Sundberg 25th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Sundberg celebrated their silver anniversary with an open house on Sunday November 6. A program featured songs and talks by family and friends including Janice, Rev. Walker, Shirley Whitacre, Albert Sundberg, Ruth Weston, Jim Sundberg, Donna and Janice. Relatives and guests numbered about 130 with a three tier cake by Mrs. Hebr Krause and a large list of out of town visitors from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar E. Surdberg
Oscar
Violet
Janice
Rev. Walker
Shirley Whitacre
Albert Sundberg
Ruth Weston
Jim Sundberg
Donna
Valparaiso
Charles Eckles
Tom
Gresham
S. W. Longacre
Palmer
A. Bryant
Grand Island
Jack Fagen
Cairo
Phil Nyberg
Carleton Anderson
Osceola
Ed, Anderson
Clara
Emma Anderson
Jeanette Widen
Stromsburg
Hilmer Jones
Harold Johnson
Augusta Johnson
Marlin Jones
Mabel Johnson
Eugene Jones
Columbus
Milford Olson
Holdrege
Ebba Hanquist
Gust Kahlberg
Ar- Jeen
Sumner, Neb
Karen
Paul Nelson
Home Extension Club Meeting Returns Strong Support in Hastings
Nebraska Council of Home Extension Clubs met in Hastings November 1 2 and 3 with theme Home Fountain Head of Democracy. Polk County delegates Mrs Alvin Burke Mrs Forrest Berg gren and Miss Nelle Wisely attended. Registration reached 573 as weather cooperated and tours visited Model Day Dress factory House of Yesterday and Engleside Institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Council of Home Extension Clubs
Hastings
Polk County
Alvin Burke
Forrest
Berggren
Nelle
Model Day Dress Factory
House of Yesterday
Engleside Institution
National Council
Colorado Springs
Nebraska
Chas. Gill
Craig
State Council
Vern Sageser
Amelia
Teui Ping Huang
Nebraska Extension
Fluang
R. N. Gould
PTA
John A. Aeta
University of Nebraska
Kearney County
Honored on 80th Birthday and School Events
The Polk High School scene includes a December 2 play premiere for Light the Fuse with a large cast. November 15 hosts a Polk Commercial Club banquet honoring the PHS Football Squad with Gregg McBride as speaker and letters awarded. Armistice Day program and open house for Augusta Johnson’s 80th birthday draw community turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Commercial Club
PHS
Gregg McBride
Polk High Cubs Dominate Silver Creek 45 0 in Armistice clash
Polk High School routed Silver Creek 45 to 0 on the home field. Roger Long threw for 207 yards on 12 completions and added 111 rushing yards as Polk piled up 443 total yards. Nine Polk seniors end their football careers in this final conference game, including Leonard Anderson and Ralph Kahler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk High Cubs
Silver Creek Eleven
Cubs
Long
John Holmes
Ralph Kahler
Dale Nyberg
Dale
Holmes
Scott
Frodman
Polk
Silver Creek
Ralph
George Scott
Leon Stunkle
Myers
Gaylen Holmes
Roger Long
Gaylen
Polk Boys
Waldon McNaught
Norval Nielsen
Waldon
Billy Kubas
Edgar
Polk High
Leonard Anderson
Burdette Flodman Doyle Hahn
Jack Lavelle
Darrell Shostrom
Polk SC
Kimball
Colo. U
Brehms
Hastings College
Spielman
Peru College
Ron Nyberg
Flodman
Lavelle
Anderson
Light
Stunkle
Nielsen
Shostrom
Gleim
Johnson
Cramer
Kingsporn
Kahler
Ostrander
McNaught
Peterson
Samuels
Bridal Shower Honors Mrs. Francis Johnson and Kinship Group
A bridal shower was hosted at Mrs. Grant Willits home last Friday for Mrs. Francis Johnson and a group including Kensielyinne Monroe Nebanja Mrs. Dale Willits of Columbus Mrs. Edwin Drewell of Alda Mrs. Axel Rudeen of Stromsburg and the bride’s sisters Betty and Doris Fyfe of Shelby. Games and lavender yellow refreshments followed with gifts placed under an umbrella. Miss Rena May Willits and Mrs. Robert Willits served as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Willits
Francis Johnson
Kensielyinne Monroe
Nebanja
Dale Willits
Columbus
Edwin Drewell
Alda
Axel Rudeen
Stromsburg
Betty
Doris Fyfe
Shelby
Rena May Willits
Robert Willits
New Clock Installed at Osceola County Court House
Mrs. Sadie Jarmin of Osceola gifted an electrically operated clock to be mounted above the south entrance of the County Court House. The large timepiece, read from a distance, was bought from Howard Clock Sales and Service Company of New York City and honors her late husband, John H. Jarmin.
Polk Village Erecting $2500 Building
The Village of Polk builds a 40 by 50 foot wooden shed with tin roof and graveled floor to house three maintainers one state owned and two county owned. Will Garling and Dwayne Hahn lead the project with Charles Peterson in charge and a three week completion goal. Local businessmen and farmers will be invited to assist. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Raymond Johnson of Los Angeles and Mrs Edna Melton of Long Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Will Garling
Dwayne Hahn
Charles Peterson
Raymond Johnson
Los Angeles
Edna Melton
Long Beach
California
Grant Willits
X Ray Machine Visit Set for Polk County
Polk County hosts a Health Ray Machine loan from November 23 to December 19 offering free chest examinations. It will be in Polk on December 16 and December 19. Olive McBeth Osceola County Superintendent chairs the committee with Mrs. Clifford Cramer Polk representative and other members from Stromsburg and Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Cramer
Polk
Polk County
Olive McBeth
Osceola
W. R. French
Alvin Burke
Stromsburg
Robert McMeekin
Shelby
Kroger Receives Retirement Honor From Standard Oil Omaha
W J Kroger retires after fifteen years as agent in Polk while the Omaha Division and field 26 Standard Oil Company honored him at a banquet on his 65th birthday. Rev Paul Walker and J H Hay spoke as W L Hoganson presented gifts to Kroger and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Field 26
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
W.J. Kroger
Polk
Paul Walker
Polk Methodist Church
J. H. Hay
W. L. Hogarson
W. L. Hoganson
York
Frank Nelson
Gothenburg
Merle Stromberg
Lloyd Kroger
Grandson of Polk couple killed in accident
Four year old Dennis Nyberg, son of Dwain Nyberg and his wife from Rockford Iowa, was hit by a car and killed. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs Walter Nyberg and relatives from Hordville travel to the scene as community sympathy pours in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Walter Nyberg
Dennis
Dwain Nyberg
Rockford, I
Arvid Stranberg
Vincent Stranberg
Hordville
Vioss
Dwain Nybergs
Randall
Nybergs
Polk Elevator Reports 600 Bushels of New Corn Purchased
Polk Elevator manager Dean Myers reports only 600 bushels of new corn purchased to date from Lloyd Lind farm. The corn tested about 17 percent moisture. The CCC bins near Wurtz Implement hold 67,000 bushels total 13 percent moisture average. Richard Sealey of the Polk County AAA committee leads Polk operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Myers
Polk Elevator
Lloyd Lind
Myers
Will Kroger
Homer Green
CCC
Wurtz Implement Company
Richard Sealey
Polk County
AAA County Committee
Polk Operaions
WSCS Meeting Aims Pakistan Theme At Polk Methodist
The Polk Methodist WSCS met November 3 in the church parlors. Mrs S J Harless hosted the reception. Program leaders were Mesdames Ostberg Johnson Lytle and the hostesses Hahn Anderson Anderson Hill Gustafson. The theme was Pakistan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Methodist Wscs
S. J. Harless
Iof Ostberg
Grant Johnson
Charles Lytle
Lloyd Hahn
Irvin Anderson
Forrest Anderson
Glen Hill
Oscar Gustafson
Pakistan
Polk Ladies Attend 4th District Women’s Club Convention
Mrs. Clifford Cramer and Mrs. Neil McNaught attended the 4th District Women's Club Convention in David City on Wednesday and Thursday. Cramer chaired publicity. McNaught is president of the local club. Highlights included talks by state president Bilse Robinson and E A Creighton of Red Cloud at the banquet, and a Thursday session with Prof. I G Campbell of Doane College and his wife recounting life in Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Cramer
Neil McNaught
David City
Turkey
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Rosemary Laurence
Jeanette Cramer
Artis Thoupe
Legion Club
Walker
The
Legion
PHS— Polk High School
Frank Davis
Adams County
Wwf
Fred MacMurray
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda
Lonesome Pine
Gary Cooper
Patricia Neal
Raymond Massey
the Fountainhead
Barkleys
Broadway
the Stratton Story
County Court House
Polk Village
Yancey Hotel
Milton Anderson
LaVonne
Harriet Bush
Mrs. Anderson
W. J. Kroger
OIL Company
WSCS
Women’s Club
At Polk
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