Old Railroad Stations With New Lives In Nebraska
The Nebraska State Historical Society highlights adaptive uses for old railroad stations as museums or information centers. Examples include David City’s depot, Omaha’s Florence depot, Lincoln’s Rock Island depot repurposed as a drive up bank, and a Grand Island station rebuilt into a modern residence. These efforts preserve nostalgia while giving new community functions.
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Historic Survey
Nebraska State Historical Society
David City
Florence
Omaha
Rock Island
Lincoln
Rock Island System
City National Bank of Lincoln
Grand Island
Thirteen Boys and Six Girls In Third Grade
Thirteen boys and six girls are enrolled in the Third Grade this year. The class celebrates reading interest with flowers and circles on a back bulletin board representing books and stories. Fridays feature oral reports. In science they study air and electromagnetism from library books.
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Hippo
Adaptive use alters historic appearance to save heritage
The text argues that adaptive use inevitably changes a structure’s look, reducing some historic value, but remains preferable to outright demolition of Nebraska’s historic patrimony.
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Nebraska
Polk Sunday Dinner Guests Mark 88th Birthday Event
In the Vern Jones home Mrs Lucy Beetem celebrated her 88th birthday with guests including Mrs Edna Morris Leonard and Ben Beetem from Central City. Afternoon visitors were Howard Romsdal Alan Gregory Barbara Sandra Matt Hoffman Bradshaw Verland Widga and others from St. Paul Omaha and Lincoln. Additional relatives from Bell California York Clarks Columbus and Grand Island joined events at Mrs Martha Larson's home with multiple family visits noted.
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Vern Jones
Jones
Lucy Beetem
Edna Morris
Leonard
Ben Beetem
Central City
Howard Romsdal
Alan
Gregory
Barbara
Sandra
Matt Hoffman
Bradshaw
Verland Widga
Randy
Rhonda
Roger
James Everett
St. Paul
Neena Throener
Omaha
State Consultant Gives Evaluation Talk at Polk School
Mr Ralph Gray, state department of education consultant, spoke to Polk school's administrative staff and teachers on September 28. He described self-evaluation as a tool to improve education and noted it's required by the state every ten years. Nebraska has 353 public schools with 26 AA, 274 accredited, and 53 approved. A Polk paper on Philosophy and Objectives was prepared last year by school personnel and patrons, and committees will be appointed to begin the evaluation program.
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Ralph Gray
State Department of Education
Polk
Nebraska
Polk Public School
Personel
Local Couple Hosts Dinner Guests After Friday Football
Polk area social notes report Mr and Mrs Herbert Wurtz of Clarks visiting Mr and Mrs P W Aker for lunch after Friday’s game. Also listed are Mr and Mrs C E Walbrandt of Kelso Washington visiting Mr and Mrs Stanford Ang, and Mr and Mrs Donald Bjerrum with family at Willard Bolton home in Benedict for Sunday dinner.
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Herbert Wurtz
Clarks
P. W. Aker
C. E. Walbrandt
Kelso
Washington
Stanford Ang
Donald Bjerrum
Willard Bolton
Benedict
Weekly Five Dollar Prize Contest at The Polk Progress
The Polk Progress offers a $5 weekly cash prize for predicting the most winners from listed games. Fill blanks with chosen winners, guess tie breaker score, include name and address, and submit by Friday Sept 18 before 5:00 pm. Entries from any paper acceptable. judges’ decision final.
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Polk
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Old Town
Carl Christiansen
Daughters
Martha Larson
Lyle Lampshire
Bell, Calif
Edward Larson
York
Roy Nelson
Martha, Larson
Leslie Adelson
Richard Alderson
Tonya Anderson
Leroy Anderson
Oscar Anderson
Leroy Schultz
Eddie
Bill
Columbus
Virgil Bush
Aurora
Custom Farm Services, Inc
Albion
Stromsburg
Mobil Products
Pork Oil Company N. E. McNaught
Genoa
Leigh
Progress
Cision
Henderson
Co-op Oil, Inc
Osceola
Silver Creek
Palmer Vs
St. Edward
Dick’s
Marquette
Hardville
Monroe
General Contractors
Hill’s Sand & Gravel Co
Glen Hill
Kearney State
Peru
Wayne State
Lea, Minn
R-Bar-1, Inc
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Micnocis
Citizens State Bank
FDIC
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Colorado
Village Light & Water
Indiana
Ohio State
Polk Progress Office
Kansas
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