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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1970
Page
8
The Board of Education met in regular session with all members present. Bills were approved after the auditor's report on the treasurer's account was reviewed. Harold W. Anderson, Secretary.
Todd Hanquist celebrates his ninth birthday at the Roger Hanquist home with family friends including Reuben and Willard Adelson Ruth and Lester Gestrine and Harold Johnson. Weekend notices mention funeral for Victor Krol's father and various Osceola and Nebraska gatherings. Choirs and church activities are listed for late November into December.
Miri and Miriam Stewart send thanks for the story "The Out House" and send holiday greetings to Polk friends. They note Darwin Neuhaus arrived home safely and mention plans for next spring when they will produce cards showing their pool and 28 rental units.
Members attended Achievement Day on November 10 for the November meeting. A short business meeting followed the program. Plans were made to visit a rest home in December. The December meeting will be a noon luncheon with a Christmas gift exchange.
Polk County Farm Bureau sent four members to the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation’s 52nd annual convention in North Platte November 15 to 18. Delegates Henry Strickland Oscar Imm and Walter Berck represented Polk County with Elwyn Yungdahl on the State Policy Development Committee. Jeanelle Carlson won the county essay contest titled SAFETY with Susan Bryan in second place. both Polk and Osceola entrants received books as prizes.
Navy Constructionman Duane K. Thorne, son of Bradshaw Nebr., serves with Detail Kangaroo of the U S Mobile Construction Battalion 33 at Bien Hoa. The unit aims to construct 430 housing units for South Vietnamese Navy families as part of a masterplan to ease housing shortages and promote self help. Mr and Mrs Martin Hoffman Sr and Henry Reed visited Mr and Mrs Wayne Ramsey for Sunday lunch.
The Polk Woman's Club met at Mrs. Erma Adelson's home with Ann Moore as co host for their November session. They planned the Christmas meeting and authorized sponsoring the March of Dimes. Bertha Brazda and Janice Widga presented a program on household pollution and soap brand games awarded Mary Stauffer a prize.
The Home Society met at Evelyn Shenk's home on Wednesday November 18 with twelve members and three visitors. Ella Cramer led the business meeting and the group voted to send 15 to the Nebraska Children's Home for Christmas and to donate diapers and coffee coupons for gifts. A new member, Strand, was welcomed and a gift exchange was held while Kings Corners produced prizes for Ben Johnson and Myrtle Werner. Irene Widga hosted the upcoming December 18 meeting.
Week of November 16 to 23 lists patients including Leroy Muhlman Stromsburg and Frank Cohagan Polk with several Osceola cases such as Donald Doremus and baby, Gregory Ransom and baby, Mildred White, Neva Leidloff, Clarence Johnson, Lizzie Hansen, Mabel Dornburgh, Barbara Pehrson, Dewey Sigler, Vera Johnston, Robert Sigler Jr., Rupert Carlson, and Don Ostberg in York. Dismissals include Roy Wagner, Hannah Monson, and others in Osceola and Stromsburg with several names listed.
Polk United Methodist Church WSCS members visited Stromsburg WSCS on Thursday. Fifteen Polk members attended. Secretary Gale Boyd reported on two books, Everything but Money and The Single Child by Sam Levinson, for Missionary Education and Service.
Alvin Trucano pastor leads Swede Plain United Methodist Church event. Sunday service at 7 30 p m and Crusaders meet at the Bob Clymer home.
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