Kate Smith Launches Drive Against Polio
Kate Smith national chair announces the third annual Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation drive to raise 2 million dollars from November 18 through December 7. A coast to coast Mutual broadcast will feature Hollywood and Broadway stars including Bing Crosby and Rosalind Russell. The fund supports Kenny treatment and local programs, with half of each state's proceeds staying local to aid medical authorities and nursing scholarships, plus ongoing clinical research.
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Kate Smith
Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation
Pearl Harbor
Miss Smith
Hollywood
Broadway
Mutual
Bing Crosby
Rosalind Russell
Sister Kenny
RKO
United States
Kenny
Radio Singer
Len's Place Polk Neb Hosts Wide Weekend Gatherings
A community round of visits and events spans Polk Nebraska with guests from Nebraska City and David City. Notable items include WCTU meeting at Mrs Josephine Lindburg and a 50th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs J C McClure. Also reported are births, hospital visits, dances, and family travel across Stromsburg Crete Des Moines and Grand Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Westfall
Dana Westfall
Nebraska City
Ian Etting
David City
Los Angeles
Lloyd Adelson
Stromsburg Hospital
R. E. Covey
Visalia
Calif
Henry Smith
Stromsburg
Homer Green
Wayne Ramsey
Baby
Josephine Lindburg
WCTU
N. Pearson
Aker
Lemke
Lincoln
John Falk
Axel Johnson
Valpariso
Henry Sandell
Anderson
Art Anderson
Lloyd Hahn
Karen
Arlo Stevens
Martin Baack
Norman Reetz
Baack
Hannah Lindahl
Izman Lampshire
Hordville
Central City Hospital
F R
Silver Creek
Emory Cramer
Ray Shockey
J C. McClure
WEDDING DANCE AT SHELBY AND LOCAL GATHERINGS
Social notes list residents hosting and visiting in area homes over the weekend. Several gatherings include the Glatter Nicolas wedding dance in Shelby with music by Duffy Belord and admission 50 cents. A long roster mentions Sunday dinners and weekend visits among Stevens, Sundberg, Nelson, Ostberg, Fredrickson, McClatchey, Ramp, Lindeberg, and Wurtz families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Moore
Adams St
Lincoln
Earl Stevens
Floyd Miller
Horace Stevens
Arichie
Glen Stevens
T. A Stevens
Jimmy Sundberg
Donald Rasmussen
Jane Jewel
Gordon
Nebraska
Mary Lou Barker
Denby
South Dakota
Donna Sundberg
Nean Ostberg
Churchhill
Canada
George Burke
Ernest Salehow
Walter Nelson
Marvin
Ilos Ostberg
North Platte
Frank Nelson
Central City
N &. McNaught
Elmer Lindeberg
Sioux City
Olaf Alfred
Rev. Pearson
West Coast
Lindeberg
J. C. McClatchey
Palasade
Nebr
S A. Ramp
Leo Wurtz
Gon Daniel
Paul Wurtz
Bates
Pearson
Aurora Methodist Church
Sadie Clark
S. A. Ramp
G T Ray
Osceola
Free Turkey Saturday Promotion Marks First Anniversary
In appreciation of your patronage during our first year, the store offers a free turkey on Saturday November 23. Customers can participate by guessing to see who is lucky, as they celebrate one year of association and pledge to serve you better.
New Merchandise This Week Stocked With Holiday Items
Local shop announces a large new batch of merchandise including radios denim jackets cotton plaid shirts Turkish towels Kleenex dress shirts and an assortment of records with some special Christmas numbers. Ladies snuggies available in SML and out sizes. Come in and browse.
Wanted Custom Corn Picker 2-Row Pull-Type
Classified notices and social items from a Nebraska page list Wanted ads for farm equipment, plus multiple short notices of visits, dinners, and baptisms. Names include Pa Trykus, Gresham. Nichols on Osceola. Sagehorn. Warneke. Shenk. Sa ndell. Sundberg. Kahler. Fredrickson. Brumbach. Stark. Events span Sunday visits, church baptisms, and local errands in Hordville Osceola Bradshaw York Aurora Seward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Stromberg
Leonard
Stromsbureg
Chas. Dahlgren
Hennie Seymour
Rev Bates
Arthur
Oscar Sundberg
Geo. Dutloss
Bradshaw
L. A. Kahler
Aurora
Esther McNeely
Jane Marie Fredrickson
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Monty Wesley
Wesley Fredrickson
Swede Home Lutheran Church
C. H. Brumbach
York
Verna Stark
Smiths welcome baby girl at York General Hospital
Mr and Mrs Alvin Smith are the parents of a baby girl born on Saturday November 17 at York General Hospital. Mrs T A Stevens Mrs Floyd Miller Miss Gwendolyn Stevens and James Lindburg were visitors at York Saturday. Gwendolyn attended Teachers Institute.
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Alvin Smith
York General Hospital
T. A. Stevens
Floyd Miller
Gwendolyn Stevens
James Lindburg
York
Gwendolyn
Teachers Institute
Mrs. Charles A. Carlson Dies in Omaha Hospital
Mrs. Charles A. Carlson, 59, a socially prominent Polk County woman, died at an Omaha hospital shortly before noon Tuesday after a period of failing health. She was brought to Omaha Monday for an operation. her husband survives. Funeral arrangements were not yet set, obituary to follow next week.
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Charles A. Carlson
Omaha
Polk
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Pillsbury’s
DelMonte
Morrell’s
Jer
Pure Food Grocery
Len’s Place
Polk, Nebr
Westinghouse
Nebi
Turkey
Patrykus
Gresham
Neb
Clifford Branting
Ruth Green
Minnie Nicholson
Ben Peterson
Grand Island
Frank Larson
Glen Green
Ella Shenk
Walter Gerkensmeyer
Seward
Carl Wilshusen
Paul ‘Sagehorn
A. C. Warnekes
Elmer Wilshusen
Raymond Sagehorn
Alton Driewer
Near Bradshaw
Clarence Roedine
Wallace Sandell
Elwyn Johnson
G T Ray's
Joe McClure
Osceola Hospital
Maxie Cobb
Baker ’S
Oshosh
Farmer's Store
Margaret Gertsch
Alice Nelson
Ruth McConnaughy
Ericksons Jewelry
Parents
U. S
Frue
Christian Herald
Modern Romances
True Story
CJ Farm Journal
Farmer's Wife
Household Magazine
True Romances
American Fruit Grower 1
American Poultry
Journal
Breeder’s Gazette DC Mother’s Home Life
Poultry Tribune
Amerian
Country Gentleman
Etude Music Magazine
Farm Jrnl
Farmer's
Piven
Household
Jack and Jill
Judy’s News and Liberty
Modern
Modern Screen
Movies
National Livestock ‘Nature
Open Road Boys
Onedance
Parents’ Magazine
Pathfinder
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science M Poultry Tribune Reader’s Digest
the Homemaker
the Woman
Wwe
Wife
Polk Stores
American Fruit Grower Ee
American Poultry Journal
Farm Journal & Farmer's Wife
National Livestock Producer
Breeder's Gazette Household Mag
RFD
Postoffice
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