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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1963
Page
8
O A Johnson, pastor at Swede Plain. Mrs Russell Fjell, church school superintendent. Sunday services at Swede Plain: worship 10 05 am and church school 11 00 am. Polk church worship 9 00 am church school 10 00 am. Union service at Swede Plain 8 00 pm with Rev O A Johnson as speaker.
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church in Swede Home lists events for August led by Rev. Larry Casper. Activities include junior choir practice, Luther League, Sunday School at 9 30 worship at 10 30, a 90th anniversary and fourth confirmand reunion at 3, plus a Salem union service at 8. The church council meets August 21 and a 70 Club gathering is planned for August 20.
The notice states no church or Sunday School will meet for the remaining Sundays in August, under Pastor B A Barnell.
Elmer Logan pastor schedules Victory Hour and CYF meeting Thursday at 8 00 p m Orchestra practice at 9 00 p m Sunday School for all ages at 9 00 a m Morning Worship at 10 00 a m Polk Union Service at Swede Plain Methodist Church at 8 00 p m Wednesday August 21 1 30 p m Boys Club swimming party at the church bring a sack lunch beverages provided
Pastor Wm H Pinkernell delivers Holding Forth the Word of Life sermon at the Evangelical Free Church. The service outlines faith guidance and scripture teaching for parishioners.
Reverend Ennc Schulke presides at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Sunday School and Bible Class begin at 10 00 A M followed by worship at 10 45 A M. Members and visitors invited to attend.
Two Sunday School classes of the Methodist Church plus teachers Mrs. Earl Stevens and Mrs. Irvin Anderson enjoyed a swimming party at Buckley Park Sunday afternoon. They visited patients Cheryl Anderson Marlene Coover and Mrs. Will Kroger at Osceola Hospital during the outing. Lunch was shared afterward.
Mr and Mrs Milton Wilcox of Silver Creek were Sunday afternoon guests in the home of his mother Mrs Frank Ostrander and Lois, ete.
Mrs. Glenn Hill came home Sunday from a two week journey to Ithaca New York and other eastern points. She visited her son in law and daughter Dr and Mrs Donald Iglehart in Ithaca and toured New York City seeing the United Nations Rockefeller Center Statue of Liberty and a Music Hall concert. They traveled to Washington D C for a White House tour under Eve lyn Norton Lincoln president Kennedy s secretary and viewed Kennedy s private office sitting in the president s rocking chair. With Robert Stromberg they toured Arlington Cemetery Mt Vernon Lee s home the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Ford Theatre the Pentagon and the Bureau of Engraving. The pair attended the Nebraska Congressional breakfast and visited offices of Curtis Hruska and Beerman seeing Congress in session.
Trinity Lutheran Church women gathered August 7 for a business meeting led by president Fern Myers. A delegate and alternate will be named at September's meeting for the Grand Island LCW convention on October 8 and 9.
John Ray entered the Aurora hospital Tuesday for treatment. He returned home Monday. Marlene Coover entered the Osceola hospital Wednesday and submitted to surgery Thursday, returning home Monday.
Mr and Mrs James Ostrander of Columbus visited Mrs Frank Ostrander on Saturday. Sunday dinner guests at Bessie Reckner’s Bit of Sweden Cafe in Stromsburg included Wayne and Don Lindholm and families from Lincoln. Walden McNaught host birthday cook out in Crete with N E McNaught and Will Kroger. Art Wahlin of Lincoln stayed the weekend with Ed Coover.
The record lists numerous visits and gatherings in Central City and nearby towns. Dozens of residents including Mr. and Mrs. Max Lott, Kirk and Mrs. Ray Ruge, Mrs. Lloyd Widga, Mrs. Horace Stevens, and many others hosted or attended dinners, luncheons, picnics, and birthday celebrations. Trips from Dayton, Ohio and San Diego, California are noted, along with visits from Lincoln, Marquette, and Omaha residents.
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