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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1971
Page
10
A mosaic of quirky notes and village vignettes from Main Street. Readers reminisce on newspapers, jokes, a Nixon reference, and a memorial to Millie Dunn, closing with a friendly signoff See you along Main Street.
Che Malvern Drader Malvern and Betsy Paul daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry E Paul of Henderson toured Iowa with the Simpson College band from March 25 through April 2. The ensemble performed concerts at various cities as shown above.
Albert Washburn, chairman of the Mills County Soil Conservation District, announced the Conservation Speech Contest will be held April 15, 1971 at 7 p.m. in the Farm Bureau meeting room Malvern. The theme is Soil and Water Management Benefits My Community. First to third place win medals. first place trophies to the winning school, kept permanently if won three consecutive years. County area contest to follow in summer. junior high and high school students eligible. Public invited. details at the District Office in Malvern.
Mills county 4-H clubs contribute 187.25 to the Iowa United Service 4-H Program as Peg Robbins notes. Funds support the Iowa 4-H Camping Center, the National 4-H Center expansion, and the International Farm Youth Exchange program. Mill county 4-Hers aided camping facilities to match a Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben grant.
The document cites census declines from 1960 to 1970 and claims 10,246 people left farms weekly over a decade. It warns of a government plan to eliminate small and medium farms, promoted by Dr. Hendrik Houthakker and the Committee of Economic Development, urging a five year phase out of farm programs. The piece urges farmer membership in the NFO to resist.
A lighthearted column shares domestic chaos and humor from family life. It riffs on sibling squabbles at home and school, the quirks of busy mornings, the urge for quiet thinking time, and humorous anecdotes about children and parents.
A second grader from Essex writes seeking to keep her school open. The responder assures no closure plans, emphasizes funding responsibilities, and praises small towns. The speaker condemns federal coercion over highway bills and vows Iowa will oppose such intimidation from Washington.
Town Western Community College seeks interest in a GI Bill farm cooperative training program for veterans in Mills, Page and Fremont counties. Harald Swanson of SWCC notes existing programs in Shelby County and expects at least one class might run in the southwest. Benefits support 12 hours weekly, with evening sessions near home farms, starting after Jan 31, 1955, and programs to be started with 25 to 30 enrollees under IWCC administration.
Mark Babbitt of Malvern son of Mr and Mrs D R Babbitt and a sophomore mechanics student at Iowa Western Community College Clarinda Campus was named to the Director's Honor Roll for achieving a 3.25 GPA with at least 12 credit hours. Dr J Brian Trambley noted the 3.25 GPA reflects high academic achievement with A equal to 4.00 and B equal to 3.00.
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