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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1961

Page

7

Mildred Norquest Hosts F W Club Meeting

The Faithful Workers Club met at Mildred Norquest home with 16 members and 3 visitors. Jeanine Hoffman led the program as Bunco was played Anita Norquest won high prize Irene Carlson low prize Teresa Van Ostrand received hostess gift Florence and Della Hoffman served lunch concluding a pleasant afternoon.

Faithful Workers Club Mildred Norquest Jeanine Hoffman Bunco Anita Norquest Irene Carlson Teresa van Ostrand Florence Della Hoffman

Local Community Social Visits and Guests

Mr and Mrs Burdette Flodman visited her father Carl Best at the Veterans Hospital in Grand Island. Sunday visitors included Mrs Rose Swanson and lunch with Mrs Julia Flodman, with numerous other neighbors and relatives hosting or visiting across several days.

Burdette Flodman Carl Best Veteran’s Hospital Grand Island Rose Swanson Julia Flodman Wayne Ramsey Henry Reed Art Piince York Leslie Adelson Gunnard Stohl Arthur Adelson Omaha

County Co-op Members Attend Annual Kansas City Meeting

A chartered bus carried 32 Co-op directors members and guests from Osceola Polk and Stromsburg to the Consumers Cooperative Association 33rd Annual Meeting in Kansas City Missouri. Over 500 attendees heard Pauline Fredrick and Secretary Orville Freeman with Byron Torell introducing the latter. The association reported 193 million dollars in sales and 14 million in net savings Homer Young leads as president and general manager Byron Torell was reelected to a three year board term Attendees included Vern Eklund Rudolph Nyberg Reuben Hanquist Don Hanquist Wallace Sandell Ollie Baker and Victor Larsen across Monday to Thursday.

Osceola, Polk and Stromsburg Kansas City Consumers Cooperative Association Pauline Fredrick NBC United Nations Orville L. Freeman Nebraska CCA Byron Torell Homer Young Vern Eklund Rudolph Nyberg Reuben Don Hanquist Wallace Sandell Ollie Baker Victor Larsen Co-op

Harless and Samuelson Families Dine With Friends

Polk local social notes report Mr. and Mrs. Leland Harless and family and others visiting in Grand Island to see Santa Claus. Mrs. Josephine Samuelson hosted Sunday dinner with Dean Samuelson and family. Don Hanquist marked a birthday with a luncheon at Don Hanquist’s home. Farmers Union dinner attendees in David City included Ben Peterson and the Aker and Hahn households.

Leland Harless Jan Cheryl Gail Dean Samuelson Josephine Samuelson Darold Hoffman Roger Werner Grand Island Santa Claus Elmer Hanquist Don Hanquist Don Farmers Union David City Ben Peterson P. W. Aker Lloyd Hahn

Birthday visits honor Nannie Sundberg in Stromsburg

Thursday evening guests at Nannie Sundberg’s Stromsburg home included Mr. and Mrs. Willard Adelson Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Forss Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson for her birthday. Bruno Irmer of York and Gilbert Gertsch were host and hostess’ Sunday visitors. Miss Jean Larkin spent Thursday night with Arlyce Lind.

Walter Fredrickson Judy Adelson Harold Anderson R. B. Darnell Clarks Leslie Adelson Dick Larson Cindy Central City Hennie Seymour Don Miller Clarence Johnson Robert Shostrom Roy Carlson Hans Nielsen Martha Simpson Selma Carlson Stromsburg LaVaughn Adelson John Holmes Lincoln Wilda Holmes Robert Milan Hanquist Rodney Reuben Hanquist Nannie Sundberg Willard Adelson Adolph Forss Harold Johnson Raymond Johnson Bruno Irmer York Gilbert Gertsch Jean Larkin Arlyce Lind

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