Christmas cantata to be staged at M BE church
Christmas program The Prince of Peace directed by Edward Lehnus will be at the M BE church on Sunday evening Dec 20. Home folks sing chorus. a Sioux City singer handles solos. Organ prelude opens. admission free. all invited.
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Prince of Peace
M. BE
Edward Lehnus
Sioux City
Irving Wright
I. M. McKim
Emmetsburg
Havelock High School
Plover High
Legion Auxiliary Unit
Elmer Nicols
Lida DeWolf
George Schonberger
W. H. Cassell
A. W. Hess
M. E. Hess
Fort Dodge
Elwood Everson
Six-Mile Corner
Plover
Marion Butler
Hudson
Ames
Harry McEwen
Bradgate
A. McEwen
Howard Albaugh
T. P. Comer
Mallard
Abbott
Billa Comer
Do. A. Garlock
Junior Maasen
Chas. E. Hancher
A. E. Hancher
Hattie Emery
Ruthven
C. E. Hancher
W. H. Cassel
Dorothy Shaw
Roy Justus
J. A. Arnold
Pocahontas
Len Atchinson
Plover Community Library
The
Arrow
Regina Bush
Mason City
Mona Mueller
W. J. Johnson
Mary Whitney
Rodman
Dan Urquhart
Jack
Town City
University Hospital
Waterloo
Pepper School News Seniors and Juniors activities at a glance
Seniors took two tests on Monday while juniors study Milton's minor poems. Economics covers exchange and heat engages general science. Sixth grade works on map booklets, fifth grade writes stories, third and fourth grade build a sand table and craft Christmas presents. Mrs. R. E. Dubois visited late in the week.
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R. E. DuBois
M E Supper and Bazaar at church on Saturday
The M. E. church holds a Christmas Bazaar and 25 cent supper Saturday December 12 with a menu including roast chicken and dressing mashed potatoes cabbage salad cranberries buttered rolls pie and coffee in the afternoon and evening.
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M. E. Church
Pikertown Farm Union to Meet at Plover School Auditorium
The Pikertown Local of the Farm Union schedules a meeting in the Plover school auditorium this Saturday evening switching from Friday due to a basketball game. The narration recounts the nativity story with biblical imagery and a narrator quote by William L. Gaston.
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Pikertown
The
Farm Union
Plover
Plover Presbyterian Church Notes and Upcoming Plans
Rev Walter Rothwell leads Sunday worship at 10 00 am with Sunday School and Bible Class at 11 00 am Midweek Bible Study on Wednesday at 745 pm Choir rehearsal Thursday at 745 pm All choir members urged to attend Christmas music rehearsals No Bible Study the week of Christmas Eight men met at Pocahontas to review The Ruling Elder Next January meeting planned in Plover Christmas program participants to meet Saturday at 2 00 pm Willing Workers Society invites members to bring cards to the church Mrs Mike Strong and Mrs Wm McKim coordinate See notes on forming a new young peoples society to be organized soon after the holidays.
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Pocahontas
Plover
Mike Strong
Wm. McKim
Plover Methodist Christmas Cantata and Events
The Plover Methodist Church, with Howard A Reyman as pastor, announces a Christmas cantata to be performed Sunday evening December 20 at the church. A morning sermon asks which Gospel men read most, and the evening service features A Wise Request. Epworth League will discuss How Should We Pray? The Ladies Aid Bazaar and supper are set for Saturday December 12 with a twenty five cent charge. Grant Sanders is recovering well from appendicitis and attended the Monday declamatory contest. A Presbyterian men’s meeting in Pocahontas Sunday afternoon was attended by several local men.
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Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid Society
Grant Sanders
C. D. Ferguson
Harry McFadzen
C. R. Henderson
William McKim
S. T. Grove
Raymond Henderson
Chas. McFadzen
Mike Strong
W. A. Rothwell
Pocahontas
Christmas Safety Warnings as Holiday Accidents Rise
The National Safety Council warns of increased home accidents during the holiday season and urges greater caution. It cites many injuries from air rifle shots and fireworks during Christmas week last year, highlighting risks across the country.
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National Safety Council
Nightly oxen kneel legend at Christmas
A quaint superstition links Christmas Eve to a kneeling oxen worship of the Infant Christ at midnight. The tale places divine reverence in humble stalls as part of holiday lore.
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Christ
Christmas Table Centerpiece Peacocks and Pheasant
For Christmas table nothing more striking could be chosen as a decoration than a pair of silver peacocks or a large pheasant, either in silver plate or pottery.
Blessing of Apple Trees Remains A Sussex Devon Christmas
A traditional Christmas custom from Sussex and Devonshire endures as a blessing of the apple trees marks the holiday season. Local parish practices reflect old English rural belief in orchard prosperity and seasonal rites.
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Sussex
Devonshire
Christmas Novena Traditions in Southern Italian Villages
In southern Italy a Christmas Novena begins nine days before Christmas. Residents build tiny nativity models in village homes as part of the festive observance.
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Italy
Local Shoppers and Weekend Visits Reported in Fort Dodge
Mrs A M Hofert and granddaughter Carol Hofert shopped in Fort Dodge last Saturday. Mrs J W Ferguson visited daughter Pearl Brechler in Grand Junction. Mr and Mrs Calvin Smith and family of Havelock visited Susie Smith and other relatives Sunday. O A Zeck shipped the only car of live stock leaving Plover Saturday. Two local men sold calves after shipping costs one calf netted 1 24 any calf netted 0 90. Leather goods and veal may be discounted soon. Mrs Earl Kilbourne taught book cover making at Peter Christensen home Wednesday afternoon for seven neighborhood ladies. Meda Stowell hosted dinner Sunday for son Fre Stowell’s eighteenth birthday with family.
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A. M. Hofert
Carol Hofert
Fort Dodge
J. W. Ferguson
Pearl Brechler
Grand Junction
Calvin Smith
Havelock
Susie Smith
O. A. Zeck
Earl Kilbourne
Peter Christensen
Meda Stowell
Whitney
Fre Stowell
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