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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
5
D M Kiine, longtime Mills County Fair secretary, was honored by directors who bought him a new desk for his diligent service. Latest word from the Mills County Protective Association notes the rural fire track is completed and painting underway, with completion expected in about three weeks.
Malvern's vacation Bible school pupils will present a special program at a union service Sunday morning at the Presbyterian church. All local churches join in inviting attendance as no morning services are held elsewhere. Under Mrs R W Bayes supervision, pupils up to seventh grade receive religious instruction. Rev G Machan will preside and direct the presentation. The children will also handle the music and related duties. Sunday schools will be held at various churches.
The university begins an extension education course taught by Ray Myers of Council Bluffs, offering three hours of credit. About 18 students registered for the initial meeting. classes run 8 to 12 m daily for two weeks starting next Monday. Prospective students can join next week and make up missed work.
The Rev. You B. Hibert of News sll will conduct services at the Malvern Baptist church on Sunday June 18. The church has been without a pastor since the resignation of Rev. G. W. South. Ninety nine members will welcome the service as Mrs Barkus resigned her post at Teocent Biop and began her new duties in June.
Empress Theater presents The Song of Bernadette on Tuesday and Wednesday with afternoon and evening showings. Road show release limits theater access for a year. Jennifer Jones leads a celebrated cast in a tender religious tale based on the Lourdes miracle.
Attiis county fair directors met in Malvern to advance the 1944 exhibition. Premiums were doubled in care departments to boost display quality. Plans include a horse show on opening night August 22 and a rodeo on the second and third nights. Art Fritcher presented a larger show with more wild horses and new talent. Ticket prices were reviewed to cover new taxes.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Harding Funeral Home Shenandoah for Walter G Utvitts who died Sunday night at Hand Hospital after a long illness. He was a former Malvern resident, married to Ona Bentley, and they lived on a Northboro farm before moving to Shenandoah after her health failed. Mrs. Utvitts died in November 1940 after nine married years. Utvitts had continued farming until his health declined. He was a son of Mrs. Laura Utvitts longtime Malvern resident.
There will be a four county meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary on Tuesday evening, June 18, at the Methodist church in Emerson.
All Mitia news notes the courthouse grounds cared for by custodian Tom Young as long rows of roses thrive. Two Downer adults, Bred Hathaway and Kenneth Tisher, stole a car in Mills County, checked it for shape, then drove about 400 miles before being captured. Sheriff Bot Moore held them before Nebraska authorities for trial. Licenses towed were in help demand at the office of County Clerk Ward Slothover. May 25 to June 6 dates list several young residents charged in Silver City Malvern Randolph Essex Tahor and Smeruon with ages from 17 to 34.
Evans Moore and James win a rise in first class mail receipts, lifting Malvern’s post office to second class for the first time since 1932. Postmaster Mulholland notes salary increases, shifts in staff, and a spike in air mail business as the war drives higher volumes. Local election results show Evans leading statewide Republican votes. county results highlight sheriff and coroner contests and a strong GOP turnout.
A telegram informs Mrs Ronald Honeyman of Red Oak that her husband, 8/Sat, previously reported missing in a bombing mission over Germany on April 24, is a prisoner of war in German custody. No further details are provided. a letter from the Provost Marshal General is expected.
Mrs Zelma Conant Fletcher will present her music classes in a spring recital at the First Presbyterian church in Malvern on Thursday June 16 at 8 am Pupils from Hastings Strahan Glenwood and Malvern will participate Public is invited to attend.
Members of the Melvern Rotary heard Dr M A Gunningham of Beaumont Texas discuss Texans and their region in relation to war conditions. The informal talk touched on local attitudes and potential impacts of national wartime policies.
The weatherman’s change to cooler temperatures this past week spurred households to fetch stored summer bedding. The area reported less ruin than surrounding counties, and residents were urged to save waste paper, with G. N. Jones arranging pickup in Marver.
Three new books join the library for adults and children. For adults the titles are The Steep Ascent by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker. For children the new picture book 3 and 30 Waterbirds by Munro Leaf, plus a behavior themed title of broad appeal, Ray War Bonds Today.
Mrs W C Vanderpool was notified that her brother S S Sat Robert I Wills has been missing in action since May 18. He served as a gunner on an Army bomber based in North Africa after leaving the U S last December. He was born near Malvern and lived there until after high school. His wife Dorothy Galliher, a WAVE, is stationed in San Diego California.
The Henderson girls 4-H club Handy Handy met June 1 at Mrs. Ruth Phillips home to discuss Our Clothing Plan and Personal Grooming. They attended Rally Day in Malvern on June 7 and plan another meeting on June 6. Loyal Tassies met at Wariety Slaughter’s home May 28 to discuss Clothes Plan, Good Grooming contest selections, and county polices candidacy.
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