Polk Community News Highlights Attendance and Events
Sunday service at the Polk Methodist Church noted high Sunday School attendance with many members earning year pins. Reports cover volunteers, Bible presentations for students, club meetings, hospital updates, upcoming football at Palmer, and community visits across Polk with multiple individuals named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Karen Stevens
Natalie Hahn
Gary Stevens
Jane Fredrickson
Linda Kisler
Reggy Green
Nancy Kisler
Donnette Ostberg
Verlene Eklund
Robert Lindburg
Marlene Coover
Linda Stromberg
Chas Shhenk
Vicky Stromberg
Cheryl Anderson
Mary Lindburg
Joel Stevens
David Stromberg
Dennis Stevens
Robert Cline
Susan Hoffman
LaNell Stromberg
Sidney Widga
Connie Stromberg
Becky Stevens
Sheila O’shea
Kent Anderson
Pamela Ostberg
Julia Eisler
Roger Berger
Gail Widga
Patricia Ostberg
Floyd Miller
A. O. Johnson
Jan McCormick
Tonya Anderson
Polk Garden Club
Walter Green
Conrad Lindholm
Floyd Lyle
Clifford Carlson
Green
Ester Lackey
Osceola
Darrel Shostrom
West Side Dinner Guests and Travel News
West Side social notes list guests including Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Reetz Debra and Michael as visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Orley Conkling and others. Reetz leaves for Fort Carson Colorado with the York National Guard and his family will join him. Sundberg Lynn departed for Norfolk Virginia to join the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orley Conkling
Eugene Reetz
Debra
Michael
Reetz
York National Guard
Fort Carson
Colo
Colorado
Raymond Burke
Raymond Nyffeler
Howard Sundberg
Mildren Carlson
Lincoln
Russell Kreis
Lester Widga
Marvin Henglefelt
Wilbur Falk
Alvin Eickmeier
William Eickmeier
Staplehurst
George Preece
Margo
Georgene
H. F. Haverland
Agnes Nickerson
Simla
Haverland
Preece
Francis Donelson
Harold Miller
Karen
Polk
Orley Conking
Lynn Sundberg
Norfolk
Navy
Keith Colson
Morris Johnson
Linda
Francis Donelsen
Anna Mae Leach
H. J. Smith
York
Homer Green
Jennie Anderson
Clyde Reed
Mystery Man To Show Powers of Hypnotism
Merlin the Hypnotist appears at Osceola High School Auditorium on October 6 at 8 00 p m He will call volunteers from the audience and demonstrate cold shivers imagined cinema and other uncanny feats He also performs post hypnotic suggestion forcing a volunteer to stay on stage and uses mass hypnosis to free a trapped participant The act includes locking a woman in a box and quick escape Erna the princess of Magic performs the Hindu Basket mystery Inquire for tickets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin
Osceola High School
Houdini
Erna
Community Visitors Shared Time Across Nearby Homes
Mrs. Lee Iwanski and family of Columbus visited her parents the Bernts on Friday. Other calls included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ziemba hosting the Stec family and Neal Hasselbalch’s group on separate evenings, with several trips to Clarks and Fullerton. Visits extended to California and Nebraska as relatives traveled or hosted gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Iwanski
Columbus
Alfred Bernt
Frank Ziemba
Lee Stec
Near Monroe
Pam Sutton
Kay Loseke
Neal Hasselbalch
Emil Koziol
Near Clarks
John Micek
Phil
Edward Lisko
Charles Balasa
Sophia Stavas
Fullerton
Henry
Lotie Galus
Clarks
Alfred Bert
John Sock
Silver Creek
George Spitz
Maurice Hughes
California
Hughes
Nebraska
Charles Sawyers
Barney Tomasievicz
Duncan
Tomasievicz
Bernt
Local Residents Attend Wedding and Visit
Mrs Ed Schernickau of Longmont Colorado Mrs Duane Wilkinson and son Monty of Loveland Colorado spent last week with Mrs Frank Hewitt helping with her sale and left Friday for home. Mr and Mrs Fred Dunn and the Verland Bauer family of Rising City attended the wedding of Donna Rutter and Theodore Saml at the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Genoa
Darwin Hahn
Palmer
Floyd Lyle
Eugene
Oregon
Polk Baptist Church
Ed Schernickau
Longmont
Colorado
Duane Wilkinson
Monty
Loveland, Cole
Frank Hewitt
Fred Dunn
Verland Bauer
Rising City
Donna Rutter
Theodore Saml
Methodist Church
Local social notes from Nebraska and Wyoming visits
Bess Shelmadine of Lander Wyoming and Mrs Marvel Merrick of Laramie Wyoming left Thursday after visiting relatives here. Mr and Mrs Mike Snodgrass and family and Mrs Mildred Snodgrass were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Ira Glasser at Nebraska City. Glasser is superintendent of Arbor Lodge. Misses Alice Johnson Avis Waller and Judy Koehler were guests of Underwood Corporation at a private presentation of their new Underwood Business Machines at the Yancy Hotel Grand Island Nebraska on Thursday September 28. Maury Ransom of KSTC spent the weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Shelmadine
Lander
Wyo
Marvel Merrick
Laramie
Mike Snodgrass
Milildred Snodgrass
Ira Glasser
Nebraska City
Glasser
Arbor Lodge
Alice Johnson
Avis Waller
Judy Koehler
Underwood Corporation
Underwood
Yancy Hotel
Grand Island
Neb
Maury Ransom
KSTC
Sunday Dinner Guests and Baptism Gather in Columbus
District 18 residents carded a week of visits with relatives in Columbus. Neal Hasselbalch and family dined with Irma Loseke. Fred Flamme attended a party at Harold Hussman. Orville Enyeart of California visited John Micek and Carl Benda. The Enyearts returned from New York and joined Frank Ziemba’s guests. Fred Flamme also attended a baptism dinner for Robert Michael son of Don Murray and wife in Columbus with sponsors Lloyd Boden and Clyde Berney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Hasselbalch
Irma Loseke
Columbus
Fred Flamme
Harold Hussman
Orville Enyeart
California
John Micek
Phil
Carl Benda
Enyearts
New York
John Stec
Monroe
Frank Ziemba
Robert Michael
Don Murray
Murray Home
Lloyd Boden
Near Osceola
Clyde Berney
Boden
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ceola Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Omaha
J. Bruce Meek
Newton
Iowa
Edith Nelson
James Wilson
Polk County
Stromsburg
Women’s Club and
Commercial Club
Minnie Larson
Aurora
Arbeiter
Chas Jones
O’neil
Ben and
Enoch Peterson
Ray Berger
Philadelphia
Penn
John Smith
Martin Baack
Glenn Hill
Sondra Hill
Children’s Hospital In
Nebraska Association of Nurses Anesthetists
Mexico
Leslie Adelson
Frank Scheapler
R. Bailey
H. Horstman
Ellen Spires of
Kearney
Hawaii
Spires
Elmer Hanquist
Robert
Walter Nelson
West Side
Mrs. Homer Green
Mystery Man
Sponsored By
Osceola Fire Dept
Canasta Club
Franz Luchsinger
Bruce
Fyfe
J. F. Ernst
Osceola Record
Chris
Bush
Ahrens
Farmer's Co-op Oil
Osceola Feed Mill
L Bank
the Gas Co
Roy’s
Chris’s
Colorado State
Wyoming
Alta Liska
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Robert V. Johnson
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
First Methodist Church
Ray E. Hawkins
Fairview Methodist Church
L. A. Hansen
Nebr
St. Vincent’s Catholic Church
Raphael Chonta
Kansas State
Kentucky
Ahren
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Osceola Feed Mill Elev., Inc
Foxbilt
Oklahoma
Texas
the Gas Company
Huck
Gary
Colorado U
Miami
Fla
Colgate
Kansas U
Iowa State
Farmer’s Co-op Oil Ass’n
Syracuse
First National Bank
FDIC
Pittsburgh
St. Edward
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