Roosevelt Reelected as Polk County Votes Hit Record
Polk County voters turned out heavily on Tuesday casting one of the county’s largest vote tallies. Roosevelt won a sweeping third term while Willkie carried Nebraska and several farm states. The county backed Butler and Griswold strongly for senator and governor and Curtis led his opponents in Congress. Ray Thomas narrowly led Gunnerson for the legislature in Polk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Willkie
U.S
Cochran
Butler
Carpenter
Griswold
Canaday
Jurtis
Bindernp
Thomas O
Gunnerson
Dahlin
Desse Pe Ee Ae
Samuelson
Polk County
Nebraska
Ray Thomas
County Results and West Side News Items
County results list local officials and road overseers with numerous names. West Side News notes church events upcoming practice, missionary program, a church clean up, and Thanksgiving services plus various visits and family gatherings.
4 H Banquet At Stromsburg Attracts 300 Attendees
About 300 4 H club members parents and friends attended the 4 H Extension Service Banquet at Stromsburg High School on October 29. L I Frisbie state 4 H club leader gave the keynote talk and Shelby High School students presented the one act play Siddie Greets a Hero directed by Mrs Arch Kumpf with cast John Pearson Eugene Sterup LoRene Thelen Charlotte Ball Phyllis Hastert Lorene DeTurk. Other numbers included guitar Paul Kuhnel a Jane Buchta reading a clarinet solo Brooke Berggren and a duet by Mrs Myron Johnson and Gordon Fredrickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg High School
L. I. Frisbie
Siddie
Shelby High School
Arch Kumpf
John Pearson
Eugene Sterup
LoRene Thelen
Charlotte Ball
Phyllis Hastert
Lorene DeTurk
Paul Kuhnel
Jane Buchta
Brooke Berggren
Silver Dollar Nite Club draws large Polk crowd
Polk seen a robust turnout for the Silver Dollar Nite Club with Carl Steelquist as Master of Ceremonies. Mrs. Milton Anderson won the ten dollar first prize as honorary member amid a night the event organizers claim set a town record with about thirteen hundred attendees from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Carl Steelquist
Milton Anderson
Ralph Upton
Ira Shostrom
Walter Widge
Martha Hoffman
York
Edwin A. Shostrom
Raymond Shockey
Bradshaw
Mervin Samuels
Clarks
Raymond Olson
Carl A. Wilshusen
Polk T A Janky Stromsburg
Ida Westlund
Poll
Goldie Lampshire
Hardville I
McClure
Niel McNaught
Chas Lytle
Shelterbelt meetings discuss 1941 program changes
A series of precinct meetings addresses tree planting under the 1941 Shelterbelt Program with notes on planting fewer than ten rows and showing related pictures. Valley Precinct hosts November 12 at 8 p m and Victor School House hosts November 13 at 8 p m with a plan for community efforts urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Precinct
Valley Methodist Church
Victor School
Welcome readers and new subscribers to Progress paper
The editor greets new subscribers and thanks renewing ones, noting over seventy new families will read the Progress weekly for a year and inviting input. It asks readers to report local news to the office or by phone.
Cream Up Pork Produce Houses Pay Higher Cream Prices
Local producers paid farmers thirty cents per pound for cream on Saturday, the highest price in nearly two years. Larger checks allowed buyers to afford more winter necessities.
Eighty Gets Ten for Speeding in Yale SD
Paul Kleinsasser of Yale South Dakota was fined 10 and costs 3.20 in Judge Merrick s court Friday for speeding. State Patrolman C R Edson filed the complaint after following Kleinsasser from south of the Loup river bridge to east of Shelby where the motorist was clocked at eighty mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kleinsasser
Yale
S. D
Farewell party for Wallace neighbors prior to Missouri move
Neighbors hosted a farewell party Sunday evening at Mr and Mrs Otto Wallace's home before their planned move to Missouri early next week. Attendees included many local families, with cards and refreshments providing evening entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Wallace
Harold Carlson
Cliff ‘Carlson
Ernest Lundberg
S. S. Piper
Roy Glasser
Jerold Ruzicka
van Bush
David Dornburgh
Weekend Visits and Local Nottings in Arborville and Polk
Arborville notes list many visitors and gatherings including Mr and Mrs Louis Stark of Aurora and families from Bradshaw York Stromsburg and Polk. Charles Riley broke his arm playing football and T D Otte installed an irrigation well. In Polk News a major operation at Bryan Memorial Hospital and appendicitis surgery for Kenneth Wilshusen are reported alongside church and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
York
Ruth Wurtz
Clarks
Dorothy Sherwood
Herbert Wurtz
Jean Douglas
Wren Sherwood
Virgil Hultquist
Omaha
Arborville News
Louis Stark
Aurora
Herbert Bedient
Near Bradshaw
W B. Bedient
Audrey
Rose Bedient
Carl Bedient
Dorothy
Kenneth Bedient
Fred Bedient
Gresham
Leand Bowers
Kenneth
Grant Johnson
David Riley
Wyoming
Fred Riley
Ernest Lundberg
Ansel Lindquist
Sybil Otte
Polk
Pete Schrader
Fred D. Shockey
A. A. Shockey
Fred Shockey
Floyd Gunlack
Fairmont
Rolland Ramsey
W. E. Bedient
Gertrude Flick
W. C. Shockey
R. M. Bailey
Benschoter
Loup City
Henry Horstman
Elmer Hanquist
P. A. Hanquist
Ebba
Kansas
Missouri
Dale Christenson
Bobby Christenson
Cheyenne
Carrol Flodman
Ed Stewart
F Myers
Roland Dahlin
Martin Dahlin
Hennie Seymour
Rockford
Til
Lloyd Kroger
Robi Strickland
Harold
Gertrude Nelson
Lincoln
A. K. Crow
Forrest Hacht
Grand Island
Floyd Larson
Wayne Stevens
Ewing
Bernice Larson
Leonard Larson
Frank Larson
Iva Stevens
Fred Spires
Fullerton
Pete Kissel
Columbus
Harl Stevens
Ray Werner
Werner
Mary Liedtke
Neal Gallant
Ravenna
Womens ‘Society of Christian ‘Service
M. H
P. J. Garten
C. R. Peterson
Neil Doremus
Glen Till
Albert Sundberg
Longacre
Floyd Miller
Ed Madison
Emalyne Deuker
LaVon Williams
Hastings
Della Mae Madison
Roger Hill
Red Cloud
Polk Woman's Club Meets at Steelquist Home
Polk Woman's Club met at Mrs. Carl Steelquist's home Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Oscar Jones presiding. Mrs. Jones reported the State Convention at Norfolk. program led by Mrs. Alfred and Mrs. Allison. solo by Mrs. L Kroger. Mrs. Hill reviewed the Columbus Passion Play. Thanksgiving quizzes were asked. refreshments with a Thanksgiving motif served to twenty members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Woman’s Club
Carl Steelquist
Lloyd Kroger
Polk Woman's Club
Steelquist
Oscar Jones
Norfolk
Jones
O. F. Alfred
R. J Allison
L. Kroger
Glenn Hill
Columbus
Auxiliary Meets with American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary met Monday afternoon November 4 with Mrs. Ellen Sandell. President Mrs. Isaacson called the meeting to order and members pledged, sang, and recited the Preamble. An essay contest on National Defense was planned, a February community sing scheduled, and eight members paid dues. Attendees from here included Mesdames Isaacson Shafer Oscar Sundberg Sophia Gestrine Horstman Daniels Nellie Nelson and Ellen Sandell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Ellen Sandell
Isaacson
America
Stromsburg
Mesdame
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Curtis
Alvin Dahlin
Harper Peterson
Harry Crossant
H. A. Johansen
E. W. Johnson
Wm. Campain
Chas. Wright
A. Allleon
J. R. Sundberg
Ralph Kahler
Hackberry
Herman Thelen
Canada
Henry Johnson
Clear Creek
Holger Nielsen
J. W. Newman
Osceola
C. B. Jones Valley
Frank Triba
Albert Sundberg Platte
Guilford
Bryan
West Side
Dorcas
Vivian
Floreine
Lorraine Larson
Mrs. Sward
Swede Home Ladies Club
Irene Forss
Frances Toline
Wahoo
David Sward
Rock Island
Howard Peterson
Bud Bolton
Frank Bolton
Olile Johnson
Kenneth Peterson
Ansel Fredrickson
Johanna Larson
Wm. Larson
Walter Larson
Gentlemen OF the Jury
Joseph Lindeblade
J. A. Seaberg
Milton D. Johnson
F. N. Larson
Seewe
Polk Forrest D. Anderson
Oscar Anderson
I. Polk
Arthur Adelson
Orville Jackson Wee Benedict
Sam T. Crouse
Arthur Bryan
Columbus Co
W. Youngland - Stromsburg
Walter Pierson
Arborville
B C. Cramee
Mogene
Donald Hanquist
M. Balley
Dwight Griswold
Floyd Lyle
Paul Strand
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