Polk County Historical Society tours Polk Church history
About 50 members attended the Polk County Historical Society meeting at Polk United Methodist Church on April 20 to hear church history and progress and to recognize Polkares descendants. The program highlighted sod house ancestry, long-standing members, and local family histories with music and a tour of the church. The May meeting will address windmills at 1 30 PM in Osceola City Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Historical Society
Polk United Methodist Church
Polk Co. Historical Society
Polk Methodist Church
Dwight Burney
Jamier Stevens
C. O. Norton
Horace Willits
Gust Lindburg
August Adels
Nyberg
Phillip Nyberg
Osceola
Acquila Cohagen
Issac Lampshire
Gilbert Lampshire
Hans Sundberg
Oscar Sundberg
Andrew Carlson
Harold
James Wilson
Polk
Joe Ehn
Aaron Dover
Virgil Tenniges
Pa” Hill
Irvin Anderson
Burney
Anderson
Forrest Anderson
Curtis Flodman
Stromsburg
Mesdames Burney
C. Flodman
Albert Ryan
Allegra Johnson
Flodman
Martin Jones
Bernie Gissler
Mesdames
Glen Hill
Blanche Fitz
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Officers Institute Held
On April 17, 1972 at St. Peter’s Church in Gresham York Zone LWMS held an All Officers Institute and Christian Growth Workshop with sixty women and two pastors present. Plans for the October 24 York District Convention were discussed and speakers included Pastors R. H. Zimmerman and Wm. Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onward Christian Women
York Zone
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
All Officers’ Institute
Christian Growth
St. Peter's Church
Gresham
Clyde Ehlers
LWMS
York
Henry Blum
Dennis Richters
R. H. Zimmerman
St. Peter’s Hampton
Wm. Wagner
Gresham- Thayer
Sunday dinner gathers Nyberg and Gleim kin in Merlin Nyberg home
Polk county notes list guests from Rockford Illinois Osceola and local residents. Merlin Nyberg hosted Leonard Nyberg and family while Elmer Gleim visited Arthur Samuelson. WSCS ladies of Silver Creek Methodist Church hosted a Thursday afternoon gathering including Leslie Adelson Oscar Sundberg and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Nyberg
Leonard Nyberg
Rockford
Ill
Philip Nyberg
Osceola
Mary Nyberg
Rudolph Nyberg
Elmer Gleim
Arthur Samuelson
WSCS
Silver Creek
Mesdames
Leslie Adelson
Oscar Sundberg
Mervin Shenk
McCoy
Marvin Fredrickson
Don Lindholm
Neil McNaught
Harlan Peterson
Group Aims to Grow to 100 by June Centennial
The group now has 72 members and hopes to reach 100 by the June centennial date, signaling continued expansion and activity.
Polk School Districts Meet At High School Thursday
Progress Files record a Polk School District 72 gathering at the high school with districts from Hamilton York Polk County listing numbers 65 18 89 44 66 61 81 65 44 26 88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Polk School Board of Dist
Hamilton County
York County
Polk County
Kenneth Garrison
Sons
Juniata
Mervin Samuels
Lovette McCoy
Garrison
McCoy
Darwin Newton
Paul Walker
Jeanelle Kroger Verland Widga
Jim Adelson
Marie LaVelle
Marilyn Lind
Deland Flodman
Sheralee
Sondra Hill
Charles Wright
Adolph Allison
S. J. Harless
Gail Shay
David City
Richard Widga
Lee Scneder
Norma
Glennis Widga
Lincoln
Harold Beckman, Jr
Stromsburg
Donavin Widga
Sydney
Melcher Widga
Polk Area Social Roundup of Dinner Guests
Mr and Mrs Parker Aker and Miss Nell Aker hosted in Grand Island on Tuesday. Several families from Stromsburg Stomberg and Lincoln visited for dinners and celebrations, with birthdays and anniversaries noted at multiple homes and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Aker
Nell Aker
Donald Haggart
Grand Island
Carroll Flodmen
Lee Hanson
Candy and Travis
Stromsburg
Julia Flodman
Herbert Wurtz
Clarks
John Meston
St. Paul
Lloyd Albin
Stanford Ang
Ollie Johnson
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Kathy Howe
Emma Johnson
Polk Cemetery
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Met
Purina
Polk Grain CO
Polk, Nebraska
Roy Ehn
Polk Cubs
Shelby
William Ziegelbein
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Marvin Gruett
Immanuel Cemetery
Charles Norquest
Denver
Nancy Norquest
Leo Wurtz
Regy Green
Nual
Regy
Bill Schnackenberg
University of Nebraska Memorial Stadium
David Sundberg
Walter Binford
Dick Gustafson
Cental City Hospital
Genoa Stohl
Doyle Klingsporn
County Board of Commissioners
Polk County Board of Commissioners
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