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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1964
Page
2
The writer praises recent rains benefiting alfalfa and flowers like amaryllis and grape hyacinths. A drive to Omaha highlights cropping colors from corn, soybeans, milo, alfalfa, and sunflowers with a backdrop of distant industry signals on the eastern skyline.
The Polk Progress prints a column on school reading as a major factor in student success. It cites alarming dropout rates and highlights a series by International Paper Co titled Send me a man who reads to stress future citizen and workforce readiness.
In the County Court of Polk Nebraska a petition to probate the will and codicil of Gilbert A. Gertsch has been filed and W W Norton named executor. A hearing is set for September 4 1964 at 10:00 AM in Osceola County Court Room. Dated August 12 1964. J Eb Steeple County Judge. Aug 20 27 Sept 3. from a vacation.
The report notes a trip to the Fraternity convention in Miami. It lists dinner guests Thursday at Albert Sundberg's home: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Agsten of San Diego, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hudson and boys, and Addie Benjamin. Sunday social events include barbecue guests Rolland Stromberg and family, Grant Willits, A. E. Swanson, and Archie Johnson. Continued social details cover Billy Graham Crusade services and coffee invitations among local residents.
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