Polk Progress Through Years Shows Shifting Main Street
This Polk Progress reflection traces Main Street changes since 1955, noting fewer farmers and larger farms, irrigation and fertilizer boosting yields, and rising costs. It compares past and present business mix, mentions aging subscribers, and previews ecological concerns about nitrate leaching into water.
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Polk
Farming
Orion
New Yorker Magazine
Barry Commoner
Progress
The
New Yorker
Kenneth Bills Named to University Freshman Football Squad
Kenneth Gus Bills, star performer for the Polk Cubs last year, is named a defensive tackle on the Nebraska freshman football squad. He will travel with the team to Missouri for a game this Friday.
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Kenneth “Gus” Bills
Polk Cubs
University of Nebraska
Missouri
Parents Set Grade School Parent-Teacher Conference
Grade School parent teacher conferences will be held on Friday October 15. Parents will receive schedules of their individual appointments that week.
30th Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Van Housen
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Van Housen celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary with a Friday evening gathering at their home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Roy Glasser Sr and Jr, Mr and Mrs Ron Adams and Kelly, Mr and Mrs Glen Stevens, Mr and Mrs Henry Blase, Mr and Mrs Dennis Van Housen and sons, Mr and Mrs Neal Van Housen and family, and Mr and Mrs Robert Stohl of Stromsburg. An anniversary cake was served, cut by Mrs Roy Glasser Sr with help from Mrs Dennis Van Housen and Mrs Neal Van Housen.
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Lloyd van Housen
Roy Glasser
Roy Glasser, Jr
Ron Adams
Kelly
Glen Stevens
Henry Blase
Dennis van Housen
Neal van Housen
Robert Stohl
Stromsburg
Services For Ernest Joseph At Aurora Church
Ernest Joseph aged 79 died at the Aurora hospital on Tuesday October 5. He was born near Polk on September 25 1892 the son of Louis T and Margaret Joseph. A World War I veteran he moved to Aurora in 1950. Services will be held Thursday at First Lutheran Church Aurora at 2 00 pm with burial at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery near Polk.
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Ernest Joseph
Aurora
Aurora Hospital
Polk
Louis T
Margaret Joseph
First Lutheran Church
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Polk Cubs Fall 28 0 to Clarks Bombers on Home Field
Clarks Bombers throttled Polk Cubs 28 to 0 as Polk failed to score despite several drives. The loss leaves Polk seeking their first win with a trip to Palmer Friday.
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Clarks
Cubs
Blue Bombers
Polk Cubs
Cub
Dave Schultz
Engel
Bombers
Robbie Glasser
Polk
Larecke
Dexter
Dave Kennel
Fassberg
Carlstrom
Schultz
Carl Dragstedt
Polk-Clarks
Fite
Hospital Report from Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Week of September 27 to October 4 lists numerous patients in Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital including Anna Kohout Osceola Edna Anderson Osceola Teresa Dunn Osceola Emma Horstman Polk Jimmie Bowersock Thayer Alvin Cerny Osceola Hattie Bahr Osceola Ed Wagner Osceola Roy Steele Osceola Mary Knight Osceola Carrie Wisely Osceola Irven Rystrom Stromsburg Robert Sigler Sr Osceola Herman Thelen Osceola Ruth Cornish Osceola Lloyd Knerr Stromsburg Nadine Chansen Osceola Francis Donelson Stromsburg Fred Wieseman Osceola and dismissals Marcia Klein Stromsburg Marl Timm Stromsburg Edwin L Buse Shelby Dixie Schutt Stromsburg Irene Rasmussen Surprise Adolph Lindner Waco Theron Senn Osceola Peggy Jo Rafert Shelby Richard Newcomer Gresham Hannah Carlson Polk William He Norton Jr Osceola Arlo Stevens transferred Monday from St Elizabeth Hospital Omaha to Hamilton Memorial Hospital Aurora. Minnie Miers and Margaret Lott visited Sunday afternoon with Minnie Wright.
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Anna Kohout
Stromsburg
Edna V. Anderson
Osceola
Teresa Dunn
Emma, Horstman
Polk
Jimmie Bowersock
Thayer
Alvin Cerny
Hattie Bahr
Ed Wagner
Roy Steele
Mary Knight
Carrie Wisely
Irven Rystrom
Robert Sigler
Herman Thelen
Ruth Cornish
Lloyd
Knerr
Nadine Chansen
Francis Donelson
Fred Wieseman
Marcia Klein
Marl Timm
Edwin L. Buse
Shelby
Dixie Schutt
Irene Rasmussen
Adolph Lindner
Waco
Theron Senn
Peggy Jo Rafert
Shelby Richard Newcomer
Gresham
Hannah Carlson
William HE. Norton, Jr
Arlo Stevens
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Omaha
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Aurora
Have You Noticed Ladies By Marsha Redman
A reader describes receiving a boxed gift from Johnson and Johnson, BAND AID Brand Adhesive Bandages, sent as appreciation for mentioning the product. She notes the misaddressing and reflects on brand name use and local humor about motherhood and Nebraska life.
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Marsha, Redman
Marsha Redman
Polk
Hanquist
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Missouri
Johnson & Johnson
Lynn Bills Named to High School Who's Who
Lynn Bradley Bills of Bradshaw is awarded a Certificate of Membership in the Who's Who in High Schools Honor Society. A Polk High School senior, he plans to study biology after graduation.
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Lynn Bills
Lynn Bradley Bills
Leland Bills
Rural
Bradshaw
Lynn
Polk High School
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Polking
Kenneth Bills
Parent-Teacher Conference
Paul Douglas
Brad Albin
Gale Stevens
Bill Hoffman
Dennis Larecke
Roger Carlstrom
Kennel
Glasser
Robert Ksiazek
Albin
Stevens
Roger Fossberg
Vic Bender
Alan Merchant
Terry Engel
Randy Dexter
Ksiarek
Wind
Bender
Hoffman
Fossberg
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Minnie Miers
Margaret Lott
Minnie Wright
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