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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1963
Page
4
The Warneke family and friends joined the Rising City pastor for a 50th anniversary service. Other social visits include tours by the Walther League, weekly zone meetings at St. Pauls Utica, and gatherings with relatives and neighbors across Cen tral City, Palmer, York, Burwell, and Osceola.
Ted Alfred his wife Cathy and children Christine and Norris travel from home of his mother Mrs O F Alfred to Calcutta India for a year of teaching economics and Industrial Relations at a Ford Foundation institute. They will pass through Hawaii Tokyo and Hong Kong. Ted earned a PhD from MIT in the field.
Mr and Mrs Eldon Johnson and Max Kroger were weekend guests in the Gaylen Holmes home in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Mrs Ruth Kroger returned to Polk with them Sunday evening after a two week visit at Sioux Falls.
The Polk Garden Club met in the evening at Irene Carlson's home with 11 members and three visitors. Orlie Miller led the program on garden marshalling and the use of insecticides noting useful and harmful aspects. Bonnie Carlson and Arlyce Lind performed an organ and piano duet. Arlyce sang a solo with Bonnie accompanying. Hostesses served lunch at the end.
Mrs Leonard Nyberg and Han nah Moline of Rockford Dr were Saturday evening visitors of Mrs Hennie Seymour.
The eighth annual Cramer family picnic drew 98 attendees at Harmon Park in Kearney. Four couples wed in the past year, and the group reported four deaths, three births, and five high school graduates. Officers were re-elected, and attendees traveled from Nebraska and six other states, with many towns represented. Dr. and Mrs. Carl Dragstedt of Park Ridge, Illinois, visited the Alfred home.
Weekend guests in the W D Richardson home were Mr and Mrs Donald Richardson of Seward. Mr and Mrs Arlan Warneke and family attended the anniversary service of the 50th year in the ministry of Rev E H Svel ling at Immanuel Lutheran Church Rising City, held a week ago Sunday evening. After the meeting a social hour was enjoyed.
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