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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
2
Local column notes many Malvern residents and visitors, with plenty of social updates. Names of families, travels to Lincoln, Omaha, Council Bluffs, and California appear along with hospital visits, school connections, and a new baby born in Pierer.
Randall Kline celebration plans. Mrs. T. A. Anderson and daughter move to Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hall on business trip to Des Moines. Mrs. Guy Parker visits from Glenwood. Vincent Zimmerman visits from Fr. Crook. Mrs. A. E. Cook suffers a fall in Long Beach, may be homebound. Collins Dragon building move and occupancy. Robert Bursey moves to Jeep house. Allen Wortman returns from southern trip. Nelsons host relatives. Paul Gates visits from Hastings for aunt’s funeral. out-of-town guests attend R. W. Criswell funeral in Malvern with Criswell and related families from Omaha.
The White Cloud 4-H poultry club met at David and Edith Angus Marcell to discuss The Poultry Industry and Preparing for the Chicks. President Don ald Trively led the meeting with plans for a next gathering at Jean Donald and Phyl Trively’s home and all parents were invited. Ice cream and cake were served.
A full day program of talks and conferences is planned for a Sunday school workers convention at Malvern Christian Elgaret next Friday. Registration at 9 o clock begins a day of sessions, basket dinner at noon, and an afternoon worship service with talks by Walter Hutton and C G Hersbrecht of Des Moines. The program includes sessions on understanding pupils, Christian personality growth, Sunday school administration, parental guidance, and church school board possibilities, with credit available from the International Council of Religious Education for eligible participants.
Miss Ella Gardner of the Federal Extension service told 4-H club leaders at a Red Oak pasture training school that posture is largely mental attitude. She urged erect carriage, good walking, standing, and sitting, with corrective exercises and games. Attendees totaled 80 from multiple counties, including Mills, Adams, Adair, Cass, Montgomery, Fremont, Page, Taylor, and East and West Pottawattamie.
A scrambled note from Vieth of Coan shows two weeks of activity in the marriage license office. The document lists individuals including Maller, 25, Ausuta, Neby, and Kael dotwn, 2h Gaba, with dates March 7 and February 27 and references to Wasue Krause and Thar Mar ta in Washington state.
Imogene S. E. Mills and John Dempsey mark long service milestones with pensions while Everett Whistler takes over mail duties in Henderson. JR. Minnick, a longtime station agent, retires after 20 plus years, and Wabash veteran Minnick served over 30 years. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Reyant resign and plan to move to the Kammerer farm. Pearl Niday of Glenwood named new telephone operator as accessible routes hindered travel last week. The mail carrier faced impassable side roads, delivered patiently, and made the first post during Tuesday morning.
Jock Doyle won a new three year term at Girun, Michael Martin re elected at Union, and Tommie Connors gained 107 votes to 82 in Tragene. The piece notes teachers and students enjoyed a half day off for the school election and lists residents visiting hospitals and relatives.
Strahan boys 4 E club met at Strahan consolidated school house Thursday night. Officers elected include Eugene Belknap president Lester Shogh vice president Donald Kively secretary and treasurer Clyde Sharker reporter. Present were Cwraht Dawe John Helknap Marion Shook Edward Wiseman Richard Wiseman Kenneth Sowers Paul Shaw Bidens Belknap Lester Shak Civ Sheuk Jeag Me Langstrest. Next meeting set for March 18 at Strahan consolidated school. Clyde Shackr reporter.
Agricultural planning committees and extension service representatives discussed district erosion control efforts at Town State College conferences. Proposals favor increased legume and clover crops, residue maintenance, and contour farming, strip cropping, waterways, and terracing to protect soil, with livestock impact uncertain and prices a key variable.
Warren and Faith Gererde Gilmore were married Tuesday morning at the home of the bride’s father in Glenwood Myo. The Malvern Cold Storage Co ships apples in 18 refrigerator cars this week to northern markets. A quiet election passed as usual and March snow brings questions of spring or mid winter. The county faces a dwindling labor force with potential stock shortages. Revival services drew about 434 Monday and 400 Sunday evenings. A sneak thief stole clothes from Mrs Madigan’s wash line Monday. The tramp heralds spring and residents are urged to clean up premises.
Local church notices summarize Sunday school times and morning services across CHURCH NOTES. Churches named include Treesbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, St Johns Lutheran, and Christian Church with schedules for March events, Passion week services, baptisms, district meetings, and youth activities.
M T Davis aged 90 celebrated with more than 150 friends and relatives in Malvern last Sunday. The event featured a three tier birthday cake with 90 candles, gifts, and flowers, with many arrivals from nearby towns. Davis, born Jockeen county Ohio, moved to Iowa at eight and lived in Red Oak, Tabor, and Council Bluffs areas. He taught school, led First National Bank at Tabor for 25 years, and still manages large farm holdings in Iowa and Nebraska despite winter illness.
A report describes the clock beetle of South and Central America, noting it lacks height headlights and a landing light. The piece references its behavior and habitat in the teatedomen region.
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