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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1975
Page
6
Louise Merchant voices community gloom as hot dry days linger in late August. The Progress reports cool mornings between 55 and 68 degrees with highs around 82 to 88, minimal rain, and frequent dry winds. Clouds tease but fail to bring moisture, leaving residents irrigating and hoping for change.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Prinee of York spent the weekend in the Leslie Adelson home. Mrs Genevieve Anderson hosted the TCW club Thursday afternoon. Mrs Clara Anderson returned from a two week vacation visiting relatives at Rockford Isl and accompanied Mr and Mrs Robert Hurley of Grand Island. Dennis Baack of Omaha and Robert Baack of the Veterans hospital in Grand Island spent the weekend with their family the Robert Baack's. Mr and Mrs Raymond Babcock of Humbolt came Wednesday to spend the rest of the week with Mr and Mrs Glen Babcock. Mr and Mrs Reuben Swanson visited Thursday evening in the Marvin Branting and Claude Stromberg homes. Mr and Mrs Gerald King and family of Holdrege spent the Labor Day weekend with his mother Bethel King.
Local residents visit friends and relatives across towns. Dwight Burney and family visit former Senator Peter Claussen in Leigh. Labor Day dinners include the Brantings and others in Lincoln and Osceola. Patios host parties for newcomers Mrs Carl Brown and Mrs Joe Green. Lincoln state fair attendance by Carl Brown and family. Holdrege visitors Shane Thomas and Gordon Fossberg family weekend stay. Surnames Branting Gustafson Brown Green etc appear in neighborhood notices.
Mr and Mrs Gaylord Dose and their boys visited the Dolan Hahn home on Friday evening. Mrs Emory Cramer and Mrs Cramer visited Bruce Cramer at York on Sunday evening.
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