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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1964
Page
6
Two busloads of Mormon teenagers traveling from Utah to the New York World's Fair were stopped in Mills County on Wednesday for overloading. Drivers paid fines totaling $20.62 in Justice John Hall's court and were allowed to continue after rearranging loads. The Utah travelers remarked on Iowa’s green landscape.
Douglas Littleton nine from Emerson escaped serious injury when his bicycle was struck by a pickup on Highway 34 Tuesday at about 6 10 pm. He rode into the path of the truck driven by Donald L Twaddle Emerson. He was taken to Red Oak hospital for a check over and released.
Glenwood police detained a 31 year old mentally ill patient who escaped from a California hospital six months earlier. He was found wandering on and off the highway east of Glenwood Friday evening, unable to speak or hear. He is now in Mills county custody and was sent to the state hospital at Clarinda.
Hastings council awarded Thorpe Bros Well Co a contract to drill test wells for a municipal water system. The exact cost will be determined after initial wells are sunk, with work likely to begin soon after a Thorpe crew finishes a current Atlantic project. The council also set August 4 to receive bids on 11,000 dollars of waterworks bonds.
July warmth kept car sales brisk in Mills County with sixteen registrations. Cars listed include Chevrolets to Billie L White Glenwood and Robert C Scott Emerson, Fords to Harold Smith Emerson and Lloyd Harman Glenwood, Buicks to Faye L Dyke Silver City and Clair Weiss Glenwood, plus Rambler and Mercedes-Benz entries. Marriage licenses issued cover eight couples from Omaha Council Bluffs Griswold Henderson and Emerson. Judy Asmussen begins part time work in the county superintendent’s office and will study Commercial Extension in Omaha.
Jim Anderson of Tabor cleared a field near Malvern uncovering the old Tabor and Northern Rail Way pump house built in the 1890s. The line linked Tabor with Malvern, abandoned by 1929 when tracks and rolling stock were sold to Burlington. A concrete floor, two feet of water, and remnants of rails emerged as the salvage effort proceeded. Bill Barber, farming for the Schmidts, displayed a retrieved iron.
A Goodwill Industries truck will be in the area on July 27 to collect repairable clothing, furniture, household items, shoes, toys and jewelry for the shelter ed workshop program. Donations go to the Goodwill center at 1111 South 41st St in Omaha where handicapped workers repair items and resell them, aiding their skills and independence.
A 1955 Pontiac driven by Carroll M. Cox failed brakes and jumped the curb at a Main Street parking spot in Henderson about 8 p.m. Saturday, striking Pete and Irene's Tavern door and causing about 150 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported.
Jack Stanley of Thurman was the low bidder on surfacing 1,174 miles of farm-to-market road south of Malvern. He bid $3,052 for crushed rock surfacing to be temporary during grading. the contract was let July 14 at Ames and payment will follow.
Edward Turner of Glenwood paid $100 and court costs after repeated failures to hold a valid driver's license in Justice of Peace Ernest Timmerman's court. Army service member Allen R. Heiman of Malvern faced fines for no license and reckless driving. Other traffic cases included Cecil Bross, Gilbert Greenwood, Gerre Waltersdorf, Ray Ostrander with fines ranging from $10 to $15 plus costs.
Mills county fair announces three evening entertainment shows from August 3 to August 6 led by the Mills County Saddle Club and the Reed Sisters of Malvern. Family Day on August 6 includes a pie baking contest beef and swine carcass show tractor pulling limited to county residents and a rural urban picnic at the Malvern Gun Club inviting all county residents.
At about 11 15 a m Monday on a county road five miles southeast of Hastings three people were injured in a near head on crash. Cars driven by Mrs Toby Taylor Malvern and Robert Storm route 1 Red Oak sustained about 500 dollars damage each. Taylor fractured ribs and a bruised hip while Storm had a bruised hip and dental injuries and his wife Leila suffered dental injuries and chest injury.
Sheriff Edwin Barkus reported two men who claimed to be septic tank cleaners forced their way into Mrs. C. C. Harman’s home north of Malvern on Saturday and extorted $25. Harman described the assailants as two men driving a car with a southern state license plate.
Malvern Community School district board proposing a 1.7 mill increase for 1984 65 raising the total levy to 34.56 mills. The plan includes 299 115 in general fund spending and 17 475 for bonds and interest, with higher instructional salaries cited. A public hearing is set for August 11 and the full budget will run in The Leader.
John Hays attended orientation at Iowa State University in Ames last week preparing to enroll in the College of Sciences and Humanities this fall. He took tests and visited departments with other freshmen and stayed in Westgate Hall. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W B Hays and a 1964 graduate of Malvern Community High.
A major addition to Wednesday night’s program on August 5 features an auto push ball game by the Dutch Gun Club drivers. Weather canceled the club’s Fourth of July push ball, so the Dutchmen offered the sport to the fair at no cost.
Commerce provides coffee and lemonade while a special program for ladies takes place Thursday afternoon in the girls 4H building. Mrs. C. E. Hinman of Cornell Bluffs will lead a flower arranging demonstration as 4H and FFA youths compete in the livestock show and girls present demonstrations in the girls’ building. Fair books are available at county businesses.
County supervisors approved the 1965 Mills county budget totaling 1,353,200, an increase of 209,160 from the prior year. The largest rise is in the secondary road fund, with expenditures rising from 580,224 to an estimated 850,000. Of that total, 345,000 is slated to be raised by taxation, bringing the overall tax levy to 769,200.
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