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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1974

Page

3

Osceola Visitors, Family Guests Fill Weekend

A series of social visits fills the Osceola area as Mr and Mrs Merton Flodman host Chad with grandparents in Carroll Flodman’s home. Esther Morgan visited her brother Enoch Peterson in O’Neil, and Albert Griffen with Jane of Orange California stayed a week with Peterson family.

Merton Flodman Chad Osceola Carroll Flodman Esther Morgan O’neil Enoch Peterson Albert Griffen Jane Orange Calif Richard Gustafson Walter Steinke St. Paul

Annual Fossberg Picnic at Moramian Island State Park

The Thennual Fossberg picnic was held at Moramian Island State Park, Grand Island, on Sunday August 11 with noon dinner. One birth reported in the past year, a son Jason Lee to Mr and Mrs Roger Hawke of Palmer. Attendees include Ervin and Mrs Braderson, Larry and Mrs Upton with son, Ron and daughter, Kent Sandell of Lincoln, Jim Knowlton and son of Tulsa, Phil Thomas and son of Seon, Roger Hawke and family of Palmer, John Adams and Mary of Hastings, Bruce Kalar of Cedar Rapids, Gordon Fossberg and family, Roger and Rita, Rony Fowler, Wallace and Neal Sandell, Lynne and Cary of Polk.

Thennual Fossberg Moramian Island State Park Grand Island Jason Lee Roger Hawke Palmer Ervin Braderson Larry Upton Ron Upton Kent Sandell Lincoln Jim Knowlton Tulsa, Okl Phil Thomas Seon, Kans Pailmer John Adams Mary Hastings Bruce Kalar Cedar Rapids Gordon Fossberg Roger Rita Rony Fowler Wallace Sandell Neal Sandell Lynne’ and Cary Polk

UMW Met In Polk Church Parlors

The Polk United Methodist Church UMW met in the church parlors on Thursday August 1. Led by Mary Jane Samuels Mae Johnson Eleanor Stromberg Janice Saylor and Erma Adelson the gathering opened with a song then scripture and prayer A show by Ann O Shea of Central City highlighted the program A skit on the rights of women to inherit followed the style show on the 10 best dressed women of the Bible and a discussion on emerging life styles of women Elaine Stromberg presided over the business meeting Lunch hosts were Violet Sundberg Mae Felton Janice Saylor ee Larson and Gwen Lind urg.

UMW Polk United Methodist Church Mary Jane Samuels Mae Johnson Eleanor Stromberg Janice Saylor Erma Adelson Ann O’shea Central City Committee On the Mary Jane Elaine Stromberg Violet Sundberg Mae Felton Ee Larson Gwen Lindurg

Polk News Items Highlight Local Visits and Camp Return

Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson visited Sunday evening in the Grant Johnson home at Stromsburg. Rev and Mrs Peels Shenk and family of Ashland were Saturday guests in the Carroll Flodman home to return church children from camp at Halsey. Candy and Travis Hanson of Stromsburg spent last week with their mother Pat Hanson and grandparents Carroll Flodman and Ed Hafer family from Minerva Ohio.

Richard Johnson Grant Johnson Stromsburg Peels Shenk Ashland Carroll Flodman Halsey Candy Travis Hanson Pat Hanson Ed Hafer Minerva Wie

Bird Watching Menu Features Quail Reeds and Indian Signs

A weekend birding notes Swede Lind Ira Glasser and the author recount quail coveys on Thursday morning near Shenk road with many finches orioles and blue grosbeaks. They report four great blue herons and pur ple martins while noting sprayed road sides and a diptheria era cemetery beside the Platte river road.

State Game Commission Shenk Arvid Carlson Sandpit Lake Covenant Cedars Lee Morris Bairds Ira Glasser Havens Bridge Ira Platte Valley Highway 81 Columbus Don Wischmeier Platte River Bridge Duncan Lakes Platte River Jim Wilson

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