'Tis the Season to be Jolly Ideas for Christmas Fun
A column offers practical tips for enjoying the Christmas holiday. It urges careful planning time, music, stories, lights, and family gatherings. Suggestions include reading Dickens, decorating without excess, visiting friends and shut ins, attending school and church programs, and thoughtful gift planning to preserve finances. It closes with the quote from Edward F. Benson about honesty.
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Manor Farm
Pickwick Papers
Malvern
Special Session on Apportionment urged after Shaff plan defeat
Editorial urges a special General Assembly session to craft a new apportionment plan favoring cities, while lamenting low voter turnout. It notes Mills county and Malvern areas saw under a fourth and near total eligible voters abstain in recent elections, urging citizens to study issues and vote. It ends with a Mr. Pope quote about honesty.
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General Assembly
Mills County
Malvern
Republic
Display of the Flag Plan Seen as Good Daily Practice
Three Malvern residents urged broader flag displays during President Kennedy's death and funeral. The town uses a flag plan from Harry Hammons of the American Legion in the business district, but leaders agree individual stores should fly flags daily to show patriotic respect. The Leader notes occasional neglect yet supports daily flag display plus a Mary Baker Eddy quote on education and character.
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Malvern
Kennedy
Stephens’ Grocery
Don's
Driver’s
Harry Hammons
The
American Legion
President Kennedy
Leader
Following the Leader And Christmas Verse Feature
The issue highlights two poems from Claude Wilson and Gary Greenwood as part of poetry week. It includes Just a Thought for Christmas by Claude Be. Wilson and The Duck Hunter by Gary D. Greenwood with commentary on the 1963 duck season and local school guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Wilson
Nishna Valley
Gary Greenwood
Duck Hunters
Claude BE. Wilson
Emerson
Gary Green
Gary D. Greenwood
Advertising rates shift for classifieds and display space
Advertising notice lists rates for display ads per column inch and reader locals per line. Classified ads cost per line for first insertion and reduced rate for subsequent insertions. Acknowledgments and generic lines appear with per line charges and minimums. Local audience references and price points anchor the ad terms.
Death shocks East Liberty as Miss Lucy Goodell dies
Miss Lucy Goodell, sister of Mrs C B Goodell, died suddenly of a heart attack while downtown in Emmett Idaho on Friday. The event saddened relatives who had visited here last summer. In Malvern, Mr and Mrs Norman Sinner joined relatives for dinner at his parents home. Jeanie Stille of Omaha spent the weekend with her parents in Malvern. Darrell Waisner and Bob Salyers families from Malvern visited Hendersons. LeRoy Shook and two daughters of Henderson were guests of Claude and Ernett Stephens.
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Emmett
Ida
Lucy Goodell
Norman Sinner
Harold Sinner
Malvern
Jeanie Stille
Omaha
Walter Stille
Council Bluffs
J. E. Henderson
Jennie Edmundton Hospital
Darrell Waisner
Bob Salyers
Richard Henderson
Kristi
Kay
LeRoy Shook
Henderson
Claude and
Ernett Stephens
Supper Proceeds Boost Church Treasury
Weather for the supper served at the church Thursday evening was ideal and patronage was especially good. The gross proceeds were $113.73 with a net of $53.59 to be added to the church treasury. Attendees hailed from nearby towns including Wesley Chapel, Wenderson, Red Oak, Omaha, and others. thanks were given to all helpers. Services next Sunday are at 9 a.m. Rev. E. LeRoy Pullman. Mrs. Oran Windle of Council Bluffs visited, with Windle. Wednesday supper guests included Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Shook of Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anglin of Springdale Ark.
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Wesley Chapel
Wenderson
Dale Haines
Red Oak
Cliff Kelley
Josephine
Frances Lewis
Omaha
E. LeRoy Pullman
Oran Windle
Council Bluffs
Windle
T. C. Shook
Henderson
Howard Anglin
Springdale
Ark
Claude Stephens
Emett Stephens
Joyce
Chris
Couple Visits Omaha for Granddaughter's Pneumonia Care
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mayberry traveled to Omaha Tuesday morning to be with their granddaughter Shirley Swayze who was admitted to Immanuel Hospital a day earlier for a severe pneumonia treatment.
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Homer Mayberry
Omaha
Shirley Swayze
Immanuel Hospital
Acvere
Hastings Social News Fragments From Red Oak Visit
Mrs. Herb Stogdill and Hastings correspondence note Mrs Ray Sage and Mrs Roy Quimby visiting Red Oak Saturday. Mrs Joe Hall returned from Edmundson hospital Council Bluffs and is improving. Her husband Joe Hall was admitted for observation last Wednesday.
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Ray Sage
Roy. Quimby
Red Oak
Joe Hall
Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Sunday Church Notices At First Methodist Church
Ralph Russell minister and Dorothy Largent present Sunday schedule with Supt. Sunday School at 9 a m Morning Worship at 9 55 and junior choir Thursday 6 30. Services were held Sunday despite bad weather and Sunday School was canceled or affected.
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First Methodist Church
Ralph Russell
Dorothy Largent
Cemetery Association to recess in January notice
The Ladies Cemetery Association met at Stella Hall and decided to skip January meetings but plans a February gathering at Mrs. Dave Hockenberry’s home. Lunch was served. Other items note Mrs. Richard Vance and Carl Hodge in Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Crawford visiting in Strahan, and a Saddle Club meeting with a pot luck supper on December 18. Clarence Sands funeral services were attended in Red Oak.
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Roger Crawford
Strahan
Wayne Crawford
Gill Rica
Red Oak
Lyle Courtier
Saddle Club
Myrza Vanderpool
Kay
Eugene Palsar
Clarence
Shorty)Sands
Malvern Leaders Roundup of Local Socials and 4 H Meeting
In Malvern Iowa on December 12 1963 local residents Mrs Wayne Crawford and Mrs Erb Stoghill visited Shenandoah last Wednesday. Mrs Joe Hall stopped at the Gilbert Hall home last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Frank Jarratt were Malvern visitors Friday. The Peppy Pixies 4 H club will hold a Christmas party and meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM at Patty Perkins home.
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Wayne- Crawford
erb'-Stoghill
Shenandoah
Joe Hall
Gilbert Hall
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Edward F. Benson
Mary Baker Eddy
Wood
Ducks . Unlimited
Fred Astaire
Bronx
Crink
the Malvern Leader
F. A. Wortman
Iowa
Congress
Imogene
Randolph and
Tabor
United States
East Liberty
Josie K
Stotts
Hastings
Herb Stogdill
Mrs
Richard Vance and
Carl Hodge
Malvern Leader
fMalvern
Salyers
Reid
Glenwood
Chevrolet
Chevy
Chevy Spirit
le Lelea
Fisher
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