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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1969
Page
4
Local column lists visits and gatherings around the community. Negron family from California staying with relatives in Azusa and sharing meals with the Doses. multiple households host dinners and coffee gatherings. extended visits from Milwaukee to York and Lincoln noted. upcoming Bean Day bake sale sponsored by the Rebekah Lodge on September 6 at 9:30 AM.
Mr and Mrs Martin Lundstrom spent Wednesday with the Gestrine family in Osceola. Guests included the Scholta and Johnson families from California Minnesota Missouri and Nebraska. Other visits covered Creston Denver Greeley and Minnesota trips. The Ambassador Sunday School class and Mrs A B Swanson hosted a birthday gathering.
A reader recalls a chaotic Sunday service with a family rushing to church. The baby interrupts prayer with a loud cry as hallmarks of Sunday duties, from lost hymnals to a running gag about Hamms beer echoing through the pews.
The Arborville column lists local social visits and birthday celebrations, noting Cynthia Tewell visiting Lisa Kreutz in Trumbull, Charles Tewell’s return from time with Mrs. Floyd Miller, and gatherings of the Perkins and Merchant families among others. The item references area residents and friends, with mentions of Fresno California and Ontario California connections, plus a restaurant expect to continue on page 5.
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