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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
6
Delay of mail from the east slowed Leaders community news this week in Mills County. John Dyson of Lyons Nebraska and his daughter Jeanette Larson visited Malvern Thursday. Dyson, 96, is a Mills County native born south of Malvern, left town in 1893, and still has many local friends.
The Board of Supervisors will discuss approving a resolution for appointing the first justice of the peace in Center township in many years. J. Don Ogle seeks the unexpired term ending January 1, 1967. The weather forecast shows more rain and cool temperatures with highs around 61 to 76 degrees and lows from 40 to 46.
The Mills County 4-H Teen Club hosts a carnival on Saturday June 5 at 7 30 p m in the 4 1 building on the fair grounds with booths activities and a later dance A raffle offers a rotisserie grill a ham and a beef quarter prize Proceeds aid the Colorado exchange trip contact any teen club member for tickets Names listed include Randall Ballinger Barber Bartley Blackman Bowman Dolan Fanning Haney Evans and many others.
Memorial Day observances in Malvern featured an Avenue of Flags along the cemetery drive to the Memorial Stone. Initiated by American Legion Post 520, the flags come from veteran casket drapes or family purchases, with veterans from two missing in action Korean War veterans added. The project accepts flags from any veteran, flags are stored by the legion, and can be returned on donor request.
The Dutchmen club will stage a major Independence Day event at Mills County Fair Grounds on Monday July 5 drawing crowds over 10000. Features include Greyhound dog racing with a mechanical hare quarter mile course Auto Push Ball motorcycle racing stage acts sky divers Balsa Busters and a grand fireworks display plus Silver Star carnival rides and a helicopter offering six free rides
Elmo Hites of Hastings has accepted a position in the accounting department of the state welfare department and will travel to Des Moines on Tuesday for preliminary training. He resigns as secretary of the Wishnu Valley Community school district and Mrs. Jesse Perkins will assume the role on July 1. Hites also serves as Hastings mayor with no changes yet in that office.
A Laverty Inc. truck left the road shoulder near Malvern around 6 p.m. on May 26 and was ditched. Damage is estimated at $300.
Iow a sheriff s office reported a crash near Malvern involving a driver named Lorrie McConnell of Indianola. He said he was attempting to pass a road grader when the road shoulder gave way, sending the vehicle off the road about three quarters of a mile west of Malvern.
Wayne Burk of Oakland is named guidance director for Nishna Valley High School, completing the next year’s staff. Superintendent Lewis Doubleday also shares that Mrs. Jerry Nauman will move to fourth grade at Henderson Center, replacing Lavina Johnson on leave. Burk taught Oakland schools for six years and holds a BA from Buena Vista College Storm Lake and an MA from Omaha University.
Malvern shows a 21.7 percent jump in sales tax receipts for the last quarter over 1963, boosting Mills County totals to 838,029 dollars. Glenwood also posted strong results at 1,629,849 dollars, an eight percent rise, with several nearby towns reporting increases in Christmas season business.
A Mills county official car driven by Louis W. Mayberry 50 Glenwood was hit head on by a car driven by Barray Watterman 17 route 3 Glenwood four miles northeast of Glenwood on a county road. Mayberry sustained chest back and neck injuries while Hatterman sustained injuries to his right hand head and left knee. Trudy Decker 16 Silver City riding with Hatterman suffered knee and arm injuries. Watterman was charged with failure to have his car under control. Mayberrys car damage listed at 1400 and Hattermans about 500.
Mrs. Susan McKee, one of 18 Peru State College students honored for achievement during the 1964 academic year convocation, will teach in the Malvern school system this fall. She received free tuition as a student and is identified as a TM teacher in the second grade.
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