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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1972
Page
6
The Leader notes rainfall of 1.89 inches on Thursday and Friday, bringing last week total to about 3 inches. Temperatures remained below normal but rain improved pastures and grasses and provided moisture for spring crops.
County zoning commission and board of supervisors met Monday afternoon with committee members Robert Buffington Harry Sterkle Orvon Gradle and Charles Burson presenting again their reasons against any zoning in Mills county.
Fourteen members and guests met at Ruby's Coffee Shop for a Malvern Commercial Club meeting. Guest speaker LaVerne Obrecht Mills County Extension Director discussed a state wide consumer relations program for small town merchants starting next October. The two week program aims to reduce shoppers leaving for cities by improving prices service and shoplifting awareness. The club voted to participate and plan further promotions building on the Spring Treasure Chest program, aiming to show that Malvern is on the move.
Ambrose Doyle, a 45 year old farmer from Mills county, will seek the Democratic nomination for the Iowa House of Representatives in the 97th district for the 1973 term. The district covers parts of Mills Fremont and Montgomery counties. Doyle, a Korean War veteran, serves on the Fremont county school board and extension council and is a parish member at St Patrick's in Imogene. He is married with four children. A bake sale by the sophomore class is set for April 29 at Peggy's Apparel. The county Board of Review will meet next Monday in Glenwood to hear property assessment questions at 1 p.m.
Malvern Cub Scouts held a Friday Pinewood Derby during a monthly pack meeting at the community building. Thirty cars raced in three heats across a special track with Den I Den II and Webelos participants. Finalists included David Mott Gary Hansen Ted Benton with Mott taking the top prize. Kurt Zanders won Best Design.
Exhibitors from across the United States converge on the county fair grounds south of Malvern for the National Giant Checkered Rabbit show on April 29 and 30. More than 200 rabbits are entered as judges observe movement and breed characteristics.
Steven Palmquist of Scobey Montana has been contracted to teach drama and English for the 1972 73 school year at Malvern Community High School. He replaces Miss Pat Van Seyoc who resigned earlier. Palmquist, 25, a Griswold High School graduate with a BS from Iowa State, is married with an 8 month old son Jason.
Principal Larry Kaizlarich notes a busy May at Nishna Valley Community High with commencement on May 25 for 37 seniors. Calendar items include April 27 track meet, April 28 prom, May 3 and May 5 band concerts, May 11 vocal concert, May 13 district track, May 17 seniors’ Ozarks trip, May 21 baccalaureate, May 22 honors night, and May 24 last day of school. Openings for hospital volunteer workers at Jennie Edmundson in Council Bluffs are listed with call for appointments.
Principal Roger Rohlfs notes a crowded April and May with 34 seniors set to graduate on May 26. The schedule includes track meets at Nishna Valley Sidney Shenandoah and Shenandoah, a drama banquet, state vocal and instrumental contests, a band concert, art and industrial arts shows, FPA and FHA events, a Chantry arts display, a senior skip trip to Colorado Springs, and the commencement ceremony.
Dick Owen Real Estate announces Marian Jones of Malvern has joined his Glenwood firm. She will handle listings and sales in Malvern and central and east Mills County. Jones previously managed Pace Service Co for 22 years until its sale to Jon Kemp in December and has been active in the community.
Mills County and the towns of Hastings Glenwood and Malvern expressed interest in a Nishng Sanitary Services landfill program but offered no firm commitment. The board of supervisors, mayors, and officials from all towns except Henderson and Pacific Junction met, with Tabor represented, as state health officials urged a sanitary landfill start.
Police Chief Kenneth Mead in Glenwood reports two suspects arrested for the August theft at Mintle Electric, including a 17 year old juvenile and Ronnie Grindle of Bartlett. Several TV sets recovered and more case details promised. The article also covers state landfill laws, site plans, fees, and the Nishna Sanitary Services bid for county waste disposal near Malvern, with funding and enforcement details.
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