Mills County blooms with magnolia color in Malvern
Magnolia trees bloom on lawns of J. W. Briggs Emily Knight Martha Ponton Hazel Summers and James Summers as mills county adds color and scent this spring. LaVerne Obrecht extension director spoke at a Methodist ministers district meeting in Council Bluffs about rural church impact from changing farm populations. Neighbors plowed 140 acres for Elmer Malcom in three hours with 40 tractor plows. Malcom has been in hospital this spring. This week’s Leader will feature the good neighbor project. Drama highlights loom with high school plays at Nishna Valley and Malvern Friday with seniors presenting We Shook the Family Tree and three one act plays at the Malvern Community building.
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Deep South
Malvern
J. W. Briggs
Emily Knight
Martha Ponton
Hazel Summers
James Summers
LaVerne Obrecht
Mills County
Council Bluffs
Elmer Malcom
Max Dashner
Malcom
Good Neighbor Project
Nishna Valley
Emerson Gym
Rush to Sign for ASC Feed Grain Plan 4 H Carnival
A Mills County 4H club announces a county wide carnival at Malvern Community Building on Saturday night April 29. The event features booths food stands and recreation on both floors and will crown a king and queen from nominations by 4H clubs. Club officers supervising include Darrell Baker Bob Malcom Sharon Mass Elaine Mass Mark Laughlin Roger Johnson and Diane Lakin. Proceeds fund the Oklahoma teen club exchange trip departing August 10.
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Mills County
Malvern
Darrell Baker
Bob Malcom
Sharon
Elaine Mass
Mark Laughlin
Roger Johnoon
Diane Lakin
Farmers sign up 70 percent in Mills for 1961 feed grain plan
A Mills county study shows 57 percent of farmers filed applications in the first 10 days of sign up for the 1961 federal feed grain program. Chairman H A McCain predicts about 70 percent participation countywide, noting farmers are well informed and seek guidance from ASC officials. The plan reduces 1959 60 base acreages with diversions paying at least 20 percent, soybeans may be grown on diverted acres as green manure, and participation is voluntary but tied to price support eligibility.
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Mills County
McCain
ASC
McGain
United States Department of Agriculture
Mills County workers gear up for cancer fund drive
Mills County launches its annual Crusade fund drive this week led by county chairwoman Mrs. Frances E. Harman of Emerson. She has named community and township chairmen across the county steering volunteers and fundraising efforts with leaflets stressing health checkups and the seven danger signals.
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Mills County
Frances E. Harman
Emerson
Mrs Pace Plans New Auction Business In Town
Mrs Mona Pace announces plans to open a new consignment auction business in Malvern. The Empress theater building is being remodeled for the purpose, with stage changes allowing continued Saturday and Sunday night movies. Opening date to be announced soon.
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Malvern
Mona Pace
Empress Theater
Musical Program for Nishna Patients Henry Schnoor Jr
Henry Schnoor Jr and Horace Spank-Richard presented a program of musical numbers Sunday at Nishna Cottage in lieu of the regular worship service. Mrs. Stella Hall, a patient, returned Saturday to her Hastings home.
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Henry. Schnoor Jr
Horace
sPank-Richand
Nishna Cottage
Stella Hall
Hastings
Named Farm Bureau homemaker of the year
Mills County marked spring with eighth grade exams directed by County Supt. Amy Hammers. At a Rural-Urban tea, about 170 women gathered in the Farm Bureau dining area where Amy Hammers announced the Farm Bureau homemaker of the year, Sed for such a note, as she received a corsage from Mrs. Lester Knop. The event followed county reorganizations and the exams are set to occur again next year.
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Mills County
Amy Hammers
Farm Bureau Homemaker
Farm Bureau
Lester -Knop
Jurors Named for Kelley Murder Trial at Glenwood May 8
One hundred ten Mills county electors were empanelled as seriatim jurors for the State vs Charles Kelley first degree murder case. The trial, moved from Pottawattamie to Glenwood, is set for the February term with Judge LeRoy Johnson presiding. Jurors reported in Glenwood for voir dire, with several listed names spanning Glenwood Malvern Mineola Pacific Junction Council Bluffs and Tabor.
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Kelley
Glenwood
I. L. Donner
Charles Kelley
Pottawattamie County
LeRoy Johnson
Red Oak
Minneapolis
Charles Noel Brown
Council Bluffs
Glenwood School District elects directors in special vote
Voters in the Glenwood community school district chose directors for four districts and an at large post. Rudolph Miller Jack Burgoin Walter Green James Purkhiser and Dick Owen will serve varied terms with Owen and Miller until September. Purkhiser narrowly beat Ben Buffington by four votes. Donald Bruce elected treasurer as 1,183 ballots were cast.
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Glenwood Community School
Rudolph Miller
Mineola Farmer
Jack Burgoin
Silver City
Walter Green
Pacific Junction Railroad
James Purkhiser
Glenwood
Dick Owen
Glenwood Real Estate
Donald Bruce
Glen
Malvern Cemetery Association Meeting Notice
A Malvern Cemetery Association meeting is set for Friday May 5 at 7 30 P M. in the Brewer Agency office. All members and interested persons are urged to attend.
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Malvern Cemetery Association
Brewer Agency
Malvern Dramatic Club to Stage Three One-Act Plays
Malvern high school drama club will present three nine act plays Friday evening in the Community building, sponsored by the senior class. Wilbur's Honey Bee features Kathy Burdie Merrilee Darrah Sandra Roenfeldt LeRoy Bower John Hays Mary Jo Robbins and Larry Benscoter. The Acid Test casts Patti Breeding and Phyllis Stone. The Farmer's Daughter stars Marilyn Schoening Ruthie Frith Aaron Raszler Carol Jones Dennis Allensworth and LeRoy Bower.
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Malvern High School
Aaron Raszler
Carol Jones
Dennis Allensworth
LeRoy Bower
Poorts Buy Gidley Residence in Malvern Estate Deal
Robert Poorts acquires the Thos W Gidley Jr residence on Malvern's old Blue Grass road. The two story six room frame home with a large yard formerly housed the Gidley family. Possession is set for June 1.
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Robert Poort
Thos. W. Gidley Jr
Malvern
Blue Grass
Gidley
Theft Reported at Nishna Building
A theft occurred Monday night at Wishna Valley High School in Emerson. Two dollars in cash a stop watch and a camera were stolen while the rest of the building appeared undisturbed. Sheriff Edwin Garkus noted entry method is unknown pending investigation possibly involving a key or lock-in at closing.
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Wishna Valley High School
Emerson
Edwin Garkus
Chick Day sales soar at Spiker Feed in Malvern event
Spiker Feed & Produce held a Chick Day offering 25 free chicks with 50 lb of Supersweet Hy Energy starter to farm customers. The Malvern Leader ad drew strong response with over five tons of bag feeds and 2000 chicks sold or distributed. Coffee, doughnuts and a Supersweet rep from Creston attended.
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Spiker Feed & Produce
Spikers
Malvern Myt
Pace
Burdette Spiker
Bob Taylor
Creston
Spiker
Malvern Leader
Central Mills County
Mansfield at Midwest Home Fair in Omaha May 27
Mansfield's Furniture will display a complete room setting of recreation furniture at the Midwest Home Furnishings and World Trade Fair in the Omaha auditorium on May 27. The exhibit will feature rattan furnishings by Rattan of Puerto Rico, with Mansfield's as exclusive representatives for the line.
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Mansfield's
Omaha
Mansfield’s
Rattan
Puerto Rico
Cole Named District Insurance Agent
Frank Cole of Emerson has been appointed district agent for Central Life Assurance Co Des Moines He will supervise company representatives in southwestern Iowa In the past three years he earned Leaders club membership and completed many courses He attended the Life Marketing Institute at the University of Kansas in 1960
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Frank Cole
Emerson
Central Life Assurance Co
Des Moines
Cole
Iowa
The
Central Life
Life Insurance Marketing Institute
University of Kansas
Nishna Valley Girls in New Uniforms for Spring Concert
The Nishna Valley glee club under Mrs. Stephanie Myer presented their spring concert in black dresses with white piping. They earned a TI rating in the state music contest on Saturday, with members listed in bottom, middle, and top rows.
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Nishna Valley Girls
Emerson
Nishna Valley Girls Glee Club
Stephanie Myer
Sug Ann Simpson
Marlene Dobbins
Diana Fields
Karen Rieken
Karen Kadel
Beverly Viner
Judy Morris
Alice Vrba
Carol Fleming
Janice Blazek
Kathy Hall
Barbara Perkins
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ASC Feed Grain Plan
H. A. McCain
Mills Co
Anderson
Ben Wilson
Center
Calvin Detlef
Deer Creek
Fredrick Larson
Wayne Spicer
Indian Creek
West
Keith Bruce
East
Merrill Sowers
Ingraham
Wilma Jones
Lyons
Plattville
Pacific Junction
Lola Bouquette
St. Marys
R. W. Sell
Rawles
Vern Sell
White Cloud
Archie Scott
Harold McCain
David Angus
June Wise
Brown
Alvin Emil Koehrsen
Walnut
Roberta M. Durbin
Norman Fields
Sim Garrett
Clyde Patton
Ross Sandyquist
Arno Asmussen
Wilma Barker
Grace Byers
Robert Buffington
Art Bird
K. Coons
Dennis Downing
Linda Flijah
Wayne Frasnacht
Helen Fisher
Kenneth Ferrell
Willard Hindman
Chas, Herndon
Vivian ‘Harrington
Ray ‘Wiley
Violet Hazen
Katy Honig
Lela Forney
Ann France
Howard Gearhart
J. R. Hurst
Lenore Hertz
Orville
V. Hardy
Ethel Herrick
Millard Heaton
Crarg Jones
Marian Jones
Jon Kemp
Marie Knop
M. Ti
Latchaw
Wesley Miller
Mary Rafferty
Everett Stouder
Gretchen Smith
Phillip Sheridan
Harold Swett
Beverly Tasto
Naomi Trively
Zelma Wortman
Carl Yates
Nec
Bob Henderson
Dwight Keith
Genevieve Kruse
Phyllis Skerritt
Lenora Stogdill
Clay DeLashmutt
Helen Griffith
I. B. Harms
F. Kuhl
Dean C. Lincoln
Rancien Lutter
Leighton McCrary
George Pomeroy
Gerald Richardson
Tabor
Lawrence Gohlinghorst
Council
John Poore
Airs
Ralph Geer
Robert Poorts
Nishna Building
Methodist Church
Macedonia
Circle No. 1
WSUS
Mansfields
Barbara Sowers
Mrs. Meyer
Kathy Houser
Barbara Hendrix
Diane Sandquist
Vicki Wilbur
Diane Bowen
Marlene Morris
Lana McKee
Cheryl Rowe
Connie Jewell
Gail Kadel
Susan Steiner
Susan Woodfill
Judy Hascall
Helen Wallace
June Exceen
Connie “Ees
Christine Durbin
Carol Hall
Judy Geith
Teresa Selby
Elaine Mensen
Shirley Menschel
Leora Cole
Rozella Elkins
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