Living with Art Show at Joslyn inspires Mills County ties
A Malvern firm participates in the Living with Art Show at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, featuring Andrew Morrow’s room A Votre Sante centered on Still Life by Tom Laging with Venetian and Finnish glass accents. Mills County notes report pony tail thefts, a heart attack recovery, and local history pages highlighting Legion Boys State encampment delegates.
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Malvern
Mansfield-Morrow Interiors
American Institute of Designers
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha
Andrew Morrow
Tom Laging
Malvern District Records Low 1960-61 School Levy
Malvern community district posted the fourth lowest tax levy in the 1960 61 school year with 23 621 mills, below the 25 483 current year level The district served an average daily attendance of 138 6 at Malvern High while higher levies included Van Wert Independent at 109 939 mills Western Dubuque ADA in HS and Belle Vue among others.
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Malvern Community
State Department of Public Instruction
N. P. Drink
Western Dubuque
ADA
Bellevue
H. S
Blencoe
Malvern High
van Wert
Services Saturday for Harold Cheney at Emerson
Funeral services for Harold Cheney 74 will be held Saturday at 2 p m at the Baptist church in Emerson. Rev. Richard Person will officiate with Mansfield Funeral Home in charge. He died Wednesday at Red Oak Hospital after a long heart condition. Survived by wife and three children James Emerson Horace Corvallis Ore and Mrs Eric Sagensten Colorado.
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Baptist Church
Emerson
Harold Cheney
Red Oak Hospital
Richard Person
Mansfield Funeral Home
Cheney
James
Horace
Corvallis
Ore
Eric Sagensten
Colorado
CARD OFF THANKS FROM MRS HARVEY WATTS
Mrs. Harvey Watts thanks friends neighbors and relatives for cards visits and flowers during her hospital stay and after returning home.
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P-L-L
Harvey Watts
Telephone Company Plans Extensive Improvement and Expansion Program
Malvern to gain a $100000 network upgrade over about a year with dial switching, eight to one line density, and a new seven digit numbering system. The plan ties to Glenwood expansion and extends an intercsty cable route to Council Bluffs while preserving Hastings and Silver City dialing.
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Telephone Company
Paul Thompson
Malvern
Council Bluffs
Thompson
Glenwood
Intercsty
Hastings
Silver City
Cane Making Hobby Highlights Malvern's Busy Man
Claude E. Wilson of Malvern is famed as the town's busiest man and a talented cane maker. His collection features canes from diverse woods, including a Diamond Willow and a two-wood grafted piece. He treasures a Shillalah cane and hopes to test it against Leo Newman or Tuff Tony Borne in Omaha rasslin matches, while maintaining a thriving garden and record of blue ribbons at the county fair.
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Eddie
Claude E. Wilson
Malvern
Mr. Wilson
Simpson College
Simpson
Wanis Club
DeKalb
Ill
Wilson
Emerald Isle
Omaha
Rasslin
Leo “the Lion" Newman
Tony Borne
Learer
Nishna Cottage to Add New Wing for 13 Patients
Work will start soon on a new east wing at Nishna Cottage to house 13 additional patients. The masonry fireproof addition will be on the ground level and ready for occupancy as applications are now being taken. Mrs Nellie Knickerbocker of Malvern was admitted as a new patient and Mrs Ida Graves moved to Edmundson hospital.
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Nishna Cottage
Vernard Foster
Nellie Knickerbocker
Malvern
Ida Graves
Edmundson Hospital
Hastings to Vote on New Telephone Franchise
Hastings town council approved a Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. franchise ordinance on June 6 and set a special election for July 19 to seek voter approval. The current franchise nears expiration, and renewal allows continued street and alley use to plan for future service needs. CARO OF THANKS A sincere thanks for the cards and messages I received during my stay in the hospital. They were most welcome, C. R. Brewer.
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Hastings
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Caro
C. R. Brewer
Bloomer Named to National Auctioneers Panel
Forrest E. Mike Bloomer was named to a national grievance committee of the American Auctioneers Association. He was appointed by Col. Charles Carlile of Norfolk, Nebraska, national president, ahead of the group’s July meeting in Lincoln Nebraska.
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Forrest E
Mike) Bloomer
Agsn
Lincoln
Neb
Col
Charles Carlile
Norfolk
Doctors Set June 24 for 1st Immunization Clinics
On June 24 Mills county hosts Sabin oral polio immunization clinics as a public service. Adults and children may receive the vaccine at Emerson new city hall Malvern Community building and Glenwood new armory with a 25 cent per dose contribution requested but not required. Clinics are organized by the Mills County Medical Society with local civic groups assisting in Emerson Malvern Glenwood and Mineola.
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Sabin
Mills County
Ward A. DeYoung
Glenwood
New Armory
Herbert Wasserman
Mineola
Mills County Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Malvern
WSCS
The
Legion Auxiliary
Frances Harman
Emerson
Lions Club
Mills County Medical Society
Time Growing Short for Filing of Applications
Assessor Harry Markel reminded Mills covilians to file for homestead or soldier exemptions. Deadline is July 2 due to July 1 falling on a Sunday, giving residents a final chance to apply this year.
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Harry Markel
Mills Covilians
Saturation Drive Nabs 12 for Improper Passing
Highway patrolmen in Mills county staged a saturation crackdown on improper passing last Thursday. Twelve motorists were ticketed and one offender, unable to pay, received five days in jail after multiple violations. Names include Robert K. Brown, Ida Pierce, James L. Overman, and Willie Seibel among others.
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Mills County
Ernest Timmerman
Robert K. Brown
Omaha
Herbert I. Waugh
Council Bluffs
Ida Pierce
Malvern
Allen O. Ness
Creston
Seldin L. Stewart
Berkley
Calif
James L. Overman
David C. Bullington
Glenwood
Sherill Y. Dashner
Pacific Junction
Merle F. Ballentine
Herbert A.thomas
Charles W. Hower
Willie Seibel
Herreid
Luxembourg youth to stay with Mills County host family
Emil Mathay, a 23 year old IFYE delegate from Luxembourg, arrives June 15 to stay six months with host family Duane Sells in Glenwood, reported by La Verne Obrecht. He will spend time in Ringgold Mills and Clinton counties, Iowa, and later in South Carolina, before moving to Clinton County on July 5.
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Emil Mathay
International Farm
Luxembourg
Mills County
Duane Sells
Glenwood
la Verne Obrecht
Emil
United States
Iowa
South Carolina
Ringgold
Mills
Clinton
Sells
Clinton County
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Oak Township
Fisher
Marvin Moore
Moore
Immanuel Hospital
James Forsythe
Camden Avenue
Marvin
Forsythe
Warren Darrah
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ferry
Darrah
Delmar McConkey
Legion Boys
Harry Hammons
Legion
Gail Daureen
Kari Shere
Malvern Daily
Nancy Schiebel
Vacation Bible School
Sylvia Kyle
Donna White
Lisa Council
UPI
Nishna
Bloomer
Nat'l Committee
Ss. O. S
Sabin Oval
IFYE
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