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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
3
The school board approves a new electric timer and secret marker for the upcoming sectional tourney. It promises improved timing and features controlled from the timekeeper’s table, aiming to attract spectators and enhance the EMAITCHESS event.
A chaotic clippings style piece mocks readers with snappy jabs about fashion haircuts grimy taste and social missteps. It threads in school life notes mentioning Dorothy Hasselquist Betty Barkus and Golde Cozad along with a vivid mix of names places and activities from a high school scene.
Nine Malvern Girls attended the Girt Re serves conference in Creston on February 22 as part of the Red Oak Shenandoah district led by Mrs. Shirley Bechtel. Attendees from Malvern included Betty Lou Barkus Mari annis Estes Helen Ann Stevesson Babs Randerson Beverly Hamilton Golde Cozad Betty Hatfield Wanda Coons Anna Mary Frazier and Miss Betzer.
A brief recap of local events with a 15 year old operetta staged at Malvern and a juniors’ class play. Mentions a mother daughter gathering and a March week featuring events on March 3, 6, 7, 8 with birthdays including March 11 for Mr. Dyke.
In The Grades man reports a first grade pupil moving to Strahan and starting school there with hopes of enjoyment. The art class paints with watercolors and finds it interesting. Students listed as neither absent nor tardy this six weeks include Paul Hedlund Richard Roberts Donald Weak Beverly Mull holland Fern Stroud Evelyn Sullivan. New pupils Maxine Griffin and Paul Affen join the second grade. The fourth grade covers brief United States studies connecting geography to explorers Champlain LaSalle Father Marquette Henry Hudson and Peter Stuyvesant. English contractions exercises engage students like a hide and seek puzzle. Science topics include volcanoes earthquakes and soil erosion along with improved cleanliness. The fifth grade explores decimals in arithmetic and receives a Book of Fun from Junket Co. Best spelling performers are Lloyd Hedlund Virgil Watts Allan Vinyisan Joyce Campbell Ward Johnson Marlene Johnson Deloris Pauliot and Allee Bmith. Leonard Bochant joins as a six weeks open winner. A warlike letter from Muth Maddux of Honytol Pa. questions on law reach the group. We discuss division of dividends and plan to take a badge vote. Continuous study and daily routine noted with some garbled segments.
Malvern prepares for the state preliminary instrumental contest at Corning in April with three selections including Grainger and Foster pieces. Soloists Jack Hering on U flat clarinet and George Talcott on tuba will perform. The band faces strong rivals from Atton Elliott Lorimer Matsons Stanton and Fontanelle, a frequent state-champion group.
In a classroom scene a chair collapses during a hiccup incident sending Mr Kinsinger to the floor. He emerges unscathed with only minor embarrassment and the chair is described as weak but not irreparably damaged.
Four high school students left M I H S this week after transferring to new residences. Duane Schipper, a junior, and his brother Dean, a freshman, moved to Strahan. Paul Abel, a junior, relocated to a farm near Henderson, and Lloyd Stout, a sophomore, moved to a farm near Afton. The school expresses regret but wishes them well in their new schools.
A list covers Klass Keynotes on bookkeeping partnerships, Commercial Law on sales of goods, Physics on electricity, Biology on health problems, Mutual Training for new bleachers at fair grounds, Occupations teaching efficient clerking, Elements of Business on modern fling systems, English MW reading Lyon hoe, Arithimede square roots, Plain Geometry and snow lakes observed through a microscope during a snow storm.
Seniors at a school event had photos taken on Wednesday February 26 as a photographer from Walta table in Dex Moines arrived to shoot portraits. Students stood with full eyes and posed for the camera on curtained aisles.
East Liberty marked Laymen’s day with participants from Silver City led by lay leader Glen Skerritt. Mrs Albert Bada spoke, Miss Naomi Frazer sang The Rosary, and visitors included Mrs Ottman of Omaha. Regular services set for next Sunday.
A fragmented OCR item notes cable messages crossing the Atlantic eastward and reference a distance of about 100 far. The readable text emphasizes transatlantic communication and early telegraphic links, with uncertain specifics about dates or operators.
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