Plover area social notes show wide round of visits
Numerous families from Des Moines Spencer Fenton Mallard Laurens and other towns visited Plover or hosted guests over a busy weekend. Cousins Caroll Hubbel Henry Hofer and others traveled between Blooming Prairie and nearby towns. A large gathering marked birthdays and anniversaries at several homes with picnics and church events across Emmetsburg Rodman and Whittemore.
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Jean Pringle
Jesse Cummings
Des Moines
Corienne
Janet
Jim Horsman
Jim Smith
Spencer
Lotta Toop
Sacramento
Calif
Lawn
C. C. Higgins
Baby
Ft. Knox
Arnold Struthers
LaVerne
Jessie Cummings
O. C. Higgins
Dick Higgins
Rolfe
Center
Emmet
C.C. Club
Caroll Hubbel
Henry Hoffer
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Plover
B. B. Hubbell
Howard Hubbell
Ben Prochaska
Gary
Teresa Lynn Simoff
Joe Hough
Rodman
Glenn Forsythe
Russell Forsythe
Laurens
Eleanor
Myrtle Sanders
Carl Sanders
Elwood
W. H. Buchanan
Auburn
Nebr
Roy Forsythe
West Bend
Fred Forsythe, Jr
Fred Forsythe
Dick Bush
George Bush
Hackensack
Kenneth John Simoff
Emmetsburg
Teresa Lynn
Alfred Bergeson
Charles Bergeson
Terris
Doreen Bergeson
Pocahontas
Leonard Bergeson
Edna Roush
Deanna
Raymond Altenberg
Redmond
Ore
Don Roush
Norwalk
New Brighton
Frank Yeager
Richard Jones
Chicago
Lloyd Moe
Cedar Falls
Wm. Meister
Holland
M S. Jack Hamm
Fort. Dodge
Jessie Fitzgerald
United States
Harold Nomann
Western
Indbr
Hohensee
Dave Hohensee
Plover Methodist Church Week Plans Announced
Sunday school 9 30 a m worship 10 30 a m the W S C S general meeting Thursday at the church next Sunday M Y F picnic at Pocahontas Bible conference starts at Lake Okoboji Camp August 16 inter mediate Quest opens with Mrs Chas Joens as counselor Good Will truck homes July 2 Mary Martha Circle cafeteria supper July 28 United States Savings Bonds ads go to Treasury Department
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Plover Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
M.Y.F
Pocahontas
Lake Okoboji
Gamp Quest
Chas. Joens
Good-Will Truck Homes
Mary-Martha Circle
Bus Driver Bid Notice for Plover School District Iowa
The Plover Consolidated School District invites bids for school year 1954 1955 bus driving. Bids due by July 31 1954. The Board may accept or reject any or all bids. Fay D Pirie secretary.
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Plover Consolidated
Plover
Iowa
Board of Education
Fay D. Pirie
Coal Bids Sought by Plover School District
Sealed bids for about 100 tons of oil treated stove coal to supply the school building bins, with one car this summer and one car later as needed. Bids must specify mine and include coal analysis, at least one bid on Iowa coal. Board may accept or reject any bids. Fay D. Pirie secretary. 21-1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover Consolidated
Iowa Coal
Board of Education
Fay D. Pirie
Fish Naming Contest at the 1954 State Fair
The 1954 State Fair will host a fish naming contest for a new juvenile sturgeon at Backbone Park hatchery to replace Old Oscar. Entry blanks will be available at the exhibit building, with prizes for the best name. The fair runs August 28 to September 6.
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Oscar
Jake Sturgeon
The
Conservation Commission
Sturg¢N
Backbone Park
Tidal Wave Drenches Clear Lake Coast in July Winds
A record of a strong July storm at Clear Lake reports a 90 mile per hour wind gusts on July 6 lifting water on the eastern shore and tilting the lake surface. An Iowa State College fisheries worker placed a marker at the west edge. the lake later rocked and covered the marker with nine inches of water.
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Clear Lake
Lake Michigan
Iowa State
College Fisheries
Seiche Waves Rise on Lake Surface Noted
Such swinging of a lake s surface is called a seiche. It may be caused by wind explosion cloudburst or barometric changes. Seiches are common but usually too small to notice. The fatal June seiche on Lake Michigan produced a wave over six feet.
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Lake
Michigan
Iowa Wildlife Prepares for State Fair Exhibit
The Conservation Commission announced preparations for the State Fair with wildlife arriving at the exhibit building. Officials expect a strong display of waterfowl and game birds and a large number of snakes, highlighting white tailed species among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Conservation Commission
Commission
Wildlife exhibits planned for southern Iowa fair
Fox squirrels have been appearing in southern Iowa recently. Another feature will be the large cage of orphaned raccoons, animals seized from well meaning wildlife kidnappers by conservation officers. Special exhibits of game management, forestry, state parks, and biology displays are planned and will be announced before the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Retirements Mark decades in Pella High School
Miss Henrietta Ver Heul retires from the Pella high school faculty after 39 years of teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Henrietta
Ver Heul
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Dawson Saylor
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Meredith
Frank Waltons
N. J. Meurer
J. T. Meurer
Wesley
Carol Hubbell
Henry Hofer
Kenneth Rugroden
St. Paul
Eldon MacVey
Bill McKim
Algona
Fred McKim
Estherville
Ingham Lake
Renee Bergeson
Sharon Wickie
Tom Heathman
Lou Bagley
Omaha
Ed Garlock
Edward
Mallard
Ida Garlock
Bob Horsman
Tim
Garland
Westerman
Bob Reiter
Twin Lakes
Bess Nieman
Elmer Anderson
T. R. Jones
Herman Griffell
Vincent
Lynette
Douglas Griffell
T.- R-Jones
Harrison Knapp
Ida DeCamp
Miami
Fla
Florida
Knapp
Charles McFadden
Mike Strong
Charles Henderson
Renwick
Sam Flogstad
Flogstad
Henderson
Clarence Peden
Jewell
Hendersons
Glenn Lent
Claude Lent
Manson
Stanley Kenderdene
Charles Joens
Karen Horsman
Helen Pirie
Karen Kerns
Eugene Hoppingarner
Carol Strong
Karen
Connie Douglas
Anderson
Cylinder
James Cody
Indianapolis
Carl Hosier
Frank Stearns
Waterloo
Mabel Hendricks
John Gembier
Archie Hess
Larry
Alan Gembier
Arthur Peterson
Fort Dodge
Howard Gembler
Ward Strong
Earl Guess
George Majorowicz
Lloyd Auten
Lloyd Roe
Eldon Hawk
George Arnold
Mary Hofert
John Beach
Cicero
Legion Hall
Louis Goodmanson
Austin
Dike Broadwell
Ralph Larson
Larson
Ted Kinseth
Bode
S. M. Enger
Olaff Larson
Bede
Henry Enger
Examae Moore
Claude Miller
Elwood Nunemaker
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August Anderson
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Ida, Garlock
W. H. Cassell
Andrew McFadzen
Bobby
Lindsay
Richard
Charles McFadzen
W. F. Hofert
Cicero, Ill
Mountain Lake
Dr. Piper
W.F. Hofert
Roger Peterson
Berta Lee Bond
Charles Wentz
Visalia
O. E.lehnus
Charles Lehnus
Jens Thompson
David van Alstine
Louis Wilson
Henry Bargman
Whittemore
America
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Voice of Iowa’s Dairy Farmers
American Dairy Association of Tows
Aval Ca
Deena
United States Savings Bonds
Treasury Department
Wildlife Preparing For Fair
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Arugelst
Ene
Hunter's Produce & Appliances
Fidl
Chevrolet
Fisher Beauty
Fisher
Rolfe Auto CO
Rolfe, Iowa
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