Henderson Consolidated School Cost Breaks Records
The Henderson Consolidated School, with a 9.86 tax levy, the county’s lowest for a 12 year district, expanded facilities and curriculum while trimming costs. Over the year it added four buses ten typewriters library expansion three encyclopedia sets and boosted college preparatory training by two years. Amateur weather prophets hinted at a late winter break as 24 snows passed.
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the Leader
Henderson Consolidated School
Henderson
Glenwood
Hastings
Costa
Garden Club Meeting Led by Mrs Gearhart and Manafield
The Malvern Garden club meets Tuesday February 27 at 2 30 p m with Mrs H L Gearhart and Mrs R W Mana field assisting by Mrs D M Kline The topic is Living Room Under the Sky.
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Malvern Garden Club
H. Lb. Gearhart
R. W. Manafield
D. M. Kline
Salyers Will Probated in Grenwood District Court
Probate Tuesday revealed the will of the late Mrs. W. Salyers. Beveral Malverntone shared in the estate including a quarter section of land in Malvern, the home property, cash, and other effects as listed in the probate proceedings at Grenwood district court.
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Beveral Malverntone
W. 8. Salyers
Grenwood
Estate of Mrs. Salyers to Distribute Among Beneficiaries
The will names Jennie Van Dern Barkua receiving 3500, Barbara Jean daughter of Frances Kline gets a diamond ring and half of lots 114 to 118 in Han's addition to Malvern, including the Salyers home and furniture. Roy Dean Mansfield receives a diamond ring. Lulu Ruth Hallam gets B and E parts of section 14 range 71 township 41. R W Mansfield gets W 1 2 SEX 44 71 41. Remaining estate goes to Eve S Whitfield Minneapolis and Relph Salyers Atlanta Neb share alike after debts. Mrs. Salyers died February 12, she had lived alone since her husband's death in their large home near the Methodist church.
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Jennie van Dern Barkua
Barbara Jean
Frances Kline
Strahan
Malvern
Salyers
Roy Dean Mansfield
W. 8. Salyers
Lulu Ruth Hallam
R. W. Mansfield
Eves Whitfield
Minneapolis
Relph Salyers
Atlanta
Neb
Methodist Church
Farmers Receive GORN Allotments in 1940 AAA Program
Mills County farmers learnt their 1940 AAA program allotments this week as data came from county soil conservation offices. The notices show total soil depleting crop acreage and allocations for corn, wheat, potatoes, and other grains. Township meetings will be held soon to explain enrollment and cooperation. farmers must indicate their intent to cooperate by May 1.
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Mills County
County Soil Conservation Offices
Local American Legion to Host Goat Day Meeting
The American Legion branch plans a Goat Day gathering this Friday at 3 30 p m. A program on Americanism will be presented by Mrs Heite Qgren and Mrs A P Kilmartin who will chair the tea committee at the event.
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American Legion Auszill- Sty
Heite Qgren
Mre. A. P. Kilmartin Io
Fragmented OCR: aid to elderly in Mill County
A damaged OCR fragment reports elderly residents in Mill County affected by a local incident. Names, dates, and details are unreadable, but the item hints at a community response or census-like record. Further readable context is needed for a precise summary.
Firemen to Dine Tonight at Anniversary Meeting
Malvern's Volunteer Fire Department celebrates its anniversary this evening with a dinner at 6 30 p.m. in the Community building followed by an entertainment program. More than 100 firemen and their wives are expected. The program features a conservation film Iowa Come of Age, a talk by Fred Schwob chief of the fish and game division, and appearances by the 4‑H club German band, a local favorite.
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Malvern
Volunteer Fire Department
Iowa
Iowa Comen of Age,’ By A Representative of the State Conservation Commission
Fred Bchwob
Division of Fish and Game
Commission
Malvern defeats Tabor in a high school thriller
Malvern dominated Tabor Tuesday night in a 48 to 27 victory, with Rubenking scoring 18 before fouling out in the second half and Stogdill coming off the bench to spark a late Malvern run. Perkins led Tabor with nine points as fouls mounted for both sides.
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Malvern
Tabor
Orioles
Knight
Rubenking
Perkins
Gubby Stogdill
Jackson
Gubby
Stogdill
Wilhelm
Brewer
Beves
Atily
Paulson
Brogditl
Thurston to Speak at Glenwood Found Era Banquet
Preparations progress for a county wide Found era Gay banquet hosted by Milla county Republicans at the Ewes Armory Friday February 3. Lloyd Thurston of Osceola will be principal speaker. he is a Spanish American and World War veteran and former district representative. The event is open to all and sponsored by the county central committee.
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Milla County
Ewes Armory
Lloyd Thurston
Osceola
Thurston
County Central
Wilson Hatchery Starts Annual Output of Chicks
Wilson Hatchery begins its annual chick output this week with hatch rates increasing toward a 26 000 chicks per week capacity. Mrs Carl Wilson owner and manager stands at her desk as Dudley Conner an assistant inspects eggs on a tray in front of one of three bio incubator units. The hatchery supports the county economy paying poultry raisers about 2600 yearly above market for hatching and has boosted local egg production and flock quality through its top grade line from double tested flocks.
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Wilson Hatchery
Carl Wilson
Dudley Conner
Trayn Matche
Mills County Loses Coroner After Raynor Is Convicted
Frank Raynor, sentenced to eight years in Fort Madison for criminal negligence in a fatal hearse crash near Cantell Bluffs, will serve the term with possible parole after 11 months. The Raynors’ Grenwood funeral home continues, deeds grant Mrs. Raynor ownership of local property, and an acting coroner will be appointed as the county awaits replacement.
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Milla County
Frank Raynor
Earl Petere
Fort Madison
Costa
Raynor
Grenwood
Peters
Cantell Bluffs
Edward Brewer
Shirley
W. R. Byington
Board of Supervisors
Justice of the Peace
Salyers Rites Held Thursday for 7 Year Old
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p m for Mrs Willam E Salyers who died at her Malvern home Monday Feb 12 from a stroke suffered earlier Rev B R Stroud of the Methodist church conducted the services Pallbearers included Ralph Salyera Ellis Grindle J L Ponner R W Salyera Lynn McNulty and Albert Johnson Music was provided by Mrs F R Chantry with piano accompaniment by Mrs Roy Donner and Mrs Hilla Grindle
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Willam
Salyers
Malvern
B. R. Stroud
The
Methodist Church
Ralph Salyera
Atlanta
Neb
Ellis Grindle
J. L. Ponner
R. W. Salyera
Lynn McNulty
Albert Johnson
School of Instruction Set For Monday at Hastery Slar
The Hastery Slar will hold a school of instruction Monday February 26 under the direction of Mrs Blue Evans of Burson. The class will be at 1 40 in the afternoon and 1 48 in the evening. All members are urged to attend.
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Hastery Slar
Blue Evans
Burson
No Work for Grand Jury Dismissed Tuesday
The grand jury was dismissed Tuesday with no work to be done. The area reported very light activity as members faced hardship traveling to the courthouse. One juror walked a mile through waist deep snow to reach their car and the highway.
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Grand Jury
Tuesarea
Trustees Seek Thirty Miles Of Local Road Grading
Township trustees asked for thirty miles of local road grading in 1940 at a meeting with the board of supervisors and County Engineer Jack Pullan. Work would be divided among townships by tax payment. All but Plattville township attended. other road problems were discussed.
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Board of Supervisors
Jack Pullan
Plattville
Stivers Resigns as County Treasurer Deputy
R. L. Stivers, deputy county treasurer for seven years, resigned last week effective immediately. He served under two Republican and one Democratic treasurers and joined the Mauk Insurance agency in Tabor. No definite appointment to fill the office had been made yesterday.
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R. L. Stivers
Mauk Insurance Agency
Tabor
Mrs L G Miller Dies At Norwalk
Malvern friends report the death of Mrs L C Miller at her Norwalk home on Saturday afternoon from a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the Norwalk funeral home and a brief service followed at Pleasantville before burial in its cemetery. She was the mother of the late Mrs J R McClymond and had lived in Malvern for nearly 24 years. Despite blindness since early life she remained active in daily life, involved in business and church activities including the elderly Bible class at the Methodist Sunday school and the vaudling glee club.
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Malvern
L. C. Miller
Norwalk
Methodiet Bunday School
Sidney Girls Win Sectional Tourney at Emerson
Sidney Cowgirls defeated Farragut 49 to 27 to win the Emerson sectional. Marjorie Abshire led with 22 points, while Farragut also reached the district contest after the sectional. The Lenox high girls team, coached by Kermit Parker, remains in contention after beating Cromwell to advance.
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Wherley Crimiet
Faragaes Admiralettes
Marjorie Abshire
Basket Fury
Fremont County
Farragut
Sidney
Strahan
Thurman
Randolph
Emerson Sextet
Abshire
Coburg
Strahan Girls
Oakland
Drake
Des Moines
Kermit Parker
Malvern
Lenox High
Cromwell
Lenox Sextet
McCord Hardware Sold to Bloedel of Tabor
Vern McCord sold his Malvern hardware store to A B Bloedel of Tabor. Invoicing begins this week and Bloedel plans to operate the Malvern location while the McCord family continues in nearby business circles. The store had operated for 27 years under McCord and his son Vern, gaining wide local acquaintance.
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Malvern
Vern McCord
A. B. Bloedel
Tabor
Bloedel
Amit Amortuary
Vabor
Hie von Raymond
Mulvern
McCord Hardware
McCourd
Vern
Repute Tien
Unclear Weather Report From County Bulletin
Fragmented OCR text reports intermittent snow over the county with terms about roads opening and farmer efforts. Dates and measurements are garbled with numbers like inches and quarter inches. The readable elements mention Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday and a listed temperature 47 on Thursday.
Malvern High Glee Club Stages Operetta in Big Tuesday Show
Malvern high school glee club presents the operetta In Grand Old Switzerland on Tuesday Pep. 27 drawing a 62 member cast including Phillip Hansen Roberta Moore Jim Hering Dorothy Slothower Marilyn Stout Kathleen Gilbert Betty Shook and more. The tale follows twoSwiss boys and their quarrelling fathers with a wealthy American visitor attempting to set things right.
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Malvern High School
Xtel
Switzerland
Herr Bolliger
Phillip Hansen
Trudi
Roberta Moore
Herr Nops
Delbert Davis
Jul
Jim Hering
Mrs. Miller
Dorothy Slothower
Donna
Je- Etta Foy
John
Charles Johnson
Hedwig
Annabella Alberta
Fritz
Bob Etroud
Card of Thanks for Mrs W S Salyers Death
Expression of appreciation for floral offerings and acts of kindness extended at the death and funeral of Mrs W S Salyers from friends and relatives.
Walter Aistrope Succumbs At Home
Funeral services for Walter G Aistrope will be held Thursday at 2:30 PM at the Aistrope home with Rev Glenn W South presiding. Burial will follow in Malvern cemetery. Aistrope, 80, died Tuesday morning after pneumonia. He was a well known Malvern resident and prominent Mills County landholder and farm operator.
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W. G. Aistrope
Aistrope
Glenn W. South
Malvern
Alstrope
Mills County
Dilleway Farm Sale Scheduled Near Malvern Hillsdale
A farm sale by OHI C Dillehoy will close out the farm four miles west of Malvern and one mile east of Hillsdale on travel road. He offers 19 head of livestock including four horses and 16 cattle, various farm implements, hops and poultry, and household goods. Auction starts Wednesday at noon, overseen by the PHTwhike Ladies' Ald. The teletypes were recently returned from California newspapers to resume their voyage.
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Ohi C. Dilehoy
California
Beck Announces Community Club Committees for Year
Beck announces 140 committees for the Malvern Community Club's year. The February meeting moved monthly gatherings to the third Tuesday. Committees led by Beck include Membership, Meetings and Programs, Roads and Crossings, Good Will, Trade Promotion and Extension, and Closing.
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Syeshiont Ff
Theek
Malvern Community
Ruileet
Weod
Slothower
Ehabriany
Beckwith
Hamilton
H. L. Gearhart
J.B. Randerton
Milhevand
B. W. Knight
Stow
Salyers
W. Ro Byington
Ehairman
KE. Shonka
H.W. Knight
Roads
Helles
Albert Netwon
Jed Durbin
Rene Mansfield
Piper
Harry Bayes
Charman
Mere
Alta Tennant
Mra
D. A. Strahan
Carl Wilken
Max Frank
Harry Lehman
Herb Nall
Stan
J. B. Kline
Cha Mackey
C. J. Kunce
Otto Hall
John Hall
Consun
F. A. Wortman
P. D. Slothower
J. R. Hall
W. D. Nelson
Ake SarcHon
John Longstreet
D. M. Kline
Community Extension Leaders Named in Wahruiriv Laue Kaopi Plan
Dr. D. M. Kline chairs the effort with Claude Wilson R. W. Salyers and E. W. Knight named as key organizers in the Wahruiriv and Laue Kaopi community extension project.
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Wahruiriv
Laue Kaopi
D. M. Kline
Claude Wilson
R. W. Salyers
E. W. Knight
Crinks Find Florida Interesting Though Cold on Recent Trip
Mr and Mrs Crink returned Tuesday evening from a six weeks journey through the south and central United States. They encountered sub freezing weather in Florida and noted damage to citrus and truck crops from a cold spell. They traveled via New Orleans Cant on Missouri visiting Cedric and relatives in Illinois before returning to Iowa, visiting twelve states in total.
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B. 5
Crink
U. S
Mills County
Florida
Canton
Cedric
New Orleans
Gulf States
Thhat
Miami
Ft. Lauderdale
Georgia
Carolinas
Great Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
Rockies
Minois
Iowa
Liquor Sales in County Decline Amid Holiday Postseason
Report notes a drop in county liquor sales following the holiday season. Sales fell by about 400 dollars from December to January, with both stores showing reduced intake. The figures were shared by Glen Moore and Pav Jan Malsth.
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Hukur
Cie
Glen Mtore
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Garden Club
Conservation Officers
Q. E
School of Te Nest
Tuesaday
Stivers
L. G. Miller
Emerson
Sidney Cowgirls
M'Gord
Raymond Bloedel
Grand Old
Marilyn Stout
Kathleen Gilbert
Betty Lou Barkus
Helen Ann Stevenson
Betty Knight
Mary Brewer
Marjorie Swoboda
Janet Bennett
Vernelle Cox
Isabbelle Bird
Ruth Clark
Percy McCormick
Babs Randarson
Evelyn Gray
Betty Shook
Velma Chamberlain
Phyllis Stapleton
Anna Mary Frazier
Peggy Cox
Betty June Stroud
Neva McClure
Mary Ellen Lincoln
Wanda Coons
Harold Foy
Richard Fieckel
Joe Salyer
Walter Aistrope
Dilleway
Beck
Crinks
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