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Polk County Had Diverse Local Happenings Then
A roundup of Polk County items from early timelines notes house moves, birthdays, car trips to Omaha, amateur radio contests, store changes, farm sales and family visits. Figures include O. F. Alfred buying A. O. Monson assets to run Home Service Store and various family movements and events across Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eckles
Carlson
Polk
John Seymours
D. N. Mills
Clarence Burke
Omaha
Hugo Flodman
Onor
Kroger
Genoa
Harlan
Oscar E. Johnsons
York
August Johnsons
Paul Zielke
Lemont, Tr
Will Garling
Lloyd Stromberg
Ansel Bodine
Grand Island
R. H. Thesing
North Main Street
Harold Hoglass
Albert Bolstad
Joel Viger
Bill Aiken
Elmer Berger
North Dakota
Marian Peterson
KGBZ
O. F. Alfred
A. O. Monson Company
Home Service
Wilcox Herald
Progress Desk
Hugh M
Mac) McGaffin
Polk Progress
Howard W. Herbes
Walter Nybergs
Harvey H. Hahn
Veteran’s Hospital
Lincoln
Polk Methodist Church
Dick Cramers
Laramie
Wyo
August Nelson
Melvin Elmer Werth
Henry Werth
Commercial Club
Jeanelle Kroger
Immanuel School of Nursing
Iva Smith
Ray A. Smith
Pfc
Morris Fisher
Manheim
Germany
Germ
Paris
Lynn Cates
Cates
Natalie Hahn
University of Nebraska
Manhattan
Bill Schnackenberg
Alpha Delta Pi
Anna Lind
Stockholm
Sweden
Hannah Meline
Rockford
Ill
Hans Meline
Wallace Lind
Harvey Lind
Vernon Anderson
Paul Coover
Marlene
Max Kroger
Jo Elia Stromberg
Rolland Stromberg
Glen Babcock
Dean Nelson
Nelson
Don Nelson
Joe D. Jores
Lubbock
Tex
Offutt Air Base
Ed Coover
Elsie Klingsman
Louis
McCool
Ben Stromberg
Stromsburg
Orville Miller
McLain
Sons
Benedict
Roy Miller
Louis Klingsman
Philip Johnson
Lois Johnson
Loren
P. W. Aker
Emma Horstman
Art Rowe
Deshler
Marlene Coover
Sioux Falls
S. Dak