Ida W. Bush 75th Birthday Open House in Nebraska
About 100 guests attended an open house at Mrs. Ida W. Bush's home celebrating her 75th birthday.Howard Bush greeted attendees and Andrew Bush registered. others assisted with serving and duties. Relatives came from many Nebraska towns. The piece also notes a Rebekah Lodge installation in Polk with new officers and a humorous whale sandwich recipe.
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Ida W. Bush
Howard Bush
Andrew Bush
Everett Blender
LaVern Peterson
Harlan Peterson
Harold, Vancil
Kenneth Bjorkman
Lloyd
Donald Bowers
Llyd
Clarence
Rebekahs
Rebekah Lodge
Polk
Josephine Ostberg
Josephine Strand
Myrtle Bush
Anna Mae Burgess
Laura Merchant
Eleanor Hatfield
Hennie Symour
Pearl Lea
Mildred Teegerstrom
Wilsons report from African trip and farming in Polk
Mr and Mrs Jim Wilson return from a jet trip to Nigeria where their son David teaches at a new university. They describe jet speeds and time zones, their visit to ag experiment stations, and Jim’s renewed interest in farming in Polk County as agriculture remains Polk’s mainstay.
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Jim Wilson
Nigeria
West Africa
David
Polk
New York City
Jim
Atlantic
Spain
Alice
Polk County
Peace Corps
Wilson
Southern Baptist Missionary
Sahara
Flood
Speech class set for January 28 in Polk County Courthouse
The organizational meeting for Speech 151 Speech Development and Correction will be Thursday January 28 at 7 p m in the Polk County Courthouse Harlan Adams is named instructor Those interested may contact Mrs Betty J Majors County Superintendent at 747 5421 office or 747 3181 home Local note includes residents Lloyd Lind and Wilbur Whitacre departing for California with relatives in San Francisco Los Angeles and Southern California.
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Polk County
Harlan Adams
Betty J. Majors
Pole
Lloyd Lind
Wilbur Whitacre
Grand Island
California
Whitacres
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Roland Bodine
Wm. Pinkernell
Winter Wonderland in Polk Garden Club windows
The Polk Garden Club decorates two Kroger Store Building windows. The north display shows winter sports with snow covered floors, dolls on a toboggan, a horse team pulling a bob sled, skiers, a white church, and an ice pond. The south display features dolls by a warm fireplace planning spring gardens, with seed catalogs and flower books. Pee See is thanked for the club’s effort.
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Polk Garden Club
Kroger
Pee See
Polk Tops Clarks 75 to 49 in Goldenrod clash
Polk defeated Clarks 75 49 Friday night to stay unbeaten in Goldenrod Conference play at home led by Dennis Sealey 16 Carlstrom 14 Sagehorn 13 Van Pelt 16 for the losers Shonsey starred for Clarks in a lopsided setback The page also notes skating party at Aurora hosted by Methodist Youth Fellowship and various local social visits.
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Polk
Clarks
Silver Creek
Palmer
Goldenrod
Genoa
St. Edward
Osceola
Stromsburg
Dennis Sealey
Bob Rahrs
Larry Johnson
Dennis Carlstrom
Gary Sagehorn
Dennis van Pelt
Matt Shonsey
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
Swede Plain Church
Aurora
Ft . Rahrs Stevens Sealey Wilshusen
Carlstrom
Sagehorn
Sundberg Johnson
Stohl Neuhaus
Sealey
D Clarks
Shonsey van Pelt
B. Beck
Douglas Clark Pollard
Weinhoff
Beck
L Douglas
T. Ferguson
Herman
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Sand Hills
Wilsons
Neil McNaughts
Bill McNaughts
Glen Babcock
Goldenrod Conference
Garden Club
Clarks Quint
Will Kroger
Calif
Frank Nelsons
Loveland
Colo
Dale Lindberg
Dorland Danhauers
Marie Dethloff
York
T. A. Stevens
Merrill Strand
Paul Strand
Stanley Peterson
Harvard
Hiplis Sterners
Harry Alexanders Jr
Kearney
Dolan Hahns
Leon Meerkatz
Wallace Sandells
Martha Larson
Edith Benson
Emma Horstman
Schweitzer
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