Grasshopper aid aid for farmers and local events merge
Federal aid received will help farmers control the grasshopper plague when needed. Enoch Peterson attends his daughter Gloria’s wedding in Los Angeles, as Orville Haggerstrom is to marry on May 15. Local items include a village board re election of Oscar Strand, a six cottage camp plan, and community orchestra patriotic program at the M E church on May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Peterson
Oscar Strand
Grace Lindburg
Silver Creek
Henry B. Johnson
Omaha
Keith Green
John W Ekdahl
Swede Plain Methodist Church
Kansas City
Bev Westlund
Walter Nyberg
Kearney
Harold N. Strand
Kenneth Davis
Oroville
Wash
Davis
Elmer Hanquist
Imogene
Emma Anderson
Winnie Lind
Doris Binsford
Albert Sundberg
Oscar Sundberg
Los Angeles
Gloria
Orville
John A. Falk
Rochester
N. Y
Family set for Sweden voyage from New York City
The Kroger family plans a May 19 departure from New York City for a trip to Sweden. Mrs Will Kroger attended a Mother's Day banquet at Central City last Thursday evening. Miss Nancy Norquest earned a nursing cap among 43 at St Luke's Hospital in Denver on April 18. Polk county exceeded its cancer drive quota with a total of $187.85 to date. A Mothers and Daughters Tea was hosted at Trinity Lutheran Church Wednesday afternoon. Several families including the Flodmans and Linds gathered for Flodman home Sunday. H M Benson returned home Friday after weeks in Omaha with his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Sweden
Will Kroger
Central City
Nancy Norquest
St Luke's Hospital
Denver
Colo
Polk
Trinity Lutheran Church
Curtis Flodman
Lawrence Lind
M. Fredrickson
Jane
Vergil Flodman
Central Flodman
H. M. Benson
Omaha
Knerr Couple Honored With Golden Wedding Reception
Elmer and wife Mrs. Knerr celebrated their golden anniversary with an April 28 open house at the Chappell Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Nearly 200 guests attended with outsized family support and a (lace-over-gold) cake display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Elmer Knerr
Chappell
The
Methodist Church
Nebr
Lowell Knerr
Lyle Knerr
Grace Harless
Knerr
Punch
Manley Fisher
Gary Harless
Richard Harless
Adrienne Flynn
Blair
Warren Peters
Wichita
Kenneth Knerr
Fremont
Leland Harless
Dick Harless
Polk
Stanley Harless
Stanley Harless Ofromsburg
Larry Shay
York
Martin Greathouse
Alliance
George Jacobson
Arland Person
Albin
Wyo
Albert Sandberg
Cheyenne
Fred Bills
Ervin Reichman
Inez Newberg
Myrtle Saint
Glen Paulsen
Oshkosh
Claude Weatherwax
Lisco
Earle Hobson
Dinner guests and weekend visitors noted
Dr and Mrs J C Smith of York were dinner guests Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Lampshire. Mr and Mrs Alois Ruzicka were Sunday visitors in the Jerold Ruzicka home, Lloyd and family noted.
Letter mentions moves and travel memories in 1968
A letter from Lt. Alvin R. Kisler writes from Daleville Alabama to Norris in Polk expressing eagerness for The Progress. He and Sally enjoy the newspaper and mention the Palking Around column. Others note a California tour memory and local social visits including a funeral and a baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Polk
Sally
Ft. Rucher
Alabama
Wallace
Alvin R. Kisler
Daleville Inn
Apt
Daleville
al Kisler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morace F Smith
Lincoln
E. Davis
Buckner
R. Peterson
Max
Grand Island
Sterling Nelson
Stromsburg
Polk County
Boardman’s
Stromsburg, Nebr
Eldon R. Johnson
Noxious Weed Control Authority
Morris Dunn
H. P. Tewell
Clifford Hernbloom
Educational
Brooke Berggren
Norris W. Alfred
Nebraska
Nebraska Puls Association
National Newspaper
Rexease
Eleanor M
Darold A. Sack
Crete
Commission
Iberia
California
Acapulco
Mary Fern Myers
Washington Place
Long Beach
Calif
Carroll Flodman
Robin
Lee Hanson
Floyd Lars
Wayne Ramsey
Wm. Magnussen
Public Power & Irrigation
Polk County Rural Public Power District Subdivision One
Raymond Bond
Maurice G. Lindburg
Robert E. Oberg
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