Girl Arrested for Forging Checks in Glenwood
Lorraine Collins aged 15 from Red Oak was arrested by Sheriff Robert I Moore in Glenwood last Friday for passing forged checks. She bought shoes at Atekruse Store with a forged check and attempted to cash a $10 check at Lee Store before being questioned. She admitted the forgery and was returned to Red Oak to face prior parole-related charges from December 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Collins
Red Oak
Robert I Moore
Glenwood
Miss Collins
Atekruse
Clyde Deube
Lee
Alltekruse
Misa Collins
Moore
Heswan
Wildlife Exhibit at Glenwood to Open Soon
The State Conservation Commission Education Exhibit will tour Glenwood at the courthouse square from 2 PM to 9 PM on July g. Built on a 34 foot trailer the unit houses about 30 native birds and animals 10 tanks of eye fish four cages of snakes and a self contained power plant public address and moving picture equipment. The traveling show aims to bring conservation stories to state schools with an average of 7 000 school children attending weekly. If weather allows a film will be shown at 8330.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Glenwood
Court House Square
The
Conservation Commission
Morrell Executive to Schroeder Packing Company
Victor A. Gibbs, former Morrell beef sales manager, will become general sales manager for Schroeder Packing Co. in Glenwood. Gibbs, with 28 years at Morrell, plans to move around August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrell
Schroeder Packing Company
Schroeder Packing Co
Glen Wood
Victor A. Gibbs
John Morrell and Co
Ottumwa
Gibbs
Schroeder
Morrell and Co
Glenwood
Wheat Loan Set at 2 10 Per Bushel
Mills county farmers can obtain government wheat loans at two dollars and ten cents per bushel through the county AAA office. Loans run from harvest until December 31 1948 and mature on demand or by April 30 1949. Warehouse loans are issued at two dollars and twenty four cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Fred Hertoge
AAA
Bank deposits slip below ten million amid postwar inflation
Mills county bank deposits fall to 853 003 00 from 310 027 970 56 on April 12 and 10 883 541 80 a year ago as postwar inflation reduces savings. High mark reached 11 222 008 30 last October with total county deposits around 9 636 836 45 and 32 275 174 38 for what appears to be a statewide and regional trend.
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Mills County
Juna
Malvern T
Glenwood
Emerson State
Silver City
Mineola State
Henderson Branch
Final Rites Held Here for J Arthur Cox
Final rites were held at Mansfeld Funeral home for James Arthur Cox born Oct 1 1879 near Jonesboro Tend. He married Julia Idabelle Bacon Jan 28 1899 and later Flora Belle Johnson Aug 7 1963. He died July 6 after years of ill health in Shenandoah, leaving seven children and fourteen grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfeld
James Arthur Cox
Wm. Baker
Malvern
Paul Seeger
J. A. Kline
Jonesboro
Tend
Julia Idabelle Bacon
Iowa
Mal Vern
Flora Belle Johnson
Hastings
Shenandoah Hospital
Carl
West Side
Hart
Omaha
Ralph
Grand Junction
Charles
Monte Vista
Colo
Wahneeta Thomas
Concordia
Kan
Grace Slattery
Long Beach
Calif
Mabel Swain
Jefferson
Charles Cox
Ralph Cox
Evan Swain
Carl Cox
Robert Cox
J. A. Cox
Shenandoah
Coons Bring Three Pups to Durbin Farmstead
Coons captured at J F Durbin farmstead southwest of Emerson yielded three pups given to Durbin’s two sons. Jimmie watches Robert Knights feed one from a bottle as the others hide. The young raccoons make a noisy, lively display, scampering around and climbing trees, while remaining generally friendly and playful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Durbin
Emerson
Mr. Durbin
Admiral
Jimmie
Robert Kights
Paina
Final judging of junior garden plots at Malvern club
The Malvern Garden Club judged 18 plots 11 by 25 feet cared for by junior members. First prize went to Barbara Hell, Wathryn Dalryny, and Sally Mulholland. second to Barbara Brewer and Janet Martin. third to Barbara Shonka and Dixie Sanders. Honorable mention awarded to James Frasier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern Garden Club
Frank Churchill
Francis Pace
Barbara Hell
Wathryn Dalrynyple
Sally Mulholland
Barbara Brewer
Janet Martin
Barbara Shonka
Dixie Sanders
James Frasier
Wheat Flows to Elevators in Annual Harvest
Mills county reports a record wheat harvest across about 24000 acres with yields reaching 60 bushels per acre in flood damaged areas. Elevators near Malvern see long lines as trucks unload while belts run full. Strong weather boosted picking progress and farmers anticipate completion within a week despite army worm damage in some fields.
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Mills County
Malvern
Nishna
Ray W. Jones
The
Lot Conservation Service
Benson
Willard Named Secretary of Malvern Schools
John Willard, cashier of the Malvern Trust & Savings Bank, was named secretary of the Independent School District of Malvern at a board meeting on July 1. The board offered contracts to Robert Harris as high school principal at 2700 dollars per year and to Mrs. Marry Kemp as mathematics instructor at 2500 dollars. Willard succeeds Jm. W. Sale, who asked to be relieved after serving since 1925. The secretary handles attendance at meetings, minutes and financial records, warrants, and reports. The board also reviewed teaching applications and other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willard
Malvern Trust & Savings Bank
Independent
Malvern
Board of Education
Robert Harris
Mal Vern
Marry Kemp
Willard
Mills Republicans Back Byington for District Judge
Mills county Republicans backed former county attorney Byington for district judge at the county convention last Friday. He faces Judge Vernon Johnson of Sidney for the Republican nomination at the district judicial convention in Council Bluffs on July 29. Delegates for state and district conventions were named, with endorsements for secretary of state candidate Ellen Mitchell and various party officers and committees. Also noted is a two weeks trip by Mr and Mrs Donner and Volney Smith departing Des Moines for Washington and B C stops before returning to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Backton
Byington
Vernon Johnson
Sidney
Council Bluffs
Elen Mitchell
W. C. Rathke
Glenwood
Whitney Inland
Virginia Gilland
Inez Mpn
Lois FE. Drake
Edgar &E. Cook
Donald Strand
Madje Selzak
C. D. Alstrope
Harry Logan
Mildred Schade
Eliot Thomas
Dale Harper
Ed Carter
GC. G. Taylor
Ela Daniel
Mavern
W. R. Byingtor
Harry Evans
Emerson
Leona Dixon
Pearl McLain
Pacific Junction
E. L. Fisher
Shirley Lincoln, Jr
Hilver City
R. P. Galt
William Drake
Beasie Merritt
Louis Scott Robinsonli
W. K. Brown
K, R. Cook
Frank Duval
Rollin Buffington
Ed Green
Malvern
W. R. Ayington
Ruth Salyers
F. R. Chantry
F. A. Wortman
J. R. Hall
Iran Turner
Robert Evans
John Barnes
Martha Ann Evans
Hastings
Henry Washburn
Wendell Lambert
Imogene
Chas
W. Rayton
Frank Boyle
Mineola
L. F. Kruse
H. M. Logan
KK. R. Cook
W. B. Drake
Mary E. Logan
Fay McManigal
Robinson I
Walter Breen
C. Dp
Aistrope
Brown
W. R. Byington
F. R, Wortman
Donner
Shirley Lincoln, Sr
el, Fisher, Emerson
Roscoe Greenwood
Henry W. Washburn
FL Or
Chantry
KR. Cook
J. L. Donners
4. Donner
Donald
Volney Smith
Des Moines
Robert Chesebrough
Washington
B. Cc
Mercury Soars As Heat Wave Stretches Across Week
An Iowa town endures a scorching week with temperatures peaking at 98 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rainfall totals include 1.10 inches Sunday morning and 1.19 inches on another day. Highs ranged from the mid 60s to upper 90s while lows stayed in the 60s and 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Power & Light Co
Democrats Recall At County Convention In Glenwood
Democrats in Milla county held a county convention in Glenwood naming delegates to state and district events. They reelected Frank Wallace as county chairman and approved resolutions recalling pre New Deal days while praising Roosevelt and Truman and urging support for Democratic tickets. Delegates and alternates across Silver City Hastings Mineola Malvern Glenwood and Pacific Junction were listed for state judicial and congressional conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milla County
Glenwood
Frank Wallace
A. J. Bett
L. T. Genung
Margaret Buttman
Malvern
F. J. Wallace
Mariam R. Genung
Robert Hopp
Max G. Siref
Gordon Steiner
Henderson
Phyllis Simmons
Jane Belt
Ann Cheyney
Harry Sligger- Veer
Verne O. Moore
Pacific Junction
Lorraine Breeding
Viola Buchel
Mineola
G. T. Harover
Gep. H. White
Fred Buttman
John McGintus
Imogene
L. Z. Genung
Paul Cheyney
Ivan P. Steele
Fred Lockabill
Hastings
Clifford V. Moore
A. Flanagan
Silver City
Harry Slikkerveer
Edward Hopp
Guenwood
Otha D. Wearin
Viola Biche
Clay Estes
Allen Watts
Pacific
Lola Boguette
Ernest DeLashmutt
J. H. Deitchler
Millie Eytes
Fred Thieschafer
Ivan P. Steel
Cleva Master
Tada Flanagan
Glennond
Geo. H. White
Fre Buttman
Melvern
Fred Lonokabil
Ward Fickle
John McGinnis
Verne C. Moore
Otha D Wearin Named as State Demo Keynoter
Former congressman Otha P Wearin of Hastings was chosen as keynoter for the state Democratic convention to be held in Des Moines on July 30. He will also serve as temporary chairman, and though out of political activity recently due to failing eyesight, he remains one of the party’s leading orators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otha P, Wearin
Hastings
Des Moines
Wearin
Emerson Dedicates Honor Roll and War Memorial Monument
A Sunday afternoon ceremony at Emerson Park dedicated the community War Memorial Monument and honor roll plaque honoring World War II veterans. Speaker W. Rathke of Glenwood, former state commander of the American Legion, praised service. Mayor Robert Rudin accepted the memorial as Rev. C. H. Roos offered the dedication, with W RC and Legion Auxiliary participants supporting the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHU
Emerson Park
W. ©. Rathke
Glenwood
American Legion
Rathke
Frank Ogrevie
Women’s Relief Corps
W. OH. Cramer
C. Hoos
Legion Auxiliary
Marlon Peterson
Red Oak
R. Kh. Honeyman
L. BE. Brammeier
Emerson Community Club
Robert Rudin
C. H. Roos
OH. Shankly
Flaga
Card Of Thanks From Achenbach Family
We thank friends for flowers and expressions of sympathy during the death and burial of our wife and mother. Da W. Achenbach and Family.
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da. W. Achenbach
Dutch Gun Club refreshment stand thanks patrons
Nell Winchell thanks the Dutch Gun Club and all who bought refreshments last Monday evening for helping fund the celebration, expressing appreciation for the opportunity to contribute to the success of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Winchell
Mills 4-H Clubs Score at Clarinda Field Day
Mills County 4-H clubs showcased strong turnout at the Soil Conservation Field Day in Clarinda on July 2. Five clubs attended, including Hastings Junior Feeders and Mills County Prize Winners, with about 75 Mills County farmers present, many attending for the first time. A follow up in the fall will report Brass fed cattle experiment results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alls County
Pat Clarinda
Minw County
Hastings
Silver Creek
Ingraham
Mills County
Hastings Provides Hospital Bed for Community Use
Public spirited citizens of Hastings purchased a hospital bed to aid bedridden residents for long-term care. A plastic mattress cover was added for cleanliness. The bed is in use by Mrs. Flora Fellows, who recently returned from the hospital and praised the convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Flora Fellows
Emerson church installs Schulmerieh Electronies bells
The Methodist church at Emerson installs Schulmerieh Electronies in a memorial for Judge and Mrs Jaewis Tubbs and Mrs Rae Tubbs Alexander. A future dedication will mark the completion, with church members hoping the event offers a beautiful reminder of community worship and opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Mraerson
Jaewis Tubbs
Rae Tubbs Alexander
Doc Tubbs Still Unreconstructed Rainmakers and Bug Dust
Emerson Iowa June 24 1943 a letter from RB Tubbs recalls local lore about Haln Makers Morse family in a granary setup predicting lightning rods and spraying to combat pests. He contrasts past skepticism with modern education from Iowa State Ames and local colleges, praising progress and urging civic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tubby
Emerson
Noticipau
Huway
Iowa
Allen
Emersonites
Mr. Morse
Morse
Howe
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Nick Parenti
Mr. Parenti
Ated Malvern Coffee Shop
R. Bingham and
Orville Durbin
Dia
J. Arthur Cox
Awain Shenandoah Hospital
Durbins
Malvern Schools
Rob’t Harris
Mills
Ruth
Tabor
Shenandoah Business College
Ames
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