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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1953
Page
7
Farmers respond to Polk Fire Dept information forms with donations and inquiries about joining the Rural Fire District. Fire Chief says no gimmicks and no obligation beyond sending in the form. Editorial notes critique York Chamber parade promotion and lament an undersized gym crowd pushing against walls.
A surge of illnesses including chicken pox flu measles and throat infections disrupts holiday plans as many children and several adults fall ill across the community.
The note lists numerous pre Christmas gatherings and visits. Families visiting relatives include Reetzs, Blases, Sagehorns, and Rahrs. Cpl Lorence Blase from Ft Bliss spent the weekend at home, with plans to return to camp. Several dinners and luncheons occur in Central City York Benedict and Bradshaw with extended family attendance.
Mr and Mrs Harold Kohtz and family spent Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs Robert Ormsby in Trumbull. Mrs Harold Reed from Portland Oregon visited Mr and Mrs V L Kerker this past week. Mary Blase returned from Aurora Hospital Tuesday and will stay with Mr and Mrs Fred Laes until able to return home in Polk. The Kohtz family were Sunday guests for a pre Christmas supper. Mr and Mrs Walter Gerkenmeyer of Seward visited Clarence Rahrs and Robert Rahrs Tuesday afternoon.
Local social notes list Mr Lyman Aker of Harvard and son Billie visiting his brother during leave from the Army. They hosted guests with Mr and Mrs P W Aker and Don Widga family at a birthday supper for Glen Widga of Lincoln. Other Lincoln visitors included Milan Hanquist, and weekend guests at Robert Shostrom home. Plans to spend Christmas with Urban Spoor family in Peru are noted. Naval Cadet Gerald L. Warren visited from Kingsville Texas and will be commissioned in January to enter jet training.
William Laurence Gordon born September 30 1928 on the family farm near Bradshaw died December 9 1953 in Stromsburg Nebraska after a brief illness. He graduated York High School in 1947 attended York College 1948 worked in mission fields in New Mexico and Red Bird Kentucky. He was a herd supervisor with the Dairy Herd Testing association and later employed in Polk Hamilton counties and at the Polk Progress. A lifelong church worker he joined Harmony Church in 1938 where he served in many offices including youth fellowship leader and gospel leader at his death. He leaves his father Ted mother Ellen siblings Katherine Ted Jr George and Richard and a large circle of friends. Funeral services were December 13 led by Rev Charles Wantz with hymns Jesus Lover of My Soul and God Knows and Understands. Pallbearers were six Bible School friends Eldon and Ralph Linder Larry Myers Lowell Keyes Linn Christiansen and Duane Folts. Burial in Arborville Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs H E Warren entertained twenty young people Monday night for their son Jerry on leave from Naval Air Cadets. Out of town guests included Milford Myhre Norman Scott St Edward Janice Sundberg Jean Holmes John Moran Central City Al Mitchell Newcastle Wyoming Grant Shumway Lyons Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Elmer Hanquist Imogene spent Thursday evening with the Larson family. Sunday guests were Mr and Mrs L S Nelson of Grand Island.
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