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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1970

Page

5

Soil Conservation Service Seeks Better Erosion Control Plants

Nebraska and Kansas SCS staff joined 70 colleagues in Manhattan Kansas on September 21 to tour the Plant Materials Center. The center evaluates native exotic and bred plants for erosion control and conservation use. Barton western wheat grass and other new varieties are tested for soil, climate, and farm conditions with University and federal partners.

James M. Eriken Soil Conservation Service Usda Soil Conservation Service Nebraska Kansas Manhattan Plant Materials Center Manhattan SCS Plant Materials Center Keith F. Myers Lincoln H. W. Fausch Erling Jacobson University Experiment Station SCS

First Grade Adds Two Students and Phonics Focus

Our enrollment stands at fourteen with new arrivals Mark Goertzen and Diane Taylor. Diane joined Sept. 22 from Minden as we completed six weeks of school with parent conferences. Phonics is central as we work to unlock reading, while Pet Corner features tropical fish, Gerbils Jerry and Judy, two turtles Terry and Tami, and Perry the parakeet returning after a teachers convention.

Mark Goertzen Diane Taylor Mark Diane Minden Jerry Judy Terry Tami Perry

Project seeks field testing for improved plant materials

Jacobson notes opportunities to test improved plant materials on the cooperative’s land under a wide range of soil, climate, and management conditions.

Jacobson

County Proceedings Update on Supplies and Fees

County records list various expenditures including welding and gas supplies, repairs, utilities, and board member expenses. It notes September fees earned by multiple offices and receipts credited to the General Fund, with annual Extension Office review and Sheriff jail record approval.

The Island Supply Welding Co Gemuitage Ween Homer Brigham We Aware Hine Bush Drug Carl J. Carlstrom Dick’s Standard Service Morris Dunn P. Tewell Ana Louise S. Timm Co. Treas County General Fund Eldon Johnson Dale Frizzell Ceva Carlson Reynold Peterson

Polk County Sunday Visits Noted Across Area

Numerous local residents visited kin and friends in Osceola Merrick Manor Henderson and surrounding towns over the weekend. Guests came from Enterprise Oregon Derby Benedict Stromsburg Loup City and Wichita with gatherings honoring birthdays departing for service and family reunions.

Richard Johnson Wm. Wright Osceola Glen Babcock Sadie Clark Merrick Manor Melvin Bender Roger Werner James Brazda Virgil Bush Rudolph Homolka Crete Homolka Brazd Harold Johnson Derby Kan Ollie Johnson Oliver Baker Benedict Joyce Carlson Stromsburg Bessie Green Dennis Anderson Vietnam Oscar Anderson Reuben Anderson Larry Harold Anderson Lee Anderson Leonard Anderson

County Board Adjourns Session at 3 00 P M

The county board adjourned the meeting at 3 00 P M and scheduled the next session for October 20, 1970. County Clerk Dale Frizzell and Chairman J Homer Ingalls approved the adjournment.

Dale Frizzell County J. Homer Ingalls

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