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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1968

Page

7

Boxer Baby Beef Club Meeting Details

The Boxer Baby Beef 4-H Club met April 9 at Polk Community Hall with reports on the cattle grub life cycle. Members demonstrated calf anatomy and learned to take pulse temperature and breathing rate. A bake sale was planned for April 27 and lunch was served by Mrs Irvin Beckstrom and Mrs Arlo Stevens. The next meeting is July 5.

Polk Community Hall Steve Wendell Loren Beckstrom Gary Anderson Irvin Beckstrom Arlo Stevens

Community visitors share cookies at Osceola and Stromsburg homes

A column of local visits features Mrs S J Harless, Mrs Oscar Sundberg, Mrs Joe Ehn, Mrs Earl Stevens, and Mrs C M Fredrickson Jr delivering homemade cookies to residents at the Good Samaritan Home in Osceola and the Midwest Covenant Home in Stromsburg. Mrs Joe Ehn played the accordion for residents as a welcomed performance.

S. J. Harless Oscar Sundberg Joe Ehn Earl Stevens C. M. Fredrickson Good Samaritan Osceola Midwest Covenant Stromsburg Marvin Fredrickson Jane Earl Johnson Kenneth Peterson

Home Society Meets At Lydia Peterson House

Home Society met at Lydia Peterson's home on Wednesday afternoon April 17 with 11 members present. Officers were reappointed for the coming year. Myrtle Johnson received the hostess gift. Evelyn Shenk and Sadie Clark won prizes in games. An all-hostess lunch was enjoyed.

Home Society Lydia Peterson Myrtle Johnson Evelyn Shenk Sadie Clark

Polk News Items Highlights of Local Visitors and Guests

Mr and Mrs Leslie Adelson took Cindy and Debbie Larson to York Tuesday night where they were met by their mother Mrs Sharon Larson for their return home after visiting grandparents from Thursday to Tuesday. Numerous locals visited in weekly rotations including Mr and Mrs Ollie Johnson Mrs Henry Worth and Mrs Herman Carlson at the Bayer home and others. The week featured guests from Lar amie Wyoming and Clarks with Aker and Wurtz hosting as well as Texan winter visitors Oliver Baker and family returning home Friday.

Leslie Adelson Cindy Debbie Larson York Sharon Larson Ollie Johnson Henry Worth Herman Carlson Lee Bayer Will Garling Forrest Hall Laramie Wyo

Sunday Visitors and Guests Fill Polk Area Homes

Osceola and Grand Island residents joined local families for Sunday meals and visits. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Roy Cramer and Mr Clyde Clark, Mrs Sadie Clark, Rev and Mrs Gene Wood and family, John Worrest, Michael Lindburg, and guests from Lincoln Fort Collins and St Paul attended a Bethek College Male Choir concert.

Roy Cramer Osceola Clyde Clark Grand Island Sadie Clark Ella Rudy John Worrest Lincoln Oliver Baker Gene Wood Michael Lindburg St. Paul Nebr Bethek College St Paul, Minn

Easter Sunday Dinner Hosts Across Town

Mrs N S Kant of Swede Harbor entertained Mr and Mrs Enoch Peterson for Easter Sunday dinner in York. Mr and Mrs Walter Fisher were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Vandegrift at Stroms burg. Mr and Mrs Horace Stevens attended a meeting at the Bob Brook home in Kearney. Horace Stevens and family joined Easter dinner with Mr and Mrs Martin Jones in Osceola. The Dennis Richards family received Sunday evening visits.

N. S. Kant Swede Haverz Enoch Peterson York Walter Fisher Robert Vandegrift Stromsburg Horace Stevens Bob Brook Kearney Martin Jones Osceola Dennis Richards Central City

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