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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1961
Page
8
Martha Creech thanks friends in Polk for kind messages cards flowers and visits received during her stay in York hospital.
Sept McCormick notes school starts August 28 and the first football game is September 8 against Stromsburg. Osceola visitors Mr and Mrs Raymond Gestrine joined York residents for Thursday evening calls on local families, including Mr and Mrs Gunnard Stohl and Martha Larson kids.
Two 1961 Polk High School graduates, Patricia Ellen Funk and Edith Elizabeth Otte, were awarded University of Nebraska scholarships for the next academic year. Funk received a gift scholarship plus a Regent's Award and a loan scholarship, while Otte obtained a loan scholarship and a Freshman work scholarship with part time employment at the Nebraska Union.
The young people Sunday School class and teacher hosted a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. Dick Harless Friday evening. Games and a carry-in lunch followed a presented gift. Attendees included Rudolph Nyberg Linda Marie Ann Merlin Lanny Karen Ang Gary Harless Stan Hanquist Beverly Ekdahl Larry Coover Bart Nyberg Ronald Erickson and Rev. Lester Felker.
Mr and Mrs Harlan Anderson of Rockford Illinois visited Minneapolis then returned home. Mrs Raymond Sundberg and Mrs Clara Anderson hosted coffee. Carl Christiansen Jolene Lincoln and Larson family hosted guests, with many trips to Arcadia Anselmo Seward Holdrege and Kearney mentioned.
Notice to all interested parties in the Walter E Hoffman estate. The Administratrix has filed a final account and report with a petition for final settlement and distribution. A decree determining heirship and discharge of the administratrix is set for hearing August 24, 1961 at 10:00 AM in Polk County Nebraska.
The union service is set for Sunday evening at 8:00 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church with Rev. Johnson as speaker. The Baptist church will provide two special numbers and a pianist.
A busy stretch of visits and events includes Los Angeles guests of Arnold Neuhaus and Jerold Ruzicka family, Don Johnson’s surgery in Omaha, Lincoln housewarming for Donna Flodman, and multiple gatherings around Stromsburg Central City and North Platte. Volkswagen of civic life with church group swims and Friday dinners.
Polk county residents host and visit relatives during the week. Darrell and family from Utica spend time with Floyd Lyle. Shostrom and Hahn return from fishing at Gavins Point. Bedients and Andersons host at York. various relatives attend showers, garden clubs, picnics, and reunions across Lincoln, York, Schuyler, and Chappell with multiple family gatherings noted.
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