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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1966
Page
4
Doug Norquest marks his eighth birthday with family and friends. Gail Widga stays overnight with Anne Otte. Neighbors and relatives share meals and visits at multiple homes including the Shenk, Morris, Reckner, and Merchant households across the weekend and into Monday.
Local social notes detail visits from Edwin Deuker and wife from New Mexico, plus many Sunday and Friday gatherings at various homes. Sherman Wirshusen heads to Fort Bliss for six months basic training. Mother's Day observances frame several family meals and guestings across Central City, Hampton, Stromsburg, and York communities.
Polk residents note Mrs. C Marvin Fredrickson returned home last Tuesday after surgery at Bryan Memorial Hospital Lincoln. Visitors last week include Rev Harold Jensen Mrs M G Ladburg Mrs Hartwig Flodman Mrs Elwood Sandell Mr and Mrs Martin Jones Mr and Mrs Glen Babcock and others from Central City Stromsburg and North Platte with multiple family drop ins around Baccalaureate services and weekend gatherings.
Miss Jane Fredrickson and Mrs Pat Wamble of Kearney spent the weekend in Estes Park and Denver visiting Rochmont College student Joan Sandell in Longmont. Steven Flodman from Nebraska University stayed with his parents in Lincoln. The Levar Sandell home hosted Glen Rose Laura Rose from Cozad this week. Bonnie Hanquist, a nurse student in Omaha, visited her family. Other guests included Darold Hoffman family in Aurora for Mrs Beins birthday and William Sapp of Ashland with Dale Lindburg. Hannah Hahn visited Stromsburg with Morace Baker.
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