Progressive Files Highlight Local Movements and Prices
Paul Strand enrolls at G I business school and Hartwig Flodman heads to New York with family. September corn lows and pork grain markets cited. York barber rates 25 cents for haircuts. Community events include weddings planned, church farewells, birthday celebrations, and open house for Brauer Funeral Home remodel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwig Flodman
New York
Eric Forslund
Sweden
Laurine Dahlgren
Boulder
Colo
Paul Strand
Grand Island
Business College
G. M. Hill
Vera
Hazel Adelson
York
Marie Bodine
David Greenwall
R. J. Allison
C. R. Peterson
The
Methodist Church
W. T. Randolph
Surprise
Grade School Enrollment Drops After Moves and New Student
Enrollment figures show a net drop as grades from first to sixth lose students while a Pennsylvania entrant enters first grade. Kevin Richardson adds one by virtue of his arrival, while the Taylor family relocates from Clarks to Kansas, affecting multiple grades. Total enrollment now stands at 100 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Kevin Richardson
Nancy Richardson
Taylor
Eugene Taylor
Clarks
Kansas
Jo Strand Hosts Birthday Club in Spencer
The Jolly West Birthday Club met at the Paul Strand home on Tuesday September 28 to celebrate Anita Hisler's birthday. Alma Lampshire presided. social hour featured Bunce with Viola Babcock and Jo Strand in charge. Florence Hoffman won high prize, Eu Kim second. Fourteen members shared a pot luck lunch. Selah McNaught baked the cake. Nearby visits included Virgil Bush and family in Osceola and Dick Bauer with Lauren in Spencer. Hanquist guests with Gustafsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly West Birthday Club
Paul Strand
Anita Hisler
Alma Lampshire
Viola Babcock
Jo Strand
Florence Hoffman
EU Kim
Selah McNaught
Canadian fishing trip yields 660 pounds of fish
A Progress week picture highlights six hundred sixty pounds of fish hauled home by fishermen Nick McNaught Herb Rasmussen Joe Litzenberg Sam Wall Leonard Anderson Ray Werner Jim Brazda Jr and Reuben Anderson Mickey Fjell and Gary Harless of Kearney spent the weekend with their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick McNaught
Herb Rasmussen
Joe Litzenberg
Sam Wall
Leonard Anderson
Ray Werner
Jim Brazda, Jr
Reuben Anderson
Mickey Fjell
Gary Harless
Kearney
My Lai, Trials, and Illusions in Vietnam War Debate
The piece critiques the My Lai massacre coverage by Seymour Hersh, questions Captain Medina's acquittal, and argues the trials masked truth. It denounces official duplicity, warns against claims the war can be won, and urges recognizing illusions in wartime rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
My Lai
Seymour M. Hersh
Hersh
Mr. Hersh
United States
Ernest L. Medina
Charlie Company
Medina
Criminal Investigating Division
Office
Inspector General
Army
31St Public Information Detachment
William Calley
Nixon
Calley
Ernest Medina
Oran K. Henderson
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Vietnam
Local Community Wedding and Visit Highlights
Mr and Mrs Carroll Flodman attended the Jones Pollard wedding at St Peters Catholic Church in Clarks. Various families hosted dinners and visits in Omaha Central City Benedict Hastings Marquette Fullerton Osceola Lincoln and Lake Erickson with birthdays noted for Darwin Hahn Adrian Erickson and Mrs Nelson's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Flodman
Jones-Pollard
St. Peters Catholic Church
Clarks
Robin Flodman
Jerry Beck
Central City
Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben
Robin
Jerry
Dolan Peterson
Stacie
Harvard
Stanley Peterson
Hastings
Ron Adams
Kelly
Roy Glasser, Jr
Fred Bedient
Rudolph Anderson
Marquette
Clyde Travis
Fullerton
Roger Gustafson
Lake Erickson
Hannah Hahn and
Doyle
Harold Hanquist
Adrian Erickson
Clayton Nelson
Nelson
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. I. Business School
B. M. Burke
Rochester
Minn
Mrs Lindstrom
Charles Moberg
Lincoln
Fred
Burney Schmidt
Hattie Johnson
Axel Rudeen
Stromsburg
Columbus
Andrew Erickson
L. L. Coryell Products Company
City
John Adelson
M. E Prather
Chariton
Iowa
Arthur Scholz
Arthur Wurtz
Osceola
Arnold Beckman
Geneva
Evelyn
F. L. Johnson
Reinhold Klute
Emil Meerkatz
Karl Dethloff
C. H. Lindburg
A. E. Swanson
J. S. Hedbloom
Nebraska Baptists
Walter Green
R.L. Smith
Allison
Elmer Hanquist
Ebba Hanquist
Henry Sandell
R. M. Bailey
Henry Horstman
Joyce
Beverly Jones
Ralph Shafer
Roy Martin
Laramie
Wyoming
Roy Cramer
Charles Carlson
Emory Cramer
Virgil Kisler
Jack Rice
J. C. McClure
Glen Green
Coila Fisher
W. J. Fisher
Hillis Sterner
F. ©. Merchant
Daniel McSwan
Bellevue
McSwan
San Francisco
Lloyd Blair
Cora Cockle
E. D Madison
Red Cloud
Roger Hill
Della Mae
William Meyer
Immanuel Lutheran Church
C W. Long
Church
Mary Lou Weber
John Bills
Charles Norquest
Emer Jones
Crystal Lake
Ill
Vern
Polk
Hardville
Elwood Anderson
Baptist Church
Margaret Wilshusen
Art Wilshusen
Yuma
Otto Wilshusen
Myrtle Ehn
Ehn
Edolf Erickson
Gordon Glad
Edwin Gilad
Gilbert
Jim Klingsporn
Grinnell College
George F. Baker
Leland Bowers
Grant Johnson
Manley Fisher
Blair
Harry Guidinger
Carl Schmelfenig
Frank Deich
Modesto
California
Dorothy Donelson
C. Gordon Carlson
Stromsburg Baptist Church
Howard Olson
Lloyd van Housen
Edna Crow
Robert Stohl
Genoa
Twila Johnson
Cheryl Busn
Doyle Klingsporn
Wm. Filter
van Housen
Axel Flodman
Lowell Bills
Ed Reckner
Ed Stanson
Leroy Anderson
Fritz Bedient
Bruce
Laramie Peak
Kenneth Ziegelbein
Don Dose
Glen Miers
Seward
Arkansas
Ft. Scott
Jonnson
Nebraska
Membes Nebraska Association
Ni WeAcer Association
N.s.e.am
Virgil Bush
Walter Bush
Albert Johnson
Spencer
Dick Bauer
Lauren
Rudolph Gustafson
Reuben Gustafson
Beverly
Hannah Hahn
Dean Buffingham
Darwin Hahn
Sara
Darwin
Don Hanquist
Donald Hanquist
Tina Gustafson
Ann Blase
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