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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1970
Page
7
Mills County residents shared Thanksgiving reports noting meals with relatives and friends. The Leader highlights community correspondents and editor Eve lyn Mace, whose work on tape perforation and layout stands out. The paper also promotes its extensive sports coverage and an editorial on Christmas season expectations.
Kay Bruce a senior at Nishna Valley High Sehos was chosen for the Good Citizen Award sponsored by Shenandoah Chapter Daughters of American Revolution. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Bruce Hastings and has been active in National Honor Society band therapy 4H and sports while earning a Ford Mustang at the Iowa State Fair Talent Show.
The Goodfellows drive in Malvern rallies for donations to aid 64 children last year with gifts and 20 families with clothing and essentials. Charles Costello and Bud Hertz originated the effort, inviting more community support through Costello, Lentz Powles, or The Leader office. Local groups like the FHA at Malvern Community High refurbish clothing. early donations help planning. Daily December weather notes accompany the appeal.
Daniel J Moon of Carter Lake drove into a stray cow on the highway four and a half miles north of Glenn. The collision occurred at 6 20 am last Thursday, according to the sheriff.
The Malvern Commercial Club launches its annual scrip drawing this Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Malvern Community Building with prizes of 25, 15, 10, 10, 5, 5 and 3 dollars. Tickets issued earlier this week must be claimed in person within three minutes after the official draw. Subsequent drawings are scheduled for Dec 12 and 19 and a Christmas party on Dec 24, with winners listed in The Leader.
A Thanksgiving morning pileup three miles south of Emerson on US 59 killed Mrs. Wm. C. Miller and her 9 year old son Bryan and left 13 others injured. Vehicles driven by Leroy Wall, John Orton, and Henry Longman suffered major damage. Wall faced charges for not yielding half the traveled portion of the highway.
William F Ribe of Malvern received 15 days in jail after a Friday arrest for driving with a revoked license. Noel Robertson of Malvern was sentenced for drunken driving and charged with assault and battery by his cards, receiving 10 days additional. Collier, a jockey from South Sioux City, faced OMVI charges, failed to produce a license, and was sentenced to 50 days for OMVI and three days for license change. he was bound over to the district court.
Mills County reports show a smaller bean crop with about 44 000 acres harvested and a total bean yield near 1 364 000 bushels, down from 1969. Corn yields average 88 bushels per acre with total production around 7 480 000 bushels, led by variable rains and conditions.
George Marshall of Silver City waited in line since early Sunday to buy Mills County 1971 auto and truck licenses, taking No 1 place and his son-in-law Sam Delavan of Glenwood claimed No 2. By mid morning Wednesday about 300 residents had licensed cars and 100 trucks.
Firemen of the Mills county Protective Association and the Malvern Fire Dept staged a successful Firemen's Frolic on Saturday night. Ed Leu hosted a floor show featuring Kay Bruce Horace Richardson the Singing Swedes from Stanton and Robin Reed from Malvern with Bob Yam and his Orchestra on stage. Attendees enjoyed bingo and penny-piloh games while the Pilot Lites auxiliary sold food and coffee. Drawings were held with pre cooked hams awarded to Ray Douglas Darlene Payne Julia Wheeler Emerson Harold Jones Mrs Virgil Forney Jeane Wederquist Connie Debolt Mike Wilhelm Pete Graham Malvern Hugh Laughlin Imogene and Connie Davis Omaha.
Three brothers are in custody over copper wire thefts in the Malvern area. They allegedly stole wire, burned insulation at a farm, then sold to a Nebraska City junk dealer. The trio, living near Creston, were captured in connections to farm and railroad wire thefts totaling thousands of pounds. Sheriff Barkus urged reporting suspicious activity and obtaining license numbers.
Mills county budgets for the coming year are approved without change. County Auditor Glenn L. Johnson informed by State Comptroller Francis R. Laren that the state comptroller's office will compute the county school levies. Procedure follows laws passed by the last state legislature.
Three people suffered whip lash injuries in a Saturday afternoon accident on Highway 275 east of Glenwood. Mrs Evelyn Madison, 44, of Silver City, stopped to turn left when struck by a car driven by Fired Cold, 82, of Shenandoah, injuring Mrs Madison and Charles Madison. Orphy Dodd, 73, was taken to a hospital.
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