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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1974

Page

7

Community residents join birthday celebration and family visits

Mr and Mrs Emory Cramer traveled to Lincoln to see sister Mrs Florence Shockey who broke her ankle and is recovering at her son’s home. Guests at Grand Island joined Mrs Olga Graves’s birthday supper hosted by Mr and Mrs Jim Benson. Walter Fredrickson of Omaha visited Leslie Adelson. Aker home welcomed Peg Lindburg and others.

Emory Cramer Lincoln Florence Shockey Floyd Shockey Trof Ostberg Bob Lindahl Clarks Jim Benson Grand Island Olga Graves Central City Walter Fredrickson Omaha Leslie Adelson Aker Peg Lindburg Willard Lindburg Esther Peterson M. G. Lindburg Paul Strand

Bird Watching Notes from Monroe Weekend Birding

A detailed field report from a Monroe area trip on Sunday June 16 recounts sightings of two male blue grosbeaks a yellow warbler nest near Loup river valley hay meadows and a long list of species. The observers track routes east of Shelby joining Swede Lind Lee Morris and Charles Otte for a national nesting survey noting 46 stops and 135 cock pheasants plus Say's phoebes under a bridge and barn swallow nests.

Monroe Loup River Valley Highway 30 Nebraska Polk Lee Morris Canal Columbus Rags Carlson Lind Omaha Berneice Platte Lee Charles Otte National Wildlife Or Bird Organization Shelby Phoebe Steve

Obituary for Margaret Huston of Osceola Nebraska

Margaret Elizabeth Huston born October 15 1909 in Surprise Nebraska lived in Sur prise Stratton Polk and Osceola. She worked in Washington D C New York City Lincoln and Osceola. Survived by sisters Helen Landgraf and Kathryn Eveland and multiple nieces and nephews. Services held June 10 at Kepner Roberts Funeral Chapel with interment in Osceola Cemetery.

Margaret Elizabeth Huston Surprise Nebr I. Donald Julia A. Huston Surprise Stratton Polk Nebr Osceola Kearney State Teachers College Polk County University of Nebraska State Sept. of Public Instruction U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Washington D. C New York City New York Lincoln Nebr. Tax Research Council Porterville California Baptist Church Order of the Eastern Star American Business Women’s Association Helen Edward A. Landgraf Calif Kathryn Paul R. Eveland Ames L. A. Warren D. D North Bend Kepner-Roberts Funeral Robert Mills Alex Mills William Norton John Inness George Inness Hermann Anderson Osceola Cemetery

Polk locals celebrate weekend visits and family cookout

Karen Stevens of Denver spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Arlo Stevens and visited her grandmother Mrs Ed Coover at Park View Home in Central City. The weekend included a cookout with Mr and Mrs Max Kroger and their daughters from Bern Kansas and Mr and Mrs Paul Coover, in honor of Cindy and Shelly's birthdays. Willard Henderson joined Sunday supper with Mrs.

Karen Stevens Denver Colo Arlo Stevens Ed Coover Park View Central City Max Kroger Bern Kans Paul Coover Larry Coover Cindy Shelly Willard Henderson

Birding Road Notes Add Color to Highway Stroll

A highway west of the birding road offers a grandstand view for nesting birds. The observers list brown thrashers house wrens robins orchard oriole Baltimore orioles barn and Tough-wing swallows and meadowlarks. A nighthawk performs aerial insect-catching while blue grosbeaks and a first year mockingbird appear during the week.

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