Polking Around and Graduation Notes from Polk
Readable snippets note Marv Fredrickson’s Mustang shoe habit and a bird singing at night. Also cover Dennis Sealey’s Polk High School graduation as the third generation to graduate, plus Joyce Stewart and Regy Green finishing 17 years together at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Sealey
Polk High School
Sealeys
Grandma Agnes
Richard, Jr
Joyce
Polk High
Joyce Stewart
Regy Green
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Polk
Local youth baseball and softball results and fund totals
The 10 11 12 and 13 14 year olds won two games from Benedict. The 9 2 3 2 win, and the 15 16 year olds lost 6 2 to Henderson. Girls softball to play Columbus Wednesday. Benches damaged. funds raised for recreation $531.97 total since earlier reports. Summer program thriving with ample turnout and equipment needs.
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Benedict
Henderson
Columbus
Bill LaVelle
Bill
Dale Lindburg
Anonymous
Don Nyberg
Arlo Stevens
Gaylord Stevens
Reuben Anderson
Clarence Bodine
Vc Paeue Eben Ebeeas
Baby Amy Sue Alice born to Mr and Mrs Dean Rowlison
Mr and Mrs Dean Rowlison of Rt 3 Holdrege welcomed baby girl Amy Sue Alice on May 12 weighing 8 lbs 1 oz. She has an older sister Deena Louise. The Rowlisons are former Polk residents and Mr Rowlison is brother to Mrs Mervin Oberg of Polk.
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Dean Rowlison
Rt. 3
Holdrege
Amy Sue Alice
Amy
Deena Louise
Rowlinson
Polk
Rowlison
Mervin Oberg
Orville Binford 170 Dies in Los Angeles
Orville Binford 170, brother of Walter Binford of Polk, died in Los Angeles California from a heart attack. Survivors include his brother, 10 children, and four sisters.
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Orville Binford
Los Angeles
Calif
Walter Binford
Polk
Walter
Wesleyan Wedding Column Shortened This Week
The Wesleyan column is abbreviated this week due to wedding stories extra pictures and lengthy correspondence. Readers are assured the usual items will resume next issue with fuller coverage.
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Wesleyan
Lieutenant Kenneth Bowers Receives Silver Pilot Wings
First Lieutenant Kenneth L. Bowers son of Mr and Mrs L M Bowers of Polk has been awarded U S Air Force silver pilot wings upon graduation at Williams Air Force Base Arizona. He will return to his Air National Guard unit for flying duty after earning a B S from the University of Nebraska where he was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program.
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Kenneth L. Bowers
L. M. Bowers
Polk
U. S. Air Force
Williams Air Force Base
Arizona
Bowers
Air National Guard
Polk High School
University of Nebraska
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Program
Hospital Updates on Local Patients at Two Hospitals
Robert Bedient, son of Mr and Mrs Owen Bedient, underwent an appendectomy Saturday evening at Central City hospital. Mrs Mabel Benjamin entered Litzenberg Memorial Hospital Friday and underwent major surgery.
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Robert Bedient
Owen Bedient
Central City Hospital
Mabel Benjamin
Litzenberg Memorial Hospital
Polk Happenings Showers and Visits Across Hastings Area
Social notices recap gatherings from Hastings and nearby towns. Jacqueline Hough hosted a miscellaneous shower at the Melburn Erickson home. many relatives and friends visited in Lincoln, Aurora, Geneva, and Rockford. Residents traveled to Georgia and Canada for a fishing trip. several dinners and overnights were shared among Sundberg, McNaught, Hanquist, Lindburg, Hammond, and Stevens families.
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Raymond Sundberg
Jacqueline Hough
Melburn Erickson
Hastings
Bill McNaught
Jill Anne
Geneva
Neil McNaught
Laura Bolton
Imogene Hanquist
Lorraine
John Reckner
Donald M Hanquist
Ivan Johnson
Gertie Herron
Florence Wingard
Emma Pedersen
Lula Merritt
Aurora
Raymond Stevens
Greeley
Colo
Larry Hammond
Rockford
Ill
Mabel Stevens
Glen Stevens
James Lindburg
Charles Strombergs
Lincoln
Bob
Atlanta
Bruce and
Bradley
Canada
McNaught
Will Steel
Viola Ziegelbein
Karen Stevens
Arlo Stevens
Polk summer school starts strong with reading focus
Eighty pupils in grades one through nine complete nearly two weeks of Polk county summer school work in reading language arts and physical training under Title I. Superintendent Nielsen and staff oversee the program funded by a 9507.87 federal allotment enabling new desks projectors recorders and reading labs with progress tracked in permanent records.
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Polk
Nielsen
Tranmer
Wightman
Jantzen
Hanquist
Norquest
Merchant
Wood
Koelling
Supt
Missionaries Glen Dean on furlough from Philippines
Mr and Mrs Glen Dean and family, missionaries from Manila, are home on furlough and were honored guests at a family gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Raymond EB Johnson. Attendees included multiple Lincoln and Stromsburg families and Mrs Glen Deans’ relatives.
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Glen Dean
Manila
Phillipines
Raymond EB. Johnson
Jim Weeks
Omaha
Marvin Nelson
Arcadia
Dale Christensen
Harry Christensen
Lincoln
Martha Shostrom
Stromsburg
Don Shostrom
Walter Nelson
Polk
Lela Christensen
Raymond Johnson
Polk Locals Report Trips Weddings and Family Visits
Susan Shaw left Monday for a visit at Fort Collins Colorado. Mr and Mrs Vern Jones and Mr and Mrs Raymond Sundberg attended the Jones and Lagoni wedding at Kronberg Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon. Scott Christie and Terry Wible of Topeka Kansas are visiting in the home of their aunt and uncle Darold Hoffman and grandparents Harry Obrists in Stromsburg.
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Susan Shaw
Fort Collins
Colo
Vern Jones
Raymond Sundberg
Jones and Lagoni
Kronberg Lutheran Church
Scott
Christie
Terry Wible
Topeka
Kan
Darold Hoffman
Harry Obrists
Stromsburg
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Polking
Marv Fredrickson
Mary
Ralph Kahler
Ronald Junge
Kenneth Bowers
Sam Baird
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