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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1971
Page
4
Relative and friend groups gathered for Asa Bankson's fifth birthday celebration and a confirmation service at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kramer. Families from multiple towns joined the ceremony and dinner, with parents hosting and visiting throughout the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Arlo Stevens and Mr and Mrs Irvin Anderson visited Rodney Stevens in Shelton on Sunday afternoon. They later called on Mrs Ed Coover at Park View Home in Central. Mr and Mrs M G Lindburg attended the Far Mar Co Inc annual meeting in Omaha last week.
Calvary Lutheran Church in Swede Home lists a series of services and activities from April 2 to April 9. Events include a Midland Lutheran College Players appearance at St. Paul Lutheran Church Osceola, confirmations, Sunday worship and school, Nebr Wesleyan Choir, Lenten services with Dr. Rogers, and a Good Friday service at the Methodist Church.
The weekly report covers patients at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital for March 22 to 29. It lists current inpatients including Lorena Sundberg Stromsburg Leonard Kropatsh Osceola and others, discharged patients, transfers, and two deaths in Polk and Stromsburg.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Newton of Chicago attended Ernest Lott's funeral Thursday. Wayne Hill was visited by Glen Hill Dwight Burney and others at York Manor. Families visited residents at Odd Fellows Home and enjoyed Founders Day in Grand Island. Several couples hosted visitors and accompanied travelers to Omaha for a Torrence California trip.
Hordville column notes Busy Beaver Lassies 4 H Club will reorganize Friday April 2 at 7 30 pm at Town Hall. Girls nine and older invited to join or become junior leaders.
Mr and Mrs Howard Anderson of Torrence were guests in the Robert Willits home on Tuesday and Wednesday. They visited in the Bob Yanders home in Columbus on Tuesday evening. Central City hospital discharged Mr Larry Killion and son Royce, now recuperating at home. Polk Community Chorus sang at the Good Samaritan Home in Osceola on Sunday. Ernest Bosquet and Debra of Lincoln and Dean Lindburg and family were Sunday dinner guests. Kent Sandell of Lincoln spent the weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs Wallace Sandell.
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