Malvern News Highlights From The Leader Aug 27 1940
The Leader notes upcoming fall term openings at Malvern public schools with Miss Etta Brown and Miss Anna Jordan among staff, announces primary and higher level instructors, and mentions school board improvements and a well project at the pumping station. Local updates include Mrs. Campbell's Glenwood relations, Mr. Boehner’s fall purchases, James Churchill buying the Holin restaurant, and a Malvern brass band serenade tour. Salyers and Wallace visit Glenwood, chautauqua attendees from the area, a heat-related horse loss, a resigned staff member planning to attend school, and Sept 12 opening date delayed by chautauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte
Ipathers
Frat
Woo Teeland
Etta Brown
F. A. Marsh
Anna Jordan
Dr. Campbell
Glenwood
Tubbs
Emerson
Malvern
L. W. Boehner
James Churchill
Malvern Brass Band
Creen
Jall
George F. Satyern
Tom Windom
Burlington
Malvern Public Schools
Malvern Schools
Neighbors report community efforts and local events
Women of Green Plain served 540 meals to threshers over three weeks without a day off. Avoca closed its swimming pool after a successful season enjoyed by hundreds. grasshoppers menace crops near Woodbine and Harrison County. Eagle Grove coverage notes editor Grimes’s New Deal critique and education debates. Dennison to host Red Menace debate with Melvina Reynolds and A J Gary, plus Swiss Yodelers. Old Buck the mule mourned in Hamburg. Grove summarizes swimming class turnout and lifesaving tests. Red Oak trip to erosion project. two car crash near Osceola. Mulligan’s mower injures daughter, lost leg cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Plain
Avoca
Woodbine
Harrison County
Eagle Grove
Eagle Grove Eagle
Grimes
Osceola
New Deal
A. W. Lee
St. Olaf's College
Dennison
Melvina Reynolds
Omaha
A. J. Gary
Dennison Wll
Old Buck
Hamburg
Tde Grove
Iowa 4-H Girls Build Music and Drama Stadard
Mrs Edith Barker says high standard work and worthwhile recreation spare Iowa 4-H girls from dull moments. The 1935 state chorus had 260 singers at Iowa State College and 366 plays 117 pageants and 219 county programs contributed to a total attendance of 208030.
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Iowa 4
Iowa State College
Iowa 4-H
Iowa
Lowa
Ramblin Round Reflections on a Crooked World and Policy
In a rambling critique, the writer cites Will Carleton Hamlet and Hazards of governance. He questions the world’s misfortunes and cites famine 1934 and deliberate destruction of food to keep prices. He asks why laws and policies hurt farmers and praises protection. The piece mingles literary allusions with social critique and historical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Carleton
Sway
Hatbert
Hamlet
Sampson
Brain Trust
World Committee For Relief
Supreme Court
Sequoia Giants and Park Trails Fascinate West Coast Traveler
Miss Wortman outlines Sequoia National Park in the Sierra foothills with high peaks including Mt Whitney nearby. She describes giant sequoias such as General Sherman, their size, growth, and protected status, plus trails, ranger programs, and Moro Rock views as visitors explore the park by foot and auto caravan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Zene Wortman
Sequoia National Park
Sierras
Mt. Whitney
United States
Bierras
General Sherman
General Sherman Trea
Col
Jas. Wolverton
Karl Marx
Guewse
Moro Rock
Noisy Park Visit Through Dusty Sierra Roads
The narrator describes a dusty trip past General Grant and the Sequoias, noting deer near the highway and a steep, switchbacked descent from the Sierras into Fresno. They mention hot temperatures, a rattled drive, and a rough trek through scenic canyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitlboys
Oon & Clear
Emir Eprenads
Geenepal
Grant
Sierras
Owe
Fresno
California
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Inter.ders
Macedonia Township
Pottawat
Jamie County
Mills County
Henderson
John Dye
Cc. H. McCready
Macedonia
E. E. Braiden
Chas, Roe
Carson
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Red Oak
Soil Conservation Service
Harlan
John Mulligan
Mulligan
Perlangs
Also & Dow
Eee
Taquire
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company
Yaasamoly Apeiciet Seannce AY Low Aares
C. E. Eacrett
Betsy
Japanews
Big
SI Man
Manassas
Charleston
Pat
New York
Caesar
Anthony
B.C
San Bri
Memphis Claridge
COREL
Mills Countiers
the Leader
Plymouth
Tien
Cope
Siombarnd Ul Co
Standard
Standard Oil
American Legion
St. Louis
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