Thanksgiving Day Guests Across Swede Home Area Families
Thanksgiving Day saw multiple families hosting relatives across Swede Home community. Guests included the Johnson, Engberg, Gestrine, Hanquist, Jones, Lundstrom, Sandin, Willits, Johnson, and Gustafson households with relatives from Monroe, Kansas City, Hardville, Norfolk, Osceola, and Clarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Nielson
Monroe
Steve Allen
Kansas City
Larry Davis
Don ®Ankson
Hardville
Walter Jones
Ruth
Lester Gestrine
Irvin Gestrine
Martin Gestrine
Karen
Roger Hanquist
Edna Gestrine
Raymond Gestrine
Wayne Johnson
Harold W. Johnson
David Jones
Duane Jones
Viola Weisseman
Osceola
Martin Lundstrom
Esther Appleton
Walter Samuelson
Steven Lundstrom
Todd
Amy
Dale Lindburg
Rudolf Sandin
Burdette Sandin
Social Security Office Phone Help Visit
Lawrence C. Wheeler, a Lincoln field representative, will visit Osceola at the courthouse second floor on Wednesday December 15 1971 from 9 30 to 11 30 AM. Call local office at 475 3581 for Medicare coverage questions and to save a trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Lawrence C. Wheeler
Osceola
Polk County Historical Society Meets in Osceola
The Polk County Historical Society held its November 16 meeting at 8:00 p.m. in the United Methodist Church Osceola. Mrs Kenneth Sipes welcomed members as the Womens Society of Christian Service. Music by Osceola School featured a girls flute quartet and a girls duet. Slides with explanations traced Osceola Methodist Church history and growth. The December 16 meeting at 7:30 p.m. will be in Swede Haven Stromsburg with Covenant Home providing bingo prize items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Historical Society
United Methodist Church
Osceola
Kenneth Sipes
Womens Society of Christian Service
Osceola School
Swede Haven
Stromsburg
Swede Haven Society
Mid-West
Covenant Home
Local Visits Share News With Rudolph Gustafson and Hanquist Families
Mr and Mrs Ollie Johnson were Thursday evening visitors in the Rudolph Gustafson home. Sunday afternoon and luncheon guests of Mr and Mrs Reuben Hanquist included Mr and Mrs Ray Devies, Mr and Mrs Paul Oswald, Mrs Val Oswald, and Thad of Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Johnson
Rudolph Gustafson
Ray Devies
Paul Oswald
Val Oswald
Thad
Aurora
Reuben Hanquist
Gwynnel Johnson
Hampton
Third Graders Are Christmas Busy and Busy
Third graders are busy with Christmas activities and classroom projects. Students built a joint bulletin board tree with individual parts. They study geometry in math and clothing in social studies while finishing a unit on food. Posters about fruits were made. SRA Achievement Tests are given this week.
Polk ASC Convention Set for December 14 in Osceola
Polk County ASC will hold its convention at the ASCS office in Osceola at 9:00 A M on December 14 1971. Three delegates from each community will elect a County ASC Committee member and two alternates. The meeting also names 1972 chairman and vice chairman, with 24 delegates from eight communities voting. Observers are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
ASC
ASCS
Osceola
Eugene Sterup
Co. Asc
Richard Sealey
Paul Walgren
F.1d. Donelson
F. A. Donelson
Sterup
McNaught and Kealiher families observe birthday week
Progress Files note Mr and Mrs N E McNaught and Bill plus Mr and Mrs Noel Kealiher and girls helping celebrate a birthday. Other items include Polk High's 52 30 win over Hampton to start the 1961 62 basketball season and several social visits from Shelby to Fairfax Stromsburg Wichita Powell and Stohl. Todd Harold born to Roger Hanquist couple on November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. McNaught
Bill
Noel Kealiher
Polk High
Hampton
Roy Glasser
Ralph Kahler
Esther Whitacre
Harry Huddleston
Shelby
Willard Adelson
James Adelson
Marlin Peterson
Fairfax
Iowa
Roger Hanquist
Todd Harold
Edd Coover
Robert Oliver
Stromsburg
Omaha
Coover
Oliver
Robert Gustafson
Neufeld
Wichita
Kans
Gunnard Stohl
Richard Haney
Powell
Wyo
Lavern Schulze
Raymond Mason
St. Anthony
Idaho
Junior High PEP Club News Cheerleaders Named
The Tth and 8th grade cheerleaders are Jane Kealiher rally captain Heidi Harrington Patty Bender Peggy Neeman Cheryl Fisher and Abbi Harrington. Officers are Tammy Fisher president Lans Bills vice president Jonita Baack secretary and Sue Erickson news reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Kealiher
Heidi Harrington
Patty, Bender
Peggy Neeman
Cheryl Fisher
Abbi Harrington
Tammy Fisher
Lans, Bills
Jonita Baack
Sue Erickson
Bizzy Bees 4 H Club Meeting Report
On November 11 1971 the Bizzy Bees met at the Nee mans home for lunch and a business session. The president led the pledge and the group discussed reorganizing for another year with no old or new business. After closing they played games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bizzy Bees
Neemans
Jesse Kennel
Local visits and birthday club meetings noted
Ten days at the home of their daughter Mrs Owen Bedient and Mr and Mrs Elmer Wilshusen visited Carl Wilshusen at the Lutheran hospital in Grand Island Saturday. The South Polk birthday club met Tuesday November 21 at the home of Mrs Arnold Neuhaus honoring the birthdays of Mrs Neuhaus and Mrs James Karloff. Each received a gift from the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wilshusen
Carl Wilshusen
Lutheran Hospital
Grand Island
South Polk
Arnold Neuhaus
Neuhaus
James Karloff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swede Home News
DeVon Johnson
Dewey Sigler
Harlan Johnson
Carl G. Johnson
Mel Engberg
Everett Anderson
Richard Gustafson
Mike Harris
Clarks
County Historical Society
POLK
Lee
NEWS
Owen Bedient
Purina
National Research Council
Polk Grain Co
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