Mrs Emma Horstman Celebrated on 80th Birthday
The Baptist Church Sunday School class honored Mrs Emma Horstman for turning 80 with a Tuesday party in the church parlors. Eighteen attendees included her sister in law Mrs How ard Rowe of Arizona. Lillie Lind reminded the group of Mrs Horstman’s service to church and community. A potted plant was presented and a lunch served. Dudley Baack and Steve Adelson of Peru State College visited over the weekend with their families.
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Baptist Church
Emma Horstman
Howard Rowe
Arizona
Lillie Lind
Polk Local News Grandson honored at 5 o'clock dinner
Mrs Ansel Fredrickson hosted a 5 pm dinner in Polk for her grandson Max Fredrickson of the Stromsburg graduating class. Attending were multiple couples from Polk and Stromsburg, along with relatives from Waterloo Iowa and Superior, and David Fjell of Columbus visited his parents.
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Ansel Fredrickson
Max Fredrickson
Stromsburg
Ollie Johnson
Marvin Fredrikson
Polk
Earl Johnson
Kenneth Peterson
Frank Nordburg
Dale Fredrickson
Waterloo
Iowa
H. Harley
Sherman Farrel
Superior
Glen Richards
Clay Center
David Fjell
Columbus
Russell Fjell
Miscellaneous Shower Honors Miss Kealiher
A bridal shower for Miss Carolyn Kealiher was held at the Baptist Church parlors on Friday evening May 8. The program featured a Bridal magazine publication titled Happy Harmony with poems and music. Guests and participants included Mrs Irving Stauffer Mrs Ron Adams and others with refreshments served from a pink and white decorated table. Special guests were Mrs Lyle Johnson and Mrs Guy Blancheard.
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Carolyn Kealiher
Baptist Church
Orlie Miller
Don Miller
Lyle Johnson
Polk
Guy Blanchard
Grand Island
Gordon Fossberg
Margaret Jones
Clara Anderson
Walter Nelson
Whitacre Attend Baccalaureate Service of Stromsburg High
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Whitacre attended the stromsburg high school baccalaureate service Sunday evening. Grandsons James Johnson and Tom Strong are members of the graduating class of 1971. After the service they were guests in the home of Dr and Mrs EK Strong honoring their son. Mr and Mrs Lee Anderson and daughters were Sunday dinner guests in the P W Aker home.
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Wilbur Whitacre
Stromsburg
James Johnson
Tom Strong
EK. Strong
Lee Anderson
P. W. Aker
Modern Millies Extension Club May 11 Meeting
The Modern Millies Extension Club met May 11 at Mrs Ron Foote Sr home with 9 members and one guest Mrs Larry Killion. An Oriental and cheese fondue luncheon was served plus fruit and marshmallow desserts. Mrs Burney presented the lesson How Your Family Acts in an Emergency. Plans include a Shenandoah Iowa tour on June 15 and a September Craft Day. next meeting set for September 13 at Mrs Morris Fisher’s home.
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Larry Killion
Modern Millies Extension Club
Ron Foote
Foote
Duane Burney
Shenandoah
Iowa
Morris Fisher
Second Grade News Highlights and Classroom Changes
Mrs Herbert Feidler a Norfolk nurse anesthetist gave a health talk to the second grade. New curtains darken the room for better film viewing. Twenty one students take reading tests covering sentence meaning imagery relations phonetic and structural analysis. Lettuce grows in class for tasting. Relatives honor Mrs David Sundberg with a Tuesday birthday gathering at her home. Mrs Irvin Anderson decorates the cake.
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Herbert Feidler
Norfolk
David Sundberg
Irvin Anderson
Crop Certification Deadline Set for May 20
County farmers must submit applications by May 20 to certify seed for early seeded crops including wheat oats barley rye and several forages. Applications are from Extension Offices and must be cleared through county offices before sending to the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association in Lincoln. If drought flood hail or other issues prevent completion fees except for $1 are refunded. Other due dates include June 15 for hybrid corn turfgrass sod July 1 for sorghums field beans second crop alfalfa and warm season grasses and August 1 for soybeans sudan millet and third crop alfalfa.
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Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Lincoln
Sudan
Weekend Guests Attend Multiple Homes for Family Gatherings
Lincoln couple Mr and Mrs Norman Reetz and Waverly guests Mr and Mrs Bill Wallace and Scott visited at Martin Baack’s home. Robert Baack joined Friday. Belated Mother’s Day dinner at Ervin Blase’s with Becky Stevens. Carl Carlstrom hosted Roger’s 8th grade graduation. Attending included Mrs Kermit Lindgren, Lyle and Paul, Marcia Zediker, Mrs Minnie Miers, Kenneth Carlstrom and Terry. P W Aker joined for coffee at Herbert Wurtz Saturday.
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Norman Reetz
Lincoln
Bill Wallace
Scott
Waverly
Martin Baack
Robert Baack
Ervin Blase
Becky Stevens
Carl Carlstrom
Roger
Kermit Lindegren
Lyle and
Paul
Marcia Zediker
Osce
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Dudley Baack
Steve Adelson
Peru State College
Robert Baacks
la Vaughn Adelson
Best
Lyle Lindgren
Kealiher
Kansas-Nebraska
Polk High
Scott Lindburg
Mike Flodman
Bruce Hudson
Randy Flodman
Floyd Sanders
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