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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
4
North Blue doings list numerous social visits and birthday celebrations. Families including Schulze, Wilshusen, Dose, Meerkatz, Sagehorn and Warneke gather for dinners, picnics, and birthdays across Benedict, Central City, and surrounding areas with weddings and family reunions noted.
Miss Lois Ostrander of Lincoln visits family in Polk with her mother Mrs Ethel Ostrander. Wendy and Matthew Redman spend a week with relatives in York. Chicago couple Mr and Mrs Henry Pierson stay with Martin Hoffman Sr. and family. Ester Lackey returns from Michigan after granddaughter Monti Bush graduates high school. The Ehns and Stevenson visit Joe Ehn. Clyde McGrew from Arlington Washington calls on Bessie and Abbie Green. McGrew formerly Leona McConnel. Sundbergs and Allen Holmes dine with James Lindburg and Mary in Rockford Illinois. Wayne Creech family and M O Johnson visit Ivan Johnson. Ollie Johnson and Leroy Johnson of Osceola also visit Fred Johnson at Good Samaritan Home.
Sunday and Saturday gatherings extend through York area homes with many families visiting and hosting. Notable events include a wedding in Lincoln with Bob Stevens and Jeanne McLaughlin, a St James Methodist service, and the York Zone LWM meeting at Emmanuel Lutheran Church with plans for a September fall rally at Cordova.
Mrs Sybil Hulme and Joann returned to Boulder Colorado after a week with the Ted Otte family. Several local families hosted dinners and visits including the Bedients, Kennels, Hoffmans, and Mertzkats with multiple Sunday meals and weekend calls across Ardorville.
Sunday evening visitors at the Harold W. Johnson home were Mr and Mrs Roger Hanquist and Wayne Johnson. Thursday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Ivan Johnson were Mrs Cora Gravensgaard and Miss Frances Isaman of Aurora. Mr and Mrs Dale Lindburg and daughters spent the weekend in Ashland at the Wm. Sapp home. Mr and Mrs Gary Green and girls were visitors of Mrs Bessie Green and Abbie Green. Sunday afternoon.
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