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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1965
Page
7
Emery De Witt president of the Commercial club said new electrical outlets on street light poles in the Malvern business district will enable this year’s Christmas decorations. A major change in plans caused delays, but with the outlets, future lighting should proceed without holdups.
Pack 242 honored Kevin Hertz with the Webelos award and promoted him to Troop 242 at a Christmas meeting in the Community building. Cubmaster Barber and Lane Baker spoke. other awards went to Scott Scheffel Karl Lamb Jeff Ellison Kevin Anderson Louise Barber and the December traveling Cub. The pack collected food for Goodfellows and donated a Christmas tree to Nishna Cottage.
The Iowa Highway Commission unveiled a five year plan including 1968 paving and lighting on 1-29 11.2 miles north to the Pottawattamie line and 34 north to the Missouri border. Mills county gains two roads connected to I-29 with an estimated 15.25 million dollars in spending and anticipated population growth as eastern Mills County nears Omaha.
The county treasurer reports thirty two motor vehicles registered in the last week, possibly a yearly high. Fords went to Hiram Cool and others in Glenwood Malvern and Hastings. Chevrolets to Edlund Dalton Barkus, and more. Billie Clifton and Sue Miller of Bellevue Neb obtained a marriage license. Iowa’s red and white license plates have sold 795 units in seven days.
Gordon Lees of southeast of Hastings suffered a badly mangled right arm when an elevator drive chain broke while unloading corn. He sustained a compound wrist fracture, a crushed bone near the elbow, and multiple finger injuries. He was treated at Murphy Memorial hospital in Red Oak and will need a cast for about ten weeks.
The Malvern post office will be open all day Saturday December 18 from 8 30 a m to 5 p m for Christmas mailing season. Postmaster Tom Gidley urges early mailing of cards and parcels to ensure delivery by Christmas.
Mills county intervenor Glenn Johnson joins 33 other counties in a Polk district court suit against Lynn Potter E A Burrows Jr and X T Prentis of the State Board of Review. Judge Dale Missildine blocked proposed property assessment adjustments and tentatively approved valuations must be certified by Aug third week or by Nov 15 with caveats. The action, affecting 82 counties, seeks voiding of a tentative notice delaying tax collection and impacting taxes for schools, counties and towns.
Malvern Community schools outline December events as Christmas concerts and games. Highlights include Chantry musical program on December 9, Malvern vs Nishna Valley on December 10, open house December 13, and basketball against Fremont-Mills December 14. Also Christmas concert December 16 and Christmas vacation begins December 17 with a Christmas Ball.
Malvern Community high honors Bud Hertz a longtime athletics supporter at a Friday night presentation between girls and boys games in the community building. Hertz Class of 739 has chaired local athletic efforts and aided school and town.
Twenty Mills county 4-H members who caught greased pigs at the county fair in August will market their animals at the Greased Pig Marketing Day at the Omaha stockyards. They will view live stock sales on the central market and learn livestock care and management, then tour the Safeway distribution center in Omaha. Participants include Gary Dunsdon Charles Haack Steven Pickersbach John Brunnings elf Richards Steven Morridal Richard Morrical Doug Christensen Darrell Godfrey Steven Winslow David Boileau Jon Bass David Bass Bennett Radford Bruce Radford Dale Schoening Randy Morris Kenny Bolton Dean Fender and David Sell.
A Mills county district court jury found Vernon Eugene Johnson guilty of larceny in the night time for stealing two chain saws from a Bill Jackson truck in the Glenwood city parking lot on Oct. 27. Co defendant Rufus George Rector, Ashville NC, was also charged. Sentencing was deferred by Judge Harold Davidson as hearing proceeded for related manslaughter charges against Darold D. McGinnis, Omaha.
Mills county drivers will gain through traffic on Highway 34 next Wednesday Dec 15 as major paving and intersections near Hillsdale are opened though several segments remain unfinished. The Iowa Highway Commission outlines remaining work including at Highway 41 and Nishna Bottom flood plain with traffic on the old slab in place.
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