Local Social Notes Highlight Plover Area Celebrations
A detailed list of visits birthdays and parties from Plover and nearby towns includes En sign Joy Stearns en route from Corona to Corpus Christi, and gatherings at the Stearns Wiley and Westerman families. Notable stops mention dinners, showers, and travel lore across Pocahontas Fonda Goldfield Gilmore City Spirit Lake and Ames with interim trips to Fort Dodge and Rice Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stearns
Ensign Joy Stearns
Corona
Calif
Corpus Christi
Tex
Paul Stearns
Alan Stearns
Pocahontas
Fred Schosson
Fonda
George Kraft
Mike
Goldfield
Frank Stearns, Jr
Gilmore City
Clyde Maulsby
Darla
Plover
Phil Martin
Color Martin
Spirit Lake
Hl. Westerman
Garland Westerman
David Brinkman
Jim Barton
Ls Angeles
Acson
John Parradee
Wichita
Kans
Edna Henderson
Raymond Henderson
Emimetshire
Robert Henderson
Bernard Phelps
Titonka
Frank Walton
Minnie Sperring
Floyd Ferguson
Orville Nicol
Graettinger
James Goodchild
Coon Rapids
Goodchilds
Richard Fisher
Lohrville
Ronnie Reinders
Ray Reinders
May Butler
Ed Lemkuhl
Ruth Philips
F. E. Broadwell
North Dakota
Bert Broadwell
Sanburn
N. D
Minot
Donnybrook
Orville Gandrad
Selma Gandrad
Clara Quigley
Grand Forks
Joe Broadwell
Arthur Broadwell
Osage
Minn
Ha Weeks
Gordon Worster
Park Rapids
GC. Worter
Vlower
Missouri River
Stanley
N. 1
Fay Pirie
Marie Jolliffe
Laurens
Jean Driskall
Des Moines
George
Local families share dinners and visits across Anita Pocahontas Iowa
A long list of Sunday dinners and weekend visits centers on Pirie and Van Alstine families with extended stops in Laurens Emmetsburg Fort Dodge and Pocahontas. Notable events include Lois Pirie aged 16 as birthday guest and Mary Jo Arnold elected president of the 8th District Junior Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. van Alstine
Mary Campbell
Gilmore City
Kos.k. Club
Ann Weishaar
Rolfe
James Trimble, Sr
Mes
Harold Ferry
Albert Albarn
Laurens
Clarence Webbink
Famiy
de. Moines
Henry Webbink
Pocahontas
Henry Webbinks
Clarence
Russell Knockson
Vincent Satern
Estherville
Charles Henderson
Burma Flagstad
Renwick
Jewell
Clarence Peden
Clyde Maulsby
Charles Barney
Anoka
Minn
Mabel Hendricks
Richard Bush
Clarence Pringle
Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri
Keith Stephen
C. N. Robinson
Algona
Keith
Robinson
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Henry Janssen
Charles Johnson
Chas, Watson
Milford
Edna Roush
Albany
Ore
George Pirie
O. C. Higgins
Frank Bander
Lake City
Harry McCullough
Jean Driskall
Helen Pirie
Des Moines
Plover
Junior Legion Auxiliary
Nancy
Judy Pirie
Virginia
Nadine Simonson
Mary Jo
Patty
Janet Arnold
Sandra MacVey
Lonnie Auten
Lloyd Auten
Wayne Arnold
Eldon MacVey
Lydia Pinkham Tablet Claim Aimed at Life Change Troubles
An advert touts Lydia Pinkham's Tablets as a new medicine that targets the cause of menopausal symptoms. It claims to act through a woman's sympathetic nervous system to relieve tense feelings and distress with iron content, available in drugstores alongside Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Open Bible Church Holds Sunday Services with Special Music
The article notes Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship led by Rev Russell Archer from Des Moines Open Bible College with students present. Special music planned, followed by a 7 p m youth meeting and an 8 p m Bible study on Revelations. Wednesday cottage prayer meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover Church of the Open Bible
Ruth Stonks
Russell Archer
Open Bible College of Des Moines
Plover Churches Announce Services and Meetings
Sunday school at 10 a m at Plover Methodist led by Eugene Smith. Plover First Presbyterian offers 9 30 a m Sunday school with Keith Stephens, worship at 10 30 a m. Reformation Sunday sermon Affirming Our Faith. Session meets October 28 7 50 p m. PW plans workshop October 1 at Rolfe Church led by Lela Hilton. Reformation Day union service October 31 at Pocahontas Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover
First Presbyterian Church
Keith Stephens
Leona Wilson
Hus Velma Strene
Lela Hilton
Rolfe Presbyterian Church
Pocahontas Methodist Church
Heat Ignites on Flatbed Trailer Near LeMars
A big semi’s back dual wheels on a flatbed trailer overheated from friction and caught fire, burning all four tires but causing no damage to the metal frame near LeMars. Ray Guglielmetti of Belle Plaine escaped serious injury after a sawing accident damaged a ladder and bruised his head and face. The Guthrie Center garden yielded a 13 inch cucumber weighing nearly three pounds, nicknamed a big pickle. Hattie Turner retires from Derby community news after 20 years of service dating back before World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Ray Guglielmetti
Belle Plaine
Max Sloss
Guthrie Center
Hattie Turner
Derby
Belle Plaine Couple Grow Pumpkin Vines Through Cherry Tree
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ealy report a cherry tree with pumpkins growing on it. A pumpkin vine planted near the trunk climbed the tree and bloomed along the branches, covering the entire tree with blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Ealy
Belle Plaine
Rolfe Consolidated School News Highlights Fall Activities
Kindergarten pupils read We Read Pictures and practiced number 6 while drawing Halloween Owl scenes. Third graders listed fall signs during a city walk and wrote fall stories. John Brinkman celebrated his sixth birthday with classmates, and Lyle Christensen moved to Drever school reducing class size to 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brinkman
Lyle Christensen
Drever School
Miss Vogel
Jo Ann T
Kathy Z
Fourth Grade Busy Week With Math and Travel Reports
This week students focused on multiplication facts using flash cards for games. They aim to exceed 14 spelling hundreds next week. Halloween decorations, including a hooty owl, decorate the bulletin board as projects begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe’en Owl
Hallowe'en
Fifth Grade Attendance Acknowledges United Nations Anniversary
The class notes illness reduced attendance over two weeks while bulletin boards honor flags of many nations for the United Nations 12th anniversary. Readers list spelling award recipients, hospitalizations, and classroom activities including tests on Rome and crafts. Junior High notes report flu-related cancellations, geography on Venezuela and the Guianas, Iowa settlement history, arithmetic topics, and an upcoming party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipfer
United Nations Organization
Carol Biedermann
Mary Ann Brinkman
David Grant
Craig Hadaway
Kathy Ives
Janet Jordan
Susan Lawton
Joann Loss
Sara Olerich
Gary Post
Plaeger
Manson
Venezuela
Guianas
Iowa
Stephen Hodoway
Local Wedding Aboard and Social Visits Chronicle
Community notes recount the wedding of Beverly Wors ter to Zane Firkins at St. Peter and Paul Church in West Bern on October 12. Families and friends from Des Moines, Humboldt, Gowrie, Emmetsburg, Bancroft, and Fort Dodge visit homes and attend showers, dinners, and birthdays across the area. Army Lt. Lloyd K. Adams joins an Italian aviation unit, and Milford H. Zeman’s Ayrshire herd earns monthly production praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wilson
Art Firkins
Beverly Worster
Gracttinger
Zane Firkins
Rodman
St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
West Bern
Army
Lloyd K. Adams
Lloyd S. Adams
Gilmore City
202Nd Aviation Company
Italy
Adams
Fort Riley
Kaw
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Plover News
Art Peterson
John Gembler
Jann
Jean Brinkman
K. I. Westerman
Morningside College
Sioux City
Myr
Tony Peterson
E.W. Meredith
Kenneth Depew
Jerry Depew
Rolfe Consolidated School News
Mrs. Niceson
Mrs. Mortensen
WM. Buske, JR
Big Chief
Rickard Home Service
Mias
Susan
Carol
Judy Lieb
Ronald S
Joanne K
Danny T
Joy C
Marvin K
Beverly S
Barbara W
Elaine
Henry Co
Judy L
Patricia M
Wayne H
Ann D
Robert D
Joan B
Janis L
Joanne Kirby
George Green
Wilmer Huston
Henry Pedersen
Humboldt
J. M. Lynch
San Antonio
Mary Gretchen
Bancroft
Elizabeth Williams
Virgil Peterson
of Armstrong
Ray Isacson
Pete Grethen
Liberty Schultz
Emmetsburg
Mary Gretcen
Leslie Johnson
Eldon Ellingson
Mallard
Joe Tool
Don
Gowrie
Lester Simpson
Jack Knutson
Roger Witt
Roger
Eva Carhart
Los Angeles
C. J. White
Bode
Carhart
Eva Goodenough
Bradgate
Robert Holecek
Roelf Oudekerk
Glenville
Lloyd Thoren
Rolland Thompson
Burbank
Robert Wiegert
Elroy, Wise
Inga Ryen
Nora Mentzer
Wiegert
Bob Shafer
Inez Markley
Cedar Falls
Robert Swan
W. H. Ferguson
Richard Mott
Samuelson
Wayne Stanbro
Indianola
H. I. Wickie
Ayrshire
Milford H
Garth Bauer
Johnson Ideal
J. A. Zimmerman and Sons
Rockwell City
Grant Johnson
Forest City
Nellie Michalek
Clear Lake
Anna Howe
Hopsie Forsythe
J. A. Johnson
Myrtle Anderson
Westinghouse Electric
Westinghouse
Lowa
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