Polk County Historical Society Meeting Report May 9
The Polk County Historical Society met May 9 at the Stromsburg Methodist Church parlors. Mildred Flodman reported museum cleaning and yard work by Scouts, a cupola from an old Stromsburg home to be mounted, and new donations catalogued by Flodman and Allegra Johnson. The museum opens May 26 with a film shown by Nina Burke. lunch was provided by church women.
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Polk County Historical Society
Stromsburg
Mildred Flodman
Allegra Johnson
Nina Burke
Nebraska the Great American Desert
Methodist Church
Polk News Items Tie Local Visits and Hospital Returnees
Mr and Mrs Carroll Flodman hosted visitors from Osceola and Central City include Chad and Robin Flodman. Mrs Ira Glasser’s visitors after hospital discharge include several local women and Rev Stauffer. Mr and Mrs Willard Lindburg stayed with the McKillips in Lincoln and attended a Mother-Daughter Banquet at the Second Baptist Church with Mrs Lindburg.
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Carroll Flodman
Merton Flodman
Chad
Osceola
Robin Flodman
Central City
Ira Glasser
Roy Glasser
Orlie Miller
M. G. Lindburg
Winnie Whitacre
Emma ‘Anderson
LeVar Sandell
Irving Stauffer
Lavina Hanquist
Willard Lindburg
Robert McKillip
Lincoln
Lindburg
Second Baptist Church
McKillip
June 20 Meeting Set at Osceola City Hall
The June 20 meeting is scheduled to take place at City Hall in Osceola. Officials did not specify a start time in the readable text.
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Osceola
Weather Notes and Windy May Forecast From Local Agrarian Column
An agricultural weather column discusses the unreliability yet usefulness of forecasts, noting May moisture and normal temperatures. It details daily weather from May 14 to May 20 with wind directions, temperatures from 48 to 84, rain, and clouds, and observes ongoing wet conditions affecting farming plans.
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Jess
Local Social Notes From Polk County Events
Mrs Hannah Hann and Doyle visited the Hahn family in Kearney. Dale Lindburg hosted relatives after his son Scott’s high school graduation. Elizabeth Knight of Scottsbluff visits Germany with her son Gordon in the Air Force. Gordon Bush of Omaha and Richard Johnson hosted Debra Gustafson and Allan Pickrel in Hastings. Kevin Nyberg graduated in Central City and the Nybergs hosted lunch. Rev Irving Stauffer and Beth Stauffer joined supper with Walter Nelson family.
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Hannah Hann
Doyle
Darwin Hahn
Kearney
Dale Lindburg
Scott
Leonard
Elizabeth) Knight
Scottsbluff
Germany
Gordon
Airforce
Gordon Bush
Omaha
Richard Johnson
Kevin Nyberg
Central City
Nybergs
Debra Gustafson
Allan Pickrel
Hastings
Roger Gustafson
Irving Stauffer
Beth
Walter Nelson
Local Couples Share Week Includes Family Guests
Mr and Mrs Bill Ferrand of Omaha entertained at a York club dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Don Widga Mrs Frances Widga Mr and Mrs Syd Widga of Marquette and Mr and Mrs Charles Reeves and Jason of Central City Family visits spanned Lincoln Sherman Dam and Stromsburg with multiple dinners, baptisms, and a wedding attended by Denise Van Pelt and Wayne Beck at St Peters Church in Clarts.
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Bill Ferrand
Omaha
York
Don Widga
Frances Widga
Syd Widga
Marquette
Charles Reeves
Jason
Central City
Don Bjerrum
Norman Reckner
Justin
Sherman Dam
Arian Stromberg
Lincoln
Lloyd Stromberg
Paul Strand
Forrest Berggren
Catherine Berggren
Roger Berggren
University of Nebr
Robert Berggren
Stromsburg
Ralph Peterson
Charles Peterson
Benedict
Julia Obrist
Ralston
Margaret
Urban Spoor
Richard
Mary Widega
Ronald Katz
Oscar Kreuger
Roca
Arthur Samuelson
John Katz
Samuelson
Ray Sundberg
Calmer Johnson
Carl Carlstrom
Denise van Pelt
Wayne Beck
St. Peters Catholic Church
Clarts
Conrad Lindholm
Olga Graves
Also Mentioned on This Page
POLK
Polk County
Friends
Dence
Reynold Peterson
Louise S. Timm
Richard Anderson
Polk County Assessor
Purina
Polk Grain
Aay Isavai
Harold Hoffman
Harry Obrist
Junior Hoffman
Martin Hoffman
Mary Salchow
George Burke
Clara Johnson
Grand Island
Leonard Anderson
Bradley
Leonard Draucker
Ogallala
Wanda Draucker
Dale Frizzell
William H. Norton
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