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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1973
Page
2
Local notes recall shoe rationing aiding Karl Dethloff's repair work and a string of burglaries hitting five Polk Highway 66 businesses. The Polk Cubs clinched a fourth straight State District Tournament title with a 47 41 win over Hardville, as community members attended weddings birthdays and school functions from Polk to Stromsburg and Osceola.
The Polk Progress lists mailing and advertising terms including second class matter status at Polk Nebraska under the 1879 act. Advertising and obituary poetry per line with a ten cent rate, card of thanks at ten cents per line, and subscription rates of 4 dollars yearly in Nebraska 5 dollars elsewhere six months two fifty three months one fifty, and single copy pricing.
Carl Carlstrom will hold a public farm auction at his property on March 9 featuring a large Grade A Dairy Herd, farm equipment, and machinery. At Immanuel Lutheran Church parlors in a Feb 24 open house, Mr and Mrs Edwin Nelson of Marquette celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with about 125 guests.
Polk United Methodist Church hosts family night on Sunday March 11 with a 6 30 pot luck supper. Mr and Mrs Wayne Tyler will present pictures and talk about their Holy Land trip. Special music by Mrs Shirley Wagner and her pupils enriches the program.
The Nebraska corporation K. L. and D. M., Inc. forms under the Business Corporation Act with Polk Nebraska as registered office. It is authorized to own and manage real and personal property including stock and debentures, engage in insurance and real estate agency, and other related business. Capital stock is 350 000 dollars in 5000 shares of 10 dollars each, fully paid and non assessable. Incorporation date Feb 15 1978 and perpetual existence. Board of Directors will govern with officers named including Kenneth L. Stewart and Doris M. Stewart. Publication dates March 1 8 15.
A Nebraska birding outing near Grand Island searches for sandhill cranes and waterfowl amid snow and rain. Lee Morris spots cranes, mergansers, canvasbacks, ring necked ducks, a redhead, scaup and more as 55 species are logged for 1973. Swede and Song sparrows appear in the follow up call.
Sunday afternoon visitors at the Dwight Burney home included Mrs Beulah Gustafson of Hastings and several others from Nebraska and Osceola. Nearby, Mrs Josephine Samuelson was visited in Osceola hospital by Dean Samuelson and family. Also, Lee Harless was visited in St Elizabeth hospital by family. Darold Hoffman hosted Sunday dinner with Martin Hoffman Jr and Sr and others. The Lindburgs returned from two months in California and Mesa Arizona.
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