Hanquist anniversary open house noted in Progress Files
A. J. Hanquist and wife celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on Friday December 6 at their home. Several Polk students are back from illness including Hazel Nelson Gle Pickrel Kenneth Strand and Norris Alfred. Ernest Flodman marks 50th birthday with family and friends at home and receives an upholstered chair. Rev J W Ekwall and J N Norton spoke at the reception and a 6 pm dinner followed. The Peterson Recreation Club room will be open to the public that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hanquist
Polk
Hazel Nelson
Gle Pickrel
Kenneth Strand
Norris Alfred
Donald Newton
Ernnest Flodman
Herbert Flodman
J. W. Ekwall
J. N. Norton
Peterson Recreation Club
Earl Pickrell and Son
Frank Peterson
Mae
Margaret
Lloyd
York
W. A. Stevens
A. H. Samuels
Mervin
Mason
A. H. Sidwell
Ben Peterson
Orlie Miller
Ludwig Joseph
Harvey Hahn
Florence Adelson
Kenneth Samuels
Kenneth
Gilbert Benson
Ronald
Albert Benson
Sadie Clark
John Carlson
Andy Carlson
Clifford Carlson
Harold Carlson
Bob
Arlene Runnquist
Harry Carlson
Evelyn
Ray Werner
Mary Liedtke
Bertha Werner
Deshler
Wisner
Lillian Brown
Washington D. C
Edith Anderson
Elmer Hanquist
Carl Bolton
Benedict
Frank Bolton
John Wessel
Viola
Maurice Flick
Harvey Wochner
A. G. Glad
Edwin Glad
Wilmer Bodine
F. O. Johnson
Milton
Linnea Ekdahl
Charles Dahlgren
Community Social Absorbs Visiting Guests and Local Moves
Neighbors host numerous visits from relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs Williams Mrs Johnson and Conrad of Swede Home. Local families attend dinners and celebrations at Adelson Carlson and Flick homes. New Polk area developments include Ralph Branting's Lincoln and a new corn shelter at Clem Meerkatz. Gerald Stevens becomes rural mail carrier from Polk starting Jan 1 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Williams
John Johnson
Conrad
Willard Adelson
Polk
Ralph Branting
Lincoln
Clem Meerkatz
Orlie Miller
Gerald Stevens
Elsie Stevens
Gerald
Clyde Steven
Alice
California
T. A. Stevens
Nellie Nelson
Clarence Petzke
James Lindburg
Petzke
M. G. Lindburg
S. J. Harless
Leland Harless
Local Social Notes Reach Across Kansas and Nebraska
Victor Land home at Malcolm and visits by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jones to Horton Kansas mark a string of community notices. Thanksgiving dinners, anniversaries, and hospital updates appear alongside 10 years ago wedding recollections and arrivals from Minneapolis and Kearney College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Land
Malcolm
Martin Jones
W. A. Ross
Horton
Kansas
Olaf Algred
Nels Pearson
Letter to the Progress on Cesar Chavez and farm worker conditions
A reader defends Howard Herbes and criticizes Chavez propaganda. The letter argues farm workers are well paid with mild burdens, cites Steinbeck and pesticides harming children, and likens Chavez to a militant agitator, closing with a sign off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Howard Herbes
Httle
State Grange
Cesar Chavez
Coure
California
Matthew
John Steinbeck
Orrin
Thanksgiving Holiday Train Trip to Castle Rock
Mrs. Frank Cohagen and Sharren travel by train from Grand Island Monday night to Castle Rock Colorado. They will spend a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Graham and meet their new baby daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville
R. J. Allison
Stromsburg
Allison
Anna Beckman
S. W. Longacre
Elizabeth
Methodist Church
Arnold Isaacson
Frank Cohagen
Sharren
Grand Island
Castle Rock
Colo
Roger Graham
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. J. Hanquists
New Polk
Farmers Coop Grain Association
Polk, Nebraska
Norris W. Alfred
Nebraska
Eeaven
AEMBR
Nebraska Association
Nine Aber Association
Muriel Folden
Vern Thorell
Evangelical Free Church
Loomis
John Nyberg
Osceola
A. C. Aufdenkamp
Lutheran Christian Day School
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Gresham
Ed Coover
Fred Coover
Arlo Stevens
Rodney Dean
Miland Hanquist
Swede Plain
Adolph Morris
Nancy Kisler
Connie LaVelle
Christine Funk
Betty
Galyn Lind
Minneapolis, Minn
LaMar Lind
Kearney College
San Francisco
Purina
Fatenas
Polk Grain Co
Polk, Near