Mills County opens new power office and displays new goods
This Week Mills County reports the opening of the Iowa Power and Light office bringing a new diversion for homemakers and shoppers as they view the new building interior and appliances. Collins drug store debuts a window display designed to whet appetites with banana splits and ice cream cones. Local vegetables expand as gardens yield tomatoes. Plans form among clubs for floats in the 1946 Mills County Fair.
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Iowa Power and Light
Lncal
Collins Drug Store
Mills County
Weather week shows temperatures near seven and rainfall at 0.88 inches
A cluttered forecast recounts temperatures rising to a high around seven with last Thursday at 80 and rainfall totaling 0.88 inches. Readings accompany a daily line of decimals and stray symbols for Thursday through Tuesday.
Former Kansas resident injured in car accident
Mrs. Claude Sullivan, formerly Burdelle Stroud of Malvern, was injured July 3 near Shady Bend Kansas when the automobile failed to clear a corner and plunged over an embankment. She sustained nose and eye injuries, cuts to arms and leg, and bruises to back and chest. now at home in Lincoln Kansas in improved condition.
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Claude Sullivan
Shady Bend
Kan
Elleworen
Sullivan
Burdelle Stroud
Malvern
Lincoln
North Grove Cemetery Assn Meets at Fleming Home
The North Grove Cemetery association will meet at the home of Mrs. A. G. Fleming on Friday August 9. Everyone interested is urged to attend. I wish to thank my neighbors for assisting with the work on my farm during my recent illness. Thomas Parker.
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North Grove Cemetery Assn
Fleming Home
North Grove Cemetery Association
A. G. Fleming
Thomas Parker
Mills County Fairgrounds Cleanup and Local Achievement Day
Mills County Fair Board calls volunteers for cleanup on August 8 and 9 at the Malvern grounds asking participants to bring tools and a mowing machine. The Loyal Lassies 4-H club hosts Local Achievement Day on August 9 at 2 30 p m at the Silver City Methodist church with canned foods on display.
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Mills County Fair
Malvern
Mills County Fair Board
Loyal Lassies 4-H Club
Silver City Methodist Church
4 H Club Skating Party Draws Hundreds In Rain
Weather did not stop 70 4 H members and parents from attending the second all county skating party on Monday July 15. Attendance and participation improved as the floor received less dusting and skaters performed better.
Green Bay Lumber Company Improves Properties Here
Green Bay Lumber Company began winter work and finished April 1 on its cog yard south of the Wabash junction and east of the Swanooa pad Lone Mill. The site was enclosed, a fence built, and 300 feet of private track connected the yard to the C. B. & Q. railroad. Plans called for yard upgrades including a warehouse for cement and building materials, with an automatic coal uploader to be added later.
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Green Bay Lumber Co
Wabash Iunks
Swanooa Pad Lone Mill
TS Cara of
Cludyrt
C. B. & Q. Retiroad
Voal
Ulic
Malvern Pointer Pioneer Shows Off German Shorthaired Line
Vern Dunn, owner of Champion German Shorthaired Pointers, runs two kennels at the Malvern fairgrounds housing Judy of Malvern Hella V Schleswig and a growing litter. His dogs have hunted in South Dakota, with several pups sold to Louisiana Omaha and Nebraska buyers. The line’s sires Fritz Von Schlossgarten and Rusty V Schwarenberg boast Derby and specialty wins, while the breed’s U.S. introduction spanned about 20 years.
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Iowa
Conservation Commission
Vern Dunn
Dunn
Fair Grounds
Judy
Malvern
Hella V
Schleswig
Hella
South Dakota
Trudy
Jiggy
Louisiana
Sue
Butch
Omaha
Duchess of
Nebraska
Hella of
Fritz
Mr. Dunn
Punch
Rusty V. Schwarenberg
Rusty
New York
Madison Square Garden
St. Paul
Lowé
Malvern Fair Grounds
Hella V. Schleswig
Hill Farmers Learn to Save Soil in Iowa Tour
Field visitors from several Iowa regions studied soil conservation efforts by the Sail Conservation Service and AAA programs. At Clarinda and Page counties experiments showed contour farming cut erosion dramatically, with contour corn outperforming up and down hill plantings by about 20 bushels per acre in 1944.
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South
Southwest
Iowa
AAA
Sail Conservation Service
Neds Clarinda
Page County
SCS
Iowa State College
Eraston
Clarinda
Clavinda
Clarinda Quate
Plans for Glenwood horse show August 6 and 7
Plans near completion for the second annual Glenwood horse show August 6 and 7. Sponsored by the Corporation led by president E L Hiatt, the event offers over 2000 in cash and prizes including a Ford V8 Deluxe Tudor Sedan. Closing ride line up lists many couples and a youth demonstration on the second day.
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Glenwood
E.L. Hiatt
John Helms
B. L. Hiatt
John Cheyney
Glen Jackson
Wilzie Parker
Raymond Hockabout
Pete Lincoln
Glen Dashner
Mary Taylor
Roger Jackson
Mary Janet Maxwell
World War I Veterans Reunite at Glenwood Armory
About 54 members of Company I World War I met in reunion at the Glenwood armory, resuming after a five year war time recess. They plan to meet July 28 to commemorate Hill 212 in the Battle of Chateau Thierry. The group noted six deaths in five years including Elmer Boyce and Ralph Weidner, with five veterans having served in World War I. Officers were elected led by President J Edward McClure and other officers. plans to invite World War II veterans for 1947 were discussed. Divorces filed and a Mills County school transport directory were mentioned along with a swimming pool bond election petition drive by Glenwood firemen after a drowning incident.
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Co. I
Glenwood Armory
Hill 212
Chauteau Thierry
Elmer Boyce
Glenwood
Ralph Weidner
Omaha
Elmer Beeman
Cornell Bluffs
Thurlow Deal
Boone
Harry Holmes
Chicago
Millard Gindelsperger
Johnstown
Earl M. Sefton
Anderson
Ind
Robert Boyce
Great Lakes
Clark Laird
Tabor
Curtis Kier
Carl Miller
Council Bluff
G. G. Miller
Council Bluffs
Sherif Frank Logan
Fair Exhibits Much Heavier this Year
Marlin Richardson and Mrs. F. E. Mulholland of Malvern were elected to head the county Legion and Axillary at the county meeting in the Liberty Memorial Building Monday night. Richardson as county commander will name his adjutant for the year. The Auxiliary elected officers: vice president Mrs W JD Slothaner, secretary treasurer Mrs Glen Dalrymple, and historian Mrs Ray W Jones. The meeting opened with a pot luck supper attended by Emerson, Glenwood, and Malvern. 8 M Heggem of Atlanta spoke as district commander elect for the seventh district, and Richardson was accompanied by Mrs Donald Alstrope as they sang two songs. Ray W Jones was general chairman. Modern Advertising by Mills County Fair association launched with 500 fair lots dropped from Louis Knop's plane, aiming at Tabor Farmers and Merchants picnic site. 6,000 bills will be distributed in Hastings, Henderson, and surrounding towns. The annual Mills County Fair, Aug 13-16, promises a record horse show, with twice as many horses as before and more distant entrants. The Glenwood high scout band will perform Thursday, with county 4-H band on other nights. The Centennial Homecoming parade opens festivities Tuesday at 1 p.m., followed by a Page county Rough Riders show at the fair grounds. 4-H girls demonstrate on Aug 14, with judging of 4-H and women’s exhibits Wednesday. Hastings Hustlers will demo potatoes. Loyal Lassies canning tomatoes. Jolly Juniors fruit and vegetable prep for locker. Silver Cloud demo team packs a lunch. Floral hall changes will group women’s and 4-H exhibits. old papers for sale at The Leader office. adv.
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Emerson
Glenwood
Malvern
M. Heggem
Atlanta
Heggem
Marlin Richardson
Donald Alstrope
Ray W. Jones
Mills County Fair Association
Louis Knop
Millis
Glenwood High Scout
Page County Rough Riders
Fair Grounds
Hastings Hustlers
Jolly Juniors
Silver Cloud
Floral Hall
Former Malvern Resident Dies in Leadville Colorado
Robert Elliott, a former Malvern resident, died early Thursday in Leadville Colorado from a heart ailment. Wife Mrs Elliott will return to Malvern with the body. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
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Robert Elliott
Malvern
Leadville
Colo
Elliot
Death of Barbara Louise Connor Bridging Denver and Malvern Rites
Rites and burial were held Friday at Macedonia for Barbara Louise Connor six daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Connor of Denver She died Tuesday at a Council Bluffs hospital The Connors formerly lived in Malvern where Mr Connor worked as a mechanic at Salyers Auto Co They moved to Denver in February Their former home was in Macedonia where the Connor parents now reside.
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Macedonia
Barbara Louise Connor
Richard Connor
Denver
Council Bluffs Hospital
Conners
Malvern
Connor
Salyers Auto Co
Iowa Power & Light Moves Into New Office Site
The Iowa Power and Light Co moved its Malvern office into a new 206 by 100 foot building between Mulf Midland grocery and Landis Hardware. The structure features a modern, fire resistant interior, extensive lighting, glass brick detailing, and planned displays of electrical appliances. Office staff include manager J E Ellison and assistant Mrs W D McCausland. the move followed 18 years in the Boehner building, with work started Feb 1 and completed by midweek.
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Malvern
Iowa Power & Light Co
James Deattle
Mulfidland Grocery
Landis Hardware
St. Clem
Glias
Juies Bentthe
Ropolas
Figain
H. M. Pendleton
Boehner
First Avenue
3D. E. Ellison
W. D. McCausland
Fred Harshbarger
Charles Elfiso
Ness
PL W. Smith
Hed Oak
Thers
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Kansas
Ingraham
Billy McDermott
Robert Kruse
Alene Williams
Loyal Lassies
Jane Shook
Irene Maddorks
Wm. Williams
Isader
Mra
KE. Kruse
Elva Chamberlain
Miss Stubbs
Rosalie Alberts
Alice Conaway
Silver Creek
Alvin Conaway
Velma Chamberlain
Dick Smith
Joyce Creig
Frederick Vinton
Frank Chamberlain
Green Bay Lumber Company
Grevg Hay Lumber Company
Pointers
Fritz von Schlossgarten
Wour
Fat Country
Fremont County
Glenwood Ang
Ruth E. Farrington
Raymond L. Farrington
Betty BE. Jones
Robert F. Jones
Amy Hammers
Glenwood Coutch
Kittle Shoemaker
Robert Moore
Roberta
California
Hetha Kiser
Odvice
Colorado Springs
Kinder
Legion and Auxiliary
F. E. Mulholland
Liberty Memorial Building
Richardson
W. JD. Slothaner
Treas
Glen Dalrymple
Hastings
Henderson
Big Bundlage
Leader
Colorado
Iowa Power & Light
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