Farm staff meet United States Steel in Atlantic
In Mills County about 75 farm fence and building product dealers from 13 counties will meet USS officials in Atlantic Monday evening to discuss merchandising. Malvern’s Sam Benscoter from Malvern Lumber Co attends as USS farm products are showcased. An advertising program for USS American farm products dealer promotions starts March 4 in the district. Bids due by 3 p.m. Feb. 18 for 57,784 bushels of CCC bin site stored corn offered by Mills County ASCS. information at the county office.
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Iowa
United States Steel
Atantic
Malvern
Sam Benscoter
Malvern Lumber Co
U. S. Steel
USS American Farm Products
CCC
Ren G. Burgoin
Mills County
ASCS
Malvern Firemen Mark 70th Anniversary Banquet
Malvern firemen will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Volunteer Fire Dept by inviting all members and their wives to a banquet on Friday February 22 in the Community building. The MCHS junior class will serve the meal starting at 6 30 p m A brief program will follow the dinner including awarding of 10 year certificates to firemen who have earned them.
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Malvern
MCHS
Coffee break gathering announced by Legion Auxiliary
Saturday February 16 at 10 a m old P O rooms in Community building the Legion Auxiliary invites locals to take their coffee break with us.
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Legion Auxiliary
Dinner Feb 19 Ends Vac Ag Series
A supper meeting next Tuesday February 19 will end the Malvern Community high vocational agriculture Adult Farmer night classes sponsored by the Vocag Council and led by Paul Hopp instructor. The 6 30 p m event at Chantry school lunch room features steak supper from Malvern Trust and Savings Bank and attendance certificates a survey and a guest speaker.
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Malvern Community High Vocational Agriculture Department
Paul Hopp
Chantry School
Malvern Trust & Savings Bank
Hopp
Vocag Council
Alva Henderson
Bud Sayers
Bill Hays
Archie Scott
Otha Mass
Leo May
Eugene Leu
Joe Robbins
Dean Darling
Malvern FFA Members to Appear on WOW TV Program
On Wednesday February 20 Dean Hunt Richard Roenfeld and Bob Bell will appear on Arnold Petersons WOW TV program. They represent the Malvern FFA chapter to promote National FFA Week during February 16 to 22.
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Dean Hunt
Richard Roenfeld
Bob Bell
Arnold Peterson
Wow-Tv
Malvern
FFA
Toggether
Future Farmers of America
Robbery at Nishna Valley School Emerson
Currency between 25 and 30 dollars stolen from an office desk during a weekend at Nishna Valley School in Emerson. Entry attributed to pried door with a bar. attempt to open the safe with a hammer. Sheriff Barkus notes no clear entry evidence and a possible lock-in scenario.
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Nishna Valley School
Emerson
Edwin Barkus
Barkus
Mills County Retarded Children Group Meeting Feb 18
The Mills County Association for Retarded Children will meet Monday February 18 at 8 p m in the state school library. A film titled The Public Health Nurse and Her Role in Helping Families with Retarded Children will be shown. Public invited.
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Mills County Association For Retarded Children
Mill s County Audit Clears Funds and Vehicle Registrations
Mills county reports no errors in the 1961 state audit, filed in the county auditor's office. Eleven new motor vehicle registrations are listed for Pontiacs, Cadillacs, Chevrolets, Fords, Mercurys, Renaults, and Chevrolet trucks with owners in Glenwood Malvern Council Bluffs and Silver City. One marriage license was issued to Richard D. Prien and Scarlett Lee Wilhelm. The courthouse will close Friday February 22 for Washington's Birthday observance.
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Mills County
Glen Johnson
Helen F. Colwell
Harvey C. Schoening
Glenwood
Cadillac
E. W. Burdie
Malvern
Chester Meredith
Walter Leick
Ford
Jerry F. Carnes
Mercury
Earl K. Root
Council Bluffs
Renault
Robert W. Myers
Chevrolet Trucks
Clifford Schoening
Diver Doug Gipe pursues ice diving near Omaha 40 feet deep
Doug Gipe of Strahan joins Omaha Diving Society with cousin Tommy to explore a 40 foot Sand Pit south of Omaha under a 16 inch ice slab. The practice requires a wet suit, air tank, rope guide, and Creighton University led safety course.
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Doug Gipe
Strahan
Doug
Omaha
Lake Okobon
Tommy Gipe
Omaha Diving Society
Lake Okoboji
Ics
Omaha Society
Creighton University
Mills county seals 1.915 million bushels of 1962 corn
Mills county farmers now have 1,915,984 bushels of their 1962 corn crop under seal, according to the county ASCS office in Malvern. The crop, one of the largest ever harvested in the county, is estimated to exceed 6 million bushels.
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Mills County
ASCS
Malvern
Kathleen Hall Joins Mutual of Omaha Home Office
Kathleen Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hall of north of Imogene has accepted a position at the Home Office of Mutual of Omaha and United of Omaha. The Omaha firms employ over 200 cities and towns in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa represent the firms.
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Kathleen Hall
Charles Hall
North of Imogene
Mutual of Omaha
United of Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Omaha
New Northwest Bell Phone Numbers Listed For Malvern Area
The issue lists new telephone numbers for several Northwest Bell rural Malvern patrons. The company is cutting over farm lines under a $100,000 program and asks readers to clip the ad and save the numbers until new directories are printed. The Malvern office will soon provide new numbers for all patrons.
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Bell Telephone
Malvern
Local Beauticians Donate Services in County Monday
Malvern beauticians joined others in a community project to celebrate National Beauty Salon Week. Virginia Kelso staffed Glenwood State School with Irene Hayler and Edna Kline offering permanent waves and sets, plus free shampoos at Nishna Cottage. Verna Bennett and Carol Jones contributed a day of waves and shampoos for patients, including men, who look forward to the yearly service.
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Malvern Beauticians
Virginia Kelso
Glenwood State School
Irene
Hayler
Edna Kline
Corner Bluffs
Nishna Cottage
Malvern
Verna Bennett
Carol Jones
F B Membership Drive Nears End in Region V
Farm Bureau membership in Region V advanced to 93 percent of its goal today. Harold Mindermann, Region V field man, reported Montgomery and Fremont counties have surpassed their targets with Page, Mills, Taylor and Adams climbing daily.
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Farm Bureau
Harold Mindermann
Fieldman
Montgomery
Fremont
Page
Mills
Taylor and Adams
Custom Grinding Plant Readied by Good Grain Co in Malvern
Good Grain Co begins installing equipment at its Malvern elevator for a new custom grinding and mixing operation with 50 ton capacity expected by March 15. The service will use Purina seeds and reflects farmer demand. Executives Zanders Barber Jr. Gay Mulholland Clark Stevens Hopp toured Purina research and Checkerboard Square facilities near St Louis.
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Good Grain Co
The
Malvern
Cullen Elevator
Douglas Zanders
Wll
Ralston-Purina
Purina
St. Louis
Checkerboard Square
William Barber Jr
Richard Gay
F. A. Mulholland
Marion Clark
Tom Stevens
Keith Hopp
Zanders
Peace Corps in Philippines Provides Busy Life for Former Malvern Girl
Joyce Emerick, formerly of Malvern, serves as a Peace Corps teacher in Surigao del Norte Philippines. She describes a 14 teacher 3 class school with three buildings and a shop and home economics building. Weather floods landslides and washed out bridges disrupt classes. Joyce notes radio English VOA and local dialect stations better than home and she walks 10 miles to school despite hardship.
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Peace Corps
Philippines
Malvern Girl
Malvern
Joyce Emerick
Edwin Emerick
Hye
Council Bluffs
Blanche Emerick
Joyce
Pil
Surigao del Norte
Philippine Islands
Voice of America
America
Ann
Glenwood to Host District Speech Meet This Year
Glenwood will host the south west Town district speech contests on Saturday February 23 with entries from 13 schools including Clarinda Farragut Fremont Mills Glenwood Criswold Malvern Nishnap Valley Red Oak South Page Shenandoah Sidney Stanton and Villisca Arrangements aim to serve about 300 students events include oratorical dramatic declamation humorous original oratory prose and poetry interpretation radio speaking one act plays and two new classes story ending and play reading Winners advance to the state contests at Perry.
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Clarinda
Farragut
Fremont Mills
Glenwood
Criswold
Malvern
Nishnap Valley
Red Oak
South Page
Shenandoah
Sidney
Stanton
Villisca
Perry
John Deere Day Planned by Breeding and Benton at Malvern
Farmers and families in Malvern will gather February 18 at Breeding and Benton Implement to attend John Deere Day. The event runs 11 am to 1 pm with a free lunch and a 1 pm Empress Theater show. Demonstrations, film features on farm equipment, chemistry advances, and entertainment from Clif Arquette and others are included.
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Breeding & Benton Implement
Malvern
Ben Breeding
Jim Benton
Empress Theater
Breeding & Benton
John Deere Day
Hollywood
Clif Arquette
Andy Devine
Allen Jenkins
Donna Douglas
Card of Thanks from Beverly Tasto
Beverly Tasto expresses gratitude for cards, flowers, and magazines sent while she was in the hospital, noting sincere appreciation for the thoughtful gestures.
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Beverly Tasto
Farmers Sign Up Over 250 for Feed Grain Plan in 1963
Mrs. Margaret Bower reports more than 250 farmers have signed up for the 1963 Feed Grain program. Sign-up meetings are underway across townships, with sessions in Glenwood and Junction City halls to serve Lyons and Plattville farmers. A new meeting series is planned for March, and sign-ups remain open at the county ASCS office in Malvern until March 22.
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Margaret Bower
ASCS
Court House
Glenwood
Oak
St. Marys
WITS
Asmeenus
Junction
Lyons
Plattvville
Bower
Malvern
Community Education Gaps Highlight Language Barriers
Joyce notes many children struggle learning in a foreign language with only a few advancing to high school. She cites 55 sixth graders and about a dozen likely to continue, says high schools aren’t public and costs block capable students. She proposes a seeds project, working with agricultural agencies to secure seeds from the States for experimental planting, suggesting 4-H clubs or churches help.
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Joyce
Glenwood and Roth Plant Nearing Agreement on Fees
Glenwood officials consider allowing Roth Packing Co to pay sewer costs via a use fee tied to water use if annexed. Company VP Kalamata backs fair treatment. Some council members favor annexation with proportional cost, while the attorney questions bond marketing for a single large user.
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Glenwood
Roth Company
Roth
John Kalamata
Homer Petty
Cass
Eliot Thomas
Roths
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N. V. School
Retarded Assn. Meeting
Ture
Grace Snell
Roger Norval
Ida Cloyd
Verne Bennett
Mutual of
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F. B
Ruth Picker
John Deere
Glenwood and
Roth Packing Co
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