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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1953
Page
3
Mr and Mrs A E Swanson were among those at a Father’s Day gathering held at the home of Mr and Mrs Roland Swanson in Stromsburg.
Mr and Mrs Frank Adelson attended funeral services for Brenda Anderson at Stromsburg Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs James Ferguson and two sons of San Diego California are spending two weeks with her mother Mrs Harold Nelson and Mr Nelson. Mrs Nelsons mother Mrs Maud Myers of Arcadia is also a guest this week in the Nelson home. Honoring their father Ernest Flodman Sunday the following enjoyed a picnic dinner at the home of their parents the families of Marvin Fredrickson Lawrence Lind Carroll and Virgil Flodman and Walter Stohl.
Miss Evan na Jane Taylor 74, former resident of the community, died recently. Funeral services were held at York Saturday afternoon. She lived with her brothers I. M. and Walter Taylor, now in York. Surviving siblings include J. P. Taylor of Omaha and Mrs. Fred Moberg of Lincoln. Attendees from Polk included Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hanquist, Mrs. Grant Willits, and Mrs. Martha Larson.
A compact listing of weekly services at Hardville Baptist Immanuel Lutheran Polk Baptist Arborville Congregational Swede Plain Polk Swede Home Calvary Ev Lutheran and Evangelical Free Churches led by pastors Harry Ratzisff W Long Paul W Nelson Floyd Merchant Milton OConnor Clifford A Smith Bernt G Johnson with times for Sunday School morning worship Bible study choir practice and evening services across the Polk area church circle.
Sheralee Hill returned from a visit with a Wesleyan University friend in St. Paul. Mrs. Wallace Sandell took Kent and eight schoolmates to York for his 11th birthday with swimming and lunch in the park. Attendees included Mrs. Robert Merchant Mrs. Ralph Fisher Karen Stevens and Dianne. The Barber Shop run by H G Whitacre will be closed about two weeks. Miss Helen Binford of Omaha spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Binford Joining them were Mrs Donald Ostberg and Donnette for Donnette s second birthday dinner.
The annual Stromberg reunion gathered about 75 people at Scotts Hall in Stromsburg amid incle ment weather. Attendees traveled from Omaha, Lincoln, York, Osceola, Benedict, Clarks, Hordville, Polk, and beyond to Denver and California. Next year's gathering is planned for Polk Community Hall on the third Sunday in June with Orville Miller and Mervin Stromberg leading. Also noted is the sudden death of Anton Nelson of Sutton and visits related to hospital care and condolences.
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