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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1949
Page
5
A mixed local item page thanks friends for sympathy and notes, cites funeral, fire crew aid, and family visits. The feature includes a serialized Minute Fiction scene about a jewel theft on a cruise, focusing on Mrs. Holbrook’s plotted reveal and captain’s support.
Wordville Baptist Church led by Pastor Trev Hdick invites all to Bible School at 10 00 and Morning Worship at 11 00. Immanuel Lutheran Church, Pastor C W Long, lists Sunday School at 10 a m and Sunday morning worship at 10 30.
Polk and Swede Plain Methodist Churches list morning worship at Polk 10 a m and Swede Plain 10 a m with Church School at 11 a m. Aborville Congregational Church announces 10 a m Sunday School and 11 30 a m Worship led by Rev Earle Eaton accompanied by chorister Floyd Merchant and organist Kenneth Bedient. First Baptist Church schedules 10 a m Church School with Rena Mae Willis as superintendent and 11 a m Worship followed by 7 30 p m Evening Service. Thanksgiving observance November 27 features "The Christian's Horn of Plenty" program with aprons and Copper Face girl noted.
Community church schedule lists Sunday services at 11 and 10 a.m. Sunday School, Friday evening Thanksgiving program, midweek prayer, and Ladies Aid meetings. Local social and family news include visits, birthdays, and hospital notices. Also mentions a Christmas promo at Davis Pharmacy and a historical note on rat introductions and soldiers pay.
A professor who raises trained fleas claims a healthy flea can jump what would be half a mile to humans. Lemon juice enhances flavor in vegetables like asparagus beans and spinach. To preserve a broom hang it so the straw does not touch the floor.
A nationally known advertising expert defines salesmanship as the ability to make people want what they already need. The remark frames sales skill as aligning demand with intrinsic needs and shaping consumer desire through persuasion.
Hogs are highlighted as the most valuable farm animals for turning farm waste and by-products into marketable products, emphasizing their role in agricultural efficiency and sustainability.
Do not overcook fish. It is done when the flesh separates into flakes and comes away from the bones easily.
Veterinary authorities warn sulfa drugs are ineffective against virus diseases in poultry. The statement emphasizes no curative use for sulfonamide antibiotics in viral infections among chickens.
Panda described as one of the rarest mammals with a raccoon like face cat feet and a bear like body. The note emphasizes distinctive appearance and rarity.
Beginning in the 17th century the first American potteries formed in the colonies. Modeled on the potter s wheel the industry now worth 75 million dollars supports nearly 50 000 workers across the country.
A nationwide CROP effort uses miniature railroad cars to symbolize county participation in overseas aid. County CRO chairs send boxcars to state headquarters after filling real rail cars with commodities like wheat and milk. The national train will unite symbolizing Christian brothership across Rural America. Rita Berger of Chicago CROP leads the symbolic Friendship Foods Trains distributed to counties. Harvest drive aims to collect 3500 carloads across 34 states with Catholic Rural Life Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief backing the program.
The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben honored 26 Ak-Sar-Ben scholars and fellows at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture. The luncheon followed a premiere of an AR Sar-Ben funded irrigation and soil conservation film.
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