Finders Creepers Play Set For Polk School Event
School play Finders Creepers will be presented November 20 in the grade school gym. Conservation Day USA honors awarded to Polk students. Jennifer Widga, 2nd grade, won 1st place for a mixed media poster What Wildlife Needs. Lisa Wurst, 6th grade, tied for 3rd in essay. Polk School earned 1st place for most student participation in the contest.
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U.S.A
Mx Bruce Cowgill
Polk
Jennifer Widga
Lisa Wurst
Lisa
Polk School
FBLA raffle winners and Christmas program update
FBLA held a multi week raffle with 25 gallons of gas as the prize. Mrs Irene Sundburg won Monday afternoon’s drawing. Work has begun for the Elementary Christmas Program in the elementary gym under the direction of Mrs Janice Saylor and Mrs Sue Sweet. Some students have parts while others will take memory work home. Children in lower grades may need help from Mother.
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FBLA
Irene Sundburg
Janice Saylor
Sue Sweet
Calendar notes for Polk district events and breaks
November 15 and 16 district volleyball tournament at Polk with admission 50 cents and 1 dollar. November 19 assembly for grades 7 to 12 featuring Life Beyond the Iron Curtain by a former Army chaplain and corps photographer. November 20 play Finders Creepers at 7 30 p m in Elementary Gym with admission 50 and 1 dollar and north door. November 22 and 23 Thanksgiving vacation.
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Polk
Football Jerseys Due for Inspection and Return
All football equipment must be checked in to the athletic department by Friday November 16. Game and practice jerseys should be washed and mended before they are turned in.
Finders Creepers theater play dazzles with lively mystery
Two boys visit Hercule's mortician uncle and discover a living corpse in a humorous murder mystery. Confusion erupts as Mr Quigley acts alive while rumors swirl about a case. two girls arrive as the comedy escalates. Polk statistics and district tournament notes conclude this sporty page.
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Wilbur Maxwell
Chas Otto
Hercules Nelson
Mike Branting
Hercule
Bob
Kevin Graves
Quigley
Rod Hanquist
Wilbur
Cindy Tewell
Marla Branting
Polk Girls Shake Off Burg Osceola To Take Third
Polk beat Burg 15-12 15-7 with Terri Harrington 13 Melod y Albin 6 and Jeanelle Carlson 3 leading scorers. Polk then lost to Palmer 15-10 15-8 as Marg Wegner led Palmer with 12. In third place Polk defeated Osceola 15-5 11-15 13-15. Karen Sterns 12 Jeanelle Carlson 9 Marla Branting 8 Luann Bills 7 led Polk while Debbie Asche 13 top Osceola. The team moved from 6th to 4th in conference.
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Polk
Stromsburg
Burg
Terri Harrington
Melody Albin
Jeanelle Carlson
Brendan Bankson
Luann Bills
Marla Branting
Chris Adell
Re Cord
Palmer
Karen Sterns
Luann Bilis
Becky Flodman
Peg Lindburg
Marg Wegner
Osceola
Debbie Asche
School Lunch Menu Week Pages
Monday November 19 includes stew with potatoes and carrots corn bread chocolate pudding sandwich milk. Tuesday November 26 features roast turkey mashed potatoes and gravy green beans cranberries pumpkin custard. Wednesday November 21 lists weiners and sauerkraut potatoes celery sauce. Thursday and Friday are Thanksgiving vacation days.
Jr High Pep Club Elects Officers and Cheerleaders
On Wednesday November 7 the Jr High Pep Club elected officers and selected cheerleaders. Head cheerleader Jan Lindburg leads a team with Lesley Jones and Darla Sterns while Connie Blender serves as President, Rebecca Brazda as Vice President, Lisa Wurst as Secretary, and Monica Werner as news reporter.
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Jr. High
Jan Lindburg
Lesley Jones
Darla Sterns
Connie Blender
Rebecca Brazda
Lisa Wurst
Monica Werner
Kindergarten News Thanksgiving Program Plans
The class has been busy with initial consonant sounds and first reader work. They will present a Thanksgiving program for mothers on November 21 and note fourteen members listed with several mothers visiting to demonstrate cookies and popcorn balls.
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Reuel Anderson
Lisa Bedient
Edd Coover
Larry Eastman
Amy Hanquist
Bonnie Hudson
Emmanuel Kim
Sarah Lindburg
Darwin Love
Lance Meerkatz
Franklyn Merchant
Amber Richey
Valerie Shostrom
Heather Wischmeier
County Board Minutes and Local Meetings Notice
County records show October financials with various departments and vendors including Vogel Paint, Wheeler Lumber, Osceola Utilities, and NPPD. The board approved a storage and flowage easement for James A Rosenquist and reviewed the Veterans Service Officer quarterly report. adjourned to Nov 20 1973. Sunday social and family events documented in the Har ry Anderson and Baack households with hospitalities and shindigs.
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Bils
Lincoln Tel & Tel. Co
IBM Corp
Mid-Nebr
Communications, Inc
Motorola, Inc
Weed Fund
Hernbloom
Aldex Corp
Cengas
Wessee
Osceola
Seos
Co-op Oil, Inc
Morris Dunn
W. V. Kosch
Lewis Mobil Service
Dean Myers
Fier
NPPD
Osceola Implement Co
Osceola Insurance Agency
Polk Oil Co
H. P. Tewell
Louise S. Timm, Co. Treas
Cyta Bros. Sand & Gravel Co
County General Fund
Reynold Peterson
Ceva Eller
Dale Frizzell
Johnson
James A. Rosenquist
Peterson
Veterans Service Officer
Burdette A. Flodman
Local families share weekend visits and birthday greetings
Mr and Mrs Robert Stevens and family of Lincoln joined Sunday dinner with Alvin Dahlin and companions. The party and others visited Mrs Ollie Johnson for her birthday. Edna Steenbock of Hampton stayed overnight with Mervin Shenk and guests. Robert Baack spent the weekend with his family in Minden.
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Harry Anderson
Morris Larson
Julia
Linda
Dennis Baack
Lincoln
Robert Baack
Martin Baack
Meta Hahn
Hampton
James Brazda
Robin
Harold Hoffman
Kim
Martin Hoffman
Tom Hoffman
Baby
Hastings
Margaret Lott
Nancy Newton
Boyd Stuhr
Bradshaw
Ted Dittmer
Wesley Jones
Pam
Bob Dittmer
Otto Dittmer
Clarks
Betty Carlson
Dennis Jasper
Robert Stevens
Alvin Dahlin
Mervin Samuels
Edna Steenbock
Hamption
Mervin Shenk
Ollie Johnson
Duane .Newton
Ray Ruge
Minden
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Wortman Motor Co
J. C. Clark & CO
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Mary Salchow
Gaileway Realty
Maury Newcomer
Stromsburg Tf
Barber’'S
Raymond Fey
Polk County
Nebraska
Lillie Flodman
CTA
Steven James Flodman
Myrl D. Edstrom
Eldon R. Johnson
Gresham
Mason
Bob Baack
Josephine A. Ramuelson
Central TV
St. Nas
Woltral
Motorola and Sylvania Sales & Service
Norge
E. T. Parminter
Polk Farm Supply
Bonnie Meerkatz
Tf LLC
Victor Anderson CO. Funeral Chapel
Gateway Realty
Columbus
Gibson's Discount
E Ith
Call
Deryl J. Reed
Blanche’s. Beauty
Farmers Mutual OF Nebr
Bee Leland Harless
Esther Stahl
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