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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1971

Page

7

Cub Scout Leaders Plan Pow-Wow at Stromsburg Viking Center

Cub Scout Leaders of the Sun rise District in the Cornhusker Council will hold the annual Leaders Pow-Wow at the Viking Center Stromsburg on October 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The training session covers Pack Administration Crafts Games Skits Puppets and Dens led by experienced Scouters. Units should bring crafts games or displays for sharing a midway will be set up and a light lunch follows a 50 cent attendance fee. The event ends about 6:00 p.m. to allow evening commitments. Mrs Hilmer Jones and the Joneses of Holdrege visited Lincoln to see Gary Jones.

Sunrise Cornhusker Council Boy Scouts of America Viking Center Stromsburg Wepelos

Polk Progress renewal note from October 1971

The letter from October 13 1971 encloses a $5 check to renew the Polk Progress. The writer thanks for the sample copy, notes missing the last week’s payment, mentions a Canada trip this summer, and comments on billboards and hitchhikers observed along roads and in the city.

Polk Canada

Weekend Guests and Anniversary Celebrations Stir Polk County

Mrs Ruth Kroger of Omaha and Mrs Anna Wurtz of Stromsburg stayed with local hostesses over the weekend and Sunday. Visitors included Mrs Olver Baker of Benedict who took guests to Aurora and visited Hamilton Manor. Local families hosted Gary Green’s birthday gathering in Central City and a 25th wedding anniversary dinner for Harold Nelson of Osceola and Horace Stevens at the Stromsburg home of Mr and Mrs Vernon Peterson.

Ruth Kroger Omaha Anna Wurtz Stromsburg Margaret Jones Olver Baker Benedict Bessie Green Blanche Fitz Aurora Clara Blase Hamilton Manor Larry Killion Gary Green Central City Gary Harold Nelson Osceola Horace Stevens Vernon Peterson Harold Green Elizabeth Kuhn Hastings

Polk County Commission Adopts Equal Districts and Signs Road Deals

Osceola Nebraska September 28 1971 Polk County Board approves substantially equal county commissioner districts after adjournment and rejects further redistricting. Officials sign state county agreements for Osceola North road improvement and utility accommodations on federal aid roads. Three asphaltic concrete bids opened with Gerhold Company of Columbus Nebraska recommended and accepted. Meetings adjourn at noon with social notes of local visits.

Board of County Commissioners Polk County Nebraska Johnson Peterson State Dale Frizzell Burdette A. Flodman

ESU 7 Sponsors Colorado Nebraska School Tour

Thirty seven administrators teachers and board members from Educational Service Unit No 7 traveled October 3 to 6 visiting Cherry Creek Cheltenham and Central Elementary in Sidney Nebraska. The tour funded by ESU 7 included open space non graded concepts adapted to local needs. Polk County leaders Virgil Bugbee Osceola Walt Nielsen Polk Sam Bell Stromsburg Robert Jones Shelby attended.

Educational Service Unit No. 7 Colorado Nebraska ESU No. 7 Cherry Creek Denver Cheltenham School Cheltenham Central Elementary School Sidney Polk County Virgil Bugbee Osceola Walt Nielsen Polk Sam Bell Stromsburg Robert Jones Shelby

Nebraska sunrise sunset schedule guidance

The schedule applies to any point in Nebraska due north or south of Grand Island. For every 9 miles west add one minute, for every 9 miles east subtract one minute. Shooting hours run half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset for big game, sunrise to sunset for wild turkey, and half an hour before sunrise to sunset for other species.

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