Local notices and social updates from Plover and Rolfe area
Community notes report meetings church visits and social events across Plover Rolfe Mallard and surrounding towns. Highlights include aid society gatherings hosted by Mrs Hof and Mrs Guy, smallpox vaccination clinics at Plover schools, family visits from Des Moines Sioux City and California, plus local engagements weddings and upcoming birthdays.
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Mhuraday
M. Hof
F. Hofertnd
Guy
Tureen Filled With Steaming Soup Solves the Lunch Question
An article by Mary Ames offers hearty cream soup ideas as a lunch solution. It covers base white sauce, vegetable creams, cheeses as toppers, and crisp accompaniments with variations like puffed crackers. The piece also weaves in family dining notes and simple recipes such as Asparagus Souffle and Baked Apples.
Local residents attend social events in Humboldt and Des Moines
Rolfe and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jensen of Des Moines township were dinner guests in the Pollock home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. DuBois attended a Coca Cola banquet and party in Humboldt last week for dealers and their wives. Mrs. N. J. Meurer's sister Mrs. Christen sen is the caterer for the banquets in that room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pey.e. Redmayne
Nona Arvel Ponte
Sioux City
Redmayne
Harry Kinsley
Shaw
Des Moines
George Shaw
Raymond Fenderson
Hoyo
Ray Edward
Hendricks
Goslin
Fort Dodge
Eek
Henry Fitzgerald
Wednessy
Plover
Temate
A Little Study Club
H. O. Beneke
Helen @ Dean
Mr. Beneke
Wd Beneke
Palmer
Dorothy Miller
Eleanor Johnson
Pm Lake
Fay Wax
Baby
Rolfe
F. A
Sioux Rapids
B.A. Pringle
N. J. Meurer
Wallace Bruner
Navy
Marine
Hal McKim
Nevada
Guy Barker
Webster City
H. H. Hoyt
Wenona Thompkins
Sunny Vale
Calif
Lohrville
Marjory
Alvin Fowler
A. McEwen
George L. Pirie
George Heathman
Meda Stowell
Russell Stowell
Pocahontas
Fred Chinn
Anital
VanAlstine
G.L. Pirie
Chinn
Ted Woodruff
Bradgate
Wodruff
Lutheran
L. E. Garlock
Mallard Lumber Company
Lawrence Hahn
Mr. Hahn
Rochester
Night Hawks
J. B. Grove
Ed Christensen
Earl Firkins
D. E. Youngs
Gerald Foust
Helen Gilchrist
J. H. Gembler
W. H. Henderson
Alva Thurman
Lorimer
Marie Mammen
R. E. DuBois
Pleasant Ridge Club
John Henderson
M. Y. B. Club
Fitzgerald
Palo Alto
L. 5
Garlock
Kimballt
A. O. Garlock
Thomas Evanson
Dorothy Lokerse
J. M. Bush
Rolfé
Othel Brasher
Oscar Cable
Ray
Ryan
Guthrie
le Mar
Golden City
Emmetsburg
Grant Pollock
Vocational Guidance Class Programs At D. M. T. School
The vocational guidance class conducts personality tests and class ratings to aid in character development and career choice. November assembly schedule lists sessions by class with talks on alcohol and tobacco harms and a student theater production titled Square Pegs featuring a lineup of named students and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley
Martin
Miss Neal
Miss Wood
Charlene Hronek
Ida Jane Roberts
Meriam Ripperger
Local Class Notes Highlight Students and Guests
A La tin I class test placed Alberta Joens top. Homemaking students toured Mrs Sam Nicosen’s home last Friday for a child care demonstration featuring Sue Ann Nicosen as the subject.
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Sam Nicosen
Sue Ann Nicosen
Fought the Bull Dog Rescues Owner Near Nevinville
A dog owned by F. E. Schaefer near Nevinville tackled a mad bull last week. The dog bit the bull by the nose and held on until Schaefer could reach safety. The loyal act underscores the dog’s heroism in guarding its master on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Schaefer
Nevinville
Schaefer
Lost Fingers From Corn Picker Lesson Report
Dale Barney of Franklin County learned about corn pickers and lost one finger. Will Gansen at Lime Springs learned about pickers and lost two fingers. Earl Ahrens at Osage learned his lesson and paid with three fingers.
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Dale Barney
Franklin County
Lime Springs
Will Gansen
Osage
Earl Ahrens
Parsonage Fire Delays Move In Swea City
A truck carrying Rev. Everad F. Broberg’s furniture arrived at the new parsonage in Swea City to find the house on fire causing a brief delay. The Rev. thanked the fire department for its quick work in stopping the blaze and proceeded with the move afterwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everad F. Broberg
Swea City
Broberg
Hen lays twin eggs in single shell at Rockwell City
A Hen owned by E R Sellstrom of Rockwell City laid two eggs at once last week. One egg was inside the other, each egg perfect with shell yolk and white.
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E. R. Sellstrom
Rockwell City
Mortgage Lifter hog sells for $600 in Iowa sale
A Poland China hog that never showed or sold at markets brought 600 dollars in a local sale. A Phillips Petroleum representative, L. E. Phillips, was in Iowa seeking the best and chose the Hassler car.
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Poland
L. E. Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Iowa
New Well Reaches 462 Feet Depth at Rockwell
Rockwell reports a new well reaching 462 feet in depth. In Sac County, farmer Will Hixon has rented and lived on the same farm for 148 years.
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New
Rockwell
Will Hixon
Sac County
Freak Accident Injures Worker At Des Moines Cement Plant
Frank South, a Wes Des Moines cement plant employee, was struck in the eye by a steel fragment last week. The particle lodged behind the eyeball but left him unharmed aside from shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank South
Wes Des Moines Cement Plant
Mr. South Apears
Water Flow Reaches Glenwood Lake Project
Massive pumping moves 1,000,000 gallons daily from Keg Creek toward the new Glenwood Lake, which is expected to be full by December first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keg Creek
New Glenwood Lake
Last Civil War Veteran James Manning Dies at 93
James B. Manning, 93, the last Civil War veteran in Hardin County, died at the Iowa Soldiers Home in Marshalltown. He served with the Army of the Potomac.
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Hardin County
James B. Manning
Iowa
Marshalltown
Army of the Potomac
Prompt action saves Davenport plant worker from live wire
A Davenport power plant employee Morris Marshall was saved when a fellow worker climbed a pole and pushed him away from a live wire after he slipped and fell. Marshall suffered a severe left arm burn from elbow to shoulder as aid was summoned and he was lowered to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Marshall
Davenport
Aid
Marshall
Terraces Extend Miles in 1938 Farmer Erosion Project
Farmers under the 1938 AAA program built erosion control terraces extending for miles, roughly enough to encircle the earth three times, according to a regional column in The Arrow Adiet.
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F. E. Broadwell
John Nye
Campbell
Attica
Wis
Pocahontas County
Iowa State College
Mary Ames
Freddie
D. M. T. School News
Melvin Sanden
Alice Wilson
Grace Hertz
Gloria Smith
Mabel Coyle
Jean Clarke
Anna Mae Struthers
James Hunter
Eldon Sennett
Bill Bent
Dale Hewlett
Margery Joens
Alberta Joens
Rolfe Arrow
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