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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1971
Page
8
A dialogue between No 1 and No 2 debates surpluses, prices, and employment. No 1 argues higher prices aid producers and jobs while No 2 warns rising costs reduce purchases and tax receipts. The exchange then favors saving and reduced spending, ending with a emphatic good.
Bean Day drew participants and winners in garden tractor and stock classes from several towns. The event featured many bicycle and foot races with named local competitors, a preschool race won by Pam Boyna, and praise for volunteers and the air conditioned building donated by Mr and Mrs Glen Hill. Verland Widga praised workers and noted the 1971 Bean Day was a successful community gathering.
The article lists student government leaders by class with presidents and officers. Freshmen include Wendy Redman and Luann Bills with Becky Flodman and Roger Carlstrom as reporters. Sophomores name Kevin Graves and Bruce Hudson with Marilyn Rosno and Rita Fossberg as reporters. Juniors feature Phyllis Ostberg and Nancy Kealiher with Cheryl Samuelson and Bob Eisler as reporters. Seniors list Steve Johnson and Lawson Reckner with Mary Jo Widga and Leanne Glad as reporters. Officers named include Julia Kisler as president Paula Bills as vice president Mary Jo Widga as secretary and Wendy Redman as news reporter.
Local notices list gatherings and visits across Polk County. Names include Irvin and Mildred Anderson, Kermit Hultgren of Stromsburg, Lani Ahlena en route to Whittier, Calif, and many other households from Shelton Central City York and Bradstan. A Republican Women’s Luncheon is set for Stromsburg Hotel on September 20 at 12 30 PM.
Swede Plain United Methodist thanks Polk Community Club for the first prize money received for their Bean Day parade float. The gift came as a pleasant surprise.
Polk county notes list visits and travel across multiple families. Dr and Mrs Herbert Fiedler and two daughters visited Bean Day and stayed in Glen Hill with Mr and Mrs Galen Holmes and Ruth Kroger joined from Omaha. The Joneses hosted Barbara Romsdal then hosted dinner with Howard Romsdal, and Vern Jones voyaged with Clifford Quick to Wisconsin. A Friday trip sent Alvin Kisler to Fort Worth with plans for Vietnam, while Merlin Nyberg and family vacationed in Denver. Several dinners and Sunday visits spread among Elvera Nyberg, Neal Sandell, Roger Hawke, Kent Sandell, and Robert Meyer.
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