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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1962
Page
3
The Mitts County Medical Society sponsors Sabin oral polio vaccine Sundays with a schedule designed for broad access. The Leader urges all parents and citizens to vaccinate, noting the vaccine’s ease and lower objections than injections.
Fragmentary quotes from Mary Baker Eddy discuss the Midwest’s appeal and home property values. The garbled OCR mentions recruits, attractive locales, and lingering sorrow, with a focus on seasonal changes and a reflective tone about place.
A family editor recounts a spring trip from Canada to Concord Massachusetts visiting the Orchard House Alcott home Emerson’s house and the Old Manse. The piece notes Brontos Algott finances Little Women profits Emerson lecture income and Thoreau’s Walden cabin site now marked by a cairn and plaque.
Mr Vernon visits Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs Dale Hell and Mrs Emma Bell and Dwight of Tabor. Several relatives gather in Red Oak to visit Mrs Elmer Haney's brother, Mr and Mrs Raymond Morse. Sunday guests include Mrs George Mort and Chelly and George Wederquist with Mrs May Wederquist and A T Holden of Hudson. Cole Donnie Fieselman and Lyle Stewart begin work Friday with Jansa Construction in Omaha. Families attend church events in Tabor Council Bluffs and Malvern, including a 25th anniversary Walther League banquet.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Parker and Mary Anna with Miss Mary Lou Evans of Guthrie Center attended the Friday graduation of Gary L Parker from the State University of Iowa where he earned a BA in General Business and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in ROTC. The Parker party, arriving from West Liberty for an eight month vacation, will report July 18 to the Air Force base in Wichita Falls for nineteen weeks of schooling in financing and accounting and then be stationed in Little Rock Arkansas.
Mrs. Chamberlain hosted a morning coffee with guests including Mrs. Vinton Johnson of Clarksville Ark and many locals from Glenwood Strahan and Marshall Minn. The note lists visits, hospital remarks, Bible School attendances and a county picnic with Clarksville Ark. connections. Several names and towns appear, painting a community diary of social calls, hospital stays, and church events across Glenwood Hamburg Hamburg area.
Mr and Mrs Austin Bass and Mr and Mrs Richard Bass with Douglas hosted at Glenwood for Douglas birthday on Friday and Mrs Bass birthday on Monday. The Glenwood Band Mothers sponsored Horse show followed. Mrs Vern Miller attended a shower for Mrs Robert Shook of Red Oak. Dwight Fieselman, recently discharged from the Air Force after four and a half years, visited his parents in Homestead APB Florida. Sunday visits included Rhoda Sinner and cousins, plus Norman Sinner and Lyle Werk families, marking a fifty six year first reunion between Rhoda Sinner and Mrs Dillion.
Friday birthday celebration for Jack Haney moved indoors due to rain and mud. Guests included Floyd and Linda Blackman and Haney family members. gifts, two birthday cakes, fruit and coffee were served. Neighbors heard Dan Myers is hospitalized in Omaha for observation and treatment and wish him a speedy recovery. Several local families visited Hastings and Clarksville areas for birthdays and cooperative suppers with friends and relatives.
Funeral services for Floyd A Gon Owens were held Friday at 2 30 p m at Hastings Methodist Church. Rev Willis Grant officiated with pallbearers Alfred Shaw Joe Haden Fred Lockabill Ivan Durbin Charley Hall and Jack Bower. Carl Scott served as usher and Mr and Mrs Donald Anderson provided the music. Flower ladies
Saturday and Sunday visits referenced with multiple local and nearby households. Names include Barber Larson Dunsdon Wilhelm Parker Winters Irwin Wilson Rhoades Fieselman Clay Hunter Bell and others from Wichita Red Oak Emerson Omaha Pacific Junction and near Tabor with relatives and extended family gathering for meals and evenings.
Scraps describe 5x7 inch pads in white or yellow beads, about 70 sheets per pad, priced 2 for 1 cent at The Leader Office.
Floyd Anson Owens born Carson 1887 died Yakima Washington June 5 1962 aged 74. Spouse Florence Sandiland married 1910. golden anniversary 1960. Survived by wife three children Eleanor Scott Ardith Fichter and William five grandchildren six great grandchildren and many relatives. Funeral interment in Malvern cemetery.
The families of Mrs. Floyd Owens Mrs. Eleanor Scott and Bert and Mr. and Mrs. Edson Fichter Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gabhart and Mr. and Mrs. John Scott express heartfelt gratitude for the kindness shown during our time of bereavement.
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