Senior Citizens event teased by Hordville Lutheran church
The Hordville community notes a Lutheran church planning for Senior Citizens aged 55 and older. The column also discusses reactions to claims about the Peace Symbol, citing sources from The New Yorker and Youth magazine and quoting a 1958 London origin for the symbol representing Nuclear Disarmament. Steve Adelson spent a week with his parents during a Peru College break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hordville
Lutheran Church
Earth
Aurora News-Register
R. R. Purse
Don Gillen
York News-Times
Furse
John H. Peck
First United Presbyterian Church
North Platte
Church Bulletin
Bulletin
New Yorker
Communist Party
The
News-Register
Alice Balzer
Crete
United Church of Christ
Episcopal Church
Gillen
London
Direct Action Committee Against
England
Steve Adelson
Mrs
LaVaughn Adelson
Peru College
Engagement announced for Vicki Bjerrum and Norman Reckner
Mr and Mrs Don Bjerrum of Bradshaw announce the engagement of their daughter Vicki Lee Bjerrum to Norman Reckner of Lincoln He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward Reckner of Bradshaw He is a Polk High School and University of Nebraska alum and teaches at Wolbach Public School He served three years in the U S Army and works for N D Judds Construction Co while taking a Cleveland Institute of Electronics correspondence course A June 12 wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bjerrum
Bradshaw
Vicki Lee
Norman Reckner
Lincoln
Miss Bjerrum
Polk High School
University of Nebraska
Wolbach
Edward Reckner
U. S. Army
N. D. Judds Construction Co
Cleveland Institute of Electronics
Enrollment gains eight in Polk Schools during term start
The second semester began January 18, 1971. Eight students were added since the year began and one moved away. Enrollment is 251 with 119 in E-6, 41 in Jr. High, and 90 in high school. New arrivals include Vernon Tallman Grade 6 Darryl Grade 5 Keith Grade 4 Myron Grade 2 from Custer County. Parents Bill and Mrs. Tallman become Polk Bible Camp managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavo Troll
Peru
Jr. High
Tallman
Vernon
Darryl
Keith
Myron
Custer County
Bill Tallman
New
Polk Bible Camp
Klaasmeier Welcomes Son John David
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Klaasmeier are parents of a son named John David born January 23 at Aurora Hospital weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Bernard and Agnes Andreasen and maternal great grandmother is Mrs Ethel Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Klaasmeyer
John David
Aurora Hospital
John
Bernard
Agnes Andreasen
Ethel Benson
Final Rites Thursday For Stanley Ang 59
Funeral services for Stanley Ang 59 will be held in Vancouver Washington Thursday January 28 He died Sunday January 24 in a Vancouver hospital He is survived by his wife Lela one son Gary of Seattle Washington two step sons Lemoyne Bedient of Eugene Oregon Glen Bedient of Boise Idaho and two grandsons Also surviving are two brothers Sterling of Rockford Illinois and Stanford of Polk two sisters Mrs Max Sunderland of Skokie Illinois and Mrs Dave Vega Ekdahl of Polk The address in Vancouver is 9602 N E 70th St and the zip 98662
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Ang
Vancouver
Wash
Lela
Gary
Seattle
Lemoyne Bedient
Eugene
Ore
Glen Bedient
Boise
Idaho
Sterling
Rockford, Ill
Stanford
Polk
Max
Venette) Sunderland
Skokie
Dave (Vega) Ekdahl
N. E. 70Th St
Otto Wilshusen’s 80th Birthday Observed in Crete
Otto Wilshusen of Crete Nebr celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday Jan 24 with about 170 relatives and friends at the Lutheran Church basement. The gathering included numerous Wilshusen relatives from nearby towns and several other area families. The event featured visiting, singing and games and notes that his health has greatly improved since illness last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Wilshusen
Crete
Nebr
Lutheran Church
Otto
Laura
Polk
Ralph Wilshusen
Randy
North Bend
Norman Wilshusen
Kermit
Schuyler
Leonard Feeken
Lisa
Raymond Ortegren
Palmer
Jack Ortegren
Kearney
Sondra Feeken
Lincoln
Roger Wilshusen
Sons
Tom Wilshusen
Tennie
Fremont
Lydia. Wilshusen
York
Ervin Light
Marie Smith
Gwynnel Johnson
Hampton
Ervin Schulze
Alfred Wohl
Eddie Mundt
Henry Schulze
Hordville
Lavern Schulze
Alvin Smith
Janelle
Viola Ziegelbein
Gordon Johnson
Dick Sagehorn
Elmer Wilshusen
Milfred Johnson
Harold Andersons Welcome Baby Girl in Superior Nebraska
Mr and Mrs Harold Anderson of Oak Nebraska announce the birth of a baby girl born Sunday January 24 at a Superior hospital. The child weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces and arrived without a name tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Anderson
Oak
Nebraska
Superior
Polk High School Honor Roll Nine Weeks Seniors to Freshmen
Polk High School lists the honor roll for the second nine weeks with seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen named. Qualifications require a citizenship grade of B or above and a grade point average of 90 or higher with 95 or higher noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk High School
Ken Bills
Wyllie Footer
Valli Killion
Ann Otte
Gail Widga
JoAnn Stevens
Pam Ostberg
Janette Samuelson
Mary Jo Widga
Lynn Bills
Paula Bills
Leanne Sundberg
Phyllis Ostberg
Cheryl Samuelson
Melody Albini
Marilyn Rosno
LuAnn Bills
Gail Samuelson
Byron Miller
Wyllie Foote
Layne Hanquist
Melody Albin
Marla Branting
Kevin Graves
Cynthia Tewell
Obituary: Esther Berggren 93 Dies in Stromsburg Nebraska
Funeral services for Esther Sophia Berggren 93 were held January 23 at United Methodist Church Stromsburg. She died January 20 1971 at Covenant Home. Survived by three sons one daughter 4 grandchildren and many relatives. Preceded by husband two daughters one son-in-law and one grandchild. She taught in Polk County and lived in Stromsburg and Shelby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Church
Stromsburg
Esther Sophia Berggren
Covenant Home
Alvin Trucano
Harry Kreis
Brooke
Alan
Greg
Ryan
Michael Berggren
Roger Sundberg
Esther Berggren
Galva
Clinois
Lewis and
Agusta
Maria Berggren
Shelby
Carlyn Bruening
Minneapolis
Osceola
Robert
Michael
Todd Berggren
Matthew
Joey Bruening
Scott Reuben Sundberg
Catherine
Margaret Berggren
Mae Berggren
E. H. Nordstrom
Lincoln
Paul Strand
Polk
Winona Batty
Beulah Nordstrom
Marlene Berggren
Homer W. Batty
Green’s Chapel
United Methodist Church of
Midwest Covenant Home
Women vs Parts Men in a Chevy Part Hunt
A humorous anecdote mocks gender bias in auto parts departments. A woman battles a clerk over a 1956 Chevy pickup manifold, enduring probing questions about truck specs and serial numbers before learning the model is out of production. The tale ends with a salvage-yard tip after futile searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parts Department
Parts Men
Yau
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Polking
Mary Lindburg
Phyllis
United Methodist Myf
Polk Community Hall
Arlo Stevens
Wilbur Whitacre
Emma Anderson
Lillie Lind
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