Polk community pre Christmas entertainment and wartime news
A pre Christmas School Days entertainment presented by Polk local talent featured a schoolroom scene with QO. E. Sundberg as teacher and a list of local pupils. The issue notes Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor declaration and various local visits, travels, and gatherings including family trips to Lincoln and Kansas City, library changes, and community dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Sundberg
Polk Talent
Polk
QO. E. Sundberg
Messrs and Mesdames
A. E. Sundberg
Henry Horstman
C. R. Peterson
Cc. J. Crew
Glenn Lindburg
O. E. Sundberg
J. G. Felton
A. Isaacson
Mildred McDaniel
Dorothy Green
Walt Johnson
Mise Bertha Ross
Winifred McClure
Palmer
Bernice Williams
Messrs
Albert
Henry, Ames
Lennis Lind
Gabriel
Polk Christmas lights glow as community joins in
Ten years ago Polk celebrated Christmas with the curfew bell at 7 30 pm and a chorus from Polk High School singing carols. Neighbors and friends harvested 35 acres of corn for Floyd Larson who had an appendectomy last week. Marilyn Hahn won the Junior Division of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Speaking contest. Construction began on a new Farmers Union Coop Oil Association building. Rev Edick Anderson spoke on Have Courage at Nebraska Central College chapel. Mrs Viola Benson and Mrs Helen Isaacson traveled to Long Beach California for several months. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Lampshire celebrated their Silver Wedding anniversary on December 4 with a family dinner. Leota Sneed Betty Anderson and Phyllis Behrens of Omaha were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs O F Alfred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Polk High School
Floyd Larson
Marilyn Hahn
Nebraska Farm Bureau
Farmers Union Coop Oil Association
Edick Anderson
Nebraska Central College
Viola Benson
Helen Isaacson
Long Beach
Calif
Gilbert Lampshire
Leota Sneed
Betty Anderson
Phyllis Behrens
Omaha
O. F. Alfred
Lincoln hosts Adelson Carlson and Bonnie at Johnson luncheon
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Adelson and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Carlson with Bonnie visited Lois Johnson in Lincoln for a Sunday afternoon call and luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Adelson
Clifford Carlson
Bonnie
Lois Johnson
Lincoln
Christmas Socials and Church Events Highlight Local Week
Mrs Julia Flodman and Mrs C Marvin Fredrickson shared coffee with Virgil Flodman at Central City. Baptist Church Royal Ambassadors held a Christmas supper with gifts and a Santa visit. Several local families visited hospitals and grandparents, ending with a Swanton supper and Christmas program at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Flodman
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Virgil Flodman
Central City
Baptist Church
Santa Claus
Elmer Hanquist
Paul Coover
Omaha
Wayne Best
Coover
Albert Sundberg
Oscar Sundberg
Vern Jones
Glen Brazda
Robert Brazda
Becky
Bob Brazda
Chas. Truka
Wilbur
Bob
R. A. Homolka
Jess Caldwell
Swanton
O. A. Johnson
Art Adelson
Joyce Stewart
Judy Adelson
James Brazda
Mmrtin A. Hoffman
H. J. Bedient
Hastings Garden Club
New Club House
Bedient
Carl Bedient
Grand Island
Leslie Adelson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Z. F. Myers
A. V. Burke
Seward
E. M. Burke
Stromsburg
Dave Carlson
Little Melba Ann
Sousa
Dr. Spencer
J. E. McDaniel
Polk Library
Shafer
Edwin Lindburg
George Wurtz
John Smith
North Loup
Lena Wurtz
Rolland Dahlin
Kansas City
Ebba Hanquist
Emma Lind
Chapman
John
C. V. Lind
Richard Sealey
Nels Nyberg
A. K. Crow
Sealey
M. A. Christensen
A. O. Larson and
C. H. Lindburg
Harold Nelson
J. L. Hedbloom
W. A. Lindburg
Horstman
Theo. Larson
Japan
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Paul E. Carlson
Evangelical Free Church of Polk
Armedale
Minn
Herman Fredrickson
John Adelson
Mrs. Chauncey Gustafson
California
Will Dayton
York
Charles Lytle
Marie Branting
Hordville
Emmanuel Hospital
Arnold Isaacson
Donald Johnson
Lester Widga
Grand Junction
Towa
Ed Widga
Lyle
The
St. Paul Insurance Companies
State Bank
Polk, Nebraska
Norris W. Alfred
Taya
Nebraskak
National Editorial Association
Associ
R9n
Nebraska
Walter Widge
Harrimane
Nebr
Jim Lindburg
Methodist Church
Glen Hill
Neil McCormick
Floyd Miller
Everett Green
Haith Motor CO
Dodge
Dodge Trucks
Dart Sales & Service
Dodge and Dart
Wegner-Clausen Monument Co
Central City, Nebraska
Bape Ull
Booth
Across the Nation
Grand Island Central City
Omah
Clarks
Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n
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