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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
4
The Hastings school notes a Monday high school Christmas party with cheer and a Tuesday faculty gathering. A Wednesday basketball game and Thursday operetta rehearsal by lower grades excite students. Friday has no school and overall week promises calm, festive preparation.
A string of tributes and taunts highlights school life with bouquets to the cheering section for home game support and teachers for the Christmas party. Boos target a rival for insinuations and a finance crew for broken taps while Hastings writers draw praise for copied work. Malvern’s orchids and onions remark earns unexpected praise as a high compliment.
The piece discusses Lombrose's theory that criminals show distinct facial characteristics. It claims three head shapes indicate intellect, joviality, or forcefulness and notes traits like stilt ears and eye spacing as indicators. It critiques the theory for overemphasizing anatomy and underplaying sociological factors.
Contest Jasten's art essay event ends with English literature class participants. Subject "What Art Means to Me." Robert Williams wins bronze medalion and Allan Christy takes second. Judges are Supt. D. D. Fellows, Ben Harolf, and Wayne Graybill.
A grand turnout for the Hastings Malvern game pleased fans and players alike after a strong showing from the home side. Whispering critics and gift talk aside, observers noted the team’s one decisive performance stood out this season.
A fragmented OCR passage lists students and players with vivid attire and hairstyles. Names include Violet Gustin Kay Gittins Fay Oswald Doris Willian Kat Waterworth Joann Read and Bernadine. The text references ferrell waterworth kay and denver waterworth, plus the basketball boys in red suits.
Della Largent reports a junior high student basketball win on Tuesday over freshmen with a large margin. Girls joined the high school cheering section, and seventh graders earned a prize for selling the most season tickets.
The diary notes a sociology unit on crime and student attitudes toward criminal tendencies. It mentions biology tests, home economics craft projects for Christmas gifts, and a history class reminder about outlining lessons to improve effort.
Sports of the Week notes Hastings hosts a debut game after the new Continuity building floor. Pep club decorated in red and blue to support the team. Silver City played Friday with reserves 18 17 and first team 29 to AB. Christmas operetta in progress titled The Merry Christmas Bell planned for December 22 in the Community building. Top spell ers Benedict Bird Johnsen Johnsen Kidwell Whitesides listed.
Doris Ilias reports on Epworth League activity with a post meeting plan for a Christmas program. Officers conducted, pantomimes titled New Year and We Three Kings of Orient Are featured by members such as Doris Williams Foster Read Ruth Gittins Kay Gittins and Jack Sargent plus led readings by Levase Sheldon and Herusdite McKune.
Miss Velma Mines returned to Bright California after ten months away and visited her parents Mr and Mrs Will Mines. Neighbors hosted dinners and guests gathered at various homes in River ton and nearby towns. Family illnesses were noted with Dr Madsen caring for Mrs Vanderpoedt and Maxine Hites visiting home from Minneapolis. News includes church work plans, wood cutting for the church, and several Sunday visits across the area. Will Mings learned of his father’s death in Mountain Grove Missouri and departed with family to attend the funeral.
Sugar cane, a key American crop, was introduced to the New World in the early 16th century from the Canary Islands, marking a pivotal transfer of agricultural knowledge and crops between Europe and the Americas.
A historical note mentions diverse edible curiosities with birds and worms featured as food in various regions. Natives of South America reportedly eat worms, Arabs consume earthworms as a delicacy, and Australian Aborigines eat butterflies. Other groups reportedly eat locusts and dragonflies, with various tribes harvesting grubs and moths cited in China and Australia.
Community happenings include callers from Red Oak and Emerson visits, Odd Fellows lodge in Macedonia, birthday celebrations, vacations, and letters to the M E Aid. Notable items cover hospital stays, a 73rd birthday, a charity letter from California, and church programs.
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Russell Fleming son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Flems and Fern Baldasier daughter of John Baldevier were married in Rockport Missouri on December 16. The ceremony featured a medium weighted wedding dress and a dark blue business suit for the groom. A crowd at the Fleming home afterward included A D Fleming and families and Carl Hodge and family. Freshman class officers named Una Mac Judah president Tale Laughlin vice president Helen Whitehill secretary Joyce Thomas treasurer and historian. Students teased about English class humor as Bill Curtis laughed. Kenneth Grindle returned to school after several days absence. Freshmen planned a sleigh ride but melted ice ended the plan. A chair broke sending a laugh through the room as gifts exchanged.
The Strahan Consolidated School hosted the Deer Creek and White Cloud homedemonstration group on Thursday Dec. 16 with Miss D Klingamann leading. The meeting opened at 10 am focusing on Making Your House Your Home and Modernizing Your Home with a noon potluck.
The strength of wood in a tree varies but is weakest where whrein risk is greatest, showing how structural integrity declines in the most stressed branches and trunk areas.
Sophomores were surprised to learn today was the final deadline for submitting essays. A geometry test was taken Thursday and described as not bad. They remark they know more about uml tacks and throwing water than their English lesson.
Absent three days this week junior Clarice Norton stands in for a note about schoolroom distraction. The item questions what great attraction causes both junior and senior boys to turn around and face back in class, then adds a sharp reprimand to the girls with a call for decorum.
The seniors work hard on their planned Thursday program. Geraldine Shack was absent from school yesterday. The girls defeated Sidney 38 to 18. The boys lost to Henderson in their game.
Grade News notes a Christmas tree in the room and a party with gift exchanges. Fifth and sixth graders contributed to the tree while the first and second graders express gratitude. Vacation begins 4 o clock December 23 and runs through January 3.
Record of instruments filed Dec 10 to Dec 17 1937 in Mills County Iowa including Thos A Hougas to Equitable Life $1 land in Sec 173 40 Sheriff to Federal Land Bank $4357.38 100 acres in 21 73 43 Thomas M Thornton to C H Dashner $2000 SW 1 4 NE 4 41 5 71 43 Rosetta M Abel to Murriel V Kinney et al $1 and V C Und 5 15 int in Lots 397 398 399 and Pt Lot 407 All Lot 408 Em erson subject to life estate Philip E Hurst to Trustees I L Q F Lodge New Point Mo $1 Pt Lot 1 and 2 Elk 42 Glenwood
A fragmentary report notes a single massive stone in the colossal statue of Rameses II, an ancient Egyptian figure, weighing about 1.2 tons.
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