Baccalaureate Weekend Visits In Swede Plain Community
Sunday and Monday gatherings follow Baccalaureate services as families from Hordville Clarks Stromsburg York and Lincoln share meals and coffee visits. Notable attendees include Elmer Garner Victor Doremus Verland Widga and families, Willard Adelson and guests, and Julie Rogers celebrated at Emil Nelson and Philip Johnson homes.
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Elmer Garner
Hordville
Nettie Carlson
Ellsworth
Philip Johnson
Merle LaVelle
Robert Clymer
Willard Adelson
Harvey Sundberg
Dennis Widga
Copenhaver
Omaha
Victor Doremus
Adolph Morris
Ted Dittmer
Kathy
Clarks
Edd Coover
Ar~lo Stevens
Bill
Edith Naslund
Emil Nelson
Julie Rogers
Verland Widga
Lloyd Wi
Irvin Beckstrom
Adolph Forss
Raymond Johnson
Stromsburg
Polk
Lloyd Widge
Lawrence James
York
Ralph Simpson
Lester Widga
Price Support Dates Set For 1966 Crops
ASCS Chairman Richard C. Sealey announces improvements to the price support and loan program. Changes include eliminated advance applications and later loan maturity dates for most crops, effective in 1967 for 1966 crops. Loan eligibility now extends up to one month before maturity. unused loans may be bought by the CCC with producer notification. Maturity dates vary by crop, with several crops set for March and April closures and others in June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Sealey
Ascs Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
ASCS
Freeman Increases 1967 Wheat Acreage Nationally
Secretary Freeman announces a 15 percent rise in 1967 wheat acreage, setting a regular allotment of 55 million acres and an effective total of 59.3 million with small farm adjustments. Farmers may plant an extra 7.7 million acres for harvest in 1967, aiming to lift farm income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sec. of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Sec
Freeman
U. S
Swede Plain WSCS Meeting Highlights May 11
The Swede Plain WSCS met Wednesday May 11 with devotion by Mrs Reuben Ehn and business led by president Mrs Lester Widga. Officers installed by Rev Jensen. Members received corsages for perfect attendance and outgoing officers gifts. A piano solo by Mrs Willard Adelson and baby and life membership pins were presented. May Day themed decorations and lunch rounded out the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Reuben Ehn
Lester Widga
Donald Dahlin
Lennis Lind
Arthur Samuelson
Jensen
Willard Adelson
Kristen Katz
Lloyd Widga
Roger Widga
Curtis Flodman
Walter Stohl
Wallace Lind
Polk Happenings Visitors Share Family Time in Lincoln and Bellevue
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Gustaf son visited Friday in Lincoln at the Dean Weimer home. Mrs W J Fisher joined Mr and Mrs Robert Vandegrift and family from Stromsburg for Mothers Day in the Clinton Bahensky home in Bellevue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Lind
Harvey Lind
Philip Johnson
Walter Stohl
Leilani
Wallace Fredrickson
Stromsburg
Rudolph Nyberg
Lincoln
Burdette Flodman
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Haltstrand
Evangelical Free Church
Polk
Rudolph Gustafson
Dean Weimer
W. J. Fisher
Robert Vandegrift
Bellevue
Clinton Bahensky
Letters to the Editor and Moving Notice Snags
A Moline reader pledges renewal for another year and warns about Butch Mills. A Wheat Ridge couple announce a move to Arvada Colorado and provide a new mailing address for The Polk Progress starting next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Progress
Butch Mills
Butch
Norris
Dudley Street
Arvada
Colorado
Wheat Ridge
PVT Gary Clayton Achieves Expert Rifleman Status
Army Private Gary K. Clayton of Hordville completed basic training at Fort Campbell Kentucky firing expert with the M 14 rifle near April 27. He is son of Mr and Mrs Roger Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Gary K. Clayton
Roger Clayton
Hordville
Fort Campbell, Ky
Harless Family Visits Highlight Polk County News
Mr and Mrs Bernard Harless of Pinola California stayed with Grace Harless last week. They dined with Leland Harless and visited Stroms burg relatives. A Sunday sendoff to Kearney capped the trip. Francis Kreuzburg of Pawnee City also stayed with Glen Babcock Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Harless
Pinola
Calif
Grace Harless
Leland Harless
Stanley Harless
Stromsburg
Kearney
Francis Kre
Wheat Ridge annexation plans discuss Arvada service area
The writer notes Wheat Ridge as unincorporated with a post office and Arvada serving part of the area. He predicts annexation by Arvada in a few months and mentions accompanying helpers Bill Stromberg and Gilbert Glad plus occasional calls with Neal McCormick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Ridge
Arvada
Bill Stromberg
Fort Collins
Gilbert Glad
Polk
Neal McCormick
Bart Nyberg
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Swede Plain News
Patronize Progress
Polk County
Louise Smith
Timm
Nebraska
The
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Swede Plain
Moline
Illinois
Wheat Ridge, Colo
Gary Clayton
Carleton Anderson
Roy E. Horst
Snack Shack
Anita Kisler
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