Polk Notes and Returns Echo 1932 Local Events
The Progress items report McClure closing a David Cole Creamery station due to low business with four stations remaining. A Polk defense Stamp Day, a blackout, and a 1 vote margin in county returns mark local activity. Also noted are a 45th anniversary, hunting ducks, and high school attendance at a Nebraska Pittsburg game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. McClure
David Cole Creamery Co
Polk
Maurice Nyberg
Glenn Hill
Dr. Westfall
Clarence Peterson
Charles Crew
Polk High School
Lincoln
Sid Crow
Jerome Widga
Robert Lytle
Max Peterson
Raymond Peterson
Donald Wright
Johnnie Strand
Charles Peterson
Donald Morris
Lloyd Morris
Billie Allison
Thompson Allison
Billie Williams
Larson
Mr Gallant
L. P. Jones
Hordville
The
Commercial Club
John S. Anderson
Sophia Kresha
Open House and Community Events Highlight Polk County
Polk residents hosted visitors from nearby towns with social visits to homes in Cedar Rapids Hordville and Ord. Immanuel Lutheran Church in Thayer held a wedding for Dorothy Rhode and Elmer Sackschewsky with Rev. Carl Juergensen officiating. Over 200 attended the Polk schools Open House as classes functioned and students recited. A Smorgasbord at Fridhem Lutheran Church in Hordville drew about 450 guests. Further activities included a Jet Jingle Contest winner, three grand openings in Polk, and a charity card party by the Polk Woman's Club in the new community hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John A. Johnson
Fort Dodge
Charles Johnson
Hordville
Willard Adelson
Lincoln
Jimmy
Lyle Dornburgh
Carl Detloff
Daniel Graves
Lawrence Larson
Elwood Sandell
Lannie Shafer
Ord
Shafer
Harlan Frazier
Sandell
Kenneth Leach
Dorothy Rhode
Elmer Sackschewsky
Thayer
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Carl Juergensen
Polk
theFridhem Lutheran Church
Barbara Rhode
Eric Helden
Famly
Melvin Ehlers
Howard Herbes
Harley
Burbank
Calif
Donald
Lloyd Morris
Hal
Floyd Bittinger
Bert Bittinger
LaGrange
Wyoming
North Platte
Joan Deuker
Don Nyberg
Gaylen Holmes Lang
Polk Woman's Club
Gaylord Stevens
Faith and the power debate after the 1972 election
A letter reflects on young McGovern supporters reshaping faith and politics after a crushing defeat. It cites Balzer’s sermon on faith and humanity, Emerson and Eiseley, arguing power must serve life and global responsibility, not dominate. It urges continued political engagement within democracy and personal responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
McGovern
United States
Jacob F. Balzer
First Congregational Church
Crete
Nebr
Rev. Balzer
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Loren Hiseley
Charles Darwin
Eiseley
Balzer
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Nixon
Vietnam
Shriver
Local News Items Crowded Out Last Week
Ansley visitors Mr and Mrs Carl Brown and daughters and Mr and Mrs Sherman Wilshusen with Alisha visited the Lyle Widga home Friday. MYF of Swede Plain Methodist Church met at the church Sunday evening. A screening of the film Randy ended with a discussion and lunch by Anna Marie Widga. Arthur Samuelson and Ronald Katz family guests from Lincoln over Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Brown
Ansley
Sherman Wilshusen
Alisha
Lyle Widga
Myf
Swede Plain
Anna Marie Widga
Arthur Samuelson
Ronald Katz
Lincoln
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Alvena Lind
Joe McClure
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Hoover
W. A. Stevens
Polk Methodist Church
E. R. Peterson
J. L. Hedbloom
Polk Cemetery
Theatre Osceola
Marlon Brando
al Pacino
James Caen
Purina
Chas. Pfhizer & Co., Inc
Polk Grain Co
Lala Viel
Polk, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska Association
Brazda Farm
John and
Darlene Hascool
Finlayson Insurance Ph
Central City, Nebr
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