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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1971
Page
4
A Malvern Leader opinion piece argues labor costs drive inflation and price the United States out of global and domestic markets. It notes high wage demands curb purchasing power, boosts imports, hurts farm areas, and could trigger nationwide strikes across sectors to force economic restraint.
We visited the Bernard Brandt Estate auction on a pleasant Saturday driving through Silver City to view corn and bean fields. Prices reflected inflation with items like a chain saw at 100 dollars and an antique ice refrigerator at 10 dollars. Auctioneer Mika Bloomer kept bidders lively as antiques drew a regular crowd and bidding styles varied.
Mrs. Terry Forney announces new memorial books now available at Malvern Library. The memorials honor Lynn McNulty Angle of Repose and list donors such as Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grindle and family for Passetsions of the Mind and The White Rose, plus numerous households for titles including The Throne of Sadoro and John Adams.
A humorous home diary describes a week planned to meet Public Health standards. The author lists daily chores from basement cleaning to windows and curtains washing, aided by a volunteer youth. The tone is playful as the author tolerates grime and anticipates progress with comic self-deprecation.
Community dinners and visits populate the week with welcomes for Mrs. Phoebe Goodell and Mrs. Neil Whitesides as several households host friends and relatives. Notable events include anniversary open house for Ernest Brake, and weekend gatherings in Glenwood Malvern Tabor and Rock Island connections among Culley, Stotts, Skerritt, McFall, Stille, Mayberry and others.
The journal notes numerous social calls and visits across towns. Mr and Mrs Walter Stille visited Henderson area friends. Mrs Butterfield returned home after surgery in Council Bluffs. Chriz Stephens stayed with Roger Alexander. Mrs Tom Pearce with children hosted. Mrs Leonard Parker visited Shenandoah and Bellevue. Phoebe Goodell hosted Delma Goodell from Rosemont. Delma accompanied her father Jewell Asbury’s California burial. Social callers included Beulah Wirth of Tabor and Jay Donald.
The Women's Society of Christian Service met at the church with Mrs. Glen Sowers teaching retirement. Next meeting will be a 1:00 luncheon on Sept 8. Various local families attended gatherings and visits across Ava, Elgin, Des Moines, Shenandoah, and Guthrie Center over the weekend and into the week.
Descendants of the J B R Clark family held a reunion at Glenwood Park on July 11 with attendees from Glenwood Malvern Council Bluffs Cleveland and more. Several family visits and hospital updates followed plus birthday and anniversary observances and a July 4th gathering at the Everett McGrew home.
Everett McGrew hosted Wednesday afternoon visitors including Wallace Melton Margaret Hohn and Earl Maddocks Sr. Darrell Godfrey assisted Rev Delbert Terry at Nishna Valley Parish churches. Parish Council met at Wesley Chapel. Picnics at Greenwood hosted Rock Club by Eric Nyren and Horace Greenwood. Linda Wilson returned from Council Bluffs visit. Howard Wilsons hosted guests John Wilson Chris Long and Lori Smith for ice cream. Dennis Turner family attended Ned Turner supper.
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