Ken Sand named Des Moines Southeast Polk district leader
Ken Sand formerly Polk schools superintendent returns to Iowa to head the 17 administrator Southeast Polk Community School District in Des Moines. The district includes Mitchellville Altoona Runnells Pleasant Hill Rising Sun and Adelphi with over 200 teachers and 3400 students. Sand earned a PhD in Education in 1966 and previously led Shenandoah schools for eight years.
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Ken Sand
Polk
Iowa
Des Moines
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Ken
Shenandoah
Mitchellville
Altooria
Runnells
Pleasant Hill
Rising Sun
Adelphi
Dean Myers
School Board Seeks Voters OK for Shop and School Building
The board asks approval of a $375 000 elementary school building and a $24 000 shop building to expand vocational training. Insurance funds totaling $271 000 offset building costs while a $361 000 bond is planned, with contingencies. The shop will free space in the high school and improve welding, forge, and woodworking areas.
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Community Concert by Chorale of Western Bible Institute
The Chorale of Western Bible Institute directed by Ronald Foote Jr. will give a sacred concert at Polk High School in Denver on Monday April 1 at 7 30 p m. The 27 member group will perform Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing Our Sacrifice of Praise Christ The Lord Is Risen Today and How Great Thou Art. Hosted by the Free Church and Baptist Church of Polk an offering will defray choir expenses.
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Chorale of
Western Bible Institute
Denver
Colo
Polk High School
Ronald Foote, Jr
Free Church
Baptist Church of Polk
Tim Benson wins state AAU wrestling title in Lincoln
Tim Benson, 14, of Kearney claimed the state AAU wrestling championship at Hast High Lincoln on March 23 in the 190 lb intermediate division. The victory qualified him for the National AAU meet in June. he is son of Shari Benson and grandson of Mr and Mrs Paul Stevens.
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Tim Benson
Kearney
Hast High
Lincoln
Tim
Shari Benson
Paul Stevens
Polk
Bingo Party at Legion Hall for Seniors
A bingo party for senior citizens will be held at the Legion Hall on Wednesday, April 3. All seniors are invited to attend for an afternoon of games and socializing.
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Emember
the Legion Hall
Services Thursday For William Blender 90
William Blender 90 of rural Polk died Sunday noon at Aurora Memorial Hospital. He was born December 13 1883 in York County near Benedict. He married Lydia Smith in Loup City on November 4 1909. He received a merit certificate in 1957 for 50 years shipping livestock to Omaha. Survivors include his wife two sons two daughters eight grandchildren three great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m Arborville Congregational Church Rev Richard Bauer officiating burial Arborville Cemetery.
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William Blender
Polk
Aurora Memorial Hospital
Blender
York County
Benedict
Edward
Louise Blessman Blender
Lydia Smith
Loup City
Omaha
William
Everett
Francis
Marie) Doremus
Stromsburg
Arthur Worth
Bradshaw
Arborville Congregational Church
Richard Bauer
Arborville Cemetery
County Republican Ladies Luncheon Set for April 1
A luncheon is planned for Monday April 1 at 12 30 at the Swede Plain Methodist Church in Polk. Speaker will be Mrs Jack Langford Nebraska Federation of Republican Women 3rd State Vice President with musical numbers. First luncheon of 1974. RSVP by March 29 to Sylvia Sandell Hanquist Widga or Reuben Hanquist.
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Swede Plain Methodist
Polk
Jack Langford
Nebraska Federation of Republican Women
Sylvia Sandell
Maxine Hanquist
Helga Widga
Reuben Hanquist
San dells Celebrate 4th Wedding Anniversary At Open House
Mary Lou Carmen and Ken Sandell held an open house Sunday afternoon and evening at the Elwood Sandell home for their parents 40th anniversary. Relatives and friends from Ord Columbus Grand Island Lincoln York Stromsburg Aurora Greeley joined with over 40 attendees, with several distant well wishes including Mrs Robert Tupper of Oklahoma City and Mrs Jerry Jones of Darien, Ill.
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Orlie Miller
Polk Baptist Church
Noel Kealiher
Dwayne Miller
Don Miller
Stauffer
Alvin Rizar
Geneva
Robert Merchant
Mary Lou
Carmen
Ken Sandell
Elwood Sandell
Ord
Columbus
Grand Island
Lincoln
York
Stromsburg
Aurora
Greeley Cole
Open House for Ruth Aker’s 80th Birthday
Friends and relatives are invited to an open house for Ruth Aker at her Polk home on Tuesday April 2 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. No gifts please.
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Ruth Aker
Polk
Shenk Couple Welcome Daughter Angela Dawn
Mr and Mrs Charles Shenk are the proud parents of a baby daughter born on Friday March 22. Angela Dawn weighs 7 pounds and has namesakes in the grandparents Mrs Evelyn Shenk and Mr and Mrs Max Jones, with great grandmother Mrs Margaret Jones and great great grandmother Mrs Annabelle Wurtz of the Covenant Home in Stromsbure.
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Charles Shenk
Angela
Dawn
Evelyn Shenk
Max Jones
Margaret Jones
Annabelle Wurtz
Covenant Home
Stromsbure
Have You Noticed Ladies and Their Pants Fashion
A personal essay traces the shift of women toward wearing pants from childhood knee scrapes to teenage jeans, marriage, and housework, noting social double standards and a humorous kitchen-sink reveal. The narrator tries a dress for a family outing and discovers how pants conceal many wardrobe sins, with humorous reactions from her family.
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