Newsroom shifts at The Progress and festival notes
A column notes Larry Johnson taking over more printing tasks at The Progress while Mrs Lind remains in the office. It mentions a Stromsburg festival with parades and a slide show by Mrs Jim Wilson promoting Polk County. The piece also reflects on child pickup norms and a University of Minnesota psychologist Dr. Starke Hathaway’s views on personality testing for job screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Johnson
Playboy
Larry
Polk
Jim Wilson
Polk County
Nebraska
Starke Hathaway
University of Minnesota
Hathaway
Polk Garden Club decorates windows. Flag Day observed
Polk Garden Club showcases summer window displays in Kroger building with a dolls playground scene and a patriotic Flag Day theme in the north and south windows. Mrs Walter Green arranges June wedding window at Green's Produce with bridal dolls and floral arrangements. Lt Cdr and Mrs Ernie Gleim hosted guests from York and Osceola at Polk Community Hall. Funeral services held for Lawrence Barton. birthday club bingo session noted. Flag Day observance described with red white and blue displays in Polk and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Garden Club
Kroger
Walter Green
Green
Cdr
Ernie Gleim
Seoul
Korea
Polk Community Hall
Mabel Johnson
Ebba Hanquist
York
Elmer Gleim
Osceola
Roger Hanquist
Reuben Hanquist
Elmer Hanquist
Imogene
Wilmer Rodine
Don Hanquist
Roland Rodine
New WSCS Elects Leader at June Church Meeting
The Swede Plain WSCS held its June gathering at the church parlors with newly elected president Mrs. Lester Widga presiding. Mrs. Ted Dittmer received a life membership pin as Joyce Widga played a piano solo. Program leaders Kur tis Flodman and Mrs. Walter Stohl, song and dialogue performances followed, and lunch was served by hostesses Mrs. Arthur Samuelson and Mrs. Lyle Widga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Kermit Lindgren
Lester Widga
Ted Dittmer
Curtis Flodman
Walter Stohl
Joyce Widga
Lennis Lind
Janice Widga
Leilani Stohl
Wallace Lind
Willard Adelson
Donald Dahlin
Stohl
Arthur Samuelson
Lyle Widga
Auxiliary Holds Pot Luck Meeting and installs officers
American Legion Auxiliary met in the Legion Hall Monday evening for a pot luck supper with thirteen members attending. Velma Stephens opened the meeting. Fern Meyers became president with a slate including Verlene Anderson as vice president and Donna Werner as secretary and Theresa Van Ostrand as treasurer. The group voted to donate five dollars to the Recreation Fund and planned the Legion Steak Feed for June 28 with Verlene Anderson as chair. Refreshments were served by Velma Stephens Fern Myers and Lauretta Neuhaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Velma Stephens
State Legion Auxiliary
Omaha
Alvertus -Jones
Fern Meyers
Verlene Anderson
Donna Werner
Theresa van Ostrand
Lauretta Neuhaus
Hilda Warnick
Elaine Miller
Margaret Brockevelt
Hannah Hahn
Francis Litty
Fern Myers
Recreation Fund
Auxiliary
Legion
Klingsporn Earns Doctorate From University of Nebraska
Klingsporn received a doctor of philosophy degree in psychology at the University of Nebraska commencement held June 12 at Pershing Auditorium in Melvern. He earned BA and MA degrees in 1957 and 1962 and will join Wichita State University as a psychology staff member after moving with his wife Arlene Hubka and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing Auditorium
Melvern J. Klingsporn
Ewald B. Klingsporn
University of Nebraska
Polk High School
Klingsporn
Vacation Bible School Closes at Polk Baptist Church
The Polk Baptist Church wrapped up two weeks of Vacation Bible School with an average daily attendance of 48. Teachers and helpers totaled 15 each day as pupils contributed 105.89 dollars to the Baptist General Conference Missions. Closing program Sunday at 8 p.m. showcased craft work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Baptist, Church
Baptist General Conference
Polk County Crops Weather and Elections Highlight Local News
Moisture supplies show 1 to 5 inches of rain for the week ending Saturday. surface and subsoil moisture adequate. Winter wheat 85 percent heading. alfalfa first cutting 65 percent. pasture and range feed finished. Main farm work includes planting row crops and weed control. Two officials elected in statewide student government contests: Mike Anderson Osceola railway commissioner and Lynda Kay Myers Polk clerk of district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Mike Anderson
Osceola
Lynda Kay Myers
Polk
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Stromsurg
Billy
Lawrence Barton
Grand Island
Charles Mosher
Legion Post 53
Westlawn Memorial Park
Mr Barton
Elgin
Kans
Ella Marie Mahnken
Scottsbluff
Hamilton County
Cornhusker Ornance
Here
Lutheran Church, Legion Post 53
Farmers Union
Park Ave
C. Marvin Fredricks
James Brazda
Brazda
Doyle Sundberg & Family
Kansas City
Albert Sundbergs
Sterling
Colo
Carolyn Lane
Russell Fjell
Ethel Beckman
Mount Vernon
Wash
Nicky A. Randell
Rudy Randell
Stromsburg
Neb
U. S. Air Force
Air Rescue Service
ARS
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Stromsburg High School
Nebraska Wesleyan University
U.N
Bible School
Waldon
Polk Public Library
Polk Woman’s Club
O. B. Sundberg
Gary Garey
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