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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
5
A militia county report lists Captain Willard W. Milliken of Ma Yorn as missing since May 36. Millikan, credited with 16 German planes, has served in England since 1943 and was formerly in the RAF before the war.
Local servicemen in Adams and Mills counties enter a heated Legion membership drive sparked by J. B. Ellison, Seventh District Commander, who cites Adams county gains. The Free Press recounts Ellison’s RAF training and recent U S Air Force commission, noting his wartime exploits and ties to Malvern and Malvern High School. Capt. Millikan, son of Mr and Mrs Millikan of Shenandoah, is highlighted for his boyhood in Malvern and studies at Peru State Normal, with a British-born wife and infant daughter residents near a British base.
Funeral services for Mrs Adele Henrietta Hackmann were held at Mansfeld Funeral Home with burial in St Charles Missouri. The obituary notes she was born March 5 1876 in Holstein Missouri and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at 14. She married Theo B Hackmann in St Charles and lived in the home of a rector until marriage.
Mrs Hackmann, aged 69, died early Wednesday after a several years long illness. She moved to Malvern in 1916 with her children and had been bedfast with heart trouble before a recent decline. Survived by husband, children, sister Annie Busgher of West Los Angeles, four grandchildren, and other relatives.
District Commander Elect TM Bie Uso promotes Legion membership as election night dues collection emerges. Bill Biggar and others face pressure amid heated county contest with July 30 closing date and potential public exposure over who pays for service members. The Malvern area Legion crew guards unity as veterans rally behind God and country.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for Mrs Margaret D Gibson 78 of Council Bluffs. She died Tuesday in Caynel Blake hospital after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her brother Alwyn E Byers of Lushton Nev two nieces Mrs Fred Huntington of Bell Fourche SD and Mrs Kirk Bheen of Lushton Neb and nephew Edward B Byers of Seattle Wash The services were at her residence in Council Bluffs at 2 p.m and the body was brought to Malvern.
A damaging fire struck the Churchill residence Monday around midday. Firefighters found extensive destruction inside the home of Frank Oburehi, with flames ravaging the structure and smoke billowing from the roof as crews attempted to control the blaze. The incident prompted emergency responses and an investigation into its cause.
County notes report 91 scalps paid for by Mills County auditor's office with bounty claims led by Raymond Bloedel of Millvernt who collected last week. Malvern’s Donner showed 33 pests in May. Hogs increase despite winter, voters faced high per vote costs with 6.66 dollars per ballot and low turnout. Some service men requested 4 ballots but 8 returned.
Twenty three Mills County men are ordered to report for physical examinations as part of team preparations. The roster and dates are not fully listed in the fragment.
The county Selective Service board announces upcoming pre induction physical examinations this month for draftees. The list includes Emerson Orel, Howard Gillen, Merle Archie Debolt, Delbert Dwight Keith, Delbert Richard Rafferty, Kenneth Reed, Robert Stogdill, Wayne Zanders, Harvey Kates, Alfred Harris, Gerald Dean, Donald Mabbitt, Harold Deg Beott and others across Malvern Hastings Glenwood Omaha Oakland Tabor and nearby towns.
The youth committee of the American Legion invites 8 people to a youth dance this Friday at the Sa pm building. Admission is 2c. The event includes Band Mothers organizations.
Ben Slothower, longtime Malvern resident and grocer, died after a heart attack in the afternoon. A World War I veteran, he and Amy Deardorff raised two children, Dorothy Buesing and John Slothower, who served in the Navy at Great Lakes. Slothower helped run Deardorff’s Grocery after returning from service and remained active in community work before his death.
He served as Secretary of Bilger Arn Masonic lodge for years and sat on boards of First Presbyterian church and Malvern Cemetery Association. The death was sudden, occurring at home after noon. Funeral services were held at Mansfield Funeral Home with Rev. G F MacLean officiating as music accompanied, with many friends and officials attending. Survived by widow, two children, one grandson, mother and two brothers. Born in Malvern, he had lived here most of his life and recently planned Malvern reassignment to aid recovery.
Mills County saw a brief hot spell late in the week with temperatures spiking Monday and Tuesday before easing, then rising again on Wednesday the longest day. Daily readings list highs around 77 to 95 degrees with small rainfall amounts scattered through the period.
Harry Pace becomes agent for the Wabash Railroad Co at the local depot replacing B W Thommoson. Pace, 31 years in the company, plans to move his family to Annlverna soon as a house is found, with son Harry Jr serving as a pilot in the Army Air Force in England.
The fourth annual Farm Bureau women's summer conference will meet June 26-27 in Des Moines. Mille county will be represented by Mrs W F Richiel of Mineola or Mrs Dewey Delteh ley of Mineola, Mrs June Wise of Glenwood, and Miss Luedilia Brubbs, county extension home economist. The 1944-45 women's program will be adopted at this conference rather than at the November annual meeting.
The local American Red Cross chapter relocates its surgical beverage department to the school house for summer. Schedules show classes on Monday and Tuesday afternoons and Monday evening. A large quantity of dressings in oversized sizes remains to be made, with one sister Mrs David Kilpatrick of Ban Gabriel OA.
Mills County reports higher corn acreage this year while canning crops shrink sharply due to shortages and floods. About 9,000 acres along the Migegurh river flood plain and 1,000 acres near Oliver Creek Valley were inundated, impacting tomato and pepper plantings. Local survey notes 4,900 acres newly tilled amid war conditions and shifting land use.
The county must invest 600000 in Fifth War Loan bonds before July 3 to earn the honor of a B-29 bomber bearing its name. With 125000 already invested, leaders urge residents to back the effort, as floods limit local purchases and some areas struggle to meet quotas. If met, Epipl of Milla County will be named on a B-29, urging quicker bond purchases via banks or post offices.
News arrived this week of the death of Lloyd R. Black at his home in Kansas City Kansas on June 14. Born in Keokuk Iowa May 9 1879 he moved with his parents to Strahan in 1886 and lived there until about 1906. He worked for the Missouri Pacific near Kansas City until his death. Survived by wife Luva two brothers Homer H of Omaha Donald P of Jacksonville Fla one nephew Donald M and one niece Barbara Ann Jacksonville.
May liquor sales at two state stores show a modest increase over April. Malvern and Glewood figures appear, with totals around 1.49 million for the period and 9,144.83 to 9,846.79 in monthly sales, reflecting a small growth trend despite the earlier month.
The Ampricas Legion and Assericen Legion Auxiliary hold a regular meeting in the Lawlon round of the bebe erty Memorig building Tuesday February 27 at 8 PM. Officials will be elected and members urged to attend.
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