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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
6
The notice lists Ralph Thaller Jr. 33 and Marie Danley 36 of Malvern as one couple, and Wm. C. Rankin 24 of Omaha with Joan M Cary 23 of Malvern as another pair.
The 1962 Mills County Fair Beef show featured over 100 animals with top placings across divisions. Champions included Darrell Baker and Gary Stouder in Lightweight Angus steers, Darrell Baker as Champion Angus, Leo Laughlin and David Bruce among Hereford entries, and multiple blue ribbons for 4-H and club groups, highlighting Heatherton and Malvern exhibition teams.
Treasurer FP. M. Robinson reports nine new car licenses in Mills county. Chevrolets go to Evan Markel, Danny Compton, Glenwood, Robert O'Seka of Mineola, Ford licenses to John Sprague, Franklin Allen, Paul Criswell of Glenwood, Edward Costello of Imogene and James T. Birkby of Tabor. Volkswagen license to Daniel Willey of Greenwood. Two marriage licenses were issued.
Randall Deitchler of Mineola won the grand champion carcass hog at the Mills County Fair and again in the 4-H market pig division. Walter Phelps of Glenwood held the open class champion hog. Open class placers included Withur Wolfe as sponsor in top spots. 4-H results list numerous names from Hastings Malvern Henderson Silver City and Glenwood with multiple placements across ranks.
Mills county farmers joined about 400 others from 19 southwest Iowa counties at the seventh district NFO convention in Audubon on Aug. 10. Harvey Sickels of Fontanelle was reelected district president. Hal Noland of Adair, NFC national secretary, spoke on the national board meeting and plans for the Des Moines state convention on Sept. 15. A “Meeting for Action” at Des Moines on Aug. 28 was announced, with Mills county planning to bring a large delegation for an all-out holding action.
The regular August meeting of Harry Hammons post of the American Legion is scheduled for Monday at 8 p.m. in the Community building, reports Commander Darrell Frederickson.
A church meeting Friday evening planned a family night for Sunday Aug 26 with a lawn or church picnic. Invitations extended to all. a Kool Aid and cookies refreshment was served after adjournment. A quarterly conference with Dr Teele of Council Bluffs is scheduled for Sept 14.
Sale notice lists oil stove electric range bedroom suite baby bed steam iron and a phone contact 4921 from Sam Bens coter Malvern dated 8 1. The ad presents a compact catalog style classified item listing with no further details.
Malvern FFA displayed at Mills County Fair earning a blue ribbon for the chapter booth. Members Doug Dashner and Tom Axtell showed feeder pigs with multiple ribbons. Dashner earned two red ribbons for his two pigs while Axtell earned blue and red ribbons for his two pigs and a blue for his pen of three. The Malvern chapter, sponsored by Paul D. Hopp, plans stronger participation next year.
Reed sisters Rayna Robin and Ronda from Malvern earned third place in the intermediate division of the Omaha Show Wagon series finals at Elmwood Park in Omaha on Sunday evening. The trio, daughters of Mr and Mrs Ray Reed, previously impressed at the Mills county fair and in past Show Wagon entries.
Mills county family travels to Italy as Dick France, conservationist, assumes a new post with the United Nations Soil and Water Conservation Commission. The couple and three daughters depart from Omaha by jet for Rome. Dick will assist on a Lebanon pilot watershed project while most work occurs in Rome. The daughters Linda Carol and Cheryl will attend the Overseas School of Rome run by the U S Britain and UN.
Mrs Otha D Wearin left last Friday for Lexington Ky to attend a national convention of homemakers and extension agents as president of the Town group she will chair her delegation. She planned to visit her daughter and son in law in Fairfield and return via Des Moines for a State Board of Public Instruction meeting on Aug 16 17.
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