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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1969
Page
7
The Home Society gathered Wednesday August 20 with 12 members and four guests. President Evelyn Shenk led the business session followed by social hour games won by Hazel Carlson and Frances Carlstrom. Lydia Peterson received the hostess gift as all enjoyed a pot luck lunch.
Mr and Mrs Robert Shostrom visited in Lincoln on Thursday with Mr and Mrs Milan Hanquist and family. Mr and Mrs Russell Fjell visited Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Adolph Forss in Stromsburg. Mrs Betty Carlson and boys of Clarks were Thursday evening visitors of Mr and Mrs Ted Dittmer. Mr and Mrs Doyle Sundberg and family of Sterling Colorado have been visiting his mother Mrs Mae Felton.
An absentee bridal shower was hosted August 20 at Mrs. Bob Willits home with Mrs. Francis Johnson as co host. Guests from Platte Center Monroe Genoa Stromsburg Osceola Alda Polk and Central City viewed gifts and wrapped them for shipment to the bride in Salt Lake City Utah. A blue and white two course lunch was served to twenty attendees.
Pam and Allen Willits were in Lincoln on Thursday and Friday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rahrs and Jeff. Mrs. Wayne Lindholm and Russell of Lincoln joined Thursday dinner at Roy Glasser Jr. home. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Dittmer and family visited Mrs. Otto Dittmer at Clark’s Saturday evening.
Readable listing details farm equipment with many John Deere and Hesston items including tractors 60 1943 24T PTO ealer manure spreader 237 corn picker 953 gears 851 mower and more. Also includes augers spreaders drills dump rakes and wagons.
Auction listings include a wide range of farm gear such as a 1947 Chevrolet car, DeLaval cream separator, 300-gal fuel tanks on stands, tractors, threshing machinery, chain hoist, cement mixer, wire, pipe, beekeeping equipment, milk can rack, lawn mower, tools, and various lumber. Numerous other items are available. details and prices not provided.
A Sunday picnic at Buckley Park brought together many Fredrickson relatives from Omaha Yucca Valley Calif Norfolk Stromsburg Clarks Fre mont and Swede Home. A short meeting named C M Fredrickson president Ol Ne Johnson secretary and Genevieve Anderson and Paul Gustafson planning committee with plans to hold the next reunion on the second Sunday in August 1970 at Buckley Park.
Mrs Sophia Klingsporn entertained the Polk Garden Club at her home on Thursday afternoon August 21 with 14 members present. Violet Sundberg led the business meeting as plans were laid for Bean Day and committees for flowers fruit and vegetables were appointed. Arrangements were made for a Courtesy Tea to accompany the flower show in the Alfred building and Sophia with Marie Henderson served a lovely lunch after the meeting.
Mr and Mrs Dwight Burney lead a 34 passenger charter tour covering Royal Gorge Colorado Springs Black Canyon of the Gunnison Mesa Verde Painted Desert Petrified Forest Las Vegas Hoover Dam and a Salt Lake City stop with the Mormon Tabernacle and Utah Capitol. The journey includes Estes Park Rocky Mountain National Park Zion National Park and a final Lincoln route with local residents joining the voyage over 3450 miles.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Shenk and family from Denver Colo visit while Mrs Shenk rests in hospital. They stay with Carroll Flodman and Herschel Shenk. Rolland Stromberg visits sister and mother in Battle Creek Ia and they stop at Clear Lake Ind last week. Felix Negron and family from Azusa Calif leave after ten days with Gerhard Dose and Gaylord Dose families.
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