Gardens Around Mills County Piques Readers With Colorful Plots
The Leader highlights numerous Mills County gardens from J B Late to Otto Halla, Cora Hardy, and others, praising vibrant plantings, rambler roses, and back lawn displays. A note suggests viewing by alleys, not streets, to catch the best yards. Corn markets steady as Postmaster Mulholland enforces AAA conservation, destroying a self depleting crop. farmers largely accept acreage checks despite sharp letters from the county AAA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
J. B. Late
Harry E. Nelson
Otto Halla
Cora Hardy
Himébaugh
Albert Benton
Guy Breedings
George Mellor
Mulholland
AAA
AAA Ae
Emerson Dedicates New Athletic Field This Evening
Emerson officials dedicate a new athletic field tonight at Pall George C Bass Memorial Park. The lighted facility, funded by the George C Bass Memorial Fund, becomes the permanent home for the Gasser baseball team. No bleachers yet, but parking and spectator benches are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Pall George C. Bass Hyn Tisl
Gasser
Red Oak
Malvern
Stowe Quarry to Be Run as WPA Project
WPA funds a project to improve Malvern cemetery drives with 1000 cubic yards of crushed rock. The plan calls for 48 workers for a month, with 6,672 labor hours, sourced from Lyons township quarry, financed mostly by WPA and a partial local cost of 666.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Waa
Cemetery Association
Lyons Township
WPA
County Republican Women to Organize in Milla County
Milla county Republican women plan to organize today with a meeting called by Mary Evelyn Lowan, vice chairman of the county central committee. The gathering is set for 3:00 p m in the Glenweag courthouse room to elect officers and outline plans for the western four wards. Attendees include Lt Taylor of Sharpaburg and Vinn Tbpirvan, who are expected to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milla County
Republican
Mary Evelyn Lowan
County Central
Glenweag
Avantion
Plana
Ali Ese
Aw mi
Hiella ‘Taylor
Sharpaburg
Dieict Vinn
Wheat Growers Insurance Meeting at Glenwood Court House
Wheat growers gather June 29 in Glenwood Court House to learn of a new all risk wheat insurance plan. C Roblo Buffington, county wheat insurance supervisor, chairs with Jens Alton of the Iowa state conservation association speaking. Mills County, a top yield, seeks strong turnout as the plan covers fire, hail, frost, winter kill, pests and diseases for 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Growers Crop Insurance Meeting
Court House
Glenwood
Alt Risk
C. Roblo Buffington
At & P
Jens Alton
Iowa
State Conservation Association
Mills County
Buffingtons
County Superintendent Attends Iowa City Conference
County Superintendent Amy Hammers travels to Iowa City for a state conference on Child Development and Parent Education. The trip reflects a two year push to strengthen parent teacher group work in rural schools and widen rural involvement in education programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Hammers
Iowa City
Miss Hammers
Benenelal Resutta
Iowa buys option on limestone quarry near Mira County
The state of Iowa purchased an option on a limestone quarry in Mira County last week. It secures rock just south of the county-operated quarry, extending its access to this mineral resource.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mira County
Supreme Court Upholds Millis County Board Wing Decision
The Supreme Court ruled that Millis County does not need to publish detailed reports of homestead exemption actions. The ruling followed a suit by three local papers led by The Malvern Leader The Glenwood Opinion Tribune and The Silver City Times. Publication costs in Millis would have been about $300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Mills County Board of Supervisors
Malvern Leader
Glenwood Opnion-Tribune
Silver City Times
Genung
No Roads on Hobo Island
County officials led by Supervisors Frank Plumb and Alien Waits along with Thurman E. Martin and E. A. Schade visited a Little Known section of Milla county after a taxpayer complained of missing roads. The historic Hobo island near the Nebraska line illustrates shifting river boundaries since 1834 and the changing Iowa Nebraska border along the Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Plumb
Alien Waits
Thurman E. Martin
E. A. Schade
Milla County
Hobo Island
Nebraska
Schhool
Iowa
Missouri River
Big Muddy
Iowa-Nebraska
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Set for Friday June 24
The American Legion Auxiliary schedules its June meeting for Friday June 24 marked as the Fiddu meeting with four programs. Mrs Harley Bleyenscu Fiduc chair will lead, a special musical number appears on the program, and the election of new officers will be held. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Fido
France
Harley Bleyenscu
Community Club July Meeting Set At City Building
All business men urged to attend the regular July meeting of the Community Club in the City Building Monday evening. Agenda includes proposal for a fair grounds project, routine club business, summer business promotion, and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buainesa
Republicans to Nominate Congress Candidate July 2
Republicans from 13 counties of the seventh district plan a July 12 gathering in Red Oak to select their congressional candidate. The nominee is expected from those who ran in the primary where no one hit 30 percent. Delegates to the Red Oak district convention will be chosen at earlier county meetings. Delegates are allocated one per 250 votes from the last general election, totaling 256 with Mills county contributing 16. Mills county holds its convention July 2 at Glenwood to name district and state delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
Mills County
Glenwood
Hamburg editor earns national award for service
Fred Hill editor and publisher of the Hamburg Reporter received the National Editorial Association’s national award for outstanding community service. The honor cites his work for Hamburg, fostering community improvement and promoting local enterprise, including the annual peony show, while continuing to publish a leading Iowa newspaper. He is well known in Malvern, visiting sister Mrs T W Gidley and mother Mrs BE Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fred Hill
Hamburg Reporter
National Editorial Association
Hill
Lveparvica
Hamburg
Malvern
T. W. Gidley
BE. Hill
Imogene’s Civil War Vet to Gettysburg 75th Anniversary
F. M. Straight, Imogene’s sole Civil War veteran, will depart Monday with his son in law Charles Abbott to attend the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Straight
Imogene
Charles Abbott
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Doctor Laird Receives Master of Practology Degree
Dr. Donald R. Laird of Rochester Minnesota earned a master’s degree in practology from the University of Pennsylvania after three years of study at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He plans to pursue a term in colon surgery and was praised for thorough treatment and advanced research in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Laird
Donald R. Laird
Rochester
Minn
University of Pennsylvania
Laird
4 H Convention Held at Ames Last Week
The 4 H convention at Iowa State College Ames June 15 to 18 featured heritage and world influences affecting farm girls. Iowa's Centennial was noted in talks on heritage. Four outstanding 4 H girls were named 1938 home economics award winners: Helen LeFever Muscatine County received a refrigerator, Majella Zabesky Winnebago County won for clothing record, Murle Fluckey Union County earned for best home making record, Oladge Lakes Howard County awarded for work accomplished in a category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
Heritagen
Horizone
Jowa
Helen LeFe Ver
Muscatine County
Majella Zabesky
Winneshiek County
New Xewlug Wee Ohtue
Murle Fluckey
Union County
Oladge Lakes
Howard County
U Uuiritien
Township committeemen begin compliance check in Mills County
The Holl Conservation association township committeemen start the second phase of the Agricultural Adjustment program this week. They attended a school of instruction where state official Jess Alton explained the procedure and will inspect farms to ensure adherence to spring cropping quotas. A larger county team maps farms and lists quotas to aid checkers, with no fixed completion date but an expected duration of one to two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Holl Conservation Association
Jess Alton
State Committee
County Conservation Office
James Benton
Margaret McCormick
Tom Benton
James Deckwith
Malvern
Kenneth Allensworth
Hastings
Arline Harbor
Henderson
Praderick Workman
Glenwood
Final Rites for Mrs Z A Richardson Held in East Liberty
Funeral services were held at East Liberty church for Mrs Zealan A Richardson who died at her daughter Ruth Estes Seattle home. Interment followed in East Liberty cemetery. The obituary notes Adelaide Dayston Hart born 1858 in Cambria Pa married Zealan A Richardson in 1878 and survives include L L Richardson Malvern Kate McElhose Ruth Estes, Alma Chambers deceased daughter, with nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mrs Richardson was a Silver City Baptist member and longtime president of Kensington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liberty Church
A. Richardson
Ruth Estes
Seattle
Wash
Glenn South
Mra
BE. C. Colling
Francis Kline
Sarah Ruse
Hendrix
Keesee
Frank Anderson
A. B. Judson
Claude Brooks
J. R. Graves
John Flanagan
FE. C. Collins
Thomas McClure
East Liberty
Adelaide Dayston Hart
Ansel and
Clementine Hart
Cambria
Zealan A. Richardson
Glenwood
Alma Chambers
Gregory
S. D
L. L. Richardson
Malvern
Kate McElhose
Ssattla
Lumbermen Consider Saturday Afternoon Closures at Meeting
Mill county lumbermen met here last week to discuss closing shops on Saturday afternoons. Greenwood yards have already closed for that period and most others indicated interest but have not decided definitively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milla County
All County Legion and Auxiliary Meeting This Friday
The American Legion and Auxiliary in the county will hold an all county meeting Friday night to conduct a federal program, elect county officers, and welcome several expected members.
WPA Diggers Probe Mills County Past for Artifacts
Under Ellison Orr the workers uncover several earth pit houses near Oak township. Pottery fragments and crude tools emerge as diggers probe 300 year plus Indian settlements while whites traded here about 300 years ago. Work paused briefly with plans to resume northwest of Glenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Ellison Orr
He Drapers
Oak Township
Orr
Alto
State Institution
Gledwébd
tHan
Kenneth Killman
Ed Hall
Jack Rainey
Walter Stivers
Mr. Orr
Glenwood
Wearins Injured in Milwaukee Olympian Train Wreck
Mr and Mrs M J Wearin of Walterville Oregon were passengers on the Milwaukee Olympian train wrecked near Miles City Montana early Sunday. Both taken to a hospital with non serious injuries lac erations and severe bruising reported. Wearin had left Walterville 44 years ago and had visited his brother in Thurston Nebraska before joining the Olympian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Wearin
Walterville
Ore
Sherman Jones
Jim McFall
Miles City
Mont
Custer Creek
Mrs. Wearin
Pageant by American Legion Auxiliary at Tabor College
A Fidag pageant for Auxiliary members will be held at Tabor College on June 30 after a picnic. Dean George C. Wise will address the group before the pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Tabor College
George C. Wise
Sunset service at Waubonsie State Park June 20
A sunset service will be held at Waubonsie State Park near Hamburg on Sunday evening, June 20 at 6645. Members of the Christian Endeavor district 20 including Milly, Montgomery, Pose and Fremont counties are urged to attend this service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waubonsie State Park
Hamburg
Christian Endeavor
District 20
Milly
Montgomery
Pose
Fremont
Thi Tele Mills County meeting notices and crop plans
Readable fragments show a June 28 Republican gathering in Glenwood at Memorial Park led by George, with June 20 discussions on Wheat Growers crop insurance in Bayrson and Glewood. Names and places appear inconsistently due to OCR errors but indicate local political and agricultural notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwoon
Podicarion
George Bags
Bayrson
Kaneraon
Wheat Growers Crop Insurance
Glewood
Funeral Services for Martha Jane Coons
Funeral services for Martha Jane Coons who died June 18 were held at Mansfield funeral home with Rev C E Calkins presiding. VFW Auxiliary provided music and flowers. pallbearers were Co I members Ed Hayes Jim Endicott Elmer Boyce Harry Widows Wil ter McKnight and Jesse Hunter. Interment in Malvern cemetery. Born March 30 1850 in Indiana she joined the Methodist Episcopal church at 16 and remained active. Married Augustus Coons February 2 1876. he died March 10 1922. Surviving are Daisy E Kesterson John R Irwin Fred E Charles B Alfred A and Hattle Be Clatterbuck Cora A Dalrymple 1 brother William Shane 16 great grandchildren and 1? grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Coons
Mansfield Funeral Home
C. E. Calkins
Marie Cheyney
Gladys Kemp
Mavela Hayes
Messinger
Auxiliary
Tya Ferre
Effie Trimmer
Hazel White
Rena Stonder
Callie Kelso
Daisy Belt
Old Co. I
Ed Hayes
Jim Endicott
Elmer Boyce
Harry Widows
Wilter McKnight
Jesse Hunter
Malvern
Martha Jane Coens
Nancy
Peter Shane
Indiana
Methodist Episcopal Church
Augustus Coons
Eldorads
Emma Francis
Edward Watter
Tabor
John R
Irwin, Mo
Fred E
Belltower
Mont
Charles B
Alfred A
Hattle BE. Clatterbuck
Glenwood
Cora A. Dalrymple
William Shane
Silver City
Weather Note on Cool Summer Temperatures and Weekly Radar
A brief weather blurb compares this summer's heat to last year, noting temperatures around 93 today after a 102 high last year on June 23. It mentions a mild week with light to no attachment, and provides a quirky daily high and low grid for the week with several illegible entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sueaday
Boy Scouts Open Season Ticket Drive for Pool
Boy Scouts begin sales for Titty Boehner Municipal pool opening next week as the 1958 season starts. The big tank opens July 1 with manager Date Dyke in charge and fire department aiding pool cleanup. Monthly tickets at $1 allow unlimited visits. single admissions similar to last year, with daily water filtration to maintain safety and purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acim
Gertrude Sexton Dies in Hamburg Hospital
Gertrude Sexton aged 27 died early Friday morning at Hamburg hospital after an appendectomy. Born June 4 1911 at Parnell Mo she moved with her parents to Randolph at six months. A Randolph Consolidated graduate she taught in Fremont County and for four years in the local schools. She was active in the Methodist church and Eastern Star and is survived by her parents and a brother Charles of Cromwell. Services were held Sunday at the Randolph Methodist church with Rev Felt officiating and burial in Randolph cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Sexton
Hamburg Hospital
Charles Sexton
Randolph High School
Teachers College
Maryville
Miss Sexton
Imogene
Percival
HV. Felt
Prescott
Randolph
Randolph Cemetery
Gerttrauda Sexton
Charles
Molly Sexton
Parnell
Randolph Consolidated School
Teachers’ College
Fremont
Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Cromwell
Fair Board and Citizens Discuss Fair Grounds Project
A Mills County meeting Tuesday evening brought together the fair board S J Anderson from the board of supervisors and various citizens to outline a plan for improving the fair grounds. Financing, locations of improvements, and other features were partly worked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Country Fair
Fair Board
S. J. Anderson
Board of Supervisors
Garden Club to Meet Tuesday June 28
The Garden Club will hold its final meeting of the year at Mrs. Guy Breeding's home on June 28. It will be a pot luck luncheon at Lo pom if ruin it will be held in the basement of the Community building. A short program will follow the lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Guy Breeding
Lo Pom
Old Age Assistance in Mills County Details
Mills County Iowa reports 47.633 persons received old age assistance totaling $9a for May. New applications continue to pour in as the month closes, with county totals showing beneficiaries at $19.64 per person. The county lists 274 in the general category as part of the aid distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
State of
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
George C. Bass
Basa
Mr. Band
Stowe
Alton
Millis County Board
Congress
Yellow County
D. R. Laird
Ty Ge
Soil Conservation Association
Seas Alton
Z. A. Richardson
East Lberty Cemetery
All-County Meeting
Legion and Auxiliary
American Legion and
Auasiliary Kiowbhorn
County of Geora
M. J. Wearins
Montana
Fidag Pageant
Waubonsie
Thi Tele Mills
Funeral Home
BOY Scouts
Randolph Methodist Church
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