Early Polk days remembered by Alice Walden
Alice Walden recalls Polk County Nebraska memories from the 1900s to 1910s including surveying by Wesley Wilson and Oliver T Ready, first telephone operators Mrs Fickes Irene, and a dairy business. She mentions childhood homes, a 843-Pink phone number, and early community life as part of her Progress subscription note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Wilson
Oliver T. Ready
Arborville
Mrs. Fickes
Irene
Mother
Martha Taylor
Dolan Hahn Home Hosts Weekend Visitors
Tuesday evening visitors to the Dolan Hahn home included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ostrander and family and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Harless and Roni with Mrs. Dolan Hahn and children. The same week Mrs. Larry Brewster’s Grand Island visit followed by Ful lerton calls and Lincoln trips tied to the Branting families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolan Hahn Home
Robert Ostrander
Gary Harless
Roni
Frances Widga
Bill Ferrand
Donavin
Widga
Patty Dunbar
Lincoln
Ellen Praed
Ilinois
Wylli Foote
Donavia
San Diego
Calif
Robert Willits
Pam
Rodney Johnson
Neal van Housen
Martin Lundstrom
Lena Johnson
Mildred Willits
Willard Gruber
Omaha
Olive Gruber
New York
Bessie Green
Gary Green
Central City
Local Residents Visit Friends Across Town Last Week
Social visits traveled among Central City Osceola Columbus Marquette and Omaha with gatherings at the Stevens Strand Carlson Fjell Widga Sundberg Johnson Green and Lott households. Notable occasions included birthdays brunches and a three week stay followed by a return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Richards
Central City
Horace Stevens
Martin Jones
Osceola
Leroy Schroeder
Columbus
Paul Strand
Carlyn Breuning
Harry Nelson
Karen
Melissa
Michelle Nelson
Marquette
Gordon A. Carlson
Rex Graham
Silver Creek
Earl Ferguson
Clarks
Ted Dittmer
Russel Fjell
Wallace Peterson
Stromsbureg
Willard Lindburg
Russell Fjell
Bill Ferrand
Omaha
Frances Widga
Ferrand
Sig Anderson
Tom Pierce
Tacoma
Wash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alice Walden
Polk
Patronize Progress
Kansas-Nebraska
Kansas
Braskaompany
Ing
Richard Johnson
Minnie Wright
Wm. Wright
Ernie Lott
Max Lott
Shelby
Purina
Amer. Cyanamid Co
Polk Grain Co
Ett Ras Health ‘Products
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