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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1973
Page
6
This Week in Mills County reports Virginia Conner has begun work in the Leader production department in Malvern after moving from Clarinda Herald Journal. The piece also mentions an opinion by Malvern Community Schools Superintendent Jack Jones on the Professional Negotiations Bill in the state legislature on page 4.
In 1973 to date, Justice of the Peace Dorothea Graham collected 347.50 in county fines and 55.00 in town revenue. The docket featured a bind over for Leonard LeRoy Good on larceny in the night time, bail set at 1,000.00, and a 5 day jail term for Darwin R. Swanson for minor liquor possession. Traffic cases dominated the list with numerous fines for overweight, no prorate, no fuel permit, and related violations across several names and towns.
Mills County Democrats reverse prior stance and will hold a special county wide caucus in Glenwood on March 12 at 8 pm in the Glenwood State Bank meeting room. County Chair Marcia Vanderpool says party members from all precincts are invited.
Ernest Bloomer and Chris Ellison were elected presidents of Mills County 4-H boys and girls organizations during the 1973 Mills County Jamboree held March 3 in Malvern. The event drew about 275 attendees and announced state and area delegates with officers named for secretary treasurer historians and vice presidents.
The Girl Scouts invite all interested people and parents to an open house on Sunday March 11 in the basement of the Community building to celebrate Girl Scout Sunday. A movie on the development of Girl Scout Camp Negati will be shown at 2 30 p.m.
Hastings cafe hosts an open house on Monday March 12 with free coffee and cookies from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mrs Elma Rippy invites old and new customers to visit. Beginning next week The Malvern Leader copies will be sold at the cafe and Perkins Service?
Chantry Children's Choir and The Great Danes perform March 16 at Liberty Hall at 8 p.m. with The Emperor's New Clothes told by Randy Jones. They will sing Barbershop numbers and ensemble selections from The Music Man. Admission for students 25 cents. 2nd graders and under free.
Glenwood Police Judge John Watson this week listed larceny public intoxication and affray among docket entries. Lou Fisher and Harry Michael son of Pacific Junction were bound over to district court on a larceny charge, both free on bond. James Hanika of Plattsmouth received five days in jail for public intoxication. Floyd Rubenking of Malvern jailed for public intoxication. Roy Joe and Leonard Good of Glenwood charged with affray at Shamrock Lounge. other defendants listed. Cowan pled guilty and got 15 days. others free on bond. Numerous fines listed for speeding, public intoxication, and related offenses.
Mills county TB and Health Association executive committee voted to discontinue the county chapter. Funds donated to rescue units in Malvern Glenwood and Silver City, each about 700 dollars, to be used for life saving devices. State association will reorganize activities and mail TB Christmas scale.
Volume 9 reports Wednesday clearing after a week of cloudy rainy weather. One inch of rain fell but mud remains deep and gooey, worsening feedlots and roads in the area. The daily record summarizes local conditions and impacts.
A brief Malvern item from Mills County Iowa dated Thursday March 8 1973 appears in this OCR fragment. It records a local note or event with place Malvern and date, reflecting typical small town newspaper briefs from the period.
Local ASCS officials outline the 1973 Feed Grain program with two signup options. Option A requires a 25 percent set aside while the rest is planted in corn or soybeans. Option B allows no set aside but limits corn acreage to 1972 levels with remaining land used for soybeans. Final signup date is Friday, March 16.
The Malvern town council met in March to address street issues. They granted access on Second Ave to Mrs. Lauraine Breeding and Mills County Eq for lots between 9th and 11th Streets. Four culverts will be installed at access points. Robert L. Campbell was appointed as a council member.
Two juveniles in Mills County jail on Glenwood square tried to escape by tearing a window weight and prying an airshaft vent. Sheriff Merle Brown intervened. one youth was released to a parent and the other to welfare officials who took him west, where he jumped from a moving car and remains at large. The article also notes a first aid course planned at Chantry school and two juvenile court cases involving possession of a stolen vehicle.
Malvern Community School district held a five hour meeting approving evaluations for Principals Ward Thelen Ron White and Counselor Raburn Benton with contracts for next year. A three year plan to increase Chantry desk stock and additional classroom support was proposed as enrollment has risen by 25 students this year. The calendar for next year was approved with a detailed schedule and teachers plan to sign contracts by March 13.
The board of supervisors appointed Monte Burr as an assistant to the county engineer. Burr, a recent Iowa State University engineering graduate from Guthrie Center, previously worked three summers on a road paving project under County Engineer William C. Stone. Salary set at 850 dollars per month by supervisor Henry Washburn.
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