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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1974

Page

6

Official Proceedings of the Village Board September 3 1974

The Vilage Board of Trustees met at the Polk Hotel September 3 1974 at 8 00 p m with Myers presiding and Mc Naught Redman Burney present. Minutes read accepted. Treasurer and Light and Water reports read accepted with motions. Bills presented and ordered paid including Sundberg and Son Polk Oil League of Nebr Muni s Light and Water Dept Dept of Revenue Kriz Davis Co North Western Bell Nebr P P Dist Salaries and labor Hurlbut Cycle Shop Citizens State Bank Light Fund J J Parks Co Overland Sand and Gravel W H Norton Lincoln Tel Tel Co Polk Progress Ins Administration Co Kansas Nebr Gas Co K L Stewart Agency Holiday Laundry and others.

Vilage Board of Trustees Polk Hotel Myers McNaught Redman Burney Dornburgh Light and Water Commissioners Light and Water Commissioner Carri Citizens State Bank Light Fund J. J. Parks Co Overland Overland Sand and Gravel W. H. Norton Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co Polk Progress Seeveceses Ins. Administration Co Kansas-Nebr. Gas Co K. L. Stewart Agency

Bess ie Greens 87th Birthday Remembered

Mrs Gary Green of Central City and Mrs Keith Brown of Eugene hosted an open house at the Good Samaritan Center in Osceola honoring Mrs Bessie Green on her 87th birthday. Birthday cake coffee and mints were served and several gifts flowers and cards were given. Attendees included Jim Green and son Jeffrey Gary Green Amy and Andrea Kerth Brown and Polk County guests Marjorie Lindholm Grace Harless Anna Rau Mae Johnson Alvena Lind Winnie Whitacre Emma Anderson Lillie Lind and friends from Osceola and Stromsburg.

Gary Green Central City Keith Brown Eugene Oregon Good Samaritan Center Osceola Bessie Green Bessie Jim Green Jeffrey Amy Andrea Kerth Brown Polk Marjorie Lindholm Grace Harless Anna Rau Mae Johnson

Local social highlights in Grand Island and area

Mr and Mrs Irvin Anderson hosted Mr and Mrs Forrest Anderson and guests at a Thursday noon cafe dinner in Grand Island. They then hosted coffee at the Anderson home. Mrs Hannah Hahn and Doyle joined Sunday supper at the Dolan Hahn home. Mr and Mrs Dwayne Hahn of Hordville visited Sunday evening.

Irvin Anderson Forrest Anderson Sydney Westerdale Grand Island Hannah Hahn Doyle Dolan Hahn Dwayne Hahn Hordville

Capitol Supply Co adjourns meeting after brief session

The record notes Capitol Supply Co and Redman Well Service payments of 123.51 and 30.00. Trustee McNaught moved to adjourn, seconded by Trustee Redman, and the motion carried.

Capitol Supply Co Redman Well Service McNaught Redman

Exon and Whelan Lead Governor and Lieutenant Ticket

Governor J. J. Exon and Governor Gerald T. Whelan headline a Democratic slate as the party seeks leadership in state government with strong party alignment and expected campaign momentum.

J. J. Exon Gerald T. Whelan

Non-Political Ticket for Twenty Fourth District and NA natural resources slate

A ballot card lists candidates for the Twenty Fourth District and Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District. Sub districts One through Eight show multiple names for director positions and a Director at Large slate with four-year terms.

Central Nebraska ‘Technical Community College Area Wiliam E. Callihan Jerry L. Norris Ken Wortman Dale Watley Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District Central Platte Natural Resources District

Local Officials Named in Sub District Four Records

Readable names Wilbur Margritz Henry Rickertson Katherine M. Eicker Sub-District Four Carl Gangwish Jr. and George Widdowson listed in the district materials.

Wilbur Margritz Henry Rickertson Katherine’ M. Eicker Carl Gangwish, Jr George Widdowson

Local Ballot Candidates List and Party Affiliations

A fragmented OCR record lists multiple candidates with party affiliations for county offices including assessor and commissioner, and notes several names such as Dale Frizzell and Tony Kerkman among others. The text references Democrats Republicans and petitions but lacks clear races, districts, or results.

Also Mentioned on This Page

the Village Board Farmers Co-op Grain Association Farmers Co-op Co-Op Merck Pfizer Anchor Blanco Farmers Co-op Grain Association of Pork Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n Polk, Nebraska Polk County Nebraska Richard D. Marvel Anne S. Batchelder Ernest W. Chambers Catherine Dahlquist Alben J. Beermann Richard R. Larsen Sessees Ray A. C. Johnson Kurt D. Rasmussen Frank Marsh Frank B. Morrison Paul L. Douglas Fourtil John H. Jacobs Eric Rasmussen Congressional Congress Wayne W. Ziebarth Haven Smith State Board of Education Dorothy Weyer Creigh Walter Hopke Douglas Bereuter Maurice A. Kremer Polk County Rural Public Power District Subdivision One Maurice G. Lindburg Raymond Bond Robert E. Oberg Weed Control Authority Wilhelm V. Kosch Dean Myers Technical Community College Morris White Larry K. Moore Robert Wm. Jeary Bryce Barty Gary Obermeyer Leonard E. Schlueter Robert Forst Terry Geiger Norman H. Wellman Robert Murray Wayne M. Hansen Roy E. Stuhr William R. Watmore Melvin O. Kuska Steven L. Flader Max Ronne Bob Hawthorne Lindell Hawthorn Ronald Preheim Russell Hultine Hans O. Jensen Dan J. Armbruster Norris E. Otto Boyd E. Stuhr Orval C. Eikenhorst Donald W. Tyler Richard Sealey, Jr Bruce L. Anderson Robert J. Schneider LaVerne V. Peterson Kenneth Withee Frank Stahly Raymond A. Burke The Supreme Court Paul W. White Boards of Educational Service Units Educational Service Unit Frank W. Maixner R. Paul. Hoff Lawrence Lichti Melvin R. Cornell Educational Service Unit No. Seven Louis F. Novak Gary Ziegler William H. Houfek Marvin O. Nelson Directors of Natural Resources Districts Floyd Purintun Harold Kopf Arland F. Garratt Paul R. Jenkins Howard V. Kanouff JNTY Cunty Democrat Dale Frizzell Louise S. Timm Reynold Peterson William H- Norton Philip H. Nyberg Paul H. Hanson LeRoy G. Gerrard Richard N. Anderson Pebapantiebtass Iva Galpeae Wade Ecto Unty Surveyor Tony A. Kerkman Martin O. Kresha Otto Daum Board OF Education
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