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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1974
Page
4
Local brief notes volleyball team beat Hampton 15 2 15 13 with Sandra Chader leading scoring. Hampton defeated Hardville 42 6 Friday. Rising City visit Friday. Seniors and clubs held meetings, birthdays celebrated, and a Mabel Samuelson estate sale drew a large crowd with brisk bidding.
Polk area residents report a flurry of social visits. Larry and Susan Cramer of Stromsburg called on Emory Cramer. George Swanson of Minneapolis spent the week with Mrs Hannah Hahn. Darvin Hahn and Sara of Kearney stayed overnight with Mrs Hahn and Doyle. Nearby, Anna Rau Evelyn Shenk Clarence Guthrie and M O Johnson visited Mrs Hulda Sagehorn. Harold Hanquist and Edwin Doremus stopped by the Hahn and Ehn homes. Kent hosted Mark Lindholm of Lincoln. Leroy Nelson and Ray Sundberg visited Martha Larson at York Manor. Gilbert Lampshire called on Carl Sweman in Syracuse hospital.
A weekly hospital roll for Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital shows numerous patients in Osceola Stromsburg Stromsburg Polk Shelby Rosemont Chicago Coloma Michigan and Silver Creek. Names include Carl Allinder Florence Anderson George Buchta David Carlson Ruth Cornish Elmer Dodds Ernest Donelson Fred Eickhorst Orval Gildersleve Bertha Graves Emma Horstman Jeril Johnson Joyce Lucas Julius Johnson Ewald Klingsporn Hildur Lundborg Florence Mills Phoebe Morgan Wallace Samuelson Bertha Schmid Fern Schmoker Nellie Scow Ethel Stegeman Goldie Swanson Carol Thelan Ellen Wieseman Donald Yungdahl Clarence Burke Edgar Anderson Evelyn Anderson Millie Carlson Oscar Carlson Ida Coffin Lula Hanson Maud Herrmann Randall Peterson Hariet Sundberg Steven Wombacher Ruth Sundberg Louise Timm John Walford Jolene Becker Tressie Brown Verna Davis Matilda Gildersleve Hannah Hahn John Karges Nettie Nekl Edna Reed Alfonso Rosno and others.
Mr and Mrs Ray Sundberg visited Mrs Calmar Johnson at York hospital Saturday evening. Gideon Rally attendance and overnight stay in Ord. Levar Sandell visit to Cozad and Jergens family fellowship dinner. Nebraska Oregon game seen in Lincoln. Lincolns Arlan Stromberg family dined with Lloyd Stromberg. Mildred Willits visited Rena Drewel at Central City and Ed Rudman in hospital. Robert Willits and Pam dined with the Rahrs in Lincoln and attended Wesleyan game. Alan Willits a football team member. Mrs Martin Lundstrom visited Robert Willits at home. Mrs Robert Hellbush of Grand Island visited in Lyle Dornburgh home. Ostrander family of St Edi visited Lyle Dornburgh. Nettie Carlson and Ellsworth visited Wallace Lind Sunday evening.
The Arborville Missionary and Aid Society gathered at the Midwest Covenant Home chapel on Wednesday September 11 with Home residents as guests. Ruth Hanson’s birthday was celebrated and new program booklets for next year were distributed.
Mrs Oscar Sundberg and Mrs Hannah Bodine served lunch at the WWI Barracks in Stromsburg Monday. Oscar Sundberg attended the meeting and the Sundbergs with Mae Felton visited Parkview in Central City. Ruth Curry from South Gate Calif came for the Hanquist Golden anniversary and stayed with relatives. Wallace Sandell spent days at Palmer with Roger Hawke family while their baby had ear surgery. Merton Flodman family and Robin of Central City were guests for Mrs Flodman’s birthday. Robin stayed weekend with his parents.
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