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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
4
Hastings department news notes local aid initiatives and community promotions. Subscriptions and updates are provided by correspondent Jack Niday highlighting Hastings civic activities and general interest items for the community.
Christmas Day will mark the 60th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Jake Lookabill. Mrs Lookabill is recovering from illness, with a family dinner planned at their home in Hastings after a long farming life in the Hastings area. The couple, married in 1881 by Rev George Dunigan, raised three children: Bo of Malvern, Fred of Hastings, and Ann James Parkinson of Per Cival.
School notes report a high school Christmas party this Thursday evening with faculty sponsorship, gift exchange, and games. The grade pupils will present a play Friday afternoon in the high school auditorium, with all mothers invited. Teachers Yvonne McKee and Dorothy Haines taught first and second grades. Monday afternoon Mrs Nidgy could not teach.
Three Christmas programs are planned in Hastings this year. The grade school will perform Friday afternoon at the school house replacing the usual operetta. On Sunday December 21 a candle lighting seaper service will be held at the church. Monday December 22 the church social features by young people and Sunday school children.
Hastings Boy Scout troop raised funds through a waste paper drive last Saturday canvassing town and farms. They plan weekly collection to support the troop and aid national defense by conserving resources. Mrs Fred Lookabiil was elected president of the W S O S E recognized club with officers named and a program including Bela Streeter Aldrich's The Drum.
Hastings Volunteer Fire department schedules its annual Amelmans ball for Monday December 29 with Duke Wing er and his orchestra providing music. Details of entertainment to be announced next week. Hastings Red Cross unit finished turning available materials into garments and awaits new supplies next month. The group seeks knitters and sweaters. Mrs. W. S. Young offers lessons. Mrs. L. L. Greenwalt 77 knitted seventeen sweaters.
Wesley Chapel WES CHAP. W. 8. C. 8, Helit Basgor The W. 8, C. 3 finance committee held their bazaar at the church Friday Dec 12 A Christmas world program was given by 12 women and Mrs Henry Washburn led the singing of Christmas Carols The bazaar cleared more than 10 dollars despite a small crowd Mr and Mrs Ward Fickel were guests in the Clinton Parker home Thursday Dec 11 Sunday events included visits and plans for Christmas preparations at several local homes The Christmas program will be given Tuesday evening Dec 23 Everyone is invited Regular services at Wesley Chapel and Henderson churches listed with times and a final invitation to attend all services.
Historic notes describe winter stresses from 1835 and 1026 with subnormal temperatures and heavy snowfall. Conservation records cite large scale feeding efforts led by Warren W. Thane and Y K Webster to protect birds and wildlife, involving many volunteers across Iowa. Emergency feeding aims to reduce mortality, while public cooperation supports sustained hunting seasons and feeding stations for game birds.
Mills County USDA Defense Board asks farmers to audit farm machinery and order repair parts now for 1942. J F Wearin says urgency is essential as new parts will be scarce. farmers with unused horse drawn equipment may sell it for repairs. Scrap iron collection is encouraged to aid the drive.
County Farm Bureau director O W Rayton announces a 1942 membership push with a target of 400 members. He pledges a large victory meeting and dinner to celebrate reaching the goal and promises a prominent Farm Bureau leader to speak at the event. The drive emphasizes the value of membership despite costs to farmers and aims to mobilize interested county farmers.
Albert Plumer, 34, formerly of Mineola, died at 4 p.m. Friday in a Council Bluffs hospital from gunshot wounds ruled as self inflicted. Born in Dumfries he lived near Mineola most of his life and was found by family dog after being ill. A member of St John Lutheran Church, he was laid to rest at Mineola Cemetery after services led by Rev. C. Biermann. Survived by widow Mabel, son Elwood, daughter Donna Rae, his mother Mrs. Bila Plumer of Council Bluffs, and sisters Mrs. Marthe Young of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Gertrude Williams of Bilger City.
A Monday evening ceremony in Malvern saw Masons from the county seat confer a degree on Glenwood Mason with F. R. Chantry presiding as master of the work. Attending were Ridgeway Genung Ward Blethower Virgil Hughes and H. P. Anderson. In a separate local note, A R and Don Frasier of Logan recovered a lost cow after weeks of searching, finally locating it in a ditch near a creek and guiding it back to the yard despite extreme hunger and thirst.
A wartime recruitment note urges enlistment in the Navy to aid victory. It calls for patriotic duty and service, highlighting opportunities for training, travel, and contributing to national defense during wartime.
Readable lines indicate a note about a person or event on the Atlantic, with references to Heattay areas and a possible medical or memorial context. Details are too fragmented to confirm names, dates, or concrete actions.
An article fragment offers fire safety guidance for Christmas trees including lighting safety, water readily available, and removal after December 31. It also contains nutritional recommendations from a national nutrition committee covering adults and children with servings for vegetables fruit eggs meat and dairy, plus emphasis on proper food preparation to retain nutrients.
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