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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1975
Page
5
Martin Lundstroms entertain weekend guests and a large Sunday visit list including Zehrs Poland Heckman and many Lundstrom relatives. Calvary Lutheran Church in Swede Home prints service times and LCW unit schedules for September with church activities and classes.
Mr and Mrs Horace Stevens visited in the Wayne Stevens home at Ewing. Reuben Hanquist accompanied by Paul Oswald of Aurora attended a Gideon Retreat at Covenant Heights Estes Park Colorado over the weekend. Carl Salchow and Shelby of Kearney were guests of Mary Salchow Friday to Sunday. Joe Ehn and Arthur Swedenburg were in Clarks last Saturday. Earl Stevens visited his mother Ida Fredrick at Fullerton Manor Sunday afternoon.
Willis Paris presides at Polk Nebraska church with Bible classes and worship. Saturday 9 30 a m Bible instruction class Sunday 10 a m Sunday School 11 a m worship service 7 30 p m evening gospel service Monday White Cross meeting web 8 00 p m Bible study and prayer.
Twenty five Fredrickson relatives gathered at the Viking Center in Stromsburg for the annual reunion on Sunday August 17. After a 1 PM picnic the president Gordon Fredrickson led a brief business meeting. Wesley Fredrickson read records from earlier reunions. Officers elected for next year include Ansel Fredrickson president Helen Gustafson sec treas and Marjorie Richard Verna Fredrickson lunch committee. The 1976 reunion will be held at the Viking Center on the third Sunday in August. Attendees included Morris and Agnes Richards Osceola Ollie and Arlette Johnson Aurora Marvin Fredrickson Polk Earl and Ansel Fredrickson Gordon Fredrickson Wesley Fredrickson Everett Anderson and Russel Fredrickson Stromsburg Genevieve Anderson Polk Alice Gustafson Osceola Monty Fredrickson Mike and Mark Fredrickson Lincoln.
The Arborville Missionary and Aid Society met August 2 at Mildred Sterner’s Good Samaritan Village home in Hastings. Shirley Morris led devotions, Florence Kennel previewed the year’s lessons, and Harriett Bodient chaired the business meeting before a village tour. Guests included Mrs C F Stouffer and Mrs Lloyd Morris. Lunch followed.
Sunday evening visitors included Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor of Benedict and Mr and Mrs Russell Taylor of Beatrice. Others dropped by homes in Osceola Shelby and Columbus area for meals, coffee, and overnight stays as relatives gathered for the Beeten Everett reunion and state fair attendance.
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