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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1967
Page
7
Mrs Harry Carlson encloses four dollars for a one year Polk Progress subscription and states she enjoys reading it. The Junior MYF of the Methodist church raked leaves in the church yard Saturday afternoon and held a wiener roast afterward.
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Rudolph Gustafson to Mr and Mrs David Ekdahl. Wednesday guests were Mir and Mrs Chauncey Gustafson and Mrs Leon Meerkatz and family to Mrs Dolan Hahn. Also Mr and Mrs Edwalt Klingsporn visited, and Mr and Mrs Ivan Johnson called on Mr and Mrs Homer Bagby in Aurora.
The Polk Methodist Church Women’s Society meeting on Thursday Nov 5 discussed sending six clothing boxes to South Vietnamese Relief and plans to aid the Indian Mission in New Mexico. An program on Navajo Indians featured speakers Mrs Oscar Sundberg Mrs Paul Strand Mrs Grant Johnson and Mrs Albert Sundberg with a vocal number by the ladies sextet. A Thanksgiving themed lunch followed.
Pvt Leslie W Branting 20 son of Mr and Mrs Marvin D Branting Stromsburg was promoted to Army private pay grade E 2 upon completion of basic training at Ft Benning Ga Oct 20 The promotion came two months early under an Army policy rewarding outstanding trainees Eligibility hinges on range firing scores high physical proficiency test military bearing and leadership potential
The Faithful Workers Club met at Mrs Lyle Widge’s home October 25 with 11 members and one guest. Mrs Clarence Van Ostrand and Mrs Don Hudson led the program. The group voted to send $2 to the Platte Valley Opportunity Center and collected gifts for Nebraska Children's Home to be delivered before Christmas. Hostess gifts went to Mrs Don Hudson. refreshments were provided by Mrs Myron Norquest and Mrs Lyle Widge in a Halloween motif.
The community learns that Mervin Branting has returned to York after eleven months in Lincoln and Omaha hospitals following a fall from a tree while employed there. Also, Saturday guests Mr and Mrs Julius Johnson in Osceola celebrated their wedding anniversary. Mr and Mrs Paul Strand visited Lincoln on Saturday.
The newly elected York Zone LWML officers met on Monday October 30 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in York. Rev Walter Landgraf led devotions and offered counsel. Mirrs Kenneth Troester President distributed the new Zone By Laws to board members. Plans were set for All Officers Institute and Christian Growth Workshop next April at St John Lutheran Wahoo.
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