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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1938
Page
1
E E Pengelly, Minister, announces worship and sermon at 10:00 Sunday with church school at 11:00. The notice urges full attendance and enthusiasm, warning that neglect harms the church and children’s schooling and linking religious interest to future persecutions.
Carl F. Juergensen serves as pastor for the Lutheran church with German services at 9 30 A M and English services at 10 30 A M on Sunday.
A church notice invites members and the community to Methodist services with Sunday School at 10, Morning Worship at 11, and Evening Service at 7:30 PM. It asks for continued welcome, mentions a new evening sermon series, and calls a Tuesday meeting for all young people.
Sunday School at 10 00 A M preaching at 11 00 A M YPMS at 7 15 P M preaching at 8 00 P M prayer meeting Thursdays 8 P M church invites all to seek God in His house
Paul E Carlson pastor leads Sunday School at 10 morning worship at 11 and evening services at 8. The quarterly business meeting is Friday evening. Midweek service and junior endeavor meet Wednesday at 8. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday September 28 at 2 30 hosted by Mesdames Hans Meline and Paul Carlgon.
Rev. R. M. Bailey officiates at Sunday School at 10 00 Jr and Sr BYPU at 7 15 Prayer Meeting Tuesday 300 Choir Practice Thursday 8 00.
Polk High School led by Coach Biffar and Assistant Cowgill opened the season at Genoa and fell 19 to 12. Marvin Branting and another interception sparked Polk’s late in-game rally with a 45 yard TD. Next, Polk hosts Clarks High Sept 23 with public practice nights urged.
Large crowds applauded Polk's picnic wrap as the biggest parade yet, with floats from banks, schools, and businesses. Highlights: Citizens State Bank won comic prize with an old buggy and mule. commercial wins from City Grocery, Park High School, Sundberg's, and others. Afternoon ball game, tug of war, Viking Theatre speeches, band concert, and dance closed the event with local figures Jay Hastings and others in attendance.
Social notes from Strömburg and surrounding communities recount visitors from Lincoln Venice and Omaha. Guests include Mrs Ernest Preece and daughter June. Mr and Mrs Arthur Wymore of Venice. gatherings at the Underhill George Stromberg and Burgeson homes. trips by Peterson Jackson and McCormick to Auburn Iowa and Wahoo. a new Sinclair bulk agent Donald Frisbee of Elgin Nebraska. a first frost observed Monday morning with no major damage.
A long list of Arborville residents and guests, including Leand and Bowers and families visiting Blair and Manley Fisher households, Jamey Pickrel from York, Bedient families from York, and many others. Several trips to Omaha Bayard and Bayard employment updates are noted along with community club gathering and a missionary society meeting.
Polk County plants an official wheat yield test plot on the Lynn Brigham farm near Osceola with varieties Cheyenne Blackhall Nebraska 1069 Kanvale lebred Nebred Tenmarq and Turkey Red. Fred Seifer secretary of the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association added 100 farmer samples planted beside the main plot to compare milled quality.
Miss Marguerite Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs L S Nelson Hordville wed Lyle Lampshire son of Mr and Mrs I J Lampshire at Sunny Side Baptist Church Los Angeles on Thursday September 15 They both graduated from Hordville High School and will live in Los Angeles where the groom is employed Attendants were Ruth Case and Donald Johnson.
An eighty acre farm and two residences with town lots in Osceola sold at referee's sale Tuesday for $5232 as part of the Wm. Richmond estate. John Nelson bought the 80 acre farm at $60.50 per acre. Irvin I. Noble paid $276 for a west Osceola four room house and three lots, and Albert Ryan paid $116 for another house and three lots.
The Progress advertises a limited time price cut in Polk Hamilton York and Merrick counties offering one year for 50 cents and a school year for 75 cents anywhere in the U S A. After Saturday the rate rises to one dollar. Mail-in renewals available with half dollar deposit.
The Progress campaign lists renewed and new subscribers including Henry Moberg Harry A Carlson Ida McConnell P A Hanquist Virgil Kissler E W Widga Frank Scheapler Arthur Emken Wm Schweikert Wm Kosler and many others such as Elaine Wilcox Walter Nyberg and Chas Wyatt new. The notice records numerous names with a few new subscribers marked.
The Polk High School Drama Club under Miss Pearson will hold a scavenger hunt on Monday evening September 26 at 8 oclock. The event seeks old clothes such as dresses hats coats and shoes for use in dramatic work and offers residents a chance to dispose of cast-off apparel.
Hordville and Aurora bands join with the Polk Band for a semi sacred concert Sunday in Polk Park weather permitting. The program begins at 3 p m with performances by the three ensembles under favorable conditions.
Polk stores will close on Wednesday nights starting September 28 and continue until further notice. The policy does not affect the drug stores filling stations restaurants or other evening businesses.
Social visits grace Swede Home with the Larson and Forss families. Ralph Rhoades and Marie Campain announce the birth of a baby girl. High Prairie hosts a hard time party for freshmen as initiation proceeds. PT A plans a schoolhouse meeting September 23. Dorcas and Junior Mission Band hold annual Fair Festival September 27 to showcase mission crafts. Various families visit and promote Sunday School activities with plans for Bible class services and a student heading to Wahoo.
Mrs Ray Raeder died suddenly at her Osceola home from a heart attack. Funeral services not yet arranged. Several Osceola residents hosted guests from Atlantic and Stromsburg. An allstar Polk County country league baseball game beat Osceola 9 to 7 after 12 innings. Harold Reeb plans to move to Greeley Colorado with his wife Jack Le Seur. Osceola friends extend best wishes. A picnic marked the Merricks and Days 10th wedding anniversary in Seward. Nybergs return from trip to Colorado Wyoming to Osceola. Local groups plan county Woman's Club convention in Osceola October 11 at the Methodist Church.
Polk youths are invited to the Annual Policeman's Ball at the Glovera Ballroom Grand Island on Tuesday evening September 27 in cooperation with the Grand Island Police Department.
Old Timers Ball Team defeated the younger squad 5 to 3 in a celebratory match drawing a large crowd. Several local businessmen missed the game and plan to attend the rematch on Sunday.
Dave Eckdahl purchases the Nelson hamburger stand adjoining his Sinclair Filling Station and takes immediate possession. His wife Vega Ang will run the restaurant with a bright outlook, while the former owners Mr and Mrs Nelson plan to move to their farm east of Polk.
The three day Star in My Kitchen cooking school presented by Polls Progress and Polk merchants concluded Saturday with over three hundred ladies packing the hall. The Viking Theatre cannot show sound pictures clearly, hindering dialogue understanding. thanks are due to Polk High School Superintendent Henry Horstman for providing ushers to help manage the large crowd.
This issue of The Progress goes to Polk County homes this week to showcase an enlarged paper and a special law subscription offer of fifty cents for a whole year. At this low price, withdrawn in a few days, readers gain news from Polk County and adjacent territory plus serial stories and features for under one cent weekly.
A September 27 tour across Polk County farms will showcase 18 sorghum and 27 hybrid corn varieties at Foy Rosenberry's, 8 sorghum types at Martin Scholz's, and 52 hybrid corn types at Albert Ryan's. Afternoon sessions at Elmer Tooker’s will include noted corn and sorghum test plots. Agricultural officials will lead, with emphasis on testing to find county-adapted varieties.
A Main Street correspondent recounts a neighborhood picnic in Polk last Saturday. He praises hosts and activities such as a cooking school and a prize, recalls a parade, mentions familiar daily life, and closes with a Constitution Day reflection and patriotic duties.
Polk County 4-H clubs and leaders receive special honor for completing 100 percent of requirements. Nubbin Corn Club led by Harold Ingalls, Lumberjack Forestry by Harold Ingalls, High Prairie Mix and Stir by Mrs Frank Bolton, Bright Side by Mrs John Staroscik, Four Leaf Clover by Helen Shemek, Jolly Workers by Mrs Arvid Peterson, East Pleasant Home by Mrs R L Smith, Flying Fingers by Wilma Heimer, Happy Valley by Mrs Harry Huddleston, Busy Bee Cooking by Laura Burke, Jolly Cookers by Mrs Edgar Wisely are praised for full-year reports. Some clubs lack full completion and urged to file final reports to be listed on the honor roll. The paper stresses finishing what they begin.
Phyllis and Shirley Cramer daughters of Mr and Mrs Cliff Cramer had their tonsils removed on Wednesday by Dr Fouts of Central City.
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