This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1952
Page
1
Polk prepares for 1952 season opener against Stromeburg Vikings in a conference clash. Coach Art Phillips leads an untested Polk Cubs with a tight rivalry against Burg and attention on a tough early test this Friday night.
The Polk Woman's Club held its first meeting of the year in the park. Pres Jocelyn Strom berg led roll call with members sharing vacation tales. Plans for the county convention in Polk were discussed and members were asked to locate old wedding dresses for modeling. Invitations went to all county club women for September 26 in Polk M.i church. A scavenger hunt provided afternoon entertainment and about 22 members plus two guests attended.
The Red Cross bloodmobile collected 152 pints of blood on August 29 in Stromsburg, exceeding the 150 pint quota. A total of 1,486 donors were processed, with 34 rejections. Polk County residents again answered the call to support fighting servicemen, while residents Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wurtz and Mr. and Mrs. H G Brauer spent Friday evening at the Sam Wall home in Hampton where Wall is recovering from pneumonia.
The first birthday of Nancy Nance Kay Philips was observed Sunday at Coach Phillips home with dinner and afternoon visits from relatives including Mr and Mrs Howard Snyder and Mr and Mrs Reuben Thurnau and families of Davenport, and Mr and Mrs Albert Busch and son from Mahaska Kansas.
Mary Luetta Kraft and James K Sundberg exchanged vows in Merrill Wisconsin at St Stephen's Evangelical church. The ceremony featured Vernon Dolde as assistant pastor and a reception at Mrs Harold Transon's home. The couple will live in Denver Colorado where Sundberg teaches gunnery at Lowry AFB after a honeymoon in southern Wisconsin.
The Polk County Federated Woman's Clubs will hold their annual convention at the Methodist church in Polk Triday on September 26. The event gathers club members from the county for meetings and activities.
Pvt. Dale N. Nyberg U S 56276436 Btry B Sth Tung Br AAA RTC Fort Bliss Texas Pvt. Francis H. Tewell U S 56172454 306th Field Hosp APO 122 Postmaster New York City New York Mr and Mrs Al Larson and Mr and Mrs Channcey Gustafson attended the rodeo at Genoa on Saturday.
Martin Baack was helping fill a silo when a ladder hook gave way causing a 14 to 16 foot fall. He received gashes requiring 15 stitches and a chipped shoulder blade. He is reported to be getting along nicely.
The Pleasant Home Makers 4H Club of Polk led county entries at the State Fair winning twenty five ribbons. Syaatee and Sorfra Hill ranked high in Food Judging among 59 entrants. Members Sondra Sheralee Marlene and Marilyn Hahn earned multiple blue red and white awards for cookies bread rolls posters and demonstrations.
Overland Land and Gravel Co of Stromsburg holds a contract to resurface Nebraska 66 between US 81 and Neb 14 and to regravel Neb 39 between Genoa and US 30A. The firm will be paid 5346 dollars 56 for supplying and placing 2890 cubic yards of gravel on No 66. Two firms bid with Overland at 185 dollars per cubic yard 40 cents under the rival bid. overall bids differed by 1156 dollars.
Mr and Mrs Laverne Schulze announce the birth of a baby girl named JoAnne Louise at Central City Hospital. The daughter weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and was born on Tuesday September 2.
Chuckie Peterson son of Mr and Mrs Charles Peterson is identified as the second polio victim in Polk. He was hospitalized at Lincoln General Hospital in Lincoln on Monday morning and, according to latest reports, is past the worst with only slight neck and back soreness remaining. His parents expect his return home soon.
Mr and Mrs Willard Lindburg and Dean visited Mrs Ernest Bousquet and family on Sunday. An additional daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Robert McKillip joined for a birthday dinner honoring Mrs McKillip.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.