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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
4
Hastings column compiles a sprawling mix of names and places including Grace church events in Des Moines, school and church events in Hastings, family travels to Chicago Winona and Monticello, and local residents like the Granteers, Sheltons, and Dalzells. The page recounts visits, illnesses, travel, and social gatherings with many abbreviated surnames and scattered details.
Notice announces probate of the will of J B Barrick of Mills County deceased. The instrument was opened and filed in the clerk of the district court’s office in Mills County on August 14, 1940. The notice records the seal and signatures of the clerk and witnesses, with a statement about the applicants seeking naturalization papers.
J F Wearin of the Mills County AAA Committee urges wheat growers to file all risk crop insurance applications at the county office promptly. The Aug 31 deadline applies nationwide for winter and white wheat, with premiums due before insured status ends. Early filing guarantees coverage on the 194k crop and prevents loss of wheat income through crop failure.
The U S Justice Department announces alien registration forms are available at Malvern Post Office following a recent Congress law. Fingerprinting and final registration occur at Glenwood Post Office. Registration runs from August 27 to December 26 for aliens aged 14 and over, with a $1000 fine and imprisonment for noncompliance. Registration is free.
Adam Gipe lived in White Cloud township over six decades and built a large farming empire in Mills County. He married Mary R Geaugue of Edgerton after moving west, endured the loss of two young children to diphtheria, and accumulated about 4000 acres passed to his surviving children. Funeral at Strahan Methodist Church conducted by Rev James Walls with burial in Malvern Cemetery. Survived by one half brother Noah Gipe and half sister Vina Gipe, four children Rose Hrazerton Charles Gipe Zeya Bass and Morris Woodfill, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was known for temperate life and sobriety.
We express heartfelt thanks for the thoughtful gifts and messages received after the passing of our loved one. Your sympathy, help, and prayers were a great comfort to our family during this time.
Report notes a lively Midway with gambling devices and showy entertainment at a fair. Observers say the two night run drew crowds and profits, with little to gain from a potential third night as money was already rounded up during the prior performances.
Mills County plans to send at least 20 4-H club boys to the Iowa State Fair with a livestock judging team led by County Agent John Longstreet. Team members include Robert Wight Jack Ewart Carroll Aistropea and Lester Shook Kenneth Evans headlines the health competition. Three boys and girls will show livestock Virginia Chamberlain Kenneth Evans and Lee Boles. Most will depart for Des Moines August 21 staying at the 4 H dormitory with Galen Boles and Ray Hilton supervising.
Beattie Horse, owned by James Beattie of Malvern and ridden by Grover Sanders, won the junior five gaited event at the Willisca horse show on August 1. The field featured many horses from the Mills County Fair event.
Malvern’s municipal pool shut down last week as rain and cooler weather cut attendance. The facility had operated a longer season this year, starting two weeks earlier than usual.
Bob Hogzett of Emerson will be one of the soloists at the Shenandoah Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored community sing next Sunday. The event will be led by Dr. C. C. Dalia, H. J. Becker and Johnny Dixon with music by the Bike Municipal band.
About 1,000 young pheasants will be released in Mills county this week and next as part of a county wildlife conservation program. Some 226 come from Malvern, 600 from Emerson, and a smaller batch from Glenwood, released where cooperative landowners provide suitable habitat and feed.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday at Henderson Methodist Church for Mrs. Lois Ann Rinehart born October 17 1854 near New London Iowa. She died February 11 1940 in Henderson AR at age 85 years nine months and 29 days. She married William Henry Rinehart in 1892, was a longtime Sunday school teacher and charter member of the Ladies Aid Society. She had resided in Henderson 69 years and was the town’s oldest resident. She leaves one brother Joseph Wright of Hollywood California and many nieces and nephews.
County Fair records show beef, pigs, poultry, dairy, and horse events with winners across multiple classes. Names such as Velma Chamberlain, Kenneth Evans, Bill Summers, and Carroll Alstrope appear among champions in cattle, swine, poultry, and sheep divisions representing Hastings, Nishna, West Oak, and Marys clubs.
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