18 Jun 1942
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
1
The proposal suggests replacing the board of supervisors with elected officials responsible for county business. It allows hiring auditors clerks treasurers and similar posts. The public could address the board with dissatisfaction. Policy-making roles would be elected while technically focused posts would be appointive with tenure for efficiency.
Editorial reviews labor management cooperation improving production and notes a push for four year county officer terms. It argues longer terms reduce campaigning and raise real income, while a half elect every two years plan could shorten ballots but hinder voter turnout. It cautions against eliminating all county offices.
Fragmented notes discuss Mills county 4-H club uniforms, offering a bribe of a 10 course dinner if a cheaper design isn’t found, while poking fun at fashion, a Chandler Arizona context, and army life. The piece quips about Queen Mary, Snuffy Smith, Pine, Skiv Starr, and Albert Leipold, and contrasts Mills county climate with other places, ending with vague pride in wartime changes.
A mixed shower was held Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward McGargill in Imogene for the newlyweds Lou and Geraldine McGargill whose June 1 wedding at St Francis Church Blair Nebraska was conducted by Rev F W Doyle Edith Rogart the bride to be taught near Blair was attended by her sister Harriet Rogart After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the Bogart home The couple plan to keep house on a farm northeast of Imogene Also noted are hospital stays and visits involving local families including a three year old injured by an electric wringer and several residents visiting relatives in Shenandoah Omaha and Carson These local items reflect community activity and health updates across the area.
Strahan Gilbert McCain and family spent Sunday with Walter Martin near Farragut. Erickson family visited A. J. Black near Riverton. Emma Biggs Ralph Cail son Tommy Gepson and Nolan Black joined. W H Angus and Lloyd drove to Pocahontas for a relative's funeral. Jesse Wilson family attended Susie Nagel in Council Bluffs. Nagel's daughter and husband Howard Johnson and baby from Omaha visited. Carl Fortney left for Eldorado and Missouri Springs. Ralph Costello had a tonsillectomy in Shenandoah and returned home. Nell Bearss of York visited W H Angus. Raymond and Evelyn Anderson ill with measles. Gertrude Carley of Macedonia visited Charles Kayton. Kayton and son Charles Horace hosted Bert Fichter, Gertrude Carley, Yerle Trively and family from Randolph, Myron Fichter on furlough, and Mildred Fichter Schell from Washington.
Sunday visits filled the Champion Hill scene as Hatfields hosted the Anderson family and relatives at Malvern. Local families including the Nothrupps and Berriman reported gatherings, baptisms, and a fifth birthday. Funeral services were held in Walnut for Will Clites, and several households noted visits, measles, and pony mishaps among children.
Western Iowa wildflowers bloom early along loess plains near the Missouri River through Harrison and Monona counties, with pasque flowers and grandpa’s whiskers noted. The piece also covers plumose fruit, prairie species across northern counties, and wildflower timing tied to heat, with a note on waterfowl and poultry health.
By virtue of an execution from the Clerk of the District Court of Mills County Iowa a mortgage or judgment of 1942 in favor of Mills County Plaintiff against Georg Brower et al is to be satisfied by sale of real estate. The property at 27 in Glenwood City is offered to the highest cash bidder at the county courthouse on July 11 1942 between 9am and 6pm starting at 10am by Sheriff Jot Five 6 in Block of W. 8. Debois 49 2.
County Agent John Longies urges farmers to sell off hens that have stopped laying, noting many flocks, especially older broods, are mop laying during the bot sum, and that savings can be realized by careful culling and market timing.
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