Missionary Don Schidler to Speak at First Baptist May 15
The Gospel Missionary Union official Don P. Schidler will address the First Baptist Church on Wednesday May 15 at 8 pm. The undenominational group operates in Sudan Morocco French West Africa Colombia and Ecuador and will show color pictures of work among South American heathen including Amazon headwaters headhunters. Curios will be available and the public is invited.
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Don &P. Shidier
Gospel Missionary Union of
Kansas City
First Baptist Church
The
Gospel Missionary Union
YMCA
Nebraska
Sudan
Morocco
West Africa
Colombia
Ecuador
South America
Amazon
Polk County Selective Board Names 3 Recruits for Armed Forces
The Polk County Local Selective Board announced that Howard L. Kosch Shelby Joseph EB. Headman and Charles L. Nelson from Stromsburg have been accepted for service and departed to begin military training.
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Polk County
Nice Rains Visit Polk County
The Polk County crop outlook brightened after 2.32 inches of rain spread across the county. Farmers welcomed the moisture as crops perk and lawns recovered from drought while the rainfall arrived gradually over about a week.
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Polk County
Stromsburg Social Notes Reach Out Across States
Glen Lindburg left Friday evening for Las Vegas Nevada after spending weeks in the R. E. Nelson and C. P. Nelson homes. Mrs Alex Swan returned to Stromsburg after wintering with her daughter and husband in Julesburg Colorado. Hollywood visitors at Earl Carrolls Theatre Restaurant included Mrs Victor Ek Wilson and daughter Mrs D Leeling former Stromsboro residents and son Allan Wilson of New York City who is an advertising council executive.
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Glen Lindburg
Las Vegas
Nevada
R. E. Nelson
C. P. Nelson
George Gericke
Compton
California
Lyal Lund
Alex Swan
Stromeburg
Ernest Campbell
Julesburg
Colorado
Earl Carroll
Theatre
Hollywood
Victor Ek. Wilson
D. Leeling
Los Angeles
Stromsboro
Allan Wilson
New York City
Gene Pattison
Advertising Council of America
Harbert Hotchkiss
Nebraska
Boyd Ready
Beaver City
Ira W. Ready
Russel Anderson
Chicago
E. Powell
Baldwin Newcomer
Europe
R. L. Clem
Salina
Kansas
Fred Flick
Omaha
Rosetta Knorr
F W Powell
Benedict
David Nance
Kansas City
B. Knorr
Mervin D. Hennings
H. Cox
Lincoln
Lester Michener
Holdrege
Nelson
Wallace McKeag and
Shannon City
Loren Davenport
George Steever
Dorothy Lee
Kearney
LeRoy Carter
Myrtle Graham
Shelby
Nels Wittgren
C. W. Hennings
Arvid Anderson
Lawrence Anderson
Don Anderson
Howard McKeag
Don
Glenwood
Minn
Anderson
McKeag
Ray Werner
Lawrence Twarling
Proposed Nebraska Child Health Week Emphasizes Sanitation and Birth Registration
A Nebraska note advocates May week as Child Health Week focusing on sanitation, safe milk and water, housing, medical care, and guidance. It urges birth registration for all Nebraska babies and explains its importance for school, work permits, civil and military service, and other life needs. It also explains delayed birth registration for those born before 1904 or with missing records.
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Nebraska
Lfe
Polk County Extension News Reports Dairy Interest Growth and Rat Control Efforts
The Polk County Livestock Improvement Association reports a record April for the Glen MacQueen Holstein herd at Silver Creek with ten cows serviced. New members include Charlies Stewart, Harry McCauley, and Adolph Forss. The newsletter covers certification applications, inspection costs, 4-H dairy activities, a state dairy sale, and a county rat control campaign with field equipment usage and a note on a Osceola reupholstery clinic led by Miss Rizpah Douglass.
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Polk County Livestock Improvement Association
Silver Creek
Charlies Stewart
Harry McCauley
Adolph Forss
Pleasant Home Makers 4-H Club Formed Near Polk
A new 4-H Club nicknamed Pleasant Home Makers forms near Polk with projects in Sew and Sewers and cooking. Led by Mrs. Lloyd Hahn and Mrs. Irvin Anderson, the group includes Sheralee and Sondra FRM, Marilyn Hahn, Shirley Hahn, Marlene Anderson, Shirley Stevens, and Dale Anderson.
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Pleasant Home Makers
Polk
Lloyd Hahn
Irvin Anderson
Sheralee
Sondra Frm
Marilyn Hahn
Shirley Hahn
Marlene Anderson
Shirley Stevens
Dale Anderson
Jolly Workers Club meeting postponed indefinitely
The Jolly Worker's Club meeting has been postponed indefinitely. Many local residents attended social visits and family events in the area, including visitors from Chicago Omaha and Lincoln. Newcomers and guests came to homes and hosted gatherings with relatives and friends through the past week.
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Jolly Worker's Club
Market prices for wheat corn oats and eggs
Today prices show wheat at 161, corn at 103844e, oats unclear, eggs around 80. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or dates.
Mrs H A Cramer Dies Suddenl y at 66
Mrs H A Cramer age 66 died at her Polk home Wednesday after several months of ill health. She is survived by her husband six sons Clifford Ivan Emory Harold Everette and Cleoail of Polk and two daughters Mrs F E Sancson of O Neil Nebr and Mrs Dean Nelson of Sterling Cole. Funeral services tentatively set for 2 pm Sunday May 2 at Brauer Funeral Home Polk Obituary to be published next week.
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H. A. Cramer
West Polk
Cramer
Clifford
Ivan
Emory
Harold
Everette
Cleoail
Polk
F E, Sancson
O'Neil
Nebr
Christmas in Connecticut at Polk Theatre
A Christmas in Connecticut feature starring Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan will screen at the Polk Theatre next Sunday with 20th Century Fox News shown Friday and Saturday in addition to the regular program.
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Polk Theatre
Connecticut
Barbara Stanwyck
Dennis Morgan
Mr Chantry
20Th Century Fox News
Arborville social notes of regional visitors and gatherings
Lt Commander R B Lytle and family from Great Lakes are visiting in Arborville en route to Portsmouth. Numerous residents and relatives host and visit through the week including Lindburg, Stouffer, Merchant, Bedient, Otte, Wessel, Bills, Ramsey, Schrader, and others. many Sunday and weekend guestings across Polk and York areas.
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R. B. Lytle
Great Lakes, Jr
Charles Lytle
Portsmouth
Virginia
Mr Lytle
W L. Lindburg
Lincoln
Joan Lindburg
Robert Stevens
C. F. Stouffer
Hastings
Gaylord Hurley
Seattle
Washington
Ralph Fisher and Sons
Polk
Clark ‘Stouffer
W. D. Ely
Aurora
R. BE. Merchant
Lyle Cockle
Gresham
Robert Merchant
Ralph Fisher
James Myers
Benedict
R. D. Stouffer
York
George Otte
Ed Luethe
Goehner
Charles Norquest
P. T. Wurtz
Richard Fenster
Marquette
Lloyd van Housen
John Wochner
Ted Otte Jr
Lois Cockle
Dorothy Miller
Oklahoma City
Lloyd Blair
Carl Bedient
Drake
Kansas
Bedient
Fred Bedient
Tf J Bedient
F. W Bedient
John Wessel
Viola
Maurice Flick
John Bills
Earl Stevens
Nfe McNaugeht
Hugh Ramsey
Wayne Ramsey
Henry Reed
Lester Rehrs
Minnie Smith
Marie
H. J. Bedient
Will Green
F W. Bedient
Maynard Schrader
Pete Schrader
Everett Cramer
News Omitted From This Issue Due to Lost Mail
Editor states several parcels addressed to the office were lost in transit causing omitted news items including the Polk Field Day write up. Space permitting, all items will be published next week and asks readers patience.
English War Bride Seeks New Life in Polk County
Mrs. Hilda Mary Warnick an English war bride arrived last week to live with her husband Leon ard Warnick on a farm five miles east of Polk. She spoke of rationing in England noting limited lard bacon butter sweets and the need for many coupons. The couple married June 20 1945 after meeting in Derby England and she plans to help on the Stromsburg farm with her in laws Mr and Mrs Burt Warnick and their declared readiness for hard work.
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Hilda Mary Warnick
Polk County
Leonard Warnick
Burt Warnick
Polk
England
Hilda
Stromsburg
Warnick
Derby
T-5 Warnick
Welcome Home Registrants Discharged From Armed Forces
Service Board announced today the following registrants have recently been discharged from the armed forces Clifford A Erickson Stromsburg Bert O Hall Stromsburg Earl R Fredrickson Osceola Harold W Bruckner Shelby Edwin WDoremus Benedict Gerald J Hengegler Columbus Elton W Peterson Stromsburg Milton O Johnson Polk Werner H Guenther Columbus John Smith Jr Shelby
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Polk County
Legion Dance postpones Polk VFW meeting at Central City hall
The Polk County VFW notes its regular meeting was postponed due to the Legion Dance and prizes at Central City. A new meeting will be held next Monday May 18 at 7 pm in the hall over C W Moon's store in Shelby. Members and prospective joiners are urged to attend for support.
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Legion
Central City
C. W. Moon
Shelby
National Home Demonstration Week May 5 to 12
Rural women across the United States observe National Home Demonstration Week May 5 to 12 with exhi bits tours meetings and radio programs. Polk County clubs began in 1918 1919 with Wesley Chapel Maple Leaf North Shelby South Shelby and Home Study among charter members and leaders.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Polk County
Wesley Chapel Club
Maple Leaf Club
North Shelby Club
South Shelby Club
Home Study
Ross Richards
Lulu Burns
Wesley Chapel
Frank Miller
George Wieseman
Ben McCormick
Ida Ferris
Maple Leaf
Ray Brigham
Frank McMeekin
Robert McMeekin
North Shelby
George Iland
Fred Merrick
Waumbeam
Lincoln
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Polk High School
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Helen Nelson
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Elwood Rowsey
Dundee Presbyterian Church
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Frank W. Davis
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Gloria Peterson
Auditoricum
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H. M. Williamson
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Milford E. Olson
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Joyce Jones
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Geraldine Miller
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Ada Marie Nelson
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Darwin Newton
Phyllis Peterson
Gloria Peterson Delores Rhode
Richard Sealey
Marjorie Shultz
Lorna Mae Smith
Muriel Warnick
Kenneth Willitusen
Donald Wilson
John Witte
Polk County Medical Society
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Deshler
Henry Ihnen
Henry
Art Deeter
Olie Johansen
Osceola
Rizpah Douglass
Fred Bond
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