Local social notes and obituaries from Plover region
Social listings detail visits and gatherings across Laurens Mallard Pocahontas and surrounding towns including Horsman Meurer Henderson Caswell families. Notable items include Mrs. Myrtle Horsman funeral in Laurens, prenuptial shower for Geraldine Henderson, and community events at Mallard Fort Dodge and Plover churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Johnson
A. J. Cross
Curlew
Glen Horsman
Jim O’neall
Horsman
Glen
Wm. Ries
Manson
Helen
Edith Emmett
Hammond
Ind
West Bend
Jack Fitzgerald
San Bernardino
Calif
Stine
Cedarherla
Eldon MacVey
Harold Loomis
Jas. Triplett and Son
Jim
Ralph Schnieders
Howard Hubbell
Don Wilson
Gerald Henderson
Havelock
Jay Williams
Mesdames
Wm. Ralph
Osage
Wm. Brazier
Walter Knight
Chas. Philp
H. K. Larson
Waterloo
Chas. Lehauses
Minnie Jarvis
Rolfe
Geraldine Henderson
Presbyterian Church
Robert Ralph
Edna Henderson
Mildred Schutz
Chas. McPadzen
Chas. Kemmer
Wendell Christensen
Mesdames N. J. Meurer
B.C. VanaAlstine
Charles McFadden
May Butler
O. C. Higgins
2D. L. Saylor
Glen Lent
Raymond Henderson
Harold O'Neal
Kenneth Henderson
Selma
Ala
James Horsman
Laurens
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Myrtle Irene
Samuel D. Williams
Great Oak Township
Palo Alto County
Mallard
James H. Horsman
Palo Alto
Pocahontas Counties
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Plover
Methodist Church of
Royal Neighbors of
America
Donald G. Horsman
Japan
Onda
Art Sellers
Keith Horsman
John A. Day
Gilmore City
Rolfe Consolidated School News Kindergarten Report
The 1956-1952 school year began with 40 pupils eight new faces expected bringing 21 boys and 19 girls. Two birthday parties were held Debra Heathman shared cupcakes and Julie Ferold brought Walt Disney favors. Students learned finger plays nursery rhymes and coloring. Early dismissal planned for this afternoon with no school Monday. Mrs. Nicoson welcomes 26 girls and boys ready for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ripperger
Debra Heathman
Julie Ferold
Walt Disney
Second Grade and Fifth Grade Class News
Summer room updates include new paint window shades light fixtures and a long bulletin board with a train display. Thirty three fifth graders enrolled opening day. twenty two perfect spelling papers were recorded. The class discusses summer reading social studies The Eastern Hemisphere and arithmetic review led by Mrs Kipfer Miss Corsair and Mrs Schott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Peterson
Max Page
Karen Stacy
Judy Otto
Linda Robinson
Dennis Behrendsen
Dallas Ives
Steven Pedersen
LeRoy Dornath
Richard Farlow
James Peters
Joe Boeckholt
Steven Page
Eugene Schmitt
Jeannette Rickard
Linda Rickard
Third Grade Class Notes and Birthday Candy
The third grade has 30 pupils with 11 boys and 19 girls. Twenty five perfect spelling papers this week and plans to beat the record next week. Students used new arithmetic and workbooks after two tests to review last year’s numbers. Carol Schott celebrated her eighth birthday on Thursday and brought candy bars for the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie Weddle
Selma
Linda Henderson
D. L. Saylor
George Lehigh
Cedar Falls
Charles Lehius
Gwendolyn
Northwest
Herman Griffell
Vincent
T. R. Jones
William Cassell
Chicago
Wm. Cassell
Cassell
J. W. Gembler
A.W. Hess
Gembler- Kruse
Mason City
Robert Crotty
Havelock
Pocahontes
Crotty
Marie Pavik
Beulah Tierney
Irene Weber
Velda Stumpf
George Pirie
Black Duck Lake
Minn
Waukon
Dennison
Charles McFadden
Glen Lent
Mary Pirie
Sioux City
Ione Lease
Lottie Chinn
J. L. Duling
Edna Henderson
Minneapolis
Clara Potrue
Harold Nomann
Minnesota
Carol Schott
Fourth Grade Explorers Learn World Travel in Class
Fourth grade students under Mrs. Mortensen read about Vikings and Norway and imagined travel to Maylaya. They studied maps and globes and planned trips by boat or plane to a peninsula then by foot through jungle paths. New arithmetic problems kept them busy as Michael and Marshall Brinkman joined the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Negritos
Maylaya
Bunga
Michael
Marshall Brinkman
Junior High Opens With Seventeen Grade Seven Sections
The junior high reports a solid start with an enrollment of 67 students. Two seventh grade English and arithmetic sections are planned for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ploeger
Miss Pattee
New Teachers Join faculty as term opens
Mr Ploeger the principal and Mr Rickard health teacher are new to the staff while Miss Pattee returns for a second year. Academic work is well underway and football practice will begin next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ploeger
Rickard
Miss Pattee
Vocational Agriculture and Business Education Enrollment
The 1966-57 school year shows 25 freshmen to seniors in vocational agriculture with two classes. Freshmen and sophomores study crops and soils while juniors and seniors tackle farm management. livestock judging prep runs for Clay County Fair on Sept 15. Two shop days weekly planned. Two award plaques note top state FFA honors from last spring. In business education, 16 juniors and seniors study bookkeeping and journalizing. Shorthand class has 10 girls. typing classes enroll 9 boys and 16 girls across levels. Second-year typing reviews summer, fingers limbering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay County
Twenty two youths begin Driver Education class progress
Mr Carlay reports twenty two students in Iowa Driver Education learning state rules from the Code and tracking highway deaths. After three weeks a test will allow driving with an instructor. The goal is twenty two safe drivers to curb Iowa traffic toll. A two year old Illinois boy, Terry Joseph Watson, is hospitalized near Granger Missouri after hog attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Illinois
Bloomfield
Granger
Terry Joseph Watson
Your Highways Your Highways Jay Scott
Truck drivers especially those who drive truck trailers are found to be the most efficient and safety conscious group using our highways. Fruehaus Trailer Company outlines a 16 point safety program for all drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruehaus Trailer Company
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Plover News
Greta Johnson
Lucille White
Erma Hartsock
Hazel Bemis
Mamie Eckert
Marsha Reinders
Amelia Bendixen
Dorothy Rouse
First Presbyterian Church
Trinity Larger Parish Council
Ottosen Presbyterian Church
Fort Dodge
Rolfe Consolidated School News
Mrs. Nicoson
Massachusetts
Conway
Brothers
Luther Thompson
Massachusetts Investors Trust
George
London
England
Vons
Tue Ankhamen
Lord Carnar
Tutan Khamen
Miss Stoulil
Mrs. Mortensen
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rolfe State Bank
Owa
Mr. Kiburz
Miss Blewett
Mr. Carlay
Jay Scott
Red Lela
Zemo
General Electric
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