Adelson Shostrom Families Hold 42nd Reunion Picnic
The Adelson Shostrom families gathered for their 42nd annual reunion at Buckley Park on June 24 with a 5 o'clock supper. The organizing committee included Mrs Wayland Flodman as president, Mrs Willard Adelson as vice president, and Mrs Roger Merchant as secretary and treasurer. A brief business meeting resulted in the secretary's report. There were six births and one marriage in the past year. For 1974 the committee is Mrs Lavelle Lamoree president, Mrs Richard Alderson vice president, and Mrs LaVaughn Adelson secretary and treasurer. The group planned to hold the picnic again at Buckley Park on the last Sunday in June at 5 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelson - Shostrom
Buckley Park
Wayland Flodman
Willard Adelson
Roger Merchant
Lavelle ‘Lamoree
Richard Alderson
LaVaughn Adelson
Charge It Was Not Progress in Polk Merchants Era
A reminiscence from 1899 to 1914 in Polk Nebraska traces the rise of auto mobility and Henry Ford's Model T. It contrasts constructive mass production with the destructive impact of World War I and the Dust Bowl, and recalls a weekly farmer shopping trip before refrigeration. The piece imagines Polk's Main Boulevard in 1914 or 1916, when farmers traveled to town for groceries and cream, eggs, and poultry in a multiday outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Tooser
United States
Polk
Nebraska
Europe
Wall Street
U.S
Sunday Guests Visit Polk Local Residents
Sunday visitors to Stromsburg and Lake Ericson include Laura Bolton Anderson Rath from York and families of Benedict Tamora Fullerton and Fullerton residents Gustafson and others. Weekend guests include Albin Bills Mundt Marquette Hammons Lincoln and Lincoln area youths Christie Pfeiffer and Bradley Pfeiffer visiting grandparents M O John- 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Rhodes
Stromsburg
Laura Bolton
Roy Anderson
Shirley Rath
York
Fred Berger
Tamora
Jess Rhoades
Benedict
Bud. Peterson
Bob
John
Clyde Travis
Fullerton
Roger Gustafson
Lake Ericson
Lloyd Albin
Lowell Bills
Carl Mundt
Harlan Nissen
Marquette
Vaughn
Craig
Grenda Hammons
Lincoln
Christie
Bradley Pfeiffer
M. O. John
Bird Watching Log Returns and Camouflaged Nest Sighting
In a birding trip, one bird darted from a tree to a bush while a cu ckoo crossed the road adding a new 1973 sighting to Swede’s list. The red-winged blackbird nest remained camouflaged and unseen by Swede, as a phoebe pair near a dead tree evaded confident identification. Urban Spoor touted Palmolive soap while Morris Larson recalled red birds seen while pumping gravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwede
Lee Morris
Urban
Morris Larson
Fourth of July Guests Visited Local Families
A sequence of social visits described in a busy holiday period. Mr and Mrs Martin Baack and Mr and Mrs Ervin Blase hosted Fourth of July gatherings with the Robert Baack family. Additional guests included Orlie Miller, Ester Lackey, Ostberg’s party, Virginia Hittner of Lincoln, and the Piersons from Marquette among others. Overnight visits occurred with Rev Virgi Nyberg and Mrs Nyberg in Littleton, Colorado, plus Hanquist hosting and later hosting visits from Hannah Bodine, Mary Nyberg, and Elvira Nyberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Baack
Ervin Blase
Robert Baack
Martin Hoffman
Orlie Miller
Ester Lackey
Virgi, Nyberg
Littleton, Co
Reuben Hanquist
Hannah Bodine
Mary Nyberg
Elvira Nyberg
Hanquists
Cardinals Seen, Conversation Hints at Birds Likely
In Overland, a speaker recalls telling someone the birds were cardinals, and the listener agrees that this identification was most likely correct. The brief exchange centers on discerning the avian visitors.
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San Francisco
Polk Merchants
William Alen White
Emporia, Kansas
Emporia
Missouri River
Cheago
Ruth Hanson
Oscar Anderson
Overland
Farmers Co-op Grain Ass
Polk Progress
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