Christmas Birds and Yiddish Wit brighten Nebraska column
A Nebraskan writer recalls Christmas travels to New Orleans with family and shares a humorous reflection on The Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten. The piece blends holiday scenes with jokes about Yiddish terms and cultural observations, noting readers' potential language enrichment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Anita Wochner
Manatoo
New Orleans
Polk
Leo Rosten
Rosten
Edwin Newman
America
Polk Market Visitor Edith Bergland at Francis Jore Home
Edith Bergland of Stromsburg was a visitor Sunday evening at the Francis Jore home in the Polk Market area.
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Edith Bergland
Stromsburg
Francis Jore‘mus
Library Lines Seeks New Year at Local Library
Donor Irvin Gestrine gives 100 dollars. Garden Club members crafted five cobbler aprons and two clothes pin aprons and will accept orders for more. Proceeds from craft items benefit the library. Board wishes readers a Happy New Year and anticipates a remodeled building new books policies and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Gestrine
Garden Club
Crass
Mrs Branting Celebrates 83rd Birthday At Bethesda Center
Ruth Branting observed her 83rd birthday with a December 22 luncheon at Bethesda Care Center in Central City. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Homer Green, Mr and Mrs Clarence Munn, Mr and Mrs Vern Eklund, and many others from Central City, Stromsburg, Bradshaw, Mankato, Albion, Hastings, Polk, and surrounding areas. She received numerous cards and gifts as friends and family joined the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branting
Ruth Branting
Bethesda
Central City
Homer Green
Stromsburg
Clarence Munn
Vern Eklund
Bradshaw
Virginia Humery
Mankato
Kans
Merrill Andrews
Albion
Bob Branting
Hastings
Ruth Hurd
Mildred Anderson
Reuben Swanson
Marvin Branting
Dwight Burney
Blanche Erickson
Polk
Kim Ross
Gary Green
Keith Green
Sharon Butt
John Volkman
Bessie Green
Hatti Anderson
Hospital News Roundup From Lincoln Area
Robert Wayne Flick underwent major surgery weeks ago at St. Joseph hospital Oma ha Room 4218 and hopes for get well wishes from Polk friends. Mrs Gerhard Dose returned home from Lincoln General hospital. Clarence Van Ostrande entered Bryan Memorial hospital in Lincoln and will have surgery. Mrs Francis Dremus returned home from York hospital on Christmas. Mrs Robert Shostrom transferred from York hospital to Lincoln General hospital Room 302.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert (Wayne) Flick
St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha
Polk
Gerhard Dose
Lincoln General Hospital
Clarence van Ostrand
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
Francis Dremus
York Hospital
Robert Shostrom
Polk Girls and Boys Face Hordville in Hampton Invite
The Polk girls play Hordville at 6 30 p m and the Polk boys meet Hordville at 8 p m in the Hampton Invitational Tourney with Hampton and Nelson also in the holiday event.
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Hampton
Polk
Hordville
Nelson
Country Women Held December Meeting
The Country Women's Club met at Helen Samuels's home on December 15 with 12 members and one visitor. Members voted to donate to March of Dimes Heart Cancer and Salvation Army. Agnes Sealey and Faye Stevens led a program of Christmas readings and songs from New England Germany Scandinavia and France followed by a gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Women’s Club
Helen Samuels
March of Dimes, Heart, Cancer and
Salvation Army
Agnes Sealey
Faye Stevens
New England
Germany
Scandinavian
France
Mrs Bethel King Guests Christmas Day at Central City Home
Mrs Bethel King was a guest on Christmas day in the Don Riley Jr home at Central City.
Christmas Family Gatherings Across the Pork Community
Numerous Nebraska families from Omaha Lincoln York Ravenna Holdrege and beyond shared Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals and gifts. Footnotes list dozens of households and relatives from Sundberg Johnson Willits Stevens and many others. More details to come next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Filter
Omaha
Glen Stevens
Charles Stromberg
Lincoln
Harvey Sundberg
Edna Sundberg
Lynn Sundberg
Doug Sundberg
Kent Anderson
Calmar Johnson
Calvin Crow
York
Lynelle Fredrickson
Monica
Rickenbody
Marcene Johnson
Scott Stromberg
Oscar Sundberg
Ed Saylor
Judy
Effie Saylor
Steve Saylor
Ft. Collins
Cole
Hannah Bodine
Bill Ferrand
Don Widea
Frances Widen
Robert Willits
Rodney Johnson
Neal van Housen
Bob Rahrs
Allan Willits
Max Jones
Fred Laessle
Margaret Jones
Evelyn Shenk
Lanny’ Ang
Mark Albin
Kirk
Martin Jones
Lof Osberg
Dale Carlson
Kenny
Christine
Silver Creek
Donnette
Murray Ostberg
Ann Larson
Ed Ostberg
Don Ostberg
Irvin Beckstrom
Lisa
Loren
Rodney Beckstrom
Grand Island
Douglas Stevens
Manhattan
Manhattan, Kans, Spent the Christmas Weekend In the Eldon Johnson
Earl Stevens
Orville Miller
Kent Miller
North Platte
Major
Vernon Willams
Broken Bow
Wilmer Johnson
Gary Johnson
Heather
Duane Johnson
Gary Wheeler
Steve Johnson
St. Edward
Jean Lynn
Leslie
Palos Verdes
Calif
Walden McNaught
Lennis Lind
Dean Myers
Widor Bock
Pleasanton
Mary Bock
Ravenna
Wm. Hokenson
Ken Carlstrom
Dick Mundt
Amy
Larry Johnson
Malvern
Noel Kealiher
Gordon Fossberg
Daryl Fossberg
Benny
Emily
Phil Thomas
Shane
Holdrege
Roger Foss
Ted Pfeifer
Darrell Scherer
Gibbon
Pfeifer
Larry Lukas
Stein Lukas
Blue Hill
Charles Lukas
Nathan
Clarks
LeMoyne Brown
Bob
Montrose, Cole
Marvin Dittmer
Las Vegas
Minnie Miers
Henry
Keith Myers
Lois Myers
Aurora
Bill Hokenson
Ken’ Carlstrom
Wm. Munn
Myron
Carl Christensen
Tom Munn
Ryan
Travis
Doyle Dyer
Hemingford
Russell Bush
Lapier
Ester Lackey
Margaret Lott
Robert McMeekin
Shelby
Lott Reunon
Gordon Peterson
Hardville
Esther Morgan
Ruth Jones
Columbus
Gordon
Enoch Peterson
Robert Stohl
Stromsburg
Lloyd van Housen
Terry
Dennis van
Housen
Horace Stevens
Harold Nelson
Daryl
Doyle
Jayne
Levert Oquist
Osceola
Byron Nelson
Adam
JoAnn Stevens
Chappell
Tom Stevens
Courtney
Charles Shenk
Randy Branting
Sandell
Levar Sandell
Wallace Sandell
Kent Sandell
Elwood Sandell
Kendall Sandell
Mary Lou Sandell
Jerry Jones
Christina
Mark Sandell
St. Paul
Mary Lou
New Year Revelations and Familial Revolutions
A humorous reflection on New Year resolutions by a wife and mother. The speaker recalls past promises to lose weight, keep a cleaner house, and be more patient, noting the family’s reactions and her tendency to soften goals for practicality and peace.
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Mari
Ralph
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