Plover News Highlights Community Visitors and Personal News
Plover area residents hosted and visited family across Laurens Humboldt and Iowa City including Ed Hough and sons guests of Fred Post and Pat Heathman visiting Humboldt. A birthday dinner honored Jacky Rice, seven, with multiple relatives attending. Obituary notes Mrs Edna Pirie born 1873 died March 2 at Fort Dodge hospital after long illness. services held in Anita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hough and Sons
Fred Post
Laurens
Pat Heathman
Humboldt
Roger and
Phayne Heathman
Don Forsythe
Cedar Rapids
Loren Barker
Iowa City
Stanley Shaveland
Towa University
Marvin Stouse
Jacky Rice
Gail Rice
Nettie Sroufe
Russell Becke
Russell Knockson
LeRoy Worster
Rolfe
Laurel Worster
Ottosen
Phil Martin
Jess Lyddie
Wilmont
N. D
Spirit Lake
Color Martin
Miss Verla Pollard
Plover
Royal
Fred Grove
Tommy
Loren Thompson
Emmetsburg
Ray Seaman
Des Moines
Gilbert Phillips
Don Pierson
Ames
Marl Guess
Arrow
Keeney
Mallard
Dick Martin
Marvin Sroufe
Havelock
Sroufe
Bess Cruickshank
Clarence Heathman
D.M.T
Bradgate
Presbyterian Church
Sonja Garlock
Stewart Pirie
Mason City
Helen Meredith
Pocahontas
E. W. Meredith
Pirie
Legion Hall
Plover High School
Flossie DeVaul
Board of Education
Roy Simonson
Fay Pirie
van Alstine
C. E. Eppelsheimer
James Buck
Art Sellers
Harold O'Neall
H. S. Janssen
Melvin Renker
W. B. Mekemson
Edna Ann Barlow
Charles R
Clara Elsworth Barlow
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Mrs. Pirie
Jolliffe Place
John Ellsworth
Edna
Leona
Monticello
Wis
William E. Pirie
Plover Rebekah Lodge
Sunshine Club
Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Matilda
Leona Ross
Florence Meredith
Stuart
Donald
Kenneth
Charlotte Hersom
Frank Barlow
Cleark Lake
W S C S Circles and Church Events Schedule
W S C S circles meet Thursday March 15 at 2 pm with Esther Gembler Friendly Byron Pirie Priscilla at the church Senior choir 7 30 pm Senior M Y F 8 15 pm devotional hour Tuesdays 9 30 am Palm Sunday March 18 reception of members Good Will truck March 29 communion Good Friday union service March 30 7 30 pm at Methodist church Plover Church of the Open Bible Rev Wm Matthews pastor Sunday school 9 45 am morning worship 11 am Overcomers 7 pm evening 8 pm Ladies Bible study Tuesday 2 pm prayer service Tuesday 8 pm Proyer Presbyterian Choir rehearsal Thursday 7 pm Junior Westminster Fellowship after choir read March 15 Steeple staff work in Pocahontas March 16 youth events Sunday school 9 30 worship 10 30 sermon March 18 Rest Awhile Lenten service 7 30 pm Westminster Fellowship Council meeting representatives JoAnn Saylor Ronnie Jones Carol Becke Fort Dodge at Irvington Indiana First Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C.S
Esther
Gembler
Byron Pirie
Priscilla
M.Y.F
Methodist Church
Plover Church of the Open Bible
Wm. Matthews
Ladies Bible Study
Proyer Presbyterian Church
Westminster Fellowship
Pocahontas
W.F
Patience
JoAnn Saylor
Ronnie Jones
Carol Becke
Westminster Fellowship Council
Presbytery of
Fort Dodge
Irvington, In
First Presbyterian Church
Sheep numbers decline until 1950s in Corn Belt loom
Western sheep numbers dropped 47 percent from 1942 to 1950 due to herd er shortage and rising costs. In the Corn Belt, numbers rose 23 percent by 1956 while western states fell 2 percent last January. Slight native flocks build expected 3 to 5 years. labor limits output.
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Steve Hiemstra
Iowa State College Farm
Corn Belt
Iowa
Hiemstra
Helen Kelleher to Speak at F B Family Night
The Pocahontas county Farm Bureau hosts its annual family night at Havelock High School on Friday March 23 at 8 p m Helen Kelleher from Winterset is named the featured speaker She is described as a noted farm manager and cattle woman with a background in farming.
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Pocahontas County
Helen Kelleher
Winterset
Kelleher
John J. Kelleher
Iowa State College
Pioneering Iowa farm woman honored for service and leadership
Mrs. Kelleher, widow of a Patterson area farmer, rose from hardship after 1948 to become Iowa Polled Hereford Assn president and a Capper's Farmer Home Editor. Her career spans 4-H, farm homemaking honors, and community work. The event includes Havelock chorus, library awards, and county scholarship presentations with 35 cent adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellehers
Patterson
Kelleher
Winterset
Iowa Polled Hereford Assn
Triple A
Winterset Pca
Towa State College
Iowa
Capper’s Farmer
Havelock
Harold Johnson
Pocahontas County
Harley McLain
County Women’s
Sunday School Class Holds Monthly Party at Methodist Church
The Asbury Sunday school class met in the Methodist church parlors Sunday evening for their regular monthly party with 20 present. Mrs. L. M. Paulson led the business meeting and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Imhoff directed entertainment. Lunch was served by several hosts. Betty Alden Chapter DAR hosted a luncheon on March 8 in the Methodist church with guests from Ayrshire, Emmetsburg, Pocahontas and Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury
Methodist Church
L. M. Paulson
Boyd Imhoff
Alta Hewlett
Verdic Nelson
Sylvia Osking
Betty Alden
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ed Savery
J. E. Hynds
Ayrshire
Emmetsburg
Pocahontas
Rolfe
L. C. Olney
Otis McQuary
Harry J. Brown
R. C. Schroder
Essays on the Constitution and Traffic Safety Examined
In Palo Alto counties 52 entries from various schools explored "The Constitution of the United States and What It Means to Me" with prizes for the top three essays. Mrs. Nellie E. Brinkman presented "Traffic Safety" highlighting Alfred Mosely's idea that anger significantly contributes to highway accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto Counties
United States
Nellie E. Brinkman
Alfred Mosely
Boston
Hudson seeks Republican nomination for Pocahontas County Attorney
James W. Hudson announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination and re election as Pocahontas County Attorney. He asks Republican voters for support in June and the following November election, stating his intent to serve again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
James W. Hudson
Pocahontas, Ja
Kenneth Richardson Seeks Republican Sheriff Nomination
Letter from Kenneth Richardson of Pocahontas Iowa announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for County Sheriff in the June 1956 primaries and asking for voter support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Richardson
Pocahontas, Ia
Turner seeks Republican nomination for state representative
A. H. Turner declares candidacy for the Republican nomination to the Iowa state representative seat for Pecahontas County subject to June 1956 primaries. Turner cites support from Pecahontas Iowa voters and outlines intent to serve in the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecahontas County
A. H. Turner
Peecahontas
Iowa
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