Bar Of Soap Admission At High School Scrimmage
A soap themed basketball scrimmage at the Polk High School gym on Saturday December 1 invites Polk residents to attend without admission fees but donations of one bar of soap per person. The event features two intersquad scrimmages with reserves at 6:30 and varsity at 7:30, benefiting local area students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Plodman
Gale Stevens
Daryl Tenniges
Bruce Hudson
Roger Carlstrom
Gregg Hanquist
al Willits
Rick Hoffman
Mike Branting
Polk
Annuals on sale for 1972 73 season at $2.00
About ten 1972 73 Annuals are available on a first come basis for $2.00. Contact Mr Richey at the High School Office. A SOAP SCRIMMAGE notes 28 players reported for basketball this year with a core six returning lettermen led by senior Mark Anderson.
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Richey
SOAP
Mark Anderson
Youth Groups Host Speaker and Fundraiser Event
The Lutheran and Methodist youth groups met on Wednesday the 14th with Mrs Margaret McAllister from York Planned Parenthood Clinic as guest speaker. They planned a corn pickup fundraiser for Sunday Nov 18 and collected ninety bashels. Proceeds benefit the Nebraska Fund for Retarded Children. Wendy Redman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret McAllister
York
Planned Parenthood Clinic
V.D
Don
Scott Hudson
Sharon Hudson
Thanksgiving guests visit Polk Scene families
Mrs Ruth Bills and Mrs Margaret Jones were guests of Mr and Mrs Lowell Bills for Thanksgiving dinner. Mr and Mrs Bob Branting of Hastings stayed Saturday night with Reuben Swanson. Gordon Glad and family visited his mother in Aurora for a belated Thanksgiving. Gilbert Glad and family of Aurora Cole joined Gordon Glad for vacation. Mr and Mrs Fred Stellars and Lillie Johnson joined the group for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bills
Margaret Jones
Lowell Bills
Bob Branting
Hastings
Reuben Swanson
Gordon Glad
Oscar Elge
Aurora
Gilbert Glad
Cole
Fred Stellars
Lillie Johnson
Polk Garden Club Meets at Hi-way Cafe Luncheon
The Polk Garden Club gathered November 13 at the Hi-way Cafe for lunch, then held a brief meeting. They discussed next year’s flower beds, reported 18 lap robes completed, and installed new officers Erma Adelson president Dorothy Adelson vice president Bertha Brazda secretary treasurer. The session adjourned, concluding the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Garden Club
Thanksgiving Guests and Family Visits Across Central City Area
Residents hosted relatives and friends for Thanksgiving including Gustafsons at Richard Gustafson home and Steinke family in Central City. Lincoln and Omaha guests joined Stromsburg and Stromsburg area gatherings. speakers from Polk and visits by Linneman and Glasser families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Gustafson
Richard Gustafson
Henry Steinke
Park View
Central City
Clemens Prososki
Omaha
Clarence Guthrie
Oscar Anderson
Harold Anderson
Lynsay Darnall
Kent Anderson
Lincoln
Leann Sundberg
Anderson
Kenneth Strong
Stromsburg
Donald Hanquist
Rodney
Lori
John Reckner
Don Hanquist
Laura Bolton
John Beckner
Cowgill
Polk
Arthur Linneman
Papillion
Dwight Burney
Ira Glasser
Gene Glasser
Wood River
Death of Mrs C H Skinner recalled in readers letters
In Ames New York November 18 1973 readers remember Rev and Mrs Skinner and their daughter Margery Empie with anecdotes from Polk in the 1920s. The note also reports friends’ requests to update delivery addresses and a sister’s letter about Margaret Huston of Lincoln after a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Skinner
Skinner
Margery
Polk
Baptist Church
Progress
Rev. Skinner
Mother Alfred
Alfred
Dad Alfred
I. D. Huston
Washington, D. C
Margaret Huston
Lincoln
California
Helen
Thanksgiving gatherings spread across Polk county towns
A string of Thanksgiving visits and meals across Polk County communities. Families such as Burns, Cramers, Dornburghs, Harless, Gustafsons, Hahn, and others hosted relatives from York, Cozad, Stromsburg, Osceola, Hastings, Lincoln, Grand Island, and more, with dinners at homes and community halls and birthday observances.
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York Dailey News Times
Polk Co. Education Association
Osceola
Hampton
Cinamon
Rolland I. Essman
North Loup-Scotia
Nebraska
Essman
The
Lincoln Telephone Company
Norris
Sincerely
Margery (Skinner
Empie
Kingdom Come
Franklin Smith
Dexeter
Oregon
Deborah Faye
James Alan Green
Creswell Oregon
Ruby Harrelson
Juneau
Alaska
Wymore
Erna Peterson
Cedarburg
Wis
Orpha Due of
Thanksgving
Davy
Fmory Cramer
Charles Cramer
Cozad
R Bruce Cramer
Larry Cramer
Susan
Harold Carlson
Campbell
Clara L’hereux
Herman Myers
Fred Dornburgh
Boys of
Columbus
Lyle Dornburgh
Carroll Flodman
Julia Flodman
Good Samaritan Center
Dick Harless
Karen Alfred and Robbie
Stanford Ang
Signe Hanquist
Vega Ekdahl
Lanny Ang
Kevin
Larry Coover
Enoch Peterson
Leroy Smelker
Billy
Colorado Springs
Roger Gustafson
Bill Pickrell
Clarks
R. Peterson
Vicki Davis
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Debra Gustafson
Maynard Gress
Alan Pickrell
Hannah Hahn
Doyle
Agnes Neilsen
Dwayne Hahn
Hordville
Pauline
Doug Hahn
Beth Neilsen
Jeff
Reuben Paulson
Grand Island
Otto Blake
Pauline Hahn
Lee Harless
Pam
Grace Harless
Dean Samuelson
Jim Barbee
Sutton
Rudolph Gusafson
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