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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1967
Page
8
The KYB Sunday school class of the Evangelical Free Church held a Wednesday evening progressive supper with five stops ending at Sunday school teacher Rudolph Nyberg’s home. The group sang Christmas carols and exchanged gifts during the evening.
Polk residents hosted relatives and friends from Stromsburg Osceola and Lincoln with birthday parties dinner gatherings and Open House events. Notable visits included Elmer Naslund hosting travelers from Fergus Falls and Ansel Fredrickson’s birthday celebration with family and neighbors in York.
Local social notes record Sunday supper and coffee gatherings among neighbors. Mr and Mrs Merchant, the Ostbergs, Lindahls, and others visited hosts in Central City, Reynold, and Clarks. MYF members shared gifts and a meal at Walter Stahl’s home. Larry Coover returns from Germany on furlough and will be discharged in New York. Lt Gary Stromberg leaves for Anchorage after visiting family and attending a wedding in Sioux Falls.
Students describe progress in Arithmetic division, desert ecology, and Nebraska studies. They report studying logging in Oregon and learning about maps in a new textbook, with emphasis on resource use and geography.
School calendar lists games and breaks: Dec 15 Benedict at Polk and Shelby at Polk, Dec 22 to Jan 2 Christmas vacation and start Jan 2, Jan 5 Benedict at Polk, Jan 6 Shelby at Polk, Jan 12 Polk at Clarks, Jan 12 end of first semester.
List of patients and dismissals at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital for the week of December 5 to 12. Includes names from Stromsburg Osceola Stromsburg Benedict Benedict and Polk counties with several mentions of discharged patients and a Christmas gift visit by Polk Methodist WSCS to Epworth Village in York.
Friday December 15 Gresham there Friday December 22 Giltner home December 27 28 Holiday Tournament Bradshaw Friday January 5 Trumbull there Saturday January 6 Doniphan home Saturday January 13 Monroe home Tuesday January 16 Hampton there Saturday January 20 Rising City there January 22 23 24 26 CRC Tour York Friday February 2 February Christian home Saturday February 3 Marquette home Friday February 9 Silver Creek home
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