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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
4
Hastings community news lists local visits and gatherings, births, illnesses, and travel. Highlights include a May 23 birthday card thanks, a birth of Alice Eileen to Direk and Mrs Johnson, several Sunday visits among neighbors, and attendance at a bridal shower for Dale Simpson near Malvern.
Hastings schools held a safety drill at a Friday football game with eight graders including Clarence Martin Lyte Courtier Larry Kidwell Deval Waterworth and Clifford Austin assigned to guide the crowd and prevent children from darting before traffic. The meeting also covered a talk on danger, recent class topics, and a plan to form a Cub Den with Floyd Chetx as senior patrol leader.
Imogene and Conception, Missouri visits noted. Ed Jenks relocates to Imogene. Anthony Head and Carrie Head family birthday dinner hosted by Joseph Laughlin Jr. Anthony Head's birthday celebrated. Ted Germar family visited Walter Boatwright near Farmers City. James Eugene Drake born April 20 to Kenneth and unknown mother. Mrs. Harold Maher cares for Drake baby. Addy family visits Omaha for Twiden Spike Days prep. Clyde Addy and Mrs. FE. E. Collins in Kansas City. Veronica Leahy leaves Shenandoah for Los Angeles to seek work. Numerous relatives and neighbors, including Hillyer, Bryant, Owens, Comstock, and Newman families, appear in social notes and travel mentions.
Catbirds arrive in early May, bold and alert in tangles near homes. They nest in thick shrubs, with a bulky stick nest finished by roots and leaves, laying three to five greenish eggs and hatching in 10 to 14 days. About 56 percent of their diet is fruit, the rest insects like beetles, ants, crickets, grasshoppers, and caterpillars. They depart by October 1, and plumage is slate gray with black head highlights and rusty red under tail.
A work meeting of the East Liberty Ladies' Aid Society will be held at the church on Wednesday afternoon, May 4. Social news lists local residents attending events and visits with relatives in nearby towns, with injuries noted for Rey Hall who is recovering from a fall.
A congregational meeting occurred at the church Friday night led by Reverend Speagh of Red Oak. Mr and Mrs Virgil Liddell and family of Oakland visited relatives in the vicinity Saturday. Mrs F G Rochersperger called on Mary Man Parker Wednesday afternoon.
John Ayre shelled corn Monday while Marion Smith did the shelling. The Hicks and Viner families spent Sunday in the Less DeHolt area. Carlene McVay visited Clarence on their face tome fear Council Bluffs from Friday to Sunday. Boyd McVay returned Monday from Des Moines after a two week trip. Marion Turner suffered a tooth infection and had it lanced. Hetty Alexander has eye trouble and was absent from school early in the week. Lois Rew celebrated her birthday with a party Saturday. Clarence Oughel tree and family from near Council Bluffs visited the Fred McVay home Sunday. Mrs. John Ayre and Mrs. Donald McKenzey were afternoon callers.
Edith Hickman of Mt Vernon died Tuesday night after brain abscesses found at Edmundson Hospital. She leaves four daughters and three sons. three children are Mt Vernon pupils. Survives include her father and several brothers and sisters. Burial will be in Glenwood. funeral time to be set.
A Cooper home gathering last Wednesday night celebrated Ward Cooper's birthday anniversary with relatives and friends. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ward Cooper and Madeling, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Ward, H W Coy and family, B R Bridge, Basil McCollister and families.
Wide Awake 4 H club gathered April 15 at Darlene and Audrey Mickelwall’s residence. Nine girls attended with Holl call a Tree Common in Western Iowa a talk by Margaret Olive Wyant on Cunning storage Byud wet and a caculug tavat demonstration by Darigio Mickelwakt with Mary ae mele practice. Jack Guth club leader notes upcoming meetings at Poylle Waacier.
The piece traces cancer history from ancient times to modern breakthroughs. It notes early theories by Hippocrates and Galen, radical surgeries, radium, and x rays, and highlights growth from 13 to 272 cancer clinics by 1928. It credits the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for the Control of Cancer for sustained advances.
A Ladies Aid meeting held Thursday in the church parlor featured a pot luck lunch at 1 16 and a radio program led by Mrs Frank Beemer. The next gathering is set for May 4 at Mrs Leonard Paxton’s home near Hillsdale.
A reflective piece urges readers to persevere like a good sailor who reaches his destination despite wind and weather. It emphasizes courage against economic forces that challenge human effort and calls for more people to face adversity.
Senator Carl Stalin of Haame burg sat on the reception committee for Governor Wilson to greet Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark in Des Moines. E C Kineaid, Sidney schools chief, fled to seek Fremont county superintendent post. Eagle Grove seeks summer recreation funding, missing only 60 dollars. Griswold sent its marching band to Omaha for the Golden Spike parade and marching contest.
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