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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1976
Page
3
Abbie Green file from the Mule Day in Calvary Georgia describes large crowds, mule displays, a parade, square dance and mule contests. The piece notes chilly weather and pictures of mules, with local residents enjoying the festivities.
Didley Baack of Verdigre and Pat Bradley of Bloomfield attended the Nebraska Oklahoma State football game in Lincoln. Overnight guests of Mr and Mrs Rick Bell at Bradshaw. Sunday morning coffee guests of Mrs Margaret Jones. Dinner with Mr and Mrs Robert Baack and family. Other local guests included the Vern Jones, Howard Romsdal birthday dinner, Harold Gravengaard, Jack Herrick, Vance of Grand Island, Murray Nelson, Oscar Nelson, Dennis Stevens, Earl Stevens, Fapt Stevens, Doug Stevens and families from Manhattan Kansas. Sundberg birthday supper for Ryan. Melodye Thomas birthday trip to Grand Island. Levar Sandell visit to Concordia. Sam Grogan visit from York. Robin visit from Central City.
The Young Adults of the United Methodist Church present an informal slide show by Bob Fagan of rural Grand Island. Fagan blends photography with big game hunting showing wildlife and Rocky Mountain scenery. The event is Tuesday night November 30 at 8 p.m. at the church. admission is free and lunch is served.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Shenk visited the Carroll Flodman home on Sunday after traveling from St. Paul Minnesota to visit her son Kevin. Brenda and Bent were also part of the visit before returning to Littleton Colorado.
The report sketches a week of frigid air in Polk and nearby areas with temperatures dipping to near zero. It notes Jimmy Carter and Abbie Green Dukes among Polk's peanut farmers, and mentions daily readings from 7 to 43 degrees, windy conditions, and President Ford staying in California. It closes with social notes from an Omaha breakfast gathering.
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