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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1931
Page
2
Malvern weekly notes visitors, births, and travels. Residents from Omaha, Council Bluffs, Glenwood, and Lincoln share Christmas trips and family updates. Community members, including Wortman, Haldeman, and McNulty, report moves, celebrations, and a rib injury, while local schools and papers mark year-end changes and subscriptions.
Christan Church Bible study session invited at 10 o clock with Blanche Emerick leading. Lord's supper and morning worship at 2 PM with service in memory of Me. Roy E. Guevier, Pastor. Prayer meeting at 7 18 PM Thursday. Choir practice Friday evening. Next Sunday begins the new year with multiple services. parishioners urged to attend.
The Etrehan high school held a declamatory contest on Wednesday evening in the school assembly despite bad weather and poor roads causing late attendance. Winners included Clair Jones and Welen Martin in oratorical, Lillian Bradley and Ruth Wiseman in dramatic, and Frederica Newell and Wilma Bradley in humorous. Mrs. Dahle Boyer of Glenwood received praise for guiding the speakers and contestants.
A string of Christmas dinners is reported across Malvern and nearby areas. Families such as Wolfe Kayton Dodd Bayes Irvin DeGase McCain Loughlin and others gathered at multiple homes including Belgera Paris and Reeds to celebrate with turkey and festive meals.
The irregular notes describe the Ladies Union meeting scheduled for January 6 and a series of social visits. Mrs Emma Citys hosted Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson, Miss Gladys Brady of Glenwood Springs visited her father Arthur Bradley and aunt Inez, and the Angus family traveled to Rigourney to see Mrs Angus's parents. Mr and Mrs Guy Martin traveled to Nebraska City to meet sister Jennie Hedges returning from St. Louis. Mr and Mrs Will Wolfe and others shopped with Shenandoah merchants while Floyd Wadsley and family visited from nearby towns.
Epworth Ledkire announces a morning worship and evening sessions for New Year with talks by Rev Henry Dale White and special music. The Bible school reports high attendance and aims to increase activity through 1942. Deacons plan to nominate officers at the January meeting. Sunday service topics include An After Christmas Sword and Great Choices.
A long list of Christmas Day dinners and guests from Malvern and nearby towns. Families including Graces, Dice, Cook, Nelson, Walker, Herrick, Benton, Wolfe, Anderson, and others hosted relatives and friends from Ames, Grand Island, Sioux City, and Council Bluffs. Reads like a social roundup of holiday hospitality with numerous individuals and households named.
A long Christmas narrative lists numerous Malvern area families hosting gatherings. Names include Dr att Mew, Mea Wigan, Hyde, Dick, Robbins, Cox, Ireland, Frink, Hendersn, Duval, Hunt, Bags, Base, Bower, Durbin, Hale, How ard, Lingulat, Kline, and others. Attendees travel from Omaha, Randolph, Shenandoah, Hastings, and Glenwood to celebrate with relatives and friends, sharing dinners and stories of the season.
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