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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1965
Page
12
A long list of local visitors and family gatherings fills an August week in the region. Residents from Glenwood Red Oak Sidney and Council Bluffs appear with lengthy social notes, mentioning birthdays weddings travels and visits from relatives and friends across Iowa and Nebraska.
Correspondent reports a weekend gathering in Grestan with 27 attendees, including Mike and Roger Alexander visiting relatives. Many locals, church members, and extended families are listed visiting, dining, or traveling to Omaha, Woodbine, and Riverview Park, reflecting a lively network of kin and friends. A large family reunion near Glenwood Park drew about 44 relatives. several members traveled from Omaha and Sioux City area. Noted illness and travel are mentioned among varying activities and visits.
Local residents share visits and gatherings across Malvern and nearby areas. Families welcome relatives from Nome Brooklyn and Blackwood NJ. hosted dinners, picnics, and a charivari for Junior Mass with refreshments. Vacationing relatives in Omate and North Platte also reported, plus weekend travels of the Smith and Verrs families.
Oaks community notices list church services at Oaks Community Church led by Lester Marsden with Sunday School at 10 a m and morning worship also at 10 a m, plus midweek prayer and choir practices. The page records visitors, local theater and lecture events, family visits, and weekend trips among residents from Red Oak, Omaha, Aurora, Shenandoah, and nearby towns, mentioning a field trip to Kansas City and a Women of the Wille lecture.
Pony pulling drew crowds at the county fair opening, with two ponies tugging a weighted stone bowl as a weights system judged winners. In light weights Guy Ailey of Sheridan won with 208.38 percent of their weight, followed by Jacek Stickler and Jack Stickler of Clarinda. In heavy division Glen Fluke of Bleckton led at 217.56 percent, with Bob Kiley of Creston second and Paul White of Creston third. An IBM computer aided the scoring. Nearby, visitors from Manhattan and Derby attended various gatherings at local homes and Legion events.
Des Moines show at the 1965 Iowa State Fair features Andy Williams in five evening performances August 24 to 28 with the Osmond Brothers Good Time Singers Half Brothers Candy Candido and the nineteen piece Peter Pole Orchestra.
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