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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
2
Malvern weekly notes visits from friends and relatives, with anecdotes about gatherings at the Hall and neighboring homes. Several local residents and visitors from Anderson and Des Moines are mentioned along with hospital trips, illnesses, and social events. The column mixes names, illnesses, housekeeping details, and scattered travel notes from midweek to weekend.
At the annual meeting of the 15th Judicial District Bar Association held at Hotel Chieftain in Council Bluffs, Clyde Genung of Glenwood Ottergey was named president for the coming year, succeeding Larry Swan of Atlantic. Whitney Gilliland of Glenwood was named to the executive committee from Mills County.
Records from Clerk of Courts J. Franklin Greene Jr show only two couples obtained licenses: Leon Ray 35 and Madilene Brown 28 of Omaha, and Donald M. Ellis 20 and Katherine C. Drews 16 of Council Bluffs.
New automobiles registered in the past week through the county treasurer list owners and models including H. M. Bunn Glenwood Plymouth sedan Gilbert Hadley Malvern Chevrolet sedan FE L Gilbert Malvern Dodge sedan J H Livengood Pacific Junction Oldsmobile sedan Lyle Alley Hastings Ford under Ross Messenger Glenwood Ford truck Isabel Mulholland Malvern Chevrolet sedan
Malvern markets in Malvern for Wednesday January 27 list prices for wheat at Cort h SLIS, oats at 1.58, cream at 30, fags at 16 08 07. The brief commodity notes reflect local price quotes and basic market activity.
Mrs Lottie Van Orsdale visited Mrs Laura Shephard on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Meynard Gray spent the weekend with Mrs Gray's parents Mr and Mrs Walter Hilton. Mr and Mrs Fred Reasemer hosted Mr and Mrs George J Forward, Mrs Estella Sawyers, Mr and Mrs Lonny Culver, Mr and Mrs George Phelps and Grace, Mrs Mary Sawyers and children, and Mr and Mrs Ray Mayberry for potluck supper Saturday. Margaret Helen White’s birthday was celebrated Saturday at Virginia. Kenneth Rainssen, Vern Maxine and Wilma Sell attended Bridie evenings at Walter Prelgs home. Da al Reyne at Glenwood, Keasner school on Indian relives. Krdull Sawyers spent Sunday afternoon with Clifford Sell. Paul Holton, visiting the western affairs, returned Monday to Malvern.
A fragmented note recalls Continental Flag Day and a 1775 naval context involving a ship once named the Black Prince. The garbled text references Alfred, a merchant vessel, and vague phrases about exposure and danger without clear facts or dates.
The Mills County Farm Bureau News notes 1937 soil conservation rule changes, addressing seed quality, payment options, and cross border alfalfa peat imports from non Canadian sources, with references to PSM and related payments.
The document outlines payments per acre for permanent pastures and grasses mixtures with 20 percent of specific grasses, and higher payments for older mixed seedings. It details lime applications on crop and non-crop lands, fertilizer rates for non-crop pastures, and forestry and orchard practices. It also covers commercial truck farm provisions with green manure crops and soil-depleting crop considerations.
Farm and Home Week at Iowa State college will host over 70 speakers and leaders Feb 23. The event covers rural life topics from machinery and electricity to markets and livestock, with sessions for women on child care art and cooking. The week includes mass meetings on social security and community planning, plus a Little International Livestock show and many youth gatherings.
Local figures from Mills county attended the annual Town Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Des Moines in January 2022. McGrew served as president and voting delegate. Vinson Goos chaired the women’s home project. Vern Matthews was organization director. About 5,000 Farm Bureau members nationwide heard Governor Kraschel and other state and national leaders address the convention.
Services planned near St Johns Luthenor Chinn seven miles north for Afdlvern on Saturday January 30. Rev Mueller of Council Bluffs leads. Relights instruction at 2200 ppm.
Champion Hill updates list visits and dinners across several homes including the Kocherspersers Melains and Pillsburys. C W Bishop attends a Des Moines Farm Bureau convention while Alfred Cooper visits Omaha. A Sunday shower, birthday anniversary, church services, and Woman's Missionary Society meeting are noted with local hosts and leaders.
Road workers from Malvern were removing ice and snow on Monday as temperatures eased. residents note roads are nearly impassable. A birthday dinner was held at the John Ayres home for Mrs. Donald McKenzie and Mrs. Earnest Turner and family spent Sunday there. Bill McVay travels to Des Moines for work with Lee Tire. Charley Reynolds visited Frank Grout’s home. Gerald Magers recovers from pneumonia and should return to school soon. Moving begins in the area as Roy Cain moves to the former Shield farm. John Ayres and Earnest Turner travel to Shenandoah on business. Ed Sowers shows improvement.
The Baptist Church invites new members and visitors to Sunday school at 10 a.m. with a class for everyone. A preaching service follows at 11 a.m. and an evening service at 7 p.m.
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