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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1971

Page

3

Community Visitors Share Weekend Visits Across Town

Friday night visitors included Mr and Mrs Martin Hoffman at the Orlie Miller home. Sunday evening Hannah Hahn and Doyle visited Harold Hanquist. Marvin Nelson and family from Arcadia dined with Walter Nelson and later called on Raymond E. Johnson at Stromsburg.

Martin Hoffman Orlie Miller Hannah Hahn and Doyle Harold Hanquist Marvin Nelson Arcadia Walter Nelson Raymond E. Johnson Stromsburg

December through January School Calendar and Holiday Events

December events include junior high basketball vs Clarks at 1:30 pm and a Christmas concert at 7:30. A basketball game with St Ed at home on December 17 and a Student Council Christmas Dance on December 18. Holiday tourney at Trumbull December 28-29. Classes resume January 3.

Clarks St. Ed Student Council Trumbull Benedict Silver Creek Albion Choral Clinic Goldenrod Burg Wolbach

Polk Woman's Club Christmas Party Held at York Cafe

Polk Woman's Club members and husbands held their annual Christmas dinner and party last Tuesday at York Cafe. After dinner the group sang carols and did a gift exchange. During the social hour members enjoyed entertainment and games with Eleanor Stromberg as chairwoman.

Polk Woman's Club York Eleanor Stromberg

Pre-Christmas Polk gathering and visits across Nebraska

Mr and Mrs Dwight Burney hosted a December 5 dinner in Laurel for twenty guests including the Burneys and extended family from Hartington and Omaha. They visited Homer and Winnebago missions before returning to Polk. Mrs E R Higgs visited Lincoln relatives and Cen tral City mother during Thanksgiving. Steve Adelson and Larry Haskel spent the weekend with La Vaughn Adelson's family in Peru.

Dwight Burney Laurel Willard Burney Keith Burney Hartington Dwight Burney, Jr Dwight Itt and Linda Omaha Arthur Schultze Yankton South Dakota Burneys Homer Louis Jeppesens Winnebago Polk E. R. Higgs Artemise Smith Lincoln Louella Smith Central City Nokoma Flor Alma Smith Steve Adelson Larry Haskel Peru LaVaughn Adelson

Polk High farewell for Jeri and Lonnie Cramer moves to Oregon

Polk High School juniors and seniors held a farewell party on Tuesday November 30 for Jeri and Lonnie Cramer who are moving to Oregon. Miss Lyla Lindquit and Leon Meerkatz wed at the Lindquist home in Central City in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev. Marvin Gruett. Funeral services were December 4 for Arvid Magnuson of Clarks formerly Polk resident at Clarks Methodist Church with Rev. Walter Neth officiating and burial in Clarks Cemetery. Winter brought 10 inches of snow and 10 below temperatures to Polk that week. The Swede Plain Methodist Choir performed the cantata Love Transcending on Sunday December 17. A bridal shower for Miss Jane Cox was hosted by Mrs Oscar Sundberg with helpers Mrs Glen Brazda, Mrs Don Shostrom and Miss Joanne Barney. Mr and Mrs Don Johnson of Osceola visited in the Ollie Johnson home. Mr and Mrs Mervin Shenk visited in the evening.

Polk High School Jeri Lonnie Cramer Oregon Lyla Lindquit Leon Meerkatz Morris Lindquist Central City Marvin Gruett Immanuel Lutheran Church Arvid Magnuson Clarks Polk Clarks Methodist Church Walter Neth Clarks Cemetery Jane Cox Oscar Sundberg Glen Brazda Don Shostrom Joanne Barney

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