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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
4
A large gathering at Carl Wilshusen's York home honored his 80th birthday with family and friends attending from nearby towns. The event featured a carry-in lunch as relatives including the Sagehorns, Blases, Meerkatzs, and Doremuses joined the celebration and several connected guests visited throughout the day.
Arborville Youth Group played a Sunday evening softball game at the Arborville church followed by a weiner roast for attending parents. Local families and friends including the Floreen and Otte families visited and shared in the event. Several relatives attended graduations and family gatherings in nearby Lincoln and Stromsburg, with multiple Sunday visits noted.
Saturday and Sunday dinners and visits linked numerous local households. Guests included the Ernst and Klingsporn families in Columbus, Rahrs with Guy Smith in Clarks, Mundt Rhode Heins and Wochner in York, and Jodi Feekin visiting grandparents in Davenport. Additional events noted are a Smith Junge wedding rehearsal at Viola Ziegelbein, birthday party for Gregory Warneke, and various Osceola Battle Creek Hampton and Elmer Wilshusen connections.
Stromsburg hosts and hosts overnight guests including Mr and Mrs Ted Janky and Mrs L D Perkins. Elmer Piper and Robert Rhodes visit from Stromsburg and York. Ed Reckner family attended a picnic in Lansing Kansas. Gatherings occur at Grand Island Hastings Bradshaw York and Bradshaw with several couples and children visiting and dining, celebrating a 40th anniversary.
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