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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1967
Page
11
Freshmen home room is decorated with evergreen around the windows. Sophomores drew a Santa Claus and hung it by the loo. Sandra Goldsberry sketched a Christmas scene with evergreen framing the doorway of the junior home room. Senior home room features a Christmas tree made of twisted crepe paper with baubles and gifts.
Malvern Community High School cheerleaders performed at a JFK College Flying Queens game in Council Bluffs. Carol Wolfe, former MCHS star, played with the JFK team and was honored along with MCHS. Cheryl Blackburn introduced the squad, which performed six cheers.
Tests on mind of MCHS seniors focus on ACT results after a week of guidance counselor interviews with Miss Hobren to review scores at the school.
Mills County youth describe experiences with Omaha hosts during the Farat City Youth Exchange sponsored by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and the Omaha Jaycees. A Nov 16 reception at the Omaha Live Stock Exchange Building featured speakers, interviews, and a tour of Burke High School, highlighting friendships and cultural learning between farm and city youths.
KMA radio recording technicians visited Malvern on Monday to record Christmas music by the grade school junior high and high school groups. The program will air at 8 15 a m Christmas day with tapes from other area schools.
Due to conflicting school activities the FHA Christmas wrapping party is postponed to December. Chapter members will gather for a Christmas exchange event at the usual venue with planned fellowship and wrap activity.
The sophomore class of Nishta Valley High School will sponsor a sock hop in the Community Building Friday after Malvern. Students are invited. music will be via recordings. Admission is $35 per person. Mrs. Salyers attended a planning meeting of the Iowa Home Economics Teachers Association in Des Moines.
Notes advocate giving over receiving and training children to value generosity. Praise Dr Scheffel for his new office front as a model for storefronts. Urge improvements to town fronts to attract residents and industry, and highlight Chantry school and new high school as future growth factors. Extends sympathy to the Phelps family for their loss.
The piece notes a well behaved student’s passing and praises determination. It mentions a high achieving student with grades in the high 90s. It covers upcoming Christmas programs, early dismissal, and holiday schedule. It also notes a 50 cent charge per person by the Student Council and rising costs for band and decorations. It mentions new warmup jackets for the girls team and budget strains.
MCHS senior class members served a lunch for patrons at George Mart’s farm auction Tuesday. They sold hot dogs pie and coffee at minimal prices to raise funds for sending the seniors to New Orleans. The group thanks all who patronized the stand.
Mary Beth Costello reports on MC High School English 10 reading Shakespeare Julius Caesar with student participation and Brutus moments. Hallways glow with Christmas decor, urging early Christmas Ball bids while Mrs O'Dell decorates Chantry with mistletoe.
Debbie Waymire was chosen by Malvern Student Librarians to serve as District Parliamentarian after Ed Rodasky District President of the Student Librarian Association urged district librarians from Missouri Valley to appoint a Malvern representative. Mrs. Salyers announced the selection and congratulated Debbie and the librarian staff.
After adopting the year budget, MCHS Student Council prepared for the 1967 Christmas Ball on December 21. Members decorated the main hall and offices with trees lights and bulletin boards to create a bright festive atmosphere for the season.
The students will exchange gifts with the Student at Cornell providing rents for all. School will be dismissed after the party and will reconvene on Tuesday January 3 1968.
Silver City news notes all officers reelected for another year at the Rebekah Circle gathering hosted by Mrs. Harvey Ord Dee with 12 members present. The group adopted a needy family for Christmas. Gift exchange revealed secret pals. Christian Fisher marked his first birthday on Nov. 29 with family and friends attending. Numerous local residents hosted dinners and card clubs, with various guests and prize winners reported.
A long list of local families and friends share holidays and gatherings. Attendees include the Borugoin group, the Friendship Club, and many cousins and neighbors from Elwood Elliott Lincoln Tabor Council Bluffs and Treynor. The items note dinners, gift exchanges, church events, baptisms, anniversaries, and a Messiah performance.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Hayes Ricky Leet and Vicky Robertson visit Sunday with Mr and Mrs Dean Darling in Lincoln Nebraska. Rebekah card party set for December 16 at Odd Fellows Hall with a 50 cent gift exchange. Mrs Frank Lincoln hosts enton's seventh birthday party. Barbara Richter observes tenth birthday dinner hosted by Marvin and Linda Richter. Neighborhood visits include Stogdill and Williams families, NFC convention attendance in Louisville by Harold Skerritt, M Y F meets at Silver City Methodist Church with 20 youths and a planned January 1 party at Julie Robertson's house.
About 33 people shared prizes at the Farm Aid Service Center open house in Silver City on December 1 and 2. Top prize went to Mrs Myron Roenfeldt for a color TV. Winners included Robert Hopp, Carl Green, and many others receiving turkeys, mineral, and bean inoculants.
Henderson remembers Policeman John Stephens who was killed at the 64 Club last week as a cousin to Mrs. Elmer Kadel and the mother of Mrs. Don Kadels. Mr and Mrs Mike Bodwell and their son visited friends in Omaha Sunday as the community reports a dinner and bazaar at the Christian church drawing crowds from Elliott Red Oak Malvern Carson Macedonia Treynor and Council Bluffs. Kenneth Smalley of Clarinda stopped by Friday morning to visit his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Earl Boilean continuing the local social round last week.
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