Community Honors Soldier Dead in Malvern Memorial Day Services
The Malvern community held Memorial Day services at the cemetery with a parade led by the school band. The program included invocation by Rev Howard Mace, remarks by Paul Messenger a 1972 MCHS graduate headed for the Naval Academy, and a salute at the Unknown Soldier gravestone. 61 flags fly over the grounds.
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Malvern
Malvern Cemetery
Main St
American Legionnaires
Max Blackburn
Harry Hammons
Mace
Malvern Community Improvement l League
Blackburn
Rayburn Benton
MCHS
John F. Kennedy College
Kathy Leu
Coleen
Joleen Ponton
Joyce Stephens
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Linda Wahburn
U.S. Naval Academy
Anapolis
Paul Messenger
Wm. J. Scherle
Silver City
McDowell Named Head Football Coach for Panthers
McDowell, longtime junior high mentor, is hired as varsity Panthers head coach after a May 26 board vote. He will begin with practice in late August, replacing Dan Stineman who left after five seasons. Malvern firefighters tackled a van fire near town. the blaze was extinguished quickly.
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Harley McDowell
Roger Rohlfs
McDowell
Northwestern College
Dan Stineman
Panther
Malvern
Norman Pierce
New Art Teacher Joins Malvern School System
Jean Ellen Knapf is hired as the new art teacher for grades K through 12 in the Malvern Community system. A May graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, she hails from Hazleton.
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Malvern
Jean Ellen Knapf
Miss Knapf
The
University of Northern Iowa
Hazleton
Malvern MCHS Honors 35 Seniors With Diplomas Friday
Twenty graduates received scholarships and diplomas at Malvern Community High School gym. The 35 seniors earned diplomas marking the end of public school careers. Valedictorian Paul Messenger and salutatorian Matthew Knight led the class. Dr. Ray Pugh gave the address. Adult education awarding ten equivalency diplomas completed the program.
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Malvern Community High School
Sue Ann Baer
Susan Kahl
Sheri O'Dell
Dale Ponton
Shelli Schroeder
Roger Rohlfs
Paul Messenger
Matthew Knight
Ray Pugh
Drake University
Virginia Christensen
Sharon Carlberg
Barbara Delashmutt
Eugene Gilson
Wauneta Haney
Rebecca Pearce
Barbara Gillespie
Carmen Kyle
Verna Swoboda
Kathy Turner
MCHS
Dennis Kyle
Joyce Stephens
Kathy Leu
The Leader Begins New Volume Year at Malvern
The Malvern Leader marks Volume 98 No. 1 as it notes its 98 years of service since 1875, detailing modernization to photo offset, improved typography and coverage, economic challenges, and a pledge to expand modernization, maintain free press, and strengthen community trust and service.
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Malvern Leader
Leader
H. J. Rising
Malvern
Southwest Town Printing Corporation
Red Oak
Damp cool week in Mills county with heavy rain near Glenwood
Mills county weather stays cool and damp with over an inch of rain in the central area and much more near Glenwood, temperatures bottoming at 44 as the daily record notes wet conditions across the region.
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Mills County
Glenwood
the Daily Record
Nishna Valley High School honors 38 graduates in 1972 ceremony
Nishna Valley Community High School graduated 38 seniors in a well attended May 25 ceremony at the high school. Valedictorian was David Boileau and salutatorian Charles Haack. Dr. Ernest E. Smith delivered the commencement address “The Will to Win.” Rev. Clarence Woollard led prayers. The Nishna Valley band performed the processional and recessional and played Giovannini’s Overture in B flat and March of Tomorrow.
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Nishna Valley Community High School
David Boileau
Leo Boileau
Henderson
Charles Haack
Oscar Haack
Macedonia
Ernest E. Smith
The
Omaha Metropolitan Association of Churches
Nishna Valley Band
Leroy Dick
Giovannini
Holcombe
Vandals Break Glass Enter Chantry School
Malvern City Marshal Benny Kling investigated after vandals broke glass at Chantry elementary early Sunday. A boy found the break-in around 9 am. a suspect adult is suspected as doors to the kitchen area were damaged and cottage cheese dumped near the play area.
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Chantry
Malvern
Benny Kling
Kling
N. P. Crink
Ron Whte
Nominations Open in Mills County With June 9 Deadline
Voters and candidates were reminded that Friday, June 9, at 5 p.m. is the final filing deadline for nomination petitions in Mills County. Only seven candidates had filed, all on the Republican ticket, for sheriff Walter Kling and Arnold Miller and Walter Marshall for the Board of Supervisors. Other offices listed include Ella Mae Detlef for Clerk of the District Courts and Glenn Johnson as County Auditor. The note calls for vigilance against vandalism and mentions recent incidents in nearby towns as concerns for school property over the summer.
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Board of Supervisors
Arnold Miller
Hastings
Walter Marshall
Glenwood
Wilbert Bond
Fred Courtier
Henry Washburn
Ella Mae Detlef
Two Die in West Mineola Area Memorial Day Crash
On County Road 12 West of Mineola two cars collided on a wet curve near Highway 275 killing Vera Schroeder and Kevin McMahill. Carl Schroeder and Dean Brockman were injured. Brockman suffered multiple injuries. Sheriff Barkus noted the year’s highway deaths in the county rose to three.
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Mineola Memorial Day
Mineola
Vera Schroeder
Co. Bluffs
Kevin McMahill
Mercy Hospital
Highway 275
Gail Schwab
Plymouth
Carl Schroeder
Dean Brockman
McMahill
Ed Barkus
Children Story Hour at Malvern Library Begins
The Malvern Public Library will host a Wednesday Story Hour from June 7 to July 12 for ages 3 and up, 1 to 2 p m, led by summer librarian Miss Ann Beckwith with songs stories and plays inviting Malvern youngsters to attend. Senator Earl Bass and Mrs Bass attended a National Mental Health conference at Osage Beach Missouri last week in his role on the Iowa Senate Social Services committee and also visited the Ken Evans family in Versailles.
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Malvern Public Library
Ann Beckwith
Malvern Area
Earl Bass
Osage Beach
Iowa Senate Social Services Committee
Ken Evans
Versailles
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Steve Dickersbach
Raymon Donahue
Lora McConkey
Marcie Sinner
Linda Barker
Doug Bowen
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Kim Rush
Sue Ann Shook
Supt. N. P. Crink
Albert Washburn
Board of
Stephen Beattie
Doug Burchett
Vickie Deitchler
Gary Dunsdon
John Ellison
Valerie Kay Eustice
Gary Ford
Bonnie Lou Hardy
LuAnne Hastings
Michael Hoyt
Jerry Irwin
Thomas McClure
Susan Morgal
Denise Mott
Pamela Newberg
Kathy O'Dell
Donald Osler
Ronald Osler
James Parker
Coleen Pontow
Joleen Pontow
Dennis Pontow
Kristy
Nishna Valley
Clarence Woollard
Malvern and Strahan United
Richard Allensworth
Debbie Bolton
Mary Jo Bolton
David Bristow
Cora Brown
Helen Brown
Margaret Cheney
Douglas Christensen
Dennis Crafton
Rodney Crawford
Bonnie Dalton
Dennis Davis
Ves Jean Edie
Shirley Duyson
Marlene Gage
Darrell Godfrey
Denise Gravett
Connie Moore
Paul Hedglund
Teresa Hoover
Patricia Perkins
Danny Pierce
Chester Pisanowski
Jeffrey Richards
Leo Rieken
Barbara Roeder
Terry Smith
Bryan Sowers
Iowa
National Guard
Chantry School
Mr. White
Auditor’s Office
Glenn Johnson
Edwin Barkus
Clarinda
Marshal Kling
Schroeder
Brockman
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