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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1972
Page
3
A reader from Caliente writes that a check covers another year of Polk Progress for her 87 year old mother Pearl M. Clark as part of a birthday gift. Evelyn and Gordon Warrick of California send initials and plans for UCLA and Nebraska games with notes on trips and thanks.
Lincoln Syd Widgin of Polk is playing trombone this season in the Cornhusker Marching Band at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. The 180 piece band performs pre game and halftime shows at home games and travels to one Big 8 road game this year at the University of Colorado for national television. Led by Director Jack Snider the band has appeared in major bowl games in seven of the past nine years. Mr and Mrs Herschel Shenk were visitors in the Don Hudson home Tuesday evening.
Norris thanks June for the renewal and jokes about June’s letter praising crop greenness. He quips that the football team should stay red not green, hoping greenness stays with crops and not the team.
A week of fluctuating weather for Bean Days as rain chances peaked at 100 percent on September 1. The period featured cool mornings, warming afternoons, and a mix of clouds, sun, and a cold front, culminating in a bright Saturday and a Labor Day with differing fortunes for workers and celebrants.
Wednesday supper guests included Mr. and Mrs. Don Hudson and family with Leo Calhoon David Shenk and Wendy Redman. Holdrege visitors were Merlin Lampshire and family staying with Clarence Johnson. Oklahoma and Ohio visitors joined local Johnsons and others for weekend gatherings and Labor Day visits across several households.
A Grants Pass column details filming of Gun Smoke on the Rogue River, a riot over seven hundred extras, and a large visitor turnout. It notes a worldwide drug scare tied to the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, local hippie exodus, a $244 supermarket robbery, a service station heist and murder, and a record heat wave with 108 degree days.
Trinity Lutheran Church Pork Nebraska lists service times with church school at 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion observed on the first Sunday each month at 11:00 a.m. A LCW meeting is set for Sept 6 at 7:30 p.m. Sept 10 joint service with Zion Lutheran Benedict. no Trinity service. Weekend guests included Gail Albin and Kent and Renee from Madison.
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