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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1975

Page

3

Regular Board Meeting Approves 1975 75 Budget Actions

Policy notes cover May 5 1975 meeting of School District 72 with full board. Approvals include bills, hiring Kennel for next year, verifying Lynelle Fredrickson teaching certificate, hiring Sally Olness for kindergarten remedial reading, Peggy Dowding for 2nd grade, bus drivers contracts, Marge Ehn hire, 25 cent raise for Karen Hiatt, and detailed list of bills and expenses from The Polk Progress Omaha World-Herald and vendors.

Board of Education of Harold Anderson Dwayne, Miller Dwayne Miller Harold Carlson Kennel Bob Clymer Roger Hanquist Lynelle Fredrickson Sally Olness Peggy Dowding Marge Ehn Mel Bender Karen Hiatt Polk Progress Omaha World-Herald Walter Nielsen

Polk County Public Works Spending Report 1975

A county accounting summary lists expenses including Noxious Weed Authority payments for football field upkeep at 28.00, Overland Sands Gravel for high school sand 26.60, Usher Pest Control termite inspection, Beckman Plumbing heating for high school 795.25, Nebr Office Service typewriter repair, Simplex Time Recorder clock system for high school 1,023.16, transportation reimbursement 157.80, Dick's Standard Service 195.75, and Lacy Building & Supply payment 59,031.90. Replacement bills dated May 5 1975.

Linsay R. Darnall Dick’s Standard Service Lacy Building & Supply Co

Weather and community notes from Polk Nebraska week

The record describes farm weather from May 6 to May 12 with varying conditions including a Saturday night storm, warm afternoons, and calm mornings. It mentions 64 to 79 degree highs, easterly to north winds, fog on May 8, and a storm threat on May 10. Social items note the Robin Love-Clark Lehr wedding in Lincoln and hospital visit in Osceola involving the Stevens families.

Frank Cohagen Polk Nebraska

Save The Platte 5 and Eminent Domain Controversy

The document warns that the Platte River project may take five to ten years to build and recording petitions creates land obligations. It notes eminent domain could condemn wells or land to run ditches and lines. It stresses the river’s national significance and urges public preservation against private interests.

Distict Platte River Nebraska Platte

Community News Highlights Social Visits Across Lincoln and Benedict

Mr and Mrs Milan Hanquist and family of Lincoln with Ebba Hanquist of Glasco Kansas and Mr Roger Hanquist and Todd were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Reuben Hanquist. Leon Richardson of Jameson hosted Friday supper and overnight with M O Johnson in Lincoln. Mrs M O Johnson and Mrs Fred Hitchcock of Jameson visited Mrs Clara Johnson in Osceola Good Samaritan Home. Larry Cramer and Susan from Stromsburg were Sunday supper guests of Emory Cramer. Herbert Wurtz of Clarks joined Tuesday coffee at Ruth Aker home. Reuben and Harold Anderson with Dana and Joel were Mother’s Day supper guests of Oscar Anderson. Leonard Anderson home welcomed Robert Taylor and Mildred Lasler Benedict for Sunday afternoon. Willard Henderson attended a Mother daughter banquet with Verlin Johnson at Salem Lutheran Church Stromsburg.

Milan Hanquist Lincoln Ebba Hanquist Glasco Kansas Roger Hanquist Todd Reuben Hanquist Leon Richarson Jameson M. O. Johnson Johnson Home Fred Hitchcock Clara Johnson Good Samaritan Osceola Larry Cramer Susan Stromsburg Emory Cramer Herbert Wurtz Clarks Ruth Aker Reuben Anderson Harold Anderson Dana Joel Oscar Anderson Leonard Anderson Robert Taylor Mildred Lasler Benedict Willard Henderson Verlin Johnson Salem Lutheran Church

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the School Board Esa Philip Brutto Petty Cash Marjorie, Ehn Stephenson School Supply Co Pioneer Publishing Co Golden Press Carol Lind MacDonald IGA Josten Mary Stevens Sundberg & Son Hardware Hospe’s Mr Music Dianne Andreasen Co-op Oil Inc Cereses Polk Oil Co Wortman Motor Co York Medical Clinic, Jr Shirley Wagner Polk Light & Water Dept Utilities Lincoln Tel. Co Baer’s Kansas-Nebr. Gas Co Co-Op Polk, Nebraska Horace Stevens Robin Love-Clark Lehr First United Methodist Church Tom Stevens Jo- Ann Martin Jones Legion Hall Willis Pauls Legion Auxiliary Lowell Feye 7Th Dist. American Legion Vern Samuels Brian Bedient Lana Birr Superior Lloyd Lind Nebr
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