Polk Echoes Through 50 Years Of Local Notes
Fifty years of Polk news highlights include 158 farm rigs counted by a Progress representative on Saturday. Ray Peterson of Polk wins for Grand Island against Fairbury and Norfolk. plans for a Baptist Church delivery. local business visits and school moves. multiple anniversaries and community events across Polk, Stromsburg, Crete, and surrounding towns.
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Polk
Ray Peterson
Grand Island
Progress
Fairbury
Norfolk
Ray
Florence Anderson
Clarks
Dana Westfall
Crete
Atend College
Doane
George Mitchell
Ed Larson
Cliff Branting
Woodman Lodge
Central City
Harold Strand
Lincoln
Trinity LCW Elects Officers For Year
The Trinity Lutheran Church LCW met Sept. 4 with 17 members and 2 visitors. Fern Myers elected president. Frances Tenniges vice president. Jeanine Hoffman secretary. Bertha Brazda treasurer. Lauretta Neuhaus and Donna Werner hosted. Fern Myers named delegate to Grand Island LCW convention Oct 18-19.
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LCW
Trinity Lutheran Church
Edna Steenbock
Anita Eisler
Fern Myers
Dudley Blach
Frances Tenniges
Jeanine Hoffman
Bertha Brazda
Blanche Sand
Faith and Life
Leila Ramsey
Mildred Norquest
Christian Action
Grand Island
Lauretta Neuhaus
Donna Werner
Frances Tonniges
Richard Widga Celebrates Eighth Birthday Party
A group of youngsters were entertained at a swimming party in Stromsburg park on Monday September 2 honoring Richard Widga's 8th birthday. A lunch was served by his mother Mrs Don Widga and guests included Mrs Richard Widga and Mrs Larry Killion.
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Stromsburg Park
Richard Widga
Don Widga
Larry Killion
Hastings couple visit friends in town
Rev. and Mrs. Edick Anderson of Hastings were Friday afternoon callers on Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hanquist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edick Anderson
Hastings
Elmer Hanquist
Weekend visits and travels in the GM Hill area
Dr and Mrs Art Peterson and family of Greeley Col e and Mr and Mrs Gerald Brownfield and children of Lincoln visited over the weekend in the GM Hill home. Floyd Merchant left Thursday for Indianapolis to attend his brother in law and Mrs Gardner Stevens and Joel returned home from Hartford Conn holiday weekend Blair visit Gerald Warren son of Mr and Mrs H E Warren qualified as a carrier pilot after six landings on USS Monterey in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Columbus
Womans Club
Gilbert Benson
Rolland Dahlin
Oscar Jones
Chauncey Gustafson
Clarks
Lloyd’ Kroger
Marvin Fredrickson
Hazelle Hedbloom
Stromsburg
Billie Williams
T. S. Fisher
Sophie Reed
Harvey Lind
Art Anderson
York
R. E. Merchant
Rebekah Lodge
Will Blase
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Polk
Retha Creech Sheralee Hill
Marilyn Hahn
Gaylen Holmes
Ronald
Donald Nyberg
Leon Stunkel
Dale Anderson
Jeanelle Kroger
Immanuel Lutheran Hospital
Omaha
Bernard Land
Brighton
Colo
Mrs. Land
Wendell Shaw
Art Peterson
Greeley, Cole
Gerald Brownfield
Lincoln
GM. Hill
Floyd Merchant
Indianapolis
Ind
Merchant
Gerald Stevens
Joel
Hartford
Conn
Grant Johnson
Leland Bowers
Manley Fisher
Blair
Gerald Warren
H. E. Warren
Monterey
Gulf of Mexico
Hanquists escort daughter to Bethel College in Minnesota
Mr and Mrs Don Hanquist took their daughter Bonnie to St Paul Minnesota on Thursday where she will attend Bethel College They returned home Sunday evening Miss Imogene Hanquist accompanied them
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Marquette
J . Felton
Astelma
Dorothy
Schultz
Pat” Crow
Nellie” Nyberg
Platte River
Call
Rystroms
Stromsburg
York
Hilding Dahlin
Esther ‘Newman
Don Hanquist
Bonnie
St. Paul Minn
Bethel College
Imogene Hanquist
Local Family Gatherings Reach Across States
Mr and Mrs Urban Spoor of Peru visited their daughter Don Widga’s family for a weekend. Richland couple Mr and Mrs Don Person and Silver Creek couple Mr and Mrs Don Schippareil were Sunday supper guests at Dean Ostberg’s home. Omaha's Bill Ferrand, Gail Widga, and Rockford's Ray Hallquist with Jody and grandmother Mrs Hennie Seymour joined Saturday supper at Richard Widga's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urban Spoor
Peru
Don Widga
Don Person
Richland
Don Schippareil
Silver Creek
Dean Ostberg
Bill Ferrand
Omaha
Gail Widga
Ray Hallquist
Jody
Rockford, Til
Hennie Seymour
Richard Widga
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Gether
C. H. Larson
New Baptist Church
BE. K. Crown
Arnold
David City
Hannah Drug Co
Uebrablm Vwtsss
Associatvom
asGpcfarian
Nebraska
Otto Wegman
Earl Pickerel
Goodland
Kan
Margaret Anderson
Ree Seymour
Horstman
Fullerton
Art Rowe
Mabel Ekenlcher
Hazel Stromberg
Haith Motor
Dodge
Dodge Trucks
Dart Sales & Service
Dodge and Dart
Wann
Peur A
Dick’s
J.A. Green
Gooch
Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n
Polk, Nebraska
the Polk Progress
Norris W. Alfred
Congress
Wegner & Clausen Monument CO
Nebr
Trinity Lcw
Richard
Exal’ Zity
Harimans Drug Stores
Stromsburg, Nebr
State Farm
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
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