Progress Files Brief Local Social Notes from Polk
Doc Williams moves into West Polk first grade and kindergarten present a musical. J B Williams and wife will move into the Nelson home on West Hill in Polk. Numerous community events include PTA musicals, a spring party by the American Legion Auxiliary, and a smorgasbord in York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Williams
West Polk
J. B. Williams
J. W. Nelson
West Hill
Polk
Nelson
Leroy
Paul Strand
Rolland Dahlin
Grand Island
J. E. McDaniel
Mildred
Malta
American Legion Auxiliary
A. W. Shafer
William Parkinson
Neligh
York
Aurora
Home Society Welcomes New Member and Socializes
Home Society met with Mrs M O Johnson on Wednesday March 19 with thirteen members and three visitors present. Mrs Lyle Widga joined as a new member. After business, Kings Korners was played and Mrs Mary Monson won the hostess gift. A pot luck lunch followed. Mr and Mrs Ivan Johnson attended Warren Herron’s funeral at Aurora Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlie Miller
Arthur Bates
Bates
Nebraska College
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Charles Whittemore
W. J. Kroger
Standard Oil Co
Nebraska
Sugar Creek
Missouri
Merle Stromberg
Mr. Kroger
Leo Wurtz
Arnold Isaacson
Everett Green
Lloyd Stromberg
Nick McNaught
Lincoln
N. E. McNaught
Willard Lindburg
Shelby
Home Society
M. O. Johnson
Lyle Widga
Kings Korners
Mary Monson
Ivan Johnson
Warren Herron
Aurora
Farmers urged to unite for better prices in inflation era
In a letter from Polk County NF0 leader Bob Baker the author notes that farmers earned 3 percent on investment in 1967 while labor yielded nothing and parity fell from 74 percent in 1967 to 13 percent in 1968. He urges farmer organization for price gains. Dennis Sealey joins Kappa Delta Pi honors at Wayne State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Baker
Polk County
N.F.O
Dennis Sealey
Wayne
Nebraska
Kappa Delta Pi
Wayne State College
Polk
Local notices list Hastings guests and family visits
Mrs Beulah Gustafson of Hastings was a Sunday overnight and Monday guest of Mrs Emma Johnson. Mr and Mrs Wayne Creech and family and Mr and Mrs Ivan Johnson were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs M O Johnson. Mr and Mrs Ivan Johnson attended the funeral of Wayne's grandmother, Mrs Elzadie Hall at McCool on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Community Chorus
Man of Sorrows
Ralph Johnson
Stromsburg
Robert Merchant
Floyd Lyle
Daryl Gierhan
Ted Lyle
York
Faithful Workers Club
McCloud
Beulah Gustafson
Hastings
Emma Johnson
Wayne Creech
Ivan Johnson
M. O. Johnson
Wayne
Elzadie Hall
McCool
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. C. Troyer
St. Joseph
Troyer
Vail and Troyer
McGaffin
Veal
Polk 'N Mutton Club
Ed Anderson
T. A. Stevens
August Nelson
Earl Clark
Omaha
Dover
Arnon
Eral
PTA
High Prairie School
Charles Peterson
York College
Swift & Co
Oscar Jones
Dizzy Dozen
Swede Plain Cemetery
Swede Plain Church
Lennis Lind
Swede Plain Cemetery Association
Legion Club
Norris W. Alfred
Association
Patronize Progress
Boardman’s
Stromsburg, Nebr
Polk, Nebraska
Gerald Stevens
Harold Anderson
Donald Bjerrum
Roger Merchant
Village Board OF Trustees
Dean Myers
Ralph Redman
Dick Harless
Dave Moore
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