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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
2
Malvern locals and friends are mentioned in a long list of weekend visits and family gatherings. Residents travel to Omaha Des Moines Glenwood and Council Bluffs for dinners, visits and hospital stays, with many relatives listed and several military and airport project arrangements noted.
Funeral services were held in Denver for Mrs Charles Anderson who died the preceding Tuesday. Read at the service was an obituary for Meda Leora Owens, detailing marriages, children, and lifelong service to her community. Surviving relatives include husband, two daughters Helen Ames and Mrs Philip Melody, son Donald, a brother Floyd Owens, a sister Mrs B J Lookabill, five grandchildren, and numerous relatives.
In a new plan for Springbrook State Park, overnight cabins were approved and will be added to the facility complex. The project includes water supply improvements and dry park amenities to support visitors. Locations named include Borlegbrook, Beekbowy, Balls sades, Hine Tale, Wepaite, Ledges and Loliver. Residents may be charged for individual access.
Malvern's 1942 daily vacation Bible school wrapped Friday with a closing program in the Community building. Rev. Glenn W. South awarded merit certificates to 60 pupils as demonstrations, memory hymns, and department work highlighted the event. Classes met three hours daily for ten days at the public school and Presbyterian church basement under principal Dev G F MacLean.
The local board will receive meal tickets and transport requests for travel from the city to the reception center. Groups travel under an acting corporal chosen by the induction station commander. members may return home without explanation. Reservists are released from active service at the induction station. Farewell ceremonies may occur as groups depart, noting military roles and reclassification.
The notice lists weekly services and activities for Presbyterian Thatch G. F. MacLean and Bt. Jobes Lutheran Church Northeast Malvern. It includes Sunday worship at 11 a.m. and Sunday school at 10 a.m. for the Presbyterian group, with various youth and choir activities. A note says there will be no morning worship due to annual conference and urges congregations to join other churches. The Walther League meets Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. The Lutheran church advertises a 10 a.m. Sunday service with a sermon The Secret of a Happy Marriage and invites worship.
The Mills county rationing board granted certificates to the following people for tire and tube purchases for the week ending June 6. Malvern Wailer Wike 2 truck tires and tubes. Kance and Nelson elevator 2 truck tires. J. M. Mansinger farmer 1 truck tire and tube. Ben J. Martin trucker 1 truck tire retread. Henderson Harold Myers milk truck operator 1 truck tire. Pacific Junction W. E. Richardson trucker 2 truck tires. Glenwood Kenneth Huffman farmer 2 truck retreads. Emerson Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America gas transmission 4 passenger retreads. Mineola E. F. Deitchler farmer 2 passenger retreads.
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