Thanksgiving Hosts Vine Across Arborville Families
Thanksgiving dinners and weekend visits stretch across Arborville area households. Guests include the Bedients from various cities, the Scheafferts, the Benders, the Werners, and the Doremus family, with extended kin from Manchester Conn. and Denver Colo. joining in. Ron Brockevelt departs for Vietnam service as Ray Werner and Monica Werner celebrate a birthday. Several gatherings mark anniversaries and holiday meals in Kasam, York, Grand Island, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bedient
Larry Schwartz
Archer
Don Scheaffert
Aurora
Ed Beckner
Lawson
Dick Bauer
Lauren
Henderson
Ray Werner
Helen Wellington
Mary Monson
Neal Sandell
Monica Werner
Ron Brockevelt
Vietnam
Hidon Anderson
York
Harold Bedient
Francis Doremus
Alan Dinwiddie
Collins
Colo
Arnold Merchant
Denver
Floyd Merchant
Donald Bjerrum
Ed Recknor
Dick Bauer and
Tauren
Norman Recknor
St. Collins
Cole
Alan
Grand Island
Paty
Robert Merchant
Rogert Merchant
Edward Reckner
Alan Merchant
Wm. Blender
Art Worth
On Doremus
James Doremus
Clarence van Ostrand
Charles
R. H. van
Polking Around: Cynical Advice For Local Community
Fragments urge residents to distrust progress and oppose local efforts. Advice promotes buying out of town, doubting donations, denigrating the local press, labeling youths as delinquents, and branding businessmen as crooks while promoting constant skepticism of community improvement plans.
Family Road Trip Through Snow and Ice to Nebraska
The narrator recalls a long journey with family that began with disappointment at a stopover described as “just a big bedroom.” They traveled through snow and ice, arriving home after about thirty two hours of close companionship, noting the experience as valuable family time.
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Nebraska
Polk Progress Letter Notes Thanksgiving Visit and Thanks
In Central City near November 29 1971 a reader from Nokonies Florida Mrs Artemis Higgs visits her mother Mrs R L Smith in Lincoln for Thanksgiving with the Asa Smith family and then stays at her mother’s home. Louella Smith thanks for the Polking Around Column noting its informality and the idea that the rising generation will retire as the retiring generation rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Norris
Polk
Morace F. Smith
E. R. Higgs
Artemise
Nokonies
Fla
Calvary Lutheran Church Swede Home Schedule
Calvary Lutheran Church Swede Home presents worship at 9:00 A M with Sunday School at 10 15 A M Choir practice Monday at 8 00 P M SS Christmas program rehearsal Tuesday at 7 30 P M LOW General Meeting Wednesday at 8 00 P M and Confirmation for Jr at 9 00 A M and Sr at 11 00 A M on Saturday December 11
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan E. Swasko
S. S
Thanksgiving Day and Weekend Social Guests
Families and friends gathered for holiday visits and celebrations. The Van Housens, Littys, Stephens, Merchants, Kennels, Morris, Shockeys, Nelsons, Jankys, Hoffmans, and others from Omaha, Denver, Topeka, York, and Marquette shared meals and birthday observances with local hosts Bernard and Norval Nielsen, Wilfred Stephens, Roger Merchant, and Larry Hoffman in a page of social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis van Housen
Neal van Housen
Glen Stevens
Hubert Stohl
Nancy Kunze
Omaha
Bruce Bedient
Gary Eberhardt
Chuck Boyer
Danny
Denver
Buck Buchanan
Topeka
Bernard Litty
Norval Nielsen
York
Wilfred Stephens
Roger Merchant
Harry Kennel
D. ©. Morris
Lloyd Morris
Lee Morris
Badley Fuehrer
A. A. Shockey
Freda Shockey
Brian Tenniges
Harry Nelson
Marquette
Ted Janky
Lawrence Hoffman
Larry Hoffman
Scott
Reuben
Leonard Anderson
Ivar Axburg
Sacramento
Calif
Axburgs
Oscar Anderson
Polk
Jane Rust
D. C. Morris
Larry Anderson
Des Moines
Iowa
Reuben Andersons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arborville News
Polking
Progress
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Swede Home
Custom Farm Services
INO Martson Ag
William H. Norton
Progress Office
Snack Shack
Contact Larcon- Watson Realty Co
Moore Lumber Co
Stromsburg
WOME
Verlie G
Mert’s
Legbhand Benedict
West Polk
Larson-Watson Realty Co
Central City Veterinary Clinic
Barber’s
Farmers Mutual OF Nebr
Leland Harless
E. T. Parminter
Nebr
Griffith’s
Columbus, Nebraska
Leonard Anderson Polk
Mason
Bob Baack
Hampshire Bears
Gail Henriksen
Hampton
Victor Anderson CO. Funeral Chapel
Avon
A. Larrington
Columbus
M. Hoffman, Jr
Mabel Widga
Pastor Stouffer
Pastor Trucano
C. L. Anderson
Polk Baptist Church
Raymond E. Johnson
Central TV
St. Central City
Motorola and
Admiral Sales & Service
Milligan Farming Service
Milligan
Pork Lodge No
AF & A.M
Town & Country
Dodds Home Furnishings
Hamilton County
Hordville Community Hall
Hordville
Hastings
Midwest
John Hansen
Stuchlik Co
John Stuchlik
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