Town Notes From Polk and Surrounds
Last week in Baker Strasburg Polk and nearby towns cover changes as A. E. Swanson plans additions to a south Polk dwelling. Home merchants promote savings while Polk hosts band concerts drawing crowds and notices of births and injuries. Burt baker Baker Strasburg quits Polk move unclear. teens and locals discuss a Sunday game against Grand Island and tonsil removals for Will Blase and sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Strasburg
Will Blase and Sons
A. E. Swanson
W. A. Refshauge
Harold Schultz
Art Gustafson
Oscar Stromberg
Polk
Grand Island
Junior Peterson
C. R. Peterson
City
David Carlson
W. A. Green
Everett Green
Fairmont
Stromberg
Elizabeth Allison
Mildred Beckman
Goldie
Gladys Swanson
Kearney
John Meerkatz
Westfall
Will Blase
Herbert
Clarence
Central City
I. D. Huston
Margaret
Katherine
O. F. Alfred
Orlie van Ostrand
Joe Ehn Birthday Celebration With Neighborhood Friends
About forty relatives neighbors and friends gathered Thursday evening to celebrate Joe Ehn s birthday. A social hour and lunch were served by Mrs Ehn with help from Mrs James Wilson Mrs Lee Harless and Mrs Lillie Beckstrom. Joe received many cards and gifts. The East Side birthday club meeting was included in the gathering and Mrs Ehn also celebrated her birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ehn
Ehn
James Wilson
Lee Harless
Lillie Beckstrom
Joe
East Side Birthday Club
Mrs. Ehn
Polk County News Briefs Inland War News and Personal Notices
Local notes report Elsie Stevens learning son Gerald reached New Guinea and described natives with dark skin and orange hair. Residents Arnold Isaacson Guy Shenk Shenk and Harold Carson hosted gatherings. N E McNaught's family visits Polk while McNaught takes Omaha job. Housing shortage noted with no vacant modern homes and future building plans discussed. Edna Stunkel birthday gathering attended by four women. Mary Ann Widge and Eugene Roberts wed at Lincoln St Paul church. Mosquito spraying disrupted early Saturday with airplane flyover. Rev Elwood Anderson and family return from a ten day Minneapolis trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Isaacson
Leo Wurtz
Guy Shenk
Near Clarks
Harold Carson
van Bush
N. E. McNaught
St. Louis
Polk
W. J. Kroger
McNaught
Glenn L. Martin Co
Omaha
Oscar Gustafson
Glen Hill
Cozad
Paul Coover
Lloyd Stromberg
Central City
Edna Stunkel
Stunkel
Lee Bayer
W. C. Steel
Lennis Lind
John Bills
Mary Ann Widge
Eugene Roberts
St. Paul Methodist Church
Lincoln
Elwood Anderson
Steven
Ronnie
Local Community Guests And Visitors List From Hastings Area
Miss Lynne Phelps of Hastings spent Monday through Thursday as a houseguest of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bayer. The week included numerous visitors such as Larey Phelps, Orlie Miller, Anna Wurtz, Dof Ostberg, Martin Hoffman Sr and Jr, Wayne Ramsey and Vivian Funk. Other social notes mention Hampton residents dining with the Blases, a crown vetch symposium at State College, and various calls and visits across Hastings and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynne Phelps
Hastings
Lee Bayer
Larey Phelps
Orlie Miller
Anna Wurtz
Dof Ostberg
Martin Hoffman
Martin Hoffman, Jr
Wayne Ramsey
Vivian Funk
Lawrence Blase
Douglas
Hampton
Will Blase
James Wilson
State College
State
Penn
Nebraska
Iowa
Rose Swanson
Viola Arnolds
Stromsburg
Julia Flodman
Oscar Anderson
Ivar Axberg
Robert
Jeanne
Sacramento
Calif
Walden McNaught
Lennis Lind
Neil McNaught
Walden
Kansas City
Grant Willits
Leonard Johnson
Stella Hobbensiefken
Monroe
Ed Rudman
Clarks
Harvey Sundberg
Leanne
Lester Widge
Horace Stevens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Kahler
Haith Motor CO
Dodge
Dodge Trucks
Dart Sales & Service
Dodge and Dart
Nebr
State Farm
Ziomke Furniture
THE
Polk Progress
W. Alfred
Polk, Nebraska
Congress
Little Lady
Elsie Stevens
Pfc
Gerald
New Guinea
Robert Willits
Rising City
Harold Klawon
Bradshaw
Mary Salchow
Gaylen Holmes
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Anderson
Victor Anderson Co
Booth
Homestead
Polk Lumber Co
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