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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
3
Hastings annual commencement activities begin this week with the senior class play and continue through two weeks with formal eradication. The calendar lists cinema play on Thursday and Friday May 2, junior senior banquet Friday March 9, baccalaureate services Sunday May 11, and graduation exercises Thursday May 15.
Comment flowed from grade teachers and pupils at the aerioal exhibit on Wednesday evening April 16. Beautiful work by the children drew much attention including vases cut out work pillows embroidered cloth baskets flowers handwork and manual training across first to sixth grade rooms.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Byers of Hendentron visited Hastings friends and relatives Sunday. Mr and Mrs Orville Turner of Cerson visited Sunday with Mr Turner's parents Mr and Mrs Tra Turner.
Mrs N W Colling owns several ancient furniture items that draw envy. A heavy walnut four poster bedstead, long in the Stockton line, has been modernized from a trundle, polished and placed in her guest room. An antique highboy chest complements the set with matching age and craft.
The Incal T. O. O. F. building occupied by Crawford grocery and market is undergoing repairs this week. The sill under the north wall showed rot, causing the wall to settle, so workers are fixing the foundation and installing new sills for a more permanent base. H. C. Hicks and Ben of Emerson are doing the work. Mrs. W. E. Purcell and daughter Evelyn, Mrs. N. W. Colling, and Miss Nellie Henderson traveled to Council Bluffs Sunday to visit friends. Mrs. W. R. Gaylord and two small children arrived from Omaha last Wednesday for a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Greenwald.
News from Hastings School announces the senior play Old Fashioned Rose at the Hastings Opera House on May 1 and 2 with performances at 8 p.m. The cast missed classes April 24 and 25 for rehearsals. Admission is 25 and 40 cents.
The geometry class worked on practical projects applying theorems. They used similar triangles to measure a flag pole height and a theoretical river width and drafted a branched sidewalk layout with a pool at the triangle’s center.
The senior class play Old Fashioned Rose will be presented May 1 and 2 at the opera house in Hastings starting at 8 p.m. Cast includes Elmer Boggs Ellsworth Smith Bisley Bennett Rowena Shepard and Ardith Owens along with Ned Turner and Melvin rd. The program outlines Act I at the Marshall office near Los Angeles Act II later the same day and Act III set in a Pasadena hotel room. The story follows Rose Marshall balancing tradition with modern competition and features aviation aid from Jack Horton and Bozo Gill.
The Hastings Methodist Church reports a well received special program by the Epworth League from last Sunday. Next Sunday morning the sermon theme is In Touch With God and in the evening The Lad and His Fishes. An orchestra will provide music and youth missions are highlighted. Attendance was strong despite weather. W J Weber, pastor, notes improving health of George Pickerill and visits by H E B Clark and Loraine, and QC L Osman visiting Council Bluffs friends.
The North Grove association met at Mrs Daley Dew Wolfe home on April 23 with a crowded room and pleasant time. The next meeting is at Mrs Walter Bowen home on May. Fatler fitish Company seeks a Mills county salesman with no experience needed. $100 first month. Mr and Mrs Otha Quimby and son Dale visited Mrs Louisa Quimby. Mrs Carl Cox of Malvern visited with Chas Johnsons family. Dan Morse near town ill last week. Mr and Mrs B F Kupire returned from Chicago and plan to move to Lenox. Mrs Clarence Sandiland visited Red Oak. Hastings Cemetery association to meet May 7 at town hall. Mr and Mrs A P Shaw visited Omaha.
Imogene and Southeast Mills County students from St Patrick's School visited Red Oak to tour Murphy Calendar factory with Rev Francis W Doyle and Shenandoah to tour Nebraska Light and Power and Sentinel printing office with Sisters Concordia and Janet. Robert Maher returns home from Mercy hospital after nearly five weeks, welcomed by father and uncle. Dan Grant remains at Mercy hospital. Anna Delehant visits Omaha and Mercy hospital. Mrs Margaret Sweeney from Zewindle and Iona visit T P Maher family.
Bridge work starts on the Milla Fremont county line north of Imogene, replacing a dangerous crossing after over a year. The Page Fremont road at Walnut Creek is being filled to ease drivers stuck in holes, improving the main route between Emerald and Shenandoah. A crowd attended the C O Smith sale near Emerson, with Walter Stroud and Lou Sweeney among visitors. Miss Louise McGargill starts at Shenandoah firm, and Ruth Maher visited her parents.
Silver City residents report a visit by Miss Dora Bur and Miss Marjorie Bur goin at the H Howser home during the week. L B Venable of Wichita Falls Texas arrived to visit his mother Mrs L B Venable who has not been in good health for some time. Eva Spelbring returned to Nebraska State University in Lincoln after a four day Easter break. Mr Spelbring drove to Omaha to escort Eva, who then departed by train for Lincoln.
A fragmented article quotes Frank B. Frettet, president of National Refining, praising today’s gasoline and oil quality. He notes motorists see big changes only over years, with higher compression and engine speeds demanding more refined gas for quicker vaporization and even burning to prevent detonation.
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