Mail box murals and a forgotten door light Mills County
This week in Mills County reports on two rural mail boxes featured by Cooperative Consumer with captions And the horses have been turned out to pasture and Tractor Express. It also recounts a quiet Thursday at a furniture store where R D Mansfield and Tom Fritz forgot to unlock the front door after lunch, leaving the day slow for customers.
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Mills County
Cooperative Consumer
Coop
F. E
Mike) Bloomer
Glenwood
Rt. 3
Morris Johnsons
Towa
R. D
Butch) Mansfield
Tom Fritz
Fritz
Mr. Mansfield
Parent Child Study Groups Spring Program Initiated
Twelve parent child study groups are organized by the extension family living committee as a spring offering. Each leader will host a small informal discussion circle sharing ideas on families and children with resource materials provided by Mills County Extension Services.
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Extension Family Living Committee
Mills County
Wilma E. Schultz
Extension Home
W. D. Thieschafer
Council Bluffs
Ht. 1
Duane Sell
Stacy
Judson McManigal
Glenwood
Shirley Lincoln Jr
Pacific Junction
Kenneth Morrical
Tabor
Clarence Burgoin
Silver City
Robert Christensen
Hastings
Gordon Mulholland
Don Dunsdon
Malvern
Clyde Patton
Emerson
Darrell Achenbaugh
Henderson
Feed Grain Sign Up Meetings Planned in Malvern Glenwood
Malvern and Glenwood host two sign up meetings for the 1964 Feed Grain program as Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation committee schedules sessions to cover all Mills County townships. Margaret Bower urges farmer attendance from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with make up sign ups at the county office before March 27.
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Malvern
Glenwood
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Margaret Bower
Anderson
Deer Creek
Indian Creek
Ingraham
Silver Creek
White Cloud
Malvern Red Cross Fund Drive Set for March 5
Malvern's annual Red Cross fund drive will be held March 5 as a WSCS Martha circle community project. Officers report canvassing residential areas and urging residents to be at home and leave porch lights on, with solicitation also in the business district.
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Malvern
Red Cross
WSCS
Martha Circle
Phelps WWI Head in County Named in Glenwood
Q R Phelps of Glenwood was elected commander of Milla county barracks during a World War I veterans meeting in Glenwood on Monday. The event, a joint affair with the Auxiliary, featured a pot luck supper before the business session and installation of officers including John Leaverton and E P Bobbitt. Several Council Bluffs officers attended and new members were signed up in both groups.
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Q. R. Phelps
Glenwood
Milla County Barracks
John Leaverton
E. P. Bobbitt
V. C
E, T. Sawyers
G. E. Miller
Jesse Hunter
W. R. Bingham
Ed “Alskell
Herb Hammer
Council Bluffs
County vehicle registrations and marriage licenses listed
New motor vehicle registrations show Chevrolets assigned to R Stephen Waller Malvern John J Votek Walter Leick and Eldred R Rebert Glenwood Oldsmobile to Paul P Glynn Malvern Fords to Robert E Attebarry Silver City Mervin R Fletcher Glenwood Pontiac to Donald L Twaddle Emerson Chrysler to John Mason Glenwood Dodge to Walter Tackett Glenwood Ford pickup to George Forney Malvern Marriage licenses issued to Paul Sorenson 26 St Joseph Mo and Carolyn Rowe 21 Glenwood Galen C Hunt 20 Glenwood and Mary Anna Parker 20 Malvern
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R. Stephen
Waller
Malvern
John J. Votek
Walter Leick
Eldred R. Rebert
Glenwood
Oldsmobile
Paul P. Glynn
Paul Sorenson
St. Joseph
Carolyn Rowe
Galen C. Hunt
Mary Anna Parker
Two Hurt In Two Car Collision Near Hastings
At about 9:31 a.m. Saturday on highway 34 in front of Perkins service station near Hastings two people were injured in a two car crash. Missa Good, 69, Emerson, suffered a mild concussion and head cut. Mary Kathleen Bruce, 49, Route 1 Emerson, had a bump on the head and a neck muscle injury. They were treated by Dr. M. L. Scheffel. Robert Ernest Good, 76, Emerson, drove one car. Mrs. Brice drove the other. Good’s wheel left the shoulder, the car swung back into traffic and struck Bruce’s car. Good was fined $0 for speeding. Damage estimated at $600 to Good’s car and $700 to Bruce’s.
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Perkins
Hastings
Missa Good
Emerson
Mary Kathleen Bruce
M. L. Scheffel
Ebra
Robert Ernest Good
Mra
Malvern FFA Chapter Plans Community Projects and Events
The FFA chapter undertakes leadership training and farming technique activities. They conducted a safe corn harvest program, weed cleanup along Highway 41, and maintenance work at the football field. Plans include germination checks, rail repairs at the high school, Memorial Day flower cans, and a March guest meeting with an April parent banquet.
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Ton
FFA
Highway 41
Malvern
FRA
Wilson
Petition Seeks Election on 20000 Fire House Bonds
Malvern firemen and supporters circulate a petition asking the town council to call a bond election for a new firehouse. After reconsidering plans to add on the Community building, officials favor an entirely separate structure on the town parking lot north of Malvern Lumber Co. The petition requests $20,000 in bonds to be funded by a tax levy not exceeding 2 mills.
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Malvern
Sues
Upton
Malvern Lumber Co
Sale of Will Maddocks Farm in Hast Liberty Area
Ivan Jackson reported Friday the sale of the 200 acre Will Maddocks farm in the Hast Liberty community to Jack Conner and Luther Gammion of Glenwood. The Norman Sinner family remains as tenant on the property.
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Ivan Jackson
Will Maddocks
Hast Liberty
Jack Conner
Luther, Gammion
Glenwood
Norman Sinner
Tennant
Travel in Mills County Proves Costly for Trucks
Seven days after a $248.20 truck overload fine in Mills County Marvin Schaper of West Fargo North Dakota returned to Justice of Peace John Hall with fines totaling 43.50 for improper registration overload and excess motor fuel. Rolland Gauer of Banfield Jr. faced a nearly identical overload fine of 245. Other truckers from various parts of the nation appeared in Hall's court, with total fines reaching 187.
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Mills County
Marvin
Schaper
West Fargo
N. D
Justice of Peace
John Hall
Rolland Gauer
Banfield, Jr
Hall
Annual Bus Trip to John Deere Factory Planned
Breeding Benton John Deere dealers announced plans for an annual trip to the John Deere tractor factory in Dubuque. A bus load will depart Malvern at 10 30 a m February 26 and return arriving here at 10 p m the following day.
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John Deere Factory
Breeding & Benton
John Deere
John Deere Tractor
Dubuque
Breeding & Benton's
Malvern
Second Offense for OMVI Charge Filed in County
Ervin Bernard Bengston of Red Gait charged with a second offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated was bound over to the district court Saturday by Justice of Peace Carl Remley and released on 750 dollar bond. Bengston was arrested in Glenwood by Glenwood police.
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Ervin Bernard Bengston
District Court
Justice of Peace
Carl Remley
Bengston
Glenwoodsby
Glenwood
Snow Causes Four-Car Crash on Snowy 275
Heavy snowfall contributed to a multi vehicle crash about 9:30 a.m. Saturday on highway 276 five and a half miles north of Glenwood. Hayden B. Clark, 69, Glenwood, was sideswiped on the snow slick Pitzer hill, then Mark R. Rice, 47, Hamburg, and Roy C. Hagelund, 54, Red Oak, struck the Clark car. Two bystanders, Mrs. Margaret Buckner and Mrs. Della Rica of Hamburg, suffered injuries. The initial driver fled. Vehicle damage was small.
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Sheriff's Office
Hayden B. Clark
Glenwood
Pitzer Hill
Mark R. Rice
Hamburg
Clark
Roy C. Hagelund
Red Oak
Margaret Buckner
Della Rica
Malvern Driver Fined After Highway Mishap
Roberta Elaine Bartley, 47, fined 50 dollars plus costs by Justice of Peace Carl Remley after a Tuesday night accident three and a half miles east of Glenwood on highway 34 275. Charged with reckless driving by Highway Patrolman Harry Weis. Sheriff’s report notes loss of control, vehicle struck a power pole, facial cuts, and about 1200 dollars damage to the car. SPECIAL FARM PROGRAM NFO members urge farmers to tune in on a special farm program airing Sundays from Feb 28 to eight weeks on KETV at 1 to 1:30 p.m.
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Malvern
Roberta Elaine Bartley
Justice of Peace
Carl Remley
Glenwood
Harry Weis
NFO
KETV
Blood Drives Scheduled in Mills County March First Week
Blood needed in Mills County as two Red Cross blood mobile visits are set for the first week of March. On Monday March 2 the unit will be at Malvern Community Building from noon to 4 30 p.m. On Tuesday March 3 the mobile will be at Glenwood Methodist Church from 12 30 to 5 30 p.m.
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Mills County
Red Cross Blood Mobile
Malvern
Glenwood
Methodist Church
Glenwood Driver Skids in Snow Damaging VW Near Glenwood
A 1962 Volkswagen driven by Terry Jean Craig, 19, Glenwood, skidded on snow on highway 276 six miles north of Glenwood on Saturday afternoon. The car struck a highway sign, causing about 850 dollars in damage.
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Terry Jean Craig
Glenwood
Engineers Recommend Boehner Park For Pool Site
Engineers from Pascal P. Pad dock Co. of Oklahoma City surveyed Malvern for a municipal pool. Only Boehner park could meet all requirements, with plans to mail preliminary layouts to Malvern next week and target a vote in early April. Construction may begin in May with completion around the Fourth of July.
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Pascal P. Paddock Co
Oklahoma City
Okla
Malvern
Marvix Kime
Kime
Boehner Park
Mr. Kime
Robert D. Faddock
Iowa State Board of Health
Hendersonian Hit by Tractor Leg Fracture Reported
Elmer Bergantze was struck by a tractor while hooking a plow, suffering a compound fracture of a leg. He was transported to Red Oak Hospital by Macedonia ambulance. Visitors expected include Mr and Mrs Jon Bergantzel, Lyle Bergantzel and daughter from Wolbach, and Mr and Mrs Hamilton Soucha of Omaha.
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Elmer Bergantze
Red Oak Hospital
Macedonia
Himer Bergantzel
Jon Bergantzel
Lyle Bergantzel
Wolbach
Nebr
Hmilt Soucha
Omaha
Melya Christofersen
Revar Oann
PCA Dinner in Clarinda February 28 Meeting
Mills county members of the Clarinda Production Credit Association will hold its annual meeting February 28 at 11 30 a m at the First Christian church in Clarinda. After dinner Gov. Harold Hughes will discuss legislation passed by the General Assembly last year. The association's business will be addressed. W H Loper is president and Otha D Wearin is vice president. Clark J Crawford is manager.
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Mills County
Clarinda
In Memory of Mrs Ray Bateman Obituary Message
Obituary note recalling Mrs Ray Bateman who died two years ago on February 21. It expresses enduring memories and lists surviving relatives including Mr Ray Bateman Mrs Eldon Wobls and sons Mr Verlin Bateman and family Mr Albert Winstone and daughters.
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Ray Bateman
Eldon Wobls
Verlin Bateman
Albert Winstone Wand
50th Anniversary Sunday at Emerson Methodist Church
Emerson Methodist Church marks its 50th anniversary in a Sunday program at 2:30 p.m. The current building, dedicated Feb 22, 1914, followed a previous structure destroyed by lightning in 1913. Dianna Fields reads church history, Mrs Vernon Johnson and Mrs Ed Thorson present poetry, music groups perform, Rev Ralph Russell Jr presides, Elmer Bass of Red Oak recalls the 1914 building board.
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Emerson Methodist Church
Dianna Fields
Vernon Johnson
Ed Thorson
Ralph Russell Jr
Elmer Bass
Red Oak
Republicans Begin 184 Campaigns In Mills County
About 30 precinct committeemen gathered at the Glenwood Court House Monday night to form the county Republican structure. Iowa officials Senator Vern Lisle and Rep. Conrad Ossian attended with Wm. N. Bump, candidate for attorney general, discussing the special session and apportionment moves. Officials outlined precinct caucuses to choose delegates for the county, then the state convention.
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Mills County
Court House
Glenwood
Wm. J. Seherle
Henderson
Central Committee
Vern Lisle
Clarinda
Conrad Ossian
Red Oak
Wm. N. Bump
Iowa
General Assembly
Bump
Federal Court
Lisle
Scherle
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St. Marys
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Thompson
Richard Roenfeld
Faye Forney
Bob
Wray
Jerry Ponton
Tom Axtell
Larry McMullen
Leo Stortenbecker
Bill Clay
Bob Burgoin
Bob Wray
Future Farmers Organization
FHA
Kansas City
George
Snow
Hendersonian
PCA
Big Bill
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