Local Social Visits Crowd Last Week in Central City Area
Local residents hosted and visited friends across Central City and surrounding towns. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Lennis Lind and Mr and Mrs Elmer Garner, while Ak-Sar-Ben events drew Nettie Carlson and others. Additional visits spanned Parkview Central City, Omaha, Des Moines area, and Columbia, with multiple family gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennis Lind
Elmer Garner
Nellie LaVelle
Richard Johnson
Parkview
Central City
Charles Shenk
Angie
Iowa
Mark Albin
Evelyn Shenk
Omaha
Nola Simpson
Everett Hollett
Clear Lake
Rolland Stromberg Homie
Lloyd Widga
Ak-Sar-Ben
Nettie Carlson
Pioneer Farm
Ak-Sar- Ben
Ellsworth
Phyllis Scribner
Lois Johnson
Frank Spires
Stromsburg
Go Big Red Not Advancing Polk High Scholastic Goals
Letters show Polk High School graduates urging focus on academics over athletics while Nebraska highway sculptural projects on Interstate 80 draw reader interest. Correspondence references state education priorities, funding, and public debate with figures from Polk High and the University of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Polk High School
Polk
Charles Otte
Linda Swanson
Kevin Graves
Charles
Linda
Kevin
State Department of Education
Colege
Local social notes from Polk County
Mr and Mrs Wesley Wheeler of Wauneta stayed with the Reuben Hanquist family. The Wheelers and Hanquists attended the State Gideon Convention in Grand Island on Saturday. Mrs LaVaughn Adelson and Kent visited Marland Adelson at the Veterans Hospital in Lincoln Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Sam Grogan and Candy and Travis Hanson of York were guests in the Carroll Flodman home for Saturday supper and evening. Gloria Griffin of Orange California came Friday to spend a few days with her father Enoch Peterson. Dudley Baack of Verdigre spent Saturday night and Sunday with his parents, Mr and Mrs Robert Baack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Wheeler
Wauneta
Reuben Hanquist
Wheelers
Hanquists
Grand Island
LaVaughn Adelson
Kent
Marland ‘Adelson
Veterans , Hospital
Lincoln
Sam Grogan
Candy
Travis Hanson
York
Carroll Flodman
Gloria Griffin
Orange
Calif
Enoch Peterson
Dudley Baack
Verdigre
Robert Baack
Nebraska Bicentennial Sculpture Sparks Board Debate
Geske defends a three category project for the interstate Bicentennial Sculpture Corp. The committee splits works into commemorative pieces events for Independence Day and Horizons. The rest stop sculpture is placed under Horizons to bring contemporary art to Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Bicentennial Sculpture Corporation Board
Nebraska
Geske
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lloyd Widge
Wesley Jones
Frida
Ted Dittmer
Betty Carlson
Jerry
Dick Dittmer
Dale Thorn
Loveland
Col
Loveland, Co
Bob Dittmer
Russell Fjell
Jennie Coover
Michael Fjell
Millard
David Fjell
Kristy
Columbus
Julia Johnson
Lyle Widga
Steve Johnson
Chris
Wilmer Johnson
Evelyn Swedenberg
Anna Smith
Clarks
Jed Fitch
North Platte
Virgil Bush
Purina
Blanco Products Co
Efi Lilly & Co
Polk Grain Co
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Peoria, Arizona
Rena May Lawson
Arizona Republic
Phoenix
Bankers Life Insurance
Thomas A. Yates
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