Village Board Promotes Victory Gardens During War Effort
The Village Board offered free lots for victory garden raising to aid the war effort. Local events include a high school freshmen party, Nebraska State basketball trip, and a Goldenrod Conference title for Polk Grade Team. Community updates cover health news, farm help, social gatherings, a hatchery fire loss, and various visits and anniversaries.
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Village Board
Victory Gardens
Cubs
Polk
Goldenrod
John Sweenie
Jr. Cubs
Stromsburg
LaMar Lind
Gary Skaden
Leon Johnson
Bruce Johnson
Polk Nebraska Classified Rates and Postage Note
The Polk Progress lists mailing and subscription rates with terms for second class matter status at the Polk post office. Advertising charges per column inch and obituary poetry lines are shown, along with card of thanks pricing and yearly subscriptions for Nebraska and elsewhere.
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Polk
Nebraska
Polk Cubs Clinch State Bid With Narrow Victory
Coach Jim Karloff's Polk Cubs outlasted Beaver Crossing 55 to 50 boosting Polk High to a third straight State tournament berth in Lincoln. A weekend gathering honored Mr and Mrs Bert Bowen and Mrs Emma Zlerott celebrated milestones as relatives visited Frank Anderson in fragile health.
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Jim Karloff
Polk Cubs
Beaver Crossing
Polk High
Lincoln
Jerry Martin
Polk
Cook
Edith Nelson
Robert Anderson
Belle Plaine
Iowa
James Wilson
William Pinkernell
Goldenrod
Max Kroger
Doug Sundberg
Larry Miley
Osceola
David Anderson
Stromsburg
Jerry Gdowski
Genoa
Emma Zlerott
G. W. Klute
Hampton
Gayle Behrens
Melissa
Kevin
Mead
Indians and Whites clash over race and land ethics
The piece contrasts white and American Indian views on race, land, and pollution, citing Wounded Knee and AIM organizer John Two-Birds Arbuckle. It argues whites must change attitudes to grant Indians full citizenship and respect for Mother Earth, while recalling native perspectives on labor, dignity, and history.
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Wounded Knee
S. D
United States
John Two-Birds Arbuckle
American Indian Movement
AIM
Lincoln Star
Fort Robinson
America
Ogalala Reservation
Sitting Bull
Pork Community Visitors Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Dick Harless and family visited Friday evening at the Leland Harless home. Mrs Margaret Lott visited Grace Harless Sunday. Chauncey Gustafson Esther Peterson Sadie Clark and Ella Rudy noted among attendees. Anna Wurtz and brother Ed Pike from Arlington Texas joined Friday dinner with Oscar Jones. Clarence Johnson and La Vaughn Adelson traveled to Lincoln Sunday to see August Carlson in Bryan Memorial Hospital and later attended Milan Hanquist’s home.
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Belle Wochner
Miss Woodman
Kenneth Davis
Junior Glasser
Stanley Peterson
Freddie Smith
Gerald Stevens
Nebraska
Lincoln
Vergil Bush
Hattie Lindquist
Mervin
Lawrence Larson
Stromsburg
R. i L. Peterson
Polk
M. B. Daniels
Arnold Isaacson
Isaacson
Shirley Peterson
Osceola
Ella Shenk
Hennie Seymour
Ed Quick
Hordville
Gordon Johnson
Milfred Johnson
Artillery School
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Clifford Cramer
Paxton Hotel
Omaha
Donald Hanquist
Ebba Hanquist
Mmes
Reuben Hanquist
Ernie Gleim
Frank Bolton
Elmer Hanquist
Imogene Hanquist
Robert Richardson
Dick Harless
Leland Harless
Margaret Lott
Grace Harless
Rudolph Gustafson
Richard Gustafson
Chauncey Gustafson
Esther Peterson
Sadie Clark
Ella Rudy
Pi Anna Wurtz
Ed Pike
Arlington
Oscar Jones
Clarence Johnson
la Vaughn Adelson
August Carlson
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Milan Hanquist
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By Alvena Lind
Henry Horstman
Edick Anderson
Brawley
Cal
Rev. Anderson
Walter
Darlene Johnson
Phyllis Peterson
Donna
Walt Disney
Nancy Randall
Arlea’s House of Beauty
St. Patrick’s
Harold
Polk Legion Club
Norris
W. Alfred
Nebraska Press Association
Bert Bowen
Fred Bedient
Lovette McCoy
Bedient
Walter Widga
Richard Widga
Frank Anderson
Mary Ann
Glennis
Harold Benson
Polk County No.1
Donald Rystrom
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