Mallard Leader (Newspaper) - March 20, 1958, Mallard, Iowa 19 PALO ALTO MARCH 1958 29 Six Mallard Students Request Soil Advance to State Conservation Assistance Contest Six of ten competing students from Mallard High School re cently advanced to the State Speech Contest by receiving Di vision 1 ratings in district contest which was held at Spirit The state contest will be held at Iowa on March It is not known at this time the exact date or dates on which the Mallard students will The state contest is the last in a series of three contests held each year by the Iowa High School Speech The climb to this contest is a and sometimes disap pointing process because of the keen competition in the first two The students w ho reach the state contest are the best in the Tha students who will represent Mallard in the state contest are John dramatic decla mation Monte Wood ford and Mary Kay oratorical declamation Barbara orig inal oratory Gary radio speaking and Marilyn Wil interpretive Although four of the ten com students were eliminated at Spirit Lake they should be congratulated for their fine It is a distinct honor to participate in the dis Those who received Division 11 ratings were Rosella nis Dave Kunz and Jean nine According to Clem work unit conservationist of the Soil Conservation nineteen new requests for assist ance have been received and ap proved by the Palo Alto Soil Conservation District commis far in Among the 19 new cooperators of the district are Clarence Doerning and Kathryn Ellis of Ellington Palo Alto County Art Festival Coming Shows Many fine shows for your en are coming to the Mallard Theatre in the next few They are The Sad Battle The Brave Tammy and the Joe An Affair to Night Heaven Knows The Ten die and many There will be an Art Festival in Ayrshire oa April Everyone interested in art and beauty are urged to There will be exhibits to various namely leather water color and pastel metal travel textile cake deco rating and Anyone having anything of please call the local com they pick it up and It will be in responsible hands and good care taken of This exhibit is being sponsored by the Womens Club in the Henry of Mallard Club 23 shall be duly set aside Open House You are invited to attend Open House at Leahs Bakery at West Bend next March from to Three prizes will be To Visit Tom of the Palo Alto Farm Bureau Womens will repre sent that organization on the Farm Bureau Womens trip to The ladies taking the trip will leave Iowa April 13 and return on April Included in the schedule for the are two The optional tour will points of interest such as Library of Arlington National Lincolns White House and many The other tour will be taken to the Department of American Farm Bureau Congress and other legislative Another high light on the agenda will be a dinner meeting of the Iowa Con gressional Delegation planned for April Fire Call The Mallard fire department was called to the James Dexter farm three miles south and tWo west of Mallard Sunday evening was The blaze was ex Birthday Party Emma Lorenzen enter the Canasta club Satur day night in honor of the birthday of LeRoy A very delicious lunch was served by the Dennis Krai of Mallard will be a guest on the Hammond Organ Melodies program over television station Fort Dodge at next Card of Thanks The congregation of the Have lock Methodist church hereby extends thanks to Charles Linde man and Jay Arnold for conduct ing the building fund sale Thanks also to the Mallard Creamery for their donation of butter for the sale lunchroom and to the Laurena Creamery and the Hill Coffee C for contribution of milk and coffee served at Farmers and Business Mens Frost Files ior Reelection District Court Clerk Lloyd Frost of Emmetsburg has filed for renomination in the primary election for his third term in is a lifelong resident of Palo Alto county and a veteran of World War He holds de grees from the University of Iowa in liberal arts and also from the University law He served as deputy clerk of court under Thompson from May to at which time he was elected clerk upon the retirement of He is married and has three sons and one Birthday Dinner Keeney was guest o honor at a birthday dinner Sun day given by Keeney at th McLain Guest House near Have Other guests included th members of the Bolivia Suppe The afternoon was span at the Keeney home playing Proclamation 4H BB Tourney 1 of July Saturday I Seven 4H girls and ten 4H pr a countywide celebration to commemorate the Centennial of falo Alto and we are commemorat jig the honor and memory of the who bounded and de this we shall be h a festive mood and manner through the above and to further this pro fom and all male mem iers of Palo Alto county shall to adorn themselves with a costume fitting of the pioneers f our early costume be ihg the growth of a beard in full in part in part such as sideburns which shall be deemed fitting for their profession and and it is further stated if the above conditions are not carried out by the male citi of Palo Alto they shall be subject to punishment if men appear shaved and do not wn a Palo Also Centennial Shav ihg Punishment shall be led out by a Kangaroo JOHN Mayor of Mallard boys clubs will start their annual basketball at the Em High School gymnasium Saturday March 22 at The first game of the tournament will be between the freedom and Fairfield There will be four games that Saturday three Satur day three Monday and and the two final boys and one March To Tiny Carpenter of Emmetsburg and Ronnie Jergens of Cylinder have been secured to referee the Probably one other referee will be on hand to help out on the officiating Doyle will operate the time New Arrivals and Darwin Prochaska are the parents of an 8 9 barrel born in the Emmetsburg hospital March They also have two Rachel and Grandparents are Alma Gade of chaeka of A 9 8 son was born to Baptized The Sacrament of Holy Baptism and Evan Smith of was observed during the morning Curlew on March 13 in the hospi worship service last Sunday in tal at the Methodist The following parents took part as they presented thur children for dedication to Christ and his To Organize Chorus The Palo Alto Farm Bureau Womens Club will hold an or meeting for the County Womens Chorus o n March at in the MultiPurpose Room in the West Elementary school in Anyone interested in taking part in the chorus is urged to be Palo Alto County had a chorus not too many years ago and those that were in it can vouch tor the fact that it is a lot of and educational the same Coffee and donuts will If anyone has they should bring it New Trinity Lutheran Church Dedication Sunday The new Trinity Lutheran church will be dedicated next March and a large crowd is expected to The closing service of the old church will be held at after which the congregation and friends will assemble at the door of the new church for the opening The dedication service will begin at The pastor of the the James will officiate at both morning Two former Wittenburg of Iowa and Norris Crook of will conduct the afternoon beginning at A concert will be presented in the evening at by the local church choir and choirs from Pauls Lutheran church of Em Pauls Lutheran church of and Peace Lutheran church of West The Wittenburg will give a brief The ladies of the church will serve dinner and lunch in their new dining I Myrtle Truog received an announcement of the birth of a 7 11 Edward Church and Wayne Truog presented Ruth Ellen and Goodchild presented their Klint Leo and Lindsey presented their Robert Lee and and Alan Woodford presented their Debra Card of Thanks We wish to thank the Mallard fire department for their prompt response to our call for assistance to extinguish the fire at our farm Sunday Your expert help was greatly and James Dexter to and Edward Worth ing ton at on March They also have two Celeste and Clint Boon of Glen is the grandmother and Truog is a greatgrandmother of the infant Coming Sale March beginning at the Plover Lumber will sell a nice lot of surplus stock at their See Ritchie Arnold are the and Ben Doerning and Herman were supper guests Sunday at the Gilbert Buscher home at MAKING HIS POINT Sale Silent Auction MARCH 23 Methodist Hall Cookies and Coffee Served Free Sponsored by Circle II Graettinger Host To County Meeting The next county meeting of the Legion Auxiliary will be held in Graettinger next Monk will be the Card of Thanks My sincere thanks te all those who remembered me with prayers and visits while I waq in the hospital at Fort Your kindness meant much to me and will long be and Milo Reinders and and Bob Eckert of Mallard and and Bugene Eckert of Albert City attended the State Girls Basketball Tourn ament in Dei Moines last High Boys Win Championship te Twin Boy Dies Kenneth Bolie of Mallard and his Mil lard of Sioux Rapids were called to Iowa City last Wednesday where Millard gave birth to twin boys One in fant died but the other boy and his mother are doing and Kenneth Bolie and and Fish at tended the funeral of the baby Monday afternoon at Sioux Reorganization Meeting Mallard Community school board met for their annual reorganization meet Amos Brallier and William board were reelected to the board at the last Marshall Compton was again chosen as Donald Fisher was elected vice president to succeed William The Mallard boys defeated Ruthven 3431 in a game that featured a sensational second half comeback by the Future Mallard was able to score only one field goal the first half and The Ducks played the best ball of their youn careers during the second Ruthven Darrel cooly sank two free throws with 24 seconds left to give Mallard their first lead of the Don Trow added two more for insurance with 10 seconds left to make the final score The starting Sweck Trow and Larry went all the way and each con to the last half The squad is to be lated for the deter and sportsmanship dis played throughout the It was only through their desire and cooperation that they became Cut On Face Billy Wagner received cuts on his face when be blacked oat while on his way home around Saturday night and fell west of the Brownlee hardware He must of fell breaking his glasses in bits which cut his face Ball April 17 The annual benefit ball will be held at the Ridotto on April Frank Jonas and his bind will furnish Notice The Home Cafe will be closed all day next March the tor See the local firemen With the Sick Sebuller was re leased from the hospital in Fort Dodge and is at the home of her Joe Buscher at She plans to return home MALLARD THEATRE Saturday Sunday M FREE Shows Wednesday PRICE 2lc and 50c MARCH 2223 Trapeze Cinemascope Technicolor Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Gins MARCH 27 Admission by Free Ticket from Your Merchant Plus IQc Huk Technicolor Montgomery Mona Freeman 2 Cartoons