Letters to the Progress Reflect Community Ties and Subscriptions
A series of reader letters to the Polk Progress from residents in Nebraska and Washington discuss renewing subscriptions, personal connections via the paper, retirement plans of local officials, and praise for editorial coverage. One note mentions a New York reader preferring the Polk Progress post–Nixon.
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New Yorker
The
Christian Science Monitor
Wall Street Journal
Polk
America
New York State
Nixon
New York Times
Polk Progress
Local Visitors and Guests Parade Through Polk County
Mr and Mrs Ed Connely of Broken Bow visited the Glen Babcock home Thursday afternoon. Mrs Beulah Gustafson returned to Hastings Tuesday. Over night guests Saturday were Mr and Mrs C W Gurney of Burwell. Mr and Mrs Alan Pickrel of Hastings visited her parents Roger and Mrs Gustafson Sunday. Sunday callers in Reuben Hanquist homes included Mr and Mrs Walter Carlson of Holdrege and Mr and Mrs Mark Albin of An kany Indiana. Dennis Baack of Omaha spent the weekend with his parents and visited his great grandmother Anna Wurtz for her 91st birthday. Mrs Ruth Bills visited Mrs Ester Lackey at Covenant Home in Stromsburg Sunday afternoon. Claude Stromberg of Clarks and Reuben Swanson were Wednesday evening visitors.
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Ed Connely
Broken Bow
Glen Babcock
Beulah Gustafson
Hastings
Reuben Hanquist
C. W. Gurney
Burwell
Alan Pickrel
Roger Gustafson
Walter Carlson
Holdrege
Mark Albin
Ankany
Lloyd Albin
Dennis Baack
Omaha
Bob Baack
Anna Wurtz
Ruth Bills
Ester Lackey
Covenant Home
Stromsburg
Claude Stromberg
Clarks
Reuben Swanson
Polk Local News Items Highlight Community Events
Mrs Margaret Jones Mrs Low ell Bills and Mrs Bob Baack attended the funeral of Mrs Herbert Olson in Stromsburg on Saturday morning. They later visited Mrs Anna Wurtz at Covenant Home who was 91 years old Saturday. Mr and Mrs Gordon Bush of Omaha visited Johnsons in Central City and Stromsburg Friday and Saturday.
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Margaret Jones
Lowell Bills
Bob’ Baack
Herbert Olson
Stromsburg
Anna Wurtz
Covenant Home
Wurtz
Gordon , Bush
Omaha
Richard Johnson
Dale Nyberg
Central City
Johnsons
Johnson
Bush
Local News Items Share Visits and Anniversaries
Local residents visited friends and relatives across towns. Mr and Mrs Maurice Nyberg of California were Monday carers in the Merlin Nyberg home. Oscar Johnson celebrated his 66th wedding anniversary with family among Sunday gatherings and on Thursday Marlin Peterson of Fairfax Iowa joined for lunch.
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Maurice Nyberg
California
Merlin Nyberg
Lennis Lind
Lincoln
Nellie LaVelle
Lincoln General Hospital
Lyle Widga
Laverne Brooke
York
Neal McNaught
Glen Babcock
Samaritan
Hastings
Rev) Bates
Edna Stankel
Wallace Lind
Leanne
Nettie Carlson
Oscar Johnson
Marlin Peterson
Fairfax
Ronnie Heiden
Hampton
Harlan Johnson
Gideon State Convention Attended in York and Clarks
Polk local news notes attendance at the Gideon State Convention in York Friday and Saturday. Mr and Mrs Leslie Adelson attended a reception for Mr Bob Campbell Sunday at the Congregational Church in Clarks.
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Reuben Hanquist
York
Leslie Adelson
Bob Campbell
Congregational Church
Clarks
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Leonard DaMoude
Kristi
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