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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
1
IM Lutheran Church announces regular services Sunday at 10 30 a m and radio Lutheran Hour at 3 30 p m on WWARY Visitors welcome Midweek Lent services held Wednesdays at 8 p m at Town Hall with final serviceApril 6 on the topic What Think Ye of Christ.
E E Pengelly, minister, invites all to Sunday School at 10, Morning Worship at 11, and Evening Services at 7 30. A Good Friday service April 16 will discuss The Cross on Christ Christ Upon the Cross and the seven last words. Penny meal plan raised 20 16 with 11 families absent. hymn books next. Standard Bearers meet April 5 and W F M S women and mothers invited.
Pastor L J Montzingo invites at 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 morning worship 7:15 P M YPMS 8:00 Evangelistic Service Thursday 8:00 Prayer Meeting Springtime hour change and Easter theme. The pastor expresses hope for another revival soon and asks prayers for souls to be saved. Eternity Where?
Paul E. Carlson, pastor, announces evening services at 7 30 oclock at the Free Mission Church.
Rev R M Bailey and the First Baptist Church announce all evening services move to 8:00 PM starting Sunday night until further notice. Guild Girls meet Monday at 8:00 PM. BYPU Thursday 8:00 PM. choir rehearsals follow midweek BYPU. Easter cantata planned for April 17. Annual meeting April 8 at 3 PM. all members urged to attend.
The Polk High School Dramatic Club play Sparkin earned Superior at the Holdrege district contest last Friday and received the Trophy. Cast members Laura Johnson Margaret Pitkerel Thais Belle Lackey and Billy Allison were named. Mr. Allison was judged best actor.
The Pleasant Hill Mission Circle met with Mrs. Faye Beardsley on a Wednesday afternoon to hear short articles on mission work in India and by the American Sunday School Union. Rev H EB Udd, district superintendent, gave a summary of district activities. A lunch was served. The next circle meeting is set with Mrs. Will Johnson on Thursday April 14 with Mrs Hjalmar Shostrom as hostess.
Nebraska counties receive a 6 700 000 acre corn quota and a 15 000 000 acre depleting crop allotment for 1938 under the 1938 agricultural adjustment act. Allocations reflect 1928–37 crop data with adjustments for production trends AA and other factors. Polk County totals show 159 120 acres depleting allotment and 92 852 corn allotment.
Nebraska vehicle records show 447,900 licenses issued in 1937, surpassing the prior peak of 445,518. Revenue from licenses and registrations totaled 2,186,381, with gains across most vehicle types except passenger cars. Polk County reports 3,813 vehicles and 17,099 dollars in fees for 1937.
Dewey J. DeBoer, transmission engineer, says Loup River public power districts will begin line tests midweek and east half farmers start regular service around April 3. Fred Albert reports seepage problem easing as Lake Babcock drops four feet, lowering strain for months. May 1 set to energize 350 miles of rural lines in Polk county district. 14 miles to connect with Loup River district under construction. Julian Ludden named maintenance engineer.
An ambulance owned by Mr. Christensen of St Paul Nebraska crashed into a corn truck three miles west of Osceola around 9 Tuesday evening. The ambulance occupants three St Paul men suffered minor cuts and a broken rib but received medical care then continued to St Paul. The truck driver from Arcadia was uninjured. The ambulance was badly damaged.
Nebraska residents hold $7.29 per capita in government baby bonds, according to a treasury department report. State total reached $10,041,887 as of August 31, with Columbus leading first class post offices in sales, Seward second class, and Osceola Weston third and fourth classes. Lincoln ranks second among first class offices with sales totaling $1,087,043.75 since March 1935.
The Polk Commercial Club highlights Polk’s reputation as a clean, friendly and busy town with a well known band and vibrant shops. Upcoming events include Regular monthly meeting April 11 Clean-Up days April 12 13 Spring Opening Day April 16 with committees led by Howard Herbes Arnold Isaacson Sundberg Dave Eckdahl and F W Davis H W Schultz P J Garten and Glenn Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Moderow marked twenty years of marriage with a Friday evening gathering at their farm home. Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Juergensen and numerous friends attended, Pastor Juergensen spoke on the 103rd Psalm, school children sang, and guests presented a monetary remembrances.
The Swede Home Ladies Club hosts Mrs. Frank Bolton and guests. Farmers Union meets at Swede Home hall Friday evening. numerous local visits and dinners listed, with names including Fredrickson Bolton Larson Coover Sandberg Messinger Shallberg Nelson and Johnson. Swede Home Luther League program Sunday and Sunday School practice noted. Advertising line ends the item.
Polk Commercial Club sponsors a Saturday Easter celebration with a 3 PM egg hunt for children under high school age. Candy eggs will be eaten, while colored eggs contain cash prizes from 1c to 10c. The event promises music, gaiety, and bargains as Polk invites shoppers to spend the day there.
Edith McMurrin born November 1890 on her parents homestead near Marquette. She married Charles Burgess in December 1914 and lived at the Arborville Burgess Estate. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM Wednesday from the house with interment in Arborville Cemetery. She leaves husband Charles and a large family including father, daughters, sons and siblings.
National Air Mail Week runs May 15 to 21 with a nationwide push to form state and district committees. Paul R Younts Charlotte postmaster leads as national chairman guiding plans to energize public interest in aviation and air mail through contests, ceremonies and memorial cachets at Kitty Hawk and across 46 000 communities. Miss Louise Baack visited relatives at Loup City over the weekend.
Polk High squads captured the Golden Rod Conference championship and won the district Class B meet by finishing 17 wins in 20 games. They finished the season with a state meet loss to Dorchester and featured players Bill Allison Merlin Wright Burdette Peterson Everett Cramer Marvin Branting and coach Biffar with student manager in the back row.
Champions Harlan Dose and Principal Robert Strickland lead a front row including Floyd Peterson Don Peterson Ross Goethe Marvin Branting John Gustafson and Max Peterson in a World-Herald Sports News Service photo.
Clair McCormick leaves Sunday for Western Iowa then northwestern Missouri to take a salesman post with Gooch Mills in Lincoln. Miss Darlene Nelson and others in York suffer injuries in a crash near the Swedish Baptist Church. both cars wrecked. Mrs. Andrew Nyquist dies at 63 after long illness. funeral held at J. L. Olson Funeral Home with Rev. Simon Carlson. Nyquist survived by husband, daughter, and siblings Leonard and Theodore Johnson and Mrs. Charles Lambert. Stromsburg plans summer electrical rebuild under WPA funds. Klepering of David City speaks at Women’s Civic Improvement Club meeting. Fourth District Nebraska Federation of Women’s Clubs convention set for April 19–20. New officers elected: Pres. Mrs. Frank Nordberg. VP Mrs. J. T. Stanton. Sec. Mrs. Arthur D. Morrill. Treas. Mrs. Jennie Stanton. Corr. Sec. Mrs. W. M. Scott. Auditor Miss Eva Mouden.
Hordville captured the cup at a Trumbull music contest on Friday with six of nine entries rated superior and three rated excellent. The traveling trophy went to Hordville for the best number performed by the mixed chorus. A large Hordville crowd attended the event.
The Faithful Workers Club met at Mrs. H. A. Cramer’s home March 23 with 18 members and 4 visitors. An officer election followed the business session. Program leader Mrs. Forrest Berggren presented Tropic Nites from Readers Digest. Refreshments were served by Mesdames Walgres and Hanson.
The Country Womens Club met at Mrs Hugo Persons home with 13 members and 5 visitors. Officers elected were Mrs Mervin Samuels President Mrs Don Lindholm Vice President and Mrs Emil Person Treasurer. A two course luncheon followed. Mark Timm of Osceola was here on business Tuesday.
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