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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1963
Page
9
Financial report for the Town of Hastings Iowa covers year ending December 31 1962 with valuation and tax data. Local notices report hospital stays transfers and community events including Rebekah Circle meeting January 30 and Lodge officers installed last week.
The Hastings Federated Women’s Club will meet in the Hastings Community Building dining room February 1 at 2 p.m. The session will include a study sermon on the Mount. Time change begins February 3 with worship at 9:20 and Sunday School at 10:30.
Ronald Webb a 62 year old West Des Moines school teacher died of a heart ailment December 2 in Kingsport Tennessee while visiting his son Robert Webb. A native of Durand Wisconsin he studied in his home state and at Peru State Teachers College. He lived in Des Moines twenty years taught physical education at Phoenix Elementary and belonged to Uptown Lions Club NEA and Iowa State Teachers Association. Services were held December 31 at St Theresa Catholic church with burial at Hastings beside his wife Lucille. Surviving: daughter Sharon Thompson West Des Moines. sons Robert Kingport Tennessee and Jerry Norfolk West Virginia. brothers Hart Iron Mountain Michigan Arthur Lansing Michigan Clarence Eau Claire Wisconsin. sisters Katherine Harmon Pepin Wisconsin and Peg Bauer Durand Wisconsin. Mr Webb was well known in Hastings where he and wife taught for years.
Hillsdale parents and friends gathered at Hillsdale Rural School on Wednesday for community night. Knop of Hastings showed slides from her trip to Louisiana with a group of Bureau ladies and spoke about the past fall journey. Several Hastings and nearby residents attended, with a chill supper after a basket ball game and social visits throughout the weekend.
The Rural Improvement Club gathered January 16 at Hillsdale Church for an all day meeting and guest day hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thieschafer. About fifty members and guests enjoyed a cooperative dinner, with decorations by Mrs. Ernest White and Mrs. Forrest Bloomer, and programs featuring Mrs. Mona Pace of Malvern with travel slides. The day ended with singing and a Lord’s Prayer, with plans for a February meeting hosted by Mrs. Bloomer.
The Hillsdale Methodist Church official board met Monday night with Rev. E LeRoy Pullman leading prayer. Forrest Bloomer presided, items discussed included pastor's school plans and church notices. Attendance lagged due to extreme cold but the sermon by Rev H LeRoy Pullman on understanding beyond sight was well received. A Christmas thank you note from the Pullman family closed the session.
Hillsdale WSCS met January 17 at Mrs. Clayton Bower’s home with co host Mrs. Glen Howrey. Fourteen members two young girls Rev LeRoy Pullman and Mrs Everett Stouder attended. Missionary secretary Rev Mae Phelps in Africa sent a letter. Treasurer Ben Jackson reported finances.
Sophomores prepare to choose class rings on February 15 as Josten ring representative Bill Thieman displays options. The event aims to help students decide between petite, knucklebuster, red or black sets and finalize a style that day.
In a brief exchange at a school, two students and a third search for the gab room. A Student Council Member reveals the gab room times and location, saying it is in room 101 with specific morning and afternoon slots.
Notice and rumor warn students of a District Court case under Judge Nothem over leaving personal property in the school building and on lockers. The message insists on penalties, fines, and possible extra time. It mentions ring adjustments for upperclassmen with Mr Thieman available after classes.
The Frost narrative poem The Death of the Hired Man will be dramatized on February 5 by four Drama Club members. Four actors Neil Hansen plays a New England farmer Susan Darrah his wife John Hays a hired man and Carole Horn a neighbor. The one act with the porch setting highlights Frost style with vivid imagery before a tragic turn.
Karen Henderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ken Pheth Henderson, is named MCHS Senior of the Week. She plans to study home economics or elementary education after graduation and has taken English literature, American problems, home economics and algebra I this year. She cites her freshman year Christmas ball and initiation as highlights and credits good grades as her main goal, praising Malvern High School and its teachers.
Karen lists cooking sewing piano and reading as hobbies. She enjoys Moon River and cakes pizza pabeger and other foods. A fan of the New York Yankees she participates in band FHA Math Club and National Honor Society at MCHS.
Kathy Scott, MCHS senior daughter of Mr and Mrs Archie Scott, studies American government English literature bookkeeping and shorthand. She is student librarian FHA member and head cheerleader who enjoyed attending the state girls basketball tournament at Waterloo. She plans to attend Barnes Beauty school after graduation.
An opinion piece laments slick icy conditions at a school ramp amid a snowstorm and freezing temperatures. The author questions how students and staff cope with the hazard, suggests a railing could provide needed support, and notes the ice may melt or refreeze.
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