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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1964
Page
6
Smills County brief notes a barn and pig losses from a recent fire with some playful confusion over numbers. The issue highlights plastic honors for local students and mentions a Malvern Hastings radio broadcast featuring Jenny Schnoor Grace Richardson and a Mills County talent crew.
The Mills County paving plan begins March 10 along County Road V from Silver Creek toward Malvern. The route runs through Peace 8 and past the golf course to First Ave. Right of way acquisitions have been under way for about a year. The project will extend south to Fremont County and connect with Highway 184 west of Randolph, and the pavement will be Portland cement.
In Mills county the Red Cross blood mobile made two visits, Malvern and Glenwood, collecting 71 pints from 76 offers and 73 pints from 84 offers for a total of 18 gallons. Volunteers assisted, including Future Nurses of America members from Nishna Valley High.
Doug Dashner, president of the 4H Teen club, invites all to a box social on Saturday, March 7 at 7 p.m. in the Malvern Community building. Ladies are asked to bring 4
Nishna Valley Community School District adopted a new salary schedule and offered contracts to 34 teachers led by Supt. Lewis Doubleday. Recipients include Jo seph Dobbins, Marlin Mercer, Richard Morgan, Harold Terry and several elementary staff, with resignations accepted from Ann Nauman, Viola Binns, Arlo Davis and Sylvia Smith. A March 14 Girl Scout dinner aids community activities.
Claude Wilson, retired business man and local columnist, writes poetry as a hobby and recalls publishing Poems for Everyday Living. He cherishes The Leader, his hometown paper, and recalls delivering news as a boy, praising its wholesome, civic-focused content and weekly publication.
Franklin Miller, a St. Anthony Iowa trucker, learned 55 feet length limits apply only on 22 foot wide highways, with his 54 foot load drawing a $50 fine plus $15 for improper registration and $10 for the driver. Other drivers from Omaha to Virginia faced overload and improper registration penalties.
A fancy decorated lunch and auction will fund the Teen club. Mike Bloomer serves as auctioneer and a dance follows supper. Proceeds support an interstate exchange with Colorado 4-H members and Adams County 4-H visitors from Colorado visiting Mills County for several days in July.
Mills County cattlemen led the area beet price meeting in Shenandoah drawing about 5000 as they organized and led the program. Bob Buffington of Glenwood chaired the Cattle Industry Committee for Legislative Action and helped bring government leaders and cattlemen to the event. Members from Hastings Tabor and Glenwood helped staff the effort with bankers and officials noting concerns over rising beef imports depress ing domestic prices and urging import limits to support prices.
Hastings town council hired DeLay Engineering of Creston to study a potential city water system. The firm will assess mains and storage and report findings to the public once presented to the council, with a vote probable after review by residents. A card thanks local fire departments for aid after a house fire.
Linda Larsen, a regular Nishna Valley High News writer for The Leader, won the top prize in the Omaha World Herald Opportunity for Writers contest. Her story The Letter earned first place and a $25 prize, with credit given to teachers Wertha Therson and Vera Dittus for guiding her writing. The story centers on a letter written by a ten year old boy.
Malvern Iowa electors will vote March 26 1964 on constructing a fire station to house municipal equipment with bonds not exceeding 20000 and a two mill tax. The public notice sets polling at Liberty Memorial Building basement and details the official ballot wording and signatures of town officials.
Taxes and legislation will be the focus of a series of information meetings organized by the Mills County Farm Bureau. The first session Friday March 13 at 8 p.m. will be in the county Farm Bureau office in Malvern, with subsequent sessions March 20 in Glenwood and April 3 in Emerson. The program outlines how taxes are raised at federal, state, and local levels and compares Iowa taxes with ten midwestern states, featuring a panel from business, legislature, banking, and schools. Participants include Mrs. Margaret Wimner Rep. Wm. J. Scherle E. W. Burdie and Gordon Steiner with I. & Mike Bloomer as moderator. Co. Ext. Director LaVerne Obrecht aids the presentation based on a recent Iowa State University tax study.
Drouth drove long hours for local fire crews over the weekend with grass fires sparking most calls. Malvern, Hastings, Emerson, Henderson, and Tab or departments fought blazes at farms near Hastings, Bill Baer’s barn, and along Highway 34. Losses topped $6,000 at the Baer farm with hogs, equipment, hay, and oats burned. multiple grass fires threatened farms and dumps, while crews returned Friday to reawakened flames from smoldering ruins.
The Malvern fire department will meet Glenwood fire department on Monday March 9 at the fre hall in Glenwood at 6 30 pm. Members planning to go should be at the Malvern station no later than 8 15 pm.
MCHS vocal music variety show titled This Could Be It to air March 22 at 8 pm in the Community Building. Guest stars include the June Taylor Dancers Ned Sullivan the Beatles Liversee the Hootenany Clan Mitch Miller and Harry Mason. Admission 15 cents adults 50 cents students.
A burglary attempt at Silver City State Bank was thwarted Friday night when a forced door dial and punched tumblers triggered a safety device that released tear gas. Sheriff Barkus, with help from FBI and BCI, leads the investigation. a carto n in the area is described to authorities.
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