Local notes from Plover area highlight Decoration Day visits
A cascade of visitor reports from Plover Iowa and nearby communities notes extended stays and family gatherings. F E Sanders Sr of Iowa Falls visits his son G L Sanders and family while J A Arnold recovers and returns to town life. Numerous trips to and from Mallard Rolfe Emmetsburg and Cedar Falls mark Decoration Day events and class graduations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Sanders Sr
Iowa Falls
G. L. Sanders
Republican Caucus Nominates Delegates in Plover Lumber Office
The township Republican caucus was announced by slides and phone, nominating fifteen delegates for the county convention in Pocahontas on Saturday July 2. Nominated delegates include P. J. Shaw, I. M. Mekhim, Mrs. J. E. Garlock, Mrs. D. H. Pollock, Mrs. W. R. Iler, C. E. Miller, W. E. Langfitt, F. A. Pringle, G. S. Shaw, Mrs. T. P. Comer, J. M. Bush, G. A. Everson, Geo. Pirie Jr., Harrison Knapp Sr., A. L. Firkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover Lumber ‘Co
Pocahontas
P. J. Shaw
I. M. Mekhim
J. E. Garlock
D. H. Pollock
W. R. Iler
W. E. Langfitt
F. A. Pringle
G. S. Shaw
T. P. Comer
J. M
Mother's Day Greeting From Granddaughter to Grandmother
To Grandmother Mrs Leota Smith Creger of Parkersburg Granddaughter of Mrs Susie Smith of this place sent a warm Mother's Day greeting. The poem expresses prayers for her grandmother's happiness rest and health and thanks for years of love and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leota Smith Creger
Parkersburg
Susie Smith
Grandma Smith
Scouts Decorate Graves and Roundup Details
The named Scouts Richard DuBois Raymond Schonberger Keith Christensen For rest Sanders Phayne Heathman and Don Eggspuehler helped decorate graves on Monday. Roundup participants meet with the Scoutmaster at 11 39 a m Friday at the home. event at Hawkeye Fair ground Fort Dodge from 2 00 to 3 10 p m transportation provided return expected in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard DuBois
Raymond Schonberger
Keith Christensen
Forrest Sanders
Phayne Heathman
Don Eggspuehler
Hawkeye Fair Ground
Fort Dodge
Plover Presbyterian Church Notes
Rev Walter Rothwell leads services and activities at Plover Presbyterian Church including Sunday School morning worship midweek Bible study and Friday choir. Young People’s meeting led by Elsie Rothwell on How Should We Pray. Union Vacation Bible School starts June 6. each family contributes fifty cents per child. Pay Up Day June 5. two twelfths of pledge due. Children's Day program June 5 with congregational meeting to elect a trustee replacing Mr Swanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Arnold
M. ©. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
L. E. Thompson
G. F. Groves
N. J. Muerer
Sterling
Muerer
Whittemore
Walter Rothwell
Have
Earl Grove
W. John Pollock
Danbury
F. R. Eggspuehler
Grove
Mallard
Ortonville
Minn
R. F E. Houck
Ann Louise
Jefferson
John Wilson
Fred Forsythe
Russell
Clinton
Father Thoms
Donald Rorick
Aldoph Parradee
Parradee
Kathryn Parradee
Harry McFadzen
Beatrice
J. A. McFadyen
Lindsey
Cal
McFadsen
A. W. Hess
Howard Gembler
Teger
Charlotte Hess
Hess
M. E
Spirit Lake
Elsie Rothwell
Willing Workers’ Society
John Henderson
Arthur Johnson
Ida Forney
Union Daily Vacation Bible School
Swanson
Local Visits and College Graduation Weekend News
Mrs. Glenn Sanders spent the weekend with relatives. Miss Madeline Snook of Des Moines township stays with her sister Mrs. H. F. Knapp Jr. and family. Miss Elsie Rothwell traveled to Storm Lake last Saturday for Buena Vista College baccalaureate on Sunday May 29, visiting former college friends and instructors during her stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Sanders
Madeline Snook
Des Moines Township
H. F. Knapp, Jr
Elsie Rothwell
Storm Lake
Buena Vista College
Decoration Day Exercises Echo Patriotism at Local School
Decoration Day programs in the school auditorium attracted many attendees. Veterans from World War I and Spanish American War were honored as the band played, poems were read, and the procession proceeded to Powhatan cemetery for graveside rites. The program closed with remarks on the passing of Civil War veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo, Pirie Jr
Nick Muerer
Glenn Horsman
A. M. Simonson
H. A. Reyman
Legion
Reyman
Plover
F. R. Eggspuehler
Mildred Kilbourne
Flanders
Marjory Groves
Doria
Dorothy Rothwell
Evelyn Nichols
Myrtie Fisher
Powhatan Cemetery
Plover Methodist Church Notes Highlight Community Activities
Rev. Howard A. Reyman presides as Children's Day program and infant baptism service are planned at the Plover church. A candle sermon for children, choir practice at the Bucher home, and a district Brotherhood meeting in Algona with Governor Dan Turner are announced. Vacation Bible School starts June 6 with a fifty cent family contribution, two weeks duration, and transport for country pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bucher
Dan Turner
Men’s Brotherhood
Algona
DuBois
Noted visits and travels span Iowa and Chicago areas
Mrs C E Hancher visits in New Sharon with son Park and family. Frank Fisher, Wm Pearson and Howard Albaugh take stock to Sioux City. Fisher stays to see stock sold. H H Hoyt of Webster City visits Garlock family in Plover area and decorates graves at Fonda. Three Plover youths, Lawrence Garlock Elting DuBoise Paul Mikkelson, headed to Iowa City for State Academic Contest June 6 7. Fred Smith and son visit from Chicago. Elting DuBoise joins for Detroit trip visiting Hemphill and DuBoise Jones in Janesville Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Hancher
Park
New Sharon
Frank Fisher
Wm. Pearson
Howard Albaugh
Sioux City
Messrs. Albaugh
Pearson
Mr. Fisher
H. H. Hoyt
Webster City
L. E. Garlock
Garlocks
Fonda
A. Q. Garlock
Plover
Iowa City
Lawrance Garlock
Elting DuBoise
Paul Mikkelson
Fred Smith
Fred ,Jr
Chicago
J. H. Bucher
Detroit
Mich
Hemphill
DuBoise-Jones
Janesville
Ohio
Sernett-Hotovek Nuptials At St Margaret's Rolfe
Miss Abelina Sernett and Jerry Hotovek wed Wednesday June 1 1932 at St Margaret's Catholic Rolfe with a large Pocahontas contingent attend. Bride wore white taffeta and carried pink roses and swansonia. reception followed with pink and white decor. Honeymoon planned in eastern Iowa and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abelina
Mary Sernett
Rolfe
Jerry
John Hotovek
Pocahontas
St. Margaret’s Catholic Church
D. A. Tewell
Evelyn Sennett
Francis Stepkal
Lee Sernett
Rosewig
Irene Hronek
Eleanor Stepkal
Mrs. Hotovek
Rolfe High School
W. W. Beam
Pocahontas High School
Diamond
Arrow
Iowa
Minnesota
Frank Stepkal
Frank Hotovek
Joe Hotovek
Chas. Hotovek
Wesley ‘Hronek
Joe Sernett
M. J. Kolvek
Surprise Marriage For Lester Mason And Miss Velman Hansen
Lester Mason and Velman Hansen announced their marriage in Alpha Minnesota on February 17 1932 at the Presbyterian Manse with Rev C H Grube officiating. The couple, long residents of Rolfe, bring together Mason's work in Ewing garages and Hansen's Rolfe upbringing. Their future plans remain open but friends hope Rolfe becomes their permanent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Mason
Velman Hansen
Alpha, Minn
C. H. Grube
Lester
Christ Mason
Rolfe
Havelock
Mason
Firkins
Ewing
Julius Hansen
Walgren Drug Co
Chicago
Rolfe High School
Joliffe Bakery
Grassland husbandry and farming notes from Iowa State College
The text urges turning work horses on grass at night and notes that over 7,000 Iowans viewed ISU film outreach last year. It advises timing for grasshopper poisoning as damage begins, and recommends mulching or cultivating around newly planted trees to prevent weeds, as advised by extension forester Sylvan Runkel at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Sylvan Runkel
Feine program at Pocahontas 4-H Rally showcases pageantry
May 31 rally featured a horse breaking demonstration by Harry Linn at R. B. McCormick farm and a 4-H girls music memory contest at the courthouse. Governor Dan Turner spoke at Hronek's hall after a large lunch and a Farm Bureau meeting. Queen Violet Jones and attendants led a ceremonial crowning as Stella Mae Brinkman, Margaret White, and Veronica Cornwell posted top music memory scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Pocahontas
R. B. McCormick
4-H Club
Court House
Dan Turner
Hronek’s
Havelock Band
Havelock
Harry Linn
R. P. McCormick
Mr. Lum
Mr. Linn
George Pane
Martha Washington
Maybelle Witt
George Washington
Theodore Truelsen
Gov
Ruby Carlson
Violet Jones
Stella Mae
Mary Beth Brinkman
Miss Jones
Pocahontas Band
Soldiers’ Joy
Garfield Township
Stella Mae Brinkman
Margaret Virginia White
Veronica Cornwell
J. R. Grant
A. J. Shaw
Eleanor Whannel
Mary Idrazil
Louise Vaughn
Wisconsin experiments hint at higher pea yields with fertilization
University of Wisconsin experiments indicate fertilization could greatly raise pea yields. The report notes cover sprays for apples plums and cherries and arsenate lead lime sulfur mixtures for pest control. It also covers chick parasite prevention by separating old and new flocks and clean housing to reduce roundworm infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wisconsin
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Mena Mueller
Homer Mueller
Lenora Crowley
Muscatine
Homer
A. J. Ippelsheimer
Cedar Falls
Millicent
Florence Teterson
Mabel Young
Evelyn Snook
D. M.T
State Teachers’ College
Wm. Thompson
Swea City
A. J. Eppelsheimer
M. BE. Hess
George Bush
Tyrus Cobbs
Lost Island Lake
Waterloo
Mary Whitney
Raymond Henderson
Chas.s McFadzen
Marilyn
Dallas Center
Ward Sharp
C. R. Henderson
P. L. Strong
Rush Lake
Pat Hahn
Thelma Langfitt
Ames
W. E. Lanfitt
T. Grove
W. F. Hofert
Carol
L. P. Hess
Grant Sanders
Town Falls
Mr. Hamilton
R. E. DuBoise
Earl Guess
Linnan Construction Co
Varina
Peter Christensen
Carroll County
Elwood Everson
Prentice Shaw
Alexander Lilly
Albert City
W. E. Lanefitt
Town City
University Hospital
C. H. Peden
Jewell
Burl Houck
Regina Bush
Mason City
Fred Ehlers
Lorraine
Estherville
C. Brownlee
J. H. Germbler
Emmetsburg
Gid Johnson Family
Milton Dobbs
Leslie Hansen and Sons
B. W. Jeffries
Shenandoah
Laura Jeffries
Des Moines
Harry Wegele
A. A. Firkins
J. H. Pollock
Wegele
Harry
W. J. Johnson
West Bend
Johnson
Geo. Emerson
N. D. Emerson
St. Louis
George Emerson
George Foley
Republican
Plover Presbyterian Church
U.P.S.C. B
Plover Methodist Church
Howard A. Reyman
Epworth League
Sernett — Hotovek
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