Polka Progress letters reveal local ads and notes
A Polk Progress envelope includes duplicate invoice slogans from Heiden's Feed and a Polk Nebraska slogan set. Letters praise the paper, note Nebraska looks like Kansas, and wish editor a birthday. Readers send comments on taxes and a Wesleyan student inquiry about local folklore.
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Heiden
Feed 8 Grain
Wellington
Colo
Polk Progress
Polk
Nebraska
Garden
Eden
Polk — Potpourri
Lawrence
Leola) Heiden
Oregon
Progress
Laura
Jay Dee
Keith
Nebraska ‘Wesleyn University
Nebraska Wesleyan University
County ASC Reports 18 Soybean Loans in Polk County
Polk County ASCS reports 18 Soybean Loans through October 17 totaling about 20 600 bushels. Office Manager Eugene E Sterup notes high requests early October then slowdown as harvest nears completion amid wet weather delays. Increased 1969 soybean acreage and yields boosted Polk County cash crop. corn and milo harvest lag limits loan activity with one corn loan processed.
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Polk County
ASCS
Eugene E. Sterup
Sterup
Polk Home Extension Tasting Tea At Sacred Heart
The Polk County Home Extension plans a tasting tea at Sacred Heart Parish Hall Shelby at 2 00 p m on November 3. Each extension club will submit one American and one foreign recipe for a booklet sold at the tea. Miss Johanna Kroon of Appledom Holland will speak and show slides.
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Polk County
Sacred Heart Parish Hall
Shelby
Johanna Kroon
Appledom
Holland
Bodines Host Visitors. Adelsons Attend Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Bodine welcomed guests in the Chauncey Gustafson home on Sunday afternoon. Steven Adelson of Peru College spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. LaVaughn Adelson. Mrs. Oscar Anderson helped celebrate Lisa’s sixth birthday in the Leroy Anderson home on Saturday.
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Wilmer Bodine
Chauncey Gustafson
Steven Adelson
Peru College
LaVaughn Adelson
Oscar Anderson
Leroy Anderson
Lisa
Joe Ehn
Josephine Samuelson
Anna Ehn
Bernice
Myrtle
Central City
Arthur Swedenburg
Clarks
Robert Vandergrift
Margaret
Stromsburg
Walter Fisher
Leslie Branting
Lincoln
Bill Woznie
Osceola
Marvin Branting
Merton Flodman
Carrol Flodman
Barbara Glasser
Stephen Gustafson
Stephanie
Richard Gustafson
Jim Kortum
Leann Gustafson
Hastings
Roger Gustafson
Leann Gutafson
Joe Tyler
Trent
Charles Perkins
Grand Island
Local Community Guests and Visit Highlights
Local social notes record numerous Sunday visits across Stromsburg and nearby towns. Listed are Mr. and Mrs. Louie Blase and others hosting or visiting in Don Shoup, Milan Blase, Emory Cramer, Wayne Creech, and Walter Fisher homes, plus hospital calls and football game gatherings.
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Raymond Shockey
Floyd Patran
York
Emory Cramer
Clarence Creech
Martha
Marlin Johnson
Stromsburg
Wayne Creech
Polk County Purchases of Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares
Purchases in Polk county during September totaled 6965 dollars with nine month tally at 80053 dollars reaching 35.4 percent of county quota. Statewide September sales were 2924879 dollars and nine month sales 31934653 dollars representing 63.8 percent of the state goal.
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United States Savings
Freedom
Polk County
W. E. Johnson
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Ted
Cathy Alfred
Nebraka
Glen D
Judy
Real Etate
Nabisco
J. B
Robert E. Barnett
Harleen
Beauty Shop
Hampton
Nebr
Hordville
Harleen Heiden
Farmers Coop Grain Association
ASC
Louie Blase
Don Shoup
Milan Blase
Don Man
Dennis Eastman
Gilter
Marvin
Fredrickson
June Flodman
Moore Lumber Co
Roy Glasser Jr
Gene Wood
Ollie Baker
Lincoln General Hospital
W. H. Norton
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
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