Monday Mirth and Kite Flight Delays in Polk County
The Polk ing Progress notes a slow week start with coffee shop chatter and catching up on hobbies and weather. Subscriptions renewed by Martin Baack, and Marlin Peterson shifts from farming to a pre mix feed sales role as kite flying is postponed to May 14 due to windy Nebraska conditions.
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Clarence Bodine
Clarence
Golly
Ol’ Koffee Kup
Koffee Kup
Koffee Ku
Grand Island
Koffee
Harlan Dam
Ol’ Katfish
Martin Baack
Martin
Federal Reserve
Gan Marlin Peterson
Fairfax
Progress
Art Adelson
Polk
Polk Hi
Nebraska
Platte
Progress Office
Miller
Don Miller
Final School Week Busy Schedule From Supt Nielsen
The final school week includes Baccalaureate on Sunday May 14 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. May 15–17 end exams and papers with dismissal 2 20. Honors Night May 16 at 8 p.m. Commencement May 18 at 8 p.m. Report cards issued May 19 with buses operating plus return lunches. no school picnic planned.
Fifteen Polk Lettermen Enter District Track Meet
A squad of 15 Polk lettermen will enter field and track events at the state district track meet in Seward this Friday.
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Polk
Seward
Commencement Speaker Udlock to address Polk High Class of 1967
Frederick E. Udlock Associate Professor of Christian Education and Bible at Hastings College will deliver the commencement address on May 18 for Polk High School's Class of 1967. He is a 1929 Centre College graduate with a 1932 Biblical Seminary Master of Religious Education and a Nebraska education psychology master. He has served Hastings College for 19 years, and he is married with two sons and two grandchildren.
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Frederick E. Udlock
Hastings College
Polk High School
Rev
Udlock
Centre College
Danville
The
Biblical Seminary
New York
University of Nebraska
Adlock
Genoa Wins Goldenrod Conference Track Meet at Stromsburg
Genoa led by senior Larry Pila kowski upset to win the Goldenrod Conference Track and Field Meet held at Stromsburg on Tuesday May 2. Polk Cubs placed fourth with 28 points as Genoa 58 and St Edward 54 topped. New conference records included 1 Mile Relay 3 40 6 by St Edward 2 Mile Relay 9 03 9 by St Edward 100 yd dash 10 2 by Rich Good of St Edward 2 Mile Run 10 50 7 by Dave Fleck of Stromsburg.
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Genoa
Larry Pilakowski
Goldenrod
Stromsburg
Polk Cubs
St. Edward
Osceola
Cubs
Palmer
Silver Creek
Clarks
Polk
Rich Good
Dave Fleck
Steve Saylor
Tom Stevens
Mike Lindburg
Dick Sealey
Steve Carlstrom
Charles Shhenk
Dob Neuhaus
Natalie Hahn Named Maid of Honor at Ivy Day
Natalie Hahn was revealed as Maid of Honor to the May Queen at the University of Nebraska Ivy Day celebration on the Lincoln campus. The May Queen and Maid of Honor are chosen by a popular vote of junior and senior women. Mr and Mrs Dwight Burney attended the ceremonies.
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Natalie Hahn
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Dwight Burney
Hamilton Busy Beavers 4-H Club Meets at Lutheran Church
The Hamilton Busy Beavers Girls 4-H Club held its fifth meeting on May 2 at 4 00 P M in the Lutheran Church basement with Dorothy Bush as hostess. Twenty members attended and discussed project plans. The next meeting is set for May 20 1967 at 2 00 P M with Kande Erickson as hostess.
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Hamilton
Busy Beavers
Lutheran Church
Dorothy Bush
Kande Erickson
Judith Gustafson Carlson Adelson obituary notices 1894 1954
Judith Henrietta Gustafson born near Swede Home Nebraska in 1894 married twice to David N Carlson 1914 and Arthur Adelson 1954. She lived on farms near Polk and was active in Swede Plain and Polk Methodists. She taught Sunday School sang in choirs and wrote religious poems. She died May 4 at 72 years and was buried in Swede Plain Cemetery after funeral services at Polk Methodist Church.
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Judith Henrietta Gustafson
Frank August
Anna Marie Gustafson
Swede Home
Nebr
David N. Carlson
Swede Plain
Melba Ann O’shea
Polk
Lyle David Carlson
Jackson
David Carlson
Arthur Adelson
Judith
Swede Plain Methodist Church
Polk Methodist Church
David
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Our Blessed Saviour
Earth
O. E. Johnson
E. J Johnson
Wilkie
Judith Adelson
Harold Jensen
Newman Grove
Willis Patten
James Lindburg
Old Rugged Cross
Edward Saylor
Swede Plain Cemetery
Mailbox Improvement Week Highlighted
Mailbox improvement week calls attention to weatherproof boxes and convenient locations free from traffic hazards. Names and box numbers are required, with emphasis on improved appearance and accessibility for mail carriers.
Hastings Visit Says Wallace Sandell and Kent Call on Adams Family
Mrs Wallace Sandell and Kent spent Monday visiting Mr and Mrs John Adams and family at Hastings.
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Wallace Sandell
Kent
John Adams
Hastings
Polk Public School Plans Six Week Summer Session
Polk public school proposes a Title I summer program from May 29 to July 4 with six weeks of math language arts physical education health and safety. Enrollments target 40 students in grades 2 through 6 with three instructors Mrs Mildred Sterner Karlay Hegwood Allyn Chambers and Karl Adamson. Bus transportation will be provided for country students and letters will go to parents.
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Polk Public School
State Department of Education
Lincoln
Mildred Sterner
Karlay Hegwood
Allyn Chambers
Karl Adamson
Polk Girls Win 56 4 Over Shelby In Local Softball
Polk girls softball routed Shelby 56 to 4 in five innings Sunday at the local diamond. Shelby struggled in its first year while Polk prepares to host Clarks Friday. Also, 10 and under boys play Benedict Thursday at 8 PM, and the Recreation Fund gained 60 with cash from Farmers Coop Grain, Arnold Neuhaus, and the Polk Woman's Club.
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Polk
Shelby
Polk Girls
Clarks
Benedict
Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n
Arnold Neuhaus
Polk Woman’s Club
Legion Auxiliary Meets in Legion Hall May 8
The American Legion Auxiliary gathered at the Legion Hall on Monday May 8 with Lauretta Neuhaus presiding. She reported on a Beatrice trip a plastics bottles delivery and an April 17 Home tour. Wreaths will be made May 29. Polk Alumni banquet is May 27. new officers include Kislen Miller Stromberg Brockevelt.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Lauretta Neuhaus
Beatrice
Polk
Anna Kislen
Elaine Miller
Elaine Stromberg
Margaret Brockevelt
Omaha Hospitals Treat Parents and Child
Mrs. Everett Goertzen entered St. Joseph hospital in Omaha for surgery on May 1 and is now recuperating at home. Wayne Creech and wife took their son David to Children’s Hospital in Omaha where he had a tonsillectomy.
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Polking
Hardville
Bowlby’s
Reuben Gustafson
Reuben
Kansas City
Omaha
Supt
Walter Nielsen
Judith Henrietta Adelson
Legion Auxiliary Meets
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