Arborville Club Notes May Meeting and Local Socials
The Arborville Twentieth Century Club met at Mrs. Mervin Shenk's home on May 4 with Mrs. Leand Bowers assisting as hostess. Eleven members and five visitors attended. Refreshments followed, and miniature May Poles and may baskets were featured. Various local families hosted and visited over Mother's Day weekend, and several community events occurred including church services by York College Gospel Team and Life Work Recruits.
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Arborville Twentieth Century Club
Mervin Shenk
Leand Bowers
The
United States
Floyd Merchant
James Barr
York
C. A. Kemper
E. L. Kemper
Aurora
C. W. Beckner
W. J. Newton
Betty
Garrah
Polk
T. D. Otte
Sybil
George Otte
Ralph
Everett Tracy
Bradshaw
Tracy
Evangeline
Arborville Missionary Society
R. E. Merchant
F. Merchant
Charles Priess
Ernest Ratliff
W. E. Ratliff
Trenton
Mr. Ratliff
York College Gospel
Life ‘Work
Harold Bedient
C. W. Reckner
Doris
F. N. Reckner
W. E. Bedient
Audrey
Gertrude Flick
Grant Johnson
C. J. Johnson
Hampton
W. C. Shockey
R. H. Marshall
District 81
Mildred Ebert
Daniel Graves
Som
Ed*Koon
Robert Merchant
W. W
Community notes from Strosburg and surrounding area
A sequence of local social events and visits around Strosburg includes funeral attendance for Norma Baker with family from Omaha and nearby towns, May birthday celebrations for Harry Imm and Allegra Johnson, a premier in Omaha of a John Deere small combine, weekend family gatherings with the Strom, Ekstrand, Ever, and Jones clans, and a large Mother’s Day gathering honoring Mrs Hilma Flodman’s 83rd birthday with numerous relatives from Osceola, Washington D.C., and Polk County.
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Dewey Anderson
Omaha
Norma Baker
Carl W. Anderson
Harry Imm
Virginia Emmons
J. Morton
Washington D. C
Herbert Flodman
S.ede Home
E. A. F -Dman
Hartwig F.dman
Marvin Fredrickson
Polk
W. W. Norton
Robert Stohl
Mareia
Orceola
Iiner Swanson
C. J. Arnold
Billy
Clarence Fusby
Public domain humor and quips from life on the page
A collage of jokes and wry lines includes a judge and swindle exchange, a bathing suit inquiry at a social, a sour tax gag, rambling foreign relations quips, a prisoneroffhand remark, a Father and Jean McTavish jab, a cost of courting line, a swallowed half dollar child moment, a widow’s happiness query, and a French fried potato joke about the journey from mouth to hips.
Dressing room suggestion sparks Cubs Cards score recollection
A shopper quips about changing pants at the counter while a clerk directs her to a dressing room. The exchange evokes a memory of a Cubs versus Cardinals game ending 5 to 4.
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Progress & World-Herald
Village Board Proceedings Polk Park Neb 1939
Official minutes show two adjourned and regular meetings of Polk Nebraska village trustees in 1939. New board formed with Isaacson named temporary then permanent chairman for 1939 40. May 2 session lists appointments to light water clerk health library and street posts and designates Citizens State Bank as depository. Several village bills paid.
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Isaacson
Hill
Wurtz
Carlson
Sundberg
R. J. Allison
Polk
Nebraska
Carlson and Sundberg
Light and Water
W. C. Steel
Lloyd Kroger
A. W. Shafer
Ralph Upton
Gust Westland
J. B. Williams
M. D. Jto Board of Health
O. F. Alfred
A. E. Sundberg
Henry Horstman
Alley
Carlson and Wurtz
Charles Wright
Wm. Garling
Polk Progress
J. E. McDaniel
Local Families Spend Thursday Night for Birthday Celebration
Mr and Mrs Ansel Fredrick and family and a parade of relatives from Benedict and nearby towns visited Fay Beardsley’s home Thursday to help celebrate Bobby Beardsley’s birthday. The Women’s Missionary District Convention is set for May 25 at Stromsburg Lutheran Church. Helen Nelson of La Jolla California and Mrs Albert Jones traveled to Rock Island Illinois to visit Rev and Mrs Edwin Munson. relatives visitations continue with the Larson families and others gathering at various homes across the area.
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Ansel Fredrickson
Dale
Roger Headley
Fred Bruns
Benedict
Lester Graves
Bryan Graves
Fay Beardsley
Bobby Beardsley
Women’s Missionary District Convention
Stromsburg
Helen Nelson
LoJolla
Wth
Luther Rhoades
Ralph Rhoades
Jess Rhoades
Darlene
Shiley
Phyllis Anderson
Gresham
F. Bolton
Arthur Eckstrom
John Carlson
Oscedia
Oscar Fredrickson
York
Progress and Journal One Year Four Dollars
A brief note reflects on a yearlong progress and journal subscription priced at four dollars. The dialogue hints at a blind man reading a newspaper and someone admiring the images, suggesting a light, observational moment.
Blind veteran of tracks to race at Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha rider Bill McElroy, almost blind, arrives at Ak-Sar-Ben with Indiana Maid, a six year old bay mare owned by the Houghtons. He trains by feel, relying on an assistant for orders, and seeks success despite losing sight in 1931. Ak-Sar-Ben anticipates a record meet through July 4 with strong entries and potential county fair support.
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Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
Nebr
Bill McElroy
Ak-Sar- Ben Field
Candy Rock
Roma
H Houghton
Hell Roarin
Lexington
Indiana Maid
W. H. Schellberg
Ak-Sar- Ben
Florida
Ak-Sar-Ber
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha and Insect Notes
Receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep at Union Stock Yards Omaha on May 16 1939 show demand softening outside top grades with steady to slightly lower cow and steer values. Insects as prolific breeders are noted with gypsy moth and Colorado beetle estimates. An old war horse in Yeovil England collapses during an inspection parade.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
United States
Colorado
Yeovil
England
American barbecues and souvlaki idea from Athens cafe trade official
An American trade commissioner in Athens suggests U S barbecue teams try a Greek idea popular at railway cafes souvlaki. It features pork and lamb squares roasted over charcoal on bamboo sticks. A quote from Senator Sorghum jokes about public life restlessness.
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Athens
Sharps and Flats Bridge Joke In Violin Tale
A quick quip links a violin bridge to music reach as a punchline in a light exchange. The short joke features a snappy line about the bridge serving to get the music across.
Great Talker or Other Kind Question Hums Across
A playful exchange tests preferences as Ezry asks Joshua whether he would marry a woman who is a great talker or the other kind, sparking curiosity about what the other kind might be.
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Joshua
Ezry
Too Late Be Didnt You Say There Was Something
A terse exchange centers on romantic tension as one character accuses the other of wasting affection. The dialogue implies regret and unresolved feelings between two speakers.
Sheriff Sale Notice in Polk County Nebraska
Public notice of two separate mortgage foreclosure sales in Polk County Nebraska. First sale, April 15 1939 order from J L Stouffer Guardian of Harold Davis minors judgment 1778 dollars at 10 percent interest plus costs. Property includes Dahle subdivision lots 1-4 and- North half of Lot 1 in Newville addition Polk. Sale May 24 1939 at 2 pm Osceola courthouse. Second sale June 1939 under Federal Land Bank of Omaha decree. property South half Northwest Quarter Section 10 Township 13 Range 4 West. Sale June 1939 at 2 pm Osceola courthouse. Sheriff Gunnard Peterson. Attorneys Philip Wellman Campbell Nyberg. May 4 11 18 23 June 1.
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District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
J. L. Stouffer
Harold W. Davis
Emma E. Cohagan
Clifford F. C. Cohagan
Newville
Polk
Osceola
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Flora Ostberg
Gunnard Peterson
Philip M. Wellman
Phil B. Campbell
Philip H. Nyberg
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America
Jean McTavish
Angus
Tate
Theatre
Central City
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Union Pacific
Priscilla Lane
Jeffrey Lynn
Teevish
Cubs
Viking Hall Bldg. Fund
County Treasurer
Gust Westlund
F. E Reinhold
Standard Oil Co. Fa Etpe Pe
Cba
Ross Goethe
J. B. Myers
Progress & Journal
South Omaha
Senator Sorghum
Midway
Havens
Lincoln Highway
Clarks
Silvercreek
Paul Robertson
Joe Fiala
His
Ail Modern Music
Lincoln Nebaska State Journal
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