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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
1
William Mondshane of Minneapolis will be in The Pork Progress office on Friday May 24 from 1:00 to 4:00 p. m. to photograph business and professional men and farmers. The service is free and engravings will be kept by The Progress for future news use. No obligation to buy. proofs later offered.
Dwayne Hahn and Jack Witte left on Monday for service with the Navy. Mrs. H. H. Hahn and Mrs. Van Bush entertained the Senior Class at a picnic Wednesday evening at the Mission Camp Grounds.
Mr and Mrs Enoch Peterson entertained several guests in their home Thursday evening honoring their daughter Miss Gloria Ann The guest list included Mr and Mrs Lewis Johnson Mrs Eddie Johnson and son and Mrs Stella Hoffensiesken all of Monrow Mrs Co B Jones O Niel Mr and Mrs Leonard Peterson Marquette Mrs Nellie Peterson Mr and Mrs Ben Peterson Mr and Mrs Gilbert Benson and son Arthur Bates and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hahn and daughters
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of Polk County will meet at Fireman's Hall in Stromeburg on Wednesday May 29. All members are urged to attend. The commander Ray Hastings calls for new members to join and help make the organization worthwhile.
Arnold Isaacson reports the sale of the 240 acre August Swanson Estate farm near High Prairie to Carl J. Fernquist of Dix Nebraska. The price paid was 150 dollars per acre for a fully cultivated parcel. Markets note cream eggs wheat corn oats with minor price figures.
Mrs Quillen expresses sincere thanks to friends for cards flowers and visits during hospital stay. She says the kindness will be remembered.
A Nebraska woman in Osceola found twenty one metal items inside a chicken she was preparing for dinner. The haul included a tire valve cap a shingle nail four screws three curtain fasteners a tack two rivets and a battery terminal.
Polk Commercial Club announces Polk business houses will remain open Wednesday evenings starting May 29. Stores will be closed all day Decoration Day, May 30.
The Polk County Local Board announced today the discharge of registrants from the armed forces. Named individuals include Lawrence H Hoffer Stromsburg Louis P Benda Shelby Lawrence A Micek Columbus Raymond L Vrbka Shelby William F. Smith Polk Donald E Schutt Osceola Harold K Speirs Stromsburg Earl L Thelander Stromsburg.
Mr and Mrs Grant Johnson hosted a Sunday dinner honoring Donald Ostberg who recently returned after 18 months in the South Pacific. Guests included numerous Lindahl Graves Ostberg and related families from Clarks Central City Wayne and Ramona Sundberg.
Homeoming for the Veterans motivates the P H S Alumni Banquet to be held in the high school auditorium Tuesday evening May 28. Everett Green toasts as toastmaster. Committees list includes Invitations Program Decoration Etiquette Refreshments and officers for the year Rodger Gustafson Gwendolyn Stevens Doris Binford. Classes 1916 26 36 and 46 to be honored. Reservations through Miss Binford.
Sunday evening visitors after the Baccalaureate service at Claus Oberg’s home included Mr and Mrs Harry Nelson and family of Marquette Miss Peggy Throckmorton of Osceola Gordon Carlson and Mr and Mrs Ted Janky and family Mrs Amelia Frederickson and Mrs Wesley Frederickson among those at the High Prairie School picnic at Buckley Park Also listed are visits and family happenings including Parle Thelander’s Coast Guard discharge sale of property by Lillian Ogden to Vaughn Deay and move in Deay’s employment with Farmers Union Oil Ray Hunsaker’s trip from Excelsior Springs for treatments and return to Omaha with his wife Mrs Hunsaker. Howard Hartman’s trip to California to be with his mother Mrs A A Hartman’s illness and death. Mr and Mrs Ben Berger and dinner guests of F E Oquist and Mrs John Gestrine and family as well as Mrs Kenneth Kline’s trip to Mobile Alabama after a week with her parents in Stromsburg.
Sunny Side 4-H Club met May 14 at the Burritt home in Shelby with fourteen members. New members joiners include Janet DeBaets Ann Genene Kerkman and Marilyn Bernt. A girls group formed at the Extension Office to learn Learning to Cook led by Mrs Clarence Carlson with Mrs Bruce Anderson assisting. The 4-H district planning includes a May 29 meeting at Holly Grossnicklaus home. Farmers filed 1946 crop certifications showing Cedar Oats Pawnee Wheat Velvon 11 Barley and Lincoln Bromeegrass with growing acreage totals. A future release will certify Lincoln soybeans Madrid Sweet Clover and Hybrid seed corn. The 1946 farm certs show 48 farms enrolled with eight to ten more expected by August 10 as seed demand grows. The All American 4-H Club showcased rope demonstrations while the group plans tours of county wheat and oat test plots and attends the June 7 4-H District Judging in Columbus. The Osceola wheat test plot near gravel is praised by Nebraska Crop Improvement Association staff and portions will serve State Yield Tests.
Os car Gustafson hosted Sunday dinner at his Stromsburg home with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sundberg, daughters W. A. Stevens and Harry Peterson. Mrs. Glenn Hill entertained guests Monday for daughter Sondra's 9th birthday. Hanquist family attended High Prairie picnic at Buckley Park. Dorothy Whitacre finished teaching at Shelby and visited Wilbur Whitacre before summer school.
No information available on Memorial Day services for next Thursday. The American Legion is expected to oversee the event, but officials have not disclosed further details.
A roster of Sunday visitors and local gatherings fills Arborville notes. Families from York Oakland and nearby towns visited homes of Bedient Lindsburg Otte Blase and Blair. District 81 held a school picnic and Arborville Town Hall closed for summer after a large crowd attended an evening program by District 81 and County Agent Hecht presented a moving picture.
Mr and Mrs Leroy Johnson and Mr and Mrs Donald Johnson and daughter of Osceola, Victor Newman of York, Mr and Mrs Bob Steenback and Charles Lytle were guests in the Oliver Johnson home Tuesday evening.
Local residents host relatives and friends visiting from Iowa Nebraska and California. Soldiers and veterans return home for weekends while alumni and church groups plan events and weddings across Polk County with many gatherings at family homes and area churches.
Lt Raymond O Peterson, newly discharged from the U S Navy after a year as a dental officer, has joined his father Dr C R Peterson in Osceola. They practice above the First National Bank, after renting the Whitehead house with wife and four year old son, following his graduation from the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry.
The article explains rheumatic fever is an infection not spread like chickenpox or measles and may be inherited in susceptibility. It lists risk factors such as crowded living, poor diet, and prior infections, plus early warning signs and the importance of medical evaluation to detect potential heart damage.
The Polk community Farm Bureau held its April gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Sandell. The May meeting is set as a picnic at Polk park on May 31, with several local families listed among attendees and visiting relatives from Fairfield and Havens.
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