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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1974

Page

10

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.

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.

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.

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.

Roger Gustafson Tina Cochise Ariz J. B. Stevenson Leroy Smelker Colorado Springs Hannah Hahn Doyle Dolan Hahn Don Bjerrum L. A

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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
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