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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1936
Page
6
Miss Kathleen Neal and Lor na Alfred hosted the C W C at the Neal residence on Saturday afternoon. Alice Myers led the gathering and a dainty lunch was served during the social hour. F E Peterson returned home from Venango Friday after attending to business matters.
Local brief summarizes residents traveling for family events medical care market activity and visits. Miss Lillie Lind from Stromsburg visits family. J N Norton returns from Lincoln. Dr Slusser and Lester Stark travel to Rochester for treatment. Westfall returns from Omaha. Hill family visit York. George Wright's baby ill. Adelson Johnson Beckman market cattle. Quillen family minor eye operation in York. Strand family attend Wahoo wedding. Plessinger visit Bushnell. C R Peterson departs for Norfolk. Whittemore markets hogs in Omaha. Stettner carpentry in Deschler. Ed Nelson visits from Louisville. McGinnis family visit Ray. Knight L Dorsey leaves for new home.
Reports from Lincoln and nearby towns recall a busy Saturday night with a basketball game between Washington Mo and Lincoln in Lincoln. Walter Johnson attended an Elks boxing program in Grand Island with his brother Dr Harry from Central City. The column lists multiple social visits, travel to California and Omaha, cattle sales, culture club meetings, illness, oil truck work, and a funeral in Stromsburg with attendees named.
Local church notices summarize Sunday School at 10 A M and worship times for First Baptist Immanuel Lutheran Swede Plains and M E Church notes. Meetings include prayer Tuesday and guild activities with elections and hostesses and remarks on winter ending and upcoming announcements.
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