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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
2
Malvern residents greet Easter with family and friends visiting from Des Moines Omaha and Lincoln. Notable attendees include Jean McCullough, Kathryn Boogh, Hazel Donner, Lenore Masefield, and Norma Seaton Sterling, plus extended trips by Bennett of Porterville and many Malvern households hosting relatives with Easter events and church gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Albert Bellwood of Omaha visited Saturday in the G S Eaerett home. Mr and Mrs William Dice of Grand Island Neb were weekend guests in the K Dice home. The two families drove to Shenandoah to spend the day in the Max Murphy home. The Murphys now reside in their newly built home. Mr and Mrs Ira Turner drove to Council Bluffs Easter Sunday to attend Fifth Avenue Methodist church and dine with Rev and Mrs F A Smith. Rev Smith was formerly Hastings pastor. In the evening they attended the Knights Templar service at the Christian church.
An entourage of War Department officials from the Seventh Corps Area Iowa District toured the Malvern CCC Camp Friday morning. Major General Percy C. Bishop led the party with L. E. French Colonel John C. Pegram and Major George A. King. Local commander Lt. R. B. Holst and camp superintendent F. L. Brinacombe guided the inspection. Bishop, newly in command at Omaha, viewed Iowa camp operation and administration up close.
The Poultes Club opened its year with officer elections led by John Longstreet. Twyla Chamberlain was named president, Bud Hertz vice president, Virginia Chamberlain secretary and treasurer, Harold Foy reporter, with Frank Chamberlain assisting Ray Hilton. Members planned home meetings and a trip to the Cleveland Poultry Congress next summer.
Mille county community leaders are invited to a district Rural Life Conference at Tabor college on April 20 with the annual Rural Life Conferences running April 21 to 27. Sponsored by Iowa colleges, the Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship and the Iowa College Extension Service, the meetings focus on living cooperatively and developing rural communities as cultural and spiritual centers of American democracy.
A surprise birthday and Easter gathering in Mt. Vernon drew 23 guests, with Clyde Dickersbach and Mrs Geo Davis among the honored. Attendees included Blaine and Ralph Dickersbach, Otho Custer, Reno Custer, Wilma, and families of Vanderpaal, Douglas, and Caudell. Mrs Myraette Pitzer has been ill with flu and complications. Mrs Bower helped escort her mother to Omaha.
Mills County Farm Bureau 4-H groups join KFNF Shenandoah for a Saturday music appreciation broadcast from 9 30 to 9 55 am. The series will feature the season’s studied selections and other pieces by famed artists including Tite Schipa Lucrezia Bor and more. Programs will appeal to music students and 4-H members as they study music history and performance. KFNF broadcasts on 890 kilocycles.
More than 185 visitors attended the seventh anniversary open house of Co. 780 Civilian Conservation Corps at Malvern. Lt. R. B. Holst and camp superintendent F. I. Brinacombe led the event with Soil Conservation Service staff guiding tours of erosion control work on Mills County farms. Since July 1935 the Malvern camp has demonstrated erosion remedies on 106 farms covering 16,065 acres, planting 362,500 trees on 82 acres and promoting strip cropping on 2,272 acres and contour farming on 4,054 acres. Thirty-eight miles of terraces, 940 gully dams, 3,172 tons of limestone crushed, and woodland improvements on 8 percent of acres were noted. The evening program included a dinner for 140 residents and a talk by regional conservationist R. Von Trebra on soil conservation and watershed planning.
The first medical journal was Nouvelles Decouvertes, published in 1470 by Nicholas de Bleeny, marking a milestone in scientific communication. The compact periodical introduced new medical findings and contributed to the early spread of scholarly debate across Europe.
The Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Christian, Presbyterian, and St Johns Lutheran churches announce Sunday school at 9 to 10:30 a.m. and morning worship around 10 to 11 a.m. Epworth League presents 45 colored pictures on South America. Easter egg case aid to orphans completed. Evening services and circles meet midweek. note the upcoming CBE convention on April 29.
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