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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
7
Snowy weather failed to dampen Mills County sports coverage with overflow on pages 3 and 4. Readers are urged to drive around communities to view Christmas lighting displays, including the Claude Wilson home’s colorful Tree.
To print Leader Friday next week due to Christmas on Monday. The Leader will be printed Friday instead of Thursday and delivered to teachers the following morning. News of Christ guests or visits should be phoned to the office as early as possible after Christmas.
Efforts to obtain a new trial for Irel Parker, convicted in 1955 for the murder of his wife Nancy in Lincoln, Nebraska, move forward this week with new witnesses and statements. Darrel’s counsel Warren Kremp named Wesley Peery and eight potential witnesses including Winsor Moore, J Whitney Kelley, John Reid, Ralph Peterson, Frank Johnson, Charles Sedjak, Jerry Sedlak, and Jein Reifels. Sadge White said he would rule soon on the motion and likely set a date if granted.
Tools valued around 500 dollars were taken Wednesday from a porch and a shed at the Sid Scherer farm on highway 275 between Tabor and Glenwood. The incident was reported to Sheriff Edwin Barkus.
Newly elected officers of the Mills County Firemen's Association were chosen last Thursday night in Mineola. Willard Stivers of Glenwood was elected president, Max Stonebraker of Henderson state school the vice president, and Jesse Brown of Glenwood state school the secretary.
Dec 29 set to close out the Ross Sandquist farm sale two miles south and 14 west of Emerson. Local notice lists sale dates and location for the public bidding event.
Santa and St Nick will attend Malvern's Christmas party for children on Saturday afternoon. The event features a 1:30 p.m. Disney film at the Empress Theater, a 3 p.m. cash scrip distribution totaling 75, and Santa's visit with gifts. The Malvern Commercial Club closes a month of Christmas promotion with a final prize draw and a turkey and fowl giveaway from the library roof.
Special services and music mark Sunday Christmas worship in area churches. Baptist church will feature an anthem and Luke's Christmas story. Presbyterian choir to perform special numbers. Methodist service includes Messiah choruses and solos by Mrs Sheridan, Mrs Knight, and Mrs Stogdill. Reverend John A. Lippincott will present the Christmas story.
A children's Christmas program will be presented at St. John's Lutheran Church Sunday evening. The program opens with a hymn and Vespers, then solos by Mrs. August Pontow and Dale Pontow, followed by performances from senior to intermediate classes under several teachers. Gifts will be distributed in the church parlors after the program.
The county treasurer reports 11 new car registrations this week. Vehicles include Fuicks and Pontiacs to owners in Malvern Emerson Glenwood and Pacific Junction. A single marriage license was issued, to Milton Konfist and Donetta Ord, both of Glenwood.
A Mills County district court suit by Nishna Valley Community School District seeks 5115.43 dollars in tuition from Malvern Community District. Named defendants include Malvern district Mills County Board of Education County Superintendent Amy Hammers and County Treasurer T M Robinson. The action involves 23 pupils from Benton rural and Golden Hill areas attending Nish na Valley schools after district attachment in 1960 and temporary injunctions in 1980. Hogzett and Burgett of Oakland represent the plaintiff.
Six Malvernians were hospitalized after a two car crash on Highway 41 four miles north of Malvern. Charles Bare 56 drove a 1953 Chevrolet into the path of Roy Danley’s 1955 Oldsmobile. Bare and several passengers sustained chest hip knee hip injuries and fractures. Mrs Danley suffered rib and head injuries. Three Mansfield ambulances transported the injured to Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs. Gerald Bare 18 and Gilbert Bare 14 were treated and released for fractures and cuts. Mrs Danley and passenger Gale Winters had facial cuts and knee injuries. Roy Danley and daughter were checked and released. An earlier accident on Highway 34 involved three cars. Robb was fined for loose control. No hospitalizations resulted.
Mills County sheriff notes a Sunday morning entry at the Legion Club north of Glenwood marking the third break-in this year. Thieves used a mall to breach a wall, took cigarettes and money from a music box, and damaged a sofa dial before failing to gain valuables.
Harry Katz acted as the jovial host at the Continent annual turkey dinner held last Friday. The event drew local residents and dignitaries enjoying traditions, fellowship, and a festive communal meal.
Twenty two employees of the Henning sen, Inc. plant in Malvern were treated to a noon December 15 turkey dinner hosted in the plant by the ladies of St. John's Lutheran church. The event recognized worker contributions and reflected community involvement.
Douglas Sanders of Good Grain Co announces an open house for farmers, poultrymen, growers and ranchers at the Malvern Community building next Wednesday December 27. The event opens at 1 p.m. with a fertilizer meeting at 7:30 p.m. It aims to become an annual affair to show appreciation for local friendship and business.
Eighteen pigs were sold on December 15 in a county fair contest judged at Omaha stock yards. Kenton Rohrberg Glenwood took first, Dale Sandquist Emerson second, Byron Leu Hartings heaviest hog at 316 pounds. Buyers discussed hog selection, followed by a Market Broadcast with L C Olson of Union stock yards. Thirty eight 4 H members and fathers attended.
Three Mills County farmers Marvin Bowen Henderson Harold Skerritt Silver City and Earnest Blatney Macedonia attended the state NFO meeting in Des Moines Friday which drew a record 4500 voting delegates. Oren Lee Staley of Rea Missouri was reelected president and said the NFO now holds more than two thirds of the strength to bring processors to the bargaining table, but must grow.
Donations to the Goodfellows fund this week push the total to 186.60 with contributions from Frank Hertz J F Wearin Jr Malvern Bank N P Crink Mark Babbitt Silver Urn Lodge Anonymous Bob and Don Bell Nishna Cottage W B Hayes W BR Byington Collins Drug and the seventh grade Sunday school class of Malvern Methodist Church. On hand stands 13. Total 186.50.
District Judge Folsom Everest heard a civil action this week over a drainage ditch on the Nishnabotna River south of Malvern. Rosa Grindle of Malvern accuses Rosa Brazelton of Hastings of flooding her land and asks waters be returned to their original course. Card of thanks from Max Chandler notes gratitude for support during residence in Malvern.
The petition in Mills county district court asks Mrs. Geraldine Frisvold to recover 764,354.55 from the estate of Zoa Nixon Amick after a Nov. 2 collision on highway 244 near Henderson that killed her husband Richard Frisvold, 32, and Amick, 67. The suit alleges negligence in the head on crash. The January docket also lists eight civil appearances and five desertion cases on the criminal docket.
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