Plover Community Hears From Many Visitors Over Holidays
Plover rests on a holiday mosaic of guests and travelers. Fort Dodge, Jamestown, Davenport, Emmetsburg, West Bend, Rolfe, Pocahontas, Des Moines, and Earlville are cited as places of visit or origin for residents and kin. Several families host Christmas gatherings, travels extend through midweek, and Mrs. Margaret Ellen Manifold marries Guy Milford Marks in Earlville Illinois.
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Peter Christensen
Fort Dodge
DuBoise Jones
Jamestown
Ohio
R. E. DuBoise
A. M. Climpson
Phyllis Heathman
Ha Fisher
Gail Grinnell
Davenport
Elda Heathman
Vivian Pringle
Ryen & Severson Furniture and Hardware
Emmetsburg
Dorothy Miller
Florence Foley
West Bend
W. J. Johnson
Charles Foley
Robert Roberts
Johnson
Earl Day
Gilmore City
S. L. Horsman
Gyla Shriner
Rolfe
Lou Markley
John Wilson
Jefferson
R. E. Houck
W. S. Hendricks
Frank Krischell
Marjorie
Hilda
Henry Fitzgerald
Frank Fitzgerald
Mr. Moorhouse
Cedar Heights
Wm. McKim
George Shaw
Fonda
Dorothy Shaw
Leslie Pritchard
Dallas
Texas
Sioux City
J. M. Bush
Squire Heathman
Laurens
Elmer Heathman
Pocahontas
Mary Anne
J. P. Mullen
Howard Gembler
Shaw
Susie Thompson
Otis Weaver
C. A. Zeck
Chicago
McFadzen
Eagle Grove
J. A. McFadzen
L. E. Thompson
Plover
Iowa
Frank Robinson
Des Moines
Harvey Minkler
T. S. Roup
Danbury
Neb
8. T. Grove
Ralph Halverson
Williamsburg
L. P. Hess
Ortonville
Minn
Grove
Ernest Hubbell
Leo Hanish
Harold Christensen
Fern Christensen
Beulah Christensen
Miss Kauffman
St. Paul
Clyde McGuffin
Joe Roberts
S. J. Christensen
George Oakland
Badger
Clarence Heathman
A. G. Heathman
Eldo
Whetzell
Cleveland
Ilsley
Spirit Lake
Mary
Margaret Ellen Manifold
Guy Milford Marks
Earlville
Ill
Margaret
Lucy Saunders
Glenn Saunders
F. E. Broadwell
Amber
Berneda
J. L. Johnson
J. W. Arnold
B. DB. Baker
George Arnold
J. A. Arnold
B. W. Jeffries
Margaret Lucille
Swea City
Leslie Hansen
P. T. White
William Thompson
Clarence Eppelsheimer
Valeria Lutten
A. J. Eppelsheimer
Millicent Eppelsheimer
Wm. Thompson
W. R. Henderson
Detroit
Mich
Stanzel
P. R. Henderson
Plover Teams Defeat Des Moines Township Girls And Boys
In a Saturday double header at home Des Moines Township faced Plover with the girls dropping a 42-26 decision after a close 24-23 third quarter. The boys trailed 22-3 at halftime and lost 38-25 as Plover claimed both games and wrapped up 1930 basketball action. A triple header featuring Mallard and alumni teams is slated for Friday January 2 on the home floor.
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Des Moines Township Consolidated Schools
Mallard and
Plover
New Books At Library Offer Free Reading And Rentals
The Community Library has added many new books including The Book Nobody Knows The Man Nobody Knows Little Women Little Men Jo's Boys Five Little Peppers Vandemark's Folly The Cramer Girls Exit. The last two are rental books at ten cents each while the others are free reading. A shipment from the traveling state library is also available. Saturday afternoons invite patrons to borrow for a week or two. The library sits in the Plover Lumber Co office.
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Vandemark
Cramer
State Library
Plover Lumber Co
Plover community looks forward to Christmas homecoming
A long list of former Plover residents now living across Iowa and the Midwest gathered as a holiday homecoming for Christmas. Names include Thelma Langfitt Ames Tillie Swanson Rockwell City Roy Zeck Des Moines Blanche Dunn Estherville Mildred Hefert Chicago Esther Forsythe Nevada and many more from Ames to Sioux Center. The notice urges additional visitors to come again for the festive season.
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Thelma Langfitt
Ames
Tillie Swanson
Rockwell City
Roy Zeck
Des Moines
Blanche Dunn
Estherville
Mildred Hefert
Chicago
Esther Forsythe
Nevada
Frank Henderson
Avon, S. D
Sidney Swanson
Council Bluffs
Leslie Pritchard
Dallas
Texas
Ralph Halverson
Williamsburg
Donald McFarland
Fred B. Smith
Don McKim
Ackley
Ray McKim
Clyde McGuffin
St. Paul
Vivian Pringle
Emmetsburg
Roy Forsythe
Glenn Forsythe
West Bend
Elmer Jolliffe
Minnesota
Marion Butler
Hudson
Frank Pierce
Sac City
Nellie Helvig
Curlew
Rolland Ferguson
Sioux Center
Lucy Saunders
Christmas Seals Return Urged By Township Chair
Several families have not returned the Christmas Seals or paid for them. Township chair man Mrs C E Hancher must receive stamps or money by Monday January 5 to report to her superiors. Attend to the matter at once.
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C. E. Hancher
Mrs. S. T. Grove Dies at Home in Plover
Mrs. S. T. Grove passed away at her home in Plover on Tuesday December 80 at 8:30 a.m. She was seventy eight years old and had been in poor health for some time. All seven children with their families and her sister from Nebraska were at her bedside.
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S. T. Grove
Plover
Prayer Methodist Church Notes Rev C J Mekkelson Pastor
Sunday services include Sunday School Bible Class at 9:25 morning worship at 11 00 junior Epworth League 4 00 evening worship 7 30 and prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 p m The morning sermon titled The Power of An Idea and the evening sermon The Importance of Second Place The Sunday school board met Tuesday to elect officers for the new year
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Prayer Methodist Church
C. J. Mekkelson
Dees
Junior League
Epworth League
Christian Endeavor
Plover Presbyterian Church Notes Christmas Services
Plover Presbyterian Church schedules morning worship at 11:00 a.m and evening worship at 7:80 p.m with Rev. Walter Rothwell preaching next Sunday. Christmas missionary collection to be sent next week and contributions welcomed at Sunday school. Visitors from Livermore and Des Moines are noted among local families visiting Plover and Havelock relatives during the holiday.
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Walter Rothwell
Christmas Week Visits and Family Gatherings Reported
Local residents list Christmas visits across town with family members stopping by hospitals, homes, and the homes of kin. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Judd Mehaffe, Miss Roberta Cruik, Mr. and Mrs. Hs, and the L. P. Hess group heading to Ortonville for a Sunday trip.
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Nettie Campbelle
Wena
Bell
Ovey Inde
Judd Mehaffe
the Lutheran Hospital
Roberta Cruic
Marshall
Jas. Anderson
Jos. McEwen
Bert Smith
Orlich
Government urges safe fridge temp at 45 degrees
The Department of Agriculture advises households keep home refrigerators at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below to ensure perishable foods stay safe. This guidance emphasizes proper cooling to prevent bacterial growth and foodborne illness.
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United States
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Fred Forsythe
Esther
Shirley
Glenn Fernsthe
Hoee
Harold Brechler
Marshall, Minn
Floyd Ferguson
Horsman’s
Jas, Anderson
Viola Hanisch
Berna Spencer
Harry Knisely
C. E. Heathman
Fred McKim
W. H. Henderson
Plover Presbyterian Church
J. H. Seger
Betty
Stanley
Lawrence
Livermore
Louis Wilson
Claud Wilson
Havelock
C. EB. Miller
H. O. Beneke
Palmer
Kruger
Cedar Falls
Ida Beneke
Nick Gill
Beneke
L. E. Gatta
Lock
Iny Lock
C. E. Hane
Mason City
Bud Hands
Lowell Gene Hancher
Mallard Vs. Plover High School
Lard
Mallard
Phil” Gehrt
Ditch
Nd & Plover
D. M
Gehrt
Bohn
Duffey
Brownlee
Sehr
Grinnell
Pollock
Bryant
Heathman
George
Plover School
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