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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1969
Page
7
Central City and surrounding areas share numerous Sunday visits and dinners. Couples from Lincoln Stromsburg Fullerton Hastings Aurora and Omaha attend family events, weddings and church gatherings, with kinship ties and hospitality noted across multiple homes.
Sidney Widga of Polk will perform as a Cornhusker marching band member on national TV during the Sun Bowl halftime show on Saturday December 20 in El Paso. The band travels by charter to El Paso December 17 with rehearsals and visits to El Paso and Juarez before returning to Lincoln December 20.
Mrs. Larry Hammond and Mrs. Don Birchfield hosted in Rockford Illinois while Murray Lindberg and Muriel Johnson wed in Chicago. Shelly Ramsey and David Gorrell tied the knot at Trinity Lutheran Church as Mark Ramsey and Agra Kansas guests arrived. Don Lindholm visited Salina surgeries and returned home with Wayne Lindholm and Russell from Lincoln. Don Lindholm hosted Monday supper with Bill LaVelle families.
Robert Lindburg of Polk receives CNTC certificate of completion at Central Nebraska Technical College. Dr Chester H Gausman CNTC president confers degrees in an informal exercise on Friday Dec 5. Regular graduation slated for June 5 1970. Robert is among 30 fall quarter graduates majoring in Automotive Technology.
Trinity Lutheran Church women met in the church basement on Wednesday December 3. Della Hoffman presided and led a Christmas hymn. Parma Werner presented the upcoming year’s program including three evening meetings and a Christmas program Peace on Earth. A film We hope for Peace was shown and Peace on Earth sung. Pastor Ronaldt gave a Peace sermon and prayers. Lunch for 12 members and 4 visitors followed, hosted by Joyce Baack and Bertha Brazda.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jones and others visited the Robert Baack home Friday after a basketball game to celebrate birthdays for Max Jones Margaret and Dudley Baack. Dudley Baack and Stevie Adelson spent the weekend with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baack and Mr. and Mrs. LaVaughn Adelson.
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