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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
8
The Hanson family Ed Ruth and Hilene thank neighbors and friends for help with preparations and moving for the sale. They express gratitude for the farming community and the support received.
Supper guests at Lloyd Lind home included Lyle Widga and Sherman Wilshusen with spouses. Lunch guests at Lloyd Lind’s featured Alvena Lind Wallace Lind family. Edith and Bill Naslund joined Emil Nelson’s birthday event for Doris Jean Nelson and Mrs Marvin Rogers. Moore family hosted Stanley, York, and Lyle Moore from Omaha. Abbie Green attended a Garden Club meeting at Mrs Wm Heins’s in Aurora.
To honor Mrs Edith Benson on her 85th birthday on March 10, about 26 neighbors and friends gathered at her home for an afternoon of cards best wishes and a delicious lunch. Esther Peterson Mrs M O Johnson and Mrs Rudolph Gustafson helped serve. A birthday telegram arrived from a niece in Sweden.
New titles include Annie Come Home and By the Pricking of My Thumb among others from various authors. The list features fiction and non fiction works such as Paper Lion and Love and Pasta, plus several children's books and donated notices.
The Polk County Second Grade study on Eyes Ears Nose and Mouth includes a field trip model eye and an actual beef eye from IGA, plus a class Things and Stuff store for practicing money math and creative writing. Spelling contest winners for grades five through eight include Janet Kampovitz Tobin Anderson Steve Peterson Toni Treon and Roger Hollister with Omaha and Fairbury contest implications.
The Legion Auxiliary adopts plans for a March 28 tour of the Grand Island Veterans Hospital in nearby Omaha and selects draperies for a new Legion Hall addition. Elaine Miller is informed of interested participants as Diane Wurst presents a Foreign Relations program. Lunch for 18 members served by hostesses Hilda Warnick Geraldine Kealiher Anita Kisler and Myrtle Johnson.
In a sharp exchange the Old Feller questions coverage praising Nixon while acknowledging mixed reactions among Republicans. He argues Nixon shifts toward liberal ideas, contrasting Democrats who “pour ketchup over everything.”
Polk School District 72 met in regular session with most members present. Bills were approved for petty cash supplies bus expenses and various services totaling several hundred dollars. A new tractor and mower were discussed and the board planned to participate in the Holiday Basketball Tournament at Bradshaw in 1970. Acting secretary Dwayne Miller recorded the adjournment.
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