Polk Schools Note Party Lineup and Football Loss
Polk Junior class opened the year with a party in the new gymnasium on Tuesday night. The Polk football team lost 25 to 6 at Genoa last Friday. Newman Grove visits Friday October 4 for the season opener on the local field. Normal Trainers toured rural schools Wednesday. Polk County Teachers Meeting met in Osceola that evening with a Midland College film showing representative.
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Polk
Genoa
Newman Grove
Polk County
Osceola
Midland College
Harvest of Harmony Preparations In Grand Island
The band prepares for Harvest of Harmony on October 12 in Grand Island with five marching maneuvers per group before judges. Finalists will be chosen from the parade, held at the High School Football Field under lights. Thirty band uniforms and costumes will create a colorful sight as two vocal ensembles are selected: Girl’s sextette with Virginia Green and Marlene Shostrom among others, and Boys ensemble with Don Miller and Don Forss.
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Grand Island
Iights
Virginia Green
Marlene Shostrom
Beverly Jones
Ramona Sundberg
Janice Sundberg
Delores Dahlin
Arthur Bates
Boys Odette
Don Miller
Dale Nyberg
Don Forss
Charles Jisa
Arthur C. Bates
Walden Volz
Ronnie Benson Wallace Lind
Corrine Carlson
New Junior Band Expands to Eighteen Members
New books for Junior Band have arrived as the group grows. The ensemble is set to reach eighteen members soon, reflecting rising student participation and rehearsal momentum.
Tonette Band shines as early music learning tool
In the third and fourth grades this year a Tonette Band will be an innovation. These pre band instruments are fun to play and valuable in teaching basic music fundamentals.
Gloria Adelson Debuts Pedlar Wbonite Clarinet
Gloria Adelson unveils a Pedlar Wbonite clarinet, claiming improvements will enhance the tone quality of her two band setup. The note highlights her pride in the instrument and anticipated sonic benefits.
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Gloria Adelson
Wedding and community notices from Arborville area
Mr and Mrs Will Cline attended the Larson and Waak wedding at Aurora Tuesday evening. Congregational church in Arborville held a farewell reception for Rev and Mrs Mann. Mr and Mrs Ted Otte Jr entertained guests for birthday anniversaries. Mrs Ted Otte Jr soloed as a pilot after lessons.
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Arborville Way
Will Cline
Larson and Waak
Aurora
Jim Myers
Ralph Fisher
R. D. Stouffer
Benedict
Congregational Church of
Arborville
F. D. Mann
Council Community Church
York
Ted Reckner
Ted Otie Jr
Robert Stevens
Ernest Bousquet
Joan Lindberg
Lincoln
Robert Hesshein
C. E. Knapp
Fred Wilams
Seth Piper
Arnon Dover
Walter Jarmin
Eustis
Idaho
Knapp
Fred Williams
Ted Otte Jr
Thomas Hulme
Bradshaw
Shower for bride to be Helen Hoffman honor
Mesdames Lawrence Hoffman Martin Hoffman Leonard Hoffman Martin Hoffman Jr. and Orville Hoffman hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Helen Hoffman Friday afternoon at Mrs. Lawrence Hoffman’s home. Guests numbered 33 as gifts were opened and lunch served after games and entertainment led by Mrs. Leonard Hoffman and Mrs. Martin Hoffman Jr.
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Lawrence Hoffman
Martin Hoffman
Leonard Hoffman
Martin Hoffman Jr
Orville Hoffman
Helen Hoffman
Dance at Parish Hall in Shelby Oct 6
Parish Hall hosts a dance in Shelby on Sunday October 6 with music by Harry Collings. Admission 75 cents, tax included.
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Shelby
Harry Collings
Rally Day and GOP Caravan Events in Nebraska
Rally Day at the Methodist Church honored long time attendees with special Bible gifts. A Republican Caravan led by Hugh Butler and Bert Howard toured western Nebraska with stops in Central City Aurora Seward York Osceola David City and Wahoo on October 8 with multiple candidates and county officials aboard.
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Nebraska
Hugh Butler
Bert” Howard
Howard
Karl Stefan
Central City
Val Peterson
Robert Crosby
Frank Marsh
Walter R. Johnson
Edward Gillette
Ray C. Johnson
Walter F. Roberts
Aurora
Seward
York
Osceola
David City
Wahoo
Community Notes from Stromsburg and Nearby
Don Nordberg and Albertus Larson traveled to Minnesota Wednesday and returned Friday night with young heifers destined for Polk County dairies. Julia Lindquist and family visited Potter Nebraska, group gathered at Mrs. Chase Stanton’s birthday, and several families visited, dined, or traveled, including Brantings, Weldons, Lounsburrys, and Skinners. Henry Rinterman entered Stromsburg hospital as a medical patient, and Mrs. John Beardsley is in Osceola hospital.
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Stromsburg
Don Nordberg
Albertus Larson
Minnesota
Polk County
Julia
Carl
Clarence Lindquist
Potter
Nebraska
Joe Larson
W. W. Yerty
Wilma
Vandergrift
Pennsylvania
C. W. Haynes
Staten Island
New York
F. M. Leibee
Herman Anderson
H. B. Branting
Kermit Branting
Anna L. Exstrom
DeAnn Branting
Amanda
Weldon
Allen
Oscar Stromberg
Polk
Harold Baker
Fairmont
Emma M. Peterson
Clara
Henry Rinterman
Stromsburg Hospital
John Beardsley
Osceola Hospital
Armed services personnel total at 2.5 million
The armed forces comprise about 2.5 million men and women across the Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard, reflecting roughly 9.85 million fewer service members than a little over a year ago who were in action or preparing to go into action.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Polk High vs Newman Grove at Polk Athletic Field
Polk High School hosts Newman Grove at Polk Athletic Field at 2 p m on Friday October 4. Supporters are urged to show up and cheer the team to victory.
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Polk High School
Newman Grove
Polk Athletic Field
Indian conference in Norfolk on claims and taxation
Members of Santee Ponca Winnebago and Omaha tribes met in Norfolk with the Third District official to discuss the Indian Claims Commission and taxation. They plan a Washington trip while noting curtailment orders limit public works.
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Norfolk
Washington
New Indian Claims Commission
United States
Nebraska
VFW Post 4998 Auxiliary Plans October Meeting
Ladies Auxili ary of VFW Post 4998 will meet Thursday night October 3 at 8 00 at Ray Stever’s home in Stromsburg. Eligible: mothers wives sisters 16 or older of men who served on foreign soil or hostile waters. All interested urged to attend.
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Ladies
V.F.W. Post Auxiliary
Ladies Auxilliary
V.fw. Post
Ray Stever
Stromsburg
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Fatigue Causes and Restful Habits Advised
The Polk County Medical Society urges balanced sleep and rest, proper nutrition, and medical checkups to fight fatigue. It lists factors such as work stress and mental habits, and signs like irritability, red eyes, and headaches.
Polio Cases Reported in North Polk County
Emily Wieseman of the valley was taken to Omaha last Wednesday with polio after falling ill at District 7 School. Barbara Wilcox of the valley north of Osceola was hospitalized in Lincoln on Saturday, with a Wilcox boy also taken ill and rushed to Lincoln hospital. Rumors of another case near Silver Creek circulated Tuesday but remained unverified.
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Karen
Merle Wieseman
Omaha
Barbara
Wm. Wilcox
Osceola
Lincoln
Little Wilcox
Lincoln Hospital
Silver Creek
Community Sale Announcement in Central City Neb
Weekly sale every Tuesday at 1 pm calling for any items. Advertisement invites calls to Sale Barn 592-A Central City Neb and lists Elmer Galusha as auctioneer. Public notice-style brief.
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Central City
Nebr
Elmer Galusha
Auc’t
Pork Womans Club meets in Hall for session
The Pork Womans Club met in the Hall Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. P. W. Aker presiding. Mrs. Chff Cramer reviewed Mama's Bank Account. Twenty eight visitors and members attended. hostesses were Mrs. O F. Alfreds, Mrs. R. Dahlin and Mrs. P. W. Aker.
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Pork Womans Club
P. W. Aker
Chff Cramer
Former Polk Man's Car Kills Schuyler Man
Ludvick Vavricek 88 of Schuyler was killed Friday night on highway 30 near Schuyler after being struck by a car driven by Robert K. Strickland superintendent of Clarks Nebr. Strickland said he was traveling about 25 miles per hour with dimmed lights due to glare from an oncoming car. the Stricklands were en route to Fremont. Strickland is a well known former Polk schools music instructor who served in the Army.
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POLK
Schuyler
Ludvick Vavricek
Robert K. Strickland
Clarks
Strickland
Vavricek
Stricklands
Fremont
Mr. Strickland
Army
Ernest Flodman Family Reunion and Reception
A Sunday gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Marvin Fredrickson in Polk brought together the Ernest Flodman family including eight children and twenty two grandchildren all present except two. Motion pictures of the group were taken by Mrs Gilbert Benson. A reception honored Mr and Mrs Myron Johnson of Omaha newly married, who received a silver wedding gift from the group. A dinner for 41 guests followed.
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Ernest Flodman
Marvin Fredrickson
Polk
Carrol Flodman
Virgil Flodman
Hartwig Flodman
Robert Stohl
Lawrence Lind
Walt Stohl
Joe Kralik
Myron Johnson
Omaha
County Extension News Highlights Fair Premium Checks and 4-H Wins
County residents are urged to pick up fair premium checks at Crouse Tex Drug Store, with Sam Crouse promising a smile for timely pickup. The Noxious Weed District Directors and USDA tour Fillmore County to study chemical weed control and equipment. County 4-H calves head to Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha, with Polk and York County clubs supporting exhibitors. 4-H girls Ellen Gonnerman and Shelley earn blue ribbons. Rosalie Ekstrom red. Marlene Shostrom blue and white ribbons.
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Crouse-Tex Drug Store
County Fair Board
Sam Crouse
Joe Sediak
Loyal Knorr
Tom Sterup
Darlene Anderson
Maxine Alt
Ivan Johnson
Herbert Anderson
Harlan Johnson
Margaret Peterson
Beryl Wiliams
John Falk
Oscar Sundberg
Lillie Chingrén
USDA
Fillmore County
Geo. F Anderson
LeRoy Rhodes
Mauritz Swanson
Ray Randall
Omaha
Polk County
Donald Peterson
Tom Brigham
Bob Peterson
Dick Peterson
Jimmy Larson
Milton Thomas
York County Club
O.K
4-H
Ellen Gonnerman
Shelby
Rosalie Ekstrom
Clarks
Marlene Shostrom
Farm Acreage Increases Across Regions During 1940s
US land in farms rose from 1940 to 1945 with about 88 million acres added. About 64 million acres of this gain came from the West due to reclassification of grazing and Indian lands, while the South added 11 million and the North 12 million acres. Harvested cropland reached 343 million acres in 1944 from 321 million in 1939, with regional shifts of roughly 6 million more in the West, a 6 million drop in the South, and a 21 million rise in the North.
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United States
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Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Gatherings
Local residents share visits and hospitality across Polk and surrounding areas. Mrs. Ed Anderson of Chula Vista California visits Polk friends. numerous social events include birthdays stork showers and family dinners with names and towns such as Grand Island Aurora Wahoo Ashton and Central City noted.
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Lloyd Hahn
Miany
Marilyn Hahn
Paul Strand
LaVona Anderson
Anita Samuels
Patty Kisler
Sondra Hill
United States Army
North
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Con
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The
Polk County Medical Society
Milan Snodgrass
Baby
Mildred Snodgrass
Hazel Nelson
Iowa
Snodgrass
Maurice Irland
Dennis Inft
Los Angeles
Oscenia
Lee Finn
Anamosa
W. W. Norton
Myron Hanson
Moline
Cambridge
Mary Catherine
Victor Johnson
Albert Nelson
Philip Waller
David Timm
Ill
Carl Scholz
San Diego
California
Legion Club Rooms
G. W. Morgan
George
County Extension News
Omaha World Herald
Ed Anderson
Chula Vista
Calif
George Wurtz
Harold Ruch
Haxton
Colo
Walter Biniford
Albert Peterson
Clarence Rehry
Larson-Waak
F. W. Bedient
Will
Glenn Green
Oscar Sundbere
Jimmy
Ronnie Benson
Kenneth Upton
Darrell Johnson
Lowell
Leland Bills
Donald Rasmussen
James Green
Joe McClure
T. A. Stevens
Glen Green
West Polk
John Cohagan
Harold Green
Les Bayer
Everett Green
Henry Johnson
Harold Cramer
Henry Lind
Ashton
Geo. Phillips
G. W. Tinker
Louisville
Birthday Club
Ralph Peterson
Hennie Seymour
John Adelson
August Nelson
Gloria
Peterson
Luther College
Enoch Peterson
Ben Peterson
Neil McNaught
L. C. Orendorf
Reynold Perry
Hampton
G. H. Brumbach
Verna Stark
Frank Adelson
Willard Adelson
Fred Lind
Roy Nelsom
Norma Reetz
Martin Baack
Clarence Bryant
John McMurrin
Chapman
Dora Munn
Cliff Cramer
Frank Nelson
Neal McNaught
W. J. Kroger
A. W. Shafer
Ralph Shafer
Max Jones
W. A. Wurtz
Oscar Jones
Henry Cross
C. J. McCoy
Josephine Swanson
J. C. Stramberg
Rudolph Nyberg
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