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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
5
Long list of visits and gatherings across the region. Local families attend weddings, fairs, park picnics, church events, and hospital stays. Notable mentions include the Jones-Bills wedding, Hill demonstrations at the State Fair, and a new chimes album memorial for H. G. Brauer.
Hordville Baptis t invites all to 10:00 Bible School and 11:00 Morning Worship led by Pastor Edick A. Anderson. Immanuel Lutheran and Polk Baptist list 10:00 Bible School or Sunday School with 11:00 worship, plus evening or midweek activities.
Paul W. Walker, Minister. Swede Plains: Morning Worship 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Polk: Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Rev. E Earle Eaton serves as minister with Floyd Merchant as chorister and Kenneth Bedient on organ. Sunday School at 10 00 a m and Divine Worship at 11 30 a m with a sermon Lessons for Today from the Parable of the Good Samaritan and a sermonette A Child for Sale.
Nels Pearson serves as pastor at Hordville Methodist. Church School 10:00 Sunday Worship 11:00. Quarterly Conference scheduled for September 11.
Reverend Clifford Smith leads Sunday worship at Evan Free Church with Sunday School at 10 and morning service at 11. Evening Gospel Hour at 8 with special music. Thursday Hour of Power at 8 and choir practice after. Polk County Methodist Rally set for Stromsburg Church next Sunday. Senior Youth meet 4 30 PM and sub district mass meeting 8 PM. Mrs Murphy ill. Rev Murphy to speak on Gerald Summers and the Memorial School in Sibu Sarawak Borneo.
In a Dexter farm tale a poor boy Jackie finds a shiny half dollar from his loving father Silas Ledbetter who gives him the money for a circus. The coin vanishes then reappears, restoring Jackies hope as he keeps faith in his parents and heads to the parade.
Thirty years ago notes report the marriage of Vita Kunkle daughter of Rev B N Kunkle to J Howard Snodgrass on a Sunday with plans to reside in Polk. Other items note summer school in Kearney travels and family updates.
Twenty years ago on August 14 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Authur. The article notes 44 Polk County residents enrolled at the University of Nebraska last year alongside extension students.
Mr and Mrs A M Nash left Friday for Joplin Missouri for an indefinite stay. Miss Esther Butzke wed M W Lancaster at Yorkville with Rev W Butzke officiating and they left for a western honeymoon. Mr and Mrs A W Shafer returned from a Pennsylvania trip. Bertha Nyberg vacationing in Seattle. Henry Horstman and family home from Boulder Colorado where he attended summer school. L C Hoover family from Holyoke Colorado and Ed Dissmeyer of Valley visiting John Colagen and relatives. John L Fillman seeks re election for county clerk in the coming primary.
Ten years ago Mrs Herbire Franzenberg 10t formerly Zola Mae Willits was honored at a bridal shower at the Myers home. Miss Bertha Carlson married Cecil Larson August 28. Grand Island School opens September 2 with Suyi Horstman beginning his 13th year. Frog Pond Shock reunion draws 85 as Howard Wilcox is reelected president. Funeral services for David Mace 85 were held at Fairview Methodist Church with burial at Osceola Cemetery.
The report notes that 200 million tons of material were burned to produce over a million tons of pig iron and ferroalloys with blast furnaces. It states that usually four to six tons of air are used for every ton of pig iron produced.
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