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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
5
Malvern to host the 1941 high school basketball tournament next week as work finishes on remodeling including a toilet, maple floor, new wiring, repainting and a now swinging entrance door. Complete tournament bracket appears on page 2.
The Iowa Press Association reports the Who's Who in Iowa volume is being mailed to about 16 000 selected Iowans honored by friends and neighbors. Don Reid notes local committees helped choose names and that omissions were inevitable yet the book remains representative. It includes an Iowa history by Prof William H Peterson and eight county histories by local historians.
Fall and winter chinch bug losses were low, signaling many adults to lay eggs in spring. Timely control is possible with measures started at spring feeding and field planning to separate small grain from corn. Three meetings on March 6 in Glenwood Malvern and Hiredale will feature Dr. Harold Gunderson discussing control methods to prevent damage.
Milla county's Wildlife Conservation League will meet in Emerson tonight at 7:30. Officers to be elected. current officers urge strong attendance.
The Orioles returned to form with a 94 to 23 win over Emerson, the county tournament runners up, on the home court.
Members of the Soils Improvement Society circulating petitions for a soils conservation district in Mills County report strong interest but have yet to reach the 20 percent threshold required by the state board. Petitioners plan to continue gathering landowner signatures to secure a hearing on the district.
The 1941 AAA signup drive opens with township committees receiving program instructions. Meetings are scheduled across Anderson, Center, Weer Creek, Glenwood, Indian Creek, Hastings, Ingraham, Silver City, Lyons, Plattville, Rawles, White Cloud, St. Marys, and Eureka No. 2. A corn marketing quota referendum may be proposed, affecting loans and storage rules if quotas pass.
State liquor stores report January sales drop of 1,239.14 compared to December with sharp declines at Glenwood and Malvern. Malvern sold 2,165.03. Malvern 1,474.94. Glenwood 2,392.33. Glenwood 1,844.28. State total 1,710,775.93. January 1940 up 378.89 from January 2940. Nationwide January sales show a 683 gallon increase over 1940.
Fragmented OCR text reports a forthcoming sale event in Rendon or nearby area, noting weekly planning for an auction with dates unclear. Mentions Bash and weakly tonality phrases, but specifics remain unreadable.
County Treasurer C D Alstrope bought Judge Whitney W Gilliland’s home fueling talk he may quit the Mille County bench to join a law partnership with his uncle Ben Swisher in Waterloo. Gilliland at the Mille County district court February term would not confirm or deny. Glenwood events included a military ball and a large crowd at a union church service before March 1 preparation for camp. The Chamber of Commerce escorted Co I to the Rome Hotel in Omaha to see Murder in the Old Red Barn. Three divorces were granted by Judge Gilliland: Cyril Booth and Cuba Booth, Wayne Walker and Frances Walker, LeRoy Plum and Hifte Glendora Plum.
County Milla plans moving road maintaining equipment from Henderson to Emerson and Malvern. Roy Robigan and family who operated from Henderson will likely relocate to Malvern with Elbridge Shook and his family possibly following later.
Derby Oil Co seeks right of way easements for a four mile pipe line from Plattsmouth across the Missouri River then north to Council Bluffs. The project aims to expand pipeline capacity and improve distribution in the region.
Judge Walthey W. Gillilland directed verdict and released Ed Scheef after the court ruled the state failed to present sufficient evidence on the charge of lar ceny of calf. The dismissal ends the case in district court with Scheef freed.
Winter weather returned to the county with low temperatures and light snow. Readings stayed in the low forties at times, while temperatures dipped to around 20 degrees. the period included a warm day with a high near 44 and a low near 20.
Funeral services were held in Gordon Nebraska for Fay Hubbell Seveland a former Glenwood resident who died Thursday evening. She is survived by her husband and two children among mourners including Harry Sivanen and Paulson's brother Fred Biot Ferkibaull.
Qualified electors in the Malvern independent school district may choose two candidates for three year terms on March 16. So far F. R. Chantry and F. A. Muthorland have filed for seats held by Chantry and L. A. Talbott. Filing closes February 28 at 12 noon. Board members serve without pay and oversee district operations with annual costs around 21000 dollars.
The Rev and Mrs E R Stroud moved from the Malvern Methodist parsonage to a temporary home at 122 North 6th Ave Villisca, planning to relocate to an Oklahoma acreage later. Stroud resigned after a breakdown, sending a farewell note to Malvern friends expressing faith hope and love, while Malvern’s congregation regretfully noted his departure and the church’s progress during his leadership.
Lee Baker, an ice cream maker for Malvern Cold Storage Co for two years, leaves Friday to start a new post with a large Flint based firm that operates stores in Flint and Ann Arbor He plans to visit Spencer before departing Leonard Claussen will replace him in Malvern arriving from Anes in March.
A distorted 30 year note from the Farm Bureau records a surge in baby beef in Mills County. Line fragments indicate calves raised near Algona and Duvaloped areas, with unclear phrases about ownership and development.
The Rev Ira B Allen arrived in Malvern Tuesday from Sioux City to begin his duties as Methodist minister. He will preach his first service next Sunday morning. The Allen family of five includes Paul 7 Scott 4 and Rosemary 4. Mrs Allen trained nurse studied at Cook County Hospital. He studied at Ohio State Simpson college played football and wrestling. He earned an S T B from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1946 and has seven years of preaching experience as a full member of the Iowa Des Moines conference with elders ordination.
Obituary and funeral notice detail John Ailshie born 1878 in Athelstan died Feb 20 at Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs. He lived near Malvern on Thomas M Davis farm, worked for Davis since 1921, taught rural schools, was a rural mail carrier and farmer. Survived by wife Viola Cordell, three daughters Hazel Window, Cordes Douley, Bernice Ailshie. ten siblings listed. Interment in Malvern cemetery. services at Congregational Tabor with Rev. Peter and music by Martin Richardson and Frances Kline.
Randolph and Anderson meet Wednesday at 6 p m in the Malvern Community building to begin a two class sectional basketball meet. Fourteen teams travel to Malvern for games Thursday and Friday with Class A and B pairings including Glenwood, Tabor, Hamburg, Sidney, and other rivals. Final winners advance to district play. bracket on page 3.
The local paper calls for reader moves as March 1 moving day approaches. Readers are urged to submit their own moving notices to The Insider office or community correspondents to ensure all moves are reported in the territory.
An adjourned meeting of Corning Presbytery at Champion Hill church ordained Samuel Lee and approved Rev. Joe Barnett as a presbytery member. Lee was granted a call from Champion Hill with a two month serving provision at Essex Church before a pastor is secured. Installation charges were given by Rev. Speagh and Rev. Cecil, followed by benediction and meeting adjournment.
The local high school cagers won twice from Macedonia on Tuesday. Henderson Mills county champs were held to 12 as Harbor led Henderson with 8 points. Galloway and Couns added two apiece for Henderson while Rubenking paced Malvern with 17 and Wilhelm had 12. Malvern’s seconds outplayed Macedonia’s first string as Forestat and And led with 9 and 8 points.
Don Jackson of Glenwood, a senior agricultural journalism student at Iowa State College, was elected editor of the Green Gander, the student's magazine of college life. Jackson has done outstanding work in journalism at the state school and his record aided his election.
Arrangements are made for the World Day of Prayer in 61 countries and over 10 000 services across the United States on Friday February 28. The Malvern Presbyterian Church invites all to attend the 2 p.m. service as a step toward international unity.
Federal agents halted in Malvern and captured Clyde Johnson a WPA laborer last week on a white slavery charge in Chicago He was jailed in Mills county awaiting transport to Chicago for federal proceedings with officers moving to bring him before a judge.
Relatives of Rev. Lea attended the services including Wayne C. Lee and Carol of Gnetha Kansas Mrs Lloyd Irwin and Martha June of Defulse Nebraska Mrs Sam Mullins and Alta of Balun Nebraska Dean Lea of Dawson Nebraska Geraldine Jones of Falla City Nebraska Mrs H M Wile tox of York Nebraska and Mrs Samuel Leo and David.
A Wyoming herd of 160 calves from the Pituatark ranch near Cody, owned by Charles J. Uel tey, moves to the Dunbbell ranch in Cherry County Nebraska to graze and finish. The calves will be transported to Wearly Tarma and to Audoreon tarius near Red Oak for finishing before sale as prime beef.
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