Worry, Wages of Knowledge and a Plumbing Debate
A reflective column jokes about worries from antiquity to modern life, notes on Roman and Greek plumbing myths, and critiques the Christian Herald cover question Would Jesus Drive a Cadillac. It muses on aging age perceptions, sandhill cranes at Platte River, and Midstate Reclamation impacts on bird habitats.
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Rome
Cleopatra
Egypt
Christian Herald
Jesus
Platte River
Nebraska
Midstate
Army Corps of Engineers
Polk Community Chorus Invitation for March 12 Gathering
Polk Community Chorus will meet Sunday March 12 at 2 30 p m at the high school All singers urged to attend for practice and performance plans.
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Polk Community Chorus
Cub Scouts To Collect For Goodwill In Polk Area
Polk Cub Scouts plan bag distribution on Saturday March 18 for Goodwill and bag collection on the following Saturday March 25. Rural residents may request a bag by calling Joan Pisher Shirley Shostrom or Anita Norquest with contact numbers provided.
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Polk Cub
Polk
Joan Pisher
Shirley Shostrom
Anita Norquest
Shannon Shafer 84 Buried At Arborville
Shannon C Shafer a former Polk resident and World War I Navy veteran died March 1 at the Veterans hospital in Grand Island after admission January 11 He was born October 28 1887 in Arborville His survivors include a brother and four sisters Funeral services were held in York with burial in Arborville Cemetery
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Shannon C. Shafer
Polk
Veterans Hospital
Grand Island
Arborville
Amos W
Linnie M. Plessinger Shafer
A. W. Shafer
York
Harry
Mesa, Ariz
R. H
Gredda) Bottum
Mesa
H. T. Crubie
Bloom
Roseberg
Ore
L. D
Norma) Horrocks
Omaha
Isaac
Zora) Cooper
Arborville Cemetery
County Court Dockets Include Speed and Light Violations
Wayne C. Johnson Lincoln night speed vascar $15.00 $6.00 Francis Kosch Shelby stop sign $10.00 $6.00 Raymond S. Matulka Ulysses stop sign $10.00 $6.00 Vernon L. Kellie Sutton day speed vascar $25.00 $6.00 Adolph M. Kresha Osceola inspection ticket $10.00 $6.00 Patricia K. Bock Shelby minor in possession $100.00 $6.00 Kevin K. Perry Shelby minor in Alan W. Logan Shelby minor in E. H. Oppliger Columbus hunting with artificial light $10.00 $6.00 Robert C. McCluskey Columbus hunting with artificial light $10.00 $6.00 gerry L. Tisthamer Albion night speed vascar $25.00 $6.00 Michael J. Robak Columbus no inspection ticket $10.00 $6.00 Noreen Lux Osceola no inspection ticket $10.00 $6.00 Leland G. Gulbrandson Stromsburg night speed $10.00 $8.00
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Wayne C. Johnson
Lincoln
Vascar
Francis Kosch
Shelby
Raymond S. Matulka
Ulysses
Vernon L. Kellie
Sutton
Adolph M. Kresha
Osceola
Patricia K. Bock
Kevin K. Perry
Alan W. Logan
E. H. Oppliger
Columbus
Robert C. McCluskey
Gerry L. Tisthamer
Albion
Michael J. Robak
Noreen Lux
Leland G. Gulbrandson
Stromsburg
Polk Public to Attend NSEA Convention This March
Teachers from Polk Public School will attend the NSEA convention on March 16 and 17, with students dismissed on those days. Easter vacation for the school runs March 31 to April 3, and there will be no school on those dates at Polk Public School.
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Polk
NSEA
Polk Public School
Poem by Leilani Stohl Appears in Synopsis Magazine
Leilani Stohl, senior at Polk High School, has a poem titled I Need published in Synopsis, a national current affairs magazine for high school students. The verse expresses a desire to straighten things out, clear the haze, mend the heart, and find direction.
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Leilani Stohl
Leilani Stony
Polk High School
Edgar C. Coover obituary from Polk Nebraska
Edgar C Coover born March 1 1896 in Savansburg Kansas died after a long life of farming near Polk Nebraska He married Jennie Stromberg in 1919 they farmed near Stromsburg moved to Polk 1965 and had two children He served on the district school board and Swede Plain Methodist Church Survived by wife Jennie son Paul daughter Genelle two brothers and four sisters with grandchildren and great grandchildren Services were held March 5 at Swede Plain United Methodist Church with burial in Polk cemetery
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Edgar C. Coover
Abraham and
Merry E. Wiley Coover
Savansburg
Kansas
Nebraska
Jennie Stromberg
Stromsburg
Edgar
Jennie
Polk
Coover
Swede Plain Methodist Church
Paul Coover
Genelle
Arlo Stevens
Forrest
Springfield
Bill
Kansas City
Kan
Myrtle Marker
Myrtle Creek
Ore
Alice Brown
Sweet Home
Swede Plain United Methodist Church
Irving L. Stauffer
Wm LaVelle
Lennis Lind
John Nyberg
Wallace Lind
Willard Adelson
Vern Samuels
Robert Willits
Allen Andresen
Lloyd Stromberg
Mervin Stromberg
Richard Sealey
Polk Cemetery
Shelby to Host Legion County Convention
The American Legion County Convention will be held in Shelby on Thursday March 23. Commander Lanny Ang of Polk Legion Post 160 urges legionnaires to depart promptly at 6 p.m. from the Legion Hall.
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American Legion
Shelby
Lanny Ang
Polk Legion Post 160
Polk
Legion Hall
Heart Fund Drive Nets $369 In Polk
Mrs Lyle Widga reports Polk Heart Fund drive total of $369.15 with $100 from Charles Norquest Memorial and multiple club donations. Last year’s total was $252.22 as donors continue generous support to the Heart Fund.
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Lyle Widga
Heart Fund
Charles Norquest Memorial
Legion Post
Legion Auxiliary
Polk Woman's Club
Faithful Worker's Club
Country Woman's Club
Widga
Open House for Osceola Couple on 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Oscar Jones of Osceola will be honored by their children with an Open House at Calvary Lutheran Church of Swede Home on Sunday March 12 from 2 00 to 4 00 p m. Friends and relatives invited.
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Oscar Jones
Osceola
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Polk student Brian Tyler wins second in county Peace Essay
Polk student Brian Tyler wins second place in the Merrick County Peace Essay Contest and receives 25 dollars. His essay qualifies for state level consideration for possible selection as a winner.
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Brian Tyler
Polk
Merrick County
Brian
Christian Life Seminar at Evangelical Free Church
The Evangelical Free Church hosts a five day Christian Life Seminar from Monday March 13 to Friday March 17 with evening services at 7 30 p m The speaker is Rev LaBeau Thorwall pastor of Wheaton Evangelical Free Church Wheaton Illinois All are welcome to attend.
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The
Evangelical Free Church
LaBeau Thorwall
Wheaton Evangelical Free Church
Wheaton
Ill
Out of Town Relatives Attend Funeral
Out of town relatives of Edd Coover attending his funeral were Bill Coover of Kansas City Kansas John Coover of Denver Colorado Mr and Mrs Allen Coover and boys Paul Coover Elsie Coover all of Erie Kansas Mrs Robert Redfield of Humboldt Kansas Mrs Alma Odaffer of Parsons Kansas Ira and Maurie Elledge of Chicago Oklahoma and Mrs Genelle ONeil of Oklahoma City Oklahoma
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Edd Coover
Bill Coover
Kansas City
Kan
John Coover
Denver
Colo
Allen Coover
Paul Coover
Elsie Coover
Erie
Robert Redfield
Humboldt
Alma Odaffer
Parsons
Ira and
Maurie Elledge
Chicashay
Okla
Genelle O'Neil
Oklahoma City
Lindburgs Return From Two Months Southern Vacation
Mr and Mrs M G Lindburg returned home Sunday evening after a two months vacation spent in the southern states.
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M. G. Lindburg
Forss Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary at Calvary Swede Home
Mr and Mrs Adolph Forss marked their 50th anniversary with an open house at Calvary Swede Home Lutheran Church attended by about 250 guests. They wed February 22, 1922. two children and families, eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren and one step great grandchild joined the celebration.
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Adolph Forss
Calvary Swede Home Lutheran Church
Harvey Sundberg
Polk
John
Minneapolis
Minn
John Forss
Grandpa
Grandma
Kristin Forss
Wayne Johnson
Swasko
Willard Adelson
Weather Outlook Chronicle February through March
A long, lively Nebraska weather diary notes a rare February 29 day with 42 rising to 62 degrees, then marches into March with fluctuating temps from 10 to 78 degrees. It records winds, snow flurries, robins, cloud cover, and a grass fire near Polk with farm activity and a persistent dry spell.
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Main St
Nebraska
Ollie Baker
South Polk
Marquette
Platte
Polk Fire Department
Tom Harrington
Polk
Hordville
Local Court Records Note License Plates and Tickets
Elwood Sandell fined after expired plate. Douglas Thomas fined for expired plate. Eugene Ortegiesen fined for inspection ticket expired. All cases show $10 and $5 amounts. License status expired and fines issued in local court records.
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Elwood Sandell
Douglas Thomas
Eugene Ortegiesen
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Shannon Shafer
Christian Life Seminar
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Joe Schinzel
Dennis Johnson
Lloyd Fijells
Beth
Russell Fiell
Lester Widga
Steve
Evelyn Fell
Douglas Sundberg
Lynn Sundberg
Bradley Sundberg
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