Civil War Veteran Abraham Shockey Dies and War Bride Arrives
Civil War veteran Abraham Shockey dies April 12 at his daughter's home in West Kensington Pennsylvania. English war bride Hilda Mary Warnick arrives in Polk. The progress includes social visits, theatre notices, and community updates across Polk with local births, travels, and plans.
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Abraham Shockey
Hilda Warnick
Polk
West Kensington
Cohagen’s
C. H. Lindburg
White Cross
Steele
Philip Sack
Wilbur Whitacre
Clay Center
Clay Center Woman's Club
KMMJ
W. A. Wurtz
Ed Larson
Herbert Wurtz
York Hospital
Willard Tenney
Lamar
Colo
Co. V. Lind
University Place
Amel Lind
Polk Progress Classifieds and Notices
Entered as second class matter at the Polk Nebraska post office under the 1879 act. Subscription rates listed: $4.00 for year in Nebraska, $5.00 elsewhere, 3 months or monthly options. Card of Thanks and obituary poetry charged per line. advertising rates per column inch.
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Polk
Nebraska
Nebr
Savings Bond Sales Jump Across Nation in March
National sales rose sharply in March per N R Phillips state director. County totals reached 46944 in March and 139469 for the first quarter, equaling 35 2 percent of the 1966 county quota as reported by Warren E Johnson county chairman.
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U. S
N. R. Phillips
Warren E. Johnson
Polk County News Sailing Through A Week Of Local Tales
Last week residents welcomed visitors and shared family milestones. Mrs. Warnick celebrated marriage since 1945 while a Polk native resident. A baby girl arrived at Stromsburg hospital for Mr and Mrs Clarence Creech. Stuart Pengelly, home from Omaha, visited Sundbergs and works in insurance. The week included guests from Lincoln and North Platte and a Tarzan and the Amazons film at Polk Theatre.
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Leonard Warnick
Clarence Creech
Stromsburg Hospital
Stuart Pengelly
Scottsbluff
Omaha
A. B. Sundberg
Stuart
Polk
Ray Werner
Lincoln
L. Twarling
Dan Chamberlain
Tony
North Platte
Geo. Wurtz
Polk Theatre
Alice Lindburg
Oakland
Calif
C. H. Lindburg
Albert Lundberg
Glen Babcock
Pawnee City
Reuben Hanquist
Ernest Gleim
J.G. Ernie Gleim
Max Gleim
Florida
Emma Johnson
Carl Harris
C. E. Johnson
N. E. McNeely
Fullrton
W. C Steel
Will Wright
Charles Johnson Home
Musk Thistle Control Week And Seed Certification Dates
Polk County Extension notes this week urges Musk Thistle control across the county and reminds that seed certification applications for wheat oats barley rye and other crops are due May 20. The Extension Board plans to host a University of Nebraska work study student this summer in the Extension Office.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Polk County Extension Board
University of Nebraska
Aurora couple guests at Ivan Johnson home
Agatha Orendorff and Francis Isaman of Aurora were supper guests in the Ivan Johnson home a week ago Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agatha Orendorff
Francis Isaman
Aurora
Ivan Johnson
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Emil Samuelson
E. E. Edwards
Lawrence Sundberg
Grand Island
Union Pacific
Vincent Jones
Middlebrook
Victor Kerker
van Bush
Donald Hanquist
Gene Stratton Porter
Keeper of the Bees
Viking Theatre
C. H. Lindbury
Bakersfield
Floyd Hedburg
David Beck
Free Methodist Church
Fairfield
R. B. Lytle
Great Lakes
Ill
Portsmouth
Hilda Mary Warnick
Lloyd Wright
State Board of Education
Roy E. Horst
Zlomke Furniture
Central
Spcfar
Loran
Congress
Schmit
David City
Neb
Certified
Extension Board
Wegner Monument Company
Central City, Nebraska
Purina
Polk Grain Co
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