Blizzard blurs Polk County winter week end
A light rain turned to a blizzard like snowstorm on Sunday November 6 dropping temperatures into the 20s and causing perilous driving conditions. About 30 trucks and a dozen cars were marooned at Bernis Station in Shelby. Community Halloween party drew around 200 children and families from Polk City Council churches and friends.
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Ellington Field
Texas
Bert Gissler
Osceola Flash
Nebraska
Kansas State
Bert
Ted Renfield
Lee Harless
Bryan Graves
Polk First Baptist Church
R. M. Bailey
Lindale Cemetery
Ira Glasser
Betty
Gertrude Nelson
Kay Nelson
Hazel Nelson
Lincoln
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Lyle Widga
Lloyd Widga
Frank Adelson
Ed Widga
van Bush
Chas, Wyatt
Arborville
Polk
City’ Council
Golden Wedding Anniversary Observed With Open House
Mr and Mrs Roy Cramer celebrated their Golden Wedding with an open house at home on Sunday November 10 drawing over 200 friends and relatives.
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Roy Cramer
Sun
Bart Nyberg
Max Kroger
Gaylord Stevens
Columbia
Olga Graves
Central City
Richard Widga
Dean Ostberg
Def Ostberg
Francis and
Noma
Emory Cramer
Larry Cramer
Joyce Sealey
Ella Rudy
Sadie Clark
Jeri (Cramer) Morrison
Grand Island
Cliff Cramer
Geneva
Joe Marsden
Stromsburg
Clayton Nelson
Marquette
Gordon Carlson
Alice Lorraine
Johnson
Osceola
L. Eb, Blase
Polk News: Community Guests and Care Moves
Mr and Mrs Joe Ehn visited Mr and Mrs Edwin Doremus for a birthday gathering on Sunday. Mrs Walter Stohl Mrs Marvin Fredrickson and Mrs Carroll Flodman assisted moving Mrs Julia Flodman from Aurora hospital to the Good Samaritan home in Osceola on Thursday.
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Joe Ehn
Edwin Doremus
Doremus
Walter Stohl
Marvin Fredrickson
Carroll Flod Man
Aurora
Julia Flodman
Aurora Hospital
Good Samaritan
Osceola
A World of Plenty Ended in a Crash of Shortages
A reflective piece notes disillusion with a self praising industrial order as shortages rise and profits trump service. It traces how farming shifted from hand harvest to machine age and warns that prosperity depended on industry for fuel parts and energy. The author calls for shared sacrifice and warns of a fragile future.
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Alfred
Nebraska
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Leon Stankel
Midland College
University of Omaha
Omaha
Eldon Johnson
Alice Nelson
Leslie Adelson
Orlie Adelson
Augusta
Concordia
Wichita
Marlyce Shostrom
District No. 59
Dorothy Dahlin
Sterner
Will Miller
T. A. Stevens
Nellie Nelson
Floyd Miller
J. O. Swanson
Swede Home Lutheran Church
Bernt Johnson
R. E. Hammer
Swede Home Cemetery
C. R. Lindholm
Silver Creek
Cubs
Goldenrod
Farmers Dozen Card Club
Wilfred Stephens
Mr. and
Mrs
Clarence Driewer
Bradshaw
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Dale Auction Realty Co
York, Nebr
Bergen Real Estate and Auction Co
Sutton, Nebr
Willits Craft Shop
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