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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1956
Page
2
Page four of The Malvern Leader reports lively social notes from Malvern and nearby areas. It lists vows, engagements, travels, and family visits including Evans, Bran, Campbell, Bateman, Hesse, and Byington. mentions aircraft carrier assignments, plane travel, and summer stays with relatives.
June 26 1954 board meeting adjourned to review bids on school buses and chassis. Present: President Wortman Directors Hertz Hauser Stevens and others. Bids discussed for Completes Bus and Chassis with top bid 8477290 for a 48 passenger bus. Secre tary opened bids and read results, noting a high bid for the chassis and other proposals.
The writer apologizes for sparse letters due to travel and rain, notes a lack of volunteers for county tasks, and expresses hope that more people will sign up. He recalls recent events and mentions community plans despite low turnout and communication hurdles.
An article explains a civil penalty for willful failure to perform a soil bank agreement. The penalty equals a percentage of the payment that would have been due if the agreement had been carried out. Edw W Hoon, Mills County ASC chairman, highlights this to farmers who signed or plan to sign reserve agreements, noting stricter cutbacks in corn and wheat. It discusses eligibility and enforcement under the law and Department of Agriculture guidelines.
The text announces the County Fair dates August 3 and 2 with entries for a Poultry Achievement Show at the fairgrounds. It calls for 4H and school participants to prepare animals and notes judging for best award contenders. Contact details are partially legible for those preparing entries and exhibitors.
Memorial services were held for Mrs Ethel Mae Ireland at Wansfield's in Malvern. She died June 27 at Red Oak hospital after a long illness. Ireland, a 45 year Malvern resident, was survived by three children and several grandchildren. Burial was at Malvern cemetery. Contributions were made to local clubs in her memory.
Miscounty Republicans laid groundwork at their Glenwood courthouse convention naming state and district convention delegates. Mrs. K A Evans of Emerson urged a neighbor to neighbor do it yourself campaign to boost turnout for the November election. Edgar Cook was reelected county central committee chairman with Elizabeth Gidley as vice chair and Wm Rathke as treasurer. The nominating and rules committees were announced with a slate of local party workers.
U wish to extend my sincere appreciation for the cards letters and savers I received during my stay in the hospital They meant so much and helped to pass away the time Paul Hall.
The Rev William Lee pastor of Tabor Christian church and Mrs Lee escaped serious injury when a semi truck carrying watermelons rear ended their car near Milford Nebraska. They had slowed for a left turning vehicle on vacation return to officiate a funeral. The Lees sustained damage but continued to Glenwood after minor repairs.
More than 7,406 Towa Metho dat ministers and laymen, including a number from this area, are expected to gather in Des Moines July 13 for Iowa Night at the North-central Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist church. The 7:45 p.m. Veterans' Memorial Auditorium meeting will feature Dr. Charles R. Goff of Chicago's First Methodist and Chicago Temple. Delegates and committee members from the Iowa-Des Moines annual conference are named, along with many delegates to state and district conventions.
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