Conservation Work on Polk County Farms
August work on Polk County farms includes land leveling by Whitmore Shelton Lees Watts Oc eola M Wieseman Silver Creek Anna Nitseh Columbus Calvin Christensen Gresham Gilbert Lampshire and Polk. Livestock water pits added on Leo Kresha Osceola and on J N and Dennis Kirby Silver Creek with Louis Monson Stromsburg Gilbert Lampshire Polk and Mrs John Renner Stromsburg completing terraces and waterway work. An erosion control dam finished on the Carl Wieseman farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Howard Whitmore
Shelby
Harry Lees
W. R. Watts
Osceola
M. W. Wieseman
Silver Creek
Anna Nitseh
Columbus
Calvin Christensen
Gresham
Gilbert Lampshire
Polk
Leo Kresha
J. N
Dennis Kirby
Louis Monson
Stromsburg
John Renner
Carl Wieseman
Larry Johnson Graduates From Naval Basic Course
Seamen Recruit Larry A. Johnson, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Johnson of Polk, has graduated after nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center. He learned seamanship survival techniques military drill and other essential subjects under veteran Navy petty officers as he prepared for life at sea or shore stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry A. Johnson
USN
Lyle Johnson
Polk
Navy
Naval Training Center
Suzuki Family Courtship Lessons and a Protective Warning
The excerpt recalls a courtship involving Mr Suzuki and a rich uncle's daughter, revealing a rushed match followed by discovery of a bankrupt boyfriend's father. The parents intervene after a stringent security check and the daughter ultimately marries another man. The narrative ends with a caution to be careful in such matters.
PFC Gary Harless Assigned to Ludwigsburg Germany
PFC Gary D. Harless son of Mr and Mrs Leland Harless has earned his M O S in orthopedic casting at Fort Campbell Kentucky and is now stationed at Ludwigsburg Germany His address is PFC Gary D Harless US558560294th Surgical Hospital APO New York NY 09154
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary D. Harless
Leland Harless
Ft. Campbell
Ludwigsburg
Germany
4Th Surgical Hospital
Apo
New York
N. Y
Mrs Channa Erikson Turns 92 At Covenant Home
Mrs Channa Erikson observed her 92nd birthday at the Midwest Covenant Home in Stromsburg on September 1. She has resided there for over a year and is the mother of Mrs Hannah Hahn and Mrs Harold Hanquist of this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channa Erikson
Midwest Covenant Home
Stromsburg
Erickson
Hannah Hahn
Harold Hanquist
Letter From Oregon News and Daily Life Notes
A reader notes the last week of August with family updates from Oregon. Jay Dee returns to work with a contractor then Goodyear, Judy and Jim prep for school, Judy harvests beans toward a 2 ton goal, and the household boasts a freezer stocked with rainbow trout from river and ocean outings.
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Norris
Cramers
Jay Dee
Goodyear
Judy
Jim
Polk
Springfield
Oregon
Keith
Helen
Lee
Bayer
Albert Sundberg
Eugene
Laura
Pork Stake and Public Health Topics Highlight Nebraska Releases
Nebraska pork producers hear about a national survey from Sept 1 to Oct 15 as Dr Leo Lucas calls for pork promotion to expand per person consumption. A separate Game Commission note mentions Lake McConaughy bass catching with striped bass stock from Virginia. The Nebraska Inventor’s Congress is set for Sept 30–Oct 1 in Gothenburg with tickets via Loraine Sherich. A note from Robert V Denney pushes reducing wasteful Washington spending.
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Nebraska College of Agriculture
Nebraska
National Ballet
Leo Lucas
Nebraska Swine Council
Nebraska Game Commission
Lake McConaughy
Game Commission
Virginia
Nebraska Inventor’s Congress
Gothenburg
Nebraska Inventor’s Association
Loraine Sherich
East Third Street
Ogallala
Nebr
Congress
American Medical Association
Washington
Robert V. Denney
Bob Denney
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Larry Johnson
Naval Basic
Patronize Progress
Regio
MR. Suzuki
Pfc
Gary Harless
Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Treasury Department
The
Advertising Council
Co-Op
Goop Grain &Ss’n
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