Stink in Polk Recalled From California Letter
In a California reminiscence a Polk memory is revived featuring old grain elevators, a T. B. Hord elevator, and a corncrib near the business district. The writer recalls hunting and trapping as a youth, a heavy rifle nicknamed Heavy, and a distinctive north-northwest wind carrying a skunk odor observed on the way to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Polk
T. B. Hord
Paul McDaniel
Allen Myers
Harold Schultz
Mhany
Swede Plain News Highlights State Tournament Attendance
A community column lists numerous Swede Plain residents attending the state high school basketball tournament in Lincoln. It also covers church activities, Bible study led by Rev. Jensen, and a birthday observance for Mrs. Hanquist with visiting friends and local dinners.
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The narrator recalls a strong smell affecting students and business district residents and mentions after school killing a civet cat caught in a trap near a corncrib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrin
Birthday Gathering Honors Mrs Fredrickson In Stromsburg Home
Thursday evening guests gathered at the C. Marvin Fredrickson home for Mrs Fredrickson's birthday. Attending were Ollie Johnson Ansel Fredrickson Kenneth Peterson Earl Johnson Morris Johnson from Stromsburg and Alfred Dailey of Osceola. The self invited guests provided lunch and a birthday gift was given. Sunday dinner guests at the David Ekdahl home included Dick Harless and family and Larry Coover and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swede Plain
Arthur Samuelson
Jensen
Lennis Lund
Roger Hanquist
Hanquist
Harold W. Johnson
Swede Home
Reuben Hanquist
Willard Adelson
Lester
Ruth Gestrine
Lloyd Stromberg
Edd Coover
Paul Coover
Larry Coover
Larry
Rudolph Nyberg
Mary Nyberg
Merlin Nyberg
Linda Ny
Eldon Anderson
York
Elmer Garner
Hardville
Merle LaVelle
Lennis Lind
Burdette Cox
Jack Henthorn
Kelley
Omaha
John Nybengs
Wilmer Johnson
Steve
Martha Shostrom
Stromsburg
Roy Miller
Ruth Klingsman
Scotty Ferguson
Clarks
Ted Dittmer
Earl Ferguson
Patty
Dittmers
Scotty
Lloyd Widga
Verland
Wallace Lind
Harvey Lind
Arlo Stevens
John Nyberg
Lincoln
Ettie Anderson
Laverna Rystrom
Linda Nyberg
Dan Garner
Faye Sawyers
Central City
Charles Cramer
Kearney
Russell Fjell
Emalyne Blase
Joe Ehn
Julia Flodman
Irvin Beckstrom
Irvin
Dodge Clardy
David Ekdahl
Dick Harless
Beckstrom Family Notice From Clarks And Grand Island
Marland Beckstrom and family of Clarks along with Mr and Mrs Eldon Beckstrom and family of Grand Island and Andy Beckstrom of Clarks are listed in a local notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marland Beckstrom
Clarks
Eldon Beckstrom
Grand Island
Andy Beckstrom
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March of Dimes
American Legion
Swede Plain News
Harimans
Westinghouse Wash
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