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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1965

Page

8

Arborville social and church notices and regional visits

Local families visit in Arborville and Stromsburg with guests from Rising City York and Exeter. Polk WSCS hosts a Thanksgiving dinner at Polk Community Hall while Polk public schools dismiss early for Thanksgiving. ministers of the United Church of Christ hold an all day meeting at Arborville Congregational church.

Marjorie Nelson Allan Ed Medinger Rising City Ernest Brockevelt Elmer Pipers Stromsburg L. D. Perkins Tom Gnauden York Perkinsome Wilfred Stephenses Wilfred Pearle Dyer Mrs Stephens Floyd Taylors Exeter Siiday Wilfred Stephens Mildred Richardson Francis Tewell Kreutz Dean Artz Alma Virgil Tenniges A. Shockeys Harry Reenel Polk Methodist WSCS Polk Community Hall Strombergs South Central Assn United Church of Christ Arborville Congregational Church Arborville Missionary and Aid Society

Homemade Windmills in Nebraska History Rediscovered

The University of Nebraska issued a 1899 bulletin by Erwin Barbour detailing homemade windmills across Nebraska. Builders used Dutch, Jumbo, Battle-Axe, and turbine designs to pump water, irrigate, grind grain, and churn, with costs from 1.50 to 150 dollars.

Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska University of Nebraska U.S. Agricultural Experiment Station Erwin Hinckley Barbour Barbour Plains Omaha Denver Platte Valley Grand Island J.L. Brown Midway Nurseries Kearney

Lincoln rate changes take effect November 21

The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co. announces new intrastate long distance rates starting November 21. Night rates apply at 8 p.m. on weekdays and Sundays, evening rates 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and all day Saturday, and overtime rates begin at the fourth minute for person-to-person calls within Nebraska beyond 45 miles.

Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co

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