Neighbors honor Hansens with warm welcome gathering
Tuesday evening neighbors gathered at the Hansens home to celebrate their arrival. Guests presented pantry items and groceries, shared games and refreshments. Attending included John Skaden John Wochner Maurice Flick Wallace Junge Ted Otte Ed Reckner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Hansen
Hansens
John Skaden
John Wochner
Maurice Flick
Wallace Junge
Ted J. Otte
Ed. Reckner
Polk Churches Announce Sunday Services
Local parish listings show Yordville Baptist Church Evangelical Free Church and area congregations issuing their Sunday schedules. Immanuel Lutheran Evangelical Free and Arborville Congregational churches publish service times and Sunday School periods. Polk and Swede Plain and Polk Church of the Swede Plain feature morning worship and church school sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Swede
Paul W. Walker
Swede Plain
The First Baptist Church Weekly Schedule
Rev. Elwood Anderson leads activities at the First Baptist Church with Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning Worship at 11 a.m. Bible study and prayer meeting on Wednesday evening and choir practice on Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the First Baptist Church
Elwood Anderson
Polk Baptist Church May 1950 Sunday Schedule
Nels Pearson, Pastor Worship with 11 a m service and 10 a m Sunday School at Polk Baptist Church on May 21 1950. Daily Vacation Bible School 9 to 12 noon May 22 through June 2. Young Peoples meeting May 22 8 p m and Prayer Meeting May 24 8 p m. Picnic attendance noted from District 44 Buckley Park Stromsburg. visits by Rev Carlyon Hastings and Olaf Alfreds at Pearson home last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville
Earle Faton
Floyd Merchant
Kenneth Bedient
Harold Bedient
Nels Pearson
Polk Baptist Church
Church Bible School
Rena Mae Willits
Young Peoples Meeting
Carlyon
Hastings
Olaf Alfred
Pearson
Timber management and home placement guidance
Advice on spacing forest trees for quality lumber and on locating homes away from street noise. It notes quiet locations reduce enervating effects of modern civilization and suggests bedroom placement away from busy streets. Also mentions infant pig iron reserve ex hausted after seven to ten days without sow's milk sources.
Notice to Creditors and Heirs in Polk County Neb.
Wm R Walden filed a petition in Polk County Nebraska probate to determine heirs and degree of kinship for the estate of Erna Walden who died June 2 1944 bearing a $1500 lien on parts of Section 33 Township 12 North Range 5 West. The hearing is set for May 26 1950 at 10 Galen A M. I. M. Merrick County Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Erna Walden
Wm. R. Walden
Hamilton County
Ernst Matthes
Galen
A. M
M. Merrick
Seal
Meat Loaf Tangle at Rowland Camp
Sheriff Felix Brendling faces a staged crime when bonds vanish from a camp safe after a break in. Caretaker Chris Verne, injured in the scuffle, hides details as the sheriff suspects the caretaker himself. A tense confrontation and a dark showdown end with suspicion shifting to the trusted aide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heriff
Felix Brendlinger
Felix
Elvira
Chris Verne
Rowland Camp
Sheriff
Rowland
Test for Drunken Drivers May Cut Highway Accidents
A new method to detect alcohol in the body showing higher specificity was presented at a national meeting by John W. Sease William H. Harris and Sigmund Jaffe of Wesleyan University. The nitrite gas test converts ethanol to ethyl nitrite and uses colorimetric measurement to quantify alcohol in urine, with good agreement to established methods and better performance than conventional tests. Blood results were less reliable, with 10 to 15 percent error compared to existing methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Chemical Society
John W. Sease
William H. Harris
Sigmund Jaffe
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
National Safety Council
Connecticut State Hospital Laboratory
Milk in the South Gains Major Economic Role
Dairying now drives a $1,000,000 industry in a southern county where cotton was once dominant. A study of 10 families shows dairy farming boosts taxes 6 to 10 times over a decade, with 9 of 26 children joining parents in dairying, 11 marrying into it, and 3 remaining students. Nearby cotton area shows few families staying, with 23 leaving and no father son partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Brightman
Dairy Institute Committee
Senate
Language of Science Ranks English as Leading Scientific Tongue
A Fletcher Boig survey at Northeastern University finds English now dominates science. Russian rose as a contender 20 years ago, while Germany and Italy lost ground. The United States leads in publishing, followed by Britain France Russia and Switzerland. Fifty seven percent of articles are in English with French German Russian and Italian making up the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Boig
Northeastern University
Boston
Mass
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Notable Ohio Scientists and Inventors
Famous Ohioans include Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers, with Charles Martin Hall advancing aluminum production. The list also features Charles F. Bush electrical inventor, Charles F. Kettering automotive starter systems pioneer, Thomas Midgley Jr broadening gasoline chemistry, George Sperti sun lamp developer, and Karl T. Compton leading national military R&D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Thomas A. Edison
Wright Brothers
Wilbur
Orville
Charles Martin Hall
Charles F. Bush
Charles F. Kettering
Thomas Midgley, Jr
George Sperti
Karl T. Compton
National Military Establishment
Origin of Hoodlum A reporter's handwriting coins term
A San Francisco gaslight era reporter aimed to name a thug gang led by Muldoon. He reversed Muldoon to Noodlum but a misread scrawl by the typesetter produced Hoodlum. The word caught on and entered common usage describing a ruffian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Muldoon
Local social notes recount visits and gatherings across Polk and surrounding areas
Mrs. David Sundberg of Stromsburg hosted a birthday party with relatives including Lavina Sundberg and Margaret Sundberg of Stromsburg. Lincoln visitors Doyle Dahlin and Leonard Smith joined Sunday dinners at Hampton and Osceola. Several families from Polk and Osceola hosted guests from Lincoln and Hastings, with teas and Shrine circus trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
The
Evangelical Free Church
Leland Mharless
E. E. Samuelson
Edgar Ziegelbein
Lincoln
E. W. Hahn
Margaret Newton
E. E. Campbell
Clarks
Frank Nelson
Gothenburg
Will Kroger
Doyle Gustafson
Rudolph Gustafson
Mervin Shenk
Merle Simpson
Marian Simpson
Michael
Omaha
Warren Fightmaster
York
John Skaden
Ella Shenk
Polk
Lennis Lind
David Sundberg
Near Stromsburg
Gust Granberg
Lavina
Margaret Sundberg
Stromsburg
Mesdames
J. C. McClure
Glenn Hill
Irvin Anderson
Lloyd Hahn Paul Stevens
Don Upton
Franklin
Big
Frank Fossberg
Olk
Oliver Johnson
Big Don Johnson
Osce~ola
Russel Fjell and Sons
Gerald Holm
Swede Home
Joe Spires
Kearney
Elmer Hanquist
Rev. Anderson
Hanquist
Harvey Lind
Roland Bodine
Diane
Jeanette Widen
Ed Widga
Russel Fijell
Paul Holmes
Grand Island
Shrine Circus
Harold Davis
Maywood
Calif
Frank Davis
Sadie Clark
Virgil Kisler
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Swan Soap
Gerbers
Omar
Pure Food Grocery
Ewes
Hulda Stach
W. S. Desch
York and
Central City
Fairmont
Steen
Green’s Produce
John Deere
John Deere B & Cult
J. D. IC
Lister
Good
J. D. Spreader
M. T. Tractor
Wurtz Implement John Deere Quality Farm Equipment Repairs & Service
Yordville Baptist Church
Edick A. Anderson
Immanuel Lutheran Church
W. Long
Hordville
Hordville Methodist Church
Emma Anderson
Buckley Park
Pig’s Iron Reserve
Richard Hill Wilkinson
Chris
Nemmine
South
Kroger’s Store
Hunt’s
BAT Attitt
NAVY
Ping
David Harum
Farmer’s Produce
Philco
Westinghouse
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