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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1963
Page
8
Mrs. Lester Rehrs expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cards letters flowers gifts and visits while in Aurora hospital and after returning home. Special thanks to Rev Barnell for his visits.
Relatives of Mr and Mrs Dolan Hahn shared a Christmas Day dinner at the Hahn home. Adolph Forss of Stromsburg and Douglas Sundberg spent Christmas week in Minneapolis with their son Don Forss and family. Paul Strand hosted Christmas Day guests including Louis Berggren Esther Berggren and Stromsburg. Dr E H Nordstrom of Lincoln. Gary Bruening of Denver Colorado.
The nation marks the 25th anniversary of the March of Dimes with birthday cakes of varying sizes and a 12 foot by 10 foot Times Square centerpiece in New York. Governors, mayors, health leaders, and past beneficiaries attend kickoff events across 40 cities as volunteers prepare envelopes, posters, and coin boxes for months of fundraising under the theme Give for the Life of a Child. Basil O’Connor notes pride in 25 years and sights the future ahead.
Hordville families share Christmas Eve suppers and gatherings at multiple homes. Notable visits include the Erickson, Quick, Knutson, Zmek, and Jensen households with extended relatives from Omaha Central City and Lincoln. New Year plans include visits from Ingebor Chader and Jensen relatives and local dinner events.
A list of local families from Polk County hosted and visited relatives for Christmas. Attendees include Virgil Bush family, F C Fitch of North Platte, Gerald Foulk family of Omaha, Thomas Volz of McCook, Walden Volz family of Omaha, John Dawkins Osceola, Walter Bush, Elwood Sandell family, Chas Leach in Central City, Car men Sandell in Lincoln, Urban Spoor Peru, Bill Ferrand Omaha, and Richard Widga group at the R Widga home.
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