Mills County Fair Memories From Bassett Letter
C. EB. Gening of Bassett Nebraska recalls Mills County fairs from 50 years ago and comments on recent leadership. He includes a $2.56 check for another year of The Leader, notes enduring friendships, and hopes to visit during fall fairs once wartime conditions ease. He praises local volunteers who have long kept Mills County on the map and expresses fond plans to reconnect with the old group after the war.
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C. EB. Gening
Bassett
Neb
Mills County
Mra. G
Jeff Mills County
Gina Hyde
Mills County Fair
Last Rites for Othel L Holden Held in Malvern
Funeral services were held at Mansfeld Funeral home for Othel L Holden conducted by Rev. Wm Baker. Holden, born May 23 1915 in Mountain View Missouri, moved to Iowa in 1940, married Victorine Webb in 1933, and left a wife two children his parents four brothers and three sisters. He died in Omaha after a June 24 automobile accident and burial was in Malvern cemetery.
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Mansfeld Funeral Home
Othel L. Holden
Wm. Baker
The
Baptist Church
Harriet Costello
J. E B. Ellison
Othel Leford Holden
Dave Holden
Omaha
Mountain View
Iowa
Malvern
Victorine Webb
Donald
Jeannie
First Baptist Church of
Malvern Cemetery
4-H Girls Camp at Blair Nebraska to Be Held
4 H club girls from Milla county will attend the 4 H club camp at Dana college Blair Nebraska July 15 to 18 for girls over 12. Special instructors include Miss Margherita Tarr Miss Bernice Gross and Mary Lee Phillips. Speakers include Bob O Hanlon and EB Murphy. Activities cover swimming hand craft landscaping nature study and music with nightly programs and a church service. Miss Stubbe will accompany the group to Blair.
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Milla County
Dana College
Blair
Neb
Margherita Tarr
Bernice Gross
Extension Specialiata
Mary Lee Phillips
Chicago
Bob O'Hanlon
EB. F. Murphy
St. Louis
National Red Cross
Miss Stubbe
County Extension Home
Blain
Mavern Garden Club Meeting Time Revealed
The Mavern Garden club will meet from 6 a m to 3 2 a m Sunday, July with Mrs How.
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Mavern Garden Club
Othel Holden Killed in Sunday Car Crash at Bridge
Othel L. Holden was fatally injured early Sunday when his car skidded, struck a bridge girder over Papple Creek near Omaha, and fell. Three companions Rhevn Clark Jean Smith and Harvey Knight sustained minor injuries and were hospitalized. Holden died four hours later. Services were held Tuesday in Malvern with burial in the Malvern cemetery. he is survived by a wife and two children.
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Othel L. Holden
Papple Creek
Omaha
Rhevn Clark
Red Oak
Jean Smith
Emerson
Harvey J. Knight
Doctors Hospital
Mr. Holden
Holden
Malvern
Malvern Stores to Close for Independence Day
All Malvern stores will be closed all day July 4 for the holiday.
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Malvern
Westminster Guild to Meet at Mrs Campbell Home
The Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian church will meet Tuesday July 3 at 8 p m at the home of Mrs Robert Campbell.
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Westminater Guild
R. L. Campbell
Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian Church
Robert Campbell
Discharge batch tops June for County Recorder Hattie Brown
County Recorder Hattie Brown reports eleven honorable discharge papers recorded in June. Recipients include Art A. Hiley Okley E. Greenwood Gerald I. Bower Wayne Lincoln Burwyn D. Greenwood Waldo E. B. Edmondson Samuel C. Hutchings Joe K. Dawson Forrest E. Bloomer Floyd R. Hunt and Harold F. Slaughter. Deputy Clerk Lorraine Strand received a June 19 message from her husband Cpl Harold Strand of the 381st Regiment 96th Division US Marines. He was resting on Okinawa after 39 days at the front. He sends best wishes to his parents and wife and recalls their July 7 wedding anniversary.
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Hattie Brown
Art A. Hiley
Okley E. Greenwood
Gerald I. Bower
Wayne —. Lincoln
Burwyn D. Greenwood
Waldo EB. Edmondson
Samuel C. Hutchings
Joe K. Dawson
Forrest E. Bloomer
Floyd R. Hunt
Harold F. Slaughter
Lorraine Strand
Cpl
Harold Strand
381St Reg
Two More Boys Arrive Home From Prison Camp
Cpl Ed Herrick recently liberated from a German prison camp arrived home Sunday and is staying with his parents Mr and Mrs A R Herrick. Pfc Harold Foy of Omaha, formerly of Malvern, visiting this week at the Everett Ponton home. He was captured at Fald Pass in 1943 along with the Malvern group. Waste paper needed. Save all you have. Call G N Jones to pick it up in Malvern.
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Cpl
Ed Herrick
United States
A. R. Herrick
Harold Foy
Omaha
Malvern
Everett Ponton
Fald Pass
G. N. Jones
Mills County Ration Board Members Resign
Heavy changes came to Mills county war price and rationing board as A. F. Blanchford Glenwood and John Beckwith BE W Knight and Mrs. Carolyn Breeding of Malvern resigned. Horace Greenwood Emerson named new chairman. Three new members will be appointed to the tire panel and filling vacancies. Gasoline and price panels remain unchanged with current chairs. Resignations thanked the public. Standiford praised the board and welcomed the new leadership.
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Mills County
A. F. Blanchford
Glenwood
John Beckwith
BE. W. Knight
Carolyn Breeding
Malvern
Horace Greenwood
Emerson
Greenwood
Blandiford
Beckwith
Breeding
Mr. Knight
EB. L. Hiatt
Everett Whisler
Milla County
Standiford
Legion and Auxiliary Elect Officers After POW Visit
The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary held streamlined meetings Tuesday night after a visit by four returned prisoners of war. Sgt. Ronald Honeyman Cpl Ed Herrick Cpl Dan Myers and Pfc Harold Foy spoke on prison life. New officers were elected for both groups, with Harold McCain as Legion commander and Mrs I L Fraser leading the Auxiliary.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Ronald Honeyman
Ed Herrick
Cpl
Dan Myers
Pfc
Harold Foy
Grant Chamberlain
F. E. Mulholland
Albert Nelson
The
Legion
Harold McCain
Glen Dalrymple
Felix Bummers
Elmer Krogmean
Lyle Coddington
W. D. Broeth
Ower
J. B. Ellisson
W. H. Maddocks
Augiliger
Mra
I. L. Fraser
Mercury tops 94 set year high last Saturday
The mercury rose to 94 degrees last Saturday, the warmest reading so far this year, though it still trails the same date last year. The report notes cooler conditions compared with last year at this time.
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Mercury
John Hall Receives Occupational Discharge
John Hall arrived home Tuesday morning from Camp Plauche Louisiana with an occupational discharge from the army. He will assist his father Otto Hall in the dinchemich and machine shop where work slows at this time of year. One Hell, who has been living.
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John Hall
Camp Plauche
Otto Hall
Hell
Tornado West of Malvern Causes Much Damage
Heavy tornado damage west of Malvern Tuesday night damaged farm buildings and property along before sunrise. The Durbin and Goy families suffered the worst losses with barns cribs and homes unroofed or destroyed. Several farms reported damaged hay stacks, fences, and windows while lines were down and minor injuries occurred. Florence May Bowen, 2 1/2, died of virus pneumonia at Morey hospital after four weeks illness. service held at Mansfeld Funeral Home.
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Florence May
Ted
Florence Bowen
Morey Hospital
Council Bluffs
Malvern
Fred Durbin
Richard Gay
Guy Wolf
R. Warren
Walter Hilton
Gene van Orsdel
Harry Kemp
Bateman Farm
Dale Gell
Hillsdale
Card of Thanks for Kindness after Loss
We express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for the cards and letters sent to our little daughter in hospital and for acts of kindness during our bereavement in the death of our daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bowen.
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Ted Bowen
Posse Hunts Sniper in Glenwood Hills
Sherif Robert J. Moore organized a 26 man posse Tuesday morning to search the Glenwood Hills district for an unidenti- fied man after two shooting reports. The five hour drive covered about 200 acres with patrolmen, state guards, detectives, and local officers. They found only a cave, a landslide blocked hideouts, and an abandoned house. The effort yielded possible information that may explain the mystery.
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Sherif
Robert J. Moore
Glenwood
Roy Yore
James Endicott
Iowa State Guard
Ray Bateman
Malvern
Pottawattamie County
Field Day At Iowa State College Demonstrates Agricultural Tests
At the agronomy farm and soils conservation nursery Iowa State College hosted about 400 attendees from Milla county and surrounding areas. The program featured test plots of grasses and legumes, rotation and fertilizer results, and demonstrations of hay-drying equipment and an automatic field baler that ties bales. Visitors toured the college barns and observed the hay melting machinery and other demonstrations as part of a full field day.
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Milla County
Agronomy Farm
Soils Conservation Nursery
Iowa State College
College Barna
Lorage
Malvern Rotarians Hear Reports From Liberated Soldiers
Malvern Rotarians met Tuesday and heard accounts from three returned prisoners of war held in German camps. Sgt Ronald Honeyman Cpl Rd Herrick and Cpl Dan Myers shared experiences while prisoners. Rev Hall received a past president pin and Dr D M Kline was named president for the coming year.
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Malvern Rotarians
Ronald Honeyman
Rd Herrick
Dan Myers
Rtev
D. M. Kline
du- Hen
Club Au
Coast Guardsman Ellis Returns After Pacific Duty
Wayne Ellis son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Ellis Emerson is a coast guard carpenter's mate first class who recently returned to the United States after service aboard a supply ship in the Pacific The vessel faced four days of enemy air attack at Bougainville and rode out a perilous 80 mile per hour wind in the central Pacific during the voyage
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Coast
Wayne Ellis
Arthur Ellis
Emerson
Ellis
Coast Guard
Pacific
Bougainville
Central Pacific
Emerson Blood Bank Clinic Fills quota at Emerson school
The Emerson American Legion Auxiliary sponsored a blood bank clinic at the Emerson school house on Wednesday for a full quota. Thirty two donated blood with two trained nurses and Red Cross staff assisting. Volunteers from Hastings Wales Champion Hill aided. Refreshments were served and certificates are available at Emerson lumber yard.
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Emerson Blood Bank Clinic
The
American Legion Auxiliary of
Emerson
Emerson School
Miss Johnson
Doris Good Bailor
Hastings
Wales
Champion Hill
Emerson Lumber Yard
Bond sales rise at Glenwood and Malvern liquor stores
In May bond sales surged at the two county liquor stores while liquor sales held steady from April. Glenwood liquor sales were 2211.62 in May versus 2252.69 in April. May bond sales totaled 9350, up from 1100 in April. Malvern liquor sales reached 2195.90 in May, up from 2139.25 in April, while May bond sales were 5362.25, up from 2 in April.
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Glenwood
Malvern Hquor
Appreciation note from Mrs Watts after hospital stay
Mrs Harvey Watts thanks friends neighbors and relatives for cards flowers and support received during her hospital stay. The message notes gratitude for calls and expresses appreciation for The Malvern Leader’s sending of well wishes. Mrs Robert Craig departed Thursday for Jonesboro Tennessee to visit her father and other relatives for two weeks.
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Malvern
Harvey Watts
Robert Craig
Jonesboro, Tenn
Mills County Placed in Danger Class for War Bond Shortfall
Latest figures show Mills County has yet to purchase about 81000 worth of bonds to reach a 409000 quota in the war bond drive. The county ranked 43rd in the state last Saturday with 78.1 percent of its quota, below the state average. The drive has been extended to July 6, and residents are urged to buy to meet their share. Letters are being sent by the Mille County War Activists to those who have not yet bought.
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Mills County
Milly County
Denger
Gane
Wlll
Turth
Mille County War Activisva
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Blair, Neb
Othel Holden
Bert Colwell
Henry Washburn
William Castor
B. N. Maxwell
Legion and Auxiliary Elect Officers
Philippines
Thomas Gidley Jr
T. W. Gidley Jr
New Caledonia
Mercy Hospital
Mansfeld Funeral
Florence May Bowen
Lester C. Hall
Bernice Caudell
Fre Benton
J. E. Ellison
Glenn Robbins
Harold Skerritt
Jack Bowen
Robert Plummer
Ralph Hower
Orville Babbitt
Cecil Hoover
Lorraine Bowen
Ross
Wallace Wederquiet
Hudson
Colo
Harley Niday
Arvada
Rose Austin
Des Moines
Karl Heilman
Fed Osk
Robert Berry
England
Virginia L. Irwin
Opal Irwin
Malvern High School
Closs
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
St. Patricks Church
Warren M. Lemonds
C. B. Lemonds
Eighth Air Force
Craw
Pbl
Posse
Glenwood Hills
Coast Guardsman
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