Mills County election schedule and 4-H visit noted
This week in Mills County lists election dates for Soil Conservation District ASCS wheat referendum township committee elections and annual school elections including county board of education nominations due by Aug 22 with Amy Hammers. The Mills 4-H delegation returned from Oklahoma after a cordial visit with Sooner 4-Hers and accompanying adults. The ASC becomes ASCS and the issue highlights area school openings faculty lists and school supply sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County Soil Conservation District
ASCS
County Board of Education
Amy Hammers
Mills County
Oklahoma
Austin Bass
Dean Darling
LaVerne Obrecht
ASC
Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Emerson lad killed in Mills county tractor overturn
An 11 year old Emerson boy, Larry Duane Viner, died when the 35 International diesel tractor his father Byron Viner was driving overturned and pinned him on a county road at the Mills Montgomery line about 7 10 p m The boy attended Wales school He is survived by his parents two brothers and two grandmothers Funeral services are set for Saturday at Oaks church with Rev Irwin Eleson and Nelson funeral Home of Red Oak in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Mills County
Larry Duane
Byron Viner
Mills-Montgomery County
Larry
Wales
the Oaks
Irwin Eleson
Nelson Funeral Home
Red Oak
John
Howard
Rosa Triplett
Katherine Viner
Supreme Court Rules for Mills Board in School Suit
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the Mills county board of education in a dispute over attaching lands to the Malvern Community School district after the formation of the Nishna Valley Community School district. Plaintiffs led by Otha Wearin and others sought an injunction against the attachment, but the court affirmed the district court ruling for the county. The Malvern district was an intervenor, and the opinion was written by Justice Robert J. Garson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Supreme Court
Mills County Board of Education
Des Moines
District Court
Malvern Community
Otha D. Wearin
Clifford Allely
Keith Bruce
Mark Bowen
Ruel Harold
Ray Granteer
James Kelley
Otto Menschel
Wendell Kelley
Wilbur Williams
Ellsworth Smith
George van Meter
County Board of Education
Golden Hill
Benton
Valley View
Malvern
Nishna Valley
Harald Davidson
Apaarsivend Een Oe Arts
Supreme Court
Robert J. Garson
Car Business is Good Licenses Ahead of 1960
Mills county sees strong automobile activity as the county treasurer reports issuing as many license plates this week as in all of 1960. New car licenses include Emerson John and Thorson Volkswagen in Glenwood, with entries for Hiatt Ford Thunder Bird and more such as Robins Buick and Chevrolet listings across Pacific Junction Malvern and Silver City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
F. M. Robinson
Emerson
John &Thorson
Volkswagen
Glenwood
Helen Galazka
Falcon
Hiatt Motor Co
Thunderbird
William van Orsdel
Ford
Florence V. White
Chrysler
Hastings
Edwin Leu
Ivan ‘C. Durbin
Emerson Fall Festival Day Program Set for Sept 2
An all day Emerson Fall Festival program planned by the Community club features a 10:40 parade, a free pancake feed at noon, afternoon games contests and entertainment, plus a 6 p.m. free barbecue and a dance to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Community Club
Legion to Meet Monday Evening
Harry Hammons post of the American Legion will meet Monday evening in the Malvern Community building. Commander Darrell Frederickson urges all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hammons
American Legion
Malvern
Darrell Frederickson
Mills County Soil Conservation District Election Friday
Conservationists in Mills County vote Friday from 1 pm to 5 pm at the county SCS office Malvern Lakin Implement Emerson and Harper Implement in Glenwood. One commissioner will be elected to succeed Dallas McGrew after his long service since 1942 with candidates Austin Bass Rawles two and Myron Jones Center. Rains last week followed by mild temperatures boosted soil moisture and corn and wheat prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Austin Bass
Rawles
Myron Jones
Mills County 4-H Girls to Demonstrate at State Fair
Mills county 4-H members Terry Craig and Sheryll Gaskill of Lucky Circle will demonstrate cafe curtains at 2 45 p m Monday August 28 at the Iowa State Fair. They will also host in the Home Furnishings division under the grand stand Tuesday. The pair won county senior division for Pretty Porky and Practical. Other Glenwood and Emerson 4-H winners will join tours and host breakfast at a Des Moines department store with extension home economist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Terry Craig
Sheryll Gaskill
Lucky Circle 4-H
Glenwood
Terry
Sheryll
Joan Buch
Pamala Sell
Joan Lindburg
Janet Rydberg
Emerson
Tee
Des Moines
Rural schools to reopen August in Mills County
Mills county's four remaining rural schools will open Aug. 28 per County Supt. Amy Ham mers. A single license to wed was issued by Clerk of Courts I. L. Donner for Ronald Hemmingsen, 24, and Karen Vinson, 19, Omaha. All taxing bodies’ budgets for the next year are filed with County Auditor Glenn Johnson except Henderson town and Hillsdale rural school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Amy Hammers
I. L. Donner
Ronald Hemmingsen
Karen Vinson
Omaha
Glenn Johnson
Henderson Town
Hillsdale Rural School
Mills County 4-H Boys to Represent State Fair
Edwin Meyer and Paul Hathaway will represent Mills County 4-H in the state contest with a steel fence post puller demonstration. They earned top honors in the county contest held August 9 in Malvern Community Building, showing their self-made tools and a lever principle. Hastings Jr. Feeder team members Junior Mass and Bob Chaney, and Silver Creek Go-Getter pair Lowell McMillen and Marlin Henderson received red ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Meyer
Paul Hathaway
Mills County
Malvern
Hastings Jr
Junior Mass
Bob Chaney
Silver Creek
Lowell McMillen
Marlin Henderson
Spanish Advanced Home Ec Added at Nishna Valley
Nishna Valley Community high adds advanced Spanish and home economics to the curriculum for the new year. Betty Cox will teach Spanish. Sylvia Smith will teach homemaking and English. Staff vacancies remain two, with six grade levels listed and a detailed faculty roster across high, junior high, and elementary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nishna Valley Community High School
Fred Ashley
Betty Cox
Red Oak
Sylvia Smith
Ashley
Joe Dobbins
I. Marlin Mercer
Gary Greenwood
Lawrence Dunphy
Dunphy
Waukee
Clifford Mercer
Pacific Junction
Bertha Thorson
Vera Dittus
Gillen
Band Ives Ralph Pierce
Edna Grayson
Thelma Ferrer
Lois Clites
Harold Schmitz
Mr. Schmitz
Omaha
Steinauer, Neb
Richard Friswold
Gavin, Minn
Sutherland
Fremont-Mills to open Aug 28 needs one teacher
Fremont Mills Community Schools will start Monday August 28 at 9 am with a full teaching staff except one elementary teacher yet to be elected. The Bartlett court injunction case delays assignments as Bartlett residents challenge the plan to use Bartlett and Thurman buildings. Names listed include Ronald Bales as high school principal and a long roster of elementary faculty and music instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont-Mills
F. M. Miles
Bartlett Elementary
Wbhoul
Fremont-Mills Board
Bartlett
Thurman
Fremont Mills
Ronald Bales
Jack Slacy
Don Stanley
Robert McClurg
John McGill
Ralph Carl
Dorothy Stanley
Alice Omer
Bess Cowden
Elaine Lecka
Margaret Winkler
Robert Younger
Keith McGinnis
Carl Leffingwell
Margaret Fellows
Janet Krakow
Warren Darrah
Frances Rickabaugh
Jerry Dennis
Zaida Rice
Sabrna Birkby
Alice van Seyoc
Helene Sager
Jessie Foster
A. &. Dennis
Verlin Yates
Adah Hood
Marian Anderson
Margaret Alice Hammer
Helen Maffitt
Norma Leffingwell
Iane Garber
Margaret Piper
Anne Fulton
Marian Johnson
Maxine Malcom
Dorothy Leeka
Norma Noyer
Jeri Krakow
Gary Anderson
Sell
Virginia Omer
Bernice Murphy
Jessie Frasier
Hazel Lockabill
Phyllis Buhr
Tarkio College
Grace Briley
Percival
Pacific Junction
Kathryn Stogehill
Peru
Ann Sell
Washington State
Vera Cronkhite
Margaret Stevesson
Chantry
Malvern
Ruth Bunn
Monmouth
Tarkle College
Molasses Tanker Crash Blocks Highways 34 and 275
A tanker trailer carrying molasses jackknifed at Dead Man Corner near Horton Rest Home causing highway closures on Friday. Millsap of Kansas City Kansas, 26, faces investigation after $1,000 damage to equipment. Two other Friday wrecks included a Sharp Street and Highway 34 collision near Glenwood with $75 and $200 damages and a Glenwood man charged for failing to control his vehicle after a ditching on Highway 275 causing $200 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Millsap
Kansas City
Kan
Dead Man Corner
Horton, Rest Home
Sharp St
Highway 34
Glenwood
Ford
Albert A. Hall
Tabor
Del
Photophin
R. Kelly
Omaha
Gary Ray Catron
Chevrolet
Industrial Shop Added to MHS Opens Aug 28
Malvern Community high school adds an industrial shop by leasing the Piper Garage building. School opens August 28 with Vernon Arndt as industrial arts instructor and a bus maintenance man added to service eight buses. Supt. Crink announces staff across high and junior high, noting numerous teachers and roles, with two positions still to be filled: high school vocal music and kindergarten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern Community High School
N. P. Drink
Piper
Vernon Arndt
Malvern System
Pomeroy
Malvern
Supt. Crink
A. H. Nothem
Nothem
Morningside College
Drake University
NDEA
Lois Alter
Alter
University of Iowa
Mary Terry
Gladys Donner
Jean Evans
Martha Winters
Mary Jean Leipold
Russell Bird
Vern Michaelson
Chantry School
Avis Jones
Clair Jones
Lentz Powles
Charles Wilson
George Pearce
Don Schroeder
Clarence
Ronald Coates
Neil Guos
God
Back to School Emphasis by Local Merchants
Local Malvern merchants join The Lender's annual Back-to-School edition with varied offerings from wearable merchandise to services and even intangible school aids, reflecting broad community focus on the new term.
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Malvern
Wheat Referendum Aug 24 for Mills County voters
Mills County wheat producers who grew over 13.5 acres in 1969 1980 or 1961 may vote on August 24 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at three polling locations including Hastings Indian Creek Deer Creek townships and the Mills County ASCS office in Malvern Glenwood Lyons Oakattville and St Marys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
H. A. McCain
ALCS
Anderson
Deer Creek
Indian Creek
Astings
Ingraham
Rawles
Silver Creek
White Cloud
ASCS
Malvern
Glenwood
Lyons
Oak
Attville
St. Marys
City Tall
Pacific Junction
Fremont and Mills Counties Share Extension Home Economists
Fremont and Mills counties adopt a plan to share extension home economists for a year. Bertlyn Crouse is hired to work with Wilma Schultz, splitting duties as the plan develops. Crouse, from Taylor county, previously worked in Warren county this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Mills
Wilma Schultz
Mills County
Miss Schultz
Miss Crouse
Taylor County
Warren County
Corn Delivery Date Set for August Nineteenth
Mills county ASCS office announces final delivery date for sealed corn is Saturday August 19. If producers cannot deliver by then, a written extension request must be on file. All efforts should be made to deliver corn promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
ASCS
Tiny & Viv's marks first anniversary with free coffee
Mr and Mrs Tiny Moyers celebrate the first anniversary of Tiny and Vivs restaurant this Friday offering free coffee and doughnuts to all patrons. They invite friends and customers to join the celebration and enjoy refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiny Moyers
Tiny & Viv’s
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Emerson Lad
Mills Board
Emerson Fall Festival
Legion
Harold Terry
Stephanie Meyer
Henderson
Strahan
Helen Alberts S
Mildred Benedict
Dorothy Churchman
Alta Hall
Viola Binns H
Vira Bayes
Esther Me
Lorraine Grindley
Evelyne Evans
Bernice Davis II
Jennie Hurafi
Zula Ferguson
Carolyn Dias Emerson
L. A. Malstead
Lloydene Steen
Helen Stille
Lorraine Grindle
Evelyn Warren
Otis Pendergrast
Dewey Ferguson
Stephen Haines
Ernest Spiker
Mary Elaine Curtis
Rozella Woriman
Myrtle Kindig
Jean Hudson
Rugene Holt
Otis Pendergraft
Lois Magers
Velma Cunnell
Gaura Togret
Marlin
Bob Grayson
Bud Wilhelm
Irvin Eleson
LeRoy Shook
Gary Davis
Rodger Rumery
Rubert
L. Good
Clement Rowe
MHS
Ruth Salyers
Simpson College
University of Nebraska
University of Colorado
Wm. T. Beasley
Kearney
Nel
State Teachers College
Wm. D. Baer
Iowa State College
Raeburn Benton
Neb
Band
Cleta Salyers
Northwest Missouri State
Ronald Cain
Maryville
Vernon
South Dakota State University
Glen Adkins
Bernice Dalrymple
Charlotte ‘Mort
Laura Clay
Mills and
Fremont Counties
Bertlyn Crouse
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