Dam Helps Contain 43 Acre Feet During Three Inch Rain
Walter Berck’s farm dam stored 43 acre feet of runoff from a 3.1 inch rain over about three hours. The Polk County Conservation District notes design storage and flood detention worked, preventing greater flood damage and highlighting the value of soil and water conservation tools and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Berck
Walt
Soil Conservation Service
Weather Bureau
Klingman and
Draeger
Robert Bryan
The
Conservation District
Berck
Polk County Conservation
Local Families Visit Friends Across Polk County
Mr and Mrs Harry Anderson and family spent Sunday with his mother Mrs C G Nelson at Hordville and joined lunch at Floyd Larson home in Marquette. Ina Kralik of Omaha visited her mother Mrs Julia Flodman. In the evening Lawrence Lind of Stromsburg Virgil Flodman and Rodney of Central City were guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Anderson
C. G. Nelson
Hordville
Floyd Larson
Marquette
Ina Kralik
Omaha
Julia Flodman
Lawrence Lind
Stromsburg
Virgil Flodman
Rodney
Central City
Otte Attends Kennedy Address at San Diego Depot
Fredrick D. Otte dentalman USN son of Mr and Mrs Ted J Otte Polk was among Marine Corps and Navy personnel who heard President John F Kennedy speak on June 6 during his San Diego Marine Recruit Depot visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredrick D. Otte
USN
Ted. J. Otte
Polk
Marine Corps and Navy
John F. Kennedy
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Sunday Cookout Photos in York and Omaha Guests
Mr and Mrs Leslie Adelson Judy enjoyed a cook out Sunday at the Arthur Pinnee home in York. Sunday guests of Mrs Julia Flodman included Curtis Flodman Stromsburg Carroll Flodman Donna Walter Stahl Marvin Fredrickson Ina Kralik Omaha. Julia Flodman and Ina Kralik then visited Walter Stohl for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Adelson
Judy
Arthur Pinnee
York
Julia Flodman
Curtis Flodman
Stromsburg
Carrol Flodman
Donna
Walter Stahl
Marvin Fredrickson
Ina Kralik
Omaha
Walter Stohl
Local Community Guests and Family Visits Across Nebraska
Albert Renquist of Scottsbluff visited his sister Mrs. Hennie Seymour on Thursday and returned with them. The Renquists hosted Leonard in Benedict. Several couples toured Lincoln for a wedding, while Ames Iowa guests stayed with Hennie Seymour. Friends and relatives from Omaha Sioux Falls S D and Salem S D visited and dined with local families in Utica Central City Hastings Stromsburg and Aurora areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Renquist
Scottsbluff
Hennie Seymour
Leonard Renquist
Benedict
Albert
Grant Johnson
Homer Cross
Utica
Williard Adelfison
Leslie Adelson
Barbara Johnson
Robert Lamore
Lincoln
Will Steel
Pearl Jack
Ames
Iowa
al Worth
Stromsburg
Central City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polk County Conservation District
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Emma Anderson
Sioux Falls
Salem
S. D
Delbert Smith
Nancy
Hastings
Gilbert Glad
John Wolf
Edwin Glad
J. C. Gustafson
J. C
Elsie Burgeson
Harry
Edna
Elcojon
Siford Gustafson
Selma Sundberg
Dean
Helen
Old Bond
Fremont
Clarence Burgeson
Wallace
Barbara
Aurora
TMU
Tirestone
Nylon Tire Bargains
Plymouths
Ramblers
Studebakers
Olds
Hudsons
Chryslers
DeSotos
Firestone Double
Firestone
Ae & Spthen Screws ‘‘Detties
Polk Oil Company
Nebraska
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