25 Oct 1962
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1962
Page
1
Mrs. Oscar Sundberg lists library titles in the Progress to spark local interest. Readers urged to turn off TV and read. library hours noted. reflections on fall weather and global tension accompany community notes and pheasant season info.
Mrs Lackey hosts Polk Garden Club at her home. Florence Hoffman and Irene Carlson presented a program and demonstration on winter bouquets. Twelve members and three visitors attended Tuesday afternoon October 16. Social hour refreshments were served by Mrs Lackey and Mrs Nell Peterson.
The UNICEF Party sponsored by the Methodist and Trinity Lutheran churches of Polk will be held Saturday night Oct 27. Children meet in the park at 7 30. Anyone wishing to donate please turn on porch lights. Refreshments served in the Community Hall.
Hordville High School lists students on the first six weeks honor roll. Seniors Sharon Benson Dale Carlson Marcene Garner and Kathy Tyler. Junior Patty Stranberg. Sophomore Dorothy Stranberg. Freshman Linda Andreasen. Eighth Grade Carolyn Kortum and Dan Tyler.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Carlson announce the betrothal of daughter Barbara Ann to Darrel Miller son of Mrs. Alice Miller of North Platte. Miss Carlson attended Doane College and Miller is a University of Nebraska student. A winter wedding is planned.
The Polk High Marching Band directed by Mr Mc Intosh thrilled crowds with half time shows during daily classes and at home games. Their standout exhibition mirrored music history from the last century and a half and included a Grand Island trip to see The Music Man.
The Baptist Mission Circle met on October 11 for its regular session. Mrs. Wallace Sandell led devotions and Mrs. Lloyd Lind taught on Conquest through faith on wings of faith. Two special numbers were presented by the Baptist Young Women's Sextet and a high school freshman girls quartet. Mrs. Don Hanquist presided over the business portion. Guests were welcomed by Mrs. Enoch Peterson and lunch was provided by Mrs. Ed Reckner, Mrs. Gordon Fossberg, and Mrs. Dean Lindburg.
Mrs Gerald Stevens is a patient in Lincoln General Hospital where she submitted to surgery.
Laura Merchant’s 80th birthday was celebrated with an open house at the Robert Merchant home on Sunday Oct 21 with about 140 guests. Sons Floyd and Robert hosted. granddaughters presided at the serving table. guests from Missouri Valley Logan Denison and other Nebraska towns attended.
The North Polk Home Society gathered at Mrs. Ella Rudy’s newly modeled Strand home on a rainy day. They approved sending five dollars to the Home for Thanksgiving, shared tour reports to Omaha and the Windjammer, and noted a social Bunco hour with high and low scores. Four visitors attended, including Mrs. Kenneth Rudy and her Harvard daughter. A lunch followed. next meeting shifts to Mrs. Ernie Lott’s new south Polk home.
The 11th biennial meeting of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Southern Nebraska District Mo Synod ended October 17 at the National Guard Armory in Lincoln with 792 delegates and guests registered. Rev. C T Spitz gave a keynote lecture on the theme Now is the Time, with local attendees Mrs Raymond Sagehorn and Mrs Gwynuel Johnson among those present.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Knerr of Chappell were dinner guests in the Walter Binford home Friday.
Brazda Farm and City on Main St Polk will open Thursday November 1 with daily trucked stock. Tim Brazda Jr says full line automotive supplies including tires electrical equipment appliances hardware overshoes and western jeans will be available. Manager Doyle Hahn and staff invite locals to visit and browse opening day bargains.
Bob Devaney will be the guest speaker at the all sports banquet moved to May 7 to accommodate his Nebraska football schedule. A 46 year old native of Saginaw Michigan he coached Wyoming to four Skyline titles 35 wins 10 losses and 5 ties. His insight and organizational skill have generated statewide interest.
Osceola defeated Polk 6 to 0 in a rain soaked game marred by fumbles on both sides. Randy Studley scampered for the lone scoring play after Polk fumbled early in the second half as Osceola pressed from the Polk 22. The first half featured a long Polk drive that ended with an incomplete pass near the Osceola 9.
Trinity Lutheran Church of Polk celebrated a Day of Special Thanksgiving on October 21 featuring a symbolic burning of the church mortgage led by Pastor B. A. Barnell Ray Werner and Dr. Alfred W. Young. A noon fellowship dinner followed with about one hundred attendees and an afternoon program recalling the congregation’s early history and milestones.
Polk residents attended the Air Force Band concert in York and hosted guests for coffee. Mr and Mrs Wilmer Johnson marked their 25th wedding anniversary with a Sunday gathering. Don Hewitt of Los Angeles died, and Norman McIntosh hosted birthday guests.
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