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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1961
Page
7
Hillsdale WSCS members host a guest day at the church next Wednesday April 26 at 2 p.m. The daytime speaker will be Mrs Byron Falk of Essex radio known as the Farmer's Wife heard on KKMA Shenandoah. Invitations went to seven other societies and all are welcome.
Gloria Brower turned twelve on Wednesday and celebrated with Glenwood school friends Cindy Vohs Yvonne Barkus Karen Garrett Merrillee Rohrberg Pam Sell Bonnie Hugg and a guest from near Malvern Twila Tackett. The party featured gifts cake and ice cream. Mr. and Mrs Alfred Brandt of Silver City visited Gloria’s parents G W Sell. Gary Shepard of Glenwood spent the weekend with grandparents Leigh and aaron Shepard. Mrs Gene Van Oradel returned Monday from Grand River after helping her daughter Mrs Jerry Andrew and infant son Michael Wayne.
Hart Jorgenson, market reporter for KFAB from Omaha, spoke at the Glenwood Rotary Club dinner at Hillsdale Church attended by about thirty-one farmers and young community members. A male Rotary quartet performed, the WSOS prepared the banquet, and guests enjoyed a “sing along” after the program.
The Rural Improvement Club met Wednesday afternoon April 12 at Mrs. A. H. Culver’s home with 20 members one child and three visitors present. Mrs. Rol l Buffington led a program of poems and rose culture talk with photos from her garden. An annual club tour was discussed and May 10 breakfast at Hillyvale Church was planned. Social hour featured spring fare as Hillsdale MYF members attended a youth rally.
Lavern Rohrberg called from South Carolina on Sunday surprising his family with a weekend pass update from Columbia. The piece notes a festive community sequence with neighbors scrambling to relay the call and expresses relief that Lavern was safe and well. It also lists local social visits and events around Council Bluffs, Malvern, and Glenwood, including prom night at the Community Building and a baby shower for Michael Wayne Andrew.
Social notes from Malvern Iowa recount a cooperative dinner at the Max Crum home near Red Oak for Mr and Mrs Forrest Bloomer and others, open house for Mr and Mrs Charley Clark on their golden anniversary, New Farm Program meetings drawing farmers, and several hospital and family visits including Howard Miller, Mrs George Rowe, and Gregg Allen born April 15 at Hamburg hospital. Local residents also hosted and visited relatives in Malvern Glenwood and Omaha with multiple small gatherings and patient care updates.
Senior news notes that invitations for the May 12 prom banquet have been sent to Nishna Valley seniors. Students anticipate the event, plan skip day, and finalize memory books as a class meeting discussed the prom.
The Hillsdale Methodist Church with minister Merle W. Burres and supervisor George Wright announces morning worship at 10 o clock, church school at 10 45, youth fellowship on alternate Sundays at 7, choir Wednesday at 8. WSCS Guest Day is set for Wednesday April 26 at 2 pm with a district meeting 2 30 pm at Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs.
Fragmentary mentions name Mr and Mrs W Hansell and Carl Phelps with Lillian Bishop. Text is garbled, unreadable, providing only scattered names and vague references to residents without identifiable events or context.
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