Speed Limit Notice and Local Happenings
The Progress Files notes a city warning to close cut outs and keep within ten miles per hour in the city. It reports visits by Elmer Nelson and wife, Roy Strasburg, Harvey Alfred, Paul Newman, and others returning from work in Omaha. Polk Colts defeated Swede Home 10 to 3 in baseball with Peterson and Green on Polk, Chindgren and Anderson for Swede Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Nelson
Grand Island
Strasburg
Roy Strasburg
Harvey Alfred
Paul Newman
Laurence Sundberg
Wayne Stevens
Omaha
Union Pacific
Charles Hill
Zetta
Floyd Masters
Polk Colts
C. Peterson
Keith Green
Polk
Chindgren
Anderson
Local Social News Highlights From Carlson and Swanson Gatherings
A series of social happenings from the area includes a reception at the Carlson home honoring Mr and Mrs Harry Schultz, anniversary party for Mr and Mrs A E Swanson, and family visits among local residents. Also noted are hires, weddings, travel, and community events with listings of attendees and hosts.
Patterns of aging and aging minds on a Nebraska porch
A writer reflects on a 92 year old mother at Covenant Home in Stromsburg, pondering church roots, memory, and the mystery of existence. The piece blends personal memory with broader questions of progress, science, and violence, citing Solzhenitsyn and Vietnam, and ends asking what patterns for humanity and compassion mean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covenant
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Polk Baptist Church
Irving Stauffer
Michigan
Iowa
Steinberg
New Yorker
Zion
Anthony Lewis
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Vietnam
Christ
Voting Farmer Lists Updated for ASCS Elections in Polk County
The Polk County ASC Committee announces updated voter lists for ASC farmer committee elections to be held December 1 1972. Eligible participants may add names to the roll before election day. The county chair stresses inclusive eligibility and non discrimination in compiling the lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Farmer Committee
Polk County Toargicultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Richard C. Sealey
Polk County
Osceola
Nebraska
Johnsons celebrate 53rd wedding anniversary
Honoring Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson on their 53rd anniversary they were entertained to dinner at the Clarence Guthrie home with supper guests Mr and Mrs Dale Nyberg and boys of Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Sherwood
Martin Fisher
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
Clarence Lind
Pauline
R. Lind
Augusta Nelson
Merna Eckles
Beatrice A. H Peterson
Amanda Bergman
Eric Larson
Axtell
Axel Sidwell
Hastings
Harry Dahlgren
Harry Carlson
Carl Olson
Harry Schultz
Carlson
A. E. Swanson
J. E McDaniel
Sedalia
Arlene Wright
Albie Santin
Edna May Newton
Goldie Swanson
Central City
Richard Johnson
Clarence Guthrie
Dale Nyberg
Gustafson and Harless Families Host Visitors
Polk area social notes report visits from Rudolph Gustafson Minn ie Johnson of Stromsburg to Omaha and Christie’s fourth birthday celebration at Conad with the Cramer and LaVelle families. Also listed are Dayton Ohio’s Max Peterson and C R Peterson Osceola guests at Roger Gustafson home and Harless family gatherings with Pam and Grace noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Gustafson
Minnie Johnson
Stromsburg
Doyle Gustafson
Omaha
Emory Cramer
Merle LaVelle
Elmer Garner
Charles Cramer
Conad
Christie
Max Peterson
Dayton
Ohio
C. R. Peterson
Osceola
Roger Gustafson
Leland Harless
Pam
Dick Harless
Grace Harless
Gary Harless
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Alvena Lind
York
G. M. Hill
Polk High
Genoa
Helen McCoy
York County Fair
Theatre Osceola
Farmers Goop Grains Association
Norris W. Alfred
Nebraska Association
Irene Whitacre
Wilbur Whitacre
Ralph E. Johnson
R. M. Bailey
Helen Binford
Boyles Business College
Cudahy Packing Co
Raymond Peterson, Jr
Franklin
York Hospital
Loretta Pollard
Donald Person
Clarks Methodist Church
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