Mills County News Bits and Local Promoter Notes
Clayton J. Hertz, a Denison speaker on industrial promotion, moved villagers to raise 1200 dollars in minutes for a local plan. Mills County reports 250 fewer new auto license registrations than a year ago. The treasurer explains late tax receipts and warns of 5 percent monthly penalties. An Emerson resident learns a printed statement, not a receipt, is issued for taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton J. Hertz
Denison
Chamber of Commerce
Bud
F. M. Robinson
Emerson
Scout Meeting to Start New Troop in Malvern
All boys and parents invited to a Malvern Community building meeting on Thursday February 14 at 7 30 p m to reactivate the Malvern troop. Charles Craig district scout executive will assist as the area reopens the older boys unit, following a thriving Cub pack in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Charles Craig
Fine levied after stop sign collision in rural road crash
Clifford Otto Schoening 50 of Malvern paid a fine and costs before Justice of Peace Ernest Timmer after being charged with failing to stop at a stop sign. His car collided at an intersection with a county road five miles north of Malvern with a car driven by Robert Williams 34 of Hastings. The crash occurred about 10 30 p m January 30. Stephen Robert Williams 3 suffered a bump on the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Otto Schoening
Rt. 2
Malvern
Justice of Peace
Ernest Timmer
Glenwood
Schoening
Robert Williams
Rt. 1
Hastings
Sheriff's Office
Stephen Robert Williams
Williams
Highway Workers Honor Perry Bayes on Retirement
Perry Bayes of Glenwood foreman for the Iowa State Highway Commission was honored at a farewell party Friday evening with about 36 colleagues from Emerson, Glenwood, Sidney, Red Oak and Shenandoah. He received Samsonite luggage and a gift certificate. A future family picnic of commission employees was planned for the summer, and Johnnie Hockabout was promoted to foreman after Bayes’s retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Bayes
Glenwood
Iowa State Highway Commission
Emerson
Sidney
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Mr. Bayes
Commission
Johnnie Hockabout
Bayes
Six Seek Vacancy on Mills Board
At least six people have applied for the Mills county board of supervisors vacancy created by the death of A. C. Buch. The successor will be chosen by a committee of the county auditor, clerk of district court, and county recorder. They will meet soon to make the appointment. applications should be submitted to the auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County Board of Supervisors
A. C. Buch
Agnes Livengood
Buch
Mills county livestock marketing school set for Feb 1
The second in a Mills county series will be Monday February 1 at the Malvern Voe Ag building at 15 p.a. The Glenwood and Malvern Voe Ag departments and Mills county Extension service sponsor with Iowa State College specialists presenting. The program covers middle man costs and the price gap between farm and consumer for dressed pork led by Lee Kohner. All interested persons invited even if they missed the first school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County Livestock Marketing
Malvern Voe Ag
Glenwood and
Malvern Voe Ag de
Partments
Mills County Extension Service
Iowa State College
Lee Kohner
Iowa
Cal- Teee
Bound Over on OMVI Charge for Fred Crain in Silver City
Fred Crain of Silver City was bound over to the district court grand jury on a second offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated charge. Justice of Peace Ernest Timmerman set Crain's bond at $750 after his Tuesday night detention by Highway Patrolmen J. D. Barnes and Ted Godfrey north of Glenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
OMVI
Fred Crain
Silver City
District Court Grand Jury
Justice of Peace
Ernest Timmerman
Crain
J. D. Barnes
Ted Godfrey
Glenwood
Three Break-Ins Reported Across Imogene Town
Fremont county Sheriff Al Christo pherson reported three break-ins at Imogene sites this week. Family Tavern run by Hap and EL Jen Wright saw thieves steal cigarettes beer candy gum and cash. a front-door lock was broken. Skahill Hardware Grocery took clothing meat eggs and a radio. vandalism noted. Greenwood Lumber Co saw cash register change and polio fund collector money taken. vandals damaged two sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
al Christopherson
Hap
EL Jen Wright
Skahill Hardware & Grocery
Greenwood Lumber Co
Nomination Deadlines Set for Mills County School Board
Nomination petitions for school district boards in Mills County must be filed with the district secretary by noon Friday March 1, with the election scheduled for March 11. County board seats also up for election, petitions due February 18 to County Superintendent Amy Hammers in Glenwood. Current terms include Henry Washburne and L T Genung. In Malvern, terms of Dr J R Beckwith Mrs Clara Stevens and Louis Knop expire this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Education
Mills County
County Board of Education
Amy Hammers
Glenwood
Henry Washburn
L. T. Genung
Malvern
J. R. Beckwith
Clara Stevens
Louis J. Knop
Mills County Selects 1957 Township Road Programs
The Mills County board approved the township road work programs for 1957 at a Wednesday forenoon session in the courthouse. Programs may be revised by the board of supervisors and township trustees had earlier drawn up askings and named a member to sit on the board of approval. Plattville and Glenwood were not represented. Harry Evans attended for the board of supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Plattville
Glenwood
Troy Rhody
Harry Evans
Celing
East Mills Groups to Meet at Hastings Monday
East Mills County proposes school reorganization and reports on facilities. Building and transportation committees will hold a special 7:30 p.m. meeting at Hastings, chaired by Harold Smith and Joe Hathaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Mills
Hastings
East Mills County
Harold Smith
Joe Hathaway
Hastings Couple to Observe Fiftieth Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Bensnaw will hold an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday February 10 at their Hastings home to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives are invited to call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bensnaw Willald
Hastings
Hold Omahan on Charge of Larceny in Night Time
Sheriff Donnoden holds 35-year-old Robert J. Rogers of Omaha in Mills County jail on larceny in the night time after copper wire from the Iowa Power and Light Co. garage yard at Glenwood was found cut. Six rolls of heavy cable were found in the driveway. two men fled, one by pickup, one on foot. A third man sought. Rogers denies involvement, claims another man left him behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnoden
Robert J. Rogers
Mills County
Rogers
Rhoden
Iowa Power & Light Co
Glenwood
Wil Cers
Sherif Nhuden
Omaha
Sherif Rhoden
Malvern Librarian Resigns After Four Years of Service
Doris Beckwith, Malvern public library librarian for four years, resigns at a February board meeting. New board member Chas Costello joins as officials name year’s officers. January report notes 34 new books 12 new borrowers 587 circulations and 190 visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Beckwith
Malvern Public Library
Library Board
Chas. D. Costello
Richard Gay
T. W. Gidley
Beckwith
K. W. Salyers
I. L. Donner
F. A. Mulholland
Salyers
Costello and Mulholland
W. K. Byington
Lillian Campbell
Dunner
Wortman
Glenwood commodities distribution at former feed store
Notice that commodities will be distributed in Glenwood at the former Glenwood Feed Store on Friday February 15 from 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock and 12:00 to 4:00. Bring your own cyntalivers.
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Glenwood
Malvera and
Pacide Junction
Rites Wednesday for A. C. Buch Mills Supervisor
Funeral services were held for A C Art Buch a Mills county board of supervisors member at Reid Chapel Glenwood with Rev. Paul Hicks officiating. Interment was in Glenwood cemetery. About 55 county employees and Glenwood Rotary members attended. Buch born January 4 1900 in Lincoln Nebraska had lived in Mills County 53 years and was serving his second term on the county board. He died likely from a heart condition Sunday morning. Surviving his wife one stepson and one stepdaughter an aunt and five cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C.art Buch
Mills County Board of Supervisors
Reid Chapel
Glenwood
Paul Hicks
Methodist Church
Mary Evelyn Logan
L. C. Dean
Fay McManigal
H. S. LaRue
Paul Cheyney
Edwin Carter
R. J. Allen
Don Rhoden
Tom B. Lomas
Edwin Hopp
R. C. Good
C. D. Aistrape
Fay McManipal
Bueh
Polio Fund Totals Grow From Local Donations
The county polio fund nears two thousand three hundred fifty one dollars with more donations expected. Coin boxes and mother’s marches in Malvern and Glenwood contribute hundreds, rural schools add modest sums, and a county wide auction netted twelve hundred ten dollars and forty eight cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afills County
Malvern
Glenwood
Pavifie Junction
Sulver City
Malvern Bank Closure Next Tuesday for Lincoln Birthday
The Malvern Trust and Savings Bank will be closed next Tuesday February 12 in observance of Lincoln's birthday. Local customers are advised to plan deposits and withdrawals accordingly.
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Savings Bank
Richardsons to Celebrate Golden Anniversary Open House
Mr and Mrs Leslie Richardson plan an open house on Sunday afternoon February 10 from 2 to 5 at the First Baptist church in Malvern for their 50th wedding anniversary. Married February 14 1907, they are longtime Mills County residents active in church and community affairs and survived a tornado that destroyed their farm shortly after moving in. Their family includes daughter Mrs Jane Wise and three more daughters plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. son Lt Marlin Richardson was last reported in Korea in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Richardson
First Baptist Church
Malvern
N. M. Chambers
Richardson
Mills Countty
Grange
HSC Club
Jane Wise
Glenwood
Wises
Gerald Plummer
Richard Anderson
Lesta Wise
Deanne
Denise Plummer
Monica Anderson
Marlin Richardson
Martina
Leslie
Omaha
Fair Directors Begin 1957 Exhibition Planning Session
Mills County exhibition directors led by President Austin Bass convened Thursday to address debt from the 1956 fair. An incomplete bill tally showed some costs paid and others unpaid. A committee was tasked to meet the county board of supervisors to devise a plan and report later. Secretary Louis J Knop outlined plans for the 1957 exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County Board of Supervisors
Louis J Knop
Jungle Adventure at Empress Promises Jungle Setting
RKO's Back From Eternity opens Sunday at the Empress theater. John Farrow directs this jungle survival drama about 11 plane crash survivors trapped in a deadly equatorial forest. Robert Ryan stars as the crash survivor, with Anita Ekberg as a wandering playgirl in the cast.
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RKO
John Farrow
SU. S
Nicaragua
Haiti
Equatorial
Jonathan Katimer
Jivaro
Robert Ryan
Air Force
Ave
Anita Ekberg
Ice on Highways Triggers Two Major Malvern Area Crashes
Ice caused two serious accidents along Iowa highways. In Mills County a car driven by Paul J. Sanford of Kansas City suffered $800 damage as it left the road after skidding on ice. Sanford was uninjured. A house trailer was damaged as well. Near Glenwood, Neela Irene Doty, 27, route 1 Sidney, sustained head injuries and bruises when her car slid on ice four miles east of Glenwood on Highway 278. She was taken to Council Bluffs Mercy Hospital. Sheriff reports note $750 damage to the car in the Glenwood incident.
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Mills County
Imade
Paul J. Sanford
Kansis City
Wamage
Eles
Malvern
Sanford
Neela Irene Doty
Route 1
Sidney
Euat
Glenwood
You Council Wmulfy Hospital
Sherif
Driskells to Observe Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Driskell will welcome friends and relatives as they celebrate a golden wedding anniversary at their Randolph home. The event honors many fond memories with family and neighbors joined in tribute to the couple.
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Driskells
Mes. J. Q
Driskell
Randulph
Sui Os
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Support From Sullivan Family
Neighbors friends and relatives are thanked for expressions of sympathy and for the many cards flowers and visits sent to Charles Sullivan while he was in the hospital The Sullivan relatives appreciate the thoughtful gestures from the community and friends during this difficult time.
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Twoihe
Charles
Charles Sullivan
Dairy and farm sale dates set around Malvern area
Sale dates in the Malvern area have been claimed as follows: Friday February 8 Posuo East wood Dairy and farm equipment sale south of Emerson and Tuesday February 26 Ross Mintle sale north of Tabor.
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Malvern
Posuo & Eastwood Dairy
Emerson
Ross
Mintle
Tabor
McCord Buys Former Hall Shoe Store Building
Ivan McCord, Malvern brewer, buys the adjoining former Fred Tall building from Truman Hardy. The former Owen Shoe space will be used for a garden seeds and sanal flowers display. The upstairs apartment will be rented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan McCord
Malvern Brewer
Truman Hardy
Fred Tall
Owen Shoe
McCord
BPW Dinner Set for Sunday February 10
The business and professional women plan a Sunday February 10 dinner in the Community building at 11 30 a m. Adults cost 1 25 and children 78c with tickets available at the door. No advance sales.
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Dour
Mrs. W. J. Courtier Funeral Saturday
Mrs W J Courtier of Hastings died in a Council Bluffs hospital after two weeks illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 in the Hastings Methodist church conducted by the Rev Lyman Smith. Burial will be in Hastings cemetery. Survived by husband two sons Willan and Charles one brother and two sisters.
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Wm. J. Courtier
Hastings
Council Bluffs Hospital
Hastings Methodist Church
Fey
Lyman Smith
County Teachers Hear of Assembly from Delegates
Last Friday and Saturday the Kansas State Education Assn held its annual delegate assembly at the St Des Moines hotel. Des Moines Mills County teachers were represented by Supt Von Davis of Emerson and Principal Al Noe of Malvern.
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Knwa
Bt. Des Moses
Des Morines Mills
von Davis
Emerson
al Noethem
Malvern
Sea
Safuriay
Sewa
Moses
Gettis
Oskiloosa
Millis County
Mills County Court Hutte Case Report Calms Glenwood Sale
The Mills County court proceeding in Glenwood concerns a sale action tied to a local matter. Details indicate a dispute over property and debt obligations with parties likely including Fridas and Pete, connected to a Washington birthday event.
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Mills County Court
Hutte
Glenwood
Sal
Vuestius
Ranwola
Fridas
Pete
Malvern Polio Drive Raises Funds Through Porchlight
Poised volunteers in Malvern conducted a porchlight solicitation Thursday, raising 307.48 for polio relief. Local residents contributed as walkers urged two scholars to turn on porch lights for donations, with coffee and donuts served at the Methodist church after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
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Mills Board
of Supervisors
National Capitol
Simpson College Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Washington, D. C
Leah Grabili
Mr. Nixon
Roberta Lamb
Charles J. Kayton
Gwen Groomes
Jack Summerbell
C. Kayton
Strahan
Omahan
Mills
The
Malvern Trust
Coln
Leslie Richardsons
Ye Mills Country
Bair Assa
Austin Bass
Luwa Light & Power
Henry Cwtud
Barthulsitiew
Harry Fuster
Hall Shoe Store
W. J. Courtier
Malverniais
SiMe
Inter
Clayton Boretta
Muvard
MA Uhtinckelis
Chin
Awksun
Kenneth Myans
Kennedi Henderson
Fuehund Herdlerson
TO OR Selbus
FA Wortman
Cofee
Duustinuts
Methodist
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