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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1968
Page
1
Readers puzzled by the word piscatorial in a Koffee Klink ad mock the meaning with jokes and fishing lore. The column notes fishing exploits at Tyler pits, playful weathering of vocabulary, and a slice of local humor including a borrowed miles car tale and Springfield mayoral hijinks.
The Summer Recreation Fund drive has 210 collected, with nearly half from the village board. Donations support a summer baseball and softball season and can be left at the bank Progress office or with Bill LaVelle. Lawrence Larson ten dollars Custom Farm Services twenty five dollars Polk Progress twenty five dollars Village of Polk one hundred dollars Citizens State Bank fifty dollars total.
First Lieut and Mrs Douglas Stevens announce the birth of a baby girl named Jennifer Lin on Wednesday May 8 at Ft. Riley weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces. Grandparents: Eldon Johnson Osceola and Earl Stevens Polk.
Mr and Mrs Henry Kisler hosted guests after the Baccalaureate services Sunday evening honoring Nancy Kisler a graduate. Present were Mr and Mrs Robert Lindahl of Clarks Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stromberg Mr and Mrs N B McNaught and Mr and Mrs Ilof Ostberg.
A man pondered on whether to go fishing or vote on a Tuesday. He claimed time was tight due to a long list of delegates to mark. He admitted he might vote for the California fellow Riggin if he cast a ballot.
The American Legion Auxiliary schedules a Poppy Day sale on Polk’s Main St this Saturday May 18 during a Monday meeting led by Pres. Anna Eisler. Lauretta Neuhaus to head selling with coffee Kool aid and rolls for workers. Wreaths for Memorial Day to be made May 27 at 1 30. Six Junior Auxiliary girls became seniors and Anna Kisler received a 25 year service pin. Officers named Elaine Miller president Janice Saylor VP Elaine Stromberg secretary and Donna Werner treasurer. Lunch for 21 served by Margaret Jones Lillie Johnson Orpha Due and Hilda Warnick.
Superintendent Walter Nielsen and Allyn Chambers were elected to new roles at the Polk County Educational Association May meeting. Nielsen is VP and will assume the presidency. Chambers becomes secretary. Special guests included Polk High seniors Peg Sealey Loren Wishsen and Kay Nielsen planning careers in education.
Polk High dominates Class D district meet at Hastings scoring 38 points. Mike Lindburg led with wins in 214 hurdles and highs, anchoring a second place 880 relay. Tom Stevens earned a broad jump win and strong sprint results, while Dob Neuhaus and Bob Brockevelt collected titles and placings. The 2 mile relay set a school record at 9 10.2 with a third place, and Lincoln state berths went to four qualifiers.
The Polk Oil Co senior congratulation ad corrected an error: the pictured student is Roger Werth, not Robert Cline, and the caption now reflects the proper name.
Absentee ballots will decide the local race as Nixon leads McCarthy for president with 100 to 46 while Kennedy trails by 12 with 34 of 86 votes. In the 3rd District race Burdette Flodman leads Donald Dahlin 100 to 85 with East Stromsburg not yet reporting. West Pleasant Home totals show Flodman 53 Dahlin 41, while Railway Commissioner race in the 4th District sees incumbent Marland 31 Sack 27 among six candidates. West Pleasant Home reports 208 voters.
A list of seniors outlines future steps after graduation. Names include Nancy Kisler at Bryan Memorial School of Nursing in Lincoln and Peg Sealey at Wayne State College in Wayne, with others set for Central Nebraska Vo-Tech, Medical Institute of Colorado, University of Nebraska, and more. Several remain undecided or headed to service.
The Community Club meets on Monday May 20 at 8 00 PM in Polk Community Hall. Committees for Bean Day will be named and a consignment sale is planned to fund the Summer Recreation Program. Please be present.
Commencement exercises for 28 Polk High graduates will be in the high school auditorium Thursday at 8:00 p.m. The eighth grade class will also receive their promotion.
The program includes the salutatory and valedictory addresses of Kay Nielsen salutatorian and Daniel Graves valedictorian.
Salutatorian Daniel Graves, son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Graves of Bradshaw, and Kay Nielsen, daughter of Supt and Mrs Walter Nielsen, are featured in the local profiles highlighting their family ties.
Natalie Hahn has ended a six month stay in New Zealand on an IFYE scholarship and a 20 day visit to India. She delivered 61 talks and presented color slides of Nebraska and the U S, conducted 14 newspaper interviews and 15 radio appearances, and was interviewed on television. A high point was an arranged interview with New Zealand Prime Minister during stays in 17 host families. In India she met Dr Zakir Husain in New Delhi while traveling with Col Rajinder Kalha and family, and she also visited a cousin in Hawaii Sydney Australia Beirut Geneva Paris and London.
Ted Otte is a patient at York General Hospital and Mrs Charles Lytle is a patient at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital in Osceola.
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