Personnel Change At Leader Keeps Show On
A leadership shift occurs this week with Mrs Patsy Thomas leaving the production department and Mrs Pat Johnson replacing her. Mrs Thomas and family relocate to Jonesboro Arkansas for new employment. Mrs Gloria Grissom continues in production. Ed Leu confirms the show will go on. The Dutch Gun club plans a July Fourth celebration and the Mills County Board of Education annual expenditures report appears on page eight. Auto license renewals before January 31 create long lines and a record year for Mills County with brisk renewals and a heavy renewal desk load.
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Patsy Thomas
Pat Johnson
Thomas
Danny
Jonesboro
Ark
Johnson
Gloria Grissom
Ed Leu
Town of Emerson Financial Report
Mills County Board of Education
F.M. Robinson
Mills County
Cancer planning session set for Feb 6 in Red Oak
Representatives from 13 southwest Iowa county chapters of the American Cancer Society will attend a one day area crusade planning meeting in Red Oak on Wednesday February 6. Registration starts at 9 30 a.m. at the Gold Crown Inn. The session aims to review April education and fund raising plans involving a task force of more than 45000 Iowa volunteers. Arthur F Stocks executive vice president of the Iowa Division will moderate. Chapters include Adair Adams Audubon Cass Fremont Harrison Mills Montgomery East Page West Page Pottawattamie Shelby and Taylor.
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Iowa
American Cancer Society
Red Oak
Jack Wright
Montgomery County
Gold Crown Inn
Arthur F. Stocks
Mason City
Adair
Adams
Audubon
Cass
Fremont
Harrison
Mills
Montgomery
East Page
West Page
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Taylor
Vocational Education Week Observed Across Iowa
February 10 through 16 designated Vocational Education Week in Iowa. Ward Thelen Malvern Jr Sr High School principal says the observance highlights merits of vocational education. Community members are invited to visit the high school vocational program and view projects. Malvern Senior Citizens will hold a pot luck dinner on Thursday February 7, a date change due to venue use.
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Iowa
Ward Thelen
Malvern Jr Sr High School
Malvern
Grain Marketing Meet in Mills County
Mills County Extension hosts a grain marketing program on February 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Malvern Community Building. LaVerne Obrecht says questions on grain marketing sparked the program and Robert Wisner of Iowa State University will lead. Topics cover hedging, basis factors, hedging mechanics, and choosing options.
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Mills County Extension
Malvern
LaVerne Obrecht
Obrecht
Robert Wisner
Towa State University
Malvern High honors Betty Crocker Leader of Tomorrow
Marcie Sinner named Malvern High School 1973 74 Betty Crocker Family Leader of Tomorrow after winning the written knowledge and attitude exam on December 4. State and national honors await with a $1500 college scholarship for the state winner and a $500 grant for second place. State winner earns The Annals of America for the school from Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. The spring tour to Washington DC and Minneapolis accompanies the award, with a potential $5000 all American Family Leader of Tomorrow scholarship. Additional scholarships go to 4000 3000 and 2000 for second to fourth places, plus a $1000 Nutrition scholarship. The Betty Crocker Search encompasses 703 074 students from 14 463 schools. Since 1954 55 nearly nine million students have participated and awards total over $2 million.
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Deb Len
Annals of America
Encyclopaedia Brittanica Educational Corporation
General Mills
Washington, D. C
Minneapolis
Betty Crocker
Mills County Bank Deposits Jump 5.4 Million in 1973
Mills County banks report a year end 1973 deposits total of 35,166,525.25, up from 29,750,639.88 in 1972, with loans at 18,698,363.23 versus 16,560,321.16 previous year. Figures exclude Henderson branch of State Bank and Trust of Council Bluffs amid mixed economic signals and currency constraints.
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Mills County
Henderson
State Bank and Trust of
Council Bluffs
Malvern Trust & Savings
Glenwood State
A Mills Co
Emerson
Mineola
Glenwood
Emerson State
STE
Weather Drift at Happy Hill Thaws Amid Bright Skies
A thawing porch rail at Happy Hill records daytime temperatures mostly in the forties to fifties with mildly cold nights. Cloudiness occasional but overall bright blue skies. relief for those aiming to conserve fuels as spring edges in.
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Happy Hill
Correction on Homestead Exemption Forms Issued
Correction note explains that fieldmen will not have the Homestead exemption forms. Taxpayers who acquired new or different property since the last assessing year must visit the Assessor's office to obtain the proper forms.
Public Meeting on Malvern School Addition Set for Monday
The Malvern Community School District Board calls a public hearing February 4 at 8 p.m. in the high school cafeteria to discuss a proposed building addition. Architect Fran Biskup will show plans. patrons can ask questions and discuss with the Board, Superintendent, and architect. Supt. Jack Jones urges attendance.
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Malvern Community
Fran Biskup
Board of Education
Mills County to switch to voting machines in June
Mills County adopts twenty three voting machines from Automatic Voting Machine Corporation for the June 4, 1974 primary. Machines will be displayed for public demonstration in several locations with trained staff guiding voters. Cost totals $50,738 funded from Revenue Sharing for capital improvements.
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Mills
Mills County
Mills County Board of Supervisors
Automatic Voting Machine Corporation
County Board of Supervisors
County Commissioner of Elections
County Revenue Sharing Fund
Parole Granted After Assault Charge in Mills County
Buford Etter of Pacific Junction received a one year parole term to the Bureau of Adult Correction Services after a Mills County District Court trial for assault with intent to do great bodily harm stemming from a late 1973 incident. Judge R Kent Martin handed down the sentence. A separate notice invites a Ground Hog Pancake Supper at Henderson United Methodist Church on Saturday February 2, serving from 5 p.m. with a free will offering.
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Fort Madison
Buford Etter
Pacific Junction
Mills County
R. Kent Martin
Etter
Bureau of Adult Correction Services
Henderson United Methodist Church
Latchaw Leaves Gift to Cemetery
The East Liberty Cemetery Association receives a $500 gift from the estate of Milton Latchaw. Executor Mrs. Marion Wilson, Latchaw’s daughter, presented the donation as recognition of his work reorganizing and improving the cemetery grounds. Spokesman Edwin Leu thanked the family for a memorial to be remembered for years.
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East Liberty Cemetery
Milton Latchaw
Marion Wilson
Latchaw
Enrollment Drops Across SWI Schools for 1973-74
Final figures show declines in enrollment for the 1973-74 year in the SWI area. Malvern is down three, Nishna Valley down twelve, and Glenwood down seven since September though totals remain above 1972-73.
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Swi
Malvern
Nishna Valley
Glenwood
Malvern High Students Present Large Group Declamation Evening
Thirteen Malvern high school students perform a public declamation program this Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Band Room stage. The Reader's Theatre opener The Youngest is directed by Steve Sands with Beth Robbins, Julie Swoboda, Rory Jack, Judy Kelley, Tim Bedsworth, and Joe Phelps. Duets include a Pride and Prejudice cutting by Sandy Jones and Sandy Fay that advances to state, and a Dark at the Top of the Stairs scene by Kathy and Julie Swoboda. The final one act Not Enough Rope is a theatre of the absurd piece. Admission is 50 cents for students and a dollar for adults.
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Malvern High School
Reader's Theatre Selection
Steve Sands
Beth Robbins
Julie Swoboda
Rory Jack
Judy Kelley
Tim Bedsworth
Joe Phelps
Sandy Jones
Sandy Fay
William Inge
Kathy
Geome
Cooper Nuclear Station Receives 40-Year License
The Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville Nebraska receives a full 40 year operating license from the Atomic Energy Commission for NPPD. Towa Power will take half the plant output once in service. Initial work includes fuel loading and low power testing before ramp to full power, with an expected 800000 kilowatts net and 548 fuel bundles across 26852 rods. Commercial operation at full power expected to meet summer demand.
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Cooper
Brownville
Nebra
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Directorate of Licensing
Atomic Energy Commission
Towa Power
AEC
Cooper Nuclear Station
Mississippi River
West Coast
Iowa Power
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MCHS
General Mills, Inc
State Family Leaders of Tomorrow
State
Supt
Jack Jones
Louden
Voc Ag
Bob Louden
Soil Conservation Service
Creston
Secretary of State
Poncahontas
Greene
Dickinson
Humbolt
Inside
Church Notes Society
Malvernians Wesley
Strahan
Treynor News
Hastings
Emerson Henderson
Silver City
Mt, Vernon
Missouri River
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