Birds respond to deep winter on prairie roads
A diary style note recounts birding along Prairie Island roads amid 20 below conditions. Horned larks and Topland longspurs persevere while meadowlarks, goldfinches, cedar waxwings, red polls and others vanish. Sightings include Cooper's hawk, red shafted flicker, loggerhead shrike, prairie faction, and a large mallard flock near a sand pit. Mr and Mrs Carroll Flodman visit York with Pat Hanson and grandchildren.
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Lee Morris
Lee
Cooper
Covenant Cedar Corner
Prairie Island
Clarks Bridge
Dick Gustafson Corner
Local Dinner Guests In Merlin Nyberg Home At New Year
Last week dinner guests in the Merlin Nyberg home featured Alvin Stranberg Dorothy Shelley Arvid Stranberg Randy Rudolf Nyberg Art Trennepoh and family Willard Adelson. Monday supper guests included Frank Ostrander Duane Johnson and Junior Hoffman. In Osceola on Monday of last week the note ends.
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Merlin Nyberg
Alvin Stranberg
Dorothy
Shelley
Arvid Stranberg
Randy
Rudolf Nyberg
Art Trennepoh
Willard Adelson
Walter Stahl
Polk area social round up of Sunday gatherings
Mr and Mrs Darwin Carlson and family visited the Paul Anderson home Sunday evening. Don Eaton from Denver returned home after a week with Melvin Bender and relatives. Linda Nelson from Lincoln visited the Don Bjer rum home last week. Gary Bjerrum, Baylor University freshman in Nebraska Dental College, spent vacation with the Donald Bjerrums. Donald Hanquist and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Laura Bolton. Paul Coover visited Ralph Swedenberg Wednesday evening. Robin Flodman of Central City spent the weekend with his parents Carroll Flodman. Marland Adelson of St Paul Arlette Johnson Hampton and C Marvin Fredrickson visited Julia Flodman at the Good Samaritan Home Osceola Sunday. Gordon Glad helped Leann return to the University at Lincoln after vacation at home.
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Darwin Carlson
Paul Anderson
Don Eaton
Denver
Melvin Bender
Linda Nelson
Lincoln
Don Bjerrum
Gary Bjerrum
University of Nebr
Dental College
Donald Bjerrums
Donald Hanquist
Laura Bolton
Paul Coover
Ralph Swedenberg
Robin Flodman
Central City
Carroll Flodman
Marland Adelson
St. Paul
Arlette Johnson
Hampton
University At
Linccoln
Village Socials Tie Delavan Residents Across States
Swede Home News notes Delavan Minnesota visitors Kermit Larson Denton and Mrs Larson spent Monday with William Larson. Victor Krol and family vacationed in Bellevue Colorado with Vincent Krol. A New Year’s Eve supper at Roger Hanquist’s home featured Levert Oquist Melanie Danny Stanley Oquist Steven Janice Duane Jones Mark Linnea Dennis Johnson Jill Wayne Johnson. Harry Reed of Hermiston Oregon visited Walter Jones. New Year’s Eve visits included Myron Larson family and Frank Fonda from Branson Missouri staying with Harlan Johnson. Martin Jones hosted Arthur Senkbeil Harold W Johnson Ruth Gestrine. Martin Lundstrom visited Esther Appleton. Roger Hanquist and family hosted Dale Lindburg Friday. Walter Jones and Harry Reed were driven to Omaha for a flight home to Hermiston Oregon.
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Victor Krol
Bellevue
Col
Vincent Krol
Roger Hanquist
Levert Oquist
Melanie
Danny
Stanley Oquist
Steven
Janice
Duane Jones
Mark
Linnea
Dennis Johnson
Jill
Wayne Johnson
Harry Reed
Hermiston
Oregon
Walter Jones
Kermit Larson
Delavan
Minn
Myron Larson
Frank Fonda
Branson
Harlan Johnson
Martin Jones
Arthur Senkbeil
Harold W. Johnson
Ruth Gestrine
Martin Lundstrom
Esther Appleton
Dale Lindburg
Omaha
Ore
DeVon Johnson
William Larson
Vance Teegerstrom
Verland Widga Elected Polk County 4-H Council Chair
Verland Widga of Polk was elected chairman of the Polk County 4-H Council at the January 10 meeting. Officers include Robert Tooker as Vice Chairman and Mrs Delmar Augustine as Secretary. A Pie Social is planned for February 23 at the Viking Center in Stromsburg to raise funds for a new district 4-H Camp.
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Verland’ Widga
Polk
Polk County
Robert Tooker
Silver Creek
Delmar Augustine
Viking Center
Stromsburg
Don Sigler
Weekend Visits Highlight Gustafsons and Harlesses
Mr and Mrs Roger Gustafson spent the weekend in Omaha visiting the Roland Travis family. Mr and Mrs Dick Harless and family were Sunday afternoon visitors and lunch guests in the Lee Harless home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Gustafson
Omaha
Roland Travis
Dick Harless
Lee Harless
Johnson Family Birthday Visits Reported in Branson
Branson residents hosted gatherings over the weekend. DeVon Johnson and family were visited Saturday morning by local neighbors. Lyndon’s birthday was celebrated Sunday at Vance Teegerstrom’s home with the Larson and Hanquist families in attendance.
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Lind
Bird
Shenk
York
Pat Hanson
Frank Ostrander
Duane Johnson
Junior Hoffman
Texas
Clarence Guthrie
Richard Johnson
Julia Flodman
Good Samaritan Home
Osceola
Swede Home News
Denton
Mi&an
Wiliam Larson
H Council News
Purina
Chas. Pitzer & Co., Inc
Polk Grain Co
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