Farmers Merchants and Bankers Banquet Tonight
Mills county holds its third annual Farmers Merchants and Bankers banquet this Thursday at 7 in Malvern Community building. Expected 400 to 500 attendees, with over 600 meals prepared. Tickets 60 cents. reservations with county ticket committees Farm Bureau office or Malvern businesses. Program includes Dr F M McCluskey toastmaster bankers RK Cain Jr merchants T J Leary farmers Frank Coykendall and Mrs Ira N Cheney, with dancing by Glenwood class.
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Mills County
Malvern
Farm Bureau
F. M. McCluskey
Glenwood
Bankers 7
RK. Cain Jr
Omaha National Bank
T. J. Leary
Harle Haas Drug Company
Council Bluffs
Frank Coykendall
Shenandoah
Ira N. Cheney
Emraon
Cora Quick
Ny ‘Malvern
Business House
Malvern Opens Season With Red Oak Victory 8 to 6
Malvern defeated Red Oak 8 to 6 on Red Oak field to seize the upper hand early in the season. Pitcher McCord fanned 13 and limited opponents to 11 hits while Barkus and Mulholland fielded well. Malvern rapped 17 hits off Red Oak, using eight for scoring as they prepare to face Macedonia on the fair grounds field Sunday.
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Malvern
Red Oak
McCord
Barkus
Mulholland
Macedonia
Fair Grounds
Mills County Fair Grounds Open for Free Picnics to Citizens
Mills County announces the fair grounds are available for recreational use by all citizens. Improvements this season include a floored, painted floral hall with running water and electric lights, kitchen facilities, tables, and an Edison radio music box. Club groups and families are invited to hold picnics and parties, with a small rental fee for the clubhouse during special events. Contact Albert Hyzer, Secretary of the Mills County Fair, for arrangements. Celebrate the Fourth with damiy pene ue Mills County
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Mills County
Sesson
Mille County
Alert Hyzer
Milla County
County Conventions Set for Glenwood on Saturday
Delegates and committeemen from both parties will meet in Glenwood to select tickets and elect state convention delegates. Main business is choosing delegates to the state convention where the secretary of state nomination, led by G C Greenwalt of Milla county, will be decided. Republicans note township officer tickets need filling while Democrats list ward committeemen and delegates from Malvern and other areas.
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Glenwood
Milla County
G. C. Greenwalt
Greenwalt
Mneup
Court House
Malvern
Republican
First Ward
F. R. Chantry
Committesewoman
Mia
Fred Farquhar
Horton Beam
Fred Durbin
M. FE
Bell
G. C.boston
Gea
White
Second Ward
M. B. Bell
M. KE
L. A. Talhott
J. W. Jones
Charles M. Jones Dies in Malvern Pioneer Resident
Charles M. Jones, a prominent Mills County pioneer who moved from New York in 1878, died at his Malvern home on Sunday after a two week illness. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 conducted by Dr. Henry White with interment in Malveth cemetery. He was born November 3, 1946 in Bridgewater New York and lived in Hastings before relocating to Malvern. He leaves wife Janet L. Jones two daughters Mia Lucy Clark and Mary Jones son in law Harry Clark and granddaughter Ruth Janet Clark.
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Charles M. Jones
Malvern
Henry White
Presbyterian Church
Malveth
Jones
Mills County
New York State
Bridgewater
N. Y
Lucy Janet LeHoy
Clayville
Mia
Lacey Jonas Clark
Mary Jones
Ruth Bi.ten Jones
Mrs. Minnie A. Lively Dies at Farm Home
Minnie A. Lively of a Malvern area farm near Omaha died Sunday night at her home. Born May 8, 1859, she married L. D. Lively and had two sons Clarence and Everett. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery Omaha Tuesday June 24, 1920, with relatives mourning the loss.
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Minnie As Lively
Omaha
Stephen D. Davis
Malvern
L. D. Lively
Clarence
Everett
The
Baptist Church
Clarence Lively
M. T. Davis
C. F. Davis
Forest Lawn Cemetery
New Roads in Old Mexico Describes Lost Hacienda Wealth
The author recalls traveling through the Mexican desert between San Luis Potosí and Saltillo after 1810, noting grand haciendas once supported by irrigation and cattle, now mostly abandoned or ruined by revolution. They describe vast estates, desert decay, and glimpses of peons amid ruined rooms while seeking an owner at a surviving hacienda.
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San Luie Potosi
Saltillo
San Luis Potosi
United
Etten
Hague
Ares
Aviator Cracks Up in Landing at Strahan Field
Aviator Ray Weatherly encountered misfortune Sunday while landing his plane near the Morris Woodfill farm south of Strahan. He carried passengers that day and managed a hard stop after clipping a boundary fence, the craft tumbling through the fence and crashing past the Woodfill garage. Weatherly and passenger Virgil Curtis jumped from the cockpit just before the machine turned over.
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Ray Weatherly
Morris Woodfill Farm
Strahan
Woodfill
Weatherly
Virgil Curtis
Mills County Girls 4 H Rally Draws Hundred At Community Building
Mills County 4 H clubs held an all day rally at the Community building drawing over one hundred girls. The program featured singing led by Hazel Landis and George Rosenfeld, a memory contest, club reports, officer elections, and demonstrations on teeth care health and beauty culture. Prizes celebrated perfect attendance and 100 percent scores with jars and records awarded.
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Mills County
Hazel Landia
George Rosenfeld
Verne Mathews
Mia
Albert Hyzer
Reading
Lulu Bradley
Fern Clay
Silverettes Club
Charlotte Fellowa
Clover Leaf Club
Martiole Darla
Shamrock Glub
Faetaa i
Ames
Floyd Hill
Silver City
Guy Martin
Strahan
Alpert. Hyzer
Fannie Buchanan
Silveettes
Silverettes
Edus Lutz
Bernice Parker
Marjerie Donner
Lurlene Brake
Marian Benton
Roy Donner
Opera
Martha
Shamrock Club
Happy Workers
Club Unifor
Alta
Thompany
New. Fi
Cena
Heavy Entertainment Planned for Mills County Fair
A robust two week fair program runs August 12 to 15 with four nights and three big days of free acts including acrobats jugglers musicians skaters and more. Ten free acts per show in front of the grandstand plus racing nights parimutuel and prize events, band concerts, a 4 H club finale, a stock parade and a society horse show.
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Mills County
Frir
Iowa
Floral Hall
Thia
County A L A Units Meet Here
The Milla county units of the American Legion Auxiliary met at the Community building Tuesday afternoon. Represented were Silver City Emerson Glenwood and Malvern units. County chairman Mrs. Kenneth Evans presided after the advance of colors. Reports were given by unit presidents Ruth Kier L Henry O 4 Patrick H J Benton and others. Pearl Vetter urged membership and highlighted FIDAC aims. A Knoxville visit and a birthday party for Korean disabled veterans were noted.
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Milla County
American Legion Auxiliary
Silver City
Emerson
Glenwood
Malvern
Kenneth Evans
C. M. Norris
H. J. Benton
Nettle Johnson
Ruth Kier
L. Henry
Mineola
Patrick
Kenneth Ryans
American Legion
Pearl Vetter
Atlantic
Biatriet
Shea
FIDAC
FINAC
Malvern Plans Free Fourth of July Fireworks and Dance
Malvern Community club aims for a quiet Fourth with a free fireworks display and band concert at the fair grounds starting after 7 pm, followed by a dance in the floral hall with affordable prices. Committees for fireworks, band, and advertising have been formed, with no gate or seating charges.
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Malvern
Floral Hall
Menibora
Fred Mulholland
E. W. Knight
Albert Hyzer
R. W. Mansfield
F. J. Chantry
Allen Wortman
Eare
Joio
thiternaAilver Grange
Epworth Leaguers Open Annual Institute at Glenwood Lake Park
Epworth Leaguers gather for the annual Institute at Glenwood Lake park with 132 registrants amid classwork in Christianity, missions, and international relations. The program blends morning study with afternoon sports and evening programs, featuring a student council and a strong Methodist faculty.
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Epworth
Institute of the League
Glenwood Lake Park
Helen E. Mummery
Chicago
Paul N. Guthrie
World ‘Peace Commission
Methodist Church
Simpson College
John Hillman
John Horsley
Horsley
Frank Bean
Clarinda
Wik Na
Shenandoah
Wesley Chapel
Henderson
Lauren 2. Thomas
Institute
Kenneth Pace
Cornell Bluffs
Leora Turner
Cain
Gretchen Gidley
Malvern
Gwendolyn Campbell
Harlan
Lella Qroble
Oakland
Harlan Bawalt
Lonox
Wels
Dewy
Vera Clark
Ro ¥. Felt. Mboawer
Tgaritute
Mills County Officials Attend State Convention in Des Moines
Mills county officials joined more than a thousand other county officers at the annual state convention in Des Moines. The meeting ran from Wednesday through Friday with board of supervisors members Agan and Lewis, treasurer Otto Judkins, engineer C. B. Martin, and auditor Schade representing Mills County.
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Mins
State
Save Week
Des Moines
Agan and Lewis
Otto Judkins
C. &. Martin
Schade
Mills County
Piano Puni! 2 Recital at Glenwood
Miss Helen Jones presented her piano pupil Robert McCluskey of Glenwood in a recital at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Floyd McCluskey Tuesday evening. Mrs Jane Fickel aided with two solos and Miss Mayall Kerry played two violin solos. Cedric Grink arrived Friday from New Haven Conn where she has been taking advanced work at Yale.
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Helen Jones
Robert McCluskey
Glenwood
Miapureata
Floyd McCluskey
Jane Fickel
Mayall Kerry
Bud
T. Alatrope Gayo
Broud
Musical Readhuge
Cedric Grink
New Haven, Conn
Yale
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Millis County
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Old Mexico
Otha D, Wearth
Ang Allen Wortman
Strahan Field
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Alrt
County A. L. A
Silver Grange
Balfour
Flora
Aolo
Rose Sexyes
Hubert Chambers
Ed Gilbert
Grange
Daisy Song
Kathleen Gilbert
Randall Sawyers
Violet Song
Dorothy Gilbert
Rose
Vera Andrews
Poppy
Duwayne Andrews
Butterfly
Marlin Richard
Son
Rockies
Elaine Gilbert
Geraldine Tawagon
Winona Ewoldt
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