Wabash replaces bridge approaches near Malvern
A Wabash extra gang is replacing wooden bridge approaches over Little Creek between Malvern and the fair grounds with steel spans supported by wood piling. Bids for the Malvern Vocational Shop building will be opened next Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Leader prints a Republican Eisenhower farm program ad urging support from Congress and Senators.
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Wabash
Little Creek
Malvern
Fair Grounds
Board of Education
Republican Party
Leader
Grand and Petit Jurors Summoned for March Duty
Grand and petit jurors for the March term of district court have been listed by Clerk of Courts I L Donner. Judge Vernon Johnson will preside with court reporter George Tinchler. Grand jurors appear March 12 and petit jurors March 19. Names include Francis Dashner Pacific Junction Grover Goos Silver City I R Harmes Pacific Junction Clyde Heaton Malvern Richard Hyde Hastings Glen L Johnson Glenwood Clarence McKinney Henderson Irene McManigal Glenwood James N Summers Malvern Roy Scheel Malvern George Williams Hastings Leon Waite Glenwood. Petit jurors listed for Malvern Glenwood Emerson and others include F H Burrington Ruth Beasbhout Elton Clay Joyce Craig Charles Ellison Taroid Isom HE W Knight Jr John Mott Verna Scott Shirley Stephens Charles Anderson Halden Alethruse Julius Buch Leon Burchett Gladys Boyer Dewey Drennan Evelyn Dalton Georgia Heckman Ella Hopp Lilian Johnson Naymond Kahl A K R Newton Margaret Newman Hivin Rothberg Erma Ross Kayvonne Ross Eva Speck Carolyn Stewart Ruth Watson Raymond Yates Emerson James Brown Junior.
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I. L. Donner
Vernon Johnson
George Tinchler
Francis Dashner
Pacific Junction
Grover Goos
Silver City
I. BR. Harmes
Clyde Heaton
Malvern
Richard Hyde
Hastings
Glen L. Johnson
Tragic Crash Kills Four Glenwood Young People
Four Glenwood youths die in a icy highway accident when their car collides with a jackknifed semi near Burdette Hunt farm on Highway 275 four miles north of Tabor. Gerald Lavern Bomer, Donna Marie Hartley, Darlene Joan Hartley, and Murray Eugene Chase perished. Thomas J. Simmons, driver of the truck, unharmed. The victims, ages 23, 18, 15, and 18, were returning from a Sidney basketball game. Funeral and services followed at Glenwood churches with military and civic rites for the two male victims and sisters among the Hartley family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Burdette Hunt Farm
Highway 275
Tabor
Sidney
Thomas J. Simmons
Chillicothe
Gerald Lavern Bomer
Bomer
Donna Marie Hartley
Darlene Joan Hartley
Murray Eugene Chase
Donna
Darlene
Adris Hartley
Hartleys
Malvern
Glenwood High School
Blmer
Elmer Boumer
Air Force
Chase
Raymond Chase
Joan
Strahan
Randolph
Ethie Hartley
Paul H .Hicks
Methodist Church
Hastings
George Shaw
Council Bluffs
Ruth
Darrell
England
Charles Hall
Shenandoah
William Lee
Gerald Bomer
Murray Chase
First Christian Church
188Th Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Iarold Radford
Roy Craig
Howard Curry
Stewart Osterholm
Donald Bruce
Keith C. Stacy
American Legion
Clifford Eaton
Gerald Hurst
James Britcher
James Lundy
C. J. Burson
Richard Miller
Elmer Bomer
Charlotte Strand
Stanley
Randall
Lewis Julius
Marshalltown
Gus Astfalk
Burlington
Co. 1, 168Th Infantry
Timothy
Lulu Chase
Lew Bomer
Casin Montgomery
Elm Creek
Neb
Keast Promoted to Sgt in Berlin Army Unit
Bhawk Edward F. Keast age 20 son of Mr and Mrs Faye L Keast Henderson promoted to specialist second class while with the T781st Army Unit in Berlin. Keast joined January 1954 and went overseas in November following enlistment.
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Bhawk
Edward F. Keast
Faye L. Keast
Henderson
Berlin
Keast
Mills County Farm Bureau Victory Party Planned for March 9
Mills County Farm Bureau schedules a 7:30 p.m. victory party with a talent show, dance, and refreshments to celebrate reaching the 1956 membership quota. Admission is free and a 1956 Farm Bureau membership admits the entire family. Public Relations Committee members listed.
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Pubble Melmuons Committee
Mills County Farm Bureau
Mills County
Farm Bureau
Look to April 1 Date for New Drying Plant Opening
A tentative start date of April 1 has been set for the new drying plant. Officials indicate preparations are underway and the facility is expected to begin operations on that date pending final approvals.
Local marriages and vehicle licenses tidings from Mills County
Six marriage licenses issued last week by District Court Clerk I L Donner list couples from Malvern Stanton Lincoln and Omaha, with ages from 19 to 31. Motor vehicle licensees across five communities include buyers from Hastings Emerson Pacific Junction Mineola Glenwood and Council Bluffs among others. Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American whaling captain, first sighted the Antarctic in 1820, affecting operations at the rs Company plant. Bob Eggleston and Mas Chandler will manage operations. Chandler to join by March 1. Remodeling of the drying room proceeds at the Malvern plant, the fifth drying plant for Henningson Company.
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I. L. Donner
Edward Dean Bingham
Elizabeth Dar- Ta
Malvern
Johnny Ashbaugh
Pania Maxine Weak
Stanton
G. B. Wood
Joanne Podwinski
Omaha
David D. Bell
Lois Hutter
Norman Howe
Paris
Ill
Shirley Spray
Lincoln, Neb
Ronald E. Goodrich
Elmira
Julia Ann Koory
Mills County
Hastings
Janior Martin Anderson
Mercury
Emerson
Arthur Alfred Darby
Chevrolet
Lakin Implement Co
Pontiac
Henderson
Lynn DD. Fleming
Ford
Pacific Junction
Leonard Fisher
Ray Kyral Jr
Glenwood
Kenneth Knight
Floyd Kisby
George Link
Herman Stortenbecker
George JD. Canfield
Don Rhoden
James L. Campbell
Chevrolets
Gail Necker
Dodge
Rs Company
Bob Eggleston
Mas Chandler
Chandler
Wegleston
Tan Hes
Kegleston
Henningson Company
Malvern School Advisory Committee Studies Reorganization
The Malvern School Advisory committee, chaired by Max Dashner, formed for a year, meets monthly with Supt. N P Crink to discuss school problems. It includes 24 members from eight areas, urges patron input, and has begun district reorganization studies while advancing a school nurse program.
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Malvern
Max Dashner
Supt. N. P. Crink
School Boards Invited to Meeting Here Wednesday
Rural boards sending pupils to Malvern and central Mills county districts are invited to Malvern for a study session on school needs. A presented study outlines costs under a reorganized district, tax impact, and how expanded high school courses could raise quality, with no advocacy for a specific plan.
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Boards of Education
Malvern
Central
Mills County
Malvern Board
School Candidates Must File by Friday Noon March 2
County school district boards announce nominating petitions due by Friday noon March 2. Petitions must be filed with district secretaries. In Malvern three candidates seek reelection. C L Hertz F A Wortman for regular terms and Mrs Clara Stevens to fill vacancy.
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Boards of Education
Malvern
C. L. Hertz
F. A. Wortman
Clara Stevens
County Red Cross Drive to be Launched March 5
The Mills county Red Cross drive will be launched on Monday March 5. Jack Wilson manager at Glenwood for the Iowa Power and Light Co has been named the county wide fund chairman. Mrs Carl Hemley of Glenwood is the executive secretary for the county chapter of the Red Cross. Town chairmen are to be announced.
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County Red Cross
Mills County Red Cross
Jack Wilson
Glenwood
Iowa Power & Light Co
Council to Seek 30000 Bond for Malvern Water Works
Malvern town council moved to ask voters for a 30000 bond to fund water system improvements. The plan calls for two additional shallow wells to boost supply after existing wells underperformed despite recent acidization. Some wells showed doubled flow after treatment while others remain problematic. The water shortage has been a recurring issue.
One Day Recruiting Drive Recruits Surpass Quota
The 168th Infantry National Guard unit held a one day recruiting drive on a Saturday that coincided with February 18. The effort, run in cooperation with a nationwide campaign, exceeded its quota with recruits from Malvern Glenwood Pacific Junction and Tabor among those listed.
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168Th Infantry
Town National Guard
National Guard
Company T
Ona Fatlows
James H. Seaton
Roger Killion
Donald Stognill
Robert Jones
Malvern
Henry Abrecht
Martin Evang
Alfred Johnson
Melvin Johnson
Alvin Kemp
Steven Kishy
Franely Lay
Hower Stavey
Troger Tmoupson
Bennett Wison
Daniel Efnseten
Donald Stivers
Glenwood
Jahan Oltplant
Pacific Junution
Vience Priyeby
Tabor
Temperatures Steady Despite Threats of Severe Weather
Weather was largely uneventful in Milly County as temperatures fluctuated only slightly and skies remained cloudy to bright all week. Daily readings showed no sub zero conditions or heavy precipitation despite forecasts of snow rain and turbulent conditions.
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Milly County
Mills County 4-H elects officers in Malvern gathering
A large Mills County 4-H turnout braved icy roads for Malvern Community Center elections. New officers were installed by current leaders after talks on what 4H means to me. Nine candidates spoke, clubs received charters, and Dr. Ralph Durham demonstrated animal husbandry.
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Mills County
Malvern
Eddie Laughlin
Boosters
Gary Parker
Silver Creek Go Getters
Larry Swett
Ralph Durham
Iowa State College
Plattville 4-H Club Shines At Mills County Meeting
Plattville Feeders Fitters and Farmers 4-H club, new to Mills county, stood out at the county boys 4-H election meeting with full representation. Leader Shirley Lincoln Jr. heads the group including John Lincoln president and members such as Danny Lenz Norman Sargent Larry Lemonds Jag Lincoln and others. The club plans to feature strong projects and exhibits at the 1955 Mills county fair.
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Plattville
Fitters & Farmers
Mills County
Shirley Lincoln Jr
Danny
Larry Gregg
Mike Beda
Mills County Fair
Water bond election urged in Malvern Iowa petitions
Citizens invited to sign petitions at local banks and stores to force a bond election for two new shallow wells and water system improvements. Proposed bond issue is 30000 dollars, with 125 signatures required, as council debates funding from general obligation bonds and a public vote under state code. The Lead er plans a water series after council minutes show pumping capacity insufficient for summer demand.
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Malvern Trust & Savings Bank
Collins Drug Store
Mansfield's
Cils
Iowa
Guy
Gearhart
Knop
Mansfield
Myers
Salyers
Woestford
Byington
Cub Scouts to Join Red Oak Show In Local Event
Cub Scouts participate in Red Oak show with planned demonstrations and activities. Leaders outline safety rules and schedule as groups prepare for a community display set for late month.
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Red Oak
4-H Skating Party Brings Large Turnout and Costs
Milly and Abbasain attended a large 4-H skating party with about 209 skaters at the event housed at Welsie hall. Organizers said the party was one of the biggest ever held there and estimated a need for about $160 to complete their project.
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Milly
Abbasain
Porter
Mane
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