Social Roundup Notes From Swede Home and Area
Local social calendar records visits and gatherings across Swede Home and nearby towns. Notable items include open house at Polk Methodist Church for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnsons 50th anniversary, church activities at Calvary Evangelical Lutheran, and multiple family visits among Gestrines, Johnsons, Oquist, and Sarow groups with guests from Genoa Grand Island Wausa and Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Yungdahl
Ronald Sarow
Harold A. Johnson
Frank Oquist
Evelyn
Martin Gestrine
Edna
Ruth Gestrine
Ben Berger
Raymond Gestrine
Irvin
Lester Gestrine
Clarence Nielsen
Mardell Johnson
Harold W. Johnson
Roger Hanquist
Eugene Cromwell
Genoa
Kenneth Anderson
TCW Club
Lillie Chindgren
Covenant Home
Miss Chindgren
Sarow
Amanda Anderson
Anna Appleton
Esther Appleton
Russell O. Scholta
Inez Franzen
Sioux City
Iowa
Polk Methodist Church
Richard Johnson
Lance
Stanley Oquist
Carl G. Johnson
Fort Collins
Colo
Jim Bennett
Adolph Forss
Minneapolis, Minn
John Forss
Milton Anderson
Myron Jones
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Lois
Mary
Rachel
Lom
North Blue Doings Birthday and Visiting Notes
Brenda Bankson celebrates her birthday with neighbors and relatives. Numerous visits are noted among the Bankson, Sagehorn, Klingsporn, Mueller, Blase, Collett, Wurtz, Moeller, Ziegelbein, Schulze, Peters, Reher, Buettner, Husman, Nelson, and Stahl families across Central City, York, Stromsburg, Grand Island, Bradshaw, Osceola, and Cen tral City.
Hordville Club Takes Bus Trip to Omaha For Day Tour
Home Service Club members along with guests from York California Cambridge and Central City toured Omaha shopping at Cross Roads and Westroads on an 8 am to 8 pm chartered bus trip. The group dined cafeteria style and later held a Wednesday steak fry at the Dwayne Hahn cabin with several local couples attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Club
Omaha
Cross Roads
West Roads
Dwayne Hahn
LaVern Hartford
Gerald Gleason
George Ferris
John Jefferson
Central City
Phil Foulk
Clarks
Ida Bush
Andrew
Everette Blender
Local Families Share Sunday Meals After Friday Football
Mr and Mrs Ernie Lott were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Max Lott in Shelby. Mr and Mrs Harold Anderson and boys were lunch guests in the Dean Ostberg home after the football game Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Ernie Lott
Max Lott
Shelby
Harold Anderson
Dean Ostberg
Wurtz Birthday Honored During Lincoln Weekend Visit
Sunday dinner and luncheon guests of Mr and Mrs Oscar Jones honored Mrs Anna Wurtz on her 86th birthday. Lincoln visitors attended the Texas Nebraska football game. Other notes include visits by the Stevens McNaught Lott Ruge groups and a grandchildren accordion recital at Bradshaw High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Jones
Anna Wurtz
Max Jones
Lowell Bills
Robert Baack
Lanny Ang
Lincoln
Jane Lindburg
Don Miller
Earl Stevens
Neal McNaught
Ernie Lott
Ray Ruge
Central City
Bradshaw High School
Duane Newton
Allan Neuhaus Arrives Home From Vietnam
Allan Neuhaus son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Neuhaus arrived home Thursday Sept 18 from thirteen and a half months of active duty in Vietnam. Alvin Dahlin honored for fifty lodge years by Viking Oddfellow Lodge No 328 Polk as Re bekahs attended and presented the Fifty Year Jewel to his wife. Clarence Austin noted as a thirty five year member unable to attend. Lunch served after meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Neuhaus
Arnold Neuhaus
Vietnam
Alvin Dahlin
Viking Oddfellow Lodge No. 328
Polk
Rebekahs
Rebekah
Clarence Austin
Medford guest visiting in Oregon kinship tied events
Mrs. Marie Anderson of Medford Oregon stayed with Mr. and Mrs Clarence Bodine on Friday. She is Clarence s sister. They traveled to Lincoln on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Claude Shenk of Clarks were Thursday evening visitors in the Mervin Shenk home. Mr and Mrs Gerald Stevens and Becky were Sunday supper guests in the Eldon Anderson home in York. Mr and Mrs Robert Willits and family were Sunday afternoon visitors in the Martin Lundstrom home. Mr and Mrs Wm Wright of Osceola were Sunday supper guests of Mrs Minnie Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Anderson
Medford
Oregon
Clarence Bodine
Clarence
Lincoln
Claude Shenk
Clarks
Mervin Shenk
Gerald Stevens
Becky
Eldon Anderson
York
Robert Willits
Martin Lundstrom
Wm. Wright
Osceola
Minnie Wright
Three From Polk Join Armed Forces
Five Polk County youths were forwarded to Omaha for induction on September 23, 1969. Steven Carlstrom and Robert Brockevelt volunteered. Arlette Johnson Dennis Anderson and Larry Mentink were inductees. Inductees to Ft Polk Louisiana and twelve registrants sent for physicals. Polk County not issued October induction. twelve scheduled for October 28 examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Omaha
Steven Herman Carlstrom
Carl Carlstrom
Polk
Robert James Brockevelt
Ernest M. Brockevelt
Arlette Delano Johnson
Theodore Johnson
Osceola
Dennis Lee Anderson
Reuben Anderson
Clarks
Larry Ray Mentink
Gerald M. Mentink
Stromsburg
Armed Forces
Ft. Polk
Local Visitors and Social Guests Listed
A tidbit notes Mr and Mrs Robert Willits and family visited Mr and Mrs Bob Rahrs and Jeff in Lincoln on Thursday evening. Mrs Lawrence Lind of Stromsburg was a coffee guest of her mother Mrs Julia Flodman.
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Blue Doings
Brenda Bankson
John Mueller
Duane Blase
Ewald Klingsporn
Eugene Klingsporn
Sons
Alvin Smith
Ida Collett
Aurora Hospital
Gary Sagehorn
Sandy
Raymond Sagehorn
Viola Ziegelbein
Louise Wurtz
Milford Johnson
Parkview
Edith Benson
Kenneth Ziegelbein
Albert Moeller Jr
Grand Island
Elmer Wilshusen
Sherman Wilshusen
Emma Zierret
Marvin Bankson
Brenda
Henry Schulze
Wayne Person
Marvin Schulze
Ray Stankel
Raph Peter
Ralph Peters
Gilbert Reher
Hugo Reher
Arnold Reher
Barner Reher
Alfred Buettner
Ella Husman
Dora Nelson
Jerry Klone
Bradshaw
Doyle Klingsporn
Robert Stahl
Glen Stevens
Hordville
Joe Graners
California
John Erickson
Ellen Anderson
Don Lampshire
Irvin Hahn
Cambridge
Don Quick
Janet
Lennart Johnson
Margaret Larsen
Holdrege
Caught King
Helen Solt
Verna Erickson
Bob Erickson
Baptist Bible Study Group
Hardville
Inez Britt of
Doniphan
Ralph Abernathy
Sundberg
Bonneville
Catalina Vista
Barber’s Service
Stromsburge
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