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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1969
Page
8
The County of Polk Nebraska filed a petition in Polk County District Court to foreclose Tax Sale No 4 tied to 1965 taxes and prior years on Lots 6 and 7 Block 4 Original Town of Polk. The county seeks an accounting and sale of the property to satisfy the amount found due with a July 28 1969 deadline to answer.
The Polk News item highlights a Polk High School 1952 reunion at Polk Park attended by alumni and families from Columbus Indiana Sioux Falls South Dakota Geneva Hardville Arcadia and Central City. It also lists multiple social visits and gatherings including graduation at Milford Nebraska and visits by and to local residents such as the Andersons Hoffman Obrist Pierson Burney Kisler Fredrickson and Stevens families.
The Stromberg family held its 38th annual reunion at Buckley Park in Stromsburg on Sunday June 15 with about 85 relatives attending. A 1:00 p.m. picnic dinner preceded a social afternoon of ice cream and cake. Attendees included relatives from Wichita Kansas Denver Colorado Omaha Lincoln Wahoo Osceola Clarks Benedict Stromsburg Central City and Polk. Committee members were Orla Stromberg Larry Coover Leonard Rohavec and Ralph Johnson.
Mrs. Edith Anderson is hospitalized at Methodist Hospital in Omaha for eye surgery.
Mr and Mrs Dean Weimer of Lincoln marked their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 PM at their home. A 6 PM luncheon catered relatives from afar. Daughter in law Karl Slaiken from Princeton New Jersey phoned to congratulate and will move to Boston this fall. Slaiken is a Princeton Theological Seminary grad who graduated June 4. Mrs Dean Weimer is the daughter of Rudolph Gustafson of Polk.
Social notes recount weekend and weekday visits among Polk County residents. Names include Van Housen Bedient Sagehorn Myers Miller Willits Miers Dittmer Johnson Rahrs Berch Christensen Nelson Carlson Marsden plus visitors from Tucson Central City Lincoln Little Falls and Osceola.
The piece portrays a daily postal morning at the Main Street post office with locals like Frank Cohagen Joe Ehn and Matt Hoffman awaiting mail. Patrons, including veterans' families checking for Vietnam letters, crowd the boxes while the package window opens signaling the day's mail distribution.
The event marked one year since the Hordville TOPS KOPS group formed. Attendees enjoyed large roses on the table and a candle topped cake. A floral arrangement surrounded the area trophy, and Parma Werner read an original poem before a low calorie lunch.
A local reader criticizes the editor for partisan politics and for exaggerating a fishing tale in the June 12 1969 column. The writer, signing as The Proofreader, urges honesty and consistency in reporting.
Mrs Hannah Hahn and Doyle Diane and Debra Swanson of Minneapoli visited Friday evening in the Dwayne Hahn home in Hordville.
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