Plover Consolidated School staff and start date announced
The 1956 57 faculty for Plover Consolidated School includes H S Janssen as superintendent and Mrs Flossie DeVaul as principal. Other teachers covered subjects from homemaking to math and music. School opens August 27 1956 with a long list of board members and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover Consolidated School
H. S. Janssen
Flossie DeVaul
Melvin Renken
Joe Accurso
Jack Lloyd
Harlan Carley
W. B. Mekemson
Edwin Grove
Florence MacVey
Goldie Luft
Ruth Stephens
Florence Johannsen
Ruth Cooksey
Margaret Weller
Carol Strong
Raymond Reinders
Clarence Pringle
Glen Hilton
Russell Eneckson
N. J. Muerer
Frank Walton
Cook
Plover Consolidated School Board
Roy L. Simonson
Fay D. Pirie
E. C. VanAlstine
C. E. Eppelsheimer
James Buck
Arthur Sellers
Harold O’neall
Clyde Maulsby
Daria
Beth
Mabel Hendricks
Howard Luft
Pocahontas
J. T. Muerer
Wesley
Plover Royal
James Horsman
Laurens
Horsman
Spencer Hospital
Clarence Heathman
Humboldt
Heathman
D.M.T
Muerer
Plover
Alfred Bergeson
Ron
Renee
Bergeson
Leonard Bergeson
Estherville
Terris
Des Moines
Jack Sindergard
John Pederson
Rutland
Jens Gregerson
Sindergard
E. H. Westerman
Garland Westerman
David Brinkman
Brinkman
Jill
Card of Thanks from Barbara Trimble
Barbara Trimble expresses gratitude for ecards letters and gifts received during illness and hospital stay and thanks everyone for their kind support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Trimble
Acknowledging Kindness After Hospital Stay
A brief note from H. Gembler thanks friends and neighbors for cards letters flowers gifts and help during hospitalization. The writer says those acts of kindness will be remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D, H, Gembler
Top three junior 4-H girls demonstration teams named
Pocahontas County Fair awarded the top three junior 4-H girls demonstration teams the Up N Cummins Central Stars and Swan Lake Everreadies. Demonstrators included Linda Maddens Suzanne Veazie on matting and framing a picture for Cummins and Jean McMahon Jane Wilson on Central Stars with Karen Kress Janet Larson for Swan Lake Everreadies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County Fair
Up'n Cummins
Central Stars
Swan Lake Everreadies
Cummins
Linda Maddens
Suzanne Veazie
Jean McMahon
Jane Wilson
Karen Kress
Janet Larson
Dover Deers
Clarice Terepaugh
Inez Steffen
Lake Farmerettes
Mary Hodgell
Betty Behrendsen
Colfax Crickets
Elaine Anderson
Shirley Jeszee
Bellville Belles
Barbara Larson
Nancy Janssen
Grant
Joann Vetter
Jean Poppen
Sherman Senoritas
Carol Leith
Louise Meredith
Powhatan Squaws
Carol Ann Sellers
Judith Pirie
Lincolnettes
Kay Nedved
Mary Lee Wagner
Swan Lake Cloveteers
Lynn Rubel
Judy Alstott
Fourteen Girls Selected for State Fair 4-H Entries
Fourteen Pocahontas County Fair home furnishing exhibits were chosen for the Iowa State Fair August 24 to September 2. Names and items include Joyce Shors Pocahontas and Marilyn Higgins Gilmore City in Portfolio. Nancy Klaasen Pomeroy and LeDonna Knack Varina with chair and window items. Mary Lou Bartosh Pocahontas and Deanna Larson Laurens with old and new frames. Sally Ives Rolfe and Jean Ann Wilson Pocahontas with frames. Beverly Leith Havelock and Mary Katherine Meredith Have lock with refinished pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County Fair
Towa
Mary Lou Bartosh
Pocahontas
Deanna Larson
Laurens
Sally Ives
Rolfe
Jean Ann Wilson
LeDonna Knack
Beverly Leith
Havelock
Mary Katherine Meredith
Exhibits Judged By Local Officials At Fair Event
Judge for the displays was Mrs. Rachel Huser of Sac City, a former Sac County home economist, assessing the competing exhibits at the local fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibit
Rachel Huser
Sac City
Sac County
State Fair Exhibits Prehistoric Man at Iowa University
The University of Iowa exhibit at the 1956 Iowa State Fair August 24 to September 2 Des Moines showcases ten thousand year old artifacts from Turin and Cherokee including a prehistoric child skeleton. Professor Reynold J. Ruppe leads archaeological displays detailing Mill Creek farming and corn origins with charred kernels. Exhibits cover Ice Age relics Folsom and Yuma blades, spear points and bone fish hooks, and trace migrations from Siberia to North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Des Moines
Bruce E. Mahan
SUL Extension Division
Turin
Cherokee
Reynold J. Ruppe
SUI Department of Sociology and Anthropology
SUI
Mill Creek
Lee W. Cochran
Siberia
North America
Canada
Towans
Old Capitol
World Premiere Holiday on Ice lands in Sioux City
The World Premiere Holiday on Ice 1947 12th Edition runs August 31 to September 3 at the Sioux City Auditorium. Kay Servatius Arnold Shoda head a star cast with Pat Gregory a top new addition and the Percelly siblings among featured acts. Tickets from 1.50 to 3.00 with 8:30 p.m. shows and matinees September 2 3. Al Alta and E J Edwards mark 63 years in hardware service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
America
Kay Servatius
Arnold Shoda
Pat Gregory
United States
Europe
Percelly Brothers
Percelly
Gigi
Jaanita
Rosita
Jean Look
Ted Roman
Bobby Blake
Tommy Collins
June Stevenson
Don Watson
Paul Andre
Martin Hotel
Iowa
al Alta
E. J. Edwards
Jeanne Look
Sioux City Auditorium
Plover Iowa Town Council Advances Fire Dept Vote Plan
The Plover Town Council met August 6 1956 approving bills and preparing for a special election on combining with Powhatan Two Fire Dept The budget hearing updated the levy shifting 2 mills from street to General Fund and confirming funds for Public Safety Municipal Enterprise and Utilities with a total budget of 6000 in General Fund and 960 in Public Safety plus 240 in Municipal Enterprise and 600 in Utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hohensee
Hastings
Larry Ackerman
Belmond
Nomann
Norris Construction Co
Ottumwa
Linnan Co
Pocahontas
Gilmore City
Plover
Iowa
W. J. Pollock
E. C. VanAlstine
A. M. Bergeson
Carl Hosier
R. T. Bush
T. R. Jones
Hosier
Bergeson
Elec
Lt. & Power Co
Rolfe Arrow
State Hyg. Labr
Linnan-Gibson
O. C. Higgins
Lloyd Auten
Marshall
Mary Pirie
Bush
VanAlstine
Jones
Norris Constr. Co
Pollock
Powhatan
Walter Iher
L. E. Garlock
Rolfe
Gen’l Fund
General Fund
Public Safety
Municipal Enterprise
Utilities
Town Council Agrees to Form Joint Fire Department
Special session approves a proposed agreement for a joint fire department between the Town of Plover and Powhatan Two. Agreement passed unanimously. Mayor Pollock to draft final document and have it notarized. Officials to publish the final version and report on fire equipment at the next joint meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover
Iowa
Powhatan
W. J. Pollock
R. T. Bush
E. C. VanAlstine
A. M. Bergeson
T. R. Jones
Carl Hosier
Pollock
Jones
Harold Ferry
Bush
J. C. Cox
Thankful note from Mrs Guess during hospital stay
Mrs May Guess of Plover thanks friends for cards letters gifts and flowers since her injury in March. She remains in Iowa City Children’s Hospital Ward C as a patient and does not know when she will be home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. H. Westerman
Walter
Sac City
Raymond Cassell
Melissa
Des Moines
W. H. Cassell
Lakes
Bess Cruickshank
W. S. JeWolf
Rolfe
Russell Stowell
Melvin
Curt
Meda Stowell
George Faux
Russell Stowells
Monica Stowell
Lester Guess
Sully
May Guess
Children
Hospital
Iowa City
Oliver Holden
Humboldt
N. J. Muerer
S. M. VanAlstine
Mary Pirie
B.C. VanAlstine
David VanAlstine
PB. M. VanAlstines
Davenport
James Trimble
Cliff Becke
Town City
Minneapolis
Duluth
International Falls
Canada
Paul Ferguson
Pvt
Lonnie Prochaska
Fort Leonard Wood
Ben Prochaska
Emmetsburg
Plover
Fort Benning
Donald
Pierson
Trumboldt
Wricht-Sherman Air Force Base
Dayton
Ames
Ray Seaman
Lloyd Cassell
David and
Jerry
Falls Church
Lloyd
Korea
David
Joe Wehmeyer
Joe
Jeff
Karen
Dearborn
Mich
W. J. Pollock
Cedar Falls
Wehmeyer
Pollocks
A. W. Hess
Roger Hess
Gembler
Romeo Johnson
Hess
F. C. Chinn
Dorothy Woodruff
Anita
E. C
Harold Forry
John
Long Beach
Calif
Forry
Wilfred Graham
Veterans’ Hospital
J. R. Hough
Harold Nomann
Nomann
Marvin Hohensee
Lincoln
Neb
Alfred Bohlmeyer
Fairbury
Children's Hospital
Ward C
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Plover News
Pocahontas Rendering Works
Dick’s
J. O. Cox
of the
Dark
George
Brown
Iowa Electric
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