Trains Reach Polk in Snow With Three Engines
Three engines pushed a passenger train through deep March snow to Polk arriving around midnight last Thursday. By Friday morning the same train reached Polk two hours late with two engines.
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Polk
F. W. Benjamin
Charles Lindburg
Axel Jones
Lincoln
New Baptist Church
Bryan
Olof Ostlund
Oscar Dahlin
August Gustafson
Edwin Sahlen
Swede Plain Methodist Church
Frank Anderson
Mabel
Walter J. Widga
Swede Plain Church
John Pressinger
Julesburg
Colo
D. M. Buckner
Polk Progress notice and distribution details
The Polk Progress provides publication details for Polk Nebraska including editor and publisher Norris W. Alfred, second class mail status, post office filing, advertising per column, and subscription rates for Nebraska and elsewhere. Also notes obituary, poetry, card of thanks, and single copy items.
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Polk
Nebraska
Home Society Meets With Mae Johnson
The Home Society met at Mae Johnson's home on Wednesday, March 15, with ten members present. Irene Widga, the president, led the business session and the group voted to send 15.00 to the Nebraska Children’s Home. Evelyn Shenk read topics about the Children’s Home, won high in cards, Rea Johnson had the low, and Irene Widga received the hostess gift. The meeting closed with the Lord's Prayer and an all hostess lunch planned with Myrtle Johnson in April.
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Home Society
Mae Johnson
Irene Widga
Nebraska Childrens Home
Evelyn Shenk
Rea Johnson
Myrtle Johnson
Local visits mark weekend in Polk County
Lynette and Sheila Flodman spent Saturday afternoon visiting their great grandmother Mrs Julia Flodman and shared a luncheon. Jane Fredrickson and Leilani Stohl called Sunday afternoon on their grandmother. Mr and Mrs Wallace Sandell and Mrs Hannah Bodine were Thursday evening guests of Mrs Emma Johnson.
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Blanche Peterson
Omaha
Immanuel Lutheran Invalids Home
Louise Baack
Norman Reetz
Fred Reetz
Bradshaw
Ted Alfred
Doyle Sundberg
Mike Williams
Hastings
Ted
Polk High School
Lynette
Sheila Flodman
Julia Flodman
Jane Fredrickson
Leilani Stohl
Wallace Sandell
Hannah Bodine
Emma, Johnson
Polk Social Roundup Hits Week with Visits and Meetings
Sunday evening guests at Leonard Anderson home included Robert Taylor Benedict Fern Draucker Stromsburg and Oscar and Henry Blase. Tea at Emmet Shoup house showcased Carla Shoup and Richard Blase gifts. Louie Blase visited Elmer Wilshusen in Litzenburger Central City hospital Monday. Portland Oregon residents Martin Baumann and relatives will dine with Louie Blase Tuesday. Max Kroger and daughters of Kearney were weekend guests of Paul Coover and birthday celebrations joined by Larry Coo ver family. Carroll Flodman received a long distance call from Deland San Diego. Richard Johnson Dale Nyberg families visited Doniphan and Stuhr Museum Grand Island.
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Henry Blase
Lowe Blase
Emmet Shoup
Carla Shoup
Richard Blase
Louie Blase
Elmer Wilshusen
Litzenburger Hospital
Central City
Martin Baumann
Portland
Oregon
York and Polk
Max Kroger
Kearney
Paul Coover
Larry Coover
Carroll Flodman
Deland
San Diego
Calif
Richard Johnson
Dale Nyberg
Doniphan
Stuhr
Cem Association Meeting Set for April 5 at Swede Plain Church
The Cemetery Association will meet in the Swede Plain Church basement on Wednesday April 5 1972 at 8 p.m. to elect two members to the Board.
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Cemetery Association
Swede Plain
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Oscar Strand
Strand Lumber
Webster Bay
Denver
Smith Bros. Lumber
Shelby
Billie McGaffin
McGaffin
I. D. Huston
Polk County
Floyd Quick
Baby
Roy Calhoon
Andy Sundberg
Roy Strasburg
Albert Peterson
Lillie Brauer
Barthold Baack
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Emma Wilson
Elmer Johnson
Joe Johnson
Pollock
Dort Auto
Nel Ostberg
North Platte
Carter
Ostberg
Herman Stach
Manley Fisher
Ed Kisler
Coral Huffmaster
Dwight
Ruth
Martin Fisher
Murphy
Virginia
Carl Mundt
Arlene Kroger
Irene
Kenneth Samuels
W. P. Miller
Theo Larson
Raymond Sundberg
Alfred Jones
Ben Peterson
A. C. Jones
Clifford Quick
Ben Guidinger
Edith
Norman
Glenn
Marjorie
Montana
Arborville
Guidinger
Andy Cline
Ben
Harry Guidinger
Clarence Anderson
Richard Widga
Charles Ang
Laverna
Marvin
John Seymour
High Prairie
Orpha Ekstrom
Irene Forss
Frank Bolton
Columbus
Oscar Gustafson
Richard
York
Roger
Dale Nymen
Eulala Stromberg
San Francisco
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Will Garling
W. L. Kerker
Sioux City
Iowa
C. A. Carlson
George Reed
Marvin Fredrickson
Lloyd Stromberg
E. L. Stewart
Clifford Cramer
Dean Myers
Paul Holmes
P. W. Aker
Everett Green
Merle Stromberg
Alton Wilhelms
Rena Mae Willits
Helen Dickey
Palisade
State University
Grant Willits
Homer Ramsey
McCool
Lander
Wyoming
Harvey Wochner
M. G. Lindburg
Josephine Lindburg
Anna Englund
Los Angeles
P. W. ‘Aker
Ed Ostberg
Dof Ostberg
Wood River
California
Alabama
Milton Anderson
Roy Ehn
Theatre Osceola
Billy Jack
Tom Laughlin
Delores Taylor
Legion Hall
Anew Eteene
Nebraska Association
Leonard Anderson
Robert Taylor
Benedict
Fern Draucker
Stromsburg
Oscar Anderson
Lennis Lind
Swede Plain Cemetery Association
Bulk Feed Service
Farmers Coop. Grain Ass’n
Polk, Nebraska
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