Blanket Toss For Easter Seal Campaign Planned At Polk Hordville Game
Hordville Happenings notes a charity blanket toss during the Polk Hordville basketball doubleheader to aid the Nebraska Easter Seal Society. The piece covers game results from a Holiday tournament, upcoming varsity and reserve games, and details on Boy Scout Troop 38 elections and local church activities. It mentions guests at a dinner, school resumes, and local club meetings with officer names and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk-Hordville
Norman Parsons-Paul Jones
Roger Schroeder
Craig
Anne
Holbrook
Ed Rasmussen
Central City
Hampton
Hardville
Polk
Marquette
Trumbull
Hordville
Easter Seal Society
Waster Seals
United States
Nebraska
Hardville High School
Bill Anderson
Rodney Blase
Rick Larson
Larry Ortégren
Tim Skinner
Danny Bankson
Craig Bankson
Jeff Nielsen
Larry Skinner Scribe
Dale Bannister
Richard Blase
Ron Carlson
Jil
Albin Benson
Colorado Springs
Baptist Wms
Dale Hanquist
Patients listed in Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Hospital weekly report lists inpatients and dismissals from Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital for December 31 to January 7. Names include Miss Nellie Aker, Mr Carl Allinder, Mrs Esther Bernt, Mrs Carol Carlson, Mrs Bernita Cederberg, and many others with a mix of Osceola Shelby Stromsburg Polk York Benedict Silver Creek and Benedict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Nellie Aker
Polk
Carl Allinder
Osceola
Esther E. Bernt
Shelby
Carol Carlson
Bernita Cederberg
Lida Crossant
Pearl Daum
Lilian Ferrand
Stromsburg
Steve Georgeou
May Hartson
Merritt B. Heeren
Elida Hellstrom
Edwin L. Isakson
Clara A. Johnson
Edythe Larson
Elva Peterson
Ira W. Ready
Marie Rosdahl
Alma Swanson
Lawrence Swanson
Laura VanHoosen
Fred D. Wiliams
New Year Dinner Guests In Local Families
Mr and Mrs Orlie Miller and others were New Years Day dinner guests in the Martin Hoffman Sr. home. Supper guests on Thursday included June Hoffman and Mick, Rick and Kim Hoffman. Mr and Mrs Murray Nelson were guests of Delane Chader and family on New Years Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlie Miller
Mr Ester Lackey
Mick and
Rick Hofffman
Martin Hoffman, Sr
Martin Hoffman
June Hoffman
Mick
Rick
Kim Hoffman
Murray Nelson
Delane Chader
Have You Noticed a Pet Bird Cage Change
A reader recalls cleaning out a bird cage and sweeping seeds from the floor. The tone reflects fond farewell as the pet leaves but the reader is not ready to replace it.
Breathing, money, and courts in a reflective note
The writer muses on the absurdities of life from money to death, lawyers, and the meaning of usefulness. He contemplates staying alive, the role of doctors and estates, and ends with a personal aside about a Sunday dinner guest, Mrs Hulda Sagehorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Hulda Sagehorn
Wallace Sandell
Trinity College Band Visits Polk in Brief Concert
The Trinity College Concert Band from Deerfield Illinois performed in Polk last Friday at the request of Polk music director Mr Holy Bailey a Trinity graduate and former band member. Bailey joined for several numbers as students were treated to a half hour plus performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity College
Deerfield
Polk
Grand Island
Holy Bailey
Trinity
Whistling in the Dark and Other Slogans in Print
A retro collage presents quoted snippets on politics spending aging planning and consumer goods. It juxtaposes Gerald Ford on Watergate 1974 progress on vice presidential selection a billion here or there scare headlines Holy Pickerel and Crimanentries exclamations and a Wittnauer Super Sport watch tagline urging men to walk tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Ford
Wittnauer
Local families share postgame and birthday celebrations
Polk area notes list Mr and Mrs Burdette Flodman and family and Nona Ostberg as coffee guests in Harold Anderson's home after Friday night basketball. Mr and Mrs Harold Hoffman and Kim visited in Anderson's on Saturday night. Leroy Nelson and Raymond Sundberg families brought cake and coffee to Martha Larson on Jan 2 for her 89th birthday at York Manor. Dean Samuelson family joined coffee at Roland Bodine’s after Sunday church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette Flodman
Nona Ostberg
Harold Andersson
Harold Hoffman
Kim
Anderson
Leroy Nelson
Raymond Sundberg
York’ Manor
Martha Larson
Dean Samuelson
Roland Bodine
Lunch Box Tips From Readers
Desperate mothers share practical lunch ideas including preparing weeklong sandwiches and using a coffee pot to heat soup without spout spill. Alvertus Jones (Mrs Max) suggests freezing individual sandwiches for convenience and less mess with thermos bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvertus Jones
Max
Alvertus
Burneys Attend Norfolk Wedding of Grandson
Mr and Mrs Dwight Burney of Omaha spent the weekend in Norfolk. Their grandson Dwight Burney Jr. married Gwen Robinson of Norfolk. Both are medical students at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. The Burns hosted a 65 guest birthday dinner for Dwight Burney Sr. and stayed with Dr and Mrs Herbert Fiedler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Burney
Norfolk
Omaha
Gwen Robinson
Univ. of Nebr
Dwight Burney, Sr
Burneys
Herbert Fiedler
Marriage Licenses Issued In November and December 1973
Several couples from Nebraska and neighboring states were issued marriage licenses in late 1973. George Navratil of Rising City wed Tillie Vrbka of Shelby on November 30 1973. Dale Donelson of Stromsburg married Kathleen Krumbach of Shelby on December 16 1973. William McLaughlin of Shelby wed Shirley Runquist of Osceola on December 1 1973. Thomas Mundt of Polk married Nancy Kealiher of Polk on December 1 1973. Michael Parker of Fremont wed Marvel Davis of Elroy Arizona on December 29 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Navratil
Rising City
Legal
Tillie Vrbka
Shelby
Dale Allen Donelson
Stromsburg
Kathleen Ann Krumbach
Wiliam F. McLaughlin
Shirley M
Runquist
Osceola
Thomas Dean Mundt
Polk
Nancy Lee Kealiher
Michael Francis Parker
Fremont
Marvel Jean Davis
Elroy
Ariz
Polk News Items Highlight Local Holiday Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Richard Sealey Sr spent Christmas and New Year in Kansas City with their daughter and family, Mr and Mrs Dale Steuben. Mr and Mrs Richard Cramer were Saturday guests of the Sealeys. JoAnn Stevens returned to Kearney after a Christmas break. She attended Bev Cole and Doug Sellers wedding at Curtis on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sealey
Kansas City
Dale Steuben
Richard Cramer
JoAnn’ Stevens
Kearney
Bev Cole
Doug Sellers
Curtis
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By Marie Clayton
Gerald Larson
Vern Jones
Elmer Gerner
POLE
Sundberg
Polking
Minden
Educational Service Unit VI
Immanuel
Lutheran Church
Benedict
Jr. High
Clarks
Albion
Dennis Baack
Milford
Robert Baack
Crimanentries
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