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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1960
Page
8
Sharlene Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Scott celebrated her tenth birthday on Tuesday from 1 30 to 5 p m Eight girls enjoyed outdoor games and contests Party favors and individual cakes with candles were served along with ice cream and root beer Decorations featured pink and white balloons crepe paper and a large birthday cake at the center.
The weekly church notes list services at Presbyterian Gilbert Belland First Baptist First Methodist and St Johns Lutheran with times for Sunday School Morning Worship MYF activities and choir meetings. July 10 highlights St Johns worship and voters meeting with plans to call another pastor and a Ladies Aid gathering on July 13.
Holy Rosary Church Glenwood lists Fr. C. S. Kaufman as pastor. Masses on first and third Sundays at 1 00 a m, second fourth and fifth Sundays at 10 30 a m, first Fridays and Holy Days at 7 30 p m. Confessions are held before every mass.
Ann Beckwith completed the Red Cross Safety Instruction course earning senior life saving and instructor certificates at Red Oak on Friday. Other students hailed from Avoca Council Bluffs Hamburg Shenandoah with the instructor from Missouri. Junior life saving course at Glenwood included Penny Mason Barbara Beasley Lara Beckwith and Buddy Hertz for 13 14 year olds.
Damage estimated at 100 dollars was done Thursday morning to the car of Charles Maloney when struck by a vehicle driven by Marvin L. Pullman Jr. The sheriff's office said Pullman turned a corner in Silver City too short.
Mills County 4-H opens a busy week with events starting Monday at Shenandoah Soil Conservation Experiment Farm. Tuesday and Wednesday feature Mills-Montgomery 4-H Camp for about 100 participants at Malvern fair grounds, including recreation, sports, chicken barbecue, and a party. Thursday hosts Sears Poultry Achievement Show with 9:30 a.m. poultry judging and 1:00 p.m. judging workout at the fair grounds. A live stock judging workout is slated for Bowtown on Friday. contact the Malvern Extension Office for details.
Mills county farmers must attend ASC township election meetings on July 14 at 8 p.m. to nominate candidates and vote for community and township committees. Locations include Wesley Chapel basement in Anderson, Hillsdale Hillsdale school, Center school in Deer Creek, and other township sites listed.
Camp Malwood leaders directors and helpers toiled last week to ensure a successful camp. A partial list shows those who did not appear and names of contributors who assisted with clearing the camp site.
Rev. Lee Strackbein on furlough from New Guinea delivered an illustrated lecture at St. John’s Lutheran Church last Wednesday. He described selecting a level land, transporting his family and supplies by sixty natives, clearing the site, and erecting a home, church, coal room, and clinic while sharing the gospel. A congregation formed and parishioners have sent supplies to the mission.
Funeral services for Lisle L. Kempton were held at Reeves- Dow funeral home with Rev. Grade W. Sietsema officiating. Interment at Tabor cemetery followed. Born June 13, 1904 in Wildwood District near Tabor, he was survived by his mother, wife Amber, children Virginia, Wilma, and Donald, plus eight grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
Nolan Howell of Red Oak was arrested in Mills County Thursday on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Joe Scheel, riding with Howell, was charged with drunkenness and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Howell’s case will go to district court.
The Big Fisherman opens at the Empress this Sunday and Tuesday in a Technicolor screen version by V. Lee based on Lloyd C. Douglas novel. The story follows Simon known as the Big Fisherman, later St. Peter, with a star studded cast and unprecedented production scale including 73 sets and nearly 6000 prop items.
A Knoxville driver, Howard F. Grigsby, was fined $25 and costs after arrest Saturday for reckless driving. He appeared before Justice Carl Remley following complaints by two motorists alleging Grigsby passed on yellow lines on Green Hill, with one driver yielding to avoid a head on collision and another forced to stop for Grigsby.
A 13 year old Glenwood bicyclist named Louis LeFever received medical aid after emerging from an alley and colliding with a car driven by Glen Lealie Johnson. He sustained a skinned elbow and a strained right foot per the sheriff's report.
The Oaks Mission Circle met at the Oaks Community Church with the theme Christ the light of the world. Officers were installed in a candle lighting service led by outgoing president Mrs Frank Oleson. Next meeting set for July 28 at 8 p m with 15 members present and refreshments served.
The Commodity Credit Corporation storage facility loan program is open again for farmers needing extra storage. At 4 percent, loans cover up to 80 percent of a maximum cost of 64 cents per bushel, repayable in four annual installments. Applications are filed at the county ASC office. Since 1949 more than 126,000 loans have financed about 398.5 million bushels of storage capacity.
Norma Jean McGee and Richard Hackett were married at Oaks Community Church on the evening of June 25 in a double ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Irwin Eleson. The couple’s parents, attendants, and guests took part as flowers, music, and a reception followed in a traditional wedding setting.
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