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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1967
Page
4
A flurry of visits and birthday wishes marked Connie Blender’s birthday celebration with relatives and friends gathering at the Vernon Cline home in Omaha area. Irma Lantzer visits from Colorado Springs. several dinners and social calls noted among Perkins, Blake, and Blender families.
Local notes list visitors from Indiana and nearby towns visiting Swede Home residents during the week. Names include Kidder Richards Davis families, Stromsburg guests, and Osceola Polk and North Platte trips. Calvary Lutheran church activities note upcoming Sunday service and choir plus confirmation class.
Mr and Mrs Dale Nelson and Mr and Mrs Milan Blase visited Mrs Blanche Nelson in Lincoln. Roger Long of Lincoln was weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Don Miller and family. Dennis Widga leaves Sept 14 for two years of Navy service in San Francisco. relatives gathered Tuesday evening in his honor.
A reader from ONeill sends four dollars for another year of The Progress and praises Orrin's writings. Dennis Widga traveled to Omaha and then to San Francisco for Navy active duty lasting two years. Lincoln visitors Mr and Mrs Richard Boswell stayed with grandparents in town, while Mrs A E B Sundberg and Mrs Addie Benjamin dined with Mrs Leo Calhoun in Stromsburg on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs C A Whittemore hosted Mrs Mattie Bedient at the Crenant Home in Stromsburg. Mr and Mrs Tom Kennedy of Newman Grove joined Mr and Mrs M G Lindburg for Sunday dinner. Ivan Johnson entertained Wayne Creech for Mrs Creech birthday dinner. Sunday evening coffee guests included Rudolph Nyberg Merlin Nyberg and Connie of Monticello Iowa. Dale Lindburg and family plus Don Bijerum and family dined with Roy Glasser Jr. and family. Harold Hoffman and Martin Hoffman Jr and families joined Martin Hoffman Sr for Sunday dinner in honor of Martin Sr birthday.
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