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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1973
Page
4
Mrs Gordon Fossberg received a BA at Kearney College and asked if President Nixon would consider appointing a woman as one of his close educators. The note mentions Mr Possberg Roger Rita and Mrs Phil Thomas in a blurred exchange about educational appointments.
Weather notes recount a week of relentless snow from Tuesday through Saturday with subzero mornings in Lincoln. Temperatures ranged from 6 below to 40 degrees and a steady buildup of snow piles blanketed roads and blocks.
The Home Society met at Anna Guthrie's home on December 20 with eleven members present after a snow delay. Bea Johnson presided over a brief meeting, a Christmas program featured poems and readings, a gift exchange was held, the Lord's Prayer was said together, and a pot luck lunch followed.
Art Trennepohl of Ice land has arrived to spend holidays with his wife and children. He has served his tour of duty there and will move with his family to Grand Forks North Dakota.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Wurtz of Clarks were Sunday afternoon coffee guests in the P W Aker home. Mr and Mrs Grant Johnson of Stromsburg and Mr and Mrs Rich ard Johnson were guests of Mr and Mrs Clarence Guthrie on Friday night to honor Clarence on his birthday. Miss Henriette Wilson of Seattle Wash came Saturday by plane to Lincoln where she was met by Mr and Mrs Leslie Adelson and will spend two weeks visiting the Adelsons. The ladies are sisters.
The report notes a storm bringing snow from Sunday through Monday with NE winds and temperatures in the 20s. by night a small accumulation formed and Monday morning added about six inches of fresh snow near 28 degrees before snowfall eased.
Mr and Mrs Gary Stromberg of Anchorage Alaska arrive Saturday night for Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stromberg and with Mr and Mrs Arlan Stromberg plus family and other relatives and friends in Lincoln.
Polk residents share holiday social time with relatives and friends across Lincoln Osceola Bradshaw Hastings and Des Moines. Carl Carlstrom Becky Wall and Jerry Wall attend a relative’s wedding. Shane Thomas is dedicated at the Baptist Church. Albin family members visit from Fort Knox and Des Moines for holidays.
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