St Patricks Day Blizzard 40 Years Ago Report
A St Patrick s Day blizzard hit the area March 17 with 50 mph winds and temperatures at 10 below. Train service halted from Saturday to Monday as the storm raged. Community notes include weddings, deliveries, school events, and local homely acts such as Dave Carlson making bird houses and a church wedding at Hordville.
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St. Patricks Day
Dave Carlson
Bird House
C. W. Hill
Home Imperial Orchestra
Mathematician to Visit Polk Schools on March 27
Edwin Halfar of the University of Nebraska will visit Polk Schools on March 27 to speak to classes about set concepts Euclidean geometry map coloring problem and careers in mathematics.
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POLK
Edwin Halfar
Univ. of Nebr
Concert plans and community notices in Polk
A Polk area bulletin notes a board plus musician committee planning summer concerts on Wednesday evenings. Local social updates include visits by Mrs. Ethel Garten of Kearney to the Gil bert Blase home, and gatherings with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blase. Orville Drown of Redfield, SD, visits Polk. WCTU met at Mrs Pearle Jack’s home. various residents hosted or were guests at local homes.
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Henry Horstman
Polk
R. L. Peterson
M. B. Daniels
Arnold Isaacson
Shirley Peterson
Roger Gustafson
E. A. Anderson
Branley
Calif
Walter
Joe Granere
Anaheim
W. E. Johnson
Carl Steelquist
Steelquist
Dean Ostberg
Darlene Johnson
Orlie Miller
Ethel Garten
Kearney
Gilbert Blase
Harold Blase
Orville Drown
Redfield
Dakota
Walter Binford
Drown
WCTU
Pearle Jack
A. E. Swanson
Vance Berg
Paul Nelson
R. E. Merchant
Chas Burgess
Frank Schaepler
Don Schaepler
Ed Dobbedstein
Chas. Schaepler
P. W. Aker
Eastern Star
Grand Island
W.A Wurtz
Ester Lackey
Kenneth Stewart
Local Community Guests and Visits Highlight Weekend
Gaylen Holmes and Laurie of Sioux Falls attended a Lincoln game Friday. Leslie Adelson visited Ollie Johnson on Saturday. Dean Myers and family hosted Lincoln guests Thursday. Farmers Union meeting in Omaha drew Myers, Peterson, and Bedient Saturday. Numerous family gatherings and visits occurred across Osceola Swanton Lincoln and David City with many relatives listed.
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Gaylen Holmes
Laurie
Sioux Falls
C. D
Lincoln
Leslie Adelson
Ollie Johnson
Dean Myers
Keith Myers
Ben Peterson
Fred Bedient
Farmers Union Elevator Federation
Omaha
Randy Flodman
Mark
Harold W. Anderson
George Heckman
Osceola
John
Jay and
Lee Peterson
Ofromsburg
Anna Appleton
Wendell Appleton
James Brazda
Robert Brazda
Glen Brazda
Renee
Roger
Jess Caldwell
Swanton
Glen
Rudy Homolka
Victor Wesley
Wilbur
Yvonne Caldwell
Henry Eisler
Columbus
Max Jones
Lynda Myers
Vance Salisbury
Nry Brockevelt
David City
Ernest Brockevelt
Lynete Creech
Susan Pinkernell
Pinkernell
Don Hanquist
Roy Glasser, Jr
Gordon Fossberg
Lauren
Robbie Glasser
Daryl
Roger Fossberg
Julia Flodman
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Baptist Church
Hordville
Elvera Tornquist
Hiner Jones
John Adelson
Farmers Union
Frank Anderson
Akron
Colo
Irene Jones
Elizabeth Allison
Evan Cramer
Vivian
Phyllis Alfred
Deborah Dahlberg
Mildred McDaniel
Polk High
York
Geneva
Slusser
Charles Thompson Shenk
Dave
Grace Lindburg
Marquette
Albert Peterson
Haith Motor CO
Dodge
Dodge Trucks
Dart Sales & Service
Dodge and Dart
Central City
State Farm
Petrus
C. Nelson
Stromsburg State Farm
Tammet Ang
Goorks Best
Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n
the Polk Progresseekly Newsplans
W. Alfred
Polk, Nebraska
Congress
Amebrasem Wess Assocaxxo
Nebraska
Boston
Los Angeles
London
Chicago
Christian
Science Monitor
The
Christian Science Monitor
One
Norway St
Mass
State
Marvin Fredrickson
Victor Newman
Fred Johnson
Bil Shostrom
Cheryl Stohl
Jane Fredrikson
Linda Kisler
Marlene Coover
Karen Stevens
Judy Adelson
Reuben Hanquist
Roger Hanquist
Martin Hoffman, Jr
Lowell Bills
NC Plus
Wayland Flodman
Central City, Nebraska
Lindale Cemetery Association
Hordville Town Hall
Leroy Nelson
Nebr
Ranger
Y. B
Wilson Seed Farms
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