Local Happenings and Notices From Polk County
Mr and Mrs Dan Carter visited Carroll and Winside on business Saturday Harold Reed recovered from throat trouble and resumed normal activity Evelyn Wallway left for Omaha after teaching in Polk School Mrs W F Robertson and daughter Esther attended Chase Flick funeral at Grand Island visit E L Gray Sundbergs hardware promotes Mystery Sale with 100 specially priced items Bakeries urged for picnic supplies Polk high hosts a school picnic and Riverside Park outing Park High field day and Vik ing theatre program News from Minot about a man simulating health checks to pass bad checks
Polk High School Commencement Exercises in May
Polk High School held commencement at First Baptist church on May 22 with fourteen graduates. Hazel Stevens won the Denominational scholarship and Gladys Swanson won the church scholarship. The ceremony featured a clarinet solo by Carl Steelquist a vocal number by Lloyd Lind and an address by R G Brooks of Cedar Rapids Nebraska. Graduates included Eunice Halleck Vivian Cohagan Lloyd Stromberg Iva Colby Vivian Bryant Glenn Stevens Mary Janssen Hazel Larson Richard Myers Gladys Swanson Hazel Stevens Wilmetta Steele Lawrence Nelson Helen McVoy.
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Polk High School
First Baptist Church
Hazel Stevens
Gladys Swanson
Carl Steelquist
Lloyd Lind
R. G. Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Nebr
Eunice Halleck
Vivian Cohagan
Lloyd Stromberg
Iva Colby
Vivian Bryant
Glenn Stevens
Mary Janssen
Hazel Larson
Richard Myers
Wilmetta Steele
Lawrence Nelson
Helen McVoy
I. C. Janssen
Helen McCoy
Memorial Day Tribute to Fallen Soldiers and Sacrifice
Memorial Day is set aside to honor soldiers and sailors who died in service. The piece notes flowers, garlands, and the muffled drum as symbols, urging national pay tribute to those who preserved life and liberty through sacrifice.
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Frank Crane
Canadian
Gulf
Washington
Jackson
Taylor
Custer
Grant
Lee
Dewey
Shafter
Pershing
Sims
Local Notes and Obituaries From Grand Island Area
The week includes visits by Fern Myers to Central City and multiple social gatherings across Arborville Hordville Benedict and Omaha. A board of education hires Marguerite Marks for another school year and a Virginia student death is reported after a deputy incident. Death notices for Doris Cohagan in Polk and Chas W Flick in Arborville reflect community losses with funeral details and remembrances.
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Board of Education
Marguerite Marks
Virginia College
Congress
Grand Island
Polk High School Grads Entertained at Janssen Home
Edwin Swanson had tonsils removed at Central City on Monday. LeRoy Alfred, from Mullen Nebraska, taught school there. York mourned Charles W. Flick at his Arborville home funeral Thursday afternoon. Notables from York attended.
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Edwin Swanson
Central City
Aleroy Alfred
Mullen
Nebr
H G. Hopkins
F. Corcoran
W. L. Kirkpatrick
John E Dougherty
Homer Ramsey
E. B. Koon
Martha Graves
Frank Leaming
York
Charles W. Flick
Arborville
York Daily News Times
Marion Talley to desert opera for farm life
Opera star Marion Talley says she will leave grand opera for farm life. She is linked with a three year phonograph recording contract and whispers of romance with a farmer from the countryside.
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Marion Talley
Grand Opera
Warble Records
Phonograph
Who's Got The Button A Collar Joke Past Popularity
A playful note recalls the collar button once a popular newspaper joke subject and suggests the button’s humor may have contributed to its decline over months.
Local Notices and Social Roundup from Central City Area
Community notes include Cox & Carter promoting Sunday movies in Central City. Rev J L Hedbloom drives a new Ford. Felton Pharmacy offers wall paper. Victor Blase of Hordville transacted business in York last Thursday. Earl Cole traveled from Lincoln to visit his brother Lloyd over Sunday. Goldie Swanson plans a Lincoln return Saturday after two weeks with her parents. Mystery Sale advertised at Sundberg & Son Hardware. Mr and Mrs A E Swanson with family visited St Edwards and Newman Grove Sunday. Mrs Reuben Hanquist celebrated a birthday with relatives including P A Hanquist Chas Rodine and Ruth Rodine of Hordville.
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Gertrude Noble
H W. Hitchcock
Ainsworth
C. H Slocum
Wheaton
Illinois
S. L. Flick
Whitman
M.W A
J.C
C.F
Arborville
Chas
Flick
E R. Peterson
Arborville Cemetery
Felton Pharmacy
Victor Blase
Hordville
York
Earl Cole
Lincoln
Lloyd
A. E. Swanson
St. Edwards
Newman Grove
Reuben Hanquist
P. A. Hanquist
Wilmer Rodine
Chas Rodine
Ruth
C. O. Rodine
Used Cars for Sale in Polk Nebraska
Service Auto Co offers one 1927 Chevrolet coupe one 1923 Ford coupe one Rev truck and one Buick touring in Polk Nebraska. Contact phone 23 for details.
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Service Auto Co
Polk, Neb
Color your meals with beets and celery
A fashion magazine urges color in meals. It notes beets red turnips purple tops lettuce green and onions white. It imagines crossing celery with beets to yield pink celery.
Bombs vs Banks and Russia Education Gap
Seven of the nine men who fiin Russia are said never to have gone to school. That may account for it.
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Russia
Local News Briefs From Fremont and Nearby
Andrew Thonell of Wahoo visits relatives in the area. R. C. Shiley, who aided in a Brown’s Department Store sale, has departed for his Fremont home last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hanquist hosted Rev. Lindburg of Buffalo, Minnesota, on Wednesday of last week and the reverend delivered a sermon at the Mission church that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Thonell
Wahoo
R. C Shiley
Brown
Fremont
P. A. Hanquist
Lindburg
Buffalo, Minn
Mission Church
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Drugs of Merit
City Bakery
Dan Carter
Carroll and Winside
Harold Reed
Ross Goethe
Evelyn Wallway
Omaha
Polk
Sundberg’s
Kermit Shafer
F. Erickson
Stromsburg
Arthur Gustafson
Frank Scheapler
J. B. Fletcher
Houston, Texas
Riverside Park
Park High School
Viking Theatre
Minot
N. D
Citizens State Bank
Home Bank For
Aphei Diysas
Pure Food Grocery
David Anderson
Zoe
Fern Myers
H. F. Brown
Mrs. Alfred Jones
Hardville
W. P. Miller
Delmar Nicolaus of
Chappell
Wm. Butzke
A. W. Shafer
Zarah
Glen Bedient
Alfred Gustafson
R. C
Ray McGinnis
Axel Renquiat
Benedict
Llof Ostberg
Columbus Hospital
Enid Meyers
Zarah Shafer
B. Busgard
Miss Dorothy Green
Sundberg & Son’s
Doris Elaine Cohagan
Winifred L Cohagan
St Francis Hospital
Chas. W. Flick
Logan County
Texas
Oregon
Council of Defense
God
Edith Willis Linn
Cox & Carter
J. L. Hedbloom
Ford
Sundberg & Son
Goldie Swanson
Sundberg & Son Hardware Store
City Meat Markey
F. A. Hannis
Priscilla Proving
Hamilton Beach
Ball Caring
W. C. Steel
Banks
Bank of Polk
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