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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
1
Carl Dragstedt recalls 1950s to 1958 Progress issues and local humor notes while narrator-editor reflects on the freedom of the press and the craft of writing. The column mixes anecdotes about weather, farming life, and old tractors with a defense of authors preserving their spelling and style.
The week brought heavy rain across the region with 14 inches at Garrison and totals of 10 to 2 inches elsewhere. Polk saw 1.67 inches as storms paused the wheat harvest that began this past weekend, with showers extending from the east to south of Rising City and Arborville receiving 2 to 3 inches.
Mrs. Mary Nyberg was honored at an Open House on Sunday afternoon June 23 at the Evangelical Free Church parlors for her 85th birthday. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Nyberg and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Nyberg. About 100 guests attended. cake ice cream nuts mints and coffee were served. The cake was a three tier centerpiece decorated by Mrs. Philip Nyberg. Out of town guests arrived from Cody Kentucky Lincoln Holdrege Central City Osceola Stromsburg.
Signe Charlotte Stevens born July 13 1881 in Ramnas Sweden died after a life in Stromsburg and Polk County. She came to America at age five, taught in Polk County for five years, married Jamier Edmund Stevens April 20 1904, and joined Polk’s early settlers in 1906 where her husband ran a livery barn and served as an early mail carrier. Continued on Page 8.
The narrator laments the July mood and Gettysburg Address as a symbol of Lincoln’s personality. He details a noisy Polk setting with creaky doors, tractors with misidentified missiles, and a restless editor. He seeks quiet near O Hare while jets rumble softly above.
The post office department introduces five digit Zip Codes starting July 1 to speed mail, reduce mis-sent items, and cut delivery time. Polk's code is 68654, to be used on all correspondence, with codes read at a glance to identify national area and post office.
Mr and Mrs Gaylen Holmes of Sioux Falls announce the birth of Sara Kay in a Sioux Falls hospital on June 18 weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces. Paternal grandmother is Mrs Wilda Holmes and maternal grandmother is Mrs Ruth Kroger. The couple also has a daughter named Laurie Ann.
The summer recreation program run by Bill Lavelle sees high turnout with PeeWee and Midget teams scheduling two weeknights and other sessions at 7 00 p m. The girls softball team faces rainouts against Clarks while fundraising lags with only 35 dollars in the fund after Clarence Bodine added 5 to the prior 30.
Gaylen Holmes is promoted from Supervisor of Physical Therapy to Administrative Assistant to the Director of Crippled Children’s School and Hospital in Sioux Falls South Dakota. The Holmes family resides at 1813 South Western Avenue in Sioux Falls and includes daughters Laurie Ann and Sara Kay.
Mrs. Will Kroger was admitted to Osceola hospital Tuesday afternoon after a fall that fractured her arm. Dean Ostberg remains a patient at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln.
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