Polk Mercantile Closes as Bank Reports 67 Hail Losses
The Polk Mercantile Co. quits, named as one of Polk’s oldest and largest businesses, as Arnold Isaacson of the Citizens State Bank reports 67 hail losses from a recent storm. Losses range 5 to 100 percent, likely exceeding $5,000. Also notes farewell for Dean Nelsons and social visits around Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Mercantile Co
Dean Nelsons
Saronville
Polk
Commercial Club
Legion Boys
Ed Cohagen
Clifford
Kearney
Big Springs
Nieman
Arnold Isaacson
Citizens State Bank
Polk Progress Classified Rates and Notices
The Polk Progress lists postal designation second class matter at Polk Nebraska. Subscription rates shown: Nebraska four dollars per year, elsewhere five dollars. six months two fifty. three months one fifty. single copy ten cents. Card of thanks ten cents per line. obituary poetry ten cents per line. advertising per column inch fifty six cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Nebraska
European Trip Host Family Honors Carolyn Bedient Dinner
Mr and Mrs Gerald Stevens hosted a Sunday picnic dinner at their home in honor of Carolyn Bedient of Grand Island who will travel to Europe this week for the summer with the People to People Group. Attendees included the Bedients of Grand Island and York, Homer Drake of Sterling Kansas, Eldon Anderson and Judy Furst of York, and Carol Litty and Dorothy Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Stevens
Carolyn Bedient
Grand Island
Europe
Carl Bedient
Homer Drake
Sterling Kan
Eldon Anderson
Judy Furst
York
Fred Bedient
Bruce
Polk Residents Travel and Visit Nearby Homes News
Mr and Mrs Carl Lindquist drove to Biloxi Mississippi after visiting Lawrence Larson Raymond Johnson Virgil Bush and the Morris Lindquist home in Central City Mrs Rachel Gustafson of Lincoln dined with Chauncey Gustafson Saturday The Ostranders and their children visited Lanny Rasmussen and Mrs Frank Ostrander stayed with the Rasmussen household in St Edward
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lindquist
Biloxi
Miss
Lawrence Larson
Raymond Johnson
Virgil Bush
Morris Lindquist
Central City
Rachel Gustafson
Lincoln
Chauncey Gustafson
Robert Ostrander
Robbie
Lois Ostrander
Lanny Rasmussen
St. Edward
Frank Ostrander
Rasmussen
Local Social Notes and June Marriages in Polk Area
The Polk community shares visits from relatives in Manhattan and Minneapolis while noting several June weddings including Dorothy Bedient to Gerald Stevens in Arborville and past marriages from 1956 to 1958. Obituaries recall Mrs. James Leroy Stouffer and Rev. Nels Pearson with interments in Arborville and Prairie Home Cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Nicholson
Kenneth Strong
Manhattan
Kan
M. D. Strong
Stromsburg
Wilbur Whitacre
Polk
F W Horton
Don Springer
Minneapolis Minn
Dan Graves
Dorothy Bedient
Harold Bedient
Gerald Stevens
Elsie Stevens
Polk Happenings Show Local Social Gatherings
Friday and weekend gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. Lary Coover at Dick Harless house for supper, Martha Creech birthday celebration at Wayne Creech home with Clarence Creech and others, and a farewell reception for Rev. and Mrs. Roger Goodson at Mamne Evangelical Free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lary Coover
Dick Harless
Wayne Creech
Martha Creech
Clarence Creech
Martha
Janice
Ivan Johnson
Harold Koelling
Reuben Hanquist
Roger Goodson
Mamne Evangelical Free Church
Andrea Smith
Jo Ann Stevens
Horace Stevens
Roger Hanquist
Calvary Lutheran Church
Harold W. Johnson
Glen Hill
Halsey
Nebraska National Forest
Orlie Miller
Guy Blanchard
Grand Island
Lester McCormick
Central City
Friends Attend Ida Newton Funeral in Area Homes
Mr and Mrs Roger Hawke and family of Archer visited Wallace Mrs Harold Miller Arcadia and Mrs Lawrence Larson were Sunday morning callers in E C Cramer home Mr and Mrs George Jackson Dix and Mr and Mrs Elton Jackson and Mary Kimball attended the funeral of Mrs Ida Newton in the Ernie Lott home Friday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Jackson
Julesburg
Colo
Clarence Bryant
Arthur Emken
E. R. Peterson
Loup City
Karl Dethloff
F. O. Dahlberg
Greeley
Park Friends
August Nelson
Dean Nelson
Carl Lind
Roger Hawke
Archer
Wallace Sandell
Harold Miller
Arcadia
Lawrence Larson
E. C. Cramer
George Jackson
Dix
Elton Jackson
Mary
Kimball
Ernie Lott
Ida Newton
Immanuel Ladies Aid Plans White Elephant Auction
The Immanuel Lutheran Church Ladies Aid met on June 1 with president Mrs. Arlan Warneke presiding. Members previewed wedding pictures and albums while coffee was provided by Mrs. Ervin Blase and Mrs. Gwynuel Johnson. a white elephant auction was decided for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Arlan Warneke
Ervin Blase
Gwynuel Johnson
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Albert Nelson
Lawrence Sundberg
Ruth Glasser
Osceola
Orrin Alfred
Aurora
Banniser
C. L. Ayers
Helen
Ashland
Adelaide Lindburg
Willard Lindburg
Ernest Bosquet
Irene Bosquet
Jersey City
N. J
Polk Baptist Church
Dorothy Felton
Darlow Lloyd Burdie
Omaha
Lorne Ave. Presbyterian Church
Feltons
Felton
Joe Granere
Wegner Monument Company
Central City, Nebraska
Zlomke Furniture
Central
Nebraska Less Association
Nase
Immanuel Ladies Aid
Harimans
Stromsbure
Farmers Coop. Grain Association
Polk, Nebraska
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