Plover Red Cross Drive Exceeds Goal in War Fund
The Plover unit of Pocahontas county Red Cross and Powhatan township surpassed its War Fund quota with 778.50 dollars raised against a 756 goal. Thanks are extended to J M Bush J H Bucher in town and A L Firkins B B Hubbell Arthur Johnson Charles Lehnus R E Dunn C W Pringle Paul Kerns Elmer Simonson H Minkler and George L Pirie Jr for their participation. Donations may still be accepted before March 31.
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Red Cross
Pocahontas County
Powhatan
T. P. Comer
J. H. Bucher
Red Cross and Legion Aided Efforts Highlight Local Clubs
Seventy plus items and many slippers were prepared for convalescents as Red Cross workers seek volunteers for surgical dressings. Powhatan Squaws held an all day meeting with movie star role play and talks on family dining, health, and Russian music. American Legion Auxiliary approved a $5 donation to the Red Cross Clubmobile and plans a service board for Plover. News notes cover school schedule changes, a prisoner of war letter, and social visits among local families.
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Red Cross Work Room News
Powhatan Squaws
Donna Jean Foust
Frank Sinatra
Eleanor Roosevelt
John Phayne
Joseph Cotton
Betty Grable
Greer Garson
Rita Hayworth
Deanna Durbin
Hileen Henderson
Mrs. Foust
Carol McKim
Geraldine Henderson
Marian Pirie
American Legion Auxiliary
Albert Glasco
V. A. Anderson
Red Cross
Knoxville
Long social evening with 500 party and visits
Mr and Mrs T R Jones hosted a four table 500 game night with prizes for high and low scores. Visitors include Valera Hada of Rockford and many local relatives visiting relatives and attending box socials and church events. Lectures detail travel and military duties as Elting DuBois sails to Pearl Harbor and Lieut Garlock welcomes a daughter in Waterloo.
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T. R. Jones
R. E. Houck
Mable Arnold
Marion Ham
Id Christiansen
Valera Hada
Rockford
Will Smith
Alvin Enge
Clarion
Claude Miller
Ellwood Nanamaker
Pocahontas
C. E. Epplesheimer
Ensign Elting DuBois
San Francisco
Calif
Waterloo
Garlock
Camp Haan
Hudson
Harold Ferry
Donald
John
Omaha
Nebr
Vernon Forsythe
Tyler, Minn
Fred Forsythe
Edna Henderson
Ernest Meredith
W. Kerns
W.S.C.S
Family Dinner Guests Sunday in J S Trimble Home
Family gathering at the J S Trimble residence Sunday included relatives and friends from the area. Local neighbors reported a pleasant afternoon with light refreshments and conversation.
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J. S. Trimble
Church Honors Couple on 60th Wedding Anniversary
Trinity Lutheran church celebrated the 60th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Niels H. Nielsen of Humboldt with a program and lunch in the church parlor. A toast was given by several members including Mike Madsen and Rev. Palle sen, and a lamp was given to the couple.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Niels H. Nielsen
Humboldt
Mike Madsen
Sam Miller
Chris Sorensen
Jens Nielesn
Dolliver
Pallesen
St Patrick's Luncheon and Local Gatherings Highlight Week
The Bradgate Progress club hosted a St Patrick's luncheon at Mrs Leo with the Leith family and others honoring Mrs J S Trimble's birthday. Attendees from here joined a Monday county American Legion and Auxiliary meeting in Havelock. Family visits crossed towns as Louis Wilson Jr returns from Iowa State to help on the farm and others visited the Wilson home and C E Heathman residence.
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Stewart Seeley
Fort Dodge
Lula Iseminger
Mary
Herbert Nelson
Iowa City
W. F. Hofert
Charles Mulder
Estherville
W. J. Pollock
A. G. Heathman
Everett Holcombe
George Oakland
Badger
Viola Hess
J. M. Bush
B. A. Peterson
Rolfe
Bush
St. Patrick’s
Bradgate
Joint County American Legion and Auxiliary
Havelock
Earl Guess
N. J. Meurer
Fred McKim
May Bruner
J. Mehaffey
Mabel Hendricks
May Butler
Wayne Arnold
Amarillo
Texas
Army Air Corps
Louis Wilson, Jr
Iowa State College
Ames
Louis Wilson
Lawrence Hilton
Earl Firkins
Charlene
Wilson
Lawrence Heathman
Omaha, Nebr
Plover Methodist Church to Host Special Services
Plover Methodist Church announces next Sunday all Methodist churches will hold services on a general theme The Coming Peace and the Prince of Peace M Y F seniors meet at six and intermediates at seven Judge Fred Bale of Ohio speaks Thursday March thirty at eight about Tomorrows Citizens with no admission charge at the church but a free will offering will be taken at the high school address.
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Plover
Plover Church Calendar Plans Services and Classes
Plover Presbyterian Church led by Pastor G F Butler holds worship at 9 30 a m Sunday school at 10 30 a m Willing Workers meet Thursday afternoon at the church with officer elections Church membership class with the pastor Saturday at 2 p m Union Lenten services Sunday evening at 8 o and Rev R A Grigsby of the Methodist church will deliver the message
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Plover Presbyterian Church
G. F. Butler
Willing Workers Society
R. A. Grigsby
The
Methodist Church
Notice hearing on establishment of proposed second ary road district
A petition to establish a gravel surfaced secondary road district in Des Moines Township Pocahontas County Iowa will be heard April 4 1944 at 2 04 PM in the county courthouse. The district would surface county roads starting at section 2 and include listed property owners such as Etto Struthers Bertha Brusche John Jergens Laverne Bennett A J Struthers Co L Zeman and Charles Manguson.
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Pocahontas County
Des Moines
Bertha Brusche
John & Queen
Jergens Laverne B. Bennett
A. J. Struthers
L. Zeman
Charles A. Manguson
Board of Supervisors
Towa
Court House
Pocahont
Community Notes Include Meetings Visits and Milestones
Fuller's home hosts a Thursday gathering with Mrs In ga McCreary and others as hostesses. Local residents attend readings songs and birthday celebrations while service members and families travel for furloughs hospital visits and visits to relatives in nearby towns.
Petersons mark 57th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Jens Peterson celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary with a family dinner Saturday at home. Attending were Mr and Mrs Ole Knutson, Mr and Mrs Harley Knutson, Pvt and Mrs Ferris Malcolm and Douglas, Mr and Mrs Wendall Feaster, Mrs Inga McCreary and Mrs Mary Buck.
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Jens Peterson
Ole Knutson
Harley Knutson
Ferris Malcolm and Douglas
Wendall Feaster
Inga McCreary
Mary Buck
Bradgate Methodist Church Worship and Sunday School
C R Buckwalter will lead morning worship at 10 o clock with the sermon The Guidance of God. Sunday school follows at 11 with the church inviting all parishioners.
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C. R. Buckwalter
God
Hard-Working Drummer Recalls Washington Prairie Drum
Discovery of a drumhead from the Washington Prairie band stirs memories for residents. The relic, broken out at the 1896 wedding of Anna Brown and Christian Heldah, bears faint red Washington Prairie Band lettering and a dim black CORNET mark. Will Linnevold, a local farmer, recalls the Hildahi Brown wedding as he nears his directing role.
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Washington Prairie Band
Anna Brown
Christian Heldah
Will Linnevold
Washington Prairie Farmer
Hildahi-Brown
Wedding Music Derailed by Drumhead Found at Parsonage
A band preparing for the wedding day discovered a drumhead at the Washington Prairie parsonage. The unexpected find interrupted plans as organizers assessed its origin and significance for the ceremony.
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Washington Prairie Parsonage
Too Ornery for Words Hoodwinked donations fleece fire family
Two Tama county business containers labeled for a needy family were stolen. The money intended for the William Vanda family after a Marion fire likely totaled about eighteen dollars, with exact amounts undetermined.
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Tama County
William Vanda
Marion
Bridge moved in Poweshiek County for 1000 dollars
A 65 foot bridge was relocated about 400 feet in Poweshiek County. Officials estimate that replacing a worn bridge would have cost about 6000 dollars if steel had been available, but with the old structure and no steel the county spent 1000 dollars to relocate a bridge originally costing 4532 dollars.
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Poweshiek County
Strip Cropping Described for Soil Banding Between Crops
The article explains strip cropping as planting narrow bands of close growing soil holding crops between strips of clean cultivated crops like corn or soybeans to reduce erosion and improve soil stability.
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R. E. DuBois
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T. J. Paul
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Jacksonville
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HH. Stahley
R. Ei. DuBois
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Miami
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Tenth Army Air Force
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E. J. Burr
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Bill Yoshoc
E. S. Pease
Berniece Larsen Nelson
Ferris Johnson
Gilmore
Lloyd Leith
Ware
Hazel Siddall
Oscar Trimble
Marie Trimble
Paullina
Patsy Ackland
Pringle
Plover, Lowa
Etto Struthers
Roy A. Johnson
Rolfe High School
Clarence Wiuff
Bode
N. C. Madsen
Caroline
Victor Madsen
John Madsen
Joan
J. E. Hynds
Santa Ana
Little Sue Hynds
Will
T. S. Clark
Algona
Camp Coxcomb
Bud” Sheekey
Kenneth Halsrud
Camp Farragut
Ida
Ole Halsrud
Kenneth Dayton
Baby
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Larchwood
Rebekah Lodge
Elsie Lindsay
N. G
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Junkman
Gladys Welter
Elsie Junkman
N. Kibler
Bob Pugh
Annabelle Kibler
Palmer
Charles Wolford
Newell
Lester Olson
Norfolk
James Olson
Liberal
Kansas
Olson
Edgeman
Lutheran Hospital
Hecht
Joe Gunderson
Martha Wallace
Lowell Jennings
Elmer Naeve
A. E. Alson
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Bradgate Methodist Church
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