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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1951
Page
4
Alfred A Gustafson, one of Polk County's oldest residents, celebrated his 94th birthday on Sunday March 4 at the Rest Home in Osceola where he has resided since a hip injury a year ago. His son Oscar provided ice cream and cake for the guests.
Laid in February reminisces recall Laud Hlavac returning from France with the 127th Field Artillery to Stromsburg. Funeral plans mark Lyle Seymour's death after illness in Lincoln. Mrs Anna Dahlgren dies in Polk at 67. Ed Bedient and Edith Piper wed in Kansas and move near Arborville. John Jones and wife head to Wetaskiwin Canada. Baptist Missionary Society hosts send‑off party for three members. Blanche Sedam starts as office assistant to Dr Leibee.
Miss Zarah Shafer and Stanley Cooper of York wed in Columbus on February 14. Miss Shafer has worked at the Polk post office. Mr Cooper plans to practice law in York and they will reside there.
Lincoln residents Mr. and Mrs. C V Lind and Carl Lind visit Arthur Gustafson for the Williams-Dahlin wedding. Numerous Omaha and Lincoln guests attend dinners and Sunday visits across Clark, Rising City, Osceola, and Lincoln. The Central City revival speaker Rev Irving is noted at First Baptist Hardville with upcoming pulpit by Rev Jay Graves.
Obituaries and community notices list M. J Ferguson planning a California departure, Raymond Anderson's death, Dennis Charles Worth's infant funeral in Osceola, and Swede Home burial. Also recorded are Lincolns School enrollment in sheet metal, Marion Kealiher’s transfer to Fort Collins, and the Stunkle family anniversary and birthday celebration.
By order of sale of the Polk County District Court a public auction will be held at 2 p.m. on March 20 1951 at the south front door of Osceola Nebraska courthouse. The lands described are Lots 17 and 18 in Block 2 in Wilsons Addition to the Village of Polk Nebraska.
For sale three sets of 1 percent heavy breeching work harness two Hayes corn planters three stalk cutter rollers at six hundred dollars each forty foot heavy steel Dempster tower and mill head movable corn crib movable tin covered plank floor granary size twelve by sixteen like new priced three hundred dollars A E Swanson Polk plus two couples report travels in the South visiting Truman home in Independence Missouri Helen Keller birthplace George Washington Carver museum and Warm Springs Little White House plans Florida Louisiana Texas trip home
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