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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1936
Page
4
R. Teenbook filed for a retail beer license off sale and on sale at Lot 24 Block 11 West Main Polk Village Polk County Nebraska. Remonstrances must be filed with the Village Clerk by 8 p m March 33 1926. Board meeting to consider the application scheduled. Dated March 19 1936.
A. K. Crow has filed an application for a Retail package Liquor License off sale at Lot 9 Block 3 East Main Street Village of Polk Polk County Nebraska. Remonstrances or objections must be filed by 8 p m March 23 1936.
Johnson Brothers W. J. and J. W. Johnson filed an application for a Retail License of Beer both off sale and on sale at Lot 10 Block B East Main Street Village of Polk Polk County Nebraska. The notice specifies the filing date as the 28rd 1936 and sets the time and date for the hearing.
Misa Liah Wall of Hampton spent the past week at the P. T. Wurtz home. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Nelson were Thursday evening dinner guests at the Sterling Nelson home at Stromsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sigler and Robbie of Osceola were Sunday guests at the D. N. Carlson home. Miss Gladys Swanson of Albion spent the weekend here with her parents and has been reelected for another term at Albion public schools with a 786.00 raise. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Bodine and others visited the L. O. Glad family in Omaha Sunday. A group honored Mrs. Irma Stroup for her birthday with a two course luncheon and angel food cake. State Tournament attendees from Polk included many residents and friends. Axel Renquist and others from Benedict and Omaha visited John Seymour’s home. Mrs. Harry Henderson and her new baby Nadene V visited John Seymour. Henry of Benedict visited Wednesday. Lester Stark and family visited Hastings and Bradshaw along with Mrs. Stark’s mother. Mrs. Orville Olmstead and Peggry and Miss Olmstead of Tecumseh visiting with Co. G. Jack’s family. Woodrow Johnson of Sioux City visited Polk friends. Carling of Saronville visited his sister Clyde Stevens and family. Sterling Nelson and family of Stromsburg were guests at August Nelson’s home. Mrs. Dean Nelson and Ed Small with Edith were Sunday dinner guests at H. A. Cramer’s. A group of neighbors surprised Mrs. F Alfred for her birthday anniversary Monday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Farley of Grand Island hosted guests. The Steinbaughs visited near Benedict. Mrs Nettie Carlson spent the weekend with relatives in Grand Island. Bud Wilson visited Grand Island. The Donelsons near Stromsburg and the McSwan party from Unadilla with Lincoln residents stayed at Frank Merchant home. Lindahl rushed to Grand Island hospital with ruptured appendix. Kept update on local staff changes and ill children at Irvin Light home.
Mr and Mrs A O Leiber of Columbus spent Sunday in Shelby visiting niece Mrs Everett Reece. Mrs Evans of Albion Neb left for home after visiting at J R Rosenberrys. Mrs Rosenberry accompanied Mrs Evans to Albion. James Lockard Jr a Wayne Neb teacher visited his parents in Shelby returning to work Sunday. Ed McMillen of Ponoka Canada arrived in Shelby visiting his mother and relatives. Mr and Mrs Julius Schlesinger and family visited their son Ed Schlesinger in Shelby. Mr and Mrs Francis Hastert of Genoa visited Louis Hastert and family in Shelby. Mrs John Gondringer Jr of near Gresham visited in Shelby at her father Wm Conway. Vernie Kuntzelman, recently discharged from Lincoln Veterans Hospital, returned home. Geo Ballenger substitutes on Route 1. Miss Helen Moon hosted Shelby tenth grade class for a party. Mr and Mrs Julius Cerny moved from farm to the Gus Schneider estate home in west Shelby. Mr and Mrs Geo Blevins Sr and two daughters Rachel and Mrs Hubert Thelen returned home after wintering in southern Texas.
Readers are invited to join the weekly Sunday School lesson exposition by Dr. P. B. Fitzwater of the Moody Bible Institute. The note promotes widespread participation and asks readers to encourage friends to join.
A column argues President Roosevelt may push to strip the Supreme Court of power to review laws, risking a shift toward executive dominance. Democratic leaders like Alfred E. Smith and John W. Davis warn the move could erode constitutional safeguards and invite a European style dictatorship.
A brief note discusses walking out on a party platform as a workout before stepping away from the Constitution, framing it as a preparatory act rather than a final decision.
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