Neighborhood Notes Show Visits and Socials Across Polk
Local residents from Columbus Geneva York and nearby towns hosted visitors and attended group meetings. Highlights include Ostberg family dinners, Hahn’s Navy transfer to Jacksonville, and Dr. Nelson announcing a new optometry office in Central City. Earle Eaton attended rural church convocation planning in Lincoln while traveling for Kearney Midland games and Sadie Hawkins events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Reed
Dauughter
Columbus
Ie Jung
Geneva
Vis‘sters
H. Horstman
Oscar Jones
Parker jAker
Neil McNaught
Ester Lackey
Easstern Star District
York
W Shoal
QO. Strand
Shannon Shafer
Omaha
Linnie Shafer
Scottsbluff
Ernest Flodman
In Fredrickson
Janie
Robert Stohl
Walter Stohl
Vance
Cheryl
Carroll Flodman
Emily
Lawrence Dad
Near Stromsburg
Robert Honnes
Lucella Fullerton
Idaho
Virgil Kisler
Henry Kisler
Kenneth Johnson O
Marquette
Hattie Linquist
Brainard
Lester Upton
Polk
Walter Binford
Don
Hattie Newman
Stromsburg
Dennis E. Hahn
Navy
Hannah Hahn
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
Jacksonville
Florida
Alvin Rizer
Kearney
Henry Horstman
Billy
Arthur Bates
Lincoln
Viola Bengonee
Thomas E. Nelgon
Central City
Ford Grain Co
A. D. Brown
J. L. @touffer
Walter Grobe
Edna Steenbock
Orlia Davis
Frances Widga
Ella Ahlin
Sylvia Sandell
Margaret Jones
Frank Davis
Oak
Nebraska
Elmer Allen
Ollie Johnson
Bob Steenbeck
E. Earle Eaton
National Rural Church
Wille
Eaton
Margaret Porter
Albion
Farm wages reach record highs in July 1948
Average U S farm wages with board rose to 105 dollars per month in July 1948, marking the highest level ever recorded for farm workers nationwide. The figure reflects a strong labor market and rising living costs impacting agricultural labor during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Fridhem Lutheran Women Meet and Local Social Roundup
The Hordville Ladies Aid of Fridhem Lutheran Church met in the church parlors for a Wednesday afternoon program on Our Wills Kept For Jesus. The report includes guests from Columbus and Lincoln visiting locals, a new gas furnace installation at Mamne Church, birthday celebrations, weddings, and numerous social visits among area families and church members. A large segment lists frequent gatherings, dinners, and travel to nearby towns with several named residents and households mentioned throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Fridhem Lutheran Church
Eldon Johnson
Elmer Peterson
Ralph Flodman
Jesus
J. E. Benson
L. S. Nelson
Eugene Jones
Columbus
Hilmer Jones
H. M. Benson
Claus Johnson
Maynard Ortegren
Baby
Mrs. Glover
Lincoln
Lillie Ortegren
Floyd Rodine
C. O. Rodine
Sundberg-Stromberg
Rodine
Milford Olson
Polk
Don Peterson
Jean
Henry Nyberg
Mamne
Jennie Johnson
Will Kroger
Lloyd Kroger
Floyd Johnson
Little Luanna Erickson
Cliff Quick
Kenneth Turpin
Terry
Central City
Quick
Milburn Erickson
Hastings
Alfred Jones
Ramona Sundberg
Leonard Stromberg
Milburn Jr
Dale Quick
Philip Nyberg
Osceola
Phyllis
Lennart Johnson
Verna Erickson
Ronald Solt
Mildred Lindblom
Swen Stone
Stone
Milaca
Minn
Ed Quick
Don Quick
Dickie
Max Quick
Stromsburg
Iver Ortegren
Emil Nelson
Adram Larson
Victor Erickson
Verna
Robert
Delmar Carlson
Wahoo
Charles Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Henry Reed
Wayne Ramsey
Aurora
Daniel Wurtz
Merle Simpson
Omaha
Ella Shenk
Grand Island
Clarence Bryant
Oscar Sundberg
Bryant
Ross Krabiel
Stockam
Cliff Cramer
Floyd Patran
Raymond Shockey
Sons
York
Emory Cramer
Jimmy Sundberg
Donald Forss
LaVon Adelson
Grand
Paul Lemke
Nels Pearson
Axtell
Holdrege
Braille Founder Sparked by Domino Dots
Louis Braille conceived his tactile reading system after noticing dot patterns on domino tiles. The text mentions Turkish towels and suggests not ironing them as ironing may dull absorbency or crease loops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Braille
Lincoln and surrounding area social guests listed
Weekend and Sunday visits include Iolene Johnson Delores Dahlin in Lincoln Rolland Dahlin home. Guests of Viola Benson Sadie Clark and others in Omaha Kearney Aurora Stromsburg Hordville Pawnee City and Ray Werner homes. Joyce Klingsborn honored with birthday group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iolene Johnson
Delores Dahlin
Lincoln
Rolland Dahlin
Leo Wurtz
Daniel
Viola Benson
Sadie Clark
Elwyn Johnson
Ollie Johnson
Roy Robertson
Denver
Bill Allison
Freddie
Thompson Allison
Kearney
Sam Wall
Leland McCrae
H. G. Brauer
Lloyd Stromberg and
Roy Davenport
Aurora
Marvin Fredrickson
Omaha
Earl Johnson
Stromsburg
Hannah Hahn
Harold Hanquist
Hahn
Hanquist
Hordville
Harlan Johnson
Frank Etters ‘Andson
Pawnee City
Eldon Anderson
Ronnie
Art Anderson
Jake Harding
Ray Werner
Ed Klingsborn
Joyce Klingsborn
Stromsburg Social Doings Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Karl Karlson of Lincoln visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs S D Evins. Alvin Rasmussen and daughter Anita of Fremont spent the day with Anita’s mother Mrs Ida Hirsch and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Karlson
Lincoln
S. D. Evins
Alvin Rasmussen
Anita
Fremont
Ida Hirsch
Weekend visits and family gatherings across Nebraska towns
Mrs. Dora Burgeson of Central City spent the weekend with her daughter, and many relatives from Wahoo Lincoln Stromsburg and Clarks attended church and social events. The group traveled to Arnold and Callaway for Armistice Day football and visited Cedar Rapids and David City areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Burgeson
Central City
Harland. Fusby
Richard Christensen
Wahoo
Jack Christensen
Lincoln
H. Christensen
C. P. Nelson
Norah Myrberg
R. E. Nelson
Stromsburg
Roy Nelson
Clarks
Wickstrom
Valley
Elmer Nelson
Omaha
Ira W. Ready
Don Jackson
Arnold
Nebraska
Cc. M. Bennett
M. M. Jones
Renton
Washington
B. F. Clifford
A. V. Kjelson
Valentine
Lee Kjelson
W. R. French
Melvin Kreifeis
York
Wm. Ernest
Coon Rapids
Iowa
Cuba Finnell
O. D. Graves
Cedar Rapids
Marshall Finnell
Max Thelen
Clifford
David City
Clyde Ericson
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Hordville News
Yessir
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Tribe of
Central Citians
Tribe of Yessir
Rialto
Friday & SA
William Boyd
Turday
Andy Clyde
Penny Bingiston
Blondie
SUN
Humphrey Bogart Florence Marley
Tokyo Joe
Lucille Ball
William Holden
Janis Carter
James Gleason
Miss Grant
Richmond
Arthur Lake
Ovember
Stampede
Starrind
Rod Cameron
Johnny Mack Brown
Cartoon — News
Gate Storm
Don Castle
Pete Smith
Marilyn Miller
June Haver
Ray Bolgee
Gordon MacRae
Charlie Ruggles
Cartoon News
Randolph Scott
Ella Raines
Edgar Buchanan
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Fisher Unisteel
Johnson Brothers Chevrolet
Ak Va
Frist
Lownie
Danaka
Dearborn Implements
Peon Ryt
Reece
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