Polk Baseball Team Organizes With Ray Peterson Captain
Polk community notes baseball group forms with Ray Peterson captain and August Nelson manager after Friday evening meeting at John Davis cream station. Various local figures attend events, graduations, and engagements as the area records a week of school, social, and family happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Enore Alfred
Eric Forslund
Stromsburg
Sweden
Robert Aldrich
Margaret Lewis
Central City
Bob
Wolbach
Floyd Hedberg
California
Polk
H. Lindburg
Lindburg
Mesdames Smith
Huston
Shafer and
Allison
Woman's Culture Club
John Davis
H. M. McGuffin
Albert Sundberg
A. W. Shafer
August Nelson
Raymond Peterson
Harry Dahlgren
Grand Island
Denver
Colorado
Polk Progress classified rates and notice header
The notice lists publication details for Polk Progress in Polk Nebraska with editor publisher Norris W Alfred and post office designation. Advertising per column inch 70c obituaries poetry per line 10c card of thanks 10c per line minimum charge 1.00 subscription rates Nebraska 4.00 elsewhere 5.00 six months 2.50 three months 1.50 single copy 10c
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Nebraska
Letters to Progress from Highland Park Readers
May 11, 1971 note from Alice and Ted in Highland Park Wisconsin sending clippings and comments on newspapers and columns. They mention Jack Anderson Mike Royko and readers in Polk Progress and thank the Polk Progress staff for publishing the Auxiliary Essay Contest winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park, WI
Norvis
Jack Anderson
Carl Rowan
Nebraska
Mike Royko
Chicago Daily News
John Sullivan
Alice
Ted
P. S. Ted
Polk
Norris
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Lyle Johnson
Local Lincoln Visits Highlight Polk Family Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Marvin Branting and family were Sunday dinner guests in the Leslie Branting home in Lincoln with the Terry Branting family and Ellis Waller also present. Ed Carmen and sister Lena of Pleasanton visited Walter Fisher. C Marvin Frerickson and Miss Jane Fredrickson at Fremont joined Sunday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Shafer
York
Thelma
Raymond Petergon
C. R. Peterson
Beatrice
Raymond
Franklin High School
Thais Belle Lackey
J. N. Norton
Washington, D. C
Hilma
Wayne Stevens
Ewing
High Prairie School
Frank Scheapler
Delta
Henry Blase
Gladys
Guenther Mueller
Walter Eckdahl
Republican City
Lloyd Hanquist
Marvin Branting
Leslie Branting
Lincoln
Terry Branting
Ellis Waller
Ed Carmen
Lena
Pleasanton
Walter Fisher
C. Marvin Frerickson
Jane Fredrickson
Fremont
Postcard Letter on Vietnam War Protests and Conscience
A Lincoln veteran writes to Mr Alfred praising a local letter and urging ongoing activism against the Vietnam War. He cites crop blight from agent orange like 2 4D and 2 5T, laments press coverage, and calls for truth and conscience in democracy. He hopes young protesters lead the nation away from war and declares, Stop Now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Lincoln Star
President of Veterans
Vietnam
Ernest Chambers
Dietitian
Medical Corp
WWIT
Canada
Cynthia Pemberton
Mrs. Pemberton
Senator Chambers
Dobler
Mr. Dobler
Omaha World-Herald
Indochina
United States
Polk High School
Hitler Brown
Weekly
Letters on Peace and Reason From Nebraska Readers
Readers from Beatrice and Norris Nebr share thoughtful replies to a Lincoln paper letter on Vietnam. One writer plans to teach mentally handicapped children and urges peaceful world understanding. Others praise the editor for principled discussions and note college students challenge older perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
America
Vietnam
Norris
Dobler
Local visitors and weekend guests noted in Bradshaw
Mr and Mrs Clifford Branting visited Wednesday in the Vern Eklund home at Bradshaw. Larry Johnson of Grand Island spent from Friday through Monday with his parents, Mr and Mrs Lyle Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Branting
Vern Eklund
Bradshaw
Larry Johnson
Grand Island
Lyle Johnson
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Blue
W. W. Norton
I. D. Huston
Polk County
Carl Arthur Hahn
Ernest Hahn
Aurora
Wm. ButZke
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Glenn Bedient
C. J McCoy
Arborville
Lincoln Creek
Everett Green
Eugene Myers
Donald Springer
Omaha
Richard Johnson
Chapman
W. A. Stevens
Buckley Park
Henry Horstman
C. J. Crew
A. O. Larsen
Bertha Ross
Hazel Nelson
Mildred McDaniel
Elizabeth Allison
Phyllis Alfred
Geneva
Evelyn Beckman
F. W Benjamin
South Dakota
John Seymour
Ice
Julia Sundberg
Geanelle
Arborville Missionary Society
Ester Lackey
Victor Pickrell
Goodland, Kane
Earl Land
Detroit
Michigan
Zlomke Furniture
Ziomke Furniture
Dick Munn
Central
Marquette, Nebr
N. Graham Beatrice
Nebr
Arthur R. Wallace
Dick Howe
the Progress
Columbus Daily Telegram
Best
Becky Stevens
Johnson’s Garage
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