Mills County Briefs Feature Local Happenings This Week
William McGrew and Rollin Bass of Emerson attend the American Farm Bureau convention in Philadelphia as Iowa voting delegates. Christmas shopping thrives with lively Malvern gift displays. Linda Larson of Nishna Valley earns national recognition for writing, with a school feature planned. Hastings bids for a municipal water system fail to attract competition. council to study options further.
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William McGrew
Rollin Bass
Emerson
American Farm Bureau
Philadelphia
Iowa
Malvern
Nishna Valley
Linda Larson
Tady
Hastings
Elmo Hites
Hastings Junior Choir Cantata Set for Dec. 14
Hastings Methodist church invites the public to a Christmas cantata titled Song of Bethlehem by the Hastings Junior Choir on December 14 at 7 30 p m in the church. A free will offering will be taken and a tea will follow in the fellowship room.
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Hastings Methodist Church
Five Winners Get Shopping Funds Sat
Five shoppers in Malvern received cash scrip during the Malvern Commercial Club’s weekly distribution on Saturday. Winners include Slaughter Glenwood Pollitt and Dashner of Malvern, Richard Shere Malvern, and Mrs Roy Winters, with $10 to $30 each. Local merchants report brisk business as shoppers flocked to town for gifts. The club will give away $76 more in cash scrip this Saturday, the third day of the year’s series.
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Malvern
Malvern Commercial Club
Ge Slaughter
Glenwood
Bert Pollitt
Phil Dashner
Richard Shere
Roy Winters
Commercial Club
New Dump Site Chosen On Kemp Place
Malvern town council adopted a new town dump on the Jon Kemp farm this week and opened it immediately. The site is a half mile south of town and two miles west, replacing the old dump as pressure mounts to close it for land cleanup before tillage by a new landowner.
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Malvern Town
Jon Kemp
Winters Clean Mains Like Adding 2 Wells to Town
Water commissioner Paul Winters reports Malvern cleaned 2000 feet of 6 inch mains and 1000 feet of 4 inch lines improving flow by 100 gallons per minute. The project, aided by Layne Western Water Supply Co, used spring loaded “pigs” to clear buildups, easing future cleaning and reducing pumping costs.
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Malvern
Paul Winters
Mr. Winters
Layne-Western Water Supply Co
Winters
Property sales at Mills county tax sale total 2956 dollars
Mon day sale of 28 pieces of property in Mills county, including tax, cost and interest, brought 2956.02 dollars per Treasurer F M Robinson. Altogether 94 properties were listed with two sold under competitive bidding for Hazel Bateman and Otis Kite residences, bids topping taxes by 100 and 5 dollars respectively.
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Mills
F. M. Robinson
Robert Hopp
Paul Hilton
Emery Martin
Hazel Bateman
Malvern
Hopp
Floyd Howery
Lindsey Delashmutt
Otis Kite
Pacific Junction
Howery
School Invites 5 Year Grads to Christmas Ball
The Malvern Community High School student council invites graduates of the past five years to the annual Christmas ball on December 18 at the Community building. No formal invitations will be mailed this year. the semi formal event begins at 9 p.m.
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Malvern Community High Student Council
MCHS
Malvern See Seven Percent Rise in Spring Quarter Business
Malvern’s spring quarter 1964 business rose seven percent in sales tax collections, highest in the area aside from Red Oak and Clarinda. Mills County overall fell one percent, with Emerson and Pacific Junction down. Glenwood and others also declined. Long term trends matter, but firms see healthy activity when viewed across periods. County and local totals adjusted by 40 to show total business.
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Malvern
State Tax Commission
Red Oak
Clarinda
Mills County
Glenwood
Pacific Junc
Emerson
Pac
Jet
Sidney
Tabor
Hamburg
Assessor Names Fieldmen for 1965 Assessing
County Assessor Harry Markel announced fieldmen to handle Mills County's assessing starting later this month. Named are Anderson and Indian Creek Ellsworth Smith Ingraham Silver Creek Glenwood Donald Briley Oak St Marys Arno Asmussen Plattville Lyons Verne Drennan Canter Rawles Drayton Slaughter White Cloud Deer Creek Charles Kayton Glenwood Dave Barnett Malvern Silver City Hastings Tabor Elmo Davis Emerson Henderson Mrs Harlan Weslenberg Pacific Junction John Sutter. The coming year will be a real estate assessment year.
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Anderson
Indian Creek
Ellsworth Smith
Ingraham
Silver Creek
Glenwood
Donald Briley
Oak
St. Marys
Arno Asmussin
Plattville
Lyons
Verne Drennan
Canter
Rawles
Drayton Slaughter
White Cloud
Deer Creek
Charles Kayton
Dave Barnett
Malvern
Silver City
Hastings
Tabor
Elmo Davis
Emerson
Henderson
Harlan Weslenberg
Pacific Junction
John Sutter
Markel
P. O. Will Stay Open Saturdays in December
Malvern post office will stay open all day Saturdays December 12 and 19 to aid Christmas mailing. Postmaster Tom Gidley urges early mailing of cards and parcels to ensure delivery by Christmas.
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Malvern
Tom Gidley
Hunting Violations Involved in Four Cases in Court Here
Justice of Peace John Mall docketed four hunting violation cases over the weekend. Clear Armstrong of Hastings paid 25 dollars and costs for possessing a loaded gun in a car. Jerry Parkham of Glenwood fined 10 dollars and costs on two gun in car charges. Robert Gale of Hastings charged 10 dollars and costs for no hunting license. Season Sutton of Glenwood fined 25 dollars and costs for a loaded gun in a car and 25 dollars and costs for drinking beer on the highway. Dale Orville Stout of Glenwood fined 25 dollars and costs for drinking beer on the highway. Stout and Sutton were arrested early Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Mead.
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Justice of Peace John Mall
Clear Armstrong
Hastings
Jerry Parkham
Glenwood
Robert Gale
Leslie Sutton
Dale Orville Stout
Stout
Sutton
Kenneth Mead
Farm Bureau Potluck Meeting Set for Dec 15
Mills county Farm Bureau board and spouses will gather at the Malvern office on Tuesday Dec 15 at 6 30 p m for a pot luck dinner with meat provided by the group A short business meeting will follow All current and new board members are invited Clifford Boyer has returned home from Veterans hospital in Omaha where he had been a patient for a week.
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Mills County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Malvern
Clifford Boyer
Veterans Hospital
Omaha
Help for Goodfellows Christmas Drive Gains Support
Community members respond to the annual Goodfellows appeal as sponsors C. L. Bud Hertz Chas. D. Costello and Lentz Powles report finding cases of need and planning gifts for children. They note gifts only, not food, will be provided to bring Yuletide joy to families.
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Goodfellow
C. L
Bud) Hertz
Chas. D. Costello
Lentz Powles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Markel
Towa State Assn. of Assessors
Kemp Place
Iowa Power & Light Co
Fred Cozad
Chuck Hanson
Darby Graves
Ivan Jackson
Charles Wilson
D. Graves
Charles Ellison
Ellison
Jackson, Hanson
Graves
Goodfellows
Emery DeWitt
DeWitt
Mills County Court House
County Recorder’s Office
Kenneth Asmussen
Tion
P. O
Armstrong
Parkham
Gale
Chris Hein
F.B. Board
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