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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1947
Page
5
It lists service times for First Baptist Church Polk and Swede Plain Methodist Churches and Evangelical Free Church. Also notes social youth activities at Polk and Swede Plain and local visits by residents to York, Norfolk, Dodge and Denver with family mentions.
Blair and Mrs Linnie Shafer plan a Friday visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Harlan Frazier in Ord. Arborville Homemakers Club met Tuesday at Mrs Esta Lackey’s home with eight members and husbands. Lessons on Legal Lingo were led by Mrs Ted Otte Jr and Mrs Rolly Merchant. An inter esting playlet followed the business. Lunches were served by several hostesses including Mrs Ester Lackey and Mrs Chas Norquest. Topeka visitors Mr and Mrs Leo Morriss attended Friday dinner with D C Morris family. Afternoon callers included Mrs Lauren Calthoun and Gary of Benedict. Faithful Workers Club met Oct 22 at Mrs Martin Hoffman Jr’s home with Legal Lingo by Mrs Forrest Berrgren. Hostesses were Mrs Edwin Mann Sr. Each member brought an apron for a Christmas sale on Tue Nov 24 with Mrs Maude Doremus. Mr and Mrs A A Shockey, Mr and Mrs Fred Shockey Sr, Mr and Mrs Lee Morris, Mr and Mrs NC Morris and family were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Fr C Shockey. Harold and Floyd Bittinger joined in Sunday dinner and luncheon with the Fr C Shockey household. Myron Norquest attended a birth day party Saturday for cousin Bryce Norquest at York.
Nebraska tavern keepers pursue clean wholesome operations under a state program of self regulation in its tenth year. The Nebraska Committee reports broad public approval and says its activities will continue with unabated vigor.
In Reefer county two lifelong friends Frank Holly and George Clyde quarrel over a new wire fence dividing their adjoining farms. A small dispute over alignment sparks a bitter rift that splits families and ends the pair’s friendship, with Jim Holly and Betty Clyde drawn into the fallout.
Arsel the World’s Greatest Clown, once famed as Arsel the Children’s Delight, battles poverty and ill health while a boy with a crushed leg waits nearby. He dons the faded clown suit to bring a circus parade to the boy, finding strength as band music signals the longed for show.
The Osceola column records weekend visits by S W Calhoun and friends in Wahod. Mrs Irvin Noble from Mason City Nebraska. Misses Freda and Bonnie Buchholz from Lincoln. Jim Chantry and Darlene Wise Ir from Lincoln. Rex and Dale Dunn families in Grand Island. and many other locals visiting Hastings Grand Island York and Denver. It notes university activity with Pleise Schott becoming President of the UWSA Council and social roles on campus. Further items include travels to Denver Chicago and California and a planned auction in Osceola for the Herrmann home sale.
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