Rails kept hot as Mills County floods reroute trains
Rails were kept hot on the Burlington line through Mills county with about 15 additional trains per day routed here due to flood dislocations in eastern Iowa and Minnesota. The extra traffic troubled the bridge crew working on Silver Creek and Wabash bridges west of town. Track attention is ongoing as Corner County girls meet next Tuesday.
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Burlington
Mills County
Iowa
Minnesota
Silver Creek
Wabash
Corner County
Two Injured in Emerson Edge Collision
Mary Elizabeth Shoop a 51 year old Emerson resident and Cordell Ray Tomlin 25 Red Oak were injured when Shoop turning left failed to yield on old highway 59 north of Emerson. Shoop suffered a wrist fracture and back and hip injuries while Tomlin had head and chest bruises and both cars sustained extensive damage. Shoop faces a charge of failure to yield half of the right of way according to the sheriff's office.
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Emerson
Red Oak
Mary Elizabeth Shoop
Cordell Ray Tomlin
Tomlin
Tripld
Shoop
Spring Trala Dry Weather Grips County
Warm days and light winds dried the earth as the county marked a rainless week. Daily temperatures were reported with no precipitation in sight.
Fresh Meat Stolen From Glenwood Deep Freeze
A fresh supply of about 350 pounds of meat and other frozen items were stolen from a deep freeze at Glenwood resident Don Bishop's home in an April 15 break in. Sheriff Edwin Barkus investigated the incident as part of the ongoing case.
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Don Bishop
Glenwood
Edwin Barkus
Bishop
Speed Check Nips Truck Bus Drivers North of Malvern
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Mead and Highway Patrolman Harry Weis conducted a speed check north of Malvern from 6 45 to 9 00 am. Four Malvern Community School District bus drivers and three commercial drivers were ticketed for speeding. Fines range from 10 to 26 dollars plus costs with speeds from 50 to 62 mph.
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Malvern
Kenneth Mead
Harry Weis
Malvern Community School District
Justice of the Peace
John Hall
Albert
Leipold
Clarence
Coates
Charles
Wilson
Vern
Mickelsom
Junior Driskell
Spiker
Earl Gordon
Waller
Mead
Weis
Richard Henderson
Walter Stilla
Area Zoning Interest Grows At Mills County Meeting
Mills county zoning board hosted Fremont and Montgomery county reps to discuss area zoning and planning in Glenwood courthouse. IDC planners Tom Johnson and Bill McLaughlin and Edw Wearin of Red Oak spoke on coordinating with engineers to align zoning with goals. The Mills county board welcomed Glenwood’s zoning progress and planning efforts. Annual Smorgasbord set at Henderson Methodist on April 28 with 5:30 pm start. Adults 1.50, under 12 0.75. Award for Good Work given to Claude Schoening at Mills Co TB Health Assn dinner in Tabor. 53 members attended.
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Mills County Zoning Board
Fremont
Montgomery
Glenwood
Tom Johnson
Bill McLaughlin
Iowa Development Commission
Edw. Wearin
Red Oak
Mills County Board
Thelma Blank
Emery S. Agnes Livengood
Ecretary
Okd
Karl” Bass
Mr. Bass
Ervin Kizzier
Bass
IDC
City of
Henderson Methodist Church
Claude Schoening
Hugh Shiveley
Mills Co, TB & Health Assn
Brick Inn
Tabor
Shiveley
Important notice on new press installation and reduced pages
The Leader reports a new newspaper press purchase and installation starting Friday with work through May 3, a move to roll printing and increased capacity. During April 29 and May 13 issues the plant will operate with eight pages per issue, requiring cooperation with The Glenwood Opinion-Tribune for some printing.
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Leader
Glenwood Opinion-Tribune
Rostrum Gifted to Nishna Cottage in Easter Memorial
A rostrum with a light for use by ministers during Sunday services is donated to Nishna Cottage in memory of Mr and Mrs Claude Wilson by their family. A new patient, Ernest Cozad of Malvern, was admitted to the home this week. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for Easter remembrances and joy brought to Nishna Cottage.
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Nishna Cottage
Claude ‘Wilson
Ernest Cozad
Malvern
Reckless Drivers Brought to Mills County Crackdown
Mills County crackdown nets four arrests for reckless driving and drag racing on Bellevue road. Bellevue men Alan Ellis and William Sterrett faced $100 fines plus costs. Joe Keightley of Omaha paid $30 and $25 for two charges after having no muffler and reckless driving. Jerry Gillespie of Glenwood paid $50 with a 60 day license suspension recommendation. Keightley reportedly sold his car to cover fines as officers noted skid marks and burning rubber.
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Mills County
Alan Ellis
William Sterrett
Bellevue
Harry Weis
Kenneth Mead
Justice of Peace
Ernest Timmerman
Joe Keightley
Omaha
Carl
Jerry Gillespie
Glenwood
Remley
Keightley
Gillespie
Bid on New Grader Accepted by Mills County
The Mills County board accepted a bid for a new motor grader to be used in Bly and surrounding areas. The meeting featured brief remarks from Mrs. Kathryn Rapter of Greenfield and Mrs. Clay Deliasimutf praising the county organization as especially effective. Shiveley presented slides of the Oaledale Sanitarium showing past and present facilities, while the association approved a $9500 grant to a regional health research program and lauded Winnie Johnson of the Health Assn. secretariat.
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Nalireale_Teadon
Oma
Austin
Clay -Deliasimutf
Kathryn
Rapter
Greenfield
Mills County
Shiveley
Oaledale Sanitarium
Hastings Men Sentenced to Seven Years for Check False Draws
Two Hastings men Nathan L. Bowen and Kenneth W. Gustin appeared in Mills County District Court before Judge Bennett Cullison. Each received seven years in the state penitentiary and was paroled to the State Board of Parole. The charges stem from checks drawn in the Malvern area. Gustin had prior sentences including a 1950 reformatory term and later a 1960 seven-year term for false drawing of checks.
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Hastings
Mills County District Court
Bennett
Cullison
Nathan
L. Bowen
Kenneth W
Gustin
State Penitentiary
State Board of Parole
Malvern
Sherif
Anamosa
Gutsin
Fort Madison
Legion Plans Avenue of Flags at Malvern Cemetery
The American Legion post plans an Avenue of Flags for Memorial Day services at Malvern Cemetery on May 30. Members will install a concrete path from the cemetery entrance to the unknown soldier’s grave, with each flag bearing the veteran’s embroidered name as a lasting memorial. The post seeks surviving flag-bearing veterans to donate burial flags and asks families to contact Bud Hertz, Ed Edie, or Lentz Powles to contribute soon.
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Malvern Cemetery
Legion
Bud Hertz
Ed Edie
Leader
Lentz Powles
Malvern Cemetery Assn
Legionnaires Point
Bloedel Named to Mills County Board of Review
Mills County Conference Board in session at the county assessor’s office named Raymond Bloedel of Malvern to fill the unexpired term of Roy Mansfield on the board of review. The county examining board was filled by J Frank Durbin Emerson Bert Wheeler of Tabor and Carroll Bloom of Glenwood to fill vacancies caused by recent deaths.
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Mills County Conference Board
Harry Marléel
Raymond Bloedel
Malvern Merchant
Roy Mansfield
Malvern
Board of Review
Mansfield
J. Frank Durbin
Emerson
Bert Wheeler
Tabor
Carroll Bloom
Glenwood
County Conference Board
Mills County
Board of Supervisors
County Board of
Nishna Valley Kindergarten Round Up May 1
Wishna Valley Community Schools will hold Kindergarten Roundup on Saturday morning May 1 at elementary centers. Principal Glen Adkins announces meetings at Henderson enrollment. Families with eligible children who have not received a letter are urged to call the school at 824-7204 or 624-8172.
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Wishna Valley
Glen Adkins
Henderbe
Nishna Valley
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Neola
Anderson Electric
Brodahl Plumbing & Heating
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Nupps
Paul Winters
J. A. Kline
Rious
Myron Jones
Reon Mt
Keighley
Winnie Johnson
TR & Health Assn
Association
Marion Clark
Malavern
Marion
Tom
Harry Hammons
The
American Legion
Bloedel
Mills County Board of Review
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