County Historical Society Plans September Banquet
Polk County Historical Society met with thirty members and guests at Osceola City Hall. Bernie Gissler led the program and Phil Nyberg catered lunch. An annual banquet is set for September 17 at the A and B lounge Shelby. Doris Grossnicklaus and Nyberg will handle arrangements with Eva Kelley as program chair.
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Osceola
Eva Kelley
Shelby
Esther Fellows
Allegra Johnson
Stromsburg
Dwight Burneys
Polk
Bernie Gissler
Lee Becker
Becker
Polk Happenings Show Local Social Visits Across Summers
A sequence of visits and hospitality events in Polk County highlights residents from Longmont Colorado Rome Italy Denmark and Des Moines with hosts including Reuben Ehn Louis Jeppesen and Willard Burney. Guests stayed for dinners overnights and luncheons at several homes and a Yacht Club event near Yankton South Dakota.
Bridal Shower for Rita Fossberg Shared Gifts
Rita Fossberg was hosted to a bridal shower on August 13 by Peggy Lindburg Marla Branting and Janni Bankson. Rita received many lovely gifts from friends and classmates.
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Rita Fossberg
Peggy Lindburg
Marla Branting
Janni Bankson
Rita
Local social notes from Polk County gatherings
Polk residents share coffee and supper visits this week. Clarks hosts Mr and Mrs Herbert Wurtz and Ruth Aker. M G Lindburg called Saturday evening. Ron Meerkatz and Kendra entertained guests including George Johnson and William Pearson of Rockford Illinois, Clem Meerkatz, Clara Anderson, and Bob Hurley Jr. of Grand Island. George Johnson and William Pearson returned to Rockford after several days with Clara Anderson and Clem Meerkatz.
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Roy Ehn
Richard Ehn
Longmont
Reuben Ehn
Roy Ehbn
Tammy
Terri
Reuben -Ehn
Natalie Hahn
Rome
Italy
Irvin Anderson
Blanche Sundberg
Bessie Green
Osceola
Dwight Burney
Louis Jeppesen
Sioux City
Denmark
Burneys
Natalie
Jeppesens
Bray Hill
Alice Heiner
Dakota City
Devils Nest
Yankton
Willard Burney
Pork
H. Fiedler
Norfolk
LaVaughn Adelson
Clarence Johnson
Ron Beins
Aurora
Reuben Swanson
Switz City
Ind
Mervin Branting
Omaha
Rex Hancock
Lloyd Albin
Scott
Ginger
Jill
Plainview
Alfretta Albin
John Horn
Joe Monson
Clarks
Harold Anderson
Dudley Baack
Verdigre
Robert Baacks
Maurice Clifton
Baltimore
Glen Babcock
Lennis Lind
George Johnson
Wm. Pearson
Rockford, Ill
Clem Meerkatz
Clara Anderson
Ron Meerkatz
Kendra
Bob Hurley
Bob Hurley, Jr
Grand Island
Ruth Aker
Herbert Wurtz
M. G. Lindburg
Rockford, IL
Rockford
Polk Girls Enjoy Week at FU Camp in Halsey
Six Polk girls spent four weeks at the Nebraska Farmers Union Camp in Halsey August 5 9. Sponsors included Polk Farmers Co op Elevator Polk Co op Oil Association and Hardville Farmers Elevator. Thirty five youths attended with activities from Co op store visits to canoeing bicycling swimming and a talent show.
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Polk
Nebr
Farmers Union
Halsey
Lynette Flodman
Virginia Miller
Cindy Geertzen
Polk Farmers Co-op Elevator
Sheila Flodman
Polk Co-op Oil Association
Tina Gustafson
Hardville Farmers Elevator
Judy Saylor
Robert Manley
Nebraska Land
Aurora
Louis Wiebe
Lincoln
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