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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1974
Page
5
Local notes recount visits and travel. Ralph Jones returned home from a Wyoming and Colorado vacation. Several guests and hosts across Osceola and Holdrege attended birthdays, Bible study, dinners, and weekend gatherings with families including Ekstrom Lundstrom Sandin and Johnson.
Wednesday morning guests at Mr and Mrs Raymond Sundberg included Mr and Mrs Chas Stromberg and Steve from Lincoln en route to Colorado. Afternoon visitors were Mrs Cliff Quick of Hardville, followed by evening guests for Mrs Ray Sundberg's birthday.
Mrs Walter Jones and Mrs Harold W. Johnson hosted a reminiscence about High Prairie School Days. Esther Appleton and the Jim Lundstrom family joined Saturday supper at the Martin Lundstrom home. Reuben Hanquist of Polk visited Harold W. Johnson Friday morning. Max Ernst and family of Norfolk spent Sunday with Rudolf Sandin. Rev. and Mrs David Davoux and Mrs Edwardo Hernandez junto with their sons called on Carl G. Johnson Friday morning.
Local residents made visits across Canton South Dakota Shenandoah Ta Omaha and Kearney over the weekend and several families hosted relatives. Pauline Hahn earned a Bachelor of Education from the University of Nebraska School of Music and plans to teach vocal music in Omaha this fall. Community groups held events at Fridhem Grace parish and Royal Neighbors with meetings and bingo.
Polk locals and several couples spent a weekend visiting relatives and friends across Alma Minden York and Axtell. Lennis Lind Lloyd Lind Wallace Peterson and Alvin Dahlin attended picnics and hosted or joined family gatherings. Blanche Fitz Clarence Guthrie Mary Monson and others were noted in hospital and home visits.
Emil Nelson observed their birth days on Tuesday. Guests at the Flodman home on Tuesday afternoon were Mrs Don Williams Mrs Lyle Djernes Mrs Dwayne Nelson Mrs Violet Galusha Mrs Duane Rutherford of Central City Mrs Marwin Rogers Mrs Elton Flodman and their families and Doris Jean Nelson. Gil's Market Was Broken Into and Robbed Thursday Night. Items Taken Included Canned Meats Cheese and Cigarettes.
The weekly hospital report for July 15 to 22 lists patients at Annie Jeffre Memorial County Hospital across Osceola Stromsburg Stromsburg Rising City and nearby towns. Names include George Buchta Eda Burritt Fred Eickhorst Betty Hinkle Dixie Jasper Oscar Jensen Bernice Johnson Blanche Kinnard Darrell Kreis Gerhardt Lux Thomas McGowen Enoch Peterson Alfonso Rosno Merle Runquist Roy Snedeker Timothy Stevens Carl Wieseman Louise Wurtz Gloria Oquist Anthony Starostka Milton Anderson Gary Wright Sarah Janes Senn Donita Burg Roger Houderscheldt Don R Byers LuAnne Engel Leona Boden Eleanor Kornik Pamela Paczdosa and baby boy Glenn Richards Edna Anderson Pearl Dailey Matthew Davis Elmer Doods Jonathan Habben Ruth Hurd Anna K Johnson Berniece Jones Alfred Kuhnel George Lux Wayne Nutz Kelly Parnell Marie Rosdahl Viola Sack Cassie Stephenson Mae Twarling Laura VanHoosen Charlene Vickers Edward Wapner Josephine White Eva Willits Willard Jensen Martha LaMunyon Melanie Scow Otto Wegman among others noted as patients or transfers.
Evelyn Warrick requests renewal of her mother Pearl Clark's Polk Progress subscription as a birthday gift. She notes Pearl's age August 19 and continuing interest in local and national news while reflecting on aging, memories, and lineages in Polk. Enclosed $5 check.
Tom Strong and Manon Beister of Stromsburg and Miss Lillie Lind and Emma Anderson were Sunday visitors of Mrs Winnie Whitacre.
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