Mixed notices and personal items from Grand Island area
Community snippets list PAs and donations for Salvation Army totaling 88.50, a fire department donation, and a visitor from Whittier. Personal updates include a shower in York for Marlyce Widga, visits by Mrs Alice Finnel, and notes on a post office ground floor apartment and a federal land bank loan listing. Local names include Mra Edward Larson, Walter Widga, Mary Ann Widga, Richard Widga, Glennis Widga, Ludwig Widga, Harbert Tracy, Alice Finnel, Kenry Read, W J Cunningham, Elmer Garner, and Alvin Grubaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Edward Larson
Whittier
Cal
Grand Island
York Sor
Marlyce Widga
Ludwig Widga
Walter Widga
Mary Ann
Richard Widga
Glennis
Clarence Meerkatz
Lloyd Widga
Lester Widga
Harbert Tracy
Alice Finnel
Mos Kenry
All in the Game Boxers and Ballplayers in Brief
The column notes boxing and baseball tidbits including Sandy Saddler going into service, pitchers Byrne and Cain’s rise under Rajah Hornsby, Ralph Kiner chasing Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs, Hack Wilson's NL record at 54, Dodgers debuting numbered uniforms, boxing's Golden Gloves disputed in Ireland, Pirates using 10 lineups and 27 pitchers in 11 games, Patty Berg setting women’s golf scoring records, Stan Musial's .348 lifetime batting, Maryland fullback Ed Mrozzelewski’s 334 yards in 1951, and local social notes with upcoming Mystery Names passes to Polk Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Saddler
Brownie
Tommy Byrne
Bob Cain
Rajah Hornsby
Ralph Kiner
Babe Ruth
N. L
Hack Wilson
Dodgers
U. S. Golden Glove
Dublin
Pirates
Patty Berg
Stan Musial
Ed Modzelewski
Maryland
Also Mentioned on This Page
J.T Stanton
North Side Square
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Federal Land Bank
Association
Alvin M. Grubaugh
Sec
Treas
Roy Glasser
Polk County Oil Conservation District
Bruce Anderson
George Bond
Ray Brigham
Gordon Fredrickson
Walter Jones
Masey-Harris
Farntaids
Mass
s-Harris
Oliver
Massey- Harris SP
Allis Chalmers
Massey-Harris
Shelby
Austra
Jensen Hatchery
Salvation Army
Polk Fire Department
Chas. L Peterson Total
W. J. Cunningham
Cowton Building
Federal Land Bank Loans
National Farm Loan Association
Osceola
Office of
Campbell & Nyberg
Elmer J. Garner
Hordville
Polk
Roger Gustafson
Raymond QO. Peterson
Peterson
San Diego
M. G. Lindburg
Bale Lindburg
Maurice Lindburg Jr
Polk Theatre
Guatemala City
Deretee Flores
Boston
Fredrickson Implement Co
Polk, Nebraska
Lyman Paint Company
Ridge Building
Kansas City
BURG
Tim Holt
Richard Martin
Joan Dixon
Old
Arizona
Gene Kelly
Oscar Levant
Leslie Caron
Nina Foch
Paris
Romance
Clark Gable
Maria Marques
John Hodiak
Missouri
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