fund Seeks More Money
Coach Bill Lavelle reports 44 boys under 12 attended baseball practice Monday with several more possible. Older boys trained Tuesday and girls formed softball teams Wednesday as the Summer Recreation Fund struggles to raise about $600 for the season. Local donations listed include Polk Woman's Club five dollars and American Legion twenty five dollars. Polk Progress shows ten dollars.
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Bill Lavelle
Bill
Polk Womans Club
Amercian Legion
Polk Progress
Tsheggeecess
Four Car Loads For Tornado Victims From Polk Community
The Polk community donated a mix of clothing bedding dishes and household items in response to the Disaster Call by the American Legion Auxiliary. Three cars and a station wagon filled to capacity were sent to the York Red Cross distribution center for Polk. Forty six dollars were given to the First National Bank Disaster Fund at York.
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American Legion Auxiliary
York Red Cross
Polk
First National Bank
York
Cancer Fund Drive Totals 277 Locally
Mrs. Reuben Hanquist chaired the Polke area cancer drive reporting a total of 277.69 raised. Rural areas contributed 144.08 and business and house to house solicitation added 113.11. Rural chairmen Mrs. Irvin Anderson and Mrs. P. W. Aker are thanked along with numerous solicitors.
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Reuben Hanquist
Polke
Hanquist
Irvin Anderson
P. W. Aker
Mines
C. O. Bodine
Arnold Neuhaus
Leonard Warnick
Wilda Holmes
N. B. McNaught
Lydia Peterson
Martin Jones
Glen Babcock
Rural
Ames Arnold Wendell
Harold Carlson
Leslie Adelson
Clifford Bowman
Roland Bodine
Clarence Peetkize, Sr
Richard Sealey, Jr
Lloyd Widga
Harvey Sundberg
Leland Harless
Clarence Meerkatz
Lloyd Hahn
Letter From Calcutta Describes Republic Day and Darjeeling
The writer recalls watching Republic Day Beating the Retreat in New Delhi with regimental bands and the President's coach. He notes Gandhi’s favorite hymns, then recounts a Darjeeling week, with Kanchenjunga nearby and the high altitude landscape beyond Calcutta.
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India
Polk
New Delhi
Secretariat
Indian Armed Forces
Mahatma Gandhi
Darjeeling
Calcutta
Kanchenjunga
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Polking
New Baptist
Detassellers
Dr. C. M. Hadley
Open
Hillis Sterners
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