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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
5
Malvern's 23-member Class of 1937 received diplomas Friday evening in the Community building. Sarah Ruse opened with the processional, Rev. C A Calkins offered invocation, and C T Genung delivered an uplifting address comparing graduation to launching a great ship.
Five graduates of Malvern High School, who began in first grade at Foxworthy rural school, have remained together for 12 years under two teachers Mrs. Fred Buttmann and Alice Scott. The group includes Helen Hageselquist, Florence Swolda, Vada Holden, Gareth Breeding, and Alan Hasselquist. diplomas were presented by F. R. Chantry and Supt. F. M. Davison, with Miss Mercedes Hemstead presiding over the eighth grade diplomas.
Readers are invited to join a single Gamble stores contest advertised on page eight of this issue. The nationwide event offers prizes including three Coronado electric refrigerators and provides all participants a chance to win. The ad signals a broad participation opportunity for readers.
Malvern scouts earned top marks at the Connell Bluffs camporee with both patrols rated highly. Ten boys participated including Sidney Hasselquist Jimmy Hering Joe Salyers Billy Baer John Slothaner Charles Johnson Edel Knight Billy Walker Richard Fickel and George Talbott.
Hastings voters turnout was low with 55 participating in a franchise election. The measure granted Nebraska Light & Power Co. a 25 year electricity franchise for Hastings with 53 votes in favor and 2 against.
Richard L. Shike Stivers deputy treasurer of Mills County quietly wed Clara Delores Hall of Tabor then slipped away for a month in California. The ceremony took place near midnight last Thursday at Glenwood Baptist parsonage conducted by Rev. L. W. Verts. News reached the courthouse Monday morning as Stivers left with his brother and wife for the West amid friendly teasing and well wishes.
Ruth Walker, daughter of Mr Paul Kies, performs in a piano recital for the Mor He College Conservatory of Music at Mount Vernon. The program features F sharp major by Schumann, with Walker and Verueill among the performers this week.
Arthur Menschel a 25 year old farmer living near Hastings was struck and killed by lightning while in a corn field. Funeral services are set at Mansfield Funeral Home at 1 pm and St Johns Lutheran church at 2 pm, with burial at Storm a. His wife witnessed the death as the barrow horses bolted after the strike.
Malvern will launch supervised playground activities this Friday for children aged six to sixteen. Miss Leata Williams from Fontenelle leads with WPA support providing a supervisor and assistants. park board supplies equipment and materials. Activities include sports crafts arts and dramatics with local volunteers assisting and plans to involve community organizations and adults later.
John Waller led a ticket drive for a 3300 team of horsts sponsored by Tabor College. He sold 100 tickets in just over a week. total sales were 1100 tickets. The team was awarded to W. A. Johnson of Red Oak.
J. M. Steele and R. C. Hopp and son of Glenwood topped the hog market in Omaha on Thursday, receiving 14 dollars and 50 cents per hundredweight for their shipments. The firm led the market as buyers and sellers reported solid demand and steady prices.
About 47 000 dollars of Pongreek Drainage bonds will be sold to the highest bidder by Mills County at the courthouse on June 9. The issue carries 4 1 2 percent interest with the county earning a slight profit as assessments yield 3 percent.
Rural eighth grade commencement exercises headlined by Dr RW Bator of Onmba with a 275 voice rural school choir, 125 boys and 150 girls, at the Glenwood Armory at 2 pm. Honored students listed with grades 97 to 92 include Marjorie Kahl Albert Washburn Karl Herma Jack Buffington Lee Robbins Robert Buffington Malinda Hansen Norman Kruse Patricia Rhoades Richard Schoening Phyllis Wheeler Dorothy Hasselquist Opal Lincoln June Parker.
About half of eligible Mills County residents filed homestead exemptions under the act. The county auditor reports 1450 claims ready out of 3000 possible, with final action by the board of supervisors and the sales tax refund amount pending to determine total tax savings.
Judge Grover Brown of Shenandoah granted a divorce in the Ora Lewis Campbell versus Bownie Campbell case after a short Glenwood appearance on Tuesday. Proceedings centered on dissolution of the marriage with the court noting no other filings or custody orders listed in the record.
Memorial services and a monument dedication for Frank H. Davis drew about twenty mourners in Malvern. Friends and colleagues paid respects at the cemetery, where a green carpet and flowers framed the marker as T. Paait Bhittin of Philadelphia delivered a brief tribute to Davis’s life in business and philanthropy.
At the commencement exercises last Friday evening a definite grade point system was used to determine high ranking. Several seniors questioned four year averages while an equitable absolute rank method was applied. Top averages included Amella Waller 94.5 Florence Swoboda 92.2 Ruth Lewise McCarl 92.6 Roberta Kame 92.2 Margaret Ann Battmann 92.0 Fern Maiddocks 90.5 Garold Breeding led with 89.4, and no days appeared in the list. The students are commended for their high attainment.
The report notes an early hot spell toward the end of May with high temperatures drying soils in eastern districts while farmers replanted crops in cooler, wetter regions. Daily readings from May through June show variable conditions, with Memorial Day activity affecting schedules and farming tasks recorded by local observers.
Mills County council sponsors county music festival at Malvern Community building on Sunday evening June 27. Three choruses from local churches will rehearse junior, youth, and adult groups, each performing three numbers plus processional. A general rehearsal for all choruses is planned at 2 PM at the Malvern Community Hall.
Robert Robbing disposed of his holdings last week selling 75 acres including the old Frank Robbing mission to Louw Evans of Council Bluffs and 50 acres to his brothers Clifford and Clinton. The Evans family plans to move here shortly.
Malvern merchants stage the second weekly summer gift basket distribution drawing twelve baskets for those with tickets earned by prior purchases. Crowds grow each Wednesday evening as the promotion continues through the summer, sponsored by the Community Club with tickets available at participating stores.
Malvern’s Vacation Bible Schools began this week and drew good pupil turnout. At the Church of Christ School 40 pupils enrolled under Rev. V L D Lee as principal with a staff including Mes Bayen, Plor ence Lincoln, Velina Lincoln, Mrs Pro, and assistants Elena Davis and Midna Kay Linendage directed by a recreational director. Methodist program teachers were listed with enrollment figures noted and a proverb noting the close of the session.
A local poppy sale yields solid revenue for the community group. Volunteers kuten organized tables at the market corner raising funds through donations and product sales. Community members supported the effort, boosting awareness and funds for local programs.
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