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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1955
Page
3
Edwin Hearne, a British driver touring the United States with a London bus, complains that American police are ineffective and unbecoming, arguing that replacing them with better uniforms would improve law enforcement and traffic order.
The article weighs basketball popularity and impact on academics with Mills county teams Strahan Rifle Glenwood and Henderson cited. It argues for a standard 12 game schedule to ease academic load while maintaining inter-school competition and sportsmanship, noting most schools currently play 18 or more games and fans favor more games.
A reader argues present feasing terms burden tenant farmers, noting wartime profits did not translate into farm purchases. Rising costs for equipment, fertilizer, and soil care outpace lease terms, while landlords resist changes that would raise tenant income shares. The piece suggests tenants could cut modern spending to save for land.
The piece argues tenant farmers receive too little return given rising farm investment over 25 years. Machines, fertilizers, and weather risks raise costs, yet leases lag in covering these upgrades. Re-examining leasing terms could benefit both landowners and tenants and prevent broader economic decline in states like Iowa.
The Iowa General Assembly moved county officer terms from two to four years. Yet pay remains near the bottom of the scale, about 1500 dollars less than the county superintendent or engineer and 650 less than the assessor. Some road work pays more, though county duties can be heavy at times, and officers feel their pay does not reflect responsibility.
A reminiscence of local history notes a Red Oak reader retrieving 1885 birth records from The Leader archives. It recalls the 1885 lamp cross birth item and colorful 19th century phrasing, plus memories of Jim Graham, a once famed Mills County journalist, nicknamed Twice a Week Graham. The piece also mentions a farm robin anecdote tied to recent cold weather and a storm.
A Monday farewell gathering at the Four Corner school honored Mr and Mrs Tom Bradley and family who are moving to Phoenix Arizona and Mr and Mrs Clarence Anglen and family moving to Pacific Junction. Forty five neighbors shared canasta rock and pitch with prizes of candy given to winners. The Bradleys and Anglens received a table cloth as a gift along with good wishes for their new homes.
A partial list shows residents and associates connected to farm transfers. Names include Di ane Blackman Keith Barber Richard Lukehart Mariorie Alberta and Laurence Alberts along with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Cooper and the Bradley family with others in the Raymond Mintle farm vacated area.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Mrs. Regée hosted WSCS at the church. plans formed for lunch at the Tom Bradley sale on Feb 23. Center Feeders at Center Township chili supper hosted by Carolyn and Leonard Wright. supper served by Mrs. Carl Buch and Mrs. George Wright. Various local visits included Bloomer, Williams, Phelps, Shaul, and Hopple. Father and Son banquet at Tabor Congregational Church. Pvt Roger Shepard and family arriving from Camp Redstone, awaiting leave through March 4 before deployment to Germany.
Me and Mea. Leo Clark and Darlene Were Bandardiner guest of Mr and Mrs Harry Clark. Albert Cheney near Skiney and Clifford Cheney with children visited Leo Clark. Henry Edwards called at Walter Williams home Thursday. Burial Improvement Club hosted by Mrs Kenneth Graves on Wednesday. Raylean and Reginald Hocka visited grandparents Charlie Heyate near Yabor. A. H. Culver and Mrs Mary Sawyers visited Cal Butterfield in Omaha. Ed Sell family called on Bernard Roenfeldt and Sandra. Jim Sell returned home from Jenna Edmundson hospital. Gloria Brower suffers mumps. Donne Harman stayed with Mina Sharon Brower. Art Thieschafer family visited Mrs Fred Thieschafer at hospital. Friends of Guy Wolfe in Jennie Edmundson hospital for observation. George Wright family attended auto show in Omaha. Mrs James Campbell of Glenwood visited Leo Clark.
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