Polk High School Holds Commencement Exercises
The Polk high school held its annual commencement on Thursday evening May 22 in the high school auditorium. Rev. Tvan Carlson delivered a speech on Wisdom and Understanding. Diplomas were presented by Carl Steelquist. Five scholarships were given to Lela Binford Margaret Nyberg Dorothy Whitacre Rosemary Morris and Roger Gustafson. The Danforth Foundation awarded two books on Character Building to Louise Baack and Roger Gustafson. Honorable mentions went to Flilton Steelquist Joann Lindburg Eulala Stromberg LeRoy Bills and Fiward Wilcox. Lela Binford received a Reader's Digest subscription and was class valedictorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk High School
Tvan Carlson
Free Mission Church
Carl Steelquist
Supt
Henry Horatman
Lela Binford
State Normal School
Margaret Nyberg
Dorothy Whitacre
Luther College
Rosemary Morris
Hastings Business College
Roger Gustafson
Regents
University of Nebraska
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
Louise Baack
Flilton Steelquist
Joann Lindburg
Eulala Stromberg
LeRoy Bills
Fioward Wilcox
Reader's Digest
Wheat Growers Vote Saturday in Polk County Referendum
Polk County wheat producers will vote Saturday on a national refer endum about wheat marketing quotas. About 1850 eligible farmers and landlords may participate as 10 polling places operate from 9 am to 9 pm with secret ballots and public tabulation of results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
AAA
Canada
Ray McBeth
Harvey Melung
Frank McMeekin
Quear
East Pleasant
Lawrence Lind
Lawrence Larson
West Pleasant
van Bush
Richard C. Sealey
Enoch Peterson
Stromsburg
Albert J. Bloom
Tewis W Berggren
Herman
Larson Valley
Leo A. Kresha
Albin Prososki
Fred J Dunn
Land sale set aside by district court
Judge Landis set aside the sale of the Charles Barefoot Peterson estate after heirs objections. The price was deemed too low and not reflecting true value. A new sale is ordered for June 12 in Stromsburg, to be conducted by the Nebr. Realty Auction Co. of Central City.
Swede Home News Social Roundup June Events
Torcas will meet Friday evening June 6. Mrs Stanton Moore and Bernice Sward will entertain. Mrs Frank Bolton hosts High Prairie Club Friday June 6. Luther League Convention set at Newman Grove Friday to Sunday. Rev Leonard Smith and family of Stanton Iowa visit Sander Peterson home. Bible School at High Prairie begins Monday. Alfred Dailey leaves for Los Angeles after visiting Oscar Fredrickson and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torcas
Stanton Moore
Bernice Sward
Frank Bolton
High Prairie Club
Stromsburg
Luther League
Newman Grove
Leonard Smith
Stanton
Iowa
Sander Peterson
Eleanor
High Prairie
Alfred Dailey
Los Angeles
Oscar Fredrickson
Grand Island Livestock Prices May 26 1941
At Grand Island sale on May 26 1941 fat hogs ranged from 9.40 to 9.80 per cwt with weights 180 to 220 up to 260. Heavies and extremes listed. sow and pig prices shown for various weights. Cattle market: stock cattle 2 cents lower, bulls cows fat and warmed up cattle steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
St. & Med
Polk School Picnic At Local Park
About 200 attended the Poll School picnic on May 23 in the local park. School was called at 9 am with report cards issued. Morning featured organized games and lively softball and tennis. A noon meal drew students, friends and patrons to long tables. Afternoon races awarded cash prizes, with ice cream and coffee served around four.
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POLK
Food for Defense Meeting Held in Polk County
County Extension Agent Ray L. Cruise organizes a June 4 meeting to explain how homemakers can contribute to national defense. Two sessions will be in Stromsburg High School 9 to 11:30 a.m. and Shelby A O U W Hall at 2 p.m. Leaders from Federated Women's Clubs Study Clubs church groups 4 H and PTAs are invited.
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Polk County
Ray L. Cruise
Stromsburg
Shelby
Agricultural Extension Service
Federated Women’s Clubs
Womens Project
Former Polk County Woman Die of Heart Trouble
Neighbors shocked by the death of Mrs. John Tschantre at her Silver Creek area home from heart disease. Born 1870 in Columbus Nebraska, she lived in Valley and Columbus before settling on a Polk County farm. Survived by husband and seven children with seven grandchildren and one sister. funeral at farm home conducted by Rev. Beebe. Also notes on Methodist Bible School starting June 2 at 9 am for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tschantre
Silver Creek
Imma Guter
Jacob and
Rose Guter
Columbus
Nebr
Valley, Neb
Tschantre
Valley
Polk County
Colfax County
Bert Wiman
Nellie Larson
Omaha
Roy Page
John Tschantre, Jr
Fairfield
Mont
Louis Tschantre
George Tschantre
Villisca
Louise Tschantre
J. TL. Pittman
Lillie
J. Norstrom II
John Norstrom
Folkerna Socken
Ovansjo
Sweden
Britta Anderson
Anna
Thelen
Carrie
Nels Nyberg
Tda
Albert Peterson
Edith
Victor Johnson
Polk
Norstrom
Union Pacific Railroad
Ils
Free Baptist Church
Stromsburg
Wesslin
Swede Plain Cemetery
The Little Green Tents Poem About Civil War Veterans
A war era poem recalls the little green tents built of sod where soldiers rested after the sixty two campaigns. It honors weary veterans and the land saved, portraying the tents as a divine shrine for patriots who remember the conflict and the fallen.
Social Roundup in Stromsburg Area
A crowded weekend of visits and gatherings across Stromsburg and nearby towns. Residents hosted relatives and friends from Lincoln, Osceola, Fremont, York, Aurora, Moorhead, Holdrege, and Seward, with dinners, picnics, and casual receptions noted. Several families plan moves or trips, including Cedar Rapids and California departures, and teaching or work-related travel.
Down Arborville Way Social Notes From York Visit
Mrs Maurice Flick was a business visitor at York Friday. Bonnie Plick of York visited over the weekend in the home of Mr and Mrs Harvey Wochner. Mr and Mrs Will Bedient were also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville Way
Maurice Flick
York
Bonnie Plick
Harvey Wochner
Will Bedient
Hordville News Roundup of Visits and Events
Mrs. John McAllister and baby from Omaha visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Wied. Marius Bankson, at Bellevue Trade School, weekend at his parents’ home. Emil Stromberg and boys hosted at Harry Lindstrom’s in Aurora. Edwin Nyberg and baby of Polk and others visit Carroll Erickson home. Reuben Johnson, at Camp Robinson, Ark, returns after furlough. Ladies honor Mrs. Nelson King for birthday. Alumni Banquet at High School. Mrs. J. L. Slater travels to Lexington for Postmasters Convention. Leonard Wallin and sister visit from Los Angeles. Pearl and Ruth Erickson home from teaching duties. Margaret Seaquist, home economics teacher in Cozad, returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hordville News
John McAllister
Omaha
John Wied
Marius Bankson
Bellevue
Newt Bankson
Emil Stromberg
Harry Lindstrom
Aurora
Edwin Nyberg
Polk
Henry Ortegren
Emil Stranberg
Carroll Erickson
Reuben Johnson
Camp Robinson
Ark
Albert Johnson
Nelson King
J. 16
Slater
Lexington
Nebr
Leoard Wallin
Hordville
Los Angeles
Jack Walle
Pearl Erickson
Malcolm High School
Ruth Erickson
Scribner
Margaret
Vacation Bible School Opens Monday At Two Churches
The daily Vacation Bible School of the Baptist and Evangelical Free Churches runs June 2 to 15 at the Baptist church from 9 00 to 11 20 daily except Saturday and Sunday. Open to boys and girls four years old and up with instruction in God s word singing memorizing and Bible drill.Teachers including church pastors volunteer. Children should bring Bibles and pencils.
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Christ Jesus
Bible School
The
Baptist and
Evangelical Free Churches
Baptist Church
Former Polk Young Man to Be Married June 7
The Washington DC Evening Star item notes Miss Danda Van Erdorf Shrene and Marvin O Stromberg announce their engagement and upcoming marriage on June 7 at St Margarite Church. Rev Armand Tayler to officiate. best man Robert Stromberg. They plan a Wisconsin Lakes honeymoon and to visit Polk Nebraska relatives later in June.
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Washington DC
Evening Star
Marvin Stromberg
Charles ‘Simpson
Danda van Erdorf
Marvin O Stromberg
St Margarite Church
Armand Tayler
Robert Stromberg
Wisconsin Lakes
Mr Stromberg
Polk
Nebraska
Regent Bride Honored at Nuptial Shower
Mr and Mrs Maurice Flick hosted a 6 PM dinner for John Wick of Pasadena California and fiancée Miss Betty Talick of Giltner Nebraska. Guests included Bill Bedient Bonnie Flick York Lloyd Noble Ray Noble Aurora W Flick Atlantic Iowa John Wessel Viola John Wochner Harvey Wochner and families. The couple John Flick and Betty Talick were married Tuesday in Giltner and will live in California. The Progress and friends extend best wishes.
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Maurice Flick
John Wick
Pasadena
Calif
Betty Talick
Giltner
Nebr
Bill Bedient
Bonnie
Florence Flick
York
Lloyd Noble
Ray Noble
Aurora
W. Flick
Atlantic
Iowa
John Wessel
Viola
John Wochner
Harvey Wochner
Frank Merchant
Ted Otte Jr
John Flick
California
Successful Sheep Show Held at Stromsburg
A large turnout highlighted a May 1 Stromsburg sheep and wool show with 140 lambs rams and ewes exhibited by four HW o club members and farmers. Event sponsors included Polk County Extension Service Polk County Sheep and Wool Association and Stromsburg Commercial Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
HW O Club
Polk County Extension Service
Polk County Sheep and Wool Association
Stromsburg Commercial Club
Edd Janike
College of Agriculture
Marshall Ross
Gibbon
Edwin Mambroger
DeWitt
Midwest Wool Marketing Association
Carlyle Hodgkin
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha
Harold Hedlund
Osceola
Robert Tooker
Silver Creek
Geo. McMeekin Shelby
Hampshire
Ted Wyman
Norman Tooker
Buck
Ram Lamb
Shropshire
Harry Sanders
Billy Sanders
Dale Bard
Eve
Arthur Morrill
Harold
Eighth Grade Operetta Draws Large Osceola Crowd
About four hundred Polk County rural school children participated in an operetta on courthouse grounds in Osceola last Saturday. The event accompanied the annual eighth grade commencement exercises with bleachers on the south side and a public address system reaching the square. A large crowd of parents and patrons attended, showing enthusiastic support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Osceola
First Twin Graduates From Polk High School
The first pair of twins to graduate Polk high school are James and Maurice Lindburg, 17, sons of Mr and Mrs Maurice Lindburg of north Polk. Never in its 27 years of graduation exercises have twins been among the graduates. A farm that can be bought on a long term basis with annual payments much less than cash rent. See Polk County National Farm Loan Ass'n Osceola Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk High School
James and
Maurice Lindburg
North of Polk
Polk County National Farm Loan Ass'n
W J Stead
Osceola, Nebr
Used Suits for Sale at Fashion Cleaners Osceola
Marie Greenwall of Waunabe cares for her father Charles Rodine this week as the shop advertises used suits in all sizes at Fashion Cleaners in Osceola with contact number 42.
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Osceola
Marie Greenwall
Waunabe
Chas
Rodine
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Swede Home News
Food For Defense
Polk CO
Methodist Bible School
Methodist Vacation Bible School
H F Baker
Emma M Peterson
Clara
Iola Mae Peterson
Ben Berger
Oscar Stromberg
Albert Hedbloom
Osden
Utah
Vernon Anderson
Denah Samuelson
Lincoln
Victor Anderson
Wren Sherwood
Wallace Sherwood
Minnie Swanson
Darwin Russell
Lee Russell
Cedar Rapids
O. D. Graves
Arthurene
Mra. Wiegman
Fremont
W. R. French
Buckley Park
Irene Thesing
HM McGaffin
Wallace Scott
Fred Bedient
Maurice Filck
Hero Emken
Edwin Emken
John Filck
Ted Otte
Fred Sandell
Loveland
Colo
Audrey Bedtent
Sam Charles
David Riley
Evanston
Wyo
al Shockey
Ellis White
Seward
Great Lakes
Willy
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