Polk Bean Day Camp Hosts Nebraska Teen Queen
Pam Gustafson of Nebraska greeted campers arriving from Lincoln for Polk Bean Day events. A 9:00 A.M. broadcast Sunday morning featured Norris Alfred and others, with a cash gift to the Polk Community Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
National Campers and Hikers Association
Pam Gustafson
Robert Gustafson
Lincoln
Lloyd Stromberg
Norris Alfred
Joe Ehn
Rolland Stromberg
David
Jo- Ella
Norris
Polk Community Club
Michigan
George Alexander
Jim
Lewis Huston
Ron
Rabel Gustafson
Pam
Gary
Bernie Bethume
Polk Bean Days Celebrate Community Pride and Tractor Prowess
Polk Bean Days drew campers from Lincoln and locals for a weekend of contests and parades. Winners included 5,000 lb tractor Dave Otte Morse Bluff and 12,000 lb Turbo entries led by John Broadwell and Roger Broadwell. Prizes from American Legion Post 160 went to Paula Winchester and others. special award to Pa Hill 98 for tossing candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Sagehorn
Michelle Hahn
Irving Wire
American Legion Post
Paula Winchester
Killian
Uncle Sam
Flodman- Hanquist
Pa Hill
Glen Hill
Lincoln
Bob Gustafson
Polk Community Club
Dave Otte
Morse Bluff
Oliver
Don Friesen
Harvard
Dan Vican
Valparaiso
Dale Lindburg
IHC
Bob Lindburg
Calvary Lutheran Church Services and Local Visits
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church of Swede Home led by Pastor Milan E Swasko announces services for Sunday September 13 with Sunday School at 10 a m and Worship at 11 a m. Senior Choir meets Monday September 14 at 8 30 p m Visitors include Mr and Mrs Don Springer and Mr and Mrs Steve Springer and their son of Minneapolis who visited Mrs McCoy and the Marvin Samuels family and traveled to Aurora on Monday.
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Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church of Swede Home
Milan E. Swasko
Trinity
Don Springer
Steve Springer
Minneapolis
McCoy
Mervin Samuels
Springer
Aurora
Hospital notes from regional centers report patient moves
Mrs Ed Coover entered Lit zenberg Memorial Hospital in Central City on Friday. Virginia Miller returned home Sunday from a 1% week stay in the York Hospital and Lincoln General Hospital in Lincoln. Clarence Bodine had surgery Tuesday morning at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. Carl Adamson of Tekamah, former Polk school teacher, is in the Methodist Hospital in Omaha due to a back injury.
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Ed Coover
Litzenberg Memorial Hospital
Central City
Virginia Miller
York Hospital
Lincoln General Hospital
Lincoln
Clarence Bodine
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Carl Adamson
Tekamah
Polk
Methodist Hospital
Omaha
Stevens wins blue and purple at 4-H horse show
JoAnn Stevens competed in the 4-H Horse Show at the State Fair in Lincoln. She earned a blue ribbon in reining and qualified for the barrel racing finals, placing second of 156 contestants for a purple ribbon.
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JoAnn Stevens
Lincoln
Community Guests Over Labor Day Weekend
Local families from Oak Kearney and Trunbull visited Osceola relatives at the Good Samaritan Home in Osceola and joined others for meals and celebrations. Additional guests included the Hahn family from Osceola for a birthday supper and the Harless and Johnson families from York Wahoo and nearby towns attending Bean Day events and other gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle
Darwin Hahn
Osceola
Dolan Hahn
Michael
Michelle
Grace Harless
Vera Shay
York
Leland Harless
Pam
Dick Harless
Sherri
Randy
Gary Harless
Roni
R. G. Johnson
Wahoo
M. G. Lindburg
Polking Around: Reflections On Eisenhower Nixon Years And Odd Notes
A fragmented column recalls political stances of the Eisenhower era and contrasts them with Nixon era economics described as inflated low mood. The piece notes 1960 census illiteracy figures, GOP postage stamps, predictions of a long cold winter, and unusually early fuzzy caterpillar migration across a highway.
Local social visits span Grand Island Lincoln Hastings
Sunday dinner guests from Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jones joined Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Alber in Grand Island. Other weekend visitors included Mrs. Maxine Upton and Lonnie Upton of Lincoln and Mrs. John Adams family of Hastings. Wallace Sandell and Gordon Lossberg hosted. Wednesday afternoon coffee guests were Mrs. M. Co. Johnson with Miss Jo Ostberg Ella Cramer and Edith Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Jones
Ernest Alber
Grand Island
Maxine Upton
Lonnie Upton
Lincoln
John Adams
Hastings
Wallace Sandell
Gordon Lossberg
Mmse Jo Ostberg
Ella Cramer
Edith Benson
M. Co. Johnson
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GMC
Stromsburg
Central City Veterinary Clinic
Drs. B. S. Barnett
C. R. Johnson
Wet
Maytag Mert
Maytag
Admiral
Nance St. Osceola
Stromsburg Cleaners
Nebr
Sundberg & Son
Lewis TV Repair
Hahn Apartments
E. 4Th Stromsburg
E. T. Parminter
Delbert Legband
Benedict
DeKalb Seed Wheat
Supply Limited
Roy Glasser, Sr
Ken Lager Construction Co
1St St. Box
Farmers Mutual OF Nebr
Roy Glasser Sr
Call
Cliff Branting
Armstrong
Kermit Lindgren
Central T.V
D Ave
Motorola
Motorola Sales & Service
RCA Admiral
Coronado
Claude. Ashbaugh
Reuben Ehn
Clayton Norquest
McCool Jct
Dave Moore
Leonard Anderson
Mason
Bob Baack
Hugo Person
Larson—Watson Realty Co
Lincoln Ave
Milligan Farming Service
Milligan
Custom Farm Services, Inc
Mattson Ag
Fertilizy & Farm Chemicals
Pwmaawinnaa
CAL
Wome Sales & Service
Verlie G. Johnston Marquette
Floyd Miller
Terry
Wesley Larson
Martin
Pastor Rowalt
Martin Hoffman Sr
Polk County
Lydia V. Peterson
State of
Carl E. Erickson
Seal Eldon R. Johnson
Vance Stoh
Labor Day
Walter Stoh
Maynard Jensen
Shelton
Mrs. Person
Kathy Jo Jensen
Don Garretson
Columbus
AC Chevy
Bill Fuhr
Leigh
MH Chevy
Don Houdek
Chapman
Art Claycomb
Greenwood
David Stromberg
Daniel Graves
Graves
Bradshaw
Case
Carroll Shenk
Verland Widga
John M Broadwell
York AC
Delbert Bashart
Beaver Crossing
Rod Flodman
Charles Huggler
Warren Rathje
Larry Anderson
H.p
Sherman Wilshusen
Bill Palik
Polking
Rutgers University
Eisenhower
Nixon
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ezee
P.T.O
Pioneer Seed
Garst Thomas
York Co. Fairgrounds
Dean Ostberg
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