Mills county recalls John Glenn orbit week
Mills countians watched Lt Col John Glenn's Earth orbit with near standstill as Malvern schools displayed a TV, post office issued astronaut stamps, and local events planned for next week include a Dutch Gun Club courtesy party and a 60 vocal A Capella Choir concert from State College of Iowa.
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Mills Countians
John Glenn Jr
Glenn
Mills
Malvern Community High School
Malvern
Washington
Dutch Gun Club
State College of Iowa
1176 Added to Loan Fund for Students
Dr J R B Beckwith reports strong success for the Mal vern Community School district Student Loan Fund drive. A total of $1,176.25 was raised with 105 donors to date, bringing cumulative contributions to 250. Four loans totaling $1,370 were granted to students planning to attend college next year.
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Malvern Community School District
J. RB. Beckwith
Beckwith
Stufdérits
Connie Lees Wins Award Trip to Chicago for 4H
Connie Lees of Hastings earned an award trip to Chicago for completing an outstanding 4H home furnishings project. She will travel February 25 to 28 with 32 other southern county winners to tour furnishing merchandising rooms the Art Institute testing laboratories and other interior decorating sites.
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Connie Lees
Hastings
Chicago
Wilma L. Schultz
County Extension
Art Institute
Mills County Sales Tax Up In Third Quarter
A Mills County report shows total sales tax 1961 third quarter at 44,485.98, up from 42,178.78 a year earlier. Malvern led gains with a bit over ten percent, Glenwood close to six percent, and other areas about two percent, with county values listing Malvern 8,001 to 8,589, Glenwood 24,990 to 26,498, and Others 9,144 to 9,350.
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Mills County
Malvern
Glenwood
Mills County Home Economist Resigns for Appanoose Post
Bertlyn Crouse, assistant home economist with the Mills county extension office, resigned recently to take a similar position in Appanoose county. She left Saturday for Centerville to begin duties. Her Mills county successor has not yet been named.
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Bertlyn Crouse
Mills County
Appanoose County
Centerville
Jackson Signs 1000th Mills County soil agreement
Ivan W. Jackson, farm owner and Malvern real estate agent, signed the Mills County Soil Conservation Districts 1000th cooperative agreement. He gains access to Soil Conservation Service technical assistance for soil and water practices on his 80 acre Silver Creek township farm. The district, in its 21st year, notes extensive terracing contouring grassed waterways and two watershed projects Mule Creek and Pony Creek underway.
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Ivan W. Jackson
Malvern
Mills County Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation District
Jackson
Soil Conservation Service
Tion
Silver Creek
Mule Creek
Pony Creek
Sixty-Voice Choir from SCI to Perform in Malvern
A 60-voice choir from the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls will visit Malvern Tuesday Feb 27 in the Community building for an 8 p.m. concert. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. Directed by Charles Matheson the Ar Capo will present contemporary classical and religious works including Cindy Yankee Doodle Offenbachs Helen burlesque and Dello Joios The Mystic Trumpeter with Whitman texts. Malvern Highs Donald Breshears who previously sang with the choir will be in the audience.
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Malvern
Ar Cap
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Charles Matheson
Cindy
Offenbach
Helen of Troy
Norman Dello Joo
Walt Whitman
Atlantic
Denison
Audubon
Iowa
Malvern High
Donald Breshears
Emerson Group Aids Nishna Service on Sunday
Rev Richard Person of Emerson Baptist church Scoutmaster LeRoy Johnson and Emerson Boy Scouts led Sunday services at Nishna Cottage with the group in charge of the observance.
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Richard Person
Emerson Baptist Church
LeRoy Johnson
Emerson
Nishna Cottage
Coin Club Meeting Set for Sidney February 27
The Fremont-Mills Coin club will meet at the city hall in Sidney Tuesday February 27 at 7 p.m. An auction of coins will be held and refreshments will be served.
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Coin Club
Sidney
Fremont-Mills Coin Club
City Hall
At & P.m
Malvern Community Event and Local Notices
Sunday March 4 at Malvern Community building serving starts 11 30 adults 1 25 children 75 adv card of thanks expresses gratitude for cards visits and hospital stay Mills county 4 H vice president Miss Lees senior at Nishna Valley high school involved in 4 H work seven years plus the Sound of Music exhibition and musical noted.
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Malvern
J. R. McClymond
Lees
Gordon Lees
Mills County 4-H
Nishna_Valley high school
Picture Day for Tomorrow's Citizens at Malvern
The Leader invites parents to bring children to Malvern Community Building on Wednesday February 25 between 10 am and 5 pm for free photo portraits. No subscription or obligation required. Appointment by calling Fannie Clark at 5762.
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Malvern
Fannie Clark
Trucker Pays 401 Fine for 8000-Pound Overload
Orson McKnight of Las Vegas Nevada paid a fine of 401.10 dollars and costs after his truck hauling idler wheels for Caterpillar tractors exceeded the load limit by 8000 pounds as reported by Traffic Weight Officer D E Frederickson of the Town highway commission.
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Orson McKnight
Las Vegas
Nev
Pacis Earar
Mills County
Hoapponkea Serait
John Hall
D. E. Frederickson
Town Highway Commission
Thuman Fined Five Dollars for Defective Brakes
James C. Thuman of Emerson was fined five dollars and costs by Justice Carl Remley last week on a charge of possessing defective brakes.
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James C. Thuman
Emerson
Carl Remley
Search at Glenwood State School Yields Items, No Arrests
Sheriff Edwin Barkus said 100 percent cooperation was given by Glenwood State School employees during a county and state search for stolen merchandise on site. A maintenance man, William D. Culion, was arrested for possession of stolen property. Charles Allman and his spouse were bound over on prescription drug charges. No other arrests reported. prior raids yielded numerous items. Gov Erbe to ask parole and control boards to review hiring policies for former inmates of state penal institutions.
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Edwin Barkus
Glenwood State School
William D. Culion
Charles Allman
Carl Remley
Garkus
Des Moines
Norman Erbe
State Board of Parole
Board of Control
Cullen
Allman
State Penitentiary
Barkus
Nominations Circulated for Evans and McGrew
Mills County continues to see growth in candidate prospects as nominating papers circulate for Harry Evans and Dallas McGrew. Both current county supervisors, Republicans, seek future terms starting 1963 and 1964 respectively, while no filings exist yet for the auditor position.
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Mills County
Glen Johnson
Harry Evans
Dallas McGrew
County Board of Supervisors
McGrew
Evans
Ashley Resigns as Superintendent at Nishna Valley
Fred J. Ashley, longtime superintendent of the Nishna Valley Community district, tendered his resignation to the board at Hastings on February 14. The resignation takes effect at year end. Ashley had led the Emerson Independent District since 1958 and continued after the regional formation to plan district programs. He noted no definite plans for the future.
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Fred J. Ashley
Nishna Valley
Hastings
Ashley
Emerson
Henderson
Strahan
Malvern Clears 1st Hurdle in District Meet at Tee Jay
Malvern girls opened their district tournament at T. J. in Council Bluffs with a 66 to 30 win over Glenwood. Rose Turner led with 20 points while Lara Beckwith added 12 and Barbara Beasley 16 as Malvern used reserves rest of game. Glenwood’s Phyllis Adair had 15 in a one-sided contest.
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Malvern
Tee Jay
Moorhead
Oakland
Logan
Sidney
Glenwood
Farragut
Modale
Malvern Girls
T. J. Fym
Council Bluffs
Glenwood Gals
Oriolettes
Bill Beasley
Ramettes
Oriolette
Rose Turner
Lara Beckwith
Sharon Shapcott
Barbara Beasley
Shayer Turner
Cheryl Beasley
Phyllis Adair
Marrell Thompson Presents Avas Kan Wildlife Film
A feature by Marrell Thompson titled Alas kan Wildlife is highlighted as a vanisual acclaimed motion picture. The notice hints at want ads paying for audience attention and participation.
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Marrell Thompson
Nishna Valley Bond Issue Passed by Wide Margin
In the Nishna Valley Community School district 431 of 693 voters supported a $696,000 bond for a new senior junior high, exceeding the 60 percent threshold. The bond will fund building and equipping a school near the Highway 34 area between Hastings and Emerson, with plans to acquire land, approve designs, and invite bids.
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Nishna Valley Community
the Legion Supper Club
Highway 34
Hastings
Emerson
Charlie Rankin
Henderson
Booster Statio
Strahan
J. Frank Durbin
Nishna Valley Board of Directors
Malvern Couple Receives County Marriage License
A Malvern couple Larry Hedlund and Joanne Sullivan received the sole marriage license issued in the past week from Clerk J. L. Donner’s office. Treasurer F. M. Robinson listed new motor vehicles including Fords to D. E. Barnes and Myron Schoening, Chevrolets to several Glenwood residents, Buicks to Leonard Booth and others, a Plymouth to Myron Schoening, and pickups to Francis Gaskill and Larry Van Ness.
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Malvern
Larry Hedlund
Joanne Sullivan
J. L. Donner
F. M. Robinson
Ford
D. EF. Barnes
Glenwood
William Messinger
LeRoy H. Schoening
Daniel Willey
Volney R Evans
Emerson
Harvey Stevens Bolton
Tenderson
Larry van Ness
Chevrolet
Stanley Brammer
Hastings
Nine First Time Donors Offer Blood
Sixty two donors turned up at the bloodmobile on Tuesday February 20 despite weather and cosmic distractions. Nine first time donors joined the Nebraska Iowa Regional Blood Program through churches schools and industries of eastern Mills county. Notable thanks go to Superintendent Crink for enlisting nine faculty donors and to volunteers including Mrs Mulholland and Mrs Mansfield.
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John Glenn
Old Man Winter
Pitty
Mills County
Nebraska Iown
Clement Rowe
Kenneth Scott
Bob Sell
Ann Sell
Ronald Cain
Phyllis Buhr
Donald Breshears
Roger Craig
Superintendent Crink
Crink
Fred Mulholland
Bloodmobile
Roy Dean Mansfield
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Dale Lincoln
Myron Jones
Albert Washburn
Commissionere
Tank
SCI
Emerson Group
Nishna Service Sun
Band Mothers
Evans, McGrew
Donni Meyer
Nishne Valley
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