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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1971
Page
3
The Polk community reports Mrs G W Tinker funeral in Polk cemetery with a Free Methodist service. Local travel includes A G Glad and family visiting Omaha for a 25th anniversary reception. Thanksgiving plans feature Stromsburg Polk football game and a main street rally.
Obituary poetry sold by the line and card of thanks offered at ten cents per line with minimum charges. Subscription rates shown: Nebraska four dollars annually, elsewhere five dollars. six months two fifty. three months one fifty. single copy price listed.
Polk County Farm Bureau sent twenty members to the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation 53rd Annual Convention in Lincoln November 14 to 17 with Walter Berck LaVerne Dake and Henry Strickland as voting delegates. Mrs Wallace Sandell served on the State Policy Development Committee shaping recommendations for delegates. Robert W. Bryan noted first time attendees were impressed by member driven policy making and Polk County plans to attend the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 52nd convention in Chicago December 5-9.
Local residents visit relatives in Grand Island and Minden with gatherings at the Veteran's Hospital and the Orville Jacobson home. Carlstrom and Ekund celebrate a wedding party and anniversary at Highway Cafe and Ken Carlstrom homes. Thanksgiving dinner gatherings occur in several homes with friends visiting from St Paul and Osceola.
A long reader letter from Grants Pass Oregon dated November 11 1971 thanks editor Norris Alfred Ye for the weekly paper and shares memories of writers editors and books. The missive blends personal anecdotes about journalism Oregon history and seasonal notes with anecdotes about pets and weather.
Mrs Russell Fjell and Mrs C Marvin Fredrickson attended TCW Club at Mrs Gust Peterson home near Swede Home on Thursday November 18. Mr and Mrs Don Shoup and family were Saturday supper guests in Roger Gustafson home. Evening visitors included Mr and Mrs Rudolf Andersen of Marquette. Mrs Beluah Gustafson of Hastings was a dinner guest in Richard Gustafson home. A week ago Mr and Mrs Harold Hanquist were Sunday evening visitors of Mrs Hannah Hahn and Doyle.
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