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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1967

Page

3

School Unit Funds Mental Handicapped Training Program

The Educational Service Unit Board No. 7 set a $600 per pupil maximum to underwrite Trainable Mental Handicapped training for schools. A health program provides physical exams for pupils. over 7000 pupils are requested. Exams are underway by physicians or nurses with local or unit-provided staff. A title fund project aims to expand health services. Andrew Oberhauser leads as Title Funds Coordinator. The board plans speech audio therapy for all counties with a February 1, 1968 target and seeks a resident psychologist and reading specialist by that date. Genoa to remain headquarters.

Educational Service Unit Board No. 7 Genoa Andrew Oberhauser Title Funds Reading

Local Visitors Stop Over in Polk County Homes

Mr and Mrs S. S. Pierson of Marquette visited the Martin Hoffman home Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Roy Ellison of Ea ton Colorado were house guests last week in the Lawrence Larson home. Mark and Dana Anderson were Friday overnight guests of Monte Hudson for his birthday. Mr and Mrs Herbert Wurtz of Clarks visited Mrs Martha Larson Sunday afternoon.

S. S. Pierson Marquette Martin Hoffman Roy Ellison Eaton Colo Lawrence Larson Mark and Dana Anderson Monte Hudson Herbert Wurtz Clarks Martha Larson

School Board approves bills and adjourns after tourney plan

Polk County School District No. 72 held a regular meeting on October 2 with President Robert Willits presiding. Bills totaling numerous vendors were approved after listing and reading. A motion to enter a tournament at Stromsburg was approved and the meeting adjourned with Richard Sealey, Jr. as secretary.

Board of Education of School District No Polk County Robert Willits Romans Wiemer Ieee Educators Progress Service Dookks Houghton Mifflin Co DOOKS Ginn and Company Follett Publishing Co Scott, Foresman and Co American Education Publications, Inc Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc Finney Company Guidance Wide Skies Press Pooklet St. Martin’s Press, Inc Pioneer Publishing Co Cass LaPine Scientific Company Cess Carbon and Ribbon Corp Stephenson South-Western Publishing Company Paxton Equipment & Supply Regal Plastic Supply ‘Co Case Caveus Lectro-Stik _Corp Misc Capitol City Bookbindery George Sweet Ceseesences Polk Oil Company Dick’s Standard Service Farmers Union Co-op Seeee Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co Thorco Missouri-Kansas Chemical Co Alry-Talbert Company Ccceeeeenveesees Sundberg’s Hardware, Misc Nebraska Office Service Eeee Aeceveee Nebraska Surplus Polk Light and Water Polk Progress Ralph LaVelle Stromsburg Don Hanquist Harvey Sundberg Richard Sealey, Jr

Polk County Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Mr and Mrs Morris Lindquist of Central City and Mrs Albin Lindquist of Grand Island join Mr and Mrs Roy Ellison of Eaton, Colorado and Mr and Mrs Virgil Bush for Saturday evening at the Lawrence Larson home. Wilda Holmes with Max Kroger visit in Sioux Falls. In Lincoln, guests of John Recknor include Donald Hanquist Laura Bolton Elmer Hanquist and Ed Recknor with Lanson S.

Morris Lindquist Central City Albin Lindquist Grand Island Roy Ellison Eaton, Colo Virgil Bush Lawrence Larson Wilda Holmes Max Kroger Sioux Falls S. C Galen Holmes John Recknor Lincoln Donald Hanquist Laura Bolton Elmer Hanquist Ed Recknor Lanson

Polk Teachers Attend NSEA Meetings and Visitations

Polk County teachers join the NSEA sessions in Omaha and Lincoln with speakers Harry Reasoner and Bel Kaufman. November 6th is a Polk visitation day with no school, while grades 4 through 8 plan a roller skating party at Aurora.

NSEA Omaha Lincoln Norfolk Kearney Scottsbluff Polk Harry Reasoner CBS Bel Kaufman Polk County Aurora

Nebraska Sunrise Sunset Deer Turkey Quail Hours Schedule

The schedule states deer hours from half hour before sunrise to half hour after sunset, turkey from sunrise to half hour after sunset, quail from half hour before sunrise to half hour before sunset, rail and snipe sunrise to sunset, and all other game from half hour before sunrise to sunset. Time adjustments apply across Nebraska west or east of Grand Island. Central Standard Time begins October 29. Local social notes mention visits by Hoffman, Johnson, Holm, Johnson, Spry, Herron, Pederse, Merritt, Goertzen, and Carlstrom households with various relatives and guests.

Turkey Nebraska Grand Island

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