65th Wedding Anniversary Observed in Grand Island
Mrs Martin Baack hosted a birthday gathering at the Robert Baack home honoring Mrs Robert Baack on February 5 with guests including Mrs John Rau Mrs Leonard Warnick Mrs Anna Wurtz Mrs Oscar Jones Mrs Max Jones and Lesley Mrs Lowell Bills and Mrs Ervin Blase receiving gifts. Mr and Mrs Albert Hankel of Grand Island will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with an open house February 24 from 2 to 5 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church parlores in Grand Island inviting friends and relatives.
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Martin Baack
Robert Baack
John Rau
Leonard Warnick
Anna Wurtz
Oscar Jones
Max Jones
Lesley
Lowell Bills
Ervin Blase
Baack
Albert Hankel
Grand Island
Trinity Lutheran Church
Local Volunteer Inductee Franklin Miller Forwarded for Service
Franklin Delano Miller of Grand Island volunteered for service and was sent to Omaha for induction on Thursday morning February 7. He is the son of Mrs. Johnnie Stilen of Silver Creek and a registrant of Polk County Local Board No. 75.
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Franklin Delano Miller
Grand Island
Armed Forces
United States
Omaha
Johnnie Stilen
Silver Creek
Polk County
Swede Plain Church Nominating Committee Meets
Local nominating committee from Swede Plain Church meets with Mr. and Mrs. Willard Adelson on Monday evening. Relatives and friends gather to honor Mrs. W. C. Steel for her birthday with a nice lunch. Various local residents host and visit family homes across the weekend.
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Swede Plain Church
Willard Adelson
Baptists CYF Rally Brings 18 Youth to Platte Valley Event
Eighteen young people and sponsors traveled to Scotia on February 8 paying three dollars to attend the Winter Rally of the Platte Valley Baptist CYF. The theme was Powerful Youth in a Crisis World and Rev. Frank Voth of Wheaton Illinois spoke. A film titled The Tony Fontane Story was screened Saturday afternoon. The Saturday banquet drew about 125 attendees and Polk youth won the attendance plaque for the third time. Barbara Glasser, Reporter.
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The
Baptists Cyf
Scotia
Platte Valley Baptist Cyf
Frank Voth
Wheaton
Ill
Tony Fontane
Polk
Barbara Glasser
Junior MYF Holds Asia Missions Lesson
The Junior MYF met in the church parlor after school last Monday to discuss Missions in Asia from the book Four from Moorsbeam. Peggy Sealey led the program with a roll call naming a Biblical character and a song fest by Rev. Johnson and Mrs. James Lindburg. Refreshments were provided by Mrs eGrald Stevens and Joel.
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Moorsbeam
MYF
Peggy Sealey
Asia
Johnson
James Lindburg
eGrald Stevens
Joel
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Richard Sealey
Elmer Hanquist
Elmer
Ellen Spires
Kearney
Ebba Hanquist
York
Emma Horstman
Don Hanquist
Reuben Hanquist
Stan
Burdette Flodman
Paul Coover
Oscar Sundberg
Ed Saylor
Central City
Sadie Clark
Roy Cramer
Ella Rudy
Central City Hospital
Clarks Bridge
Osceola
Oliver
Lister Oliver
Kelly Ryan
Allis.Chalmers Combine
H.p
Roy Ehn
Lloyd Hanquist
Citizens State Bank
Habimans
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