Community Notes and Local Movements Across Polk County
Progress Files reports a busy period with visits in Polk and surrounding towns including Mr. and Mrs. Blase and Mr. Wilshusen in Clay Center. Walter Binford buying a new Chevrolet. farm purchases by A. P. Bowman. a bond vote in school district 72 approving additions to the building. Campfire Girls meeting at the Lyle home. 4H and KFAB contest winners. staffing changes at the Progress office with Geneva Green as new reporter. local travel to Omaha and Lincoln. and community recognitions for service and youth achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Binford
D. N. Mills
Walter
L. E. Blase
Carl Wilshusen
Clay Center
KMMJ
Little Floyd Peterson
York
Robert Stromberg
Polk
Hollywood
KFAB
Iva Stevens
Ray Kauth
Linnie Shafer
Harry Shafer
Emporia
Kansas
Madge Barber
Stromsburg
Guy Blanchard
Cotesfield
Lloyd Hahn
Ben Peterson
Orlie Miller
Blanchards
Leland Harless
Pleasant Homemakers 4H Club
Parents Magazine
Karl Dethloff
Polk Progress Postage Details and Rates
The Polk Progress notes its second class mail status at the Polk Nebraska post office under the 1879 act. It lists subscription charges of $2.50 and $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Nebraska
Gustafson Richards Ties The Knot In Osceola
Mark H. Gustafson age 56 and Alice M. Richards age 62, both of Osceola, were married March 3, 1967 in Osceola according to the marriage license record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark H. Gustafson
Osceola
Alice M. Richards
Dinner honors Mrs Kohl Jr before Japan trip
Mr and Mrs Wm H Kohl Sr of Clarks entertained at dinner Sunday to honor Mrs Wm Kohl Jr who left Monday for Japan to join her husband. Guests included Mr and Mrs Herb Wurtz Mr and Mrs Donald Haggart of Grand Island and others from Central City Lincoln and Melvin Bender Donald Bjerrum homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Kohl
Clarks
Wm. Kohl, Jr
Japan
Herb Wurtz
Donald Haggart
Grand Island
Anna Wurtz
P. W. Aker
David Pullen
Central City
Melvin Bender
Anna Garland
Orva Bjerum
Vivian Bjerrum
Lincoln
Donald Bjerrum
Polk Boys Plan Long Beach Visit After Hospital Stay
Mr and Mrs Glen Babcock returning home from three weeks at University Hospital Omaha visit Del and Flodman in California and tour his boat. Plans are made for Polk boys currently working in Long Beach to join them. The group includes Carol Shenk Gilbert Ruzicka Charles Nelson and Doyle Kling sporn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Babcock
California
Del
Flodman
Polk
Long Beach
Carol Shenk
Gilbert Ruzicka
Charles Nelson
Doyle Klingsporn
County Court Fines For Night And Day Speed Offenses
A list of drivers fined in County Court includes George Baumgant Humphy night speed $20 but $5 fee, James L. Anderson Omaha night speed truck $10 $5, Richard D. Kreutz Phillips over width $10 $5, Dale R. Hopwood Shelby Minor in possession $100 $5, and others from Nebraska towns with varied speed violations and license issues. The report also notes social visits at Hamilton Manor Aurora with several residents mentioned by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baumgant
Humphy
James L. Anderson
Omaha
Richard D. Kreutz
Phillips
Dale R. Hopwood
Shelby
Dick L. Harless
Polk
Maurice B. Lindgreen
Central City
Donald L. Allen
South Dakota
Jose A. Wolfe
Grand Island
David B. Klein
Stromsburg
Steven L. Nerud
Gerling
James B. Brazda, Jr. Polk
Gerald Sperling
Ronald K. Denny
Colorado
Milton C. Rockwell
Ong
Freeman H. Marsh
Taylor L. Harper
Aurora
Walter D. Pabian
Wahoo
Francis
Private Landin Oberg Completes Field Course
Army private Landin R. Oberg, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Robert E Oberg of Stromsburg, completed a field communications crewman course at Ft Huachuca Arizona on March 3. He trained in stringing wire and basic electricity switchboard installation and operation and pole climbing. His wife Wanda lives in Grand Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landin R. Oberg
Robert E. Oberg
Rt. 2
Stromsburg
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Wanda
W. Sixth
Grand Island
Local social rounds note birthdays and visits across Nebraska
Sunday dinners and weekend gatherings honor birthdays and retirements. Carl Carlstrom Hannah Carlson and Ron Ringsten visited in Spalding Corner Cafe. Natal ie Hahn retires as East Campus Council president and reads a poem. Families in York Lincoln Clarks and Anderson households share hospitality and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Carlstrom
Hannah Carlson
Ron Ringsten
Spalding
Dwight Burney
Student Union
Lincoln
Natalie Hahn
East Campus Council
Natalie
Donald Bjerrum
Lawrence Shenk
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyle Home
School District 72
Ernest Hahn
Victor and
Lavern
Chicago
Fern Schweitzer
A. P. Bowman
John Deere
P. T. Wurtz & Son
Orlie
Will Miller
Oscar Strand
Trof Ostberg
Arnold Isaacson
Rachel Schrader
Progress Office
City
Geneva Green
Leo Wurtz
Ferguson
Hazel Nelson
Lloyd Kroger
Eadership
Wegner Monument Company
Central City, Nebraska
Farmers. Coop Grain Ass'n
Polk, Nebraska
Nebraska Pedi Association
AL Newspaper
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The
University Hospital
Rexall Drug
Ray
Harimans
Hannah Hahn and
Doyle
Harold Hanquist
Hamilton Manor
Will Blase
Clara Blase
Mary Erickson
Selma Benson
Hannah Johnson
Huering
PVT
Landin Oberg
Ak-Sar-Ben
ACE
Ben
63Rd & Shirley Street
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