20 May 1976
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1976
Page
1
The piece recalls early radio sets built by a high school student in 1925 and a tale about Greenville West Virginia’s first telephone. It contrasts past slow communication with modern networks and notes a home telephone memory, long distance calls, and the novelty of instant global pictures to come.
Polk High School prepares for commencement Thursday at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. Valedictorian is Patricia Bender and salutatorian is Brenda Bankson. Principal Brutto to present diplomas with Harold Anderson, school board president, officiating. Eighth grade promotion concludes program.
There are 21 eighth graders named Mark Arehart Charisse Anderson Michelle Anderson Terry Bender William Blender Roberta Brazda Gordon Burke Cindy Cerny Kim Clymer Donna Darling Michael Dose David Fisher Todd Hanquist Randall Harless Tim Jones Marvin Love Lynelle Meerkatz Brian Norquest Michel Sandell Richard Tewell James Wurst. Pictures of the seniors are printed throughout this Progress.
Miss Paula Bills graduates on June 4 from the Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Hastings. She isdaughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell Bills of Polk and has served as secretary of the Junior Class and chairperson on the social committee. She is a three year member of the Nebr State Student Nurses Association and the National Student Nurses Association, a National and state convention attendee, and was certified in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation.
A card party for senior citizens is scheduled for Tuesday May 25 starting at 2 p.m. in the Legion Hall with participation encouraged from local seniors.
A reader muses on the methods behind distant sight and asks what device a Greenville resident might explain as the mechanism of a television set. The note hints at early curiosity about wireless reception and visual transmission.
On Tuesday May 11 1976 Dean Myers and Lanny Ang won 4 year terms on the Village Board of Trustees with 139 and 65 votes respectively The School District No 72 election returned Dennis Johnson 231 Lynn Sundberg 184 Gaylord Dose 155 Roger Merchant 94 Ronald Adams 94 Karen Harrington 61 and Robert L Hopkins 50 Rodney L Werner 42 The two lowest Hopkins and Werner are eliminated and the top six will run in the fall Special Proposition Liquor by the Drink in Polk shows votes for and against the license to sell
The Polk Community Club met to plan for Memorial Day closures on May 31 and a Friday May 21 gathering at the ball field. They discussed removing a chain link fence, restoring a chicken wire backstop, preparing a popcorn shack, and inviting float ideas for area parades.
Hospital notes list patients at York General Central City and Osceola hospitals with names including Martin Baack Elwood Tewell JoElla Stromberg Mrs James Lindburg Elmer Naslund and Nellie LaVelle. Obituary reports Mrs Albert Benjamin dies at 94 in Fresno and was longtime Polk County resident and relative of local families.
The Polk Market page notes bids for wheat at 3.20 per bushel and corn near 2.51 per bushel. Milo prices are around 4.00 and soybeans at 4.70. Oats figures appear incomplete.
A reader compares a thriller about a young widow driven mad by misread words to her own family miscommunications. The heroine’s sanity is saved by a parrot that understands her precisely and the caller asks where to find a cheap parrot.
An open house event for the high school shop is scheduled May 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 in the high school shop building. Students will display their projects and admission is free. Plan to attend.
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