Farm Operators Short Course at Lincoln
Robert Thompson of Racine Wisconsin plans to attend the Farm Operator's Short Course in Lincoln this winter. The non credit sixteen week program runs November 24 to March 21 with topics in animal husbandry crops forge and woodwork poultry dairy animal diseases horticulture and more. The average cost is about 125 dollars, with details from the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture supervisor or Ray L. Cruise Polk County Extension Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Thompson
Racine
Wisconsin
Lincoln
William Waltes
Milliken
Colorado
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Ray L. Cruise
Polk County
Swede Plain Folks Honor Rev Bates Family
A reception at Swede Plain Church north of Polk honored new pastor Rev A C Bates and family. The program featured musical numbers and readings led by local organizers, followed by games and a luncheon prepared by committee members Cur tis Flodman Henry Shostram and Walter Widga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swede Plain
Bates
Swede Plain Church
Polk
A. C. Bates
Marvin Fredrickson
Nettle Carlson
Mr. Speltz
Rev. Bates
Norma Lind
Maxine LaVelle
Miss Fern Schweitzer
Marcia Stahl
the Cross
Harvey Lind
Irene Falk
Elon Anderson
America
Marjorie Dahlin
Mesdames Curtis Flodman
Henry Shostram
Walter Widga
Red Cross Membership Drive to Start Soon in Polk County
The Polk County Red Cross plans a membership drive after November 11 with a quota of 750 members. Rural areas will be targeted with help from rural school teachers. Local residents are urged to join as a patriotic duty during the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red.cross
National Red Cross
Polk County
Arborville Social Notes Include Births and Visits
Arborville residents host and visit across towns with many families gathering. Notable items include the birth of Ardyce to Mr and Mrs George Otte on Sunday and several weekend visits involving the Graves, Bills, Lackey, Piper, Recknor, Sterner, and Renquist families from Lincoln, Polk, Aurora, and Benedict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville News
Pantel Graves
State University At
Lincoln
Dan Graves
John Bills
Wster Lackey
Martin Hoffman
S S Piper
L. B Campbell
A. Wricht
Jim Fisher
Giltner
Dora Murray
Broken Bow
Louis Scow
Maxine Pickrel
Shelby
A. Charles
George Otte
Ardyce
John Worrest
Chas. Sterner
Tis Sterner
Cyril Sterner
Mesdames Will Green
Polk
Ted Otte
Daniel Graves
Waco
Osceola Couple Granted Marriage License by County Judge
Milas Bernice Boruch of Osceola and William Kochanowilcz of Omaha were issued a marriage license by County Judge Stone. The ceremony is set for St. Stanislaus Church in Duncan on November 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Milas Bernice Boruch
Osceola
William Kochanowilcz
Omaha
Stone
St. Stanislaus Church
Duncan
Polk Progress Expands Local News Coverage
The Polk Progress explains it prints 20 to 30 percent more local news weekly than rivals while balancing subscriber input. It notes 800 readers in four directions and a push to include Stromsburg items to satisfy nearby subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Polk
Local Social and Visit Highlights From LeMars Area
Mrs BE Nordstrom of LeMars visited two weeks with sister Mrs Paul Strand and kin. Numerous calls dot the week including Harl Widga Camp Leonard Wood and families in York, and birthday celebrations for Mrs Richard Widga. Various dinners, visits, and hospital stays involve residents around Stromsbores, Benedict, Osceola, Prairie Island, Palmer, York, and Hastings with multiple families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. H. Nordstrom
LeMars
Iowa
Paul Strand
Clem Meerkatz
Harl Widga
Camp Leonard Wood
Missouri
L. N. Widga
York
Ervin Paven
Clara Anderson
Toneta
Raymond Sundberg
J . Swanson
H A Cramer
Ed Small
Prairie Island
Clarence Carlson
Osceola
A & EK Strom
Ivan Cramer
Baby
Albert Benson
August Nelson
A Flodman and
Virell
Waller Stohl
Bob Stohl
Clarks
Stohl
Carl F Juergensen
B Holmes
Palmer
Frank Bolton
Luther Rhoades
Omaha
Rhoades
H Smith
Truckers
Augusta Johnson
John Adams
Hastings
Goldie Fossberg
Davis Pharmacy
Polk Womans Club Sponsors Surplus Fruit and Red Cross Drive
The Polk Womans Club met at Mrs. Oscar Sundberg's home with Mrs. Carl Steelquist assisting. They decided to sponsor the surplus commodity fruit program with the Board of Education, assist with the Red Cross membership drive, and arrange tuberculosis tests for PHS pupils. The program Old Fashioned morals and new fashioned homes was directed by Mrs. Paul Strand and Mrs. Bruce Cowgill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Womans Club
Oscar Sundberg
Carl Steelquist
Board of Education
Red Cross
Mesdames Paul Strand
Bruce Cowgill
Public Sale at Polk Community Site This Thursday
Public sale to be held at the seller's residence on the east edge of Polk on Thursday November 20. Property listings are requested this week to be included in next week's bill. Clerking by A Isaac son of Citizens State Bank Polk or Wallace Strong of Stromsburg. Vankleeek will manage on site. Lunch stand reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Thurs
A. Isaacson
Citizens State Bank of Polk
Isaacson
Wallace Strong
Stromsburg
Vanklueek
Vankleek
Pheasants Harder to Harvest Despite Longer Season
State Game Commission reports indicate pheasant hunting was tougher this year with fewer limits, due to heavy cover and difficult retrieves. Although more birds were banded, many hunters did not submit bands, and the commission seeks data on location and date of kills. Duck and goose hunting showed regional differences with colder east winds yielding more birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game Commission
State Commission
Commission
Nebraska
State Board of Health Visits Polk County Schools
L H Coe from the Educational Department of the State Board of Health and County Superintendent Olive M McBeth led twelve health programs in Polk County schools. The programs showed moving picture films from the State Department of Health. About 809 children and 800 adults attended and a county wide follow up is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board OF Health
Polk CO
L. HE. Coe
Educational Department
Olive M. McBeth
State Department of Health
Itinerary of a French Fry Message
A playful riff notes how a potato fry travels from bite to bite and snack to lasting impact, hinting at immediate pleasure followed by longer term effects on body and waistline. The piece blends humor with a caution about indulgence and health consequences.
Polk County Attends York PFL Meeting Banquet
Twenty four Polk County residents joined the regional Pasture-Forage-Livestock gathering in York on October 29. The program covered soybean production poultry management and permanent pasture seeding with Lincoln Experiment Station updates and closed with a banquet at the McCloud Hotel honoring P-F-L cooperators from ten counties including A D Morrill Jr of Stromsburg. Attendees from Polk included Arthur D Morrill Jr Lewis Berggren Calvin Gertsch RE Hedlund Frank Bard Paul Monson Chas Walgren Ray Cruise Harry Obrist and Dwight Newcomer with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hahn of Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
York
Lincoln
McCloud
A. D. Morrill, Jr
Stromsburg
County
Messrs
Mesdames
Arthur D Morrill, Jr
A. D. Morrill
Lewis Berggren
Calvin Gertsch
RE. A. Hedlund
Frank Bard
Paul Monson Chas
Walgren
Ray Cruise
Osceola
Harry Obrist
Dwight Newcomer
Gresham
Lloyd Hahn
Alk
Carl Frederic Johnson obituary and Polk County fair notice
Carl Frederic Johnson born October 21 1864 in Jonkopings Lan Sweden came to the United States with his parents in 1869 and lived in Henry and Polk counties. He married Emma Johnson on March 28 1900 and she died February 11 1937. One daughter Elisabeth Marie died December 26 1938. Johnson died October 26 1941 at his sister's home in Polk at age 77. Survived by brother Frank Holdrege and sisters Mrs G W Gestrine Polk and Mrs D I Getty Holdrege. Funeral Wednesday at J T Olson home Stromsburg with Rev Trued and burial at Swede Home cemetery. ANNUAL FAIR MEETING Polk Co Fair Assn annual meeting at Osceola courthouse on Wednesday November 12 at two oclock to elect officers and transact business. Louis Haster, Secy. Sell It With A Want Ad
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Frederic Johnson
Jonkjppings Lan
Sweden
Henry County
Polk County
Mr. Johnson
Emma Johnson
Elsie Marie
Mr Johnson
Polk
Frank
Holdrege
Mra G W Gestrine
D. I. Getty
J T Olson
Stromsburg
Trued
Swede Home
Polk Co. Fair Association
Osceola
Louis Hastert
Secy
Armistice Program at High School Auditorium
A high school Armistice program is set for November 11 at 10 45 with music by the boys and a play So That Was War featuring Jerry Grant World War Veteran Wayne Upton and others The girls glee club will sing after the play and County Judge L M Merrick will give the address Also included are local society notes from Hordville and Mamre churches with various visits and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odette
Jerry Grant
Wayne Upton
Helen Grant
Louise Wilshusen
Caroline Grant
Mel_ ba
Ann Wilshusen
Adolph Miller
Noel Healiher
Donald Miller
Fred Smith
Girls Glee Club
L. M. Merrick
Fragmented Daily Humour Snippets From The Newsroom
A compilation of quick gags and anecdotes including a boy who swallowed a bullet clip and hair loss, a hotel fall, a Scotch joke, a Scotsman quip about wastefulness, a birthday toast with red noses, and light banter about physicians lawyers and a son in law misfire.
Stores to Close Armistice Day
All Pork stores normally closed on Sundays and holidays will shut at eleven o clock on Tuesday November 11 and stay closed for the remainder of the day.
Winter Snow Brings Early Depths and Sale Calendar
Sale calendar lists Garrold Anderson on Nov 12 Mrs May Austin on Nov 14 Franklin Stettner on Nov 19 and Egnar Hultman on Nov 20 See Us First For Sale Bills Winter makes its first appearance with heavy wet snow last Friday reaching several inches and little temperature drop predicted to continue this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sale
Garrold Anderson
May Austin
Franklin Stettner
Egnar Hultman
Red Cross Annual Roll Call Opens November 12
The Red Cross launches its annual membership drive from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving. Osceola aims for 206 members with a $1.00 dues, half to the national body and half to the local chapter. T. A. Reece chairs the effort inviting all to join for 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Osceola
T. A. Reece
Mrs. Swan J. Anderson Dies After Illness in Polk County
Longtime Polk County pioneer Mrs. Swan J. Anderson died October 31 1941 after a five week illness. Born January 2 1863 in Junskopings County Sweden she came to America at age five and lived in Altona Nekoma Stromsburg and Hordville. Survived by eight children twenty five grandchildren five great grandchildren two sisters two brothers and many friends. Funeral services were held at Axel Fredrickson home and Hordville Lutheran Church with Rev C A Sward officiating. Burial in Freidham Lutheran church cemetery.
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Swan J. Anderson
Polk County
Axel Fredrickson
Osceola
Anderson
Junskopings
Sweden
Altona
Ill
Nekoma
Stromsburg
D. H. Walline
Charlie Lindgren
Hordville
Frank W. Carlson
York
Victor
Kansas City
Swede Home Lutheran Church
Hordville Lutheran Church
C. A. Sward
Freidham Lutheran Church
Local Social Notes from Stromsburg and Nearby
Fremont Midland College football players traveling to York stopped for supper in Stromsburg. Tom Austin returned home from Portland after helping Henning Jacobson and family move. Mrs. Herman Anderson and daughters attended a Shelby family reunion for Mrs. B. W. Elgin of New York. Mrs. Milton Anderson and others visited Mrs. Clarence Burgeson. Luther College student Kermit Branting spent weekend with his parents in Stromsburg. Ralph Culver of Lincoln visited friends here. he formerly worked for Lincoln Tel & Tel. Amanda Hallquist of Kekanee Illinois visited Aurora and Stromsburg. Mrs. Nordlund hosted. Wayne Steinbaugh of Blair and Florence Nickles of Omaha stayed with Mrs. Axel Halin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Fremont
Nebraska
York
Tom Austin
Portland
Oregon
Henning Jacobson
That City
Herman Anderson
Frank Leibeo
Shelby
W. Elgin
New York
Milton Anderson
Woodrow Wilson
Polk
Walter Latter
Clarence Burgeson
Kermit Branting
Luther College
Wahoo
H B. Branting
Ralph Culver
Lincoln
Herbert Olson
Culver
Lincoln Tel & Tel. Company
Amanda Hallquist
Kekanee
Illinois
Aurora
P. O. Nordlund
Wayne Steinbaugh
Blair
Florence Nickles
Omaha
Axel Halin
Clean-Up On Rats Urged After Last Week’s Poisoning
Don Whelan an Extension Entomologist from Nebraska College of Agriculture says baiting should continue in Polk County. He notes some rats escaped and recommends another poison meal about ten days later to ensure control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Don Whelan
Nebraska College of Agriculture
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Nels Nelson
Mamre
Alva
Denver
Frank King
M E
A. C Bates
Wm Mudge
Hardville High School
Sparkin
Trumbull
Eldred Mowitz
Gladys Carlson
Emil Samuelson
E. B Holmes
Arthur Anderson
Scotland
Brown
Natal
Granite City
Pat
Riley
Mountaineer
Noc
Blue
Mrs. Swan J. Anderson
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