Mills County Flower Show Entry Time Adjusted
A Premium List error requires entrants to bring flowers by 10 a.m. Tuesday for the Mills County flower show with an accredited Omaha judge starting at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Sheriff Barkus notes fewer accidents than last year but more injuries. A Lion sighting in Mills County is dismissed by Conservation Officer Chris Hein as a tourist tale. Reed sisters Robin Rayna and Ronda score first in the World Herald Show Wagon district contest in Roberts Park Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Knop
Omaha
Edwin Barkus
Mills County
Chris Hein
Claude Schoening
Glenwood
Reed Sisters
Robin
Rayna
Ronda
World- Herald
Roberts Park
Elmwood Park
Mills Co Fair Opens Monday With Four Days Of Judging
Mills County fair starts Monday August 6 at noon and runs four days with judging on each day. Crops at noon August 6 swine August 7 poultry August 7 sheep August 7 beef August 8 dairy August 8 and carcass hogs August 9. Judges include Gene Weise Dewey Jontz Rodney Fink Ken Johnson C. W. Nibbier Paul Watts Wally Ross Fritz Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Weise
Manning
Dewey Jontz
Iowa State Sheep Association
Des Moines
Rodney Fink
Clarinda
Ken Johnson
Cudahy
Omaha
C. W. Nibbier
University of Nebraska
Paul Watts
Harrison County
Wally Ross
Iowa State University
Fritz Johnson
Andy Berkhimer Witnessed Many Changes in Central Mills
Andy Berkhimer recalls a life spanning from 1858 on a Silver Creek farm to the Malvern area, witnessing Iowa settlement, the first building in town, the Baptist church digout, and debates over a hillside church site. He notes work with horses, farm hardships, and early transport risks, then shifts to real estate and weekly farm auctions. He and Carrie Byers raised two children, Paul and Margaret, sharing decades of community memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Berkhimer
Andy
Leader
Carrie Byers
Glenwood
Mills County
Council Bluffs
Mr. Berk
Berkhimers
Paul
Glendale
Calif
Margaret
Lloyd Short
Denver
Eyeo
Tractor Pulling Contest Set At Mills County Fair
The Mills County Fair introduces an unusual tractor pulling contest on August five with classes by weight. Class A up to 5500 pounds pulls at 9 30 a.m. Class B 5500 to 7000 and Class C over 7000 pounds pull at 2 30 p.m. Marvin Heitman with fair board members outlines rules and a ballast shed demo. Forty men line the course as sponsors Victor Feed Company add 75 to the purse. Entries close August nine with entry blanks available on the back page of The Leader. restricted to Mills county farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Heitman
Fair Board
Duane Sell
Bob Christiansen
Don Burgoin
Charles Wilson
Victor Feed Company
Leader
Mills County
Malvern BPW Urges Noon Closure For Family Day Picnic
The Malvern Business and Professional Women club calls on local merchants to shut shops from 12 to 1 pm next Thursday August 9 to attend the county wide family day picnic at Mills County Fair. The pot luck meal is a key feature of the day and all county residents are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern Bpw Club
Mills County
Family Day Promises Wide Variety at Mills County Fair
Extension Family Living committee partners with Mills County Fair Board for Family Day on Aug 9 closing day. Activities include yo-yo contest bird nest ID bicycle rodeo twist contest poodle show car show quilt show nail driving slipper throwing and Jolly Woman's Club events. Men join tractor pulling shoe kicking baseball throwing and horse shoe pitching contests. A town country potluck and weed ID contest featured. Committee-led iced tea for noon meal and multiple organizers listed. All ages invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Family Living Committee
Mills County Fair Board
Jolly Woman’s Club
Pacific Junction
Ben Wilson
Clifford Schoening
R. W. Green
Clarence Burgoin
Wm. Stacy
Shirley Lincoln Jr
Kenneth Morrical
Alva Henderson
Everett Gipe
Clyde Patton
Duane Sell
Martin Seipold
Donald Godfrey
Arno Asmussen
Donald Burgoin
Austin Bass
Charles Wilson
Don Burgoin
Bob Christensen
4 H Card Table Displays New Feature at Fair
At the county fair Aug 6 through Aug 9 the 4 H girls building will feature card table displays by each club. The exhibits show phases of the county 4 H program with county officers including Rosalie Wright Carol Hall Peggy Hunt Myrna McMillen and Judy Asmussen presenting special displays on citizenship foods and nutrition 4 H club promotion and special activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
Rosalie Wright
Carol Hall
Peggy Hunt
Myrna McMillen
Judy Asmussen
Many Seek Witness Roles for Kelley Execution
Sheriff Edwin Barkus said he will name 12 witnesses for the September 6 execution of Charles E. Kelley at Fort Madison state penitentiary. The list will include I. L. Donner, Glen McGee, District Judge Leroy Johnson, and Sheriff Roy Wichael, among others, with letters from 23 individuals and seven more expressing interest. Barkus noted the governor’s warrant directs the ceremony at 5:45 am and he plans a Fort Madison meeting with the warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Barkus
Charles E. Kelley
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Barkus
Norman Erbe
Kelley
I. L. Donner
Glen McGee
Leroy Johnson
Roy Wichael
Pottawatamie County
Charles N. Brown
Alvin Koehrsen
Walnut
Council Bluffs
Brown
Pony named Hercules wins at Omaha Charity Horse Show
Bob Beattie son of Mr and Mrs James Beattie won a black purebred Shetland pony in a Name the Pony contest at the Omaha Charity Horse Show held last Sunday. The entered name Hercules The Small was chosen. Each performance of the show awarded a pony from Danby Farms in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Beattie
James Beattie
Omaha
Hercules
Danby Farms
Night Show Parades and Horse Show Highlight Mills County Fair
Mills county prepares for a five day exhibition with 4H livestock parades demonstrations and a children's parade on Monday Other events include twin twist contest a society horse show tractor pulling contests and a family life day pot-luck picnic on Aug 9 Night shows feature a new pony and saddle horse class and a teenage twist contest Judges for the Iowa Saddle Horse Association show include Chester Noble with SHA officials and prize trophies cash and ribbons planned for each of twelve events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Society
Iowa Saddle Horse Assn
SHA
Chester Noble
A. J. Tschopp
Bill Hyde
Frederick G. Smith
Aug 8 Nite Show 4 H Style Revue at Mills County Fair
The Mills County Fair hosts a 4-H event on Wednesday night August 8 with a grandstand style revue closing a year of 4-H work. Wilma Schultz notes 14 girls clubs will receive trophies and ribbons. A garden products judging feature allows 4-H members to enter, with four plates of various vegetables and written reasons for one class, awarding a trophy and ribbons. The same evening includes a 4-H livestock parade, a variety show, and the greased pig scramble, a major fun event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Wilma Schultz
County Extension Home
Services Friday for C. R. Brewer
C R Brewer 82 died Wednesday at a Council Bluffs hospital after a period of ill health. Funeral services are set for Friday August 3 at 2 p m in the Malvern Methodist church with Rev John Lippincott officiating. Burial will be in Malvern cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. Brewer came to Malvern in 1932 to start an insurance business and he and his wife returned last week from Denver visiting two children. Local businesses will close Friday afternoon for the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. Brewer
Council Bluffy
Malvern Methodist Church
John Lippincott
Malvern
Brewer
Mills County 4-H Contest Draws Big Crowd
One hundred twenty people attended the Mills County boys 4-H demonstration contest in the A131 building at the fairgrounds. Senior division winners included Blue team members Bob Burgoin and Bill Burgoin with On to Build a Cattle Oiler and Jerry Ponton with Tom Axtell for Hastings Junior Feeders Gun Safety. Junior red winners featured multiple clubs and topics from A Shoo Fly Salt and Mineral Box to Fertilizer Deficiencies in Corn and uses of rope, with entries from Hastings Junior Feeders Henderson Hornets and Ingraham Straight Shooters among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Fair Grounds
Blue
Bob
Bill Burgoin
Ingraham
Jerry Ponton
Tom Axtell
Hastings
Byron Leu
Dick Godfrey
David
Morrieal
Dennis Fichter
Charles Paul
Dennis Boileau
Henderson Hornets
Danny Roeder
David Morris
Mike Dalton
Danny Morrical
David Swett
David Pierce
Gary Th
County Committee Elects New Alternates at Malvern Meeting
The county community committee held its annual organization at the ASCS office in Malvern Saturday electing new alternates. Ren Burgoin and Ingraham two named. Vern Sell and Rawles two as vice chairs. Guy Grindle Jr. White Cloud two as third member. Alternates Walter Marshall Glenwood two and Austin Bass Rawles two named for agricultural stabilization and conservation program administration in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASCS
Malvern
Ren Burgoin
Ingraham
Vern Sell
Rawles
Guy Grindle Jr
White Cloud
Walter Marshall
Glenwood
Austin Bass
Seek Funds to Move School to County Museum
Mills county residents seek to preserve county history by moving the Liberty rural school to the county Historical Building in Glenwood Lake Park. A special committee invites contributions to cover about $2,000 for moving, repairs, foundation, and landscaping. Contributions may be left at county banks or mailed to Mrs. H. J. Widows, secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Countia
Old Liberty Rural School
Glenwood Lake Park
Raymond Mintle
Otha D. Wearin
Nell Bogart
County Historical Society
H. J. Widows
Glenwood
Bellevue Man Fined on Charge of Intoxication
Bellevue resident Richard Rich of Bellevue Nebraska was fined $15 and costs for intoxication by Justice Carl Remley at Glenwood this past week. Harley Winchester of Glenwood was fined $5 and costs for no driver's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Carl Remley
Glenwood
Richard &, Rich
Neb
Harley Winchester
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Schoening
Ed Barkus
Hein
Mississippi
Central Mills
Himer
Mr. Berkhimer
Omaha Horse Show
C. R. Brewer
Mills
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