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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
8
The Kling Kanteen hosted the girls basketball team and their mothers last Tuesday night. Guests included Mia Mansur and Miss Tixie Zanders with Coach, dining on steakhouse style meals and pickle tree decorations before watching TV.
The notice lists programs across churches including First Methodist, First Presbyterian, First Baptist, St Johns Lutheran, and Strahan Methodist. It details Sunday School times, morning worship, youth rallies at Hamburg, parish events, choir practices, and upcoming Inter Church Council meetings with dates in March and April. It notes guest speakers from Omaha and Lake Villa and mentions church activities like youth membership meetings and WSCS events.
The storm tested the Nishna Cottage's alertness and kindness of residents. With staff snowbound, Evyyorine Wederquist Helen Alberts and Edith Powles kept duty, praising the home's calm, and noting the fire alarm sounded during a brief power flicker. Council Bluffs visitors and a death in the family affected convalescence attendance.
Four young men from Glenwood were hospitalized after the Town National Guard truck of Company J, 168th infantry, crashed about 1:45 p.m. Sunday, two miles north of Glenwood. Charles Johnson, 21, suffered a fractured back. Kenneth Mead, 18, and John Johnson, 19, bruises and concussion. John Boles, 18, bruises and shock. About $1,000 in truck damage.
The Mary Circle WSCS of Malvern First Methodist, with Silver Urn Eastern Star Ken sington, sponsors two cancer films Horizons of Hope and The Traitor Within at 2 pm in the church basement on April 2. A doctor speaker will discuss cancer, followed by coffee and cookies. public invited.
Farmers in Mule Creek watershed chose a three member governing board to lead the new watershed conservancy district. Wayne Hilton area 1 Austin Bass area 2 Harold McCain area 3 elected in Malvern. They will serve until next January with staggered terms and annual elections thereafter. Only 27 of 58 eligible voters cast ballots.
Cupid was snowbound, says Pete Denter, district court clerk, yielding only one marriage license in a week. Harold Clayton Forjney, 47, Thurman, and Lola Fern Vanalla, 45, Tabor, secured it last Thursday. Six motor vehicles were registered with County Treasurer F. O. Robinson including cars for Gladys Batten, Leona Helms, and Roger Jackson, plus a Ford truck for Gale L. Crankhite and a Chrysler for Roth Packing Co Blanche Hofmann. Amy Stammers takes a two week vacation.
Scribblings from Randolph Enterprise recounts a grandson born in Falls Church Virginia during a weekend blizzard that stranded the town and disrupted long distance communications. The writer recalls plans to reveal the baby’s name Christopher Todd amid weather warnings and a trip with Fay and Emma Kempton to Omaha to see The Ten Commandments.
A car wedged in a snowdrift near the Frank Robbins residence forced a midnight wait for dawn rescue as Ernest fetched help. In Hastings, 35 residents discussed east Mills County school reorganization amid a playful skyrocket display. Malvern’s egg processing plants Continent Egg Corp and Henningsen Inc employ 135 people to meet rising demand. A BB gun shattered a Mopune window at the Delhert O Vell home, costing about 200 dollars in damage.
A group travels to Omaha as a fierce snowstorm hits. The wind and blizzard cause near zero visibility and drifting snow. Despite hazards including stalled cars and downed power lines, they push on hoping to exit Omaha as Moses and his people escaped Egypt.
After a heavy blizzard, travelers were sheltered in homes across Tabor as roads reopened and power returned. The Bates community opened houses, the city hall, and service stations to stranded people. Christopher Todd emerges as a notable local figure amid the storm.
Randolph residents and families, including Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Garber and their children Joyce and Keith, endured a snow storm delaying travel from Anita to Iowa. Attendees at Hillsdale share skating party in Shenandoah included several local families. others visited relatives in Nebraska and nearby towns, with travel disrupted by weather.
A devotional reflection cites John chapter four with Christ meeting the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well and urging acts of charity. It urges prompt aid to those in need as living water from salvation, followed by brief local notices about visits, school events, and social visits in West Virginia.
The annual Father Son Banquet drew dads and lads last Wednesday at the Methodist Church. Tables were spring themed with tulips and pussy-willows. two lambs decorated the speaker’s area. A two course steak dinner was prepared by Mrs Verbele and her committee from the Woman’s Society of Christian Service and served by ten school girls led by head waitress Mrs Richard Natta. C Garber presided as toastmaster with Rodney Fulton delivering a father’s message and Cort Fulton thanking the fathers. Mhrold Wilkins led the group in a song and remarks, with pictures of Waubonsee State Park showing birds and snakes on mats.
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