Country Women’s Club meeting notes 1972 Polk county history program
The Country Women’s Club met September 28 1972 at Mrs Con Lindholm’s home with 15 members and 2 guests present. President Mrs Duane Miller conducted the business meeting. The program committee Mrs Clarence Meerkatz and Mrs Mervin Gamuels presented an interesting program on the history of Polk and Polk county. Lunch was served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Women's Club
Con Lindholm
Duane Miller
Clarence Meerkatz
Mervin Gamuels
Polk
Polk County
Polk Local News Shower Honors Virginia Lytle at Arlette Johnson Home
Polk residents attended a shower for Virginia Lytle held Saturday evening at the Arlette Johnson home. Several local women listed as attendees, including C. M. Fredrickson and Don Ostberg, among others. Sunday visitors to the Calmer Jones home in Lincoln included Mrs Clara Anderson and Mrs Margaret Jones with Martin Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Virginia Lytle
Arlette Johnson
C. M. Fredrickson
Donavin Widga
Don Ostberg
Stanford Ang
Earl Stevens
Francis Widga
Mervin Shenk
Leslie Adelson
Jones Flome
Lincoln
Clara Anderson
Martin Jones
Margaret W Jones
Guests in the Nelson King Home Evening Hosts
Thursday evening visitors included Miss Ethihe Carney and Miss Rosemary Carney of Dublin Ireland and Mr and Mrs John Gallagher of York. The Carney sisters work for Irish Airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson King
Ethihe
Rosemary Carney
Dublin
Ireland
John Gallagher
York
Carney
Brad Albin
Rick Hoffman
Mark Anderson
Ed Ostberg
Atkinson
Harold Anderson
Nebr
Clem Prososki
Kathy
Omaha
Clarence Guthrie
Lawrence Schumacher
Kansas City
Glen Babcock
Clarence Shope
Hartington
Harold Shope
Patrick
David City
Dwight Burney
Weather Summary Signals Late September Mild Climes
A week of near misses with frost and freezes ends as 39 to 70 degree swings define late September. Temperatures hovered around 39 to 62 degrees with rain on Friday and clear, warming afternoons. Indian Summer arrives as crops mature and skies clear.
Visitors Gather at P. W. Aker Home
Mr and Mrs Alvin Riser of Geneva called in the P. W. Aker home Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs George Doderdorf of Gold Hill Oregon were callers Sunday noon. Sunday afternoon guests in the P. W. Aker home included Mr and Mrs Herbert Wurtz of Clarks, Mr and Mrs M G Lindburg, Mr and Mrs Willard Lindburg, and Mr and Mrs Robert McKillip of Lincoln. Mr and Mrs P. W Aker were coffee guests in the Herbert Wurtz home in Clarks Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Riser
Geneva
P. W. Aker
George Doderdorf
Gold Hill
Ore
Herbert Wurtz
Clarks
M. G. Lindburg
Willard Lindburg
Robert McKillip
Lincoln
P. W .Aker
Autumn Field Colors Across Prairie Lands
The piece describes alfalfa cutting and Milo fields turning rusty red while corn ears yellow and milkweed fluff brightens roadside ditches. Soybeans stand leafless and ready for harvest, big bluestem grasses color roadsides, prairie cord grass flourishes, and fluffs of little blue stem appear. Weather notes record September 30 and October 1 2 with clear to cloudy skies and temperatures from 50 to 75 degrees.
TCW Club Gathering at Mrs Fredrickson Home
Eleven members of the TCW club were entertained at the C. M. Fredrickson home on Thursday evening September 28. The evening was spent socially after which a delicious lunch was served by the hostess.
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TCW Club
C. M. Fredrickson
Local Social Notes From Polk County Gatherings
Polk County residents share visits and travel over the weekend with relatives in York Clarks Stromsburg and Central City. Families including the Cramers Moore Flodman Hanson and Ehn and guests from Kansas City and Newton Iowa attend gatherings travel for funerals and hospital and schooling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Cramer
York
Emory Cramer
Dodge Clardy
Clarks
Joe Ehn
Donald D. Moore
Kansas City
Carroll Flodman
Elva Moore
Barbara
Hank Moore
Lee Hanson
Stromsburg
Donald Moore
Red Cloud
Robert Moore
Anna Christensen
Central City
Merton Flodman
Chad
Robin Flodman
Newton
Iowa
Maytag
Lee Harless
Josephine Samuels
York Hospital
Hannah Hahn
Doyle
Kearney
Darwin Hahn
Sara
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CWC
American Dairy Association
Kansas-Nebraska
Cnee
Fredrickson
Ushenko
Coop
Farmers Coop Grains Association
Polk, Nebraska
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