12 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1942
Page
1
Big road blades used for scraping shove surfacing toward road center but for snow plows they pull rock from ditch into the road. The county must move rock back before the road regains value as funds are cut and tires may be scarce. Motorists can help by avoiding road damage and keeping roads usable.
From The Woodbine Twiner to the public critique of pensions for soldiers, labor shortages, and the need for farmer town cooperation. It notes French wartime production, urges support for weapons over pensions, and warns of impassable roads from winter erosion. A lighthearted spoof about a submarine tale and a theater fantasy closes this broad, war‑era column.
Captain and Mrs Max Parkin and others from Kansas City and Percival called at B J Lookabill s home Saturday afternoon. Dewey Bowman and Dorothy Bowman of Carson were guests of Mr and Mrs Sam Shaw Thursday. James Henderson, recently recovering from an appendectomy, visited Wiles near Pacific Junction with his wife. Local families hosted and visited, funeral services for Mrs Clarence Hunt were held at Wesley Chapel church, with many attending and offering sympathy.
A humorous column recalls a fictional coddish visitor who browbeats households, invites convicts for lunch, and sows chaos, then tweaks public reaction with a dare to a neighbor. The piece also parodies Sears Roebuck catalog turnover, noting a rumor of returning old catalogs before new ones arrive.
A Malvern Leader reader shares a verse inspired by Uncle Hank Scilsaver, praising farm life and home duties while hinting atwartime home front themes. The page also records a former Malvern student Freddie Robirds now in Portland writing about school and safety patrol work, plus casual community notes and a local basketball result.
Mr and Mrs Forrest Aclen baugh spent Thursday in Henderson and Macedonia visiting parents. The Auk land family farm changed hands as Mr and Mrs Trent Jones from Missouri moved in. Herbert Jones family went to Missouri for stock and belongings. Henry Schilling and Ruth Ellen worked on the Volney Warren home. The Jolly Thirteen club met in Emerson with Mrs Lyle Wilkinson. W C Castor and family visited Cart Bolton home near Henderson. Volney Warren hosted supper for Louie Brammeler and Twila and Karen Johnson in honor of Mrs Warren's birthday.
The Malvern Fire Department elected W. C. Worth as chief and J. H. Beckwith as first assistant chief at a meeting on Monday. Eugene Porter was named secretary and Freak Higging treasurer, with N. D. Both, F. R. Chantry, and W. gd. Clark as trustees for three years. Barrages of notes indicate local civic activity and early 20th century electric light discussions in Melvern.
The article lists March social gatherings at Oaks school house and homes of the Allshouse, Bruning, and Alle families with birthday celebrations for Virginia Bruning and Luin Alle house, plus visits among neighbors in Emerson and Red Oak. Sunday School attendance hits 43 with four visitors and three birthdays, as church members welcome returning residents Trent Jones and family. Various dinners and visits occur across Malvern, Henderson, and Macedo nia with area families, farm moves, and Navy construction work looming. Community church notices urge involvement at Wesley Chapel and Henderson Methodist services, with upcoming meetings and quarterly conference. A note closes on livestock care stressing animal diet and parasite control through dipping.
Iowa produces nearly half of the timothy seed grown in the United States, sustaining a major share of the national supply and supporting regional feed markets and agricultural commerce statewide.
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