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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
4
Entry shows the publication as second class matter at the Polk Nebraska post office dated March 21 1907 under the 1879 act of Congress.
A column recalls local events from May 65 1921 with names such as Miss Josephine Lindburgh Miss Daisy Slusser Ed Nelson and Harlan Frazier noting visits separations and preparations for funerals and home improvements across Grand Island Arborville and nearby towns.
Neighborhood notices detail Mrs Will Ziegelbein Allan and others visiting relatives. multiple Sunday dinners hosted by various families including the Millers Smiths Lindholms and Nelsons. A P A met at Hordville high school with Gilbert Benson sharing west coast trip photos. Several guests traveled from Kimball Denver Aurora Hampton and Columbus for meals and social calls.
Blaine Lindburg Joan Lindburg and Iva Stevens attended the Stromsburg senior play and May Queen coronation. Mr and Mrs Ben Peterson hosted guests at dinner. Osceola barber Harold Nelson now runs the Nelson partner shop. A chicken fry for Pat Crow drew many old friends at Schultz Cafe. Chas Smith of Bradshaw and others attended Ed Nelson’s funeral services in Stromsburg.
Harold Hanquist and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy during illness and death of their beloved son and brother.
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