Living in a Small Town For Journalists and Couples
The piece discusses college journalism students avoiding towns under five thousand, noting editors’ past and current views favoring metropolitan experience for better newsroom skills. It argues small towns offer substantial community life and balanced access to city benefits, especially for married couples, with transportation easing links to urban centers. George MacDonald is cited on preparation for the future.
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Town Press Assn
Des Moines
Werdr Ty
Cditors
Dow
Harbor Seeks Mills County Road Upgrades This Year
Senator W. H. Harbor urged early consideration of two Mills County projects. The first is hard surfacing Highway 242 from Highway 24 to Silver City, aiming for inclusion in the 1950s program. The second targets the junction of Highways 34 and 41 north of Malvern after a string of serious accidents.
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Senator Harbor
W. H. Harbor
Mills County
Silver City
Malvern
Malvern Mill Matter Entry Appears in Fort Office Records
A brief notice from Malvern Iowa indicates a second class mill matter entered at the Fort Office under the act of Congress of March 2, 18T. Mintages and prices shown as 15¢ 15e 10e 50e are listed with no further details.
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Malvern
Iowa
Congress
Highway 34 traffic may slow for safer crossing
The fragment argues that speeding through Highway 34 creates danger for vehicles turning to Highway 4 and for crossing Highway 4. It suggests a 45 mph slow-down with a mark and asks the Highway Commission to consider stronger ideas. The quote from Goethe is included.
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Highway Commission
Old Dobbin Returns to Money in Horse Market
Art Fritcher schedules a Tuesday Henderson sale as Old Dobbin makes a strong comeback in horse economy. Demand spans draft, saddle, and Shetland ponies with prices rising, reflecting shift from meat to pet and dog food markets. Fritcher notes rising bids and prices without offering a firm cause.
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Old Dobbin
Art Fritcher
Henderson
Following the Leader and the Bath Tub Paradox
A quirky column mentions Americans owning about 95 percent of the world’s baths and buying 1.8 million new ones yearly, cites White House baths, Versailles plumbing absence, Malvern sewer bids, and current manhole costs, then shifts to Hazel Hoover’s spring poem about accepting a divine path with Jesus guiding the journey.
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White House
France
Versailles
Malvern
Hazel Hoover
Mills School Building Study Sparks District Plan Debate
Grimes presents Mills School building study findings and proposes options for the district. The report outlines restructuring of grades and campus sites, calling for a coordinated plan by the Build We Committee and Steering Committee to guide reorganization, financing, and final recommendations for the district.
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Malvern
Sulver City
Malvern Selma
Itus
Harbor Opposes 21/2c Sales Tax in Senate Bill
Senator W H Harbor argues against the proposed 2.5 percent sales tax in the revenue measure. He favors fiscal restraint, calls for exact treasury figures, and opposes extending the tax to border counties while supporting school aid funding and land tax credit, but votes no to preserve state finances within current means.
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Harbor
Senate
Luncheon Hostess Ethel Herrick Leads Met Vernon Clergy
Ethel Herrick hosted a Monday luncheon with guests including Mrs. Jean Feight Mrs. Harriet Kramer Mrs. Ed Herrick and others from Council Bluffs and Glenwood. An afternoon demonstration featured Mrs. Durham as demonstrator and prizes awarded. Miss Sherry Stevens treated to a shower at Council Bluffs.
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Ethel Herrick
Jean Feight
Harriet Kramer
Ed Herrick
FL. Feight
Marjorie Feldt
Nadine Durham
Council Blues
Charles Herrick
William McAlpine
Red Oak
John Adams
Max Blackburn
Durham
Fred Dickersbach
Clyde Dickersbach
Karen
Glenwood
Coleridge
Nebr
Clarence Burton
Lyle Hunt
Woom. Nelson
Blackow
Austin Ross
Frank Stevens Sr
Sherry Stevens
Charles Wright
Council Rhluifs
Marella Jack Man
Familly
Tabor
Here Comes
Charlie
Igh School
Harold Sinner
Darwin
Joyce
Norman Sinder
Marcie
Near Henderson
Darrell Hansen
Omahis
Jon Kemp
Danny
Burl Vinton
Lee Shepard
Social Round of Guests and Family Visits Across Local Towns
A long list of weekend and midweek visits across Glenwood Pacific Junction Red Oak Tabor and nearby areas. Many households hosted relatives friends and neighbors including the Herricks Shepard Haney Orrs and Chereys with gatherings for meals Easter events and school absences noted.
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Robert Schroeder
Mr. Schroeder
Donavan Gift
Omaha
Robert Worcester
Cedar Rapids
S. J. Anderson
Anderson
Phoenix
Ariz
Worcester
Wendy
Sally
Robby
Max Cross
Cross
Pearl Woods
Leon
Merle
Cheryl
Nonnie
Donnie
Mra
Corwin Hardy
Leonard Parker
Gary
Mary Anna
Otto Siepold
Karen
Deanne
Near Emerson
Frank Chamberlain
Virginia
Fueste
Merrill Sargent and
Pacific Junction
C. M. Wilson
Floyd Rhoades
Red Oak
Paul Seeger
Sam Winters
Emerson
Elmer Haney
Linda
Roy Britton
Clarence Myers
Dwight Myers
Glenwood
Dan Myers
Daniell
Roger
Linda Shepard
Tinta Bell
Charles Cherey
Cynthia
Jack Hunter
Jackie
Everett Hell
Rickles
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F. A. Wortman
Hed Oak
Imogene
Randolph
United States
Carnot
Lee
Mit
Soc
Goethe
Jesus
Grimes
Mills
State Department of Public Gristrie
Pentedt and Co
ST Cital Co
Mtr
Wolter
Tee -Eboibs
Burt
Papal
Unese
Ochoul
Hastings Salvage
Wayne Diehl
George Perkins
A.B. Grimes
Met. Vernon Community News
Louis Bass
Mt. Vernon
Council Wharffs Edmundson Hospital
Misa Fetne Alberts
Hyernham
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Euler
Gossard
Charleson
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