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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
3
The fragment notes Emerson community news with a focus on Darersonians, hinting at a department dedicated to local matters. The unreadable text limits specifics, but the piece appears to discuss civic updates and associated activities within Emerson.
Dinner guests at the George Douglas home honored their wedding anniversary. Attendees included H A Douglas family Ray Douglas Wm Douglas Paul Vestal Merle Hevern Cold McDowell Harry Punjap and others. Also notes of community club hosting and other local entertaining events.
Emerson Methodist Church announces Sunday services with Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m In observance of Laymen's Sunday on February 20 laymen will plan conduct and address the services The church invites the public and urges lay members to attend Also notes include social visits by Mrs Merle Hanna and Maxine Anderson of Des Moines and Mrs Anny Anderson of Ned Oak with local residents over the weekend
Six lower grades held valentine parties while seventh and eighth graders canvassed homes for stamp books to boost Mille County bond drive. Army Navy College Qualifying Test announced for Emerson High March 15 for V 12 program. tests open to high school grads 17 to 21. Local incidents include Mrs. Smith’s fall, furloughs of Pvt Goodman and Pvt Carlson, and a Purple Heart received by Mrs. Heberdie’s son Roland for war service.
Funeral services were held at the Emerson Methodist church for C. P. Anderson of Council Bluffs, age 82, who died February 8 after a three year illness. He was born in Sweden in 1860, came to America as a young man, and worked on the Burlington railroad. Surviving relatives include his wife Selma, five children, two grandchildren, and a number of siblings. Burial was in Emerson cemetery. services were conducted by Rev. Grigaby with music by local performers.
The notices announce the January 11 wedding of Warren and Miss Hatten in New York with Emerson and Giacks listed among attendees. The couple plans to reside in New York, while local residents and relatives including Lang and Jordan are noted visiting or staying with family. Various community members travel for services and family events around the area, with several dinners and social visits reported in the week.
Alberta ranchers once opposed antelopes as pests now see them as a nuisance due to a rapid increase in their numbers changing the rural balance and prompting new concerns for land use and grazing.
A string of informal gatherings features Mrs. Gayle Steuver entertaining Mies Viner at a valentine party, relatives visiting from Greenwood and Morton Mills, and Pfc. Harry Dodson's homecoming from Camp Campbell. Osbornes host a Paris event with multiple families attending. Birthdays, birthdays and hospital visits weave a snapshot of small town life with veterans and extended family members visiting and hosting.
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