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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1965
Page
7
Mills County fans focus on sectional play with boys and girls tournaments running nightly. Glenwood boys earn district seed while Malvern girls remain the sole county squad past prelims. Oriolettes meet Fremont Mills in the Farragut semi final at 7 pm Friday with finals Saturday at 8 30 pm.
The Malvern post office will be closed Monday February 22 in observance of Washingtons birthday. There will also be no rural route deliveries on that date according to Postmaster Thomas Gidley.
A Mills county farm to market road section on Malvern Road near Peaceville is scheduled for 1.94 miles of cement paving under Town State Highway Commission plans in Ames on March 2. G. E. Livengood of Pacific Junction faced a false check charge and was fined $10 plus costs by Justice Carl Remley at Glenwood.
The American Legion Auxiliary reports 49 dollars raised from a junior food sale held Saturday. Patronage and support were appreciated. The next Auxiliary meeting is scheduled for Monday March 1 at 2 PM.
An adult education series on home economies at Nishna Valley High will present eight sewing lessons led by Mrs. Robert M. Johnson. Sessions run Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:00, starting on the 25th and ending April 15, covering garment making and construction for beginners and experienced sewers alike.
A man reported four hub caps stolen from his car while he watched a game. The incident was reported to the sheriff and under investigation.
Commercial pesticide applicators will take exams February 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cass county courthouse. The tests, issued by the Iowa Department of Agriculture, are overseen by Extension Director LaVerne Obrecht. Those who failed to reach 85 in 1964 are urged to retake, with details available from Mr. Obrecht at the Malvern county extension office.
Four burglaries that occurred Sunday morning in Mills county may be solved if a witness had reported earlier to Sheriff Edwin Barkus. The witness waited until 7 p m Monday to tell of a chase at the V F W club south of Glenwood, where a man fled after being spotted inside. A second man waited in a car nearby and a third may have been involved, with a fourth seen later on a road. Items stolen include three beers one dollar in cash and a light. Other breaks: Briggs Chevrolet office stolen tools and a tele vision set and typewriter. Six cartons and boxes of cigars and jelly plus coffee taken from Alta's Cafe Silver City. A Standard service station saw a break in with silver and tools stolen.
Weather records show 10 to 17 inches of snow last Thursday though Mills covi lians adjusted well. Vernon Robinson, a Wayne State College education senior, began a two month practice teaching stint at Central High School in Omaha with readings and early supervising experiences.
Malvern justice Virginia Ulall presided as first case handling a state charge against Leland Neiman of Bancroft Nebraska for improper registration. Neiman fined 15 dollars and costs. Her husband John praised her performance as a trailblazing woman JP in Malvern.
Bernard Gee Robinson of Malvern was named to the Dean's Honor Roll at Wayne State College Nebraska for the dusk term. A education senior, he hails from Roy and Mrs. Robinson and serves as Morey Hall Student Council representative.
Census data show Mills County had 149 retail establishments in 1963 with $13.7 million in sales, up 31 percent since 1958. Employment reached 351 workers, with a $1.1 million payroll. Food stores led with $2.5 million in sales, while eating places and gas stations sold $937,000 and $1.306 million respectively. Nationwide, the census counted 30,015 retail businesses totaling $3.888 billion in sales, up 15 percent from 1958.
A snowstorm caused at least one highway crash in Mills County near Glenwood at 11 45 a m. Leonard Schuster and Shot Thomas, both of Glenwood, drove into a collision at the junction of highways 275 84 and county road H. Thomas backed onto the highway and could not see Schuster’s car. Damages were about 250 dollars to Schuster and 50 dollars to Thomas.
A 14 inch snow last Thursday caused limited disruption with heavier depths east and west and around Emerson. area schools closed Thursday and Friday while Malvern resumed a half day Friday. Town crews cleared streets by Friday morning and county roads by noon, with most activity normal by Friday evening.
Fourteen new motor vehicle registrations were reported by County Treasurer F. M. Robinson. Vehicles include Chevrolets to Eddie H. Marskell Emerson Frank Bada Pacific Junction, Donald Johnson and Charles Pippitt Glenwood, George J. Marshall Jr Silver City, Fords to Donna Ling Pacific Junction Carey A. Dudley and Robert G. Grandon Glenwood, Oldsmobile to Thomas B. Taylor Silver City, Dodge to Loma Db Hensley Glenwood, Pontiac to John D. Leet Jr Glenwood, Plymouth to Freeman J. Bertelsen Tabor, Chevrolet pickup to Orlo Jones Malvern, Ford pickup to Leo Clark Glenwood. Spree cries are issued in Mills county per Clerk I. L. Donner.
Douglas Sanders, manager for Good Grain Co. for Malvern Hastings and Strahan, announced this week that Paul Hopp will start June 15 to handle country sales and service. A Glenwood high graduate class of 1957, he earned a 1961 degree in agriculture education from Iowa State University Ames. He taught vocational agriculture at Walnut for one year and taught at Malvern for the last three years. He is married with one child.
Edel Knight was appointed treasurer of the Mills county Republican central committee succeeding Ralph J. McPherron of Glenwood who had held the post six years. The new treasurer notes 19 tickets sold for the $25 state dinner in Des Moines but only six attended, including Wm. J. Scherle Wm. H. Harbor Dick Barton Howard Mintle and Whitney Gilliland.
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