Polk Community Hosts Guests Over Weekend
A long list of neighbors and relatives visited and dined with each other across Polk, Lincoln, Omaha, Rising City, and surrounding towns. The Manor gatherings included Willard Lindburg, Emma Horstman, Vera Otg, and many family groups sharing Sunday dinners, picnics, and birthday celebrations. Notable attendees included the Lindburgs, Gustafsons, Horstmans, Stevens, and Otts with travelers from Grand Island, Omaha, Central City, Palmer, and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Bousquet
Robert McKillip
Mike Bousquet
Lincoln
Dean Lindburg
Willard Lindburg
Lindburg
Duane Newton
Ernie Lott
Emma Horstman
Alvin Riser
Geneva
Neal Gallant
Kearney
Ruth Kroger
Omaha
Allen Briggs
Alta Gilbert
Robert Ostrander
Birthday Cheer and Neighbor Visits Span A Nebraska Weekend
Denice Schulze celebrates her tenth birthday with a slumber party and guests Brenda Bankson Peggy Schulze Debra Bankson and others. The community scene includes visits among Schulze Blase Stankel Ziegelbein Meerkatz and Sagehorn families with State Fair trips to Lincoln and gatherings in Hampton Central City York and Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Blase
Willis Bengtson
Millard
Lavern Schulze
Denice
Brenda
Debra Bankson
Peggy
Sharon, Schulze
Gary Sagehorn
Joe Hahn
Edwin Deuker
New Mexico
Caroline Smith
York
Henry Blase
Delta Scheapler
Helen Troester and Sons
Hampton
Art Dose
Lester Rhode
Lincoln
Don Wright
Viola Ziegelbein
Raymond Stunkel
Ralph Peters
Phillips
Victor Blase
Central City
Lizzie Meerkatz
Orange
Calif
Clara Anderson
Wayne Person
Clyde Stromberg
Gary Rice
Corad
Stromberg
Emayine Blase
Seward
Doyle Klingsporn
B. A. Moderow
Aurora
Elizabeth Meerkatz
Clarence Meerkatz
Marie Smith
Elmer Wilshusen
Loren Wilshusen
Art Duoda
Gaylord Nelson
Fremont
Ella Husman
Chapman
Ewart Klingsporn
Larry
Hubert Klingsporn
North Platte
Alton Driewer
Raymond Sagehorn
Letters To The Pork Progress
Two letters from 1970 Oregon and Nebraska readers praise local papers and Polk Bean Days. Keith Brown thanks readers for hospitality in Springfield and praises the paper. Don Searcy thanks Polk residents for a warm reception during Bean Days and notes community spirit and optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cramers
Morrisons
Bessie
Gary
Yellowstone
Jackson Hole
Judy
Bolemia Lumber Co
Keith
Laura Brown
Polk
Nebraska
Don Searcy
Swede Home News Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Dan Wegmann of Missouri visited with Mr and Mrs Otto Wegmann. Lillie Chindgren visited Mrs Adolph Forss. Lester and Ruth Gestrine spent time with Clarence Nielsen family. Several locals hosted guests and attended events including a Lincoln wedding of Jane Larson and Steven King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Wegmann
Missouri
Otto Wegmann
Lillie Chindgren
Adolph Forss
Lester Davis
Humboldt
Nebraska
Larry Davis
Harlan Johnson
DeVon Johnson
Ruth
Lester Gestrine
Clarence Nielsen
Tom Rodene
Osceola
Rudolf Sandin
Lincoln
Lloyd Widga
Lestar Widga
Joyce
Jane Larson
Steven King
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Robbie
Glen Kelly
Tommie
Grand Island
Kenneth Kelly
K. C.kelly
Dale Friedricksen
Palmer
Marvin Dittmer
James
Eugene Ortgiesen
Gary Harless
Roni
Karen Stevens
Engelwood
Colo
Arlo Stevens
Gary Stevens
Don Springer
Edina
Minnesota
Steven Springer
Son Noble
Minneapolis
McCoy
Mervin Samuels
Myron Norquest
Kermit Lindgren
Lloyd Lindgren
Pfc
Raymond Lindgren
Vietnam
Stuart Sherman
Judy Sherman
Wayne Ramsey
Lynn
David Gorrell
Henry Reed
Olga Graves
Jof Ostberg
Hugo Person
Bessie Green
Harold Bedient
Fred Bedient
Oliver Baker
Benedict
Everett Green
Ed Kisler
Herbert Fiedler
Norfolk
Glen Hill
Floyd Bodine
Ellensburg
Wash
C. J. Rodine
Los Angeles
Funk & Wagnalls
Morton’s
Ajax
Fairacre’s
Libby
PUREX
Colorado
Elberta
Sim
Cera Cyn
U. S
Fireside
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North Blue Doings
Denice Schulze
Mrs
the Pork Progress
Springfield
Oregon
Norris
Swede Home News
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