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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1963
Page
2
The motor train on its maiden westbound run through Polk Sunday morning arrived about 29 minutes late and was near full capacity with passengers from along the line. Conductor Shaffer oversaw operations as twelve tickets were sold at the initial stop.
Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Bill McNaught and Jill Ann of Geneva in the N E McNaught home. Also visiting were Mrs Bill McNaught and Jill Ann of Geneva Mrs Ruth Kroger and Mrs N E McNaught at Osceola hospital. Mr and Mrs Walter Fredrickson of Omaha were guests in the Leslie Adelson home.
Local visits include J B McDaniel staying with Mr and Mrs Fouster in Lincoln and the Cramer family having dinner with Mrs Lillie Stewart. A car theft near Stromsburg was resolved when the vehicle was found 200 miles away with groceries and a flashlight intact. Wayne Ross joins the U S Air Force for four years in Hastings. County winner of the Clean Up slogan is Mrs Irvin Anderson. Pancake Feed at Polk Bible Camp drew 700. Edick Anderson Jr spoke on Germany. Polk Commercial Club invites the Sowers Club of Lincoln on October 14. Jeanelle Kroger from Omaha visited Stromsburg for the Weburg Ander son wedding. Viola Jones of Los Angeles visited her sister Mrs Frank Davis.
The Polk Schools report thirty two third graders with Dennis Bjurum joining the class. A 1964 Plymouth with dual controls, lent by Johnson Service of Stromsburg, funds driver training for sophomores, with SB 409.02 offering state aid up to thirty dollars per student potentially adding 1350 dollars to the district. The program requires at least thirty six hours of classroom work plus six hours behind the wheel. Students study life cycles with live frogs and insects and advance in arithmetic and spelling, using a leaf-and-star system for tracking spelling progress.
Sunday dinner guests visited in Colon at the Arnold Rowher home with Mr and Mrs Henry Sundberg and family. Lincoln couple Mr and Mrs Jake Harding dined Thursday with her sister Mr and Mrs Grant Johnson. Mrs Widga hosted a birthday gathering Sunday with Verland Widga and family Irene Carlson Bonnie Lyle Widga and families from Stromsburg joining at Lloyd Widga and family home.
Sunday calls in Osceola included Mr and Mrs Horace Stevens visiting the Martins Jones and Will Heitzman homes and Arthur S Nelson of the Good Samaritan Home. Mrs Stanford Ang stayed with her daughter in Lincoln. Ray Miller of York joined Ed Coover for supper. Emma Johnson hosted coffee with C O Bodine Albert Sundberg Emma Horstman and Oscar Sundberg. Henry Sundberg of Toledo arrived Tuesday. Oscar Sundberg will meet his train in Grand Island. Judy Adelson of Lincoln visited her parents Les and Judy Adelson this weekend.
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