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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1965
Page
10
Readers view a photo with W. A. Caldwell omitted from the treasurer row. Southwest Iowa gains from new recreational programs. Banks report deposits at a new high. Malvern begins construction of facilities. Roth Packing Co changes hands in Glenwood.
Malvern Community High School will be honored with a plaque for scholarship by the Iowa Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at a public assembly Thursday January 14 at 10 a m in the Community building. Principal A H Nothem announces the top Class A school award honors three 463 graduates Lara Beckwith Nancy Lisle and Patricia Newell whose freshmen year records at the University of Iowa earned the distinction. Dr Arthur Barts Alpha chapter president will present the plaque. CARD OF THANKS We thank Malvern fire department for quick response at our Saturday morning fire and those who helped clean up afterward Mrs Martin Seipold
Mills County issued a bumper crop of 1964 auto and truck plates with 5 023 car plates and 1 566 truck plates. Clerk Lee Ross at the Mills court house auto license division oversaw the busy week as sales closed. The previous year saw 4 941 car plates and 1 475 truck plates issued.
Malvern Band Mothers elect Mrs. Kenneth Scott president at annual meeting held in Mrs. Sam Benscoter’s home. Officers include Mrs. Gladys Leipold, Mrs. August Ponton, and Mrs. Earl Bass. The group approves funding for new uniforms costing about 100 dollars per set, with hats potentially reused to keep near 115 dollars total. A Band Mother committee will coordinate with school officials to finalize purchases. uniforms feature black pants and jackets with an orange overlay as shown.
Rep Wim J Scherle of Fremont Mills district heads to Des Moines for the Sixty eighth General Assembly opening. He forecasts an active yet constructive minority will push for reapportionment school aid property tax relief and road funding while opposing new taxes and broad state office appointments. He favors annual sessions and limits on capital punishment and ballots.
Nishna Valley will host a regional meeting for the Division of Vocational Education to discuss implementing the Vocational Education Act of 1983 in Iowa. The session starts January 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the high school with Lewis Doubleday opening at 7:20 and talks on General Outlook in Voc Ed and specific service areas to follow.
Two structures for the new Highway 34 will cost $275,000. Des Moines firms won bids for the Silver Creek bridge and the Burlington overhead. M. Cohran & Son, Inc. bid $69,921.30 for the Silver Creek bridge, a 192 ft 6 in structure of pre stressed concrete. The overhead, continuous welded steel girders, will be 349 ft 6 in long and cost $205,410.89.
Ground was broken in Malvern this week for a Spencer Chemical Division fertilizer plant. A 468 by 120 foot warehouse and an 18 by 48 foot office will be built by Younglove Construction Co. of Sioux City. Howard Notson of Shenandoah will manage the plant, moving here with wife and daughter.
Paul Nicklaus of Madison was fined 10 dollars and costs by Justice John Hall after arrest on New Year’s night by Marshal C. W. Rich for throwing glass into the street disturbing the peace authorities said.
Malvern firemen were summoned early Saturday to Mrs. Martin Leipold’s farm north of Malvern where a blaze destroyed one barn and its sows and pigs. Local responders contained the flames and no injuries were reported.
Mills County sees record bank deposits totaling 15,472,940.80 at five reporting banks as of December, helped by a strong soybean crop, good corn harvests, and farm payments. Deposits rose from 13,250,414.70 a year earlier, pushing per capita totals to about 1,500 while noting deposits in Henderson and neighboring counties are not counted. Loans and discounts also rose versus 1963, with totals across the five banks showing improvement.
A vehicle driven by Rodney R. Plisex of Omaha sustained $200 in damage when he failed to turn at the weighing station corner and left the road into a ditch three miles east of Glenwood on highway 275-34 at about 10 30 p m Sunday. Sheriff Edwin Barkus' office reported the incident.
Rigoberto Areces, former president and director of the Banka Areces in Colon Cuba and now auditor of the Nevada National Bank in Indiana, will speak at a public affairs presentation sponsored by Mills County Farm Bureau ship in Malvern Community Building. He will discuss the Cuban communist takeover and show a film Communist Encirclement.
A Hammond electric organ was installed at the Malvern Presbyterian church this Wednesday as a gift from J. R. Hurst and family in memory of Mrs. Hurst who died a year ago. Mrs. Hurst was active in church affairs and a charter member of the Westminster Guild.
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