Community Notes reflect busy social year in Polk area
Local families and visitors fill pages with New Year greetings and gatherings. Residents from Grand Island Stromsburg Hampton and Benedict share events while Polk merchants recap 1937 results and look ahead, with post office cheer and neighborhood reports shaping a bustling small town chronicle.
Person families host gathering for visiting guests
The Person families entertained Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Person in honor of George Smith and his sons from Los Angeles California. Guests included Mrs. C V Lindahl and others from Clarks Paxton and Lincoln visitors are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph "Brauer
Wilma Riley
Crete
H. G Brauer
Minnie White
John Adelson
A. A. Wurtz
Osceola
E. A. Sodergren
Central City
Fred Lind
Willard Adelson
Orlie Adelson
Arthur Scholz
Ralph Utpon
Clair Willits
Clarke
Oscar Anderson
Gust Eklund
Albin Lindquist
Hans Meline
Arborville
Kenneth Leach
Ord
C. R. Leach
Virgil Leach
Ong
F. A. Adelson
Pete Shostrom
Stromsburg
Westfall
Farley
Park View Station
Arthur W. Carlson
Ralph Culver
Gene
C. N. Peterson
Lloyd Kroger
Geanelle
Gordon Eno
Rose Johnson
Geneva Green
Clyde Cantrell
Ellsworth Howe
Clyde Cantrell Sr
R. W. Keuper
Carl Juergensen
Eugene
Graebner
Hampton
Is. P. Moderow
Martin Smith
L. E. Blase
Bunny Schmidt
Eldin Peterson
Ralph Upton
Clarence Bryant
Baby
Roy Morgan
Polk
Howard Herbes and Sons
W. J. Herbes
Dodge
Baptist Church
Riley
Edith
Nelson King
Robert McNeely
Loma
Mary Beckman
Mildred
Gerald
Hordville
Arthur Bush
Chappell
W. J. Kroger
Neil McNaught
Wall Land
Marquette
Carl Dose
Art Kohtz
Jerry Medow
Art Dose
Clarence Heiden
Henry Reed
Arvilla
Theo. Rehrs
Karl Detloff
Hennie Seymour
Grand Island
August Nelson
Peggy McGinnis
Axel Renquist
Benedict
York
Gladys McCoy
Lincoln
C J McCoy
Richard Myers
Craig
Z. F Myers
Fern Myers
Gothenburg
Z. F. Myers
Evelyn Carlson
Ray Peterson
C. R. Peterson
D. H. Westfall
Charles Crew
Geneva
C R. Peterson
Dr. Peterson
Oscar Stromberg
Ben Stromberg
Stromslyurg
G. M. Hill
G M Hill
Colorado
Chas Lytle
John Bills
Eddie Larson
Lloyd Stromberg
Paul Strand Enlen
Paul Strand
Carolyn
Louis Berggren
Stromsbro
Carl Steelquist
Claus Lindahl
Signe Samuelson
John Rodgers
Denver
W. A. Stevens
Nellie Peterson
Raymond Sundberg
Elmer Johnson
M. C. Johnson
Ernest Timmons
Selma Benson
Lawrence Peterson
Clarks
Oscar Person
M. O. Johnson
Gerhard Meerkatz
Boise
Idaho
Walter Johnson
Rolland Dahlin
Gilbert Benson
Oscar Jones
Wallace Sandell
W. A. Wurtz
A. C. Jones
Martin
Albert Bankson
C.R. Leach
Gerald Stevens
Richard Gustafson
Irvin Anderson
O. L. Gustaffson
Anderson
Rudolph Gustafson
Carroll Erickson
Reuben Gustafson
Oscar Gustafson
Sterling Nelson
Near Stromsburg
Sherman Jones
R. M. Bailey
Dave Eckdahl
Oscar Sundberg
F. 5. Zuver
Ohiowa
Emil Wilshusen
Chelsea
Okla
Wilshusen
Carl
Theo. Schnakenberg
Robert Lindahl
Clarence Lindahl
Paxton
Charles Johnson
Paul Stevens
Ralph Branting
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Jersey
Jonathan
Kremel Desert
Samuelson’s
Omaha
Hotel
Conaim
Muse Theatre
Billy Mauch
Henry Watson
Booth Tarkington
Penrod and
Sam
Bing Crosby
Martha Raye
Andy Devine
Sat-Sun-Mon
Grant Richards
Karen Morley
RE. LE. Martin
Wastings
Nebr
Masonic Temple
Bidg
Nebraska
O. Wilshusen
H. Hahn
E. W
Howard Herbes
Sam Wall
Chas. Eckles
Gresham
Albert Sundberg
Doyle
Clarence Bodine
Victor Anderson
Sid Crow
Andel Bodine
Delvin Newton
Harold Schultz
Archie
Glenn Stevens
Harold Cramer
Clyde Travis
Williams
Richard Widge
George Anderson
L. N Widga
F. P Anderson
Melcher Widga
Calmer Daniels
Havens
Clifford Johnson
Miller
South Dakota
Frank Bolton
Alfred Gustafson
C. R Leach
O. L. Gustafson
R. A. Gustafson
R. Custafson
Carrol Erickson
Elwood Sandell
Werner Beckstrom
Farmer’s Store
Farina
New Texas
Ghetti
Pke
Maxwell House
Chase & Sanborns
Donalds
Farmers Union
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