Community notices and obituaries from Polk area
John Cohagen celebrates his 61st birthday and a group gathers at his home. Gas price reduced to 14 cents for regular and 15 cents for bronze gasoline in Polk. Obituaries include George Wochner 54 and Robert S. Glasser 72. Various local residents travel, visit kin, and attend church and club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cohagen
George Wochner
Arborville
John W
Harvey
Russell Ramsey
York
Edna Tenney
North Platte
Charles Becker
Haxtun
Colo
Olof Ostlund
Garden City
Calif
John Jones
J. W. Holmes
P. J. Garten
Overton
Standard Bearer Society
The
Methodist Church
Ree
Chas. Bowers
Mervin Shenk
Sailor Douglas Somerhalder Serves Aboard USS St Louis
Engineman Fireman Douglas L. Somerhalder USN husband of Sharon J Landenberg of Bradshaw Nebraska serves aboard the newly commissioned amphibious cargo ship USS St Louis. The St Louis is the sixth ship to bear the name with prior vessels serving in the Civil War World War I and World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas” L. Somerhalder
USN
Sharon J. Landenberger
Bradshaw
Nebr
St. Louis
Norfolk Naval Shipyards
Portsmouth
Local Couples and Visitors Dinner Guests
Polk residents report were Sunday dinner guests at the Robert Baack home. Denver travelers Mr and Mrs Leo Eschliman returned Thursday with Mrs Eschliman suffering a broken hip on the trip and admitted to Denver Hospital. Also Mr and Mrs LaVaughn Adelson and their boys visited Sunday at the Clarence Johnson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Baack
Robert Baack
Leo Eschliman
Denver
W. L. Lindburg
Lincoln
Kenneth Peck
Hays Springs
Max Jones
Walter Glatter
Vern Eklund
Vernalene
Cliff Branting
James Wilson
Irvin Anderson
Walter Binford
Don Hudson
Carl Austen
San Diego
Calif
Julia Flodman
Curtis Flodman
Stromsburg
Julia
Curtis
Fred Johnson
Samaritan
Osceola
Dean Samuelson
Lee Harless
Pam
Dick Harless
University of Nebraska School of Music
Bruce Samuelson
University Chorus
Verna Fredrickson
Carren Flodman
Candy
Ed Coover
Richard Johnson
Community Notes Highlight Local Celebrations and Visits
A busy weekend with multiple gatherings across Polk County. Families celebrated a 25th wedding anniversary, Open House for a 50th anniversary, and church activities while residents hosted visitors from Lincoln and San Diego. A hunting trip yielded three deer and a sudden death in Portland was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Laessle
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Gerald Summers
John Raw
Kathleen Holmes
Joan Cramer
Roberta Carlson
Rocella Lindholm
James Hatfield
Ed Benson
Bud Bolton
Fred Blase
Ray Werner
Ivan Cramer
Dean Ostberg
Harry and
LeRoy Anderson
Crawford
Vicinity
Neighborhood social rounds in Polk County families
Sunday and weekend visits populate the Polk area as Julia Flodman hosts and guests call on relatives in Stromsburg Osceola York and Central City. The timeline covers dinners luncheons coffee gatherings and church related events with numerous Flodman Harless Ekdahl and related families in attendance.
Service man's address for Pfc Darwin Neuhaus
Pfc Darwin Neuhaus of Co B 1st Bn 5th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division, APO San Francisco California 98490.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin Neuhaus
Cav
Air Cav
Apo San Francisco
Calif
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Hurd
Robert S. Glasser
Baptist Church
R. M. Bailey
20Th Century Club
Walter Green
David Dornburgh
Polk
Will Kingston
Arcadia
Harry Guidinger
Hillis Sterner
Frank Merchant
John Bills
Martin Hoffman
Ester Lackey
Leslie Tyler
Cen
Purina
Polk Grain
Norris W. Alfred
Nebraska
Nebraska Association
Douglas Somerhalder
USS
Tral City
Frank Rhinehart
Ida McConnell
Grand Island
Rudolph Gustafson
Floyd Morris
Donald Johnson
DeMaris
Ollie Johnson
Emil Person
Richard Widga
Glennis
Melcher Widga
F. P. Anderson
Walter Widga
Mary Ann
Chalmer Daniels
Silver Creek
Cora Cockle
Lyle
Lois
Knight Dorsey
Ellsworth Carlson
Polk County
Martin Dahlin
J. Youmans
Portland
Ore
Stanford Ang
Dave Ekdahl
York Hospital
P. W. Aker
Russell Aker
Harvard
Glen Babcock
Pawnee City
Gene Wood
Kay Straub
Louie Blase
Marie Smith
Lutheran Church
Clifford Branting
Clarence Munn
Central City
Homer Green
Virgil Bush
Martin Jones
Marvin Shenk
Larry Coover
Max Kroger
Michelle
Kearney
Carrol Flodman
Merton Flodman
Oscoela
Lee Hanson
Marvin Fredrickson
Virgil Flodman
Louise S. Timm
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