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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
5
Agricultural note advises timely cultivation to prevent weed germination and moisture loss. Use hand or wheel hoes, stir between rows after seedlings appear, repeat after dry periods, and weed by hand where needed. Cultivation aids air circulation and soil health throughout the season.
The Ball Blue Book proposes pear variations to diversify canned pears. Orange pears use orange juice and rind, cinnamon pears add Red Hats or stick cinnamon, ginger pears use ginger tea, pineapple pears swap in pineapple juice, and plum pears use red plum juice.
A long list of local social events and personal notices in Polk including concerts at Ison Sons and Sons, visits by Margaretta Miller, hospitality for Sunday guests, weddings dance announcements, hospital updates, birthdays, showers, and several travel and family updates. Notable names include Margaretta Miller Ray Steever Ruby Waters Ruth Tipton Ross Crabill Doyle Munn A W Reness Roy Nelson Dalus etc. Specific events include Coufal Behrmas wedding dance at Parish Hall Shelby June 16 Elmer Hall music and 75 cent admission, and a high school grade news item about Stanley Hanquist appendectomy.
Farmers and others can renew or start subscriptions when The Progress Office is closed. Davis Pharmacy accepts new and renewal payments, with Frank Davis available to renew during town visits.
Local social life centers on visits among Blanchards Green Bedients and Andersons with dinners and parties across Polk area. Youth camp attendees from the Methodist church, multiple neighborhood visits, anniversaries, and a Studebaker collision are noted along with subscriptions and garden-variety town business.
The Pats District No. 72 annual meeting was moved from Monday June 9 to Friday June 13 at 8 p m at the schoolhouse. Board of Education. Started chicks available in limited supply for drive in trade. Reserve by phone at York Hatchery.
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