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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1971
Page
2
Local society notes show Mrs Lillian Campbell Rochester and Leonard Boehner New York visiting for the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs L F Kruse in Mineola. Many relatives and friends from Omaha Shenandoah Council Bluffs and nearby towns joined the celebration and other community events are recorded.
After 21 years in Malvern Dr M L Scheffel family will relocate to Omaha in August. Dr Scheffel now begins a pediatrics residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center after 25 years in general practice in Malvern. They will live in Cornish Heights. Lori attends Westside High School and Scott to Arbor Heights Junior High before school starts.
Thirty one Mills County youths aged 14 to 18 are hired for summer work under the Governor's Youth Opportunity Program. They work 20 plus hours weekly at 1.45 dollars per hour, with representation from Glenwood Nishna Valley Malvern and Fremont Mills districts. Jobs include Glenwood recreation, street department, pollution plant, Mills County Court House, and Glenwood State School. Community support credited to Rev Charles Cowell Guidance Counselor Myrna Johnson and Don Bruce. Keith Eckel, project director, says the group is off to a good start and ready to work for pay.
Charles Ewing returned from Mercy hospital on Monday. Clina Lynn of Hamburg was admitted to Nishna Cottage last week. Nurse Rita Maloney of Silver City was hospitalized but has returned home and her return to work is not yet known.
Sixty seven pupils from Malvern Community School District are enrolled in the Red Cross Swim Program with daily classes at Glenwood pool. Mrs. R D Mansfield chairs Malvern. Mrs. Terry Ross handles Mills County Red Cross. Program covers first grade to junior high, plus a preschool swim where mothers join. Rotary Club sponsors. buses provided by the school district. Drivers are Jim Mann and Ronald Coates.
Eleven new motor vehicles were registered this week in the county, listing owners in Glenwood Malvern Pacific Junction and Silver City. Models include Ford Buick Plymouth Mercedes-Benz Cadillac Oldsmobile Chevrolet and GMC. The week also had no marriage licenses issued and a road grading project planned near Malvern with culvert installation.
Local church notes list services at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church with a 9:30 worship and 10:30 Sunday School. Community activities include weed-cutting crews from Macedonia Henderson and Carson clearing 120 acres north of Macedonia, plus multiple family visits and social gatherings across Cedar Rapids Red Oak Shenandoah Griswold Council Bluffs Emerson and Omaha.
Mrs W H Patrick and Mike from Houston arrived for an extended visit at the Ott Menschel home. Others who visited include Lyndal Livengoods of Hamburg and the Hopp family from Denison. Mrs Don Adamvich and Douglas of Bloomington will stay a week with Russell Asells in the Menschel home. The Howard Wilsons met the Orval McVays and Linda Wilson, with weekend at Botna Bend state park.
Twenty three persons faced traffic charges in John C. Watson’s Glenwood police court. Names and penalties include Kathy Halterman at Glenwood $10 for stop sign, Mary Louise McCarty Council Bluffs $20 for prohibitive passing, Robert J. Williams Glenwood $50 for reckless driving, LaVerne Hickey Shenandoah $15 for speeding, Judy Martin Plattsmouth $18 for speeding, Wayne Decker Sigourney $30 for speeding, Harold Hendrix Glenwood $15 for distributing peace with motor vehicle, Deborah Maiers Glenwood $18 for speeding, Richard Brown Council Bluffs $10 for restricted license, Robert Baldwin Jr Omaha $10 for stop sign and $20 for speeding, Evelyn Garrett Glenwood $15 for speeding, Deborah Keating Omaha $12 for speeding, Larry Nielsen Hamburg $10 for speeding, James Garner Hamburg $10 for no driver’s license, no registration, and following too closely, Robert Tornquist Bellevue $15 for speeding, Dennis Behrhorst Clarinda $15 for speeding, Terry Lee King Ortonville Minn $15 for speeding, Robert Hawkins Glenwood $15 for speeding, James Moore Glenwood $15 for speeding, Randy Golden Glenwood $10 for no operator’s license, Kathy Batten Mineola $15 for speeding, Hanna Fisher Pacific Junction $22 for speeding, Kenneth Booth Glenwood $15 for speeding. Kenneth Eugene Powell Houston bound over to district court on a OMVE charge with $500 bond. Roscoe Brown no permanent address given one-day jail for public intoxication.
The Indian female remains kept at Iowa City will be buried in Glenwood cemetery after District Judge Leroy Johnson granted permission to license funeral directors there. State Archeologist Marshall McKusick deemed the remains insignificant for study. The find came from a pioneer cemetery west of Glenwood uncovered during highway work, with protests from Walking Moccasin, an Indian woman who appeared in court.
Members of the Methodist Sunday School gathered for a Togetherness hour on Sunday morning then adjourned until August 29. Dixie Benton’s class led worship with notes of beauty from God’s world and perfect attendance awards were given for July. After, apple juice and donuts were served in the basement as class reports were shared.
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