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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
2
Malvern residents will vote on August 26 whether to finance a municipal swimming pool after a 1964 tie vote with 210 for and 210 against. The revised plan allows 18 to 20 year olds to vote, aiming to secure the necessary majority and push growth in the town.
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Emerson items list travel moves and visits: the Douglas family left for Canada while Mrs. Leola Sharp moved to 1802 Summit Apt 2 Red Oak. Wm Bierbaum rented in northwest town. Lt Col Will Parker Ret. returned home to Deltona after visiting John V Parker and relatives. Rupe family left for Wheaton after visiting Maryville and Mrs Frank Rupe. Mrs. Roy Younkin visiting daughter in Maryville. Mrs James Polsey visiting parents in Emerson. Mrs Donald Twadidle weekended at Sheldon with parents. Margaret Grayson ill and hospitalized in Council Bluffs. Marlin Mercer’s baby named Melinda Diane. Ivan Shook with Harold Vannausdale trip visiting Yellowstone, Black Hills, Colorado Springs. Myron Finchem family back from Malvern. Mrs. J A Gay and Barbara Des Moines visited sister Amber Carson. Esma Barns hosted dinner. John Koltermann Sr Red Oak visited Mrs Ethel Haley.
Malvern Junior High coach Harley McDowell announced that Jr Panther football physicals will be given Thursday August 19 at 4 p.m. in the office of Dr John Kline. Players missing the appointment must arrange another time and may pay the office call. Panther grid practice starts September 1.
Malvern Panther head football coach Dan Stineman announces seasonal practice starts Friday at 8 a.m. beside the high school. Practices will be held at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on practice days with 32 players. The first four sessions focus on conditioning and presentation as coaches review offensive and defensive fundamentals.
NFO Grain Boards from Montgomery, Mills and Fremont Counties met Friday evening at the NFO Hall in Hastings. Neil Bentley of Hastings was elected Bargaining Chairman for Zone 6 and Allen Grunderman of Percival is the alternate. The new Mills County Grain Board, elected at the last monthly NFC meeting are: Neil Bentley, Chairman, Hastings, Howard Palmer, Glenwood, George Miller, Silver City, Loyd Bowen, Imogene and Arthur Deitering, Hastings. Alternates are: Miamon Fender, Inmo- Zone, Orlo Jones, Malvern and Ron Honeyman, Emerson.
About 211 guests gathered at an open house honoring Mr and Mrs Stanley Exceen on their 40th wedding anniversary. Attendees traveled from Missouri and several towns in Iowa and Nebraska including Essex Braddyville Emerson Coin Farragut Red Oak Shenandoah Clarinda Henderson Riverton Imogene Glenwood Wayne Fairmont Omaha McCook and from Van Nuys and Inglewood California. All children were present except Denzil who is in the service.
Mrs. John Barnes hosted a coffee on Friday afternoon honoring her mother Mrs Edith Mertz and aunt Mrs Maude Lorance. They reside on the corner south of Mrs Minnie Whister and were guests of the gathering.
Mrs Velma Sawyers, Emerson community correspondent for The Leader since 1935, retires. She began after Mrs Mame Gibson and helped build a strong local news section while also serving as part time telephone operator. She will remain in Emerson and may assist with news during trips or interruptions.
Sunday school and worship schedules are listed for First Baptist, Nishna Valley Parish United Methodist, and Champion Hill Presbyterian. Notes show pastors, superintendents, and weekly activities including prayer groups, choir practice, and mid week studies.
Emerson Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday night August 10 with good attendance. It approved giving 25 to the Community Club for Fall Festival. A Hobby Show will be in Huntsman Building led by Mrs. C J Blank and a Pet Show in the Park on Tuesday morning August 24 at 10. Float committee named: Bill Whited Ralph Pierce My and Mrs Vern Ebeling. Next meeting September 18.
Mr and Mrs Jim Perkins have bought the Clyde Gravett place located to the south of town. Mr and Mrs T Danford and their guests Mr and Mrs Meredith Snyder left Monday for a trip to Colorado.
Mr and Mrs Robert Grayson attended the Supreme Shrine visitation at Ft Dodge on Saturday evening and Sunday brunch at the home of Mr and Mrs Paul Hace for hotel and motel guests. They later joined a banquet honoring Supreme Third Wiseman Mr Hade at the Starlite Village Motel. Mr and Mrs Walter Knop and Mr and Mrs Vern Knop traveled to Kansas City where his niece Barbara Smardo married Roger Corder. They also stopped at St Joe to visit Rev and Mrs Paul Glakm, former pastor of St Johns Lutheran Church.
Emerson WSCS met with 20 members and elected officers for 1972 including president Mrs John Thorson and secretary Mrs Harold Sowers. A guest day at Hawthorne Church was planned for Sept 22, a district report by Aug Circle and a festival float with a food stand were noted. Ministrys, Christian relations, membership, missionary ed and other chairs were assigned, and a nominating committee named for future terms.
Mrs Flossie Thomas comes home after more than three weeks at Hand hospital Shenandoah for surgery. Mrs David Laughlin visits from Kansas City two weeks with Mrs Matt Laughlin. Jennifer and Kathleen Laughlin joined relatives in Omaha as families prepare to move. The Misses Dix and Leona Dix Seen Oe te venictets in.
The Thorson family reunion took place Sunday at the Booster Station with numerous relatives attending from Omaha Stillwater Shenandoah Lincoln Council Bluffs Red Oak Emerson and other towns. Attendees included Edna Adams Lou Garret Jim Jim Martin John Merrill Elsie Tedesco Mike Tedesco Bertha Thorson Norman Fields Amanda Fields and Dick Warren among others.
Webster City and Cedar Rapids visitors attended the Bishop Reunion at Glenwood joining 50 to 60 attendees. Local families hosted guests, with trips home noted for several, including Julie Lang preparing for college and others visiting relatives in Lincoln and nearby towns.
Mrs. Erma Allen learned Sunday of her sister Hazel Harmer death in a Denver hospital. Don Eastwood and G. S. Eastwood left Monday for the funeral, which was Tuesday. G. S. Eastwood is a brother.
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