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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1969
Page
2
In a sequence of small town notices Danhauer and Sherwood advertise home grown mushmelons and watermelons at 10 cents a pound. Numerous local residents and visitors record trips, visits, weddings, birthdays, and family gatherings across Arborville Hardville Stromsburg and Lincoln with several journeys to Chicago Detroit and Canada mentioned.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Crow and Nathan of York visited Tuesday afternoon in the Neal Vanousen home. Weekend guests in the Willard Adelson home included Mr and Mrs Wesley Lindahl of Omaha and Mrs Julia Flodman. Other entries note visits by Mr and Mrs Hugo Person and by Mr and Mrs Harold Hanquist, with various relatives in attendance.
The report lists graduates from Bryan School of Nursing at Trinity Methodist Church in Lincoln, including Marcia Johnson. It notes several weekend visits and social events with families from Gibbon, Jackson, Holdrege, Utica, and Denver, plus a house sale and a newborn daughter Lynette Ann to Wayland Flodman and wife at Osceola Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Strandberg marked their 25th wedding anniversary at home on Sunday afternoon August 17. Their eldest daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Paul David hosted, about 200 guests attended, with five daughters helping at the guest book and serving table. Helpers in the kitchen included Mrs iDelane Chader Mrs Dale Quick Sandra Chader and Patty Lindburg.
Community notices document several visits among York Osceola Lincoln Rockford and Marquette residents. Harold Bedient Ada Willis Horace Stevens Glen Stevens and Sundberg families hosted and hosted guests over the weekend amid picnics and dinners at various homes.
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