Sanders to part 18th Year At Plover School
Plover Consolidated school opens with Sanders as superintendent and teacher. A short session Monday ends around 11 a.m. with new staff assignments listed and building improvements noted including sanding and waxing of floors and repainting. Bus routes expanded to five with two new vehicles and driver assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Plover School
Plover Consolidated
Slo
Plover
Dorothy Miller
Skee Public
Olsen Fred
Fda Public Schools
Dawson
Foils
de Wayne
McKim
Earl Bis
William McKim
N. Meurer
Sam Hofert
R. E. DuBois
Bing
Fret Consolidated School
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Ferguson Boys Suffer Burns in Driveway Fire
Mr and Mrs Floyd Ferguson recall a near fatal incident when Dale 10 and Lyle 8 along with a neighbor boy played with matches and gasoline in a driveway burning their clothing. Dale sustained a second degree burn while Lyle’s injuries were slightly less severe their condition described as not serious. The boys were treated at a doctor’s office and are recovering at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Hartsock
Lyle
Lenz
Presbyterian Church Plover Announces Services and Meetings
John Brunn pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. and divine worship at 11 a.m. Choir rehearses Tuesday 8 p.m. Women’s Missionary Society of Pocahontas holds regular monthly meeting at Plover Thursday with Mrs John Brunn as hostess inviting all women.
Plover Methodist Church Announces Sunday Services and Events
Morning worship at 11 a.m. with pastor Redmayne presenting Life's Most Dangerous Age. Epworth League at 7 15 p m. Ladies Aid meets Friday Aug 23 at 3 p m and serves supper at 5 30 p m. District superintendent Rev J C Ruthman leads fourth quarterly conference for members and friends.
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Plover Methodist Church
I. Redmayne
Epworth
Ladies Aid
J. C. Ruthman
Auxiliary Meets in Page Home
The American Legion Auxiliary met with Mrs. G Page and Mrs. W W Bruner in the Page home Friday August 16 after the business meeting Mrs. Mary McKim Overacker of Spencer gave a report on her trip to the state auxiliary convention in Dubuque Hostesses served a two course lunch to members and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
American Legion Auxiliary
G. Page
W.W. Bruner
Mary McKim Overacker
Spencer
Dubuque
J. R. Perigo
Shower Honors Mrs Hough At K K Club Event
A stork shower for Mrs J R Hough was hosted by the K 8 K club at the C Epplesheimer home on Wednesday with Mrs Mayme Hendricks assisting as hostess.
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Hough
J. R. Hough
C. Epplesheimer
Mayme Hendricks
Social Notes From A Wisconsin Community Bridge Party
Mrs Pollock entertained eight ladies at a Saturday bridge party. First place went to Mrs B E Pound stone and second to Mrs Frank Marcus. The Garlocks and Barker couples traveled to Fonda to visit Mr Garlock s aunt Miss Ida Garlock. The Hendersons returned from Indiana after a family death and plan to move to a farm near Ware with Rolland to operate during the school year. Guy Barker heads to Palo Alto to attend a son s wedding. W S Strong visited family in Ponderay Idaho and Sunrise Wyoming and reports daughter Elsie has recovered from illness while sons attended Moscow Idaho summer school. W J Pollock visits Minneapolis this week. The Buchers hosted visitors from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin.
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Frank Climpson
Chicago
Spotvoldt
Fort Dodge
Sanders
Dick Bush
Barbara M Douglas
Minneapolis
L. E. Garlock
Guy Barker
Fonda
Palo Alto
Calif
Fred Perkins
W. S. Strong
Thomas Temple
Ponderay
Idaho
Floward Strong
Sunrise
Wyo
West
Pacific Coast
Howard
Elsie
Temple
Albert
Moscow
W. John Pollock
Clifford ‘Wilson
Cotton
Chippewa Falls, Wis
J. H. Bucher
Wayne Hendricks
Elmore
Minn
Humboldt
Carol Hofert
Albert Strong
Rock Rapids
Curtis Jones
Grace Thompson
Rolfe
Jones
Herman Phillips
Gilmore City
Iver
Earl Firkins
Fred Forsythe
Freddie
Glenn Forsythe
Nevada
Marjory Hansen
Raymond Dixon
Johnny Perrigo
V. V. Perrigo
Laurens
George Pomeroy
Clarence Lindsey
Webb
W. B. Perrigo
Joe Wolfe
Pocahontas
Osie Doris
Lee Doris
Rippey
C. S. Miller
Don Millers
Miller
Lorraine Henderson
Georgene Thompson
Philip Brunn
Fox Lake
Wis
John Brunn
First Presbyterian Church
M Y B Club marks 25th anniversary in Plover
The M. Y. B. club celebrated its 25th anniversary on August 14 1940 in Plover at the Methodist church parlors. Distant members attended including Mrs. Watts Pocahontas Mrs. Johnson West Bend and others. A fried chicken dinner followed a program led by president Nona Redmayne with a brief club history noting 78 members since 1915, only two deaths, and seven charter members still in town.
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M. Y. B. Club
Methodist Church
Plover
C. E. Watts
Pocahontas
W. J. Johnson
West Bend
H. H. Grove
Farnhamville
B. W. Lathrop
Havelock
G. A
Nona Redmayne
C. A. Garlock
Exther Everson
Blanche McKim
L. E. Garlock
J. H. Bucher
George Shaw
A. G. Heathman
J. H. Pollock
G. Fred Grove
Henry Fitzgerald
West Bend Community News Notes and Visits
Numerous family visits and travels fill the week across the region. The Wilsons returned from Wisconsin and westward trips, Pauline Colvin visited Cresco friends, and many locals hosted relatives including Benekes, Nielsen, Perrigos, and Lehnus kin. Community members toured, attended picnics, and joined gatherings in Laurens, Pocahontas, Emmetsburg, and nearby towns.
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Oper
Ak Marcus
Helen . Gilchrist
Bertha Stebens
Beth
Commercial
Hazel Knapp
Sue Alice Rector
Sic
Melva Dawson
Doris
Pollock
B. E. Poundstone
Frank Marcus
County
Fay
Gentember
Denver
Wilsons
Mrs. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Wisconsin
Pauline Colvin
Cresco
Kathleen Bucher
Marilyn Miller
Anna Kruger
Cedar Falls
H. O. Beneke
Palmer
Gerd Beneke
Martin Peterson
Ed Christensen
Lucille
Graettinger
Jers Nielsen
A. C. Garlock
Kimballton
P. B. S. Club
Pearl Johnson
W. S. Hendricks
I. M. T. News
Lena Vaughn
Don Oleson
Paul Knudsen
Bradgate
Clarence Heathman
Robert
O. J. Cruickshank
J. A. Johnson
Lutheran Hospital
Milo Ives
T. O. Thorson
Hans Nielsen
Donald Nielsen
Edward Nielsen
Karen
Morgan, Minnesota
Guy Kerns and
James Lund
Louis E. Buck
Buck
Emmetsburg
Maude Williams
Winnebago
Harry Spencer
Tom Raynes
Williams
Henry Dodd
Howard Willette
Charman
Brooklyn
Willett
John Howe
Arthur Strathan
Edward
Lehnus
Ernest. Regal
Banfield
Ill
Frank Lehnus
Clarence
Kankakee
Til
Charles Lehnus
Gwendolyn
Roy Simonson
George Lehnus
Clarence Lawman
Orville
Clarence Johnson
Johnnie
Fairmont
Lucinda Johnson
Maxine Spencer
Billy
Jimmy Spencer
Herman Dietrich
Joe Biederman
Troy
Gale Cooksey
Clarence Hertz
C. E. Lehnus
Arthur Hanson
Nellie Bendixon
John Sicin Laurens
R. J. Hoveland and
Ryen
Emmetsburg Park
Alvin Freel
Harry Tyler
Myr
Wesley Lehnus
Laurel
Marcia Jane
Isaac Couts
Cooper
Cleve Kerns
Guy Kerns
Violet Estersen Af
TW. C. Kauffman
Tarl
Lloyd Kauffman
Swea City
Sam Niccoson
Wright, Kossuth
Henry Schmidt
Loren Pease
Sylvester
Pease
Des Moines
Byron Faux
Booneville
Elmer Faux
B. M. Gehrt
John Tate
B & B Dairy
Nergy
Webb’s
Tom
Sally
Shaeffer
Rolfe High
CBC
Webb’s Drug Store
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