Polk town spruces Main St for Bean Days celebrations
Polk residents clean weeded lots around Main Street and polish curbings while volunteers plant two colorful flower beds by the Polk Garden Club east of the Ang Mig Co. building. The celebration features Marlan Peterson, the Sining Farmer, now recording for Columbia Records, with Ann O Shea selling his Marian record at Bean Day.
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Polk
Main St
Walt Nelson
Polk Garden Club
Ang Mig. Co
Marlan Peterson
Clarence Peterson
Anton Peterson
Arborville
Marlan
Fairfax
Iowa
Columbia Records
Ann O'Shea
Marian
Sugar Beet Plot Tour Planned for Holdrege and Minden Area
A sugar beet plot tour is planned for September 11 with plots near Holdrege and Minden. Delegates from York and Polk Counties will depart Osceola by bus at 7 45 am, stop in Stromsburg Benedict and York, then tour LaVern Johnson farm north of Holdrege and Delbert Dorn and Jack Swartz farms near Minden. Experts Jim Robertson of Great Western Sugar and Bob Mulliner will discuss cultural practices. Register at Branting Implement Stromsburg or Osceola Extension by September 9. a 2.00 fee funds travel costs.
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Holdrege
Minden
York
Polk
Osceola
Stromsburg
Benedict
LaVern Johnson
Delbert Dorn
Jack Swartz
Jim Robertson
Great Western Sugar Corporation
Bob Mulliner
Hastings
Branting Implement Company
Hospital report on patient Larry Hoffman in Osceola
Larry Hoffman is listed as a patient at Osceola Hospital after admission on Sunday afternoon.
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Larry Hoffman
Osceola Hospital
Swede Plain MYF Bake Sale at Gas Company Building
A bake sale hosted by Swede Plain MYF is set for Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the gas company building. Proceeds support MYF activities and community programs.
Polk Bean Days Celebrate Friday and Saturday Festivities
Polk hosts Bean Days this weekend starting Friday with a Polk Stromsburg football game. Free noonday beans and beef barbecue served at Polk park with coffee crackers and buns. Friday and Saturday offer parades, shows, dances, a pony draw, and various local booths as planed events.
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Polk
Stromsburg
Polk Park
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Jack Washington
Grand Island
Air Tour Sponsored by SCS District
The Polk County Soil Conservation District sponsors a Boil Conservation Air Tour in the county on Monday September 16. Attendees may choose an eastern northeastern or western southwestern county route. Tour fee is 2.00 per person with registration at the SCS Office or County Extension Office in Osceola or via district supervisors. Fee payable at registration.
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Polk County Soil Conservation District
Wy County
SCS
Osceola
Soil Conservation District
Feeders Tour Planned for Cumming County Polk County feeders
The Polk County Livestock Feeders Association and the County Extension Service arrange a tour of five or six Cumming County feedlots for Polk County feeders on Thursday September 19 in the West Point area. Lunch social hour and steak dinner are planned with a $4 registration fee applied to bus transport. Register by Monday September 16 with Richard Augustine of Shelby or at the Osceola Extension Office.
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Polk County Livestock
Associaton
Cumming County
Polk County
West Point
Richard Augustine
Shelby
Osceola
Local youths enter new school year in area
Linda Johnson of Omaha spent days with her parents Mr and Mrs Eldon Johnson. She will begin her junior year at the Immanuel School of Nursing. Bruce Johnson who has managed the swimming pool at Central City will return to Midland Lutheran College at Fremont for his senior year.
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Linda Johnson
Omaha
Eldon Johnson
Immanuel School of Nursing
Bruce Johnson
Central City
Midland Lutheran College
Fremont
Polk Bean Day Closes Stores Saturday in Polk
Polk business houses will close on Saturday September 7 for Polk Bean Days. Residents are urged to shop in Polk on Thursday and Friday to support local commerce.
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POLK
Polk Schools See Enrollment Rise Through 1963
Polk Public School enrollment grew from 297 students in May 1963 to 306 now. High school total reaches 85 with 37 boys and 48 girls. Junior High totals 59 students, 31 boys, 28 girls, while first and tenth grades each have four boys.
Pep Rally Set Behind High School Thursday Evening
The pep club schedules a football pep rally at 6 45 p m Thursday behind the high school. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Reception for Polk teachers draws large crowd
A community crowd attended the Union church service and Welcome Teachers reception at Polk Methodist Church. Rev. Pinkernell and Rev. Johnson led singing and prayers while various churches contributed musical numbers. Kenneth Sand introduced Polk Schools staff. lunch followed with flowers provided by local volunteers.
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Union
Polk Methodist Church
Wm. Pinkernell
O. A. Johnson
Elmer Logan
Lindley Cook
Mrs. Pinkernell
Susan
Marcene Garner
Pat Ramsey
Dee Willits
Bonnie Hanquist
Barbara
Beverly Glasser
Arlyce Lind
Myrna Merchant
Barbara Logan
Leslie Adelson
Ruth Kroger
Marvin Fredrickson
Supt
Kenneth Sand
Polk
Governor’s Committee For Youth
Gilbert Lampshire
Mervin Samuels
Oliver Johnson
Methodist Church
Donald Hanquist
The
Baptist Church
Rolland Rodiné
Harold Carlson
Evangelical Free
Bus Drivers Must Take Driving Test
The state law with an emergency clause requires school bus drivers for the current year to pass written visual and driving tests in addition to physical exams. About 60 percent fail on first attempt, prompting concern over bus driver shortages as schools scramble to meet requirements. Polk Public Schools report all local drivers have met the new mandates.
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Nebraska
Polk Public Schools
Doris Swanson Engaged to Dennis Charles Johnson
Doris Maurine Swan daughter of Rolland F. Swan of Stromsburg announces engagement to Dennis Charles Johnson son of Clarence E. Johnson of Tyler Minnesota. Doris is a Stromsburg High School and Bethel College student. Dennis a 1963 Bethel College graduate and Rayette Inc. chemist and Edgewater Baptist Church director in Minneapolis plans a 1964 summer wedding. Doris is granddaughter of Mrs A E Swanson of Polk.
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Rolland F. Swanson
Stromsburg
Doris Maurine
Dennis Charles Johnson
Clarence E. Johnson
Tyler
Minn
Doris
Bethel College
St. Paul
Dennis
Rayette, Inc
University of
Birth of Rolland Joseph Richard in Seward Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Donald Richard of Seward announce the birth of their son Rolland Joseph on August 30 at Seward Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed 9 pounds 714 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs W D Richardson.
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Donald Richardson
Seward
Rolland Joseph
Seward Memorial Hospital
W. D. Richardson
Homemade Ice Cream Sale on Bean Day at Hotel Lobby
Polk Woman's Club hosts a bean day ice cream sale in the hotel lobby at 3 00 p m offering 10 cents per dip with proceeds to club activities.
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Polk Woman’s Club
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Polk Schools
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