19 Nov 1970
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1970
Page
1
A Polk column warns against discarding items as antiques may rise in value. The piece recounts an estate sale with high bids on everyday dishes and a curious wooden box, then shifts to local coffee shop chatter and political commentary on Don Searcy. It ends with a vignette about a deaf mute pen peddler and a viewer advisory.
The list names students achieving honor roll status with averages of 85 or above. Criteria require a 90 average and citizenship grade of B or higher, including students from seventh to twelfth grade such as Byron Miller and Gail Samuelson in lower grades and Gail Widga in twelfth grade.
The Hordville Junior-Senior class presents Mamie's Getting Married a three act farce by Ian Skelton on Tuesday November 24 at 8 PM in the school auditorium. Cast includes Mamie Baker Maxine Skinner Susan Baker Judy Stranberg Lulu Baker Lorrie Lavelle Frank Baker Merlin Ericksen Franklin Baker the Eighth Paul Blase Grandma Baker Nancy Garrett Willa Baker Connie Jensen Charles Allen Dixon Walden Weburg Kaye Weatherly Richard Necker Leo Lipwitz Randy Bankson Everett Tracy Robert Kortum The Great Marko Jim Le Suer Vicky Sorenson David Person Mrs Geraldine Kinkaid Elaine Skinner Joe Kinkaid Wayne Gress Reverend Walter Gage Robin Golgert.
Alfred L Heureux won last week's football contest with 13 correct guesses, earning the second five dollars this year. Several contestants misguessed key games including Georgia vs Auburn and Doane vs Dana, while Nebraska's 38 point victory over Kansas State surprised most entrants.
Polk's annual Christmas program runs on Saturday December 19 with a free turkey raffle for 25 winners. Santa Claus will be present with free treats for children and prizes of 25, 15, and 10 dollars for the best decorated homes in the community.
At the regular meeting the club decided not to meet in December and will reconvene in January to elect officers. A pot-luck supper is planned and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stewart showed movies of their Europe and Russia trip.
Measles vaccine shots for grade school students will be given Thursday November 19 starting at 1 00 PM instead of the morning slot previously reported in last week's Progress.
The list names offense players Bob Parminter Stromsburg Jim Carlsen Osceola tackles Jim Kava Clarks Bryce Andersen Osceola guards Lauren Ericksen Stromsburg Keith Brazda Pole Center Jerry Pollard Clarks quarterback Brad Stallings Stromsburg halfbacks Rick Davis Palmer Calvin Coffin Osceola fullback Kenny Bills Polk Coffin Osceola was unanimous halfback. On defense ends Bryce Anderson Osceola Alan Paulsen Palmer Max Frederickson Stromsburg guards Lauren Erickson Stromsburg Russ Jacobi Genoa linebackers Calvin Coffin Osceola Kenny Bills Polk Tom Norden St Edward safeties Brad Stallings Stromsburg Larry Valasek Silver Creek final Goldenrod Conference standings Osceola 7 0 Stromsburg 5 2 Clarks 3 Polk 4 3 Silver Creek 4 3 Palmer 2 5 St Edward 2 5 Genoa 0
Identical coats swapped at the Legion Club chicken feed event last Saturday night. One coat with a liner and one without were exchanged. The owner who took the wrong coat should return it. the rightful owner would like his coat back. Dean Myers can be contacted or a key is at the Progress office.
Polk High School Mixed Chorus and Glee Clubs present a fall choral concert Monday Nov 23 at 8:00 PM in the high school gym. There is no admission charge and the program includes songs such as And the Glory of the Lord Danny Boy Scarborough Fair O Brother Man Gon Out of My Head Games People Play In the Beginning God and Praise Him in Gladness.
The Osceola and Stromsburg area hospital listing shows patients including Roy Wagner Stromsburg Lizzie Hansen Clarks Hannah Monson Osceola Clarence Johnson Osceola Martin Jones Osceola Otto Daum Osceola Milford Peterson Stromsburg Vera Johnston Osceola Howard McKeag Osceola Dewey Sigler Osceola Matie Bedient Osceola Mabel Dornburgh Stromsburg Harold Schneider Stromsburg Robert Sigler Jr Osceola Fred K Johnson Stromsburg Frank Cohagan Polk Edward Wagner Osceola with several others dismissed Lynn Brigham Stromsburg Steven Becker Osceola Rose Conway Shelby Tillman Joy Osceola Roger Wright and baby Osceola Cheryl Johnson Stromsburg Minnie L Johnson Stromsburg Victoria Kucera Osceola Stacy Meister Osceola Richard Watts Osceola James Wunderlick Osceola Harry Wison Osceola Julius Bernt Shelby and deceased Bertha Taylor Stromsburg Clara Shaw Osceola Mabel Hoy Osceola Emma Anderson improved home from York Hospital Neal Van Housen entered St Elizabeths Lincoln Frank Cohagen injured knee in Osceola hospital.
This sixth grade overview notes Social Studies on Mexico Central America and northern South America. It mentions Latin American settlement and freedom fighters inspired by colonial heroes. Science covers magnets rockets and current science news. Math explores angles lines circles polygons and area and perimeter. English focuses on sentence types and parts of speech.
The electric scoreboard fund gained 11 dollars from donations of 10 dollars by Dean Ostberg and 1 dollar from Mrs. David Ring. The fund total rises to 924.76 dollars.
A humorous personal essay recounts six children contracting the flu in one week. The narrator details each child’s quirks from the martyr to the four year old mama's boy as they navigate illness, school, and the chaos of a sick household.
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