Local Notes From January 18 1923 Park News
Ten years ago Tom Saunders arrived in Park. The community records a string of visits and small trips as residents and guests travel to Central City Lincoln Newman Grove and North Platte. A Baptist Church dinner and two local marriages mark the period amid several business trips and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Saunders
Park
J.S C. Green
Central City
Fred
R. B. Williams
Osceola
Willard Adelson
York
Arthur Scholz
J. A. Adelson
Grand Island
Alma Curren
Ida Gion
T.G. Slater
Hardville
C. A. Johnson
W . Wurtz
Irene Gibson
Ulysses
Darrow
Ferguson
Friend
Neal Rakestraw
Olga Gustafson
Lincoln
Albert Peterson
Harry Johnson
Newman Grove
Philip Sack
Crete
William
Old
Mothers and Daughters of the Baptist Church
Hazel Day
Polk
H. G Brauer
Omaha
A. E. Swanson
Broken Bow
Vila Wythers
A. C. Jones
Stromsburg
A. K. Crow
Rosemary Yetey
Benedict
C. R. Peterson
Josephine Lindahl
Ilof Ostberg
North Platte
Hanna Erickson
C. Erickson
Harvey H. Hahn
E. W. Hahn
Hordville
Birthday Celebration and Local Club Meeting Notes
Rev and Mrs Westlund and Dorothy and Rachel toured to Omaha last week to celebrate a 72nd birthday. The 20th Century Club met at Mrs Manley Fishers home with Mrs Merchant in charge of the lesson and luncheon served afterward. Mr and Mrs Van Bush announce the birth of a daughter Addie Vandaline on January 11. Mrs George Quick and son left for Rochester Minnesota for medical treatment with George Quick accompanying them to Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Swedenburg
Addie Vandaline
George Quick
Rochester
Minnesota
Gioux City
Church Notices Across Swede Plains Churches
Local church pages list activities for several congregations including Swede Plains M E Lutheran Methodist Free Methodist and Baptist. Services, Sunday School times, midweek visits and special prayer services are announced along with recent local family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Mission Church
Paul E. Carlson
Y.P and Jr. Endeavor
Seventeen Years Ago January 19 1928 Local News Roundup
Local notes report Mrs Ellie Alfred leaving for Mullen Nebraska with her two sons to spend winter there. She retires from the community life noted as a member of the 20th Century Women's Club. Other items include Omahan trips, new car purchases, visits among neighbors, and family travels across Clarks area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellie Alfred
Mullen
Nebr
Allen Alfred
Omaha
Union Pacific
A. E. Ekstrom
John Stohl
Swede Plain Ladies Aid
Ed Widga
Eda Widga
E.R. Peterson
Sumner
C. O. Fredrickson
Myrtle Monson
Hjalmar Shostrom
Oscar Bodine
Thursay
Edna
Oscar Olson
George Weave
Clarks
Pete Stromberg
Wilbur Doremus
Benedict
Local News Briefs Highlight Visits and Farewells
Mrs Arnold Isaacson travels to Thermopolis Wyoming to visit relatives. Mrs Mary Beckman and daughter Mildred prepare to leave for Denver for their future home. The Lutheran and Baptist groups hold meetings and farewells, with notices of multiple local visits and business trips to Omaha Lincoln York and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Isaacson
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Baptist Church
Mary Beckman
Mildred
Denver
Polk Progress
W.fm.s
M. E
Lutheran Hospital
York
LaVern Hahn
Chicago
Victor Hahn
Charles Eckles
Gresham
Edwin Glad
Lloyd Burnworth
Lillie Johnson
Milton
Gerhardt
Near
Hampton
Robert Steenbeck
The
R. M. Bailey
Mildred Beckman
MH A Cramer
Emil S F. Johnson
Stromsburg
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Otis Waak
Henry Schultz
E. P Moderow
E. Klingsborn
Fred Laessle
L. &. Blase
Otto Wilshusen
Hordville
Gilbert Benson
Leo Wurtz
Lincoln
Wilbur
Mgr
Schmoller & Mueller Plano Co
Grand Island
Nebr
Howard Herbes
W. J. Herbes
Osceola
Hastings
Sam Wall
Central City
Omaha
R. B. Williams
John Deere
Wurtz & Son
January in Chicago mise en scene and a weathered punchline
The text playfuly blends wry dinner thanks with a scolding tone for the cook. It riffs on memory in marriage with a widow and a newlywed, then shifts to a traveling sign joke about June in Miami and a highway warning about slippery tongues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Miami
Sparkin Play Shown At Goldenrod Conference
The High School Declamatory group presented Sparkin on Monday January 17 at the Stromsburg Goldenrod Conference. Performers included Laura Johnson Margaret Pickrel Thais Belle Lackey and Billy Allison. Lloyd Burnworth underwent an operation Tuesday at the Lutheran hospital in York.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dewitts
Caldwell
Dushed
FITCH
Rexall
Pole, Nebr
Great Western
Sundberg & Son
Tee
Polk and Vicinity
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Mr. Fredrickson
International Harvester
Yours
R. H. the Sing
W. A. Getty
Fredrick Fouts
M. DL
Howard W. Herbes
Polk, Nebraska
Congress
Swede Plains
M. E. Church
E. E. Pengelly
Advocate
IM. Lutheran Church
Carl F. Juergensen
Radio Lutheran Hour
KFAB
Methodist Church
Union
Free Methodist Church
L. J. Montzingo
Jesus Christ
First Baptist Church
Donald Haggart
Haggart
Evelyn Lindburg
Frean
Sa Bs
John W. Lindsay CO
Grand Island, Nebr
Pole Rendering Service
Heaven
Earth
Lewis Lye
City
Lloyd Stromberg
MR. Farmer
P. T. Wurtz & Son
John Deere Repairs and Service
Polk County
Nebraska
Mary Bergman
State of
A. Issacson
L. M. Merrick
Bergman
Henry Moberg
Westergreens
Yevke Cde Staat
Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
the State Journal
the Polk Progress
Kenneth. Samuels
Hardville, Nebr
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