Sputnik fireworks set piece at Malvern Fourth
The Dutch Gun club ordered Sputnik as a centerpiece for the Fourth of July show. The gadget rises about 600 feet before exploding, using gyro principles. Club members note more fireworks than last year and call for volunteers to help with posts, bleachers, and stands on July 4.
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Sputnik
Louis Knop
Knop
Dutch Gun Club
Malvern
Kirk & Sons
Malvern Gun Club
Des Moines
Arulene Morrow
New School Bus Ordered Dependent on Board Approval
Malvern school district placed an order for a 48 passenger bus with a Superior body on a Ford V8 chassis through Salyers Auto Co. Low bid won the equipment and the county board of education is due to meet July 1 to act. Additional rural school closures north of Malvern signal a need for more transportation facilities to bring students to the district.
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County Board of Education
Malvern
Salyers Auto Co
Malvern Driver Suffers Knee Injury in Highway Collision
Darwin John Hascall, 25, of Malvern sustained a knee injury when his car collided with a 34 ton truck driven by Robert A. Mowinkel, 25, of Omaha at Highway 275 and Mineola Road Monday afternoon. Hascall was passing a car when Mowinkel entered the highway from a side road. Hascall's car damage about 1000 dollars and the truck about 500 dollars.
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Darwin John
Hascall
Malvern
Robert A. Mowinkel
Omaha
Highway 275
Mineola Road
Mowinkel
Mosquitoes Not Invited to Dutch Gun Club Celebration
Dale Shelley of Emerson Aerial Spray offers free spraying of Mills county fair grounds before Independence Day events to eliminate mosquitoes and chiggers, improving comfort for celebrants. Dutch Gun club members thank him for his kindness and support.
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Dale Shelley
Emerson
Mills County Fair Grounds
Shelley
Imogene Prepares Early Fourth of July Parade
Imogene residents plan an early Fourth of July celebration on the Sunday before the holiday with a noon parade led by the Malvern school band and other musical groups. The afternoon offers ball games and contests at no cost, and the MYF Stand invites patrons to the Dutch Gun club celebration next Friday.
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Imogene
Malvern
Mills county 4Hers join state convention crowd
Mills county 4H club members joined 1700 others from Iowa for the 29th annual girls 4-H state convention at Iowa State College last weekend. Doris Morris was elected president and attended a pre-convention workshop. The Mills group helped with pre-election campaigning and other convention activities.
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Mills County
Iowa
Iowa State College
Gloria Deitchler
Jolly Juniors
Vaunita Boite
Loyal Lassies
Doris Morris
Bonnie Seifford
Ambitious
Mills County Girls Dh
Camp Madrid
Mills Coalitians
Lavina Alberts
Wamila Bolte
Bonnie Siefford
Miss Schultz
County Attorney Seeks Denial of Autopsy Bill
Mills County Attorney Eliot Thomas urged supervisors to decline a 75 dollar post mortem bill from Council Bluffs surgeon Dr. Sidney Cohen for autopsy on Dewey Jones of Tabor who died in a highway incident. The coroner found coronary insufficiency from formary sclerosis as the cause, saying the autopsy was unnecessary and not the coroner's duty.
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Eliot Thomas
Milla County Board of Supervisors
Council Bluffs
Sidney Cohen
Dewey Jones
Tabor
Ward DeYoung
Cohen
Thomas
Mills County
En Ronte
Omaha
Glen Thompson
Randolph
Green Hill
Jones
Thompson
Q Ditch
Don Rhoden
Rhoden
Fourth of July grounds prep to aid Dutch Gun Club
Help is needed to ready grounds and facilities for the upcoming Fourth of July celebration. All available men are urged to assist at the fair grounds, with emphasis on Thursday July 3 and the morning of July 4, especially in the afternoon.
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Kurk & Sons
Linculn
Neb
Recreation Program Receives 660 From Grateful Groups
The Malvern summer recreation program has drawn 660 in gifts from several local groups led by the Business and Professional Women's club sponsor. The program operates as a Playground plan near the youth center and park, running 1 to 5 30 p.m. Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, with the youth center open 7 to 11 30 p.m. Fridays. William Winfrey leads the program and the water safety effort, with gifts acknowledged from Malvern Gun Club Commercial Club Malvern Firemen Rotary Club Park Board BPW Club Dutch Gun Club.
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Malvern
Business and Professional Women's Club
William Winfrey
Ile
BPW
Malvern Gun Club
Commercial Club
Malvern Firemen Rotary Club Park Board
B.P.W. Club
Dutch Gun Club
Leader Early Next Week Publication Notice
The Leader will publish one day early next week on Wednesday to deliver the issue before the Fourth of July. News and advertising copy should be sent in as early as possible to meet the tight deadline.
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Leader
Conventions Set Friday for Mills County Republicans and Democrats
Mills County voters will see both parties hold annual county conventions in Glenwood at 10 a.m. with Republicans in K P Hall and Democrats in the Armory. Central committees will meet, while delegates and committeemen were largely chosen at the June primary though several precincts have no selections.
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Glenwood
Mills County
K. P. Hall
Armory
Benton
Bill Scherie
Mary Allery
Bevis Sowers
Louise Jackson
Henderson
Wm. HH. Harbor
Jane Paul
Nellie Fickel
B. F. Buffington
Irene McManigal
Carl Yates
Mary Jurgens
Extensive damage to Lincoln man's auto in county road clash
A Lincoln Nebraska man, Robert Lee Simon, 21, saw $1,000 damage to his car when it collided with a county road grader four miles east of Silver City. The crash occurred last Thursday afternoon as Simon crested a hill, sending his car into a ditch after impact. The grader driver, Lester Loy Roberts, 39, of Silver City, was not injured. Sheriff's report notes no injuries to either party.
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Robert Lee Simon
Lincoln
Neb
Silver City
Simon
Lester Loy Roberts
Silver Cry
Mills County Soil District to Sponsor Queen of Furrow Contest
Mills County Soil Conservation District chair Albert Washburn says county girls may enter the Queen of the Furrow contest. Jointly sponsored by the SulI Conservation Districts and the American Fence Dealers, last year's winners were Carolyn Dashner and Barbara Nyren Shaw. Open to farm girls aged 16 to 41. entry blanks available at SulI District office or Malvern Extension Office. District contest slated for Saturday August 9 at Mills County Fair. Card of thanks from Horton Nursing Home expresses gratitude to Nishna Valley Women's Club.
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Albert Washburn
Mills County Soil Conservation District
Mills County
Sull Conservation Districts
Milla
Carolyn Dashner
Barbara Nyren Shaw
Sull Conservation District
Malvern
Nishna Valley
Youngsters Fishing Contest Opens July Fourth Pace for Holiday
A Malvern Gun club organized fishing contest for youths up to 15 starts at 10 a.m. on July 4 at the pond east of the Continent plant. The pond will hold 1200 to 7000 bull heads, with prizes from sports gear. State conservation commission will stock fish next Wednesday or Thursday and close the area until the holiday. Parents may bait. only one hook per pole. no rods. Free pop for all participants.
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Malvern Gun Club
State Conservation Commission
Malvern Guu Club
Crops Judging Workout Set For June 27 At Malvern Extension
A 4H crops judging workout is scheduled for June 27 at 8 p m at the extension office in Malvern. The session is open to all 1H members. Participants from this and future workouts will select Mills County's crops judging team to represent at the Iowa State Fair.
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Malvern
Mills County
Mills County Weather Brings Cool Damp Week
Weather in Mills County turned pleasantly cool with several small showers improving conditions. Weekly moisture totaled about an inch with around .5 inch from Monday, .2 inch on Sunday, and additional rain on Tuesday. Daily temperatures followed a cooler pattern.
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Mills County
Record Slim Vote on Wheat Question in Mills County
In the 1959 wheat marketing quotas referendum, Mills County had 368 eligible voters but only 67 cast ballots. Sixty four favored at least 1.81 per bushel (75 percent parity) while three opposed. Polling sites were Malvern Hastings and Pacific Junction with 3 Yes votes in Malvern, 190 in Hastings, and 220 in Pacific Junction.
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Mills County
Malvern
Hastings
Pacific Junction
Pac
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