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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
4
Strahan notes mark a wedding for Mrs. Ikiie Sims and Mr Henry Nimes last Saturday afternoon in a home ceremony with guests including Max Flames Frank Steele and many locals. The column lists attendees, social events, hospital and family updates, and local school activities amid flu cases and a track meet schedule.
Mrs. C M Wilson keeps visiting brother George Hume after hospital stay for a broken arm. Seventh graders Jene Bhook Dorothy Boles Duane Holden Jerry Evans and Volney Smith took exams in Glenwood Just Thursday. Eighth grader Otha Dickersbach tested Friday. Funeral for Mrs Thaidassah Tarvindu Grower mourned at Myers funeral home with burial at West Oak. Health updates on Mrs Ernest Alberts and a large social gathering for Autti Bass’s birth celebration.
The Soil Conservation Service plans shrub plantings and sugar-starch patches to bolster bird food during severe weather. A local camp led by H. H. Lockabill covered about 200 miles placing emergency feed as pheasants and quail seek open areas near highways. Farmers and sportsmen are urged to report coveys or bird groups to proper personnel for feed placement.
A local leader pushes for fair pay adjustments in Ada with a focus on improving BNA and PA earnings. The appeal stresses equitable compensation, targeted wage reforms, and clearer pay scales for frontline workers. Community groups back the call citing cost of living and workforce stability.
The 1940 agricultural conservation program offers $7.40 per acre for planting at least gAN forest trees, with a maximum of four acres per owner, totaling up to $30. The Iowa State forestry department lists acceptable evergreen and broadleaf species for reforestation, soil erosion, and woodlot planting and provides application details via the State Forester in Ames for stock from cooperative nurseries.
Mills county will be well represented at the annual Farm and Home Week program at Iowa State College February 12 to 17. About 19 farmers expect to spend at least one day at Ames, including livestock judging team members Galen Doles F E Chamberlain C A Wight and Ray Hilton who will compete February 16. Notable talks include objectives for rural life by Nat T Frame and the interplay of the cotton belt and corn belt by George Fort Morgan. Other speakers include Guntaf Munthe and Dr Charles Copeland Smith. daily events cover agronomy poultry corn hogs farm building problems and more with livestock judging slated for Friday.
Real estate transfers recorded Jan 25 to Feb 2 1940 in Mills County Iowa list various deeds. Names include Chas I Fischer Lincoln Nail Life Insurance Co Arthur R Reafeng A J Backingham Madge VanGorkum Mil dred Cary and others with parcel details and monetary amounts. mentions hundreds of acres and lots in Hastings Glenwood and Malvern with related parties and notes from the Malvern Leader.
Imogene S. E. Mills is mourned as authorities uncover her death in a furnace area after a fall. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with Masonic rites, and burial occurred in Imogene cemetery. The piece also covers Wayne J. Drake’s long banking career, community service roles, and a stormy funeral attendance. It notes other local items including fox hunter visits, a child arm injury from a wringer, and a hospital return of Mrs. Clyde Addy.
Mr and Mrs Don Shoemaker of Shenandoah and Mr and Mrs Harry R Breedensteiner of Farm ent drove up Sunday to see Mrs Clyde Addy who recently returned home from the hospital. The ladies are all sisters. Some from here went to Nefi anes Friday night to attend the wedding dance of Aloysius Gil more, a former Imogene boy. Michael Martin Jr. has a new Plymouth car.
Iowa State College entomologist Dr. George C. Decker reports the chinch bug population surged after hibernation, but winter mortality rose with less snow. Southern counties saw low die-off due to a persistent snow blanket since Christmas, while northern counties showed rapid increases in mortality as snow cover decreased. If the snow disappears and temperatures fall, mortality could curb the pest, but in many areas enough bugs may persist to threaten wheat and crops next spring unless May or June rains occur. Also noted are local ice skaters Karl Christopher and sons traveling 14 miles from Upper Iowa River to Decorah in about an hour, then returning home.
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