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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1974

Page

4

Park Avenue Birthday Club Observes March Birthday

The Park Avenue Birthday Club met at Mrs Oscar Sundberg’s home Friday afternoon March 8 to celebrate the birthdays of Mrs Sundberg Mrs Ewald Klingsporn and Mrs M Fredrickson. Guests included Mr and Mrs Glen Babcock and Mr and Mrs Reuben Anderson who visited Tuesday evening at the Os car Anderson home.

Park Avenue Oscar Sundberg Ewald Klingsporn M. Fredrickson Sundberg Glen Babcock Reuben Anderson Oscar Anderson Co. Marvin Fredrickton Arlette Johnson Waldo Rost Holdrege

Weekend visitors and birthday gatherings noted in Polk Scene

Gustafson and Allan Pickerel of Hastings visited the Gustafson home. Enoch Peterson and David McHae called on the Anderson home last week. Emma Horstman Addie Waldren and M G Lindburg shared coffee with Ruth Aker Monday. Walter Stahl hosted a 6 pm dinner for C Marvin Fredrickson and Marland Adelson of St Paul with guests including Joe Clarke Arlette Johnson and Lawrence Lind. Dennis Baack of Lincoln spent the weekend with his parents.

Enoch Peterson David McHae Oscar Anderson Emma Horstman Addie Waldren M. G. Lindburg Ruth Aker Walter Stahl C. Marvin Fredrickson Marland Adelson St. Paul Joe Clarke Central City Arlette Johnson Hampton Lawrence Lind Stromsburg Dennis Baack Lincoln Robert Baack

Polk Woman's Club Met on February Fifth at Mary Wischmeier Home

The Polk Woman's Club February meeting discussed Changing Transportation. Erma Adelson and Mary Stevens led the program noting progress from walking to motor vehicles and rail, then water travel, air travel, and space travel, with a nod to progress advertisers.

Polk Woman's Club Mary Wischmeier Ia Mae Nelson Mary Stevens Erma Adelson Erma Mary

Methodist Fellowship Supper At Polk Church Sunday

Miss Teresa Bedient spoke at the Polk United Methodist Church Fellowship Sunday evening sharing her three months as an international foreign youth exchange student in Ceylon. She showed colored slides and spoke of staying with sixteen host families. Guests included her parents Mr and Mrs Owen Bedient along with local hosts at a pot luck lunch.

Teresa Bedient Ceylon Polk United Methodist Church Miss Bedient Owen Bedient

School Board Minutes March 4 1974 and Bills Present

The Regular school board met on March 4 with all members present. Minutes read and approved. Motions accepted bills and to sign a rental contract. Discussion covered liability insurance, shop building, new elementary air conditioning, and next year basketball scheduling. Multiple vendors listed for supplies and services with total expenditures and receipts noted. Local visitors described at end.

Dale Lindburg Harold Anderson Shelby Earl J. Ruby Eace Polk Progress Petty Cash the Perfection Form Co National Geographic Society Newsweek Book Division James Madison I Newsweek Parker Publishing Co The American Museum of Natural History the Wall Street Journal Hazel Hill South-Western Publishing Co SRA Grand Island Typewriter Co Scholastic Magazines, Inc School Specialty Supply, Inc Hammond & Stephens Co Inter Collegiate Continental Press Inc Stephenson School Supply Co Hogan's Sporting Goods & Clark’s Lumber Co Sundberg & Son Hardware E. L. Stewart Co-op Oil, Inc Polk Oil Company the Telephone Company Polk Light & Water ‘Department Utilities Co-op Oil, Inc Pioneer Publishing Co

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Park Avenue Birthday Club Clara Anderson Horstman Lyle Aden North Platte Polk Debra Gustafson Allan Pickerel Hastings Roger Gustafson Patronize ‘Progress Methodist Fellowship Wayland Flodman Leonard Anderson Donald Ostberg Lawrence Larson Evelyn Shenk First State Bank Hordville Nebraska J. D. B Tractor Oliver Combine IHC J. D Clipper Fanning Mill Garden Pride Winchester Harrow Chevrolet Hubert D. Sweenie Fritz Engel al Cunningham Hordville, Nebr Duane Miller Bonnie Meerkatz Melvin Bender Cory Stuart St. Paul Ins Co Eeeee Vern von Ohlen Randy John Lesing Brandi Omaha Dolan Hahn
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