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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
2
Local column notes visits and travel plans of Malvern residents and friends from nearby towns. Many families plan Christmas visits to relatives in Ames Cedar Rapids Iowa Nebraska and California.
Christmas dinners and entertaining plans grace The Leader call for readers to share party details by dialing 109. The page also covers a flurry of Christmas travel, hospital stays, births, and family visits in Malvern and nearby towns, with numerous local names and holiday observances.
Malvern Bay Scout troop held an investiture service Thursday evening to welcome new member Lawrence Bingham. The ceremony featured a candlelighting rite as the scouts explained the points of the scout law.
The Women’s club held its annual Christmas party on December 16 at Mrs. J. A. Bottomly’s home. A noon luncheon was enjoyed and members donated five dollars to both Community Sunday School and Holiness Sunday School plus five dollars to the educational loan fund. Santa arrived with gifts for all around 4:30. New members Mrs. Wilder Anderson and Mrs. Fred Mendenhall joined. The next meeting is January 13 at Mrs. H. T. Port’s home, with Dr M C Hennessy of Council Bluffs to lecture on cancer.
Miss Geraldine Bell hosted a Christmas party Friday for Strahan junior and senior classes and teachers. Guests enjoyed games carols and a two course lunch lit by candles. Decorations featured chocolate Santa Claus favors. Attendees included Norma McCollister Geraldine Shook Phyllis Mikelson Wayne Nims Elsworth Shilling Allen Norton Virginia Bayes Helen Laughlin Lorene Bryan Carol Jean Olsen Paul Dale Moory Joss Roone Myron Baltain Wayne Hierma Mrs Geraldine Gilmore and Miss Thela Hardman. Others traveled to Red Oak Shenandoah and Malverat for weekend visits and shopping news from Shenandoah and Red Quick.
A notice from the Lutheran church south of Matyern Rey McH. Mueller and Pastor Feidig outlines a Childean program at 7 pm on Saturday December 24 with English services and a call meeting on Sunday December 27 at 10 am, followed by Monday December 28 special meeting at 2 pm to call a minister. The excerpt ends with a biblical quotation.
Christian Church WD lists morning Bible study at 10 a.m. Communion at 11 a.m. Christian endeavor at 6 30 p.m. Evening service at 7 30 p.m. Reverend Lee leads the service. Presbyterian and Baptist notices include Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 10 a.m. A social hour is set for 6 p.m. followed by a regular meeting at 7 p.m. with officer elections and plans for a New Years party.
Ola Johnson died of a heart attack at his home north of Malvern on December 16 1936 at age 74. The East Liberty Lutheran church held Saturday services conducted by Rev Peterson with a Tabor male quartet. Pallbearers included Nels Nelson Alfred Nelson Carl Paulson John Paulson Alfred Hall and A S Marshall. Relatives from distant towns attended including N A Nelson San Dimas California and several Nelson Lutz Lutz families plus Anderson Proctor Lilljequist Redenbaush and others from Iowa Nebraska and California.
CHAMPION HILL Mrs. George Gordy and daughter Inez and Joe Scottatt of Drakesville and Francis Angry were Shenandoah visitors last Friday. The Plus Ultra class enjoyed an oyster stew at the home of their teacher Lewis Conrad Friday evening. Mrs. Dorothy Giles and daughter Phyllis were callers in the Alfred Cooper home Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Shelley and Bobbie visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scott and Betty Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Clutes of Red Oak visited in the J. F. Shelley home Sunday evening. Harold and Wilma Cooper were in Red Oak Friday afternoon. Mrs. Carrie McLain, Pearl and Velma McLain and Mrs. George Gordy and daughter Inez and Joe Scott were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Angry and Francis Mon. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rector and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed Summers and family Sunday afternoon. The Night Hawk club met with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bullington Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Alten and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Lidgfelt and Sonny Sunday afternoon. Bobby visited Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ketlenbarger Sunday. Elvin Bullington spent Saturday night and Sunday in the Alfred Couper home.
Sunday訪 Hasil McCollister visited his brother Harry in his home for a family meal. The Norton and Leech Miller families and Ian Dale were seen at various local homes. Chas Balai and others visited Shenandoah Saturday and Clyde Shook’s home hosts were noted Thursday.
The News Service previews Roger W. Babson’s Business and Financial Outlook for 1937. Babson, famed for accurate forecasts, anticipates a return to normal prosperity by year end 1936. The paper offers his insights next week, noting his past prescience from 1929 to 1932 and beyond.
Mrs Ray Pierson received amid enduring suffering the gracious care of her children. Alice Rosella Woodruff born June 7 1857 in Blendon Michigan grew up in pioneer hardship. Her mother remarried J M Spear adding siblings. Reared Adventist, she joined Methodist church after marriage and led Ladies Aid society.
The obituary notes Mrs. Weilsau longtime Sunday school superintendent and church participant. It recalls her steadfast faith read Bible daily and witness of noble motherhood to her children Claude, William, and Anna. She lived near Wesley Chapel with Perry R. Wileson in a life of loyalty and devotion. Her passing leaves a network of relatives and friends and a legacy of prayers and pious example.
Till the calmness of Jesus he me.
A Santa Claus program on Main Street drew a large crowd as the first gift distribution began at 4 PM Saturday. Twelve grocery baskets and three turkeys were handed out to residents including Arthur Trively Dorothy Fazel Roy Tyke and others. Tickets could be obtained from a long list of local merchants and businesses across Malvern including Gearhart Lumber Co Clem Drug Co Malvern Trust & Savings Bank and Empress Theater among many others.
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