Appeals Drive Supports Iowa Crippled Children Aid
Mills county readers are urged to donate small sums to the Iowa Society for Crippled Children to fund medical care education artificial limbs and camps for crippled Iowa children. The fund also backs vocational counseling for homebound adults and support for cerebral palsy families. In other news the Jacksonville Rotary Bulletin highlights the annual wild turkey geese flight and notes the Feb 12 death of Dr Clayton E B Royce a clinical pathologist and longtime Jacksonville Notary Club member.
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Mills
Iowa Society For Crippled Children
Iowa
Fonda
Jacksonville, Fla
Rotary Club
Donald P. Black
Clayton EB. Royce
C. S. Royce
Royce
Jacksonville Notary Club
Steiner Talks School Consolidation to Silver City Club
Emerson board member Gordon Steiner outlined Henderson district development and benefits of a consolidated school system to about 75 Silver City residents at a Friday community club meeting in the Methodist church. County Attorney William D. Drake discussed the legal steps needed to form a consolidated district.
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Silver City Community Club
Gordon Steiner
Emerson
Henderson
Steiner
Henderson School Board
County Board of Education
Billver City
Eee
Wm. D. Drake
Methodist Church
Two Tickets Filed In Glenwood City Vote
Glenwood citizens set March 31 for a municipal election as the new People’s ticket fields L G Rodman for mayor opposing Dr D W Harman incumbent. Council candidates include L T Geving and Chris Renechler opposing R B E Davin and H LaRue. Elmer F Hartman vs BE L Hiatt. George Ross vs D Hunt. Howard Mintle vs Wm Slezak in third ward. Earl Schneck loth for treasurer and Dr E C Magaret for park commissioner.
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Glenwood
Mille County Forum to Meet in Glenwood March 19
The Mille County Forum will gather at Glenwood High School on March 19 at 8 p.m. Joe Gettys of Atlantic will speak. All interested are welcome to attend.
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Mille County Forum
Glenwood
Mis County Forum
Glenwood High School
Joe Gettys
Atlantic
Final Rites Held for Frederick E Bell
Funeral services were held at Mansfield Funeral Home for Frederick Eiverett Bell age 54. He was born in Malvern on February 22 1893 and died March 7 1947 in Schenectady New York where he worked as Superintendent of Ordnance Maintenance at the U S Army General Depot. He married Flora Ruth Adock March 24 1915 in Los Angeles and they had three sons John B Chicago Richard Wayne and another son. Survivors include Flora his wife two sisters Mrs O K Carr of Placenta California and Mrs O M Brewster of Portland Oregon two brothers Joseph and Walter Bell and his elderly mother Mrs M E Bell all of Malvern. Pallbearers were his sons and three nephews. The service was conducted by Rev Lester Hall with music by Mrs Chas D Costello and Mrs J E Ellison. Attending from distance were Mrs Fred Bell and sons Richard and Wayne of Schenectady and John B Bell of Chicago plus Mrs O M Brewster of Portland.
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Mansfield Funeral Home
Frederick E, Bell
Lester, Hall
Frederick Eiverett
Mra
M. FE
Bell
Malvern
Flora Ruth Adock
Los Angeles
Cal
John B
Chicago
Richard Aeaud
Wayne
Behenectady
N. Y
Behemectady
Ordnance Dept
U. S. Army General Depot
Schenectady
Ordnance
Flora
Elton Miller Enlists in Regular Army
Elton E. Miller 21 son of Mr and Mrs Henry E Miller Malvern has enlisted in the regular army. After medical and oath in Omaha he heads to the Army Air Forces Indoc division in San Antonio Texas. He served in the US Navy from June 1942 to June 1946 and in the European theater from September 1942 to May 1946. His enlistment as a corporal is for three years in the Army Air Forces in his chosen branch of service.
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Elton E. Miller
Henry E. Miller
Malvern
Regular Army
Nebraska-Iowa
Omaha
Army Air Forces
San Antonio
Tex
Miller
United States Navy
Wesley Chapel Adopts Gods Acre Plan For Giving Drive
Wesley Chapel Church adopts the Gods Acre Plan to boost finances for needed improvements. Families would pledge crops or labor for harvest period and hold a dedicatory service with a public auction of products. The aim is earlier, definite contributions to avoid year end gifts.
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Wesley Chapel Church
Lt Howard Bayes Assigned to Duty in Japan
Lt Howard Bayes grandson of Mrs H E Bayes of Malvern has been assigned to duty with the U S Navy in Japan and placed in charge of all radio controlled aircraft in Yokosuka He left Pearl Harbor February 27 for a 1400 mile hop to Japan He chose Japan over Guam and will be stationed aboard the admiral s flagship USS Fall River bringing a responsible assignment with orders to proceed at once
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Howard Bayes
Mra. H. E. Bayes
Malvern
Japan
Yokosuka
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Fall River
Congressman Jensen Backs Expenditures Subpoena Power
Reporting on congressional action last week Representative Jensen voted in favor of a measure granting the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Executive Departments power to subpoena and examine witnesses. The bill passed 304 to 42 with a seven item slate inclining labeling and testing of streptomycin and renaming Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam. Jensen’s committee met to review Interior Department funding as part of ongoing appropriations.
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Ben PF. Jensen
House
Jensen
Executive Departments
U. S
Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
Interior
Interior Department
Malvern Library Adds New Titles at March Meeting
Malvern librarian Mrs Lillian Campbell announced additions at the library board meeting. New items include Webster's Unabridged Dictionary and The Life of Jesus as a memorial to the late Iraq Fritz. Other new books include Bambi's Children Scuttlebutt Crew to War Beuttlebutt and the Carrier Kitten Beuttlebutt and The Practical Brewer. February circulation reached 966 items with 1008 patrons using the library.
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Malvern Public Library
Lillian Campbell
Library Board
Jesus
Iraq
Fritz
Mia
Viola Sharatt
Des Moines
Edith Puckett
Alaska
Bambi
Timmy Steele
Scuttlebutt Qrew To War" and ‘“Beuttlebutt
Ernest Wederqvist Jr
Brewers’ Organization
Campbell
Card of Thanks Dear relatives and friends
We wish to thank all of our relatives for their kindness and support during our time of need. Your thoughts prayers and offers of help are greatly appreciated and will be remembered fondly by our family.
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Conte
D. M. Bryan
Emerson Girls and Malvern Junior High Boys Win Titles
Emerson girls and Malvern Junior High boys captured 1947 Mill County basketball titles after Silver City tournaments. Emerson defeated Strahan 28-22 in the final with Burmeister 13 and Bentley 11. Malvern edged Silver City as Robinson scored six and Mills added eight. Other games saw Glenwood, Henderson, and Strahan participating in prior rounds with notable performances by Kruse and Decker for Silver City and Emerson’s Burmeister amassing 14 in a later win.
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Emerson
Malvern
Milla County
Silver City
I'ifala
Strahan
Burmeister
Bentley
Bruce
Baslee
Robinson
Mills
Maddocka
Glenwood Girls
Kruse
L. Decker
J. Kerlin
Sliver City
Glenwood
Emerson Elrls
Henderson
Pendergraft
Emergon
Strahangirly
Bilver City
Ond Kruse
Silver Cily
Paclic Function
Alloitny Contest Seeks Marsh Victory
A garbled but readable item notes a contest related to Marsh with a referenced fifteenth occasion. The fragment mentions a contest aim and a call for participation, though precise details are unclear.
Five Hundred Thousand Geese Cross Mills County
Duane Cole Stewart, 18, of Silver City, died from head injuries after a 1934 Chevrolet left a bridge approach rail at Key Creek branch in Mineola. Four companions, including Navy veterans Willard Joes and Max Mills, were injured. all but driver Jim Hafer survived. Funeral services held in Silver City.
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Silver City
Duane Cole Stewart
Key Creek Branch
Mineola
Jim Hafer
Duane
Hater
Willard Joes
Donald
Max Mills
Willard
Max
Roy Wasserman
Blewart
Edmundaon
Council Cluffe
Hafer
Clifford Stewart
Glenwood
Pacific Junction
Funers
Silger City Methodist Church
John ©. Turner
Blue Goose Migration Attracts State and Federal Watch
Rain totals dip to .70 inch for the week as temperatures average 42 degrees, well below last year. Conservation officers from state and federal agencies deploy across southwest Iowa to safeguard the annual blue goose flight along the Missouri river valley, with heavy penalties for poaching and major media coverage planned from multiple outlets.
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Bow
Thit Ellerbrook
Glenwood
Missouri River
Ational News Secl
Nageazines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Missouri
Thurman
Onawa
T. C. Stevens
Morningside College
Sioux City
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Big Sioux
Red River Valley
Canada
Baffin Land
Bow~manay
Hudson's Hay
Gulf Coast
Huron
Erie
Tennessee
Foer
J. Dewey Soper
Oliver Ward Garrett
Ale Ave
Cowmell Uluds
Tur Ue Towa
Colytle Elon
Firemen to Join Planning Board in Malvern
Malvern firefighters approved bills at the March meeting reducing the treasury to its lowest point in a decade. They voted to appoint members to a community planning board sponsored by the American Legion to oversee better use of funds for recreational development.
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Malvern
American Legion
County Poultry Club Plans Malvern Meeting
County-Wide Poultry Club invites 4-H members and others to a Malvern community building meeting on Monday evening March 17 at 8 pm to organize a county wide poultry club.
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Malvern
Death takes long time Henderson business man
Final rites were held in Henderson Sunday for George W. Wilson 63 a longtime resident 59 years death occurred at his home March 7. He led Henderson fire department 16 years owned a garage and hardware store since 1912 helped organize the fire department in 1926 built Hendersons fire truck which remains in service. Burial Farm Creek cemetery. survived by widow and mother over 90.
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Henderson
George W. Wilson
Wilson
Henderson Fire Department
Henderson Fie
R. L. South
Farm Creek
MYF to Meet in Silver City Sunday
Mille County Methodist Youth Fellowship schedules a Sunday meeting at Silver City Methodist Church on March 16 at 3 pm. Dr. Earle Conover of Omaha, regional director for the Brotherhood of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, speaks and leads an open forum. Registration 50 cents, meal 5 cents, county fund 15 cents. WSC serves the meal. Conover also delivers a short talk and a moving picture titled The World We Want to Live In for the public audience.
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Mille County
W. S.C
Silver City
Conover
Few Vote in School Elections Board Members Elected Monday
Voters across several districts cast ballots to select school board members to oversee more than 350000 dollars in Mills funds and tax spending. Turnout was light in some areas with single contests, while Glutriet and Pacteic Junction saw modest participation as residents chose directors and treasurers for upcoming terms.
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Spraban
Harold From
Malvban
Chantry
Ba. Worthen
SON
HH Vardaman
Paul Jones
Pacteic Junction
Donald Delashmutt
Edgar Hostetter
Glenwood
Abent
Ralph Agan
Edwin Stoss
Morrie Moore
Mmlvyem
NYY
J. H. Kruse
Olertud
Sumo Hurgole
Gilver
Alervin
Tyre Mer
Fred Loukebill
Uremaurer
Mendersont
Watoe
Giregier
Herover
Cemetery Association Meeting Notice
A cemetery association invites members to a meeting at a listed private residence. Details include location at Nuri Grove Cunolery and host Med Ted Bowen Gear Mukers with attendees Nel Marek Yi and La dugsted. The purpose and agenda are described in the invitation.
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Nuri Grove Cunolery
Marek Yi
Ted Bowen Gear Mukers
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Lynn Mason
Dean Carlson
Jack Robinson
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