Pep Club Hosts February Bake and Dance Night
A party hosted by the Pep club Saturday evening February 2 at the Community building featured a month themed icebreaker. Guests received color coded paper ships dividing the crowd into twelve groups for month based stunts then enjoyed cherry pie ice cream a grand march dancing and cards with Warren Darrah and Eloise Dwitcher providing music.
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Francis Benton
Tx Borene
Warren Darrah
Eloise Dwitcher
Seniors Look Forward to Trip to Nebraska City
Seniors of M. H. S. anticipate a February field trip to observe a blind school in Nebraska City as part of English literature and economics class activities. The grade tracks birthdays of great men and focuses on language usage while students study arithmetic and long division amid a mild illness wave.
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Nebraska City
Margaret Shepard Born in Malvern Iowa December 24 1916
Randall Donner and Maxwell Margaret Shepard known as Magele or Shep was born in Malvern Iowa on December 24 1916. She moved with her family to Hastings area as a child and later attended Hastings public schools and Malvern public schools to pursue a normal training course.
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Randall Donner
Maxwell Margaret Shepard
Magele
Shep
Malvern
Hastings
Hastings Public School
Margaret
Malvern Public Schools
Hastings School
Glee Club
First Grade Charlie Johnson Visits. Valentine Day Plans
First grade students began reading library books with Miss Church 1 encouraging all to read as many as possible. Several children have colds while the rest make valentines. Sonny Swain will bring a valentine box and a big party is planned for Valentines Day. Donnalee Ranne’s picture was selected for February calendar.
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Charles Johnson
Miss Church
Sonny Swain
Donnalee Ranne
County cage tourney fuels crowd as Malvern edges Emerson in cheer battle
Amid a packed Emerson gymnasium half the town turned out for the county basketball tournament. Malvern and Emerson led the cheering, with Doroth y Gullher and Delores Davis prominent for Emerson and Carol Phillips for Hendarson. Silver City drew a lone vocal supporter whose chants aided Malvern before fading as the game rolled on.
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Lewis
Torey
Malvern
Emerson Gymnasium
Dorothy Gullher
Emerson
Delores Davis
Dorothy Babbitt
Glenwood
Strahan
Cigstats
P. J
Hendarson
Carol Phillips
Lorena Davis
Silver City
Brunet
Onree
Eighth Grade Class Project Report
Eighth graders study stocks wages and borrowing in arithmetic and examine nouns clauses in English. They prepare February event booklets and charts of U S wealth and jobs. Civics lessons cover laissez faire capitalism and five factors of production. In art, Valentine table favors are made. A debate on attending high school versus entering the workforce is scheduled.
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Civica
U. S
Billy Shepard
Ralph Hall
Ethel Storey
Julia Steete
Missy Johnsen
Discovery of New Shade Overwhelms Reporter in Class
In a student diary style account a reporter describes the shock of discovering a new window shade during roll call. The scene centers on Dudley Conner staring at the shade as classmates sit in astonishment and the narrator battles overwhelming curiosity and disbelief.
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Dudley Conner
Juniors Stage March 2 Play Oh My Stars
The junior class selects the three act comedy Oh My Stars to be performed March 2. Cast includes Sally Shipman Lorra ine Fletcher Tommy Davis Yocus White Elmore Prearott Sara Simmons Sherman Pendleton Rena Reynolds Mrs Trudel Harriett Talbott Wallace Ergin James Cardwell Orva Octar Mary Ellen Summers and others. The plot centers on a scheming social leader and a pushy editor as town life spins with disguises and mistaken news as residents chase headlines and a sensational finale.
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Sally Shipman
Lorraine Fletcher
Tommy Davis
Sally
Delmont McCausland
Yocus White
Ed Wearin
Elmore Prearott
Delpha Donner
Sara Simmons
Lorraine Hodges
Sherman Pendleton
Sayville
Max Beals
Orva Octar
Mary Ellen Summers
Rena
Sara
Octar
Sophomore Classes Expand Roles and Seating Changes
The geography class increases its role with new members and strong interest. Elliptical sentences and incorrect omissions appear in English III. Seating arrangements have changed. Geometry class reviews algebraic equations and geometry theorems.
Neighborhood Muse in a Small School Desk Tale
A fragmentary diary style piece describes a troubled girl at a desk trying to write. She frets over ideas and news, contemplates drowning herself, and ends with a meta note about gum use and a senior’s mischief during a mid morning lunch.
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Cackles
Almanac fragment hints at cooking myths and places
Fragmentary almanac style entry mentions cooking, commerce, and a rover rising near Chicago in 1334 with unclear context. Names and dates are partially garbled, offering little concrete event or person to anchor a full summary.
Sixth Grade Valentine Project Prompts Historic Facts
A sixth grade class crafts a Valentine themed display with historical dates and figures such as 16-CGuveral U.S. Grant, 15-John Barrymore, and 18- Jefferson Davis Inauguration. The project combines math decimals, English explorers, and period posters featuring valentines, cut prints, and decorative borders.
Second Grade Echoes The Duel Poem By Fae von Field
Second graders recite the poem The Duel by Fae von Field and create tiny rehearsed responses as they imitate the verse.
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Fae von Field
Freshman News Covers Math and Language Study
Freshman algebra class worked on factoring and primes while students study adverbs adjectives and prepositions. A test on the work list was given Friday. A tournament Thursday evening appeared to affect Friday Latin lesson prep with several industrious girls seen studying between halves at the games.
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Alan
Tn Ise
Mixs Riddle
Industriqua
Real Estate Transfers in Mille County Court Records
Real estate transfers filed at Mille County District Court recount deeds between Crom Tan Lass and Rely, 2 at Sea, and Glenvand Stik and Harvey Dean. Included are a $280 tract in Sec. 2 and a 220 acre parcel in Rep 12. Marshall B. Focht mentioned in a referenced deed. A stray ad line for a Malvern Leader office and a reflective note follow.
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Pistrict Court
Mille County
Tawa
Crom Tan
Rely
M. Glenvand Stik
Harvey Dean
Peres
Warren Gregory Jr
W. Do
Love & Aneedon
Und
I Int. Ins
Warren Th. Gregory
Eleanor G Gregory
Woodford
Hyington
Marshall B. Focht
Fifth Grade Lesson on Clothing and Boyhood of Lincoln
Five weeks of classwork featured Miss Wederquist teaching clothing weaves studied under magnification and notes for a booklet. A portrait by Eas9van Thorson and a study of Lincoln’s boyhood were part of the week’s topics. Mrs Lark visited as geography stories on Europe’s peoples and customs broadened student view.
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Miss Wederquist
Somobg
Lincoln
Easlivan Thorson
Bag Bean
Nomurred
Mra
Lark
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Jane Fletcher
Dorothy Galliher
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Clinton Wise
Max Sell
Devere Knight
Dorothy
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KLINE
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Iowa State Savings Bank
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DB. M. Kilne
Bre J
Graham
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Ry Mary Elizabeth Summers
Almanag
U.S
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Ciacennayn
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John Barrymore
U.S. Grant
Fort Donelson
Tenn
United States
Louise Fritz
Gertrude Rosenhistz
William Kelso
Beauces Johnson
Gthla Perkins
Rannie Austity
Res Down Mansfield
Maria Hast
Jeferson Davis
Gincol Booklers
Vali
Freshman News
Christias
Malvern Leader Office
Ilowatts
Malvern Services
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Ome
Watt
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Lown-Nebraska Light & Power Company
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