Polk Progress Letter From Crestview Nebrand Weather Debate
A Crestv iew Florida letter from editor Ben Peterson discusses Nebraska politics with a Democratic governor, weather swings in February, and a tornado rainstorm. It notes heavy rainfall, a wind storm, and outlook on crops while greeting coffee drinkers and signing off with a subscription check.
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Crestview
Florida
Alfred and Polk
Nebrand
Norris
Ben
Nell
Peterson
Main St
Polk
Nebraska
Shiela O'Shea Named State Homemaker Honor Mention
Shiela O'Shea won the 1971 Polk High School Homemaker title and earned an honorable mention in the state contest. She ranks among the top five homemakers in the state from a field of 7,476 senior girls across 352 high schools. Judy O'Shea, her sister, was Polk High School Homemaker in 1965.
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Shiela O’shea
Polk High School
Judy
Sheila
Polk students offered optional TB tests on April 20
Grades 1 6 and 9 students and staff may take tuberculin tests administered by the State Health Department on Tuesday April 20 at the school. Consent forms were sent home and are requested back even if parents decline the test.
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State Health Department
Gary Stohl Named West Coast SMS Installation Director
Gary G. Stohl formerly from Polk has been appointed Los Angeles Installation Director for Shared Medical Systems Corporation. He will direct a team of Installation Directors on the West Coast as SMS, based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, expands hospital computing services. Stohl now resides in Playa del Rey, California.
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Gary G. Stohl
Polk
Los Angeles
Shared Medical Systems Corporation
SMS
Mr Stohl
West Coast
King of Prussia
Pennsylvania
Playa del Ray
California
Community Chorus Practice and Local Visits Noted
Community Chorus rehearses Sunday at 2 30 PM in the high school gym. Alvina Lind visited the Merle LaVelle home Monday afternoon. Families Widgs and Frances Widgs traveled to Lincoln for lunch with Sydney Widga and attended a recital where Sydney played a trombone solo. Walter Nelson visited Mary Salchow in Central City hospital Saturday evening. Ron Champoux of Omaha visits mother Ethel Ostrander this week. Vance Stohl of Lincoln spent the weekend with his parents Walter and Nettie Carlson and Ellsworth visited Wallace Lind Sunday evening.
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Donavin Widgs
Frances Widgs
Lincoln
Sydney Widga
Sydney
Watler Nelson
Mary Salchow
Central City Hospital
Ron Champoux
Omaha
Ethel Ostrander
Vance Stohl
Walter Stohl
Nettie Carlson
Ellsworth
Wallace Lind
Ernie Lott 82 Dies After Hospital Visit
Ernie Lott aged 82 died at Osceola hospital Tuesday around 10 pm after being taken there an hour earlier by the Polk Rescue Unit. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the medical facility.
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Ernie Lott
Osceola Hospital
Polk Rescue
Former Teacher Dies in California
Mrs Orin Purvis died Wednesday March 17 in Los Angeles after an extended illness. She taught briefly in Polk schools many years ago under the name Elsie Lobaugh and was a sister of Wilbur Whitacre of Polk.
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Orin Purvis
Los Angeles
California
Wilbur Whitacre
Polk
Elsie Lobaugh
Polk Spelling Contest Announces County Winners
Lori Hanquist of Polk finished second in the fifth and sixth grade division at Osceola on March 20. In the seventh and eighth grade group Janet Kamporitz of Shelby won first and will go to the Midwest Spelling Bee in Omaha on April 24. Lori Hanquist advances to the district contest in Fairbury on April 1.
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Lori Hanquist
Polk
Osceola
Don Hanquist
Jim Bell
Stromsburg
Amy Johnson
Laura Coffin
Shelby
Janet Kamporitz
John Kamporitz
Polk County
Omaha
Kent Rodine
DeVern Rodine
Gale Neujahr
Tobin Anderson
Max Clymer
Lana Bills
Debbie Creech
Gail Samuelson
Mark Clymer
Curtis Burney
Lori Hangquist
Peggy Neeman
Fairbury
Baptists Dedicate New Church Furnishings
A dedication service at the First Baptist Church in Polk on March 14 marked the installation of new blue green carpet and padded pews from February 18 and two weeks later. Rev. Paul Lundgren of the Great Plains Baptist Conference delivered the message. The choir performed Eternal Life and Maurice Lindburg gave a brief history of prior furnishings while Bob Merchant read scripture and Wallace Sandell offered the dedicatory prayer.
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First Baptist
Polk
Paul Lundgren
Great Plains Baptist Conference
Eternal Life
Olive Dungan
Maurice Lindburg
Bob Merchant
Wallace Sandell
Baby Scott Douglas Stevens Born at Bassett Army Hospital
Here I Am Capt. and Mrs. Douglas L Stevens announce the birth of a baby boy named Scott Douglas on March 19 at Bassett Army Hospital Fort Wainwright Alaska Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Earl Stevens of Polk and Mr and Mrs Eldon Johnson of Osceola.
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Douglas L. Stevens
Scott Douglas
Bassett Army Hospital
Fort Wainwright
Alaska
Earl Stevens
Polk
Eldon Johnson
Osceola
Sound His Praises To Be Given Sunday
An evening of sacred music presented by Ron Foote Jr tenor and Mary Stauffer organist at the First Baptist Church Polk on Sunday March 28 An organ prelude at 7 15 will include Choral in A Minor by Cesar Franck Other organ works include Mendelssohn Bach Vierne Widor and a vocal selection list The public is cordially invited.
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Ron Foote
Mary Stauffer
First Baptist Church
Polk
Cesar Franck
Mendelssohn
Vivaldi
Bach
Vierne
Widor
Malotte
Jesus
O’hara
Randel
Messiah
Christ
O'Hara
Heavenly Father
Shea
Orian Jerner Funeral Held in Lincoln
Orlan Jerner former Polk resident died in Lincoln last week and his funeral was held Monday. He was a brother in law of Wilbur Whitacre of Polk. Attending the services were Mr and Mrs Ralph Johnson of Stromsburg and Mr and Mrs Wilbur Whitacre.
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Orlan Jerner
Polk
Lincoln
Wilbur Whitacre
Ralph Johnson
Stromsburg
Busy Beavers 4-H Club Meets at Hardville Town Hall
The Busy Beavers 4-H Club met at Hardville Town Hall on Tuesday March 16 with Wayne Persons family hosting. They discussed calf weighing in Aurora on Saturday March 20 and announced the next meeting on April 13 hosted by the Don Lampshire family.
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Beavers
Hardville Town Hall
Wayne Persons
Aurora
Don Lampshire
Craig Garrett
Noticed Hayseed in the City Nights
A country dweller recounts clumsy attempts to fit into urban life. Nights bring noise and a near scare of carbon monoxide as sisters in apartment living reveal the contrast with single family houses and the old-fashioned fear of danger in a city apartment.
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Polking
University of Nebraska
Gary Stonl
Alvina Lind
Merle LaVelle
Baptists
Main Street
Ray Oberhauser
Lindsay
Diane
David Fjell
Russell Fjell
Oberhauser
Schuyler
Fjell
Columbus
Orian Jerner
Buzy Beavers
Harvey Sundberg
Harvey
Raymond Sundberg
Lynn Sundberg
Corey
Doug Sundberg
Jeffrey
Harold Anderson
Family of
Oak
Harry Anderson
John Peterson
Hardsville
Anderson Home
Larry Bengston
Kearney
Galen’ Sterner
Gary Rasmussen
Trumbull
Dorothy Anderson
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Julia Flodman
Marshal Redman
Marty
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