Cussing Anecdotes and a Kind Library Gesture
A column about everyday cursing contrasts with a thoughtful gift from Linda Ludlow and family. Twenty two book packages arrive for Polk School Library after a fire, including Time Life nature volumes, encyclopedias, and mixed selections. Linda and Lynn Ludlow, connected via the Progress, are longtime readers in Mill Valley and the Francisco Examiner reporter. Irene thanks the donors, noting the books are wonderful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hanquist
Linda Ludlow
Mill Valley
Calif
Polk Publo Library
Polk
Polk Market Wheat Soybeans and Oats Prices
Market listing for Polk on Tuesday March 19 shows Wheat at 3.80, Corn at 2AT MELO, Soybeans at 5.65, and Oats at 1.55 with daily price format. The text includes garbled OCR segments but preserves the core commodities and their bid prices.
Open House for Golden Anniversary at Polk Baptist Church
Mr and Mrs Orlie Miller observe their Golden Wedding Anniversary on March 24. An open house at Polk Baptist Church is planned Sunday from 2 30 to 4 30 p m. Friends and relatives are invited and gifts are declined.
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Orlie Miller
Polk Baptist Church
Spring Youth Rally At Baptist Churches
The Baptist churches of Polk and Hordville host a two day Spring Youth Rally on March 22 and 23 drawing 175 to 200 youths from 25 churches in the Great Plains Baptist Conference. Dr. Robert Stein of Bethel College will speak at Polk and Hordville and again at Polk Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs Wilmer Johnson attended supper in the Stromsburg Raymond Johnson home.
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Baptist Churches
Polk
Hordville
Great Plains Baptist Conference
Baptist Church
Robert Stein
Bethel College
St. Paul
Minnesota
First Baptist Church of
Wilmer Johnson
Raymond. Johnson
Stromsburg
Burglar Steals From High School Offices Over Weekend
An overnight break in pried open rear doors with a crowbar shattered glass and ripped locks to access two money boxes in the principal and superintendent offices. About 15 dollars was taken, described as not an easy way to make a living.
Meet the Candidate Coffee in Stromsburg
Polk County Republicans sponsor a meet the candidate coffee at Stromsburg Hotel Cafe on Wednesday morning from 9 30 to 11 00. Haven Smith of Chappell seeks the 3rd Congressional District seat and is active in Republican and Farm Bureau circles. Everyone welcome.
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Polk County
Stromsburg
Haven Smith
Chappell
3Rd Congressional Dist
Smith
Farm Bureau
Polk Memoirs seeks more Family Album stories
Call for memories from former Polk residents to contribute to the Polk Memoirs book. Submit early memories with a photo to Mrs Irvin Anderson or Mrs Dwight Burney by April 10, the final deadline. The project is underway and seeking long-time residents.
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Polk
Irvin Anderson
Dwight Burney
Local residents host and visit during midweek
Mr and Mrs C. Marvin Fredrick son were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Glen Babcock on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Ray Werner returned home Thursday night from a two months vacation spent visiting friends in Nevada Arizona California and Texas. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Widge visited Mrs Herb Tracey at the York hospital Sunday evening.
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C. Marvin Fredrickson
Glen Babcock
Ray Werner
Nevada
Arizona
California
Texas
Lloyd Widge
Herb Tracey
York Hospital
School Bond Election Set For April 16
On page 8 the Voice of Special Election outlines a bond issue to fund a new elementary building replacing the one burned last December. A $375,000 bond is proposed plus $24,000 for a shop building, with $271,000 for the burned building and $25,000 for contents covered by insurance. Two propositions will be on the ballot. The Progress promises more district details next week.
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Polk
Bloodmobile collects fifty two Polk pints in drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Polk Community last Friday and collected 52 pints. Nine people received donation pins for first time gifts. Additional donors, award pins, and volunteers who baked cookies and casseroles are listed with names.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Polk
Linda Swanson
Roger Fossburg
Allen Tenniges
Don Widge
Don Wischmeier
Trene Good
Barbara Tarr
Homer MacDonald
Robert Glatter
Jim Davis
Vern Samuels
Dick Harless
Levert Peterson
Lowell Bills
Dale Perkins
Dolan Hahn
David Stromberg
Keith Johnson
Randy Widers
Donald Hanquist
Arnold Neuhaus
Dean Myers
Willis Duerkson
Carol Stevens
Anita Norquest
Irene Sundberg
Larry Coover
Wayden Anderson
Leroy Shaw
Irene Widga
Jo Strand
Margaret Brockevelt
Maxine Hanquist
Fern Myers
Doris Ostberg
Elaine Miller
Louise Logston
Mildred Johnson
Ku Kim
Wilma Miller
Gwen Lindburg
Marlene Hanquist
Mary Jane Samuels
Verlene Anderson
Alvertus Jones
Lauretta Neuhaus
Lyla Meerkatz
Sylvia Sandell
Janice Saylor
Fran Litty
Evelyn Shenk
Signe Hanquist
Ann Guthrie
Margaret Johnson
Hilda Warnick
Beulah Widga
Connie Ang
Beverly Bills
Marsha Carlstrom
Wilda Holmes
Hannah Hahn
Garnet Miller
Jean Nielsen
Jo Richey
Theresia van Ostrand
Frances Carlstrom
Lynda Sundberg
Donna Werer
Corrine Adelson
Gerry Kealiher
Jo Ostberg
Myrtle Johnson
Grace Shostrom
Honorably discharged sailor served 10 years aboard Kitty Hawk Constellation
Carl W. Salchow received an honorable discharge from the U S Navy after 10 years as an electronic technician in counter warfare measures. He served during the Vietnam era aboard the USS Kitty Hawk and the USS Constellation, with duty in the South China Sea on three occasions. He now serves in the United States Navy Reserves.
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Carl W. Salehow
Atri
United States Navy
Constellation
South China Sea
Mr Salchow
Newtons Dined With Mrs Lott On Thursday
Mr and Mrs Duane Newton were dinner guests of Mrs Margaret Lott on Thursday. The short note records a social visit and the host's hosting role in a local community social scene.
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Duane Newton
Margaret Lott
Cleaning Crusade Ends With Grey Velvet Shutters Reminder
A homemaker recounts a solo cleaning spree from dusty shutters to cobwebbed fixtures. She battles chaos, recalls a May 1972 milestone, and endures family interruptions while reshaping a room and muting comments about the now gleaming space.
Linds Visit Osceola Hospital Then Swede Plain Study Group
Mr and Mrs Lennis Lind were Sunday evening visitors of Mrs Horace Stevens in the Osceola Hospital. The Swede Plain Study Class met at the home of Mrs Lloyd Widga Monday afternoon.
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Lennis Lind
Horace Stevens
Osceola Hospital
Lloyd Widga
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Polk Community Club
Lowell Bilis
Vern Jones
Don Miller
Harold Anderson
Harold
Kirk Sterns
Billy Carlstrom
Bob Brazda
Brazda
Paul Stevens
Prairie Creek
Bloodmobile
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Hilton
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