1962 a Year of Plenty and Change for Mills County
The year 1962 yielded record crop production and strong farm prices in Mills County, with extensive new construction and business growth. Yet small retail and farm profits lagged, signaling future adjustments including fewer farms and businesses, as taxes and competition reshape the local economy. Community gains include school and church expansion, telephone exchanges, and new homes, while caution remains over financial strain and regional consolidation. Love quote ends the piece.
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Mill County
Mills County
Malvern Country School
Nishua Valley High School
Malvern
Emerson
Glenwood
Southwest Telephone Exchange
Bays Elevators
Nishna
Northwest Bell Telephone Co
Iowa
Deering old timers in Hunt for deer and letters from readers
Ray W. Jones of Glenwood and Harry B. Huntsman of Aberdeen narrate catching up with The Leader amid winter travel tales. Jones cites a December trip covering 2120 miles in six days via Dallas El Paso and Yuma, while Huntsman laments dwindling old-timer readers in Henderson and Emerson. Local readers report deer hunting around Sheridan Wyoming and a recent fishable window before deep cold ends activities.
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Ray W. Jones
Glenwood
la Habra
Calif
Harry B. Huntsman
Aberdeen
Wash
Leader
Henderson
Emerson
Iowa
Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Harry
R. Hall
Ben Smith
Science Students Become Teachers for a Day
Freshmen general science students act as teachers for their class narrating film strips on body systems atomic phenomena dinosaurs and microscopic plants and animals. Mr. Mercer says hands on teaching fosters true learning and raises awareness of outside articles.
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Mercer
Being a Teenager at Nishna Valley School News
Shirley Mabary reflects on the pros and cons of adolescence with pride in school life. She notes support from teachers and family, responsibilities at home, and the balance of work and fun, while acknowledging limits on dating and activities. The item is prepared by Nishna Valley Community High School students.
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Nishna Valley Community High School
One Teen-Ager's Opinion on Are Parents Really Unfair
A teen asks if parents are unfair and argues for balanced limits. The piece says parents should know where and with whom teens go, avoid undue strictness, and allow dating when the teen shows trust, responsibility, and strong morals. It emphasizes orderly conduct and dating peers of similar age.
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Christinia Aughe
Practice Sets Brings Life to Bookkeeping
The Randall practice sets give a month’s operation kit for Randall’s grocery. Terry the instructor checks work and errors must be corrected before a later test. The class enjoys the project and will gain more after three chapters. The piece also discusses teen smoking and drinking and parental guidance.
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Randall
Christmas Vacation and Jungle Tale Mixed in School Note
The note mentions Christmas break for New York schools from December 21 to January 2 and a home economics cooking plan for girls. It also includes a moralized, graphic jungle tale about natives and a missionary, ending with a cautionary moral about the story’s violence.
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Walla
Gala Christmas Decor Enhances NV Class Rooms
The NV school showcases festive decorations across study hall rooms with a red and gold star candles a Merry Christmas banner a Christmas tree driftwood lanterns and poinsettias. Room 3 features angels bells and gold bells while room 2 displays a gold tree with religious pictures. Home economics room shows wreaths stockings and candles as students thank teachers and staff for the holiday effort led by Mrs. Doubleday.
Newspaper Staff Meeting Held at NN with Terry and Susan Woodfill
The NN newspaper held a staff meeting on December 12 at 8:15 am in the typing room. Present were sponsor Mr Terry and news editor Susan Woodfill as plans for future school news were discussed. The group decided to be a little nosy to advance the business and agreed to reconvene next month to renew plans.
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Mr. Terry
Susan Woodfill
Atas
Raffle to Aid NV Band Fund at Emerson School Gym
The NV band plans a turkey raffle at 1 40 p m Friday December 21 in the Emerson school gym. Tickets cost 25 cents each, sold by NV band members. Proceeds will cover uniforms purchased last year.
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Marcia Ballain
Turkey
Emerson
NV Students Donate to Handicapped Children Drive
A NV Student Council committee chose to replace a Christmas gift exchange with a charitable drive for Mills County Organization for Handicapped Children. Four members led the effort, urged a suggested $1 donation, and planned first period class collections by December 14 with posters to promote the drive.
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Paul Hathaway
Kathy Houser
Sharron Eastwood
Shirley Mabary
Jackie Brown
Dittus
Mills County
Dee
Be Kind to Teachers Week Planned by FTA
The Future Teachers of America met at Susan Steiner's home on December 10 to plan Be Kind to Teachers Week. The third week in January will follow semester tests and precede report cards. Members shared preferred teaching grades to guide future observation schedules. A film-strip on a girl’s college teaching career highlighted available advisors. A lunch of chocolate macaroons and lime sherbet followed.
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Teachers of America
Susan Steiner
Project Assigned Driving Students
Mr. Nauman assigns driver education units to his class. Students must design a one day lesson on a phase of driver education, to be completed by December 20. They will be graded, and the best units may be used to run a class after Christmas vacation.
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Nauman
Coming Events At Local School This Month
Dee, Dec, Dec gins January schedule lists basketball games at Prescott on the 18th and at Stanton on the 21st. A school Christmas party is planned for the 21st with Christmas vacation to begin thereafter and classes resume on the 21st.
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Prescott
Stanton
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Collins Drug CO
E. W. Knight
Edel Knight
Perry Allen
Amd
Nishna Valley
Susan Woodill
Margaret Wheeler
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Wayne Jensen
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