Plover society notes weekend visits and community events
Plover residents hosted visitors over the week end including Mr. and Mrs. J Andrew McFadzen and baby in Hayle Grove. Local gatherings featured the Willing Workers supper at the Presbyterian church basement and a moving picture program planned by the Mover Community Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Andrew McFadzen
Hayle Grove
Harry Mcfadzen
Mian Onota Horsman
Marl Kilbourne
Marcus
Orville Kling
W. J. Johnson
Paton
Des Moines
B. B. Hubbell
Ellie
Minnesota
Muerer
Elmer Heathman
Pocahontas
Willing Workers Society
Presbyterian Church
George Foley
Geo. Emmerson
Walker
West Bend
Mover Community Club
Shipping Association
Ray McKim
Pikertown Farm Union
Ivan Harris
Lillie Struthers
Evelyn
Gerald Foust
Food Struthers
Peery JF. White
Louis Wilson
James Anderson
American Legion
Baurens
Part Kabourne
Bloyd Porgoson
Walface Bruner
Dl M. Bush
Frank Miles
Ettor
The
American Legionaire
Vonmmander
Morris Cahill
Cedar Rapids
Larson
Swea City
Bladdel
Spirit Larke
Legion Ausilisry
G. K. Birie
Perfort Mans
Ten Events Won by Plover Entrants at Estherville Music Contest
Plover school contestants entered ten events at the district music contest in Estherville on Thursday to Saturday, winning one first, two seconds, four thirds and three fourths. Dorothy Sanders, Allen Hubbell, Ilene Everson led the First Class C orchestra and other groups earned top placings including girls glee club and various solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover School
Estherville
Dorothy Sanders
Allen Hubbell
Ilene Everson
Glee Club
Grant Sanders
Pocahontas County
Fonda
Buck Willard Buck Wed in Gilmore City Ceremony
Luella Emma Buck and Raymond Willard were married Tuesday in the Lutheran church Gilmore City. Rev Seger officiated with a small group of relatives present. The couple will reside near Rolfe after a brief honeymoon and visit kin in Minnesota and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Emma Buck
Raymond Willard
Gilmore City
Rev. Seger
Blanche Willard
Alva Buck
Richard Buck
Dick Miller
Rolfe
Edwin Johnson
Mountain Lake
Minn
August Schnell
Terrill
Earl Kine
Floyd Struthers
Misa Alma Buck
Howard Smith
Laurens
Eugene Lando
Harry Willard
Harold O’neall
Yankton
S. C
Pocahontas County
Rogers Farms
Prayer Methodist Church Notes Rev C J Mekkelson Pastor
Sunday services list includes Sunday School Bible Class Morning Worship Junior League Epworth League Evening Worship and mid week prayer meeting all regular services next Sunday Rev Whittaker from Ruthven will preach Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Whittaker of
Ruthven
Card of Thanks from Mrs. C. D. Ferruson
A note from Mrs. C D Ferruson of Minneapolis expresses gratitude for letters and tokens during hospital stay. The Minneapolis Journal contrasts divorce views with a doctor’s remark on choosing a wife as carefully as buying a car, noting even well chosen cars backfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.D. Ferruson
Minneapolis
Pepper School Notes in Class Activities and Honors
The eighth grade studies Thackeray Eliot and Stevenson while biology dissects a pigeon and law covers loans. Perfect penmanship and spelling honors are listed for several students across grades, with dental honor roll names and new reading books noted. New York World Telegram cautions on wheat surplus and price depression and suggests destruction as a last resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sharp
Charles Sharp
Dorothy Hofert
Junior Minkler
Dorothy DuBois
Jay Arnold
Charlotte Hess
Howard Hubbell
Marjorie Sharp
Wilfred S. Bronson
Anatole France
Jack Hoffert
New York World-Telegram
Graceful Garment Ruana of the Colombian Andes
Alison Popeny describes the ruana or poncho equivalent in Colombia and Latin America. The square woolen garment, four to five feet across, drapes with a center slit for the head and folds over the shoulders. It is praised for warmth rain protection and graceful ease on a morning ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin America
Ecuador
Alison Popeny
National Geographic Magazine
Dan Beard and the Roots of American Boy Scouts
The passage traces Lieut. Gen. Sir Robert S. S. Baden Powell’s influence on youth messaging in the Boer War era. It credits Beard and Seton with founding American scouting circa 1905, noting the later incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910 and the global spread of the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. S. Baden Powell
South Africa
Boy Scouts
England
United States
Boy Scouts of America
Daniel Carter Beard
Dan Beard
Ernest Thompson Seton
American Scouts
The Fable of the Unwashed Dishes and Lemon Bath Soap
A Detroit News anecdote recalls a husband who washes dishes with his wife s bath soap by mistake. The tale ends with a warning to be careful how you please your wife and to consider the consequences of well meant acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Comment on Men Guessing a Woman’s Age
A brief quip notes that men often estimate a woman's age and then halve the result when sharing it. The remark highlights social stereotypes about age perception in conversations.
Twins Celebrate On Birthday Dinner at Henderson Home
A dinner at John Henderson’s home on Sunday April 12 honored the anniversary of John Henderson and Janet McFadden the twins. Guests with April birthdays included Velma Strong Roy Henderson and Margaret Parradee and Chas Henderson and Kathryn Butler. About forty people attended the cafeteria style meal with visitors from Spencer Belmond Eagle Grove and Prairie City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henderson
Janet McFadden
Velma Strong
Roy Henderson
Margaret Parradee
Chas. Henderson
Kathryn Butler
G. D. Henderson
Spencer
Roy A. Henderson
Gladys Barry
Belmond
J. Andrew McFadden
Billy
Eagle Grove
Albert McFadden
John Lawrence
Lowell
Prairie City
Prover Presbyterian Church Notes Rev Walter Rothwell Pastor
Prover Presbyterian Church notes Rev Walter Rothwell, pastor. Morning worship. Choir rehearsal Thursday eight o clock. Orchestra Friday eight. Plans for weekly Bible study on Acts for teachers and general interest. King James version preferred. Fort Dodge Presbytery spring meeting in Lakota April 21 22. Installation of officers and Sunday school workers last Sunday. Baptism of David Arthur child of Mr and Mrs Wm McKim. Call 347 for illness reports. Church officers and Sunday school staff listed with roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKim
Frank Climpyon
Ernest Groves
Plover
Roger
F. Rt. Eggspuehler
Cedora
Fred Groves
John Fisher
O. A. Zeck
W. Meredith
Frank Pearce
Sac City
J. W. Ferguson
W. L. Smith
Verna Hendricks
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
E. J. Struthers
Edwin
Gerald Foust
Rolfe
Willing Workers’ Society
FE. L. Wallace
Earl Day
Gilmore City
U. Kk
Wallace
A. McEwen
Day
Lehnus
C.D. Ferguson
Clarence Eppelsheimer
Rochester
Minn
Ferguson
J. H. Gembler
Ruth Walker
Clea Jones
Violet Donaldson
Corabelle Pollock
Grant Pollock
J. J. Conrow
Elmer Nichols
Orville
Eugene
W. P. Bryant
Harold Dammann
Edna Henderson
Denius Christensen
Woman's Community Club
J. M. Rush
G. A. Everson
Fort Dodge Presbytery
Lakota
David Arthur
Wm. McKim
Also Mentioned on This Page
RL Henderson
Cecilian Glee Club
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Walls
Lucile Bueher
WHO
Jon Henderson
Women's Club
Dorothy Shaw Sacurdas
Atendance
Pomeroy
Rolte
Ponda
Icon
al. Shaw Saat
Pav Dehoe Sou
Poeshontas
Forrest Sanders Fuveral
AW. Hess
Addee Dobbs
Hank Chiapsen
M. Hess
Mersink Haskins
Charles City
Haskins
Swindadder
Tee Areny
Eee
Iowa City
Haskiis
Ble Tatov
Graibroek
Rotfe
Somor
Forrest Sanders
Tillie Swanson
Rockwell City
Swanson
Elsie Rothwell
Miss Rothwell
Lake City
Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid Society
Irene Everson
Myrtle Fisher
Rev. Quirin
Sioux City
Buck — Willard
Terry Gilkison
Willie Light
Towser
TeRry Gilson
Sino Me
Thackeray
George Eliot
Robert Louis Stevenson
P.P
Lucille Fisher
Lucille Hendricks
Elwood Henderson
Elizabeth Ferguson
Ruby Strong
Marian Hubbell
Marguerita Simonson
Margaret Jeffries
Irene Zeck
Dolores Schonberger
Gladys Trebbin
Lillian Webbink
Robbie Bush
Clarence Webbink
Phayne Heathman
le- Mar Climpson
Edithe Monselle
Oneta Horsman
Raymond Schonberger
Elmer Albough
Yvonne Kilbourne
Donald Schonberger
Florence Webbink
Prover Presbyterian Church
Walter Rothwell
Chas. Ferguson
Harry McFadden
James H. Pollock
L. E. Garlock
J. H. Pollock
Chas. R. Henderson
Levert Swanson
A. G. Heathman
Raymond Henderson
Chas. Lehnus
John Perrigo
Treas
Gladys McLaughlin
W. H. Cassell
Henry Fitzgerald
5. Tgrove
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