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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
6
Students at EMA high school enjoyed a festive Christmas assembly with a gift exchange. The entire class drew names for presents placed on a decorated tree funded by student donations. A program of carols and a play by Mrs. Salyers' class will precede gift distribution, signaling the start of Christmas vacation.
The page records preschool to elementary notes to Santa from several local children and staff remarks on reading and phonics lessons. Letters express desires for a typewriter cedar chest dolls and candy while staff members sign off as editorial team including Ralph Hart and Mary Jeanne Ewing among others.
The first real pep session at the M. H. 5S. assembly Friday morning featured new yells and a pep song A Basket a Basket by Goldie Cozad. An amateur hour highlighted imitations, piano and dance acts, a student quartet sang, and ElRoy E. won a prize from Mary Beth Nelson. Ralph Hall closed with a bedtime story about basketball history.
Juniors enjoyed a lab skeleton demonstration while some confusion remained over bones such as the tibia fibula and others. The public speaking class prepares a Christmas play for Friday’s party and the American Literature class studies Hiawatha with words like Gitchee Gumee and Minnehaha on mind.
The Girl Reserves will bag candy to be given to town children the day before Christmas. The sacking occurs Wednesday and Thursday night this week. They sell Handy Little articles called Little Brownie Scrapers to fundraise. Girls bring clothing food and toys for Christmas gift baskets in a project they call the Christmas Rose Offering.
A group of teachers from several towns outlines holiday destinations. Names include Mrs. Barqubney, Miss Churchill, Miss McVicker, Miss Schini, Miss Gidley, Miss Bates, Miss Erbe, Miss Rohrbach and others. Destinations span Tabor Lincoln Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls Malvern Des Moines New Orleans and West Side.
Marlin students walk from Burl tracks for exercise while Mary takes trumpet lessons. Senior boys study after school. questions swirl about pep meeting attendees and late arrivals. Quotes from Georgia M and playful riddles hint at mysteries of Malvern High’s classes and activities.
The Sunday school at Silver City M E Church led by Rev. Geo Hall presents a varied Christmas program with songs such as Silent Night Away in a Manger and What Christmas Is plus short plays and solos by Olaf Coffey Naomi Frazier Bedah Anna's class and others. Pacific Junction defeats Silver City in basketball with close scores 27 37 and both teams head to Percival Thursday. Rebekah Lodge election results list officers including Mrs Christy Hendyleks Alice Moore Ole Keeses and other elected officials.
Freshman science class studies germs and microorganisms while manual training students remodel old toys into new looking items and algebra classes complete their worksheets with extra practice.
The report covers classroom activities from grades First through Fourth and Junior High. Students memorize a Santa Claus poem, study column addition and long division, read Christmas stories, and decorate rooms with trees and wreaths. Absent students include Danny Zanders and Glenn Norton while Mary Ellen Lincoln earns honor roll. Teachers track spelling scores for Jn Anne Campbell and others, and plan a cantata with Kenneth Adams as advance ticket manager. The geography focus moves to Pan American conference in Lima Peru as the class tours Spain and Portugal.
The Methodist Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Hy Hall's home with a business session followed by a Christmas program directed by Mrs. Margaret Bartlett. Readings, carols, poems, and the "Legend of the White Gift" were performed, with songs by members and a light fruit salad reception. Seventy in attendance at Sunday school featured special numbers and carols led by the congregation.
East Liberty residents hosted Mrs. Chas Anderson for her birthday with guests including Mr and Mrs Harold Scott and family from near Hastings. No services Christmas morning at East Liberty. evening Sunday school program planned. Alan PuVal arrived from Indianapolis for Christmas. Marlene Zander treated for bronchitis at Edmundson hospital. Mrs Laura Kerney and Josie Kerney visited in Council Bluffs with cousin Mrs Jenie Taylor.
A string of local residents headed to Los Angeles for a week or more, while others planned stays with relatives over the Neliday season. Several families and individuals were noted visiting Hastings and Macedonia for funerals and family gatherings, including Mrs. Dale Want and Mrs. Arch Clay. Fern Maddocks and Wayne joined a trip to Cornelia Bluffs, with Fern recently a student nurse.
Burlington railroad official urges cautious driving near grade crossings during winter as snow and darkness increase crashes. National Safety Council notes a 6 760 decrease in traffic deaths in the first ten months of this year versus 1987, with 8 500 lives saved if December trend continues. Interstate Commerce Commission data show 197 fewer grade crossing deaths in January–July 1938 versus 1937, potentially 375 fewer by year-end.
The guide highlights iron rich foods including lean beef, oysters, spinach, molasses, eggs, graham bread, potatoes, oats, green peas, fish, dates and raw rabbuve. It notes lean beef as exceptionally rich and covers common sources across animal and plant foods with diverse preparations.
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