Polk High Class D Track Champion From 50 Years Ago
Commencement exercises at Polk High School on May 2 featured Prof. Wells of Wesleyan University as speaker. Bertha Kingston named valedictorian among graduates Tressa Hill Josephine Lindburg Esther Peterson and others. Remarks include alumni visits, marriages, and local notices from Rising City to Stromsburg highlighting community ties and school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk High School
Viking
Prof. Wells
Wesleyan University
Bertha Kingston
Frank
York College
Raymond Peterson
C. R. Peterson
Franklin
Walter Ekdahl
Republican City
Arborville School
Melinda Bjorkman
Edwin Deuker
Joan
Buckley's Park
Stromsburg
Delores Sundberg
Gwendolyn Stevens
Maxine Pickrel
Arlene Wright
JoAnn Lindburg
Polk Progress Subscription Rates and Obituary Policy
The Polk Progress offers annual subscriptions in Nebraska per year and elsewhere with six month and three month terms, plus a single copy price of ten cents. A card of thanks is ten cents per line with a minimum charge of one dollar. Obituary poetry is priced per line, and advertising rates apply per column inch.
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Nebraska
Polk County News Fragments Highlight Local Birthdays and Graduations
A Polk area digest notes Sondra Hill celebrating her 13th birthday with 25 guests including MethodistYouth Fellowship members. Graduation events include Marilyn Dahlin and John Holmes earning degrees from Nebraska Wesleyan. Roger Merchant led Polk track to a State Class D title with multiple wins in Lincoln. Funeral services for George Hill and Mrs Homer Pearson are recorded, with family reunions and relocations also listed.
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Glenn Hill
Sondra
Methodist Youth Fellowship
John
Gaylen Holmes
Paul Holmes
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln
Roger Merchant
Polk
Roger
Gaylord
Dose
Regg Green
Gary Stahl
Talmedge
George Melvin Hill
Wall Funeral Home
Lester Felker
Lindale Cemetery
Grand Island
Homer Pearson
Josephine Samuelson
Joe
Charlie Ehn
W. W. Lindburg
Polk Community Hall
Earl R. Lindburg
Arthur ,Lindburg
Russell Lindburg
Springfield
Cecil B. Lindburg
Mackay
Idaho
Julius Johnson
Van
Phillips, S. D
Julius
Community mourns as funeral services and visits span several states
The Pork community notes many guests and relatives visiting in Osceola and nearby towns. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Glen Babcock, Mrs. Sadie Clark, and Dr. Leroy Zerrott from Long Beach. Travel spans Austin and Hamilton Texas to Lincoln and York Nebraska with multiple family gatherings and graduation observances.
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Glen Babcock
Sadie Clark
Glen Meyers
Sargeant
Leroy Zerrott
Long Beach
Calif
Melvin Bender
Robert Brazda
Lyle Dornburgh
Joe Fishers
Austin
Texas
Hamilton
San Antonio
Marlin Junge
Arvada
Colo
Wilda Holmes
Robert
Edward Hafer
Denise
Minerva
Ohio
Merle Crowell
Kensington
Carroll Flodman
Local Family Leave Notices from Front Range Trip
Eugene Miller son of Mr and Mrs Harold Miller returned home for a week’s leave from the navy aboard the USS Macon. Mr and Mrs V J Johnson sustained minor injuries in a Brush Colorado car accident while en route to visit their daughter with Mr and Mrs J L Newell and family.
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Gwendolyn Swift
Clarence Lindahl
Charles Lindahl
Kearney
Coon
First Baptist Church
Chas. Carlson
Oscar Anderson
Albert Benson
John Ed Carlson
August Johnson
Harold
Clay Center
Saronville
D. B. Carter
Sutton
John Kruse
Harwood
Great Falls
Montana
Wm. Wall Jr
Brighton, Cole
Margaret Wall
Denver
Vioal Brauer
Sam Wall
Ivan
M. O. Johnson
Eugene
Harold Miller
Thes
Navy
Macon
V. J. Johnson
Brush
Colo
J .L. Newell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sundberg & Son
Polk High
William Gustafson
Galesburg
A. Gustafson
Alfred Boberg
Clarks
S. H. Jones
Fred Lind
Christine
Mis
Barry
George
Margaret
Sundberg and Son
Bert Cummings
Edith Anderson
Rising City
Bellwood
Robert Aldrich
Central City
L. G. Aldrich
Frank Larson
Hazel
Berniece
Goldie Quick
Larson
Quick
Grand Island Business College
Helen McCoy
Joe McClure
Ed Nelson
Osceola
Norris Alfred
Doane College
Crete
E. W. Johnson
Fern Marie
Gerald Reichwein
Neal Gallant
Ravenna High School
Norris W. Alfred
Nebraska Association
District 42
Dorothy Dahlin
Buckley Park
Martin Jones
Wichita
Kaw
M. R. Baudouin
Dianne
Myra Cox
Oo. F. Alfred
Cox
Arnold Blase
Will Kroger
Ralph Upton
Ira Glasser
Clara Blase
Nellie Peterson
A. E. Swanson
Fred Anderson
Newman Grove
Fred Stone
Lindsay
O R. Robertson
O F
Alfred
R B. Lytle
Portsmouth
Rolland Dahlin
Marilyn
Alma Shostrom
Elner Ahlquist
Hilding Dahlin
Dorothy
Alvin Dahlin
Robert Stevens
Merton Flodman
Robin
Robert Stoh
Lee Hanson
Carroll: Flodman
Wm. Wright
Minnie Wright
Richard
Mr. and
Mrs
Donald Dahlin En
Ritchie
Erving Larson
Kari
R. E. Dahlin
Mona Gordon
Waldean Johnson
Amy
Doyle Dahlin
Kim
Halliam
Arnold Moline
Andrew Moline
Englewood
George Erickson
Carlson-Huffman
Air Service, Inc
Cliff Huffman
Benedict
Hartford Insurance Company
Insurance Company of North America
St. Paul Fire & Marine
Cimarron Insurance Company
Fireman’s Fund
Citizens State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Polk, Nebraska
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