Methodist Jubilee Day to Convene in Mills County Next Sunday
Mills County Methodist churches urge all members to skip regular services and attend a countywide Jubilee Day at Epworth Institute grounds in Lake Park Glenwood. Morning worship begins at 11 with District Superintendent Walter A Morgan as speaker. afternoon features a five minute minister and layman talks, a concert, and the Nonpareil editor W R Orchard as keynote. Evening includes a band concert and a religious drama with a noon basket dinner local residents invited to join neighbors.
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All- Mills County
Glenwood
Epworth Institute
Lake Park
Walter A. Morgan
Indishole
Emetapp
Wigte
Aspecal Muate
W. KR. Orchard
Council Bluffs
Pacific Junction Epworth League
Th Park
M. J. Rarick
Emerson
Tesson
W. J. Weber
Phoebe McCoy
Malvern
Walter Morgan
W. M. Scheuermann
Clarence BH. Day
W. P. Wortman
M. B. Wilson
L. D. Thomas
W. M Scheuermann
Silver City
W. R. Orchard
W. J. .Weber
Nagon
Pa+ sife Junction Epworth League
Trucks To Defiance Drive Salyers Paving Fleet
A group including Herman Perkins Ed Davis Ralph Crammer and Clifford Winslow traveled to Defiance on Sunday to operate Salyers Auto Company dump trucks for the paving project south of town. The contract calls for a twenty four mile paved stretch.
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Herman Perkins
Ed Davis
Ralph Crammer
Clifford Winslow
Defiance
Salyers Auto Company
County Agent Reports Reclamation Farm Near Shenandoah
County Agent George Rouenfeld joined fellow agents six miles east of Shenandoah to observe the first steps of a government reclamation project. An old worn farm is leased to test methods to restore eroded soil using barnyard manure fertilizer and other aids to rebuild fertility and reduce erosion effects.
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Shenandoah
George Rouenfeld
Government Department of Agriculture
Hodges Urges Umbrellas Then Boats In Weather Word
Malvern’s Jim Hodges, famed weather predictor, first urged umbrellas at spring start and now advises buying boats as rain returns. Officials forecast occasional showers with near normal temperatures. Town chatter jokes about Red Cross relief funds for last year’s drought victims.
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Jim Hodges
Malvern
Fatna
Mr. Hodges
Red Cross
Mills County Medical Society Forms Ladies Auxiliary in Glenwood
The Mills County Medical Association met in Glenwood last Monday afternoon June 16 with doctors wives forming the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mills County Medical Association. Officers named are President Mrs J M Donelan Glenwood Vice president Mrs I A Parnone Malvern Secretary Mrs J G McCue Silver City Treasurer Mrs Edgar Christy Hastings. A program featured remarks on the State Society and pneumonia care with discussions led by county doctors. A luncheon followed at Dr George Mogridge’s home and a September picnic at the Mills County Fair grounds in Malvern was approved. Present were Doctors Christy Hastings McCue Silver Guy Parsons Malvern G M Agan J M Donelan Grosse of Glenwood and G Mogridge, Harold Dye, H T B Lacey of the Institution, and others.
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Mills County Medical Society
Glenwood
Mills County Medical Association
Mra
J. Mf. Donelan
I. A. Parnone
Malvern
Secratary
J. G. McCue
Silver
Ment
Lacey
Mogridge
Indi
Kente
G. M. Agan
George Mogridge
Harold B. Dye
Mills County Fairgrounds
Edgar Christy
Hastings
Silver Guy
J. A. Parsons
J. M. Donelan
Grosse
Harold &. Dye
Hi. T. B. Lacey
Institution
Sunday Night Rain Heaviest of Season
A countywide downpour drenched the area marking the season’s heaviest rain. Western districts bore the worst with nearly 1.34 inches recorded. floods swept roads, washed out culverts, and disrupted highways near Glenwood and Pacifi Junction. Streams rose, rail lines and bridges faced danger, and officials reported washed out tracks and high water across the region.
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Glenwood
Pacifi Junction
Pony Treek
Silver Creek
Little Creek
Niabog Botna
Nishna
War at Fun and Owl Seal Aabaee Who
Fragmentary text mentions a war at a fun event and an owl seal. Details are unreadable. unable to determine names, places, dates, or outcomes for a precise article card.
Obituary: Bert Frazier Dies in Omaha Hospital
Bert Frazier longtime Malvern resident died Friday morning at Covenant Hospital Omaha following an operation. He was born September 14, 1891 in Millicounty, Iowa and moved with family to Malvern. Survived by mother Jeanette L. Frazier and three brothers and two sisters. Burial at East Liberty cemetery after services at the Methodist church.
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Bert Frazier
Covenant Hostal
Omaha
Frazier
Methodist
M. J. Ratick
R. W. Crinwell
Baron Tetatt
F. R. Chantry
D. C. Cunningham
Helen Jones
East Liberty
Edward Knight
R. W. Salyers
W. D. Slothower
J. A. Fletcher
Carl Hertz, Jr
W. E. Kerns
Milla County
Evangelioal Covenant Hospital
Methodist Church
Hilladala
Jeanette L. Frazier
J. L
Malvern
J. P
Red Oak
Theodore
Pawnee City
Nebr
R. E
Merritt
Pacific Junction
Jessie
Materials Hold Up Work on Bridge Near Malvern
Delays on the new bridge over Little Creek south of Malvern push back completion. County Engineer T. Martin cites late delivery of materials and protracted span work as factors. Controversy lingers over widening from twenty to about thirty feet due to Main Artery traffic to Mills County Fairgrounds and ticketing delays at the fair.
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Little Creek
Malvern
T. §. Martin
Crash Near Methodist Church Rocks Ten Wood Street
On a Sunday a driver lost control on Walnut Street and plowed into the Methodist church yard, damaging the TREL trek fenes and foundation. The vehicle and driver fled worship, but the court sentenced the man to a day in the county jail amid unclear penalties.
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Walnut Street
Ten Wood
Five New Cars and Four Registered Pant Week Summary
Five new Cart and four registered Pant Week items appear in county records. Notable entries include vehicles from Ford and Chevrolet in Hastings and Malvern, with owners Otto Judek Emerson W M Hunt and Donald M. Roadgter noted among registrants, plus a Studebaker and a Chevrolet coach.
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Automobiliete Ag
Vauher
Otto Judek
Emerson
W. M. Hunt
Hastings
Donald M. Rooadgter
Malvern
Cones
P. Reals
Plenwond
Studebaker
B. A. Harold
Ford Tudor
Des Moines radio distributor expands to Kansas City area
Jarett Galtry, son of Mr and Mrs E Bet Hien i tS, visits from Des Moines as the Des Moines radio distributors take over or purchase the sale and distribution of a major electrical machine. A slicer for hotels and restaurants and a potato chip machine for small factories are added. Territory covers west of the Mississippi with headquarters to move to Kansas City in coming weeks. Salesmen will cover cities of 6,000 population and up.
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Jarett Galtry
Ebet Hien i Ts
Payne Fe Gu
Bey
Agan
Galtr
Harser Sieh
Moines
Hag
Kansas City
Three Glenwood teachers head to N E A in Los Angeles
County Superintendent Mary W. Rethke and Misses Ina K. Wood and Dorothy McCormick of Glenwood high school will drive to Los Angeles for the National Education Association session from June 23 to July 3. After the convention they plan an eight month California and western tour, returning via Utah Wyoming. They will travel through Denver, then southwest through Colorado New Mexico Arizona to southern California visiting historic places. They expect a delightful trip and an engaging meeting.
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Glenwood
Los Angeles
Calif
National Educational Association
California
Utah
Wyoming
Denver
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Mary W. Rethke
Ina K. Wood
Dorothy McCormick
Glenwood High School
Marriage Licenses Reported With Several Couples Listed
Marriage licenses listed include Jane Martin Relaoh. Omen Fune. Gorse A Stille 39 Glenwood. Helen L Vohs 20 Glenwood. Harold Tsreel 1. Percival Martha Dresher 18 Thurman. Wills C Vanderpool 34 Glenwood. Ruth B Wills 28 Malvera. Tyne 48 Jammer Goucher 34 Cheriton. Margaret M Lille 21 Charisbon. Lyell Yates 15 Tabor. Kepusth Robusk 48 Council. Bane Qe 1B Baunoli Bluse.
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Jane
Martin
Relaoh
Omen
Fune
Gorse A. Stille
Glen
Helen L. Vohs
Glenwood
Harold Tsreel
Percival
Martha Dresher
Thurman
Ruth B. Wills
Malvera
Tyne
Jammer Goucher
Cheriton
Margaret M. Lille
Tabor and Northern Profit Despite Low Mood at Meeting
At a Mills county stockholders meeting on Tuesday officials reported the Tabor and Northern Railway posted a year’s profit despite automobile, bus, and truck competition. Freight earnings dominated, with total receipts of 28 021.46 and 27 234.84 in disbursements leaving 786.62 in balance. Directors elected R. F. Weatherhead, W. W. Glynn, C. Laird, A. S. Bloeder, and E. V. Stopper with officers likely to remain the same.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Tabor & Northern Railway
Tabor
Malvern
Tabor High School
Mills County
Tabor College
Bloedel
Stopper
Seale
Joe Lybargar
R. F. Weatherhead
W. W. Glynn
C. ©. Laird
A. 8. Bloeder
E. VY. Stopper
Fishi in Minnesota Lakes Trip By Veteran Anglers
Dr. D. M. Kiine, Dr. Thos W. Gidley, and L. W. Miller, all seasoned fishing hands, depart Tuesday for several days at Minnesota lakes. They know prime spots and plan to hatch a niece lot of dah if luck allows. The editor, invited but unable to join, laments missing the voyage.
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D. M. Kiine
Dr. Thos
W. Gidley
L. W. Miller
Pute
Minnesota
Noonday dinner by Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will serve a noon dinner at the Methodist Church on Thursday June 18 starting at noon until sold out. Price is 50 cents. Menu includes creamed chicken hot biscuits buttered potatoes Harvard beets cherry pie and coffee. Businessmen are especially invited.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Help Wanted to Prepare Malvern Pool Area
Do you want to help fix up the bath house and grounds around Malvern's new swimming pool. If you can spare a few hours or a day or have dump trucks, notify Fred Durbin to review plans. Several hundred loads of dirt and other grounds work are needed before completion. Community club Crete Improvement club and Garden club cooperate on the project. Any help will speed the work.
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Malvern
Tf Row
Fred Durbin
Community Club
Crete Improvement Club
Garden Club
Pat Kilmartin Dies in Cheyenne After Brief Illness
Pat Kilmartin longtime Mills county resident and grain dealer died Monday afternoon in a Cheyenne hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be Thursday at 9 in Imogene Catholic church. He lived on farms in Rawles township before moving to Malvern and then Cheyenne to live with his youngest daughter Mrs Swanson. He had been in good health until a cold led to complications. Further details appear next week in the Leader.
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Pat Kilmartin
Tife
Mills County
A. P. Kilmartin
Malvern
Cheyenne
Wyo
Imogene
Trucks Submit Fast Run With Testing Apparatus
Two of John Waller's heavy trucks carried a gas line testing rig for Continental Construction across the state and back in forty eight hours last week. The equipment aims to test the pipeline extending across the Mississippi River at the designated point.
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Continental Construction Company
Muncatina
Town
Diinels
John Waller
Mississippi River
Methodist Sunday Children’s Day Observed With Playlet
In a Sunday evening service at the Methodist church children presented a program highlighting the church’s student loan fund. Malcolm Justice opened with a reading on education, followed by a playlet featuring named child actors and roles addressing money, stewardship, and wholesome recreation. A kindergarten group also participated and a collection was taken for the fund to aid deserving students through college.
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Methodist Sunday School
Malcolm Justice
Fatty
Delpha Donner
Jack
Harry Regenauer
Rattia
Lorraine Dashner
Children's Day Fund
Wilma Custer
Lenore Mansfiald
Clayton Hertz
Edna Davis
Burdelle Stroud
Jessie Clutterbuck
Betty Buer
Carol Daghner
Mary Louise Juelke
Velma Davis
Jimmie Hering
Mary Jean Ewing
Ruth Loakebill
Kindergartop
Tuix
Census reveals county social and schooling facts for Mills
The 1930 census report released by the government shows Mills county has 62 divorced men and 56 divorced women, 290 widowed men and 478 widowed women. Among ages 15 and over, 2,304 males are single and 3,179 married, while 1,750 females are single and 3,185 married. School attendance remains high for ages 7 to 13 at 96.1 percent, about 2,100 of 2,186. The report notes a drop in older age groups beyond 16. Further details appear on page 3.
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Bureau of the Census
Mitle County
Mills County
Cieren
Hastings Man Kenneth Dolph Dies After Illness
Kenneth Dolph, 15 June, died Monday at home near Hastings after a three week illness from heart complications. Funeral at Hastings Methodist church Wednesday at 2:30 pm, with Rev. W. M. Schuermann and Rev. W. J. Weber officiating. Burial in South Grove Cemetery. He was born Sept 14 1900, attended Hastings High School, studied at Council Bluffs, and worked in clerical and radio-related fields. He leaves parents and sisters Maxine and Myra, plus other relatives. remembered for his mechanical skill and Christian life.
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Kenneth Dolph
Howard C. Dolph
Strahan
Imega
Hastings
W. M. Schuermann
Strahan M. &. Church
W. J. Weber
Muslcwan
Chas
EB. Anderson
A. W. Yvannice
J. FP. Lookabill
Fred H. Priest
Mra
Anderson
Benj, Haroff
Eb, Shaul
Rey Shaul
Earl Cox
Albert Pace
Kurlal
South Grove
Kenneth Howard Dolph
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Mills County
S Tare
Council Hiuffé
Koyle
Business College
Tina
Council Hunt
Slaters
Maxine
Myra
Geralding Hombach
Bryadfather
Oliver Gyden
Art
Bly
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Methodista
Glenwood Park
Ladies
Des Moines
Tabor & Northern
Minnesota Lakes
Qu Hal Fuak
Harry Colson
Bele Bileech
Platte Wayth
Race
Suenan- Seah
Nesday
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