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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1974
Page
7
The Shape of This Week reports holiday fellowship and family pleasures amid fuel shortages with new Strahan items and overdue notices. Weather gremlins crack dashboards and cold snaps linger. MCS Band Parents plan a January 8 meeting at Malvern High School to discuss old and new business and urge strong attendance.
Mills county assessor Markel, after 15 years in office, retired last Friday. Alice Shipley of Glenwood will take over Jan. 2, following a prior announcement. Markel plans to stay busy at his Malvern area farm while Shipley, a former clerk in Mills and Pottawattamie counties, begins her new duties.
The Mills County Board last week approved a 1974 salary plan for county officials and deputies. Elected officials will earn set annual amounts: Auditor, Treasurer, Recorder and Clerk of Court at 9600. Attorney at 8500. Sheriff at 10500. Supervisors at 6600. Deputy and clerical postings include 7680 for Rugene Moran and others, with First Deputy Ed James at 8925 and Deputy Howard Clark at 6825. Sheriff's Clerk Louise Sorensen at 7200.
The Botna Valley Company hosted Busy Bees Indian Deerettes and Future Feeders 4 H Clubs at the 64 Club Thursday evening to crown Outstanding Clubs for 1973 for active participation. Club leaders and members are listed with names, and Mary Beth Costello joined a London journalism tour group with Greg Franck and siblings from Grinnell.
Mills County cattle feeders will host a five session short course in Atlantic at the Catholic Parish Hall this winter. Sessions cover feeding outlook facilities nutrition management records health and marketing with topics Jan 15 22 29 Feb 5 12. Registration 50 cents per session.
Mills County Board of Supervisors held its 1974 reorganization at the courthouse with Austin Bass reelected as chairman Henry Washburn Hastings retained as vice chairman and Walter Marshall Glenwood named as a member The agenda included a 5 percent raise for road department salaries Details to follow next week via transcript from Auditor Glenn Johnson Daylight Saving Time returns year around through 1975 starting 2 a.m Sunday Jan 6 urging residents to set clocks forward one hour.
Annual dinner of the Mills-Montgomery Livestock Feeders Association set for January 10 at 7 p.m. at Gold Crown Inn Red Oak. Guest speaker Bob Ross, US Soil Conservation Service range conservationist from Montana, to discuss ecology and western exploration. Dinner tickets $5. business meeting at noon. officer elections announced.
W B Jack Estes retires as Randolph mayor after three decades in the post. Leonard Wilkins succeeds him as mayor elect. Estes, owner of Estes Printing Service and former Randolph Enterprise publisher, remains active in printing near Fremont Mills and enjoys arm chair sports. His wife Mary continues her Beacon-Enterprise Scribblings column.
In Malvern the Commercial club held a million-dollar Funny Money Auction on December 22. Tom Gidley signals the bid as a crowd watches bogus dollars bid on items like ty set tires toys seeds and various goods. The auction drew a strong crowd and bidding was fierce yet entertaining, with many attendees feeling the event was memorable.
A week of arctic weather brought temperatures below freezing and very low daytime highs. Snow fell Friday evening with about 1 percent of an inch measured, plus over an inch more on Tuesday night. Readings from the frozen north porch summarize the chill.
Jan 10 meeting in Shenandoah at the American Legion Country Club will open at 10 am with two panels. Morning panel includes Ken Ludlow of Iowa Grain and Feed Association Jerry O Dowd of Continental Grain Robert Zuber of Omaha Bank of Cooperatives. Afternoon panel features Richard Hileman Howard Christian Maurice Van Nostrand and railroad reps with Kenneth Thatcher. Fremont County Farm Bureau sponsors the event.
Basketball returns after Christmas as area teams begin conference action. Malvern hosts Essex in Corner play while Nishna Valley visits Sidney and Treynor plays Shelby. Other Friday games include Farragut at Hamburg Fremont Mills at Stanton and South Page at New Market. Saturday Malvern travels to Glenwood. January 8 features non conference Sidney at Farragut Fremont Mills at Hamburg Villisca at New Market.
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