Community Notices and County Convention Details
Local social notes record visits, club meetings, and family events across Pocahontas County Iowa including Delayed senior and junior class trip to Des Moines. The notices announce a May 9 1939 county convention to elect a county superintendent and three board members with district presidents voting. The Bengal government irrigation department seeks remedies for Hooghly River shrinkage threatening Calcutta port vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Moe
Evelyn Wallace
Roger Isaacson
Pogahontas
Lees
Dr. Clark
Masonic Lodge
Rolfe
Clark
Mary Buller
M. E. Tradies
Aid
Joe Pugh
Bob Pugh
Eli Cupp
Victor Madson
Jack Henderson
Mason City
Pete Ras
Marguerite Bradbury
Pete Bradbury
Peter Tellier
Humboldt
Gladys Sinclair
Jens Peterson
Iowa City
Mary Buck
Inga McCreary
Virginia
Des Moines
Lucile Blank
Marvel Anderson
Fort Dodge
Bill Phillips
Leonard Lindsey
Margaret Laning
Ingval Hatlin
Sioux Rapids
Pocahontas County
Iowa
County Board of Education
Court House
Pocahontas
Lizard Township
Lincoln Township
Lincoln School
Roy A. Johnson
Bengal Government Irrigation Department
Hooghly
Calcutta
India
Sunday Visit and Birth Announcements Reach Local Homes
Town residents share visits to Phil Jacobsen and Wilbur McClurg homes. Ruth Roberts leaves Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge to recuperate and plan return to school. A 72 pound boy born April 22 to Tom and wife. Frank Cox welcomes new grandson. other families host visits. Mental illness hospitalizations in New York City per year: 102.5 males and 91.1 females per 100 000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars
Boyd
Phil Jacobsen
Oscar Orr
William David
Frank Cox
Cox
Harry Morey
Richard
Harold Hovey
Raymond
Willard Otto
Clarence
Marie Otto
Roy Hertz
Wilbur Roberts
Earl Young
Plover
Harry Spencer
John Lynch
Gilmore City
Loren Pease
A. G. Heathman and Sons
Roger and
Phayne
Clarence Heathman
Sylvester
Fort Dodge
Anna DeWolf
Savannah
O. J. Cruickshank
W. F. DeWolf
Rolfe
E. S. Pease
Pease
Bradgate
Lois O. Boyd
Alsager
Norway
John Hough
Barbara Ann
Russell Cox
Brookings
S. D
Hahn
Helen Wening
Dorothy Orr Andson
Sam Nicoson
Dale
Sue Ann
Jerome Gehrt
Corwith
Virginia Vaughn
Frank Hronek
Sadie
Charlene
Ballert Sennett
Pocahontas
Sunny
John Lawman
Orville
Harold Dunns
Graettinger
Gableson
Jack Spies
Chet Carpenter
Frank
John Weishaar
Havelock
C. J. Cruickshank
Arthur
William Sennett
Clarence Woolsey
Waterloo
Ray Williams
I. K. Martin
Bryant
Storm Lake
New York City
Plover Social Roundup Highlights Spelling Contest And Local Visits
Plover residents share weekend visits with Eleanor Johnson in Storm Lake and road trips to Des Moines for a state spelling contest as Pocahontas County sends a representative. Community notes cover church events, baby news, birthdays, a charity shower, library fundraiser, and area gatherings at Rolfe, Emmetsburg, and Fort Dodge, with Legion Auxiliary activities and local club meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Kuchenbecker
Dorothy Miller
Eleanor Johnson
Storm Lake
G. L. Sanders
Hazel Knapp
Viola Young
Des Moines
Viola
Pocahontas County
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
J. H. Bucher
Joe Arnold
Ernest Meredith
Nona Redmayne
F. E. Broadwell
Eddie Fokken
Albert City
Harry Junkman
Manson
Will Hendricks
Howard Luft
Mike Strong
Dean LeWarne
Mother
Babe
Ward Sharp
Tom Comer
Tom Jones
Adella
Sioux City
Warren Jones
Business College
Plover
Virginia
Pocahontas Presbyterian Church
Raymond Henderson
Arthur Johnson
William McKim
Evelyn Alice
Walter Rothwell
Pocahontas
J. J. Pavik
Elmer Andrews
Son
Barnum
C. E. Worster
Lucille Christensen
Marjorie Grove
J. Barnes
Farina H Ill
Albert Glasco
Helen Gilchrist
Bertha Stebbins
Velma Hill
Sioux Rapids
Bernice Hansen
Earl Young
Gerald Foust
Emmetsburg
Joe Boles
Rolfe
S. M. Goldstone
Ottosen
Presbyterian Church
Catherine Grove
Fort Dodge
Orville Cherry
W. H. Sroufe
M. E. Sroufe
Elizabeth Northrup
Grace
Merle Hilton
Margie Ann Buck
Tene
Dorothy Sroufe
Minnie
Emma
Mathilda Hanish
Elsie Rothwell
Leesie
Arlene
Pauline Meredith
American. Legion. Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Dorothy Lou’ McKim
Luis Glasco
Janice Miller
Helen
Beneke
Lela
Wilson
Carol Hofert
Varina
Gilmore City
Fred Johnson
Havelock
Wag
Nancy Ann Leidly
Laurens
Fonda
Absences Persist As Measles Affects Grades
Third and Fourth Grade classes report several absences due to measles. Ethel Young brought a birthday treat to school. Seventh and Eighth Grade Viola Young attended the state spelling contest in Des Moines Saturday and missed words withal and infallibly in written and oral rounds. Some sickness-related absences remain this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Young
Viola Young
Des Moines
Plover Presbyterian Church Announces May Activities
Pastor W. Rothwell leads Sunday school at 11 a.m. The Willing Workers meet Thursday afternoon. May breakfast on May 2. Pocahontas county Sunday school convention May 4 at Pocahontas church with luncheon and county delegates. Fort Dodge presbytery meets at Algona. services May 7 begin at 9 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Heathman
Glen Horsman
Elmer Nicol
Wm. McKim
Young Peoples' Society
Betty Jane Dahl
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas Presbyterian Church
Fort Dodge
Card of Thanks to Eastern Star and Ladies Aid Societies
Mrs. George Bush expresses sincere gratitude to the Eastern Star and Ladies Aid Societies and friends for cards and flowers received during her hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star and Ladies Aid Societies
Mrs
George’ Bush
Also Mentioned on This Page
Acgentieman
S.chilowsky
Ronotrack Automobile
Watieh
London
Bradgate News
Noble Highy
Cedar Falls
Evelyn Bishop
Roy Ellsworth
Rebekah
Progress Club
Ivan Godden
Leslie Wheeler
Hans Miller
Guy Kerns
Hans Nielsen
Mary Meisenbach
Josephine
Phil Horn
Horn
Elmer Meyer
Philip Meyer
Paton
George Marine Home
G. M. Rutgers
Jefferson
Herbert Drayer
Lee Hendricks Luft
Howard
Clyde McGuffin
St.,Paul
Bill McKim
J. H. Gembler
Myrtle Eggspuehler’ and Sons
Iowa Falls
Lelah Groves
Texas
Eggspuehler and Sons
G. A. Everson
A. G. Heathman
Sharon Rae
Harry Kinsley
Royal
Vinnie Strong
Harry McFadden
Ward Strong
The
Mercantile
Learn A Little Study Club
Library Board
Plover Library
M. E
Eldo Heathman
Ed Clark
Newell
Mervin Ter
Phil Hamble
Long Beach
Cal
Ward van Alstine
George Pirie
Fred Groves
Earl Kerns
Gerald
David Henderson
Wallace Knapp
Lohrville
Harrison Knapp Jr
Harold O’neall
Henderson
Lee Fisher
M. Y. B. Club
H. O. Beneke
C. E. Miller
L.E. Garlock
Menagha
Minn
Ed Hubbell
Rae
Clyde Maulsby
Mr. Maulsby
Plover Methodist Church
E. Redmayne
Epworth League
Plover Presbyterian Church
W. Rothwell
Thi Meds
Pathfinder
Bathenber
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