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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
5
Crowded past week with guests at Hanquist and Anderson homes. Lincoln visitors include Mr and Mrs Milan Hanquist and Mrs Dorothy Gleim and their boys. Families from Wausa Denver Derby and Shelby join local households for dinners, visits, and concerts.
The WCTU gathered at Mrs P. W. Aker’s home on Thursday June 27 for a child welfare meeting. Devotional leader Mrs Reuben Hankquist presided while Mrs Gene Wood spoke on the Christian home. Peggy Lindburg played piano, Jan Lindburg sang with her mother Mrs Dale Lindburg, and refreshments followed.
Polk County residents hosted relatives and friends over the weekend. Irvin Beckstrom and family visited Marland Beckstrom. Nettie Carlson and Ellsworth called on Arthur Samuelson. Rose Clymer from York stayed with Robert Clymer. Alvin Dahlin visited Harold Miller in Arcadia. Rolland Swanson and Janet from Stromsburg joined A. E. Swanson for dinner. LaMar Lind of Arnold spent time with Lloyd Lind, while Merlin Nyberg Connie from Monticello Iowa and Arthur Trennepohl and family from Ellsworth Air Force Base are guests at Rudolph Nyberg’s home this week.
Community notes cover Sharon Benson’s mixed shower in Lutheran church parlors with 170 guests and program This Is Your Life. Roy Ortegren marks his birthday with relatives at home. Various visits, picnics and church group activities listed follow with multiple local families and neighbors noted.
Swede Home society notes guests and visits from Nebraska and California. Families such as Thelanders, Lundstroms, Garske, Anderson, and Jones share Sundays and suppers with local residents including Johnson, Lindblade, and Christiansen. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church posts summer schedule with choir practice and youth groups through July 11.
Mr and Mrs Larry Coover and Eddie visited Mr and Mrs Ed Coover Tuesday evening. Ed Coover hosted Roy Miller in York Sunday. Clarence Bodine left for Seattle Ellensburg and Portland to visit sons and families for three weeks. Wilmer Rodine Ansel Rodine Denver Marie Anderson Medford Reuben Hanquist Clarence Rodine joined a family supper in Stromsburg Saturday. Dale Hanquist Dolan Hahn families visited Hannah Hahn Doyle Darwin Friday evening. Lois Ostrander Lincoln spent weekend with mother Ethel Ostrander. Marie Anderson Medford dinner with Clarence Rodine Thursday. Ansel Rodine Denver weekend guests of Clarence Rodine. Emma Johnson left for Baltimore for extended visit. Dean Ostberg family lunch with Horace Stevens after ball game. Marvin Fredrickson Russell Fjell at TCW Club Swede Home Thursday. A family picnic is planned for Thursday July 25 with 12 members attending.
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