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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
5
A note describes Bert sharing free melons and lemonade with neighbors. He explains his pleasure in giving what he can, saying he enjoys indulging his whims and hopes more people adopt a share and live and let live attitude.
Community diary items from Len's Place Polk Neb include visits by Philip Johnson and Art Anderson families, meals with Lind and LaVelle relatives, hospital update on Bill LaVelle, and multiple Sunday gatherings at local homes. Short notices mention a field silage cutter wanted, Waterman pens stocked, and a retro home economics course reintroduced in Polk schools. Also included are brief discussions on Russian collective farms and veteran demographics in Nebraska.
An insurance pitch urges drivers to prepare for rising financial risks with State Farm Mutual’s “More for Your Money” plan. The agent promotes best protection at the lowest cost and warns that delay could be costly.
Local store showcases Nat ionally Famous Endicott Johnson Heavy Duty Work Shoes for all ages and job types. Also advertises Webster Automatic Record Player plus jazz and classical records. Inventory includes heaters toasters lamps curtains bed linens and assorted household items.
Joe Spires of Kearney stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson and son. A limited number of piano pupils is wanted. Arthur Bates, Lennis Lind, and Merle LaVelle were in Omaha visiting Merle’s son Bill a Immanuel Hospital patient. Will Lind of Lincoln visited family in Lincoln. Ilos Ostberg and Donald visited Ward Ostberg in Lincoln. Mrs Ansel Lindquist attended the NNN Club near Osceola. James Christenson and son of Hampton visited the Lennis Lind family.
Readers learn of stays in Omaha at Immanuel Hospital and YWCA, WCTU September meeting led by Mrs. P W Aker, plans for County Convention at Polk Methodist Church, visits to Dorsey and Binford households, stray pig report, school substitutions, and wartime butter procurement from New Zealand with price context and shipment details to Pacific areas.
Mrs. Orville Roehrs marked her birthday with a Thursday evening gathering attended by Miss Arlene Green, Henry Mundt and family, Anne Wilshusen and daughter, Herbert Mundt and girls, Carl Mundt and Anita, Aug Roehrs, Willard Richardson and York visitors. The pulse of the event centered on gifts from G. T Ray’s Osceola jeweler. Others included Henry Smith of Stromsburg and Homer Green with Arlene Green, while Oscar Gustafson and Alfred Gustafson visited Johnson Auburn and northern Missouri, staying with Sterling Nelson and Henry Hahn. Alfred extended his stay with his daughter Mrs. Nelson.
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