Mills County sales show growth as hogs bring buyers
This Week in Mills County notes rising livestock at Saturday sales with more than 26 hogs sold and all finding buyers. The Leader plans to mail sample copies to 4000 families across Mills, Imogene, Randolph, and Tabor. County 4 H club work seeks 350 more youth participation, aiming to double current numbers, with strong state-level results from members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader
Milla County
Imogene, Randolph
Tabor
Red Cross Roll Call Nets $122 in Malvernia
Malvernians responded strongly to the Red Cross roll call from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day, with local chairman Mrs. W. M. Hiett reporting that workers collected $122 in this period.
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RED Cross
Malvernians
W. M. Hiett
Harriett Beattie Chosen for Messiah Soprano Solos at Renwick
Miss Harriett Beattie has been chosen to sing the soprano solos in Handel's Messiah presented at Renwick Iowa on December 18. The chorus includes singers from Renwick and nearby towns Humboldt Goldfield Eagle Grove and Laverns, totaling over 100 voices.
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Harriett Beattie
Renwick
Humboldt, Goldfield
Eagle Grove
Laverns
Henry Cozad Slugged and Robbed Near Elevator
Henry Cozad was attacked Monday while crossing near the east of the wagon track, struck on the head with a blackjack, left unconscious for an hour. His jacket was torn, and the assailant stole his billfold containing about $6. Deputy Sheriff H V Cooney from Glenwood questioned several suspects, mainly roadhouse knights, as Night Marshal Jake Frazier aided Cozad after he recovered.
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Thay
Eigy Ash
Hig
Harry Allery
Marshall Jake Frazier
Cozad
Frazier
Knights of the Road
Sherif 8. V. Cooney
Glenwood
Hillsdale Ladies Set Duck Dinner Bazaar Night
Hillsdale ladies announce their annual bazaar and duck dinner at the church on Friday December 9. Serving begins at 6 46 p m. adv.
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Hillsdale
Hillsdale Ladies
Mrs William Shaw Services Sunday at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs William Shaw were held at the Methodist church conducted by Rev C A Calkins with burial in Malvern cemetery. A Council Bluffs resident for years, she died after an eight month illness with a severe attack on Wednesday. Born February 6 1871 in Mills County she and William Shaw had seven children. Survivors include her husband and children Earl Shaw Edith Hickman Laarie Wayne Shaw Mrs O Baird Harry perdeon Fre g Shaw and a brother Fred Morrow. Pallbearers included Leonard and Bihel Elworth and others.
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Willam Shaw
C. A. Calkins
Malvern
Whese
Earl Shaw
Edith Hickman
Laarie
Wayne Shaw
Council Blufte
O. & Baird
Glenwood
Harry Perdeon
Los Angeles
Freg Shaw
Tabor
Fred Morrow
North Platte
Neb
Mualo Far Ue
Waeurprobed
Jaonard
Bihel Elworth
Council Bivlie
Axel Gecbure
Walter Largen
Clyde Hurd
Walter Glouw
Ed Murphy
Tom Doyle
Pall Boavars
Supervisors Visit State Hospital at Clarinda
Mille county board of supervisors visited the state insane hospital in Clarinda on Tuesday to inspect the condition of county charges. Mille county has 62 patients there, with the county paying upkeep for 45 of them, and the board conducts periodic checks on their progress.
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Clarinda
Milla County
Board of Supervisors
Mille County
State Insane Hospital
Court term opens with few cases in Glenwood
Edna Rhode of Malvern and John Davenspike of Silver City are named in Chevrolet sedans as the December district court term in Glenwood begins next Tuesday. Only 31 new cases have been filed with many continuances from the preceding term. Domestic affairs show improvement with five divorces filed versus 15 in the previous term.
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Edna Rhode
Malvern
John Davenspike
Silver City
Glenwood
Local Names Chronology from November Marriage Prompt
A set of couples and ages listed with dates in late November across multiple Nebraska and nearby towns. Names include Leo Leonard, Ethel Fender, Charles Urich, Hulda Puls, Merlin Elbourn, Leona Brown, Pat Kennedy, Gudrun Stingle, Harold Ericksen, and Eleanor Johnson, with origins in Mc Fail Missouri and Silver City, Bennington, Lincoln, Council Bluffs, Summerset, Indianola, and Neb.
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Leo Leonard
McFail
Ethel Fender
Silver City
Charles Urich
Leonard
Neb
Hulda Puls
Bennington
Merlin A. Elbourn
Leona M. Brown
Lincoln
Pat Kennedy
Gudrun Marie Stingle
Council Bluffs
Harold Ericksen
Summerset
Eleanor Johnson
Indianola
Death of Mrs. W. De Moss in Glenwood
Mrs. W. De Moss died Monday afternoon at her Glenwood home from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 88 and survived by her husband Sheriff W. De Moss, her father C. P. Hamilton of Glenwood, and three brothers B. H. Hamilton of Glenwood, George of Council Bluffs, and John a priest in Baltimore. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at the Glenwood Baptist Church.
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Glenwood
B. H. Hamilton
George
Council Bluffs
John
Baltimore, Md
Josephine Dye Named Assistant at Farm Bureau Office
Josephine Dye of Strahan was named as office assistant in the Milly county Farm Bureau office at a meeting of the Bureau directors Friday evening. She takes the place of Mrs. Eloise Hertz, who resigned recently, and will start her new work in December. Malvern Rotarians heard a talk by H. L. Dowd of Council Bluffs, district manager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., at the regular meeting Tuesday evening. This was their first evening session and was in the Walter Astros home. Visitors attending were Paul Cheyney, J. Tice, Vern Van Buren, Gerald Fickel and Lynn Boyce of Glenwood and Wit Eklund of Malvern. The East Liberty Cemetery association will serve lunch at the Knight sale and any donations of food for this will be appreciated.
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Josephine Dye
Strahan
Milly County
Farm Bureau
Eloise Hertz
Malvern
H. L. Dowd
Council Bluffs
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Walter Aistrops
Paul Cheyney
J. Tice
Vern van Buren
Gerald Fickel
Lynn Boyce
Glenwood
Wit Eklund
East Liberty Cemetery Association
Rural teachers to meet in Malvern Saturday evening
Wille county rural teachers will meet in Malvern Saturday evening to hear reports from the state convention. A dinner will be served at the Baptist church followed by a program. Iola Korna, district chair for the state teachers association, will report on the recent state meeting and County Superintendent Amy Haw will discuss proposed vouchers under the bill.
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Wille County
Malvern
Baptist Shareh
Farm Bureau to Hold Annual Meeting Here Friday
Mills County Farm Bureau brings A C Culp to Malvern for its annual meeting. Culp, organization director for McLean County Illinois, heads one of the nation’s best organized Farm Bureaus with 2717 members. The event includes two sessions, afternoon reports and elections, and an evening program in the Methodist church.
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Malvern
Mills County Farm Bureau
A. C. Culp
Culp
Mclain County
Ill
Farm Bureau
Sit
Bureau
4-H
Christmas Seals Campaign Urges Immediate Donations
Amy Hammers of Glenwood heads Mills County Christmas seal drive urging residents to invest a dollar or two to fund tuberculosis research and early detection. She recalls the seals' history from 1907 and stresses quick action to convert gifts into tomorrow’s public health benefits.
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Amy Hammers
Glenwood
Mills County
Denmark
Malvern High Opens Basketball Season Friday
Malvern high school begins its basketball season this Friday with two Strahan teams scheduled, games starting at 7 30. The Red Oak team visits Tuesday next and Malvern aims to avenge last year’s loss. The season schedule lists numerous home and away games through March, including county tournament dates at Glenwood and sectional rounds.
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Malvern High School
Achoor
Sorat Strahan
Strahan Boys
Red Oak High School
Malvern
Red Oak
Strahan
Emerson
Farragut
Henderson
Pacifica Juncion
Glenwood
County Tourney
Treynor
Tabor
Emargon
Four School Declamatory Contest at Tabor Tonight
Malvern high school sends three representatives to the four school state preliminary declamatory contest at Tabor tonight. Glenwood and Tabor also send delegates while Pacific Junction has dropped out. Malvern entrants are Mary Jean Ewing Doreen Swain and Roberta Moore, first place winners in the local contest. The event begins at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern High School
Tabor
Pacific Junction
Glenwood
Malvern
Mary Jean Ewing
Doreen Swain
Roberta Moore
Older Masons to Honor Bilger Ura Lodge Member
Older Masons of Bilger Ura lodge will honor an unnamed member at the regular evening meeting with supper and a special program in the lodge room. The program will begin around 8:30 PM, featuring a commemorative violet presentation and an annual election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maueus
Bilger Ura Lodge
Pou Wupper
Community Building Floors Get Coat of Varnish
Custodian W R Bingham has applied varnish to the Community building floors, a task done when the building was not in use. The work greatly improves the building’s appearance.
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W. R. Bingham
Aldrich to Give Inspired Talk on India Sunday Evening
Aldrich at the Mythodist church Sunday evening will present a illustrated lecture on India. The speaker has resided here for years and will share his view with pictures and narration, offering historical and cultural insights to the audience.
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Aldrich
India
Andlay
Floyd
Mythodist
Tadta
Mrs Arpy Sloneker Celebrates 93rd Birthday
Mrs Arpy Sloneker aged 93 celebrated her birthday on Nov 19 at home with Mrs Bowen and Miss Pearl Merghew receiving many cards from Oregon to New Jersey. Neighbors including M T Davis 91 and Geo Foxworthy 88 joined the afternoon gathering. Aunt Arpy, in good health, walks to church nearly every Sunday.
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Arpy Sloneker
Bowen
Pearl Merghew
Nite
M. T. Davis
Louisa Quimby
Geo. Foxworthy
Myrella Pitzer
Arpy
Oregon
New Jersey
Scouts of County to Hold Court of Honor Tonight in Malvern
Roy Beants of Mills county will preside at a court of honor in the Malvern Community building this Thursday evening. Scouts from Hastings, Wood Glen and Malvern will be present with their parents. The Hastings troop, led by Wayne Graybill, will be officially welcomed into the organization. Honors and merit badges earned will be presented. Melvin Tudor, regional scout executive, will conduct the ceremony and discuss scouting while showing moving pictures from Camp Kellogg and a regional scout school near Denver.
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Scouts OF County
Malvern
Roy Beants
Mills County
Tao Welock
AML
Denwood
Hastings
Wayne Graybill
Scout Organization
Melvin Tudor
Comet Wlafts
Oven
Tudor
Camp Kellogg
Glenwood
Denver
Three Mills County
Weather notes from Mills county hint early skating season
Reading through Mills county weather the past week shows a cool period by Thanksgiving Day sufficient for early skating. Temperatures rose into the fifties briefly before cooling again and a light snow Friday night. Data include daily figures from Wednesday to Wednesday with mixed readings around the forties and fifties.
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Mills County
Weather Bureau
Applications for 1938 corn loans at AAA office
Mills county farmers may apply for 1938 corn loans at the county AAA office in Malvern though CCC forms are not yet available. J F Wearth, county committee chair, explains eligibility and required inspections, including a 3 percent preliminary fee and moisture testing from samples, with separate mortgages for multiple cribs. Loans cover 1935 corn only and no shelled corn is accepted.
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AAA
Commodity Credit Corp
Mills County
J. F. Wearth
Malvern
Ude Ant
Des Moines
Wearth
Farmera
Marie Antoinette at the Empress this week
This week at the Empress Theatre a program starts today and runs through Friday and Saturday. Marie Antoinette stars Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore and Anita Louise as the famed French queen. Also on view are Laurel and Hardy in Blockheads Sunday and Monday along with George Brent in Racket Busters.
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Empress Theatre
Marie Antoinette
Norma Shearer
Tyrone Power
John Barrymore
Anita Louie
Laurel and Hardy
Aong
George Brent
Thanksgiving gatherings spread across Mills County
Readable fragments describe numerous Thanksgiving dinners in Mills County with families from Council Bluffs and nearby towns. Attendees include the Brooks Dowell Hough Ogren Wood and many others, sharing meals at church and homes, with notes on observers and birthday observations amid a crowded social scene.
Malvern to Host Annual Fun Fest Turkey Day
Malvern volunteer fire department again entertains hundreds of southwest Iowans next Thursday December in the annual Frolic. Festivities are planned in town with the Frolic evening in the Community building. Free event features a turkey distribution after evening activities to the crowd.
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Turkey
Malvern
All About It Fireman Denesh Fro Event
An afternoon and evening event in Malvern Community building and Malvern business district features 24 free turkeys, a Kinpreas Theater show with Franklyn Vincent and a 14 piece orchestra, Peggy Lane, WetMoor chorus and dancers, plus $100 in cash gifts and carnival games. Everyone is invited.
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Malvern Community Bulldije
Malvern Business District
Kinpreas Theater
Franklyn Vincent
Peggy Lane
WetMoor
Frolic Promises Dance Music and Cash Prizes at Community Frolic
Town event features Franklyn Vincent's 14 piece band Peggy Lane from Los Angeles radio star three carnival games and a brewery of attractions. Free pictures at the Empress Theater 1 to 5 pm with turkey giveaways sponsored by local business leaders. 4 H club band to perform 7 pm at the Community building with continuous activities for attendees.
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Franklyn Vincent
Peggy Lane
Tadio
KFI
Los Angeles
Empress Theater
Malvern Business Men
Garden Training School for 4-H Leaders and Girls
Snowdrifts hinder garden work but 4-H leaders and girls with their leaders plan a garden training school in Mills County at Malvern Community building. Dr. S W Edgecombe from Iowa State College will lead the session as part of a county series on food preservation and home economics.
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S. W. Edgecombe
Iowa State College
Mills County
Malvern
Closing Out Sale at Wilton Knight Farm
A closing out sale will be held Wednesday at the Wilton Knight Farm, five miles north and west of Malvern. Mrs. Milton Kadaht and party will conduct the sale, featuring cows, hay, and miscellaneous farm items. The owners plan to move to Colorado, leaving the farm after many years of ownership.
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Wilton Knight Farm
Milton Kadaht
Malvern
Digleiente
Colorado
Ately
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Henry Cozad
Mrs. William Shaw
State Hospital
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Empress
Strahan Church
Ogren
Council Blutts
Arthur Brooks
Wells Dowell
G. J. Hough
Elaine
Hoy Hoth
Dtarry Ogren
Wan. Sweelngn
Mar
Harold Wood
Larry
Meo
Mira
Mom. Porter
Annie Ogren
Bes Cas Vieltonite
Did Afie Raouh Cal
Des Motion
Percy
Agia Ag
John Paulson
Abundancn
Fuk
Terry
Phos
Helen Katgit
Harveaight
Hobart Pauon
Twodty
Sun Taylor
Ebildredt
Hendhasett
Herbert Dibbell
Aon
Bilie Beibbell
Glenwaad
Denesh
Ile
Dee
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