Polk Village Board Advances Road Project and Leases
The Polk Nebraska Village Board met March 5 1974 in regular session at the Polk Hotel. They adopted a railroad lease for highway purposes and opened bids for storm sewer construction under State Project RF-665 and for a GMC water truck. Low bid of 29965 26 from R L Grell Construction was approved subject to State Highway concurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Board of Trustees
Polk Hotel
Myers
Treasure and Light & Water Commissioner
Dornburgh
Redman
McNaught
Union Pacific R.R. Co
Railroad Company
Hiway
James McMeekin
State of Nebraska
Department of Roads
Polk
Nebr
R. L. Grell Construction Co., Inc
State Highway Department
GMC
Jones
Polk County
Cashway
Lbr. Co
Baker Taylor Co
Nathaniel Dame Co
Sundberg & Son Hardware
Lincoln Tel, & Tel
Dick’s Standard Service
Polk Progress
Cccascsecores
K. L. Stewart Agency
Polk O11
Whccesee Veces Ace
Citizens State Bank
Petty Cash
Light & Water Dept
Hurlbut’s Cycle Shop
Public Power
John E. Olsson & Assoc
State Tax Commission
Overland Sand & Gravel
Light Pond
Stromberg's Iga
Kansas-Nebraska Gas Co
Dick’s Standard
Polk Ot Co
Capitol Supply Co
Migrating ducks and geese flood Polk basins in spring
A Nebraska observer details a spring bird watch along basins near Polk, noting counts of ducks and geese including blue geese, ruddy ducks, shovellers, buffleheads, ring billed gulls, snows, and blues. He records locations around Renquist Benedict and Wochner basins, mentions observers Swede Lind and Ralph Harrington, and reflects on the value of waterfowl habitat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Renquist
Stromsburg
Benedict
Lee Morris
Jim
Lee
Benedict Basin
Tom Harrington
Nebraska
Lind
Wochner Basin
Shiloh
Lincoln
Ralph Harrington
Highway 81
Obituary of Ellis Vernie Walden in Polk Nebraska
Ellis Vernie Walden born January 25 1898 on Prairie Island north of Central City Nebraska died February 20 1974 at Clarkson Hospital Omaha after a month long illness He married Marion McDermott and had daughter Jane Kathryn now Mrs W D Peters of Orlando Florida He married Alice R McClure Nelson May 26 1957 Retired from Union Pacific Railroad in 1963 He leaves Alice a daughter a granddaughter four stepdaughters and fifteen stepgrandchildren He is buried at Polk Cemetery Polk Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Vernie Walden
Prairie Island
Central City
Nebr
Clarkson
Omaha
Vern
Marion McDermott
Jane Kathryn
W. D. Peters
Orlando
Florida
Alice R. (McClure) Nelson
Walden
Union Pacific Railroad
Alice
June Peters
Linda June McRae
Stone Mountain
Polk
Nebraska
Gustafson Family Vacation Recounted In Polk News
Mr and Mrs. Roger Gustafson and Tina returned home Saturday night from a five day vacation spent in Cochise Arizona, guests of Mr and Mrs J B Stevenson. En route they visited Mr and Mrs Leroy Smelker in Colorado Springs on Friday. Mrs Hannah Hahn and Doyle were Sunday visitors in the Dolan Hahn home, Mr and Mrs Don Bjerrum visited the L A Bjerrum home in Seward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Gustafson
Tina
Cochise
Ariz
J. B. Stevenson
Leroy Smelker
Colorado Springs
Hannah Hahn
Doyle
Dolan Hahn
Don Bjerrum
L. A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northrup King’ Corn
Wallace Sandell
Nebraska Association of Independent Insurance Agents
Hsurante
Sweet Electric
Clarks, Nebraska
Polk Lumber
Ralph Redman
the Village Board
John EB Olsson
Arnold L. Neuhaus
Cem
Purina
Polk Grain Co
Ellis Vern Walden