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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1947

Page

5

Sundberg and Shenk visit Omaha. family news card

Mr and Mrs Albert Sundberg and Mrs Ella Shenk visited Monday and Tuesday in Omaha. Green's Store promotes the Philco Home Freezer and ice tray trade in. Warvey Sundberg and Calmar Johnson of Stromsburg were Sunday dinner guests of Raymond Sundberg. Calmar Johnson hosted a Friday gathering for Twila Sundberg's second birthday anniversary. Card of thanks from Mrs Adam Deuker and family for kindness during illness and death.

Albert Sundberg Ella Shenk Omaha Green’s Philco Warvey Sundberg Calmar Johnson Stromsburg Raymond Sundberg Rament Adam Deuker

Notice on Wednesday night closure for pork businesses

All pork business houses except Taverns Drug Stores and Gates will close promptly at 10 30 p m on Wednesday nights this summer Please cooperate The Commercial Club.

Commercial Club

Farm for Sale Osceola Land in Blair Nebraska Area

Unimproved 160 acre farm near Osceola with 100 cultivated acres and balance pasture. Legal SW 21-15-3. Immediate possession. Landlord’s 1947 crop purchased before June 15 1947. $110 per acre. Write Box 7 co this newspaper. 222 Holcomb’s York Hatchery Last Hatch May 26. Limited started chicks one week old. phone York 940.

Osceola Holcomb’s York Hatchery York

Local residents host visitors and attend events in Lincoln and Chicago

Numerous families and individuals visit relatives in Omaha Lincoln Polk and Chicago over the weekend and week. Carl and Alice Blase, Rolland and Alice Rodine, M Lindburg and Todaro family, and Rev Paul Lemke attend church events and social calls. Mrs Todaro plans summer stay. other guests include Mrs Seymour, Mrs Ekdahl, and Miss Vera Stevens.

Carl Blase Raymond Sagehorn Chicago Rolland Rodine Alice Marie Rodine Rigly Field Alice Marie Polk M. Lindburg Lincoln Charles Todaro New York Todaro Oliver Covert Laramie Wyoming Robert Dahlberg Wm Stunkel H. M. Williamson Pearl Jack Ellen Tinker Long and Son Lester Rehrs Henry Reed Mis Person Paul Coover Gon Douglas Ziegelbein M G Lindburg Paul Lemke Moody Fellowship Baptist Church David City Dave Ekdahl Venette Sunderland Hennie Seymour Karl Detloff Omaha Lee Boyer Sherman Hilligas Willard Adelson Lloyd Kroger Emil Person Mesdames Linnie Shafer J &. McDaniel Albert Nelson Clarence Bryant Joe Spires Kearney R B. Nelson Esther Berggren Paul Strand Carolyn

Local church schedules list multiple congregations and services

Hordville Baptist Church led by Edick A. Anderson offers Bible School at 10:00 and Morning Worship at 11:00. Free Methodist Church under Rev H M Williamson has 10:00 Church School and 11:00 Morning Worship with 8:00 Evening Service. Arborville Church under Nev BE Earle Eaton holds Sunday School at 10:00 and Divine Worship at 11:15. Swede Home Church led by Mev Alfield E Franzen features Pentecost Sunday with School at 10:00 and Worship at 11:00 plus Holy Communion and 8:00 Prayer Service. Vacation Bible School to start Tuesday and Thursday next week. Lutheran Memorial Day program on Thursday with Pastor Thure Johnson as speaker. First Baptist Church with Pastor Paul Lemke lists Sunday School at 10:00, Worship at 11:00, Union Memorial Service at the Methodist Church, Popular Sunday night service at 8:00 and Midweek Prayer on Wednesday at 8:00.

Hordville Baptist Church Edick A. Anderson Free Methodist Church H. M. Williamson Walter Binford Arborville Church Earle Eaton Floyd Merchant Mev Alfield E. Franzen Penecost Thure Johnson THE First Baptist Church Paul Lemke Union Methodist Church R. L. Peterson Martin Jones Gordon Bush Clarks Richard Johnson Grant Johnson Hannah Lindahl Bryan Graves Central City Paul Holmes Omaha Donald Eugene Lampshire Hordville Vergil Flodman Lynn Bowers Paul Folmes Grand Island Lyman Lampshire Hardville John Lampshire Lincoln A. F. Smith Elmer Hanquist Abba Hanquist Don Hanquist Roger Gustafson Paul Coover Robert Dahlberg Oliver Covert Laramie Wyoming Emory Cramer Richard Cramer Roy Cramer Sadie Clark Marie Lavelle C A_ Larson Mead Ferde Larson Merton Goings M W Willert Lloyd Kroger Lloyd Stromberg Paul Ceover Frank Terrill Lester Rehrs Owen Kenneth Bredient Vic Roy Glasser Jr Gerald Stevens Eirwin Johnson Baptist Primary Department Kenry Horstman Leonard Orendorff New Ee Polk Gale Swenson Fergus Falls Minnesota Swenson Lemke David Sundberg Henry Reed Arthur Carlson Elmer Peterson Victor Kerker Los Angeles Chas. Carlson Carl Wilshusen York Alton Drivwer Near Bradshaw Ervin Light Elmer Wilshusen Mary Light Emma Zlerott Raymond Sagehorn H . Ramp S. A. Ramp

Evangelical Free Church Announces Weekend Services

Milford Milford area church releases Sunday schedule including Sunday School at 11 am and Morning Worship. A Memorial Service at the Methodist Church features Rev Paul Lemke as speaker. An 8 pm Gospel Service is planned with a Tuesday 8 pm special Mothers program hosted by the Ladies. All welcome.

Evangelical Free Church Milford E. Olson The Methodist Church Paul Lemke

Hordville and Swede Plain Methodist Services Schedule

Nels Pearson preaches at Hordville Methodist on Pentecost Sunday May 25 with Sunday School at 10 and Worship at 11. Swede Plain and Polk Churches host union Memorial Sunday service at 11 led by Rev Paul Lemke. Vacation Bible School runs June 23–28. Hastings District Youth Fellowship Camp runs May 31–June 5 for seniors and June 5–10 for intermediates.

Polk Swede Plain A. C. Bates Paul Lemke Hastings

Mourning Day Closures and Holiday Notices Across Town

Memorial Day closures affect all businesses except those normally open on holidays. Postmaster Martha P Westfall warns against shooting rural mail boxes and urges proper postal authorities to investigate. Polk Commercial Club promotes The Jolson Story at The Pork Theatre next Sunday through Wednesday. Local social notes mention Mr and Mrs Pete Head, Aurora, and Mr and Mrs Glen Green hosting a Sunday dinner. Mr and Mrs W Davis visiting Mr and Mrs Kenneth Davis in Lincoln.

Martha P. Westfall Polk Commercial Club Pete Head Aurora Glen Green W. B. Green W. Davis Mrs Kenneth Davis Lincoln

Community Newsnotes From Central City District

Dr and Mrs R L Peterson entertained at dinner Monday alongside Mr and Mrs Martin Jones. Clarks visitors Mr and Mrs Gordon Bush and their baby seen in Lincoln County. Multiple families hosted gatherings in Central City Lincoln and surrounding towns with dinners, birthdays, and school events.

Farmer's Store Out of Old Nebraska

James C. Olson discusses how barbed wire transformed settlement and land use on the Great Plains, noting hedge fences with Osage orange, sod and mud fences, and the shift from open range to fenced stock farming. The piece links fencing to plains development and conflicts between homesteaders and cattlemen. It also mentions a double wedding announcement in Polk.

Old Nebraska James C. Olson State Historical Society Plains Western Prairies Great Plains

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