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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
4
Hastings community notices from a Leader department invite local news and subscription ideas. Citizens are encouraged to send updates to Mrs. Jack Niday, Hastings correspondent, to promote community interests and keep residents informed.
The community hosts a June 12 flower show run by the Hastings Ladies Aid with committee members named for setup and judging. A War Relief drive by 4-H girls is active, aiming at a $90 quota, with contributions collected by Mrs. Fred Lockabill or the girls. Regular meetings and visits populate the social calendar with several local families hosting, attending, and sharing events through mid June.
Mr and Mrs H Dalzei hosted a Saturday reception at their home for their son Tom and new bride Fannie Lon Dewey returning from a Nebraska wedding trip. Guests enjoyed cards, pink and white cake, brick ice cream, coffee, and brides’ treats.
Carol Jean Self visited near Henderson with her sister’s family last week. I N Chase of Council Bluffs stayed with Mrs Laura Kerney Thursday and Friday. Will Agan is at Mercy hospital Council Bluffs for sinus infection. Darnold family and Smiths hosted relatives in Shenandoah. Howard and Agan visited Council Bluffs Saturday. Communion service held at usual church hour. Betty Petty hosted dinner for Mary Ellen Eiler. Frank and Katherine DuVal attended Memorial Day services in Glenwood. Katherine Kenney visited relatives near Hamburg. Nathan Sell recovering from arm and shoulder infection and getting about part time. Frank DuVal party traveled to Council Bluffs. Batty accompanied them to visit Thursday. Nels won howe Bundey guests include Harris Jones, Cutford Jones of Malvern, and Bud Mru all from area. Mary Henderson left by bus to Louver Col. Tuesday evening after three weeks at station hospital. Joneph hospital duties resumed. Maus under wayve beer verses at the held Calama Day.
Mr and Mrs Okey Peterson and their young daughter visited Mrs Will Lulz and family in Council Riulls on Sunday. Clarence Hunt and family and Glen Fitch with Joan and Mrs Myra Fitch from Glenwood visited the W H Maddocks home Saturday. A L Haines and LaVern with Mrs Frank Haines and Wil Agan called on Mrs Agan in Mercy hospital Sunday. Ralph Shaw of Blencoe Jason Benseoter of Oakland with Dewey Bowman and family visited their parents Bam and Shaw on Thursday. Geo Warner and family from Hancock spent Sunday with the Shaw family. Katherine Kerney, after a few days with grandmother Laura Kerney, rode with W H Maddocks to Crete Neb Friday. Ralph Maddocks, a former Doane College student, returned home to help on the farm. After Doane commencement Katherine traveled to Newcastle Wyoming to visit C C Kerney and wife before summer school in Laramie.
Malvern Rotarians and spouses gathered for a dinner meeting Tuesday. Mrs. Clark Howard of Tabor delivered readings in Negro dialect, offering an entertaining program and discussing her interest in Negro speech and her study experiences.
City engineer Virgil Knight devised a mud ball method to clear scale in Indianola water pipes. The yellow clay balls, mixed with sand salt flour and paraffin, are inserted to push out scale as water pressure increases. The technique reportedly moved through 16 feet of upright pipes. A Corydon bomber diversion notes a Dayton pilot aiding a forced landing before continuing flight.
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