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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
5
Letters from subscribers across the country show renewals and address changes for the Leader newspaper. Readers trace planting seasons, describe weather and crops, and note a grand Barataoga aircraft carrier visit while planning picnics and travel.
In coming weeks the Malvern public safety club will organize its 61st city championship tournament at Skeet. The event will be held along the game lines at due city golf tournament. Details are being finalized and participants urged to prepare.
The club officers including Pratt and Keight vetoed items while others are out of town. Two registered shoots will be held this season. The Iowa championship shoot was awarded to Maiveta and will be held in May. The new skeet gate is popular and shooters are mastering it. Cliff Robbins has 19 of 26 in sets thrice. H Foster and Fletcher also posted high scores. Tabor and Emerson participants attended last week’s shoot. Tabor plans a skeet pit of 30 members. Emerson will start one. The public is invited to attend the shoots.
County 4-H clubs prepare to choose outstanding club girl and boy who will compete for a state trip to Washington. Members are told to consult their club leader for contest details and note a March 15 deadline to submit club booklets to the Farm Bureau office.
A vivid moving picture titled "Chang" presents animal life in Siam's jungle with a pioneer Siamese family and a cast of two ex servicemen who filmed in tiger districts near Neofo. The film, praised for natural behavior and photography, screens in Malvern on March 12 and 13, aided by the Presbyterian Missionary Society.
A crowded Gaudet Brothers sale barn saw buyers pay top prices for teams and individual animals. The four-year-old mule herd led at $400 per pair, while nine teams averaged $256 per head and the overall sale totaled over $6,000 with several lots selling above $300 per head. Buyers included Arthur Bradley, W. G. Gregory, and F. W. Pierce among others, noted for square dealing in livestock.
A summary of Malvern’s season shows seven victories in eleven scheduled games. Early losses opened the season, but by the Glenwood game the squad was in sync with fast breaking offense. Hummel led plays as pivot, Gidley and Mulholland supported with strong defense and scoring, while H Hoover anchored the backboard and Ben ton added consistent perimeter shooting. Gene Hoover Donald Obrist and Max Ireland contributed as reserves, reflecting strong team spirit and defense across southwest Iowa. A Spanish editor considers the Monroe Doctrine outdated, per the Toledo Blade.
Des Moines March 7 1928 reports from the special session of the Forty second General Assembly outline caucus divides over submitting a public bond proposal to Iowa voters. Both sides pledge fair discussion while pursuing changes to the bill including cement plant funding and highway route adjustments. Governor Hammill is misquoted in a broadcast, and the Timots supreme court decision on the genuine tea unconstitutionality fuels further debate.
Raymond H. Hoffer received 522.05 from the Western Cold Storage company on Thursday February 23. Kerfer runs a large farm and has been Raising capons for years, noting the method has boosted farm profits. Capons sold that day weighed several pounds each, with some heavier.
Six hundred people filled the Mills County Farm Bureau community building for a Leap Year Frolic hosted by County Agent Hyzer and officers. Attendees from across the county enjoyed a program in the basement with acts from KMA Shenandoah and KFNF Shenandoah, Council Bluffs and Omaha performers, a field of speakers, entertainers, and a chalk talk by the Consumers Seed House. The event featured Jim Whitt the Rocky Mountain poet, Idaho photographer Bob Lambert, a Seed House Orchestra, Lena Sandman, and the Simpson College male quartet led by Erle Danley. A. H. Ayzer of Storm Lake demonstrated boneY playing. many left pleased with the evening.
The Mills County District Court opened the February term led by Judge Mants of Audubon. A jury selected from Henderson, Malvern, Emerson, Menwood, and Carson indicted six defendants, including embezzlement charges against EB A Herrick and a drunken driving count against Harley Tyeon. The session also covered probate and law matters, with notable cases including a guilty plea for Everett Byler on a liquor charge and a writ denial in a habeas case involving Glenwood Institution girls. The court adjourned after two days of trial and will resume with law, equity, and probate work next week.
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