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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
4
Community notes from Henderson recount a quiet Christian Aid gathering at the church with Mrs Phelps and Mrs Mere in attendance. Local residents send regards as relatives visit, with updates on weddings, illnesses, travel, and upcoming church events.
The Henderson Consolidated School District Board in Anderson Township Wits County Iowa will meet August 5 1940 at 8 30 a m at the School House. Taxpayers may speak for or against the expenditure estimate. Claude Wilson district secretary.
The Mills County Office of the County Auditor reports a proposed vacation of a road running from the northeast corner of Section 10 to the southeast corner of Section 16 in Township 73 Range 40, passing through properties of Daugherty Farrington Houser Curran Woods and Maloy toward Henderson. Objections or damage claims must be filed by noon August 12, 1940, otherwise the road will be rotated without further notice. E A Schade, County Auditor, dated July 2, 1940.
Work on the new road near Box Elder is advancing with the grade north and south of Pottawattamie county. Wade Freeman is employed by Otto Maas this week. Local residents and families visit and care details are listed, including illnesses and farm work as farmers cut small grain and contend with field pests.
In a fragmentary note the text references a medical or procedural scene with a doctor and a grouped action. The readable portions suggest tension around a reluctant doctor and a tightly formed collective or cohort. The exact names and events remain unclear due to the garbled OCR.
County Agent John Longstreet gave Silver Creek 4-H Club a dairy quiz at the Chamberlain home on July 4. The ten questions covered care and management of the dairy cow, mirroring National Dairy Week content for freshmen. Refreshments followed. attendees included Virginia, Twila, Velma Chamberlain, Max, Dorothy Boles, Key Evans, Bill Summers, Joli Longstreet, Don Darland, and guest Joli Longstreet. The next meeting, at Ken Evans' home on Sug, was set for September 2 to plan for the fair.
The Sidney recruiting station advertises vacancies in the U S army for men aged 18 to 35 with special needs for cooks, motor mechanics, and typists. Five Air Corps openings target high school graduates. Enlistees earn $21 to $157.50 monthly with full clothing, room, board and medical care provided.
Seventeen Mills County Prize Winners 4 H members gathered at Granville Williams home Thursday evening for the July meeting. Roll call listed favorite vacation spots with the northern Minnesota lake region as a favored choice.
Cole Bros Circus returns to Council Bluffs on Saturday July 20 with 250 acts led by Ken Mayneaud and wild west stars. The program features the Loyal Repenski Family bareback riding the Weber Brothers and Chattita pyramids, Wrannocks acrobats Delbois with three rings of educated horses, Alonzo Denver and five elephant herds, and 60 clowns. Two performances begin at 2 PM and 8 PM.
District club leaders discuss culling of laying flock and hurdles for showing swine at the MINe county fair. A Chicago visitor at Grinnell commencement complains of pickpockets. wallet later found in suitcase. Richard Sherlock in Omaha fined for unpaid telephone bill after a Wichita call. Beer truck and ice cream truck collision near Dyersville causes damage. Worm eaten rock from Missouri used to build a three room house near Indianola with a geology note by Dr. Louise Fillman describing worm burrows in dolomitic limestone.
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