Letter From San Francisco The Country Dark Scares A Small Boy
In a Polk Nebraska progress column a writer recalls childhood obedience and curiosity about photography. He narrates early personal experiences with parental orders and a 'darkroom' moment with the Strand family, noting a rough anecdote about creating a photo in a closet while a neighbor’s son experiments with prints.
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Oscar Strand
Polk
Strand
Hilding
Fat
Warren
Pete
Harold
Godfrey
Strand House
Trinity LCW Sets July 6 Meeting and July 24 Farewell
Trinity Lutheran Church Women met July 6 in church parlors with Florence Hoffman opening the session. Plans for August 8 o’clock evening gathering and a July 24 farewell party for Rev and Mrs Barnell were announced. Committees chosen for program and refreshments. The 5th annual Nebraska Lutheran Church Women convention is July 31 to August 2 at Fremont with Florence and Della Hoffman leading the program Hidden Hunger. A lunch for 12 members was served by Edna Steenbock and Alma Barnell.
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Trinity Lcw
LCW
Trinity Lutheran Church
Florence Hoffman
Barnell
Nebraska Lutheran Church
Fremont
Florence
Della Hoffman
Edna Steenbock
Alma Barnell
Community Socials and Visits Highlight Crescent Notes
Mrs. N B McNaught celebrated her birthday with a Friday afternoon lunch at home. Sioux City’s Mrs L G Deming and Lawton Iowa’s Mrs George Harvey visited Mrs Wilda Holmes and Robert last week. Marilyn Pierpont and family hosted Grand Island guests at Irvin Anderson’s home after returning from Eugene Oregon trip. Pvt Stephen R Gustafson from Camp Polk spent a 10 day furlough with Mr and Mrs Roger Gustafson. Mr and Mrs Bruce Cramer and sons from York visited BE Cramer’s home. Dale Todaro of Allentown Pa arrived to spend a month with his grandparents Mr and Mrs M G Lindburg.
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N. B. McNaught
L. G. Deming
Sioux City
Iowa
Wilda Holmes
George Harvey
Lawton
Eugene
Oregon
Stephen R. Gustafson
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Omaha
Roger Gustafson
Bruce Cramer
York
BE. C. Cramer
Dale Todaro
Allentown
M. G. Lindburg
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Gordon Fossberg
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San Francisco
Tennyson
Say
Valley of Death
Light Brigade
Lynda Kain
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n
Farmers Union Coop Oil Ass’n
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