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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1969
Page
5
The Senior Jamboree at MCHS featured a series of basketball matchups including senior girls and boys, 4th to 6th grade groups, and a seniors versus faculty men game. Randall Barber won the car stereo tape in a midgame raffle.
The MCHS girls basketball team traveled to Des Moines last Friday to attend the state tournaments. They stayed at the Casabella Motel and watched the semi finals and finals on consecutive nights. Saturday afternoon offered free time for shopping and a JFK college game attendance. Coach Larry Maines and his wife Lou accompanied the group as sponsors.
Malvern student librarians met in the school library on March 12 to discuss library encyclopedias and student behavior. The report covered correcting main problems and coordinating with fellow pupils.
The MCHS Sophomore class and student body welcome Linda Janulewicz a new transfer from Treynor. She studies English World History Geometry Mixed Chorus Band and Typing I. Her parents Mr and Mrs Cash Janulewicz own the Harry Evans farm southwest of Malvern. Linda says Malvern is bigger than she expected and wishes good luck.
Opinion piece arguing the United States must act decisively on skyjacking tied to the Pueblo incident. Calls for Cuba to return hijackers and passengers, strict kidnapping penalties, and stronger enforcement to deter future acts. critiques US hesitation and urges swift, patriotic policy solutions.
Debbie Bowman profiles two Malvern High seniors. Rick Tasto plans college next year and participates in basketball, senior class president, and M Club. Chuck West plans Navy service after graduation, played football basketball and baseball, moved from Malvern to Shenandoah, and criticizes MCNS as too small while urging peers to stay out of trouble and study.
A fragmentary humor piece by Mary Beth Costello features odd Q A jokes on literacy cement grass and slang. It mentions Hooded Crusaders joking for the U S Jogging Team and notes the 1870s flush toilet milestone. It closes with playful chatter about personality and aging.
Schedule fragment lists events in March including a Band Festival at South Page for the other half of the con March 18 test interpretation to parents of 7th and 9th grades at 7 40 ppm. The readable items reference school activities and parent notices without complete details.
Nellie Jeanette Peterson Fogel born March 20 1864 west of Tabor died March 14 1969 in Red Oak after a three week illness. A southwest Town pioneer with a long Rural Mills Fremont Counties education and Strahan United Methodist Church membership she married Edward Peterson in 1907 and later James Fogel in 1955. Survived by daughter Fern McCain Hastings sister Anna Arnold Seymour brother Harry Shamblen Little Rock Calif and many relatives. Funeral at Mansfield Funeral Home March 17 with Rev Clarence Wollard and Rev Raymond McCain officiating. interment Malvern Cemetery.
The Malvern basketball team traveled to Kansas City last Friday for the NAIA tournament semi finals. They arrived in time for early rounds featuring 32 sectional winners, with strong basketball excitement expected in the semi finals. The squad returned Saturday afternoon after a night at Hotel Phillip near the Kansas City Auditorium. Coach Marvin McDonald sponsored the trip.
Phyllis Axtell was elected State Projects Chairman at the Annual State Future Homemakers of America Convention in Des Moines on March 6. The event featured guest speaker Ray Cimni and National FHA advisor Mildred Rees, with the theme To know, To care, To Do, and included remarks on women's views on society, nationality, and religion.
A fragmentary record item notes a week related entry possibly about entertainment or a song. The readable portion mentions Tommy Roe and a person or performer, with limited legible context.
Sunday hosts Mr Vernon and Mrs Richard Bass and Douglas welcomed the Frank Stevens Sr. family Dan Zanders and Mike Stevens plus Kent Zarder birthday greetings. Blackman family hosted coffee hour guests and Mrs Floyd Blackman entered Mercy hospital for tests and treatment. Numerous visits spanned from Genoa Nebraska to Omaha and Council Bluffs with extended family and friends gathering for meals and care. Temperatures swing from frosty mornings to a 68 degree peak as spring nears and fields stay too wet for tractors.
The National Honor Society at MCHS held a March 5 meeting and elected Rod Hunt as president Cindy Messenger as vice president Linda Fletcher as secretary and Marcia Wolfe as treasurer The group set April 14 for the initiation ceremony for probationary members Roger Salyers Dave Evans Bill Baer Glen Dickersbach Jackie Chambers and Nancy Blocdel were named as probationary members who were briefed on the society history and qualifications.
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