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Polk County Local Notes From Four Decades Past
A collage of short items recounts events in Polk County soil and life. July 4 celebrations in Osceola and Clark with thefts of car tires and a fuel meter. local move plans by the Sherm Hilligas family. farmhouse building progress at A S Beckman and Elmer Hanquist’s place. 30, 20, and 16 years ago notes on marriages, obituaries, real estate transfers, and local society gatherings. Also teases teal hunting permits and a batch of county court fines and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Steelquist
Edwin Lindburg
Osceola
David City
Sherm Hilligas
Hordville
Marquette
A. S. Beckman
Elmer Hanquist
Polk
Art Hokensons
Clarks
A. H. Woolever
Essex
Maxine Henderson
Harry Henderson
Gibbon
Ralph Wilshusen
Otto Wilshusens
Revel Bernhard Larson
William B. Larson
Larson Farm
Clyde Willits
Lawrence Sundberg
Kenneth Willits
Wm. Koehler
Stromsburg
The
Legion Auxiliary
the Park
J. G. Felon
F. W. Davis
Davis
Rexall
Norris Alfred
Progress
Alton Wilhelms
Wilma Tenniges
York
Don Miller
First Baptist Church
Hastings
Hannah Gabrielson
Lincoln
Game Commission
Fish and Wildlife Service
North America
Nebraska Game Commission
Town, Co