Thirteen Pioneer Mothers Honored By Methodist WSCS
The Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service honored 13 Pioneer Mothers aged 80 and above at the church parlor on Thursday afternoon. Attendees shared pioneer stories, crafts, and hobbies, with corages and quilts displayed. Seventy-one attendees included several residents from Polk area senior homes and long-time Polk citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Wscs
WSCS
Mary Nyberg
W. A. Stankel
Mesdame
Loyette McCoy
S. J. Harless
Lillie Flodman
Hannah Bodine
Emme Johnson
Grant Willits
Lillie Johnson
Fern Draucker
Ed Benson
Nell Aker
Swasko Completes Army Tour Returns Home
SP4 David Swasko of Polk County returned home after completing a year in the U S Army Korea tour with the 2nd Infantry Division. He trained at Ft Lewis and St Gordon Ga and is enrolled for summer at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
David Swasko
Milan Swasko
Carthage College
Kenosha
Wisconsin
David
Ft. Lewis
Wash
St. Gordon Ga
Korea
Inf
Camp
Casey
Seoul
Dmz
Northern
Polk County Leads Savings Bond Drive With Early Quarter Sales
First quarter U S Savings Bonds sales in Polk County reached 24336 dollars, 19.2 percent of the 1972 county quota, per chairman W. E. Johnson. March sales totaled 11609 dollars. State totals rose 35 percent to 5706796 dollars for the month, with quarterly state sales at 15930722 dollars, 33.6 percent of the statewide quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U S. Savings
Polk County
W. E. Johnson
Letter from Oliver Baker Jr and Mrs Sundberg
A reader from Benedict Nebraska requests to change a Progress subscription to P O Box 133 zip 68316 and hints at endorsing Hubert Humphrey for pensions for retired farmers. The note mentions a trip from a valley of Eternal Youth and Exon Country and asks to extend the subscription. Oliver Baker Jr and Mrs Raymond Sundberg attended Confirmation at St Paul Methodist in Lincoln. their grandson Steven Stromberg was in the Confirmation class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Exon
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Progress
Benedict
Nebr
P. O
Oliver Baker
Raymond Sundberg
St. Paul Methodist Church
Lincoln
Steven Stromberg
Polk Community attends Spring Seminar and local visits
Swede Plain Methodist Church parishioners Elmer Garner Don Dahlin Wallace Lind Verland Widga Ted Dittmer Lloyd Widga attend the District Spring Seminar at Columbus on April 26. Grand Island residents Dick Alderson visit Leslie Adelson home with Cindy returning home after weekend with her grandparents. Laclede Cemetery board meets with Ronald Sarow elected president Mildred Willis secretary and M G Lindburg treasurer. Frank Shuldt Clarks and Herbert Watz Clarks visit Adelson home and P Aker home for coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swede Plain
Mildred Willis
M. G. Lindburg
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E. E. Samuelson
A. A. Shockey
Will Blender
Oscar Johnson
Emma Horstman
Bessie Green
Julia Frodman
Nettie Carlson
Dwight Burney
Marvin Fredrickson
Richard Johnson
F Myers
Mesdames
Lillie Lytle
Victor Johnson
Osceola
O. F. Alfred
Anna Wurtz
Hannah Carlson
Stromsburg
Ed Coover
Sadie Clark
Die Benjamin
Mable Widga
Central City
Mmes
Martha Larson
Karl Detloff
Elmer Hanquist
York
Clara Blase
Aurora
Wm. Garling
Parker Aker
Ester Lackey
Leonard Orendorf
D. N. Mills
Roy Glasser
Enoch Peterson
John Kim
Kim
Will Stevens
U. S. Savings Bonds
Best
Randall Neuhaus
Co-Op Oil, Inc
Phart
Texas
Frank Shuldt
Clarks
Leslie Adelson
Herbert Watz
P. W
Bobby Mills
Liederkranz
West Door
West St
Grand Island
Chapter 164
Parents Without Partners
Leilani Stohl
Village Light & Water
Arkla
Bryant Gas
Iain
Kansas-Nebraska
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