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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1970

Page

6

Polk County School Board Minutes March 2 1970

Regular session of the Polk County School District No 72 Board of Education with all members present. Bills submitted include petty cash for secondary, printing, supplies, custodial and home expenses, utilities, labor, and equipment from multiple vendors totaling several hundred dollars.

Board of Education of School District No Polk County Gerald Stevens Petty Cash Polk Progress School Triangle School Service Bro-Dart J. Weston Walch Publisher's Guild, Inc School Specialty Follett Educations Corporation Wammond Polk Oil Company Dick's Standard Service YavVina Hanquist Whorco Polk Light & Water O Se Lincoln Tel & Tel

Hospital Visit Highlights Polk Social Guests

Miss Jane Fredrickson received a Saturday hospital visit in Osceola by Mrs. Julia Flodman and many locals. Wednesday evening and Thursday gatherings included the Stohl, Johnson, Fredrickson, Hahn, Hanquist, Moore, and Hoffman families with coffee, lunches, and Sunday visits noted.

Jane Fredrickson Osceola Hospital Julia Flodman Walter Stohl Ollie Johnson Bobbie Hopp Fremont C. Marvin Fredrickson Harold Hanquist Dolan Hahn Hannah Hahn Doyle Donald Hanquist Gene , Wood David Moore Randall Bulgren Fairmont Martin Hoffman Sr

Larry Johnson Writes Sunday School Class

Army letter from Larry Johnson to Mrs Anderson and class on February 16 1970 describes his Vietnam service as a country doctor for 700 people in three hamlets. He notes a rainy season end, rice field work by hand, daily irrigation by baskets, and his return to civilian life soon.

Nebraska Vietn ‘Nam Navy Larry Johnson

Polk Village Board Proceedings March 3 1970

The Village Board met at the Polk Hotel on Tuesday March 3 1970 at 8 00 PM with all members present. Minutes approved. Reports from committees and light and water commission accepted. Treasurer's report approved. Election board appointed for April 7 1970. Various village bills approved and warrants to be drawn. Adjournment followed.

Village Board of Trustees Polk Hotel Myers Light and Water Commissioners Jones Redman Dornburgh McNaught Ella Cramer Josephine Ostberg Anna Eisler Wilda Holmes Hannah Hahn Ivan Johnson Polk Nebraska Tiney’s Dutton-Lainson Polk Light Or Petty Cash Alvin Eisler— Labor Polk Oil Co Fuel & Oil Citizens W. H. Tax Polk Progress Legals Cssccsecaess ‘Lud! Printing Co— Election Supplies Lincoln Tel. & Tel.— Service Hinkle Pest Control— Spray Hotel Ceesseees K. L. Stewart Agency Ins Drs Kansas-Nebr. Gas Co.— Gas Sec Arnold L. Neuhaus

Polk County 144 Recovery Pits Aid Water Conservation

Polk County has 144 tailwater recovery pits collecting irrigation runoff to recharge groundwater. Each pit averages 2 050 cubic yards and 1 25 acre feet capacity, saving 1 260 acre feet annually across the pits. Reuse systems reduce pumping costs, labor, and expand irrigable acres with 50 percent state cost share.

Polk County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

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THE Board OF Education Richard Sealey Jr Mc-Kan Seseees Marjorie Clabaugh Eben Eberating iBice Scientific Company Kollmeyer’s Nebraska Typewriter Company Ehumbs International Business Machines Son Atg Don Dahlin Kansas-Nebr George Sweet Moor the Singer Company Moore Lumber Sundberg & Son Hardware iPolk Welding Purina Polk Grain Co Grace Harless Minnie Wright Susan Gertsch Soil Conservation Service Osceola Norge Westinghouse Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Company Inc
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