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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1961
Page
1
The piece notes the unabridged dictionary adds about 4000 words yearly and pokes fun at overworked terms like fabulous and miracle. It mocks modern exertions and describes humorous scenes from childhood with a trout fishing pole by a creek and a dog that retrieves and shoots game.
Business houses will close all day Thursday November 23 in observance of Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Mervin Samuels is a patient in Osceola hospital. The brief item notes her hospitalization status on Page 3.
Special evangelistic services begin Sunday November 19 at the Evangelical Free Church and run through November 26 under Homer Britton of Chattanooga Tennessee. Services start at 7 30 each evening with a different program planned for each weeknight. The public is invited to attend.
Evangelical Free Church welcomed new pastor Wm. Pinkernell and family at a Tuesday evening reception. Reuben Hanquist gave welcome remarks, with scripture and prayer by Rev. Ralph Larson and others from local churches. Music featured solos and trios by Nyberg and Rodine families, with a gift presented by Rudolph Nyberg and closing prayer by Rev. Arnold Olson.
The Polk Commercial Club will sponsor a full card of wrestling bouts in the new high school auditorium on Tuesday December 5. Joe Dusek promoter has signed the contract and details will be announced in this newspaper.
Mr and Mrs Larry Jones of Bradshaw announce the birth of their son Timothy Scott at York Hospital on Saturday November 4. The baby weighed 4 pounds 13 1/2 ounces and is joining the family with health reportedly good.
The Happy Hour Club leads a fund raising effort for mentally retarded children with tag sales from 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the business district and house to house canvass.
A large crowd attended the Polk Public Schools Open House on Wednesday November 11. The PTA membership banner went to the 4th grade and the attendance banner to the Kindergarten class. 5th and 6th grade room mothers provided cookies and coffee during the social hour.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stromberg and Arlan spent the Veterans Day weekend in Omaha, enjoying the holiday events and local sights.
A Polk School report details Kindergarteners decorating for Thanksgiving after Halloween and focusing on numbers in math class. It notes a health booklet on teeth and hygiene, a science moment about the date, and a classroom joke about carrots. One pupil departs and a new student joins.
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