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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
4
Hastings notices from The Leader detail local updates for Wastings and Fastings residents. Correspondence and subscriptions should be sent to Mrs. Jack Nhlay, Hastings correspondent, for general community interests and civic updates.
A local bake sale boosts Red Cross in a busy community page with notices of sewing circles, parties, and church activities. Readers learn about a bridal shower, birthday stag, Bible school plans for Children’s Day, and neighbors visiting relatives as regional events fill the social calendar.
Mr and Mrs Gene Crouse and Deloris guest in the Charley Crouse home in Emerson for Sunday dinner. Irve Conrad and Donald visit Thursday afternoon with Mrs Altha Church and Mrs Stockton. Virgil Potter and daughter of Strahan, Lionel Cooper and daughters, and James Hays share a Thursday picnic at the Cooper home. Mrs George Resh and baby Barry of Essex visit with her parents Roy and Mrs Crawford.
C E. Lee dealer Omaha Nebraska advertises a Will Bell medium size piano in Malvern for 68 dollars balance due with excellent tune and case. Small monthly payments offered by dealer at 4 South 19th Street, Omaha.
A Beatrice Nebraska wedding between Tom Christy and Jean Stone occurred May 31 with plans to reside in Omaha. Local and visiting residents including the Christys, Eileen Bruce, Alta Carey, Norma Zach, and Joan Read shared weekend activities across Council Bluffs, Genoa, and nearby towns. Church services featured a flag pledge and a toast to Hag, with Mrs. Jesse Phelps and Mrs. Ben Haroff guiding the program.
The Mills County Iowa sheriff announces a public sale by virtue of an execution issued by the District Court of Mills County. The 1 7th interest of Annie Bellwood and Lyle Bellwood in the estate of Tommy F. Douglas deceased is levied upon, including Lots 271 272 and 27 ½ in Emerson and the SE ¼ and E half of SW ¼ in Section 10 Township 71 Range 40 W, to be sold at the Mills County Courthouse in Glenwood on July 18, 1940, at 9 AM to 4 PM, beginning at 10 AM. The sale is for cash to satisfy a judgment of $25.00 plus costs. W. S. DeMons, Sheriff.
Rev Lee of Elliott gave a fine talk at the Christian church on Monday evening. His subject was Thy Kingdom Come and pictures were shown. Special music accompanied the event. The Clarence Sim reports the municipality is now out of debt with May 1 bonds paid and 4136 on hand. The school district, with good equipment, has 14600 in outstanding bonds. Wall Lake also reports it is out of debt as of May 1.
A wedding took place last Saturday afternoon in Rock Port merging McKinley Clarence Moore eldest son of Mrs. Emma Moore with Hennieve Sythepee. The groom, a Strahan native and 1936 Strahan school graduate, has worked with CC Camp at Lake View. The couple will establish a home after a brief stay with Moore’s mother. Community well-wishes were sent from Strahan.
Dr and Mrs McNaughton and daughters Gwyn and Lola of Kansas City Kan visit Wesley Chapel while enroute to North Dakota to see son Clinton Parker Jr at the Pierre stock show. 4 H band members attend Register and Tribune Day in Des Moines. various local visits and birthdays noted as community life continues with a Ladies Aid gathering planned for June 19.
Mt. Vernon reports visitors from Randolph include Mr. and Mrs. Holden and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Lou Woods with daughter, plus Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pickenpaugh and son of Silver City who visited Mr. and Mrs. Davis Holden. Mrs. Halph Bower and Barbara Jean and Mrs. W. A. Bower drove to Council Bluffs on Friday.
One of the nation’s earliest labor actions occurred in New Orleans in 1706 as women in the small colony threatened to abandon settlement duties over forced cornmeal bread meals.
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