Cub Scout Pack Tours Offutt AFB
Twenty six Cub Scouts of Pack 2 and their families visited Offutt Air Force Base by van for a dining pack meeting tour. Awards were given including Cliff McGrew and Daniel Gipe for Wolf, David Gipe, Scott Scheftel and William Angus for Lion, Mark Knight for Whelps, Guy Irvin and Ricky Glandon for Gold Arrow, Timmy Pevehouse as assistant denner and Darwin Needs Denny.
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Offutt Air Force Base
Cliff McGrew
Daniel Gipe
David Gipe
Scott Scheftel
William Angus
Lion
Mark Knight
Whelps
Guy Irvin
Ricky Glandon
Gald
Timmy Peve
Denner
Darwin
Denny
Celebration Notes on Scherle at Dutch Gun Club Event
Congressman Bill Scherle drew a divided but warm crowd with his Fourth of July address at the Dutch Gun club celebration in Mills County. He spoke four times in his home district while his family joined him in Washington recently. About 42,000 Nebraskans and visitors gathered, including former residents and travelers from Hawaii, Alaska, and Egypt, many filling the Mills County air grounds. James Denney of the World-Herald photographed the event for the Sunday Magazine.
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Bill Scherle
Bill
Washington, D.C
James Denney
World-Herald
Midlands
John Andersons
Newman's Grove
Neb
Hawaii
Alaska
Egypt
U. S
Mills County Air Grounds
Red Cross Winding Up Flood Relief Effort in Malvern
Malvern Red Cross head Mrs. Glenda Brock plans to complete flood relief operation Saturday morning after two weeks of helping families. Gifts covered furnishings clothing appliances and cash with no repayment, funded by the national mass relief system through the annual campaign. About 43 Malvern families and additional help in Pacific Junction and Glenwood were assisted, with Mills County review pending a public report.
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Glenda Brock
Malvern
The
Red Cross
Ted Crags
Thhem
Pacific Junction
Tn Glenwood
Red,Cross
Charles Stinard
Glenwood
Mills County
Joan Now Crowned State Queen After Disqualification
Joan Lindburg of Emerson, runner-up at the Iowa State Fair Queen contest, becomes state queen after the previous winner married. She will attend State College of Iowa Cedar Falls this fall, receive hotel rooms and queenly prerogatives, and crown the new queen following selection.
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Joan Lindburg
Emerson
Joan
Kirkswood
Mills County
State College of Iowa At
Cedar Falls
Town Upper University
Mills 4-H
Railways repair tracks after floods in Malvern area
Railroads serving Malvern suffered extensive flood damage with ballast shifts and landslides. Norfolk and Western and Burlington lines reported major repair work between Malvern and Dumfries and near Mas tings with slow orders in place. A crew of about 20 men worked to restore bridges, grades, and track, while remaining stretches endured dispatch delays.
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Malvern
Holt
Norfolk & Western
Ray Reed Jr
Dumfries
Mineola
Here
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Ken Bowman
QO. R. Babbitt
Carson-Sidney
Mastings
Nisha
Louis Lett Wins 12-Transistor Radio Prize
Louis Lett of Malvern has been named winner of a 12 transistor radio, awarded in the Cook Paint Sweepstakes promoted locally by Bloedel Hardware. Malvern school band plans a concert Thursday at 3 p.m. in front of the new fire station.
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Louis Lett
Malvern
Bloedel Hardware
Celebration Sets New Marks in Crowds at Dutch Gun Club Event
Dutch Gun club members held a big Fourth of July celebration drawing an estimated 12,000 attendees to the fair grounds. Visitors traveled from across the Midwest and beyond as Greyhound races, motorcycle acts, and air shows complemented top acts by Kay Bruce and Warren Darrah. Congress man Bill Scherle spoke as the highlight, with an air time fireworks finale and an auto push ball display.
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Bill Scherle
Kay Bruce
Warren Darrah
Iowa
Robbery at Kier grocery hints professional thieves
Sheriff Edwin Barkus said a Kier grocery safe robbery in Strahan early July 3 appeared professional. Between $500 and $600 was taken after a rear window was forced. The Bailey family of Council Bluffs and Pearce family plus Renee were picnic guests at George Pearce’s home Tuesday.
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Edwin Barkus
Kier
Strahan
Robert Bailey
Council Bluffs
Tom Pearce
Renee
George Pearce
Farm lad Robert Horn hurt when tractor overturns
A young farm lad, Robert Horn, was critically hurt about 3:30 p.m. Thursday when the tractor pulling a baler overturned into a roadside ditch on land owned by Ray Horn near the Mrs. Bill Hasselquist farm. Mansfield ambulance and wreckers aided. Dr J A Kline ordered rapid transport to Edmundson hospital. Robert attended Malvern elementary school.
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Robert Horn
Ray Horn
Bill Hasselquist
Mansfield
LeRoy Viner
J. A. Kline
Edmundson Hospital
Robert
Malvern
Summer Programs at Malvern Public Library
Approximately 20 youths enjoy Wednesday morning story hour at Malvern Public Library. The reading program includes 35 children with its final day on July 22, while story hour ends July 19 followed by a party.
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Malvern Public Library
30 Work Out as Mills 4-H Stock Judges
Mills county 4-H members joined five stock judging workouts June 19 at Jack Williamson farm and June 27 at Kenneth Grindle farm. On June 29 4-Hers judged three sheep classes then a swine judging session. Byron Lew and Creighton Miller led the workouts to teach screening and evaluating market and breeding animals. A third county livestock judging workout is planned for July 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Melvin Lea farm north of Malvern. High scorers in sheep were Dave Boileau DeWayne Franke Denny Boileau Robert Washburn Jeff Richards Mary Anderson and Kim Williamson. High scorers in the swine workout were Denny Boileau Cheryl Shaw Glen Dickersbach David Hilton Jon Wearin Steven Dickersbach Doug Bowen Richard Cheney Robert Wankburn Richard Cook and Donna Jer.
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Mills County
4-H
Jack Williamson
Kenneth Grindle
Byron Lew
Creighton Miller
Sente
Melvin Lea Farm
Malvern Four Corner
Dave Boileau
DeWayne Franke
Denny Boileau
Robert Washburn
Jeff Richards
Mary Anderson
Kim
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