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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
7
Week by week county fair coverage shows The Leader staff thanking those who aided, including Evelyn Fealn of Pacific Junction, fair office staff, and special help from LaVerne Obrecht, Paw Happ, Bill Schroeder, and others for their support this year.
The Nishna Valley community announces start of the new school year with August 20 freshmen at 9am and sophomores at 10 30am. Juniors begin August 21 at 9am and seniors at 10 30am. A staff picnic is scheduled for Monday at 0 30 pm in Emerson Park.
Unusually good attendance and high participation marked Ish Mills county fair as among the best in recent years. The event wrapped with a Friday start show after a Thursday finish and will feature complete results, winners, and photos in this issue. Cheryl Shaw, Margaret Goos, Glen Dickersbach, and Keith Barber are highlighted for standout demonstrations linked to county fair awards.
County records show Gulf Oil Corporation purchasing four acres at the interchange of highways 370 and 29 in St Marys Township from Beeler Mossman parties. The sale, taxed at 10 dollars, appears linked to a service station project on the planned route. Residual text indicates a prior conveyance to Gulf from Thieschal and Mossman interests for development along the new corridor.
A 17 year old Emerson boy is in juvenile custody after Sheriff Edwin Barkus tied him to five area break-ins over the past six weeks. Items were traced to a junk dealer, with targets including Joe Parker, Alva Flendersan farms, Skelgas, Viner's Garage, and Fane ersan Sarny Supply in Emersen.
Malvern Community Schools announce opening on September 3 with half day session and hot lunch starting September 4. High school and junior high will begin in the old high school building while the new site is prepared, move planned by month’s end with community help sought for transport and moving duties.
Mills county reports a stallion valued at 750 dollars stolen from Everett Kilsap northwest of Glenwood. A neighbor saw the horse behind a jeep and alerted the owner. The horse escaped during attempted loading and was recaptured about a mile from the Mil sap farm as sheriff Barkus noted.
The Malvern town council awarded the sewer extension project to serve the new community high school and north of the Burlington tracks. Low bid by Howard Anderson Trenching of Omaha was 14037.50, near the engineer's estimate and far below the high bid of 24011.15.
A meeting with Mills county special education teachers and County Superintendent Dwight Fellows is set for Thursday August 22 to distribute materials for the new school year. Attendees include Gladys Warren Malvern Vera Sugden Glenwasil and Charles Mitchell from Nishna Valley. Four Fremont county special education teachers met with Supt Fellows this week. work will begin after engineering clearance with completion in about two weeks and service within a month. The council also reviewed bonds for the new fire truck and sewer service linked to the new school building, potentially ready by September end.
More than 500 people toured Malvern's Diamond K apartments on Sunday visiting all four units and the central service area. Owner Jan Kemp said all apartments are leased to Mary Jo Kares who moved in just before the open houses, with attendees showing interest in the building and rents.
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