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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1969
Page
6
The Pork Woman's Club will conduct a Salvation Army fund drive in the last week of April. A Salvation Army member has collected 38 in donations from local business houses, deposited in a Salvation Army account at the local bank. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stromberg visited Mr and Mrs Charles Whitney for dinner in Aurora.
The WCTU Institute met on Wednesday April 9 at the Baptist Church in Romsburg with three attendees from Polk. Ruth Aker led the business meeting and a film titled The Choice Is Yours was shown before refreshments.
Mrs Noel Kealiher entered Osceola Hospital Saturday for medical treatment. Mrs John Nyberg underwent surgery at York hospital Saturday.
The article announces a grand total of $635.30 deposited in the Easter Seal Fund at Citizens State Bank. A collection from containers plus a contribution from Mr and Mrs Horace Stevens increases the known total.
The Polk Gideon Camp met at the Elwood Sandell home on Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Douglas Smith and family visited the Earl Stevens home for the weekend.
Swede Home News reports birthday celebrations for Mrs Clifford Bowman with guests and neighbors. The item lists visits among local families including the Yungdahls, Carlson, and Gestrines, plus individuals from Osceola and Lincoln visiting and dining with friends over the weekend.
Miss Connie Jones was honored at a bridal shower Sunday at the Evangelical Free Church parlor with about 40 relatives and friends. The event featured mint green decor and gifts, coffee poured by Mrs Richard Alfred, and hostesses including Mrs Dave Ekdahl and Mrs Roland Bodine. The couple, Connie Jones and Lanny Ang, plan to wed May 3 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Sunday guests included Miss Lornadel Nelson missionary from Assam India and Lillie Lind with Mr and Mrs Wilbur Whitacre. Other visits spanned Omaha Council Bluffs Lincoln and McCook with families named Prosaski Lindburg Hanquist Hanquist Stevens Shostrom Merchant and Quarters cited.
A group of 23 friends and classmates carried in a Friday evening lunch to visit Mrs Shirley Huestle of Pocatello Idaho. Other visitors this past week included Mrs Irvin Anderson Mrs David Sundberg Mrs Glen Hill and several others from Kearney and Lincoln plus stops at the Midwest Covenant Home in Tomsburg.
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