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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1965
Page
9
Henderson residents kept busy in winter events. Mrs G A Frink hosted the JUG club with eight members and a guest, playing hearts. A Legion hall Valentine party honored helpers at the Legion supper. The Scherle and Salyers groups hosted a Malvern gathering with guests from Malvern and Hastings, featuring Mexican food and more hearts.
The Al Scherles of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Leo Boileau were photographed Sunday morning with William Scherles. Rep. Scherle and W. H. Harbor traveled to Des Moines Monday morning. Mrs. BE. N. Brown underwent surgery at Red Oak hospital February 10. Sunday visitors included Mr. Brown, Susan, and Karen Kadel.
Mr and Mrs Hapkims of Wair lury visited friends here several days last week. Dr W Vanderlinden spent Sunday with his parents at Seymour. Mr and Mrs Gene Winchester and Timmy of gsex and Mrs Jim Winchester and children were Sunday dinner guests of Helen Winchester. Mr and Mrs Carl Sowers and Dierdre of Omaha and Petty Officer 1/e Lyle Sowers were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Heattie Soppare.
Henderson and Carl Bollen attended a Canasta party at the McCready home in Macedonia Saturday night and were guests Sunday of Mrs. Eula Stevens. Stan Johnston from Trimble, Missouri, arrived after Mrs. Johnston visiting Claude Holts, and they returned home Monday. Alma Skank of Council Bluffs and Larry Skanks of Carson visited the Holts. John Reid and Earl Clark dined with the Harvey Boltons. Art Flitcher returned from Gridley California after a jet plane trip to see daughter Mrs. Paul Talkington and family.
The Rural Improvement Club held its February meeting at Mrs. Arleigh Shepard's home on Wednesday afternoon with eleven members present. Officers and a brief business session opened the gathering followed by roll call noting events in Lincoln and Washington.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Arnold Williams and others in Silver City. Henderson children had a school vacation February 4 due to icy roads, with more snow days Thursday and Friday. Valentine parties occurred Monday as storm disruptions continued. Residents from Fed Oak and Red Oak spent the night with friends amid the storm. Mrs Paul Edmondson returned from a two week jet trip to San Francisco. Local visits followed by Emmerson and Malvern residents and extended family members through the weekend.
Mary Jane Steiner fractured her left arm above the elbow on February 8 while playing with a St. Bernard. She is hospitalized at Red Oak in traction for about three weeks. Nurses and teachers including Mrs. Garvin Evans and Mrs. E L Meyer visited. Friends and relatives visited in subsequent days and nearby travels were noted.
The Bloomer family in Sidney Iowa received a personal letter from TV star Jimmy Dean after they sent him a clipping about his local appearance last August. Dean thanks them for their kind words and notes he is glad they enjoyed the show.
Hillsdale residents share meals and visits with relatives from nearby towns including Strahan, Tabor, Omaha, and Council Bluffs. Families attend church events, celebrate anniversaries, and note hospital stays and community charity drives as weekend activity unfolds.
The Glen Howrey family visited Randolph to join relatives honoring Mrs Wilson and Richard Howrey of Wichita on their shared midweek birth date. Fay Timson and kids visited kin in Tabor and Rossville, while Walter Phelps and family traveled to Florida for a two week visit. A baby boy named John Eugene Kelly was born to Mr. and Mrs. Mugen Kelly at Hamburg Community Hospital. Connie Winences, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gaylord, was baptized at Holy Rosary Church. Ben Jackson and family celebrated birthdays for Ben and granddaughter Annette at a Glenwood gathering.
The postponed event occurred Monday afternoon at Hillsdale School with Miss Ferne Alberts and her pupils entertaining the mothers and two guests, Mrs Wayne Blackman and Mrs Ernest White. The room was decorated for the day and for Amariding Lincoln and Washington. They played Medarts and served refreshments in a Valentine motif.
Weather chaos described as excessive ice and snow halts daily life. Speech references elephant eye heights and shifting snowdrifts. Schools closed for two days with no weeklong attendance. By Monday total snow on ground around fifteen inches, mud looms if it thaws.
Word has reached the community of the untimely death of Gail Mayberry by carbon monoxide while stationed at Wt. Werth, Oxar. He was in his early eighties, veteran of the Armed Forces, husband and father of a nine year old daughter. Survived by his parents, a brother Gordon, grandmother Mrs. Florence Tioward, other relatives and many friends. Sympathy goes to the Mayberry family.
A Hillsdale family night featured slides including scenes from California and Mexico with narratives by Mrs. Marnies and Mr. Willian. The event closed with a traveling prize won by Mrs. Date Selb while families shared a quiet evening and conversations about school routines and visits from relatives in Glenwood and Bellaire.
The Leader office advertises a typing paper special value ream package priced at 1.27 dollars. WOU is mentioned in connection with the offer. The notice emphasizes low price and availability at the newspaper office.
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