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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
3
In Boehner Municipal Pool 450000 gallons of water purified by chlorination ensures a healthy swim. Opens July first with season tickets one dollar for July. Single admission ten and eighteen cents.
The father of Orta Harris of Shenandoah died Sunday after a brief heart illness. He was with his son here several days before his death. Body taken to Shenandoah for funeral services held Wednesday afternoon.
Chinch bugs are devastating crops in East Liberty, nearly wrecking Mrs. Jessie Cranmer’s wheat and attacking corn on farms of A R Bird Nets Olson and Charlie Sell. Grasshoppers also damage vegetation.
Scotland relies on imported materials for bagpipes with wood from Africa and the West Indies, goatskin from Spain, ivory from Africa, bags from Avatcalla, and tartan coverings locally made while gilken ribbons come from Switzerland, highlighting potential trade disruption if foreign commerce halts.
Imogene Mills notes a June 19 ceremony in St Patrick's Catholic Church where Fanny Dempsey married Johnny Martin. Rev John Krance officiated, with a nuptial mass and ring ceremony amid family, friends, and a reception at the bride's mother’s home. The couple planned to settle on a farm, with a three course dinner and platform dance.
Our Neighbors About the State notes Tabor will hold its annual Farmers and Merchants picnic July 26 27 with committees named. Thurman will celebrate the Fourth of July the first since 1906. Montgomery county sportsmen form a 12 person committee to study artificial lakes feasibility. Red Oak per pupil school cost rose nine cents while operating expenses stay lowest in Hawkeye six. Leader advertisers are reliable places to buy.
A June 20 wedding at St Marys Catholic Church Shenandoah united Madeline McDermott daughter of Ralph and Mrs McDermott now of Farragut with Thomas Perking of Imogene in the presence of about 100. The couple will reside on a farm near Imogene. The ceremony featured a blue silk bridal attire and a post ceremony breakfast at the bride’s parents.
June is the harvest month for strawberries yet also a time to rejuvenate beds after picking. Extension horticulturist 8 W Edgecombe advises mowing old leaves, raking and burning debris on small patches, or lifting mulch on large beds to burn when dry.
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