Local events and notices from Polk area school and community
Miss Eleanor Koehler 18 of Osceola dies from a car overturning in a ditch. four others injured. Immanuel Lutheran Church confirms six youths. Swedish Mission choir to broadcast. Earl Bay travels for sheep shear prep. Local residents visit Lincoln and Deshler. Measles cases in schools. Loneta Anderson new telephone operator. Robert Strickland marriage noted. Elementary operetta "The Land of Dreams Come True" praised. Eric Forslund visits. Old newspapers sold 5c. Hill Land and Gravel wins a $5,355 gravel contract. Polk High seniors reach $600 for their sneak day trip.
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Ceola
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Beatrice Hahn
Eva Kroger
Margaret Rhode
Willard Meerkatz
Leroy Moderow
Lloyd van Housen
York
Earl Bay
Clay Center
Loneta Anderson
Lloyd Kroger
Grand Island
Friends
Robert Strickland
Anderson
Mason
Sanford
Eric Forslund
Stromsburg
H. Flodman
Progress Office
Hill Land and Gravel Co
Nebr
Housewarming for Herschel Shenk and family
A Sunday afternoon housewarming honored Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Shenk at their home. Guests included multiple local couples and families such as R. L. Sandall Wayne Sandall Rudolph Sandall Walter Johnson and families, plus Arthur Johnson Melvin Lincoln Lawrence Shenk and others from Bradshaw York Mc Cool and nearby areas. A carry-in lunch followed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Shenk
R. L. Sandall
Wayne Sandall
Rudolph Sandall
Walter Johnson
Hilda
Florence Johnson
York
Arthur Johnson
McCool
Melvin Lincoln
Lawrence Shenk
Bradshaw
Carroll Shenk
Rudolph Gustafson
Lincoln Woman Visits Parents Over Weekend
Carmen Sandell of Lincoln spent a weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Elwood Sandell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Sandell
Lincoln
Elwood Sandell
Easter Visiters From Calloway And Denver
The Sundbergs depart for Easter with Jim Sundberg in Denver. Robert Steenbock returns from Pharr Texas after a three month vacation. Pfc Roger Werner visits family from Fort Campbell Kentucky. Friends attend Dr and H B Merchant 40th wedding anniversary in Omaha. Village election ballots list Wurtz Peterson Stromberg Jones for board and Myers Neuhaus Wilhelms Hahn for school board.
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Denver
Oscar Sundberg
Janice of
Calloway
Jim Sundberg
Robert Steenbock
Pharr
Texas
Pfc
Roger Werner
Fort Campbell
Ray Werner
Frank Merchant
R. E. Merchant
Hillis Sterner
Roy Glasser
Local Families Visit and Gather in Polk Area
Polk residents and relatives held a series of Sunday dinners and visits. The Lamp shire and McKenzie families visited in Kansas City Missouri. Sundbergs, Linds, Flodmans, and Sundbergs joined gatherings in Polk and nearby communities. Esther Berggren visited Paul Strand, and Milton OConnor called on Strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Lampshire
Marvin McKenzie
Kansas City
Albert Sundberg
Omaha
Lennis Lind
W C Steele
Walden McNaught
Crete
Harvey Sundberg
Orlie Miller
Carroll Flodman
W. L. Moore
Grand Island
Esther Berggren
Colorado Springs
Colo
Paul Strand
Milton O’connor
Bertrand
Bessie Green
Edith Benson
Esther Peterson
Ella Rudy
Sadie Clark
Elmer Anderson
Earl Stevens
Lawrence Sundberg
Rockford, Il
Stanford Ang
Mabel Widga
Jerome
Gerald
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Eleanor Koehler
Jerry Brownfield
Naomi Alfred
R. H Bottum
Phyllis
A. W Shafer
Maxine Bottum
Deshler
Haith Motor CO
Dodge
Dodge Trucks
Dart Sales & Service
Dodge and Dart
Central City
State Farm
Petrus C. Nelson
Nearem
Tetec
Ory
NC Plus
Wayland Flodman
Chrysler
York Pub. & Htg. Co
York, Nebr
Ueere Norris W. Alfred
Polk, Nebraska
Congress
Webrasbear Wts
Cvatvo
Mational Editorial Associatibe
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Nebraska
Boston
Los Angeles
London
Chicago
Christian
The
Christian Science Monitor
One
Norway St
Mass
Stata
Booth
Across the Nation
Grand Island Central City
Omah
Clarks
Polk
Wegner & Clausen Monument CO
Robert Baack
Healthifteen
Laven
HAR Imans Drug Stores
Stromsburg, Nebr
Dial
Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n
Party
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