DeMolay Drum Corps to Perform for Memorial Day
In Pitts County the DeMolay drum corps of Malvern Masonic temple will entertain at Memorial Day services. The group, active for over 60 years, will deliver traditional and untraditional music as the shift to Daylight Savings has raised low public enthusiasm and kept many in bed an hour longer.
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Mar H
Vienue
Malvern Masonic Temple
Nishna Valpier
de Boa
Hope 0
Wmolay
Malvern Post Office Switches Mail Dispatch Times
Mail dispatches now occur Monday through Saturday at 9:55 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Mail must be in the post office 15 minutes before dispatch. Mail received at 9:45 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Holidays add 9:55 a.m. dispatch. no Sunday service. Tom Gidley, postmaster, urges readers to clip the schedule for convenience.
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Malvern
Stmaster
Tom Gidley
Hhese
DeMolay Auction Offers Help at Masonic Temple
Nishna Valley chapter DeMolay plans a service auction at the Sil ver City Masonic Temple on May 17. Members will bid hourly for various skills from drivers to mechanics, with bidding lasting an hour per lot and bids collected via Eurel Anderson or any DeMolay member.
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Nishna Valley
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Siler City
Eurel Anderson
Eurel
Conference College Day Held At Malvern May 8
About 30 colleges will be represented when the Corner conference College Day is held in the Malvern Community building Monday, May 8. Juniors from ten Corner schools will meet with college representatives in the afternoon to discuss collegiate work. Representatives include liberal arts colleges and business colleges from Des Moines and Omaha. Miss Luann Robregu, MCHS guidance counsellor, arranged the event.
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Malvern
AIB
Des Moines
Boyles-Van Sant
Omaha
Luann Robregu
MCHS
Malvern approves bond sale rate for 585000 school issue
Malvern Community school bonds were bid in at an average rate of 3.68995 for the 585000 issue sold Thursday afternoon. Carlton D. Beh Co of Des Moines was the low bidder with John J. Hughes leading the sale. Three bidders represented, sealed bids only, with a Chicago group including LaSalle Nat'l Bank and Shaw, McDermott & Co. and Quail & Co. The low bid saved about 6000 in interest. net cost is 223888.25 with a 43 cash premium on the high bid. Also John Hays of Malvern named to the Mid-Quarter Honor Roll at CE School of Commerce in Omaha.
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Malvern Community School
Carlton D. Beh Co
Des Moines
John J. Hughes
Chicago
LaSalle Nat'l Bank
Shaw, McDermott & Co
Quail & Co
E. W. Burdie
Iowa Des Moines Nat'l Bank
John Hays
W. B. Hays
South of
Malvern
CE School of Commerce
Omaha
Board of Review Goes Into Session No Protests Yet
Mills county board of review met this week with routine business. By Wednesday morning no protests on assessments had been received. The board opened Monday and met again Wednesday and will reconvene as needed. Members include Raymond Bloeder Malvern Warren Honyman Emerson and Bert Colwell Glenwood.
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Board of Review
Mills County Board of Review
Raymond Bloeder
Malvern
Warren Honeyman
Emerson
Bert Colwell
Glenwood
Break-in Reported at Glenwood High School
Sheriff Edwin Barkus investigates a break-in at Glenwood High School Tuesday night or Wednesday. Entrance to the building was forced with the front door broken. The classroom door was unlocked and lockers damaged, with ransacking noted.
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Edwin Barkus
Glenwood ‘High School
Tractor Tragedy: Lenard DuVal Dies After Overturning
Lenard DuVal 62 of Mills County dies when a tractor overturns onto him in a field near Tabor. His son Bruce and two sisters discover the body around 4 p.m. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Crawford Reeves Funeral Home with interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Surviving are wife Geneva three sons Larry James and Bruce four grandchildren and his parents Harry and (name truncated) DuVal.
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Lenard DuVal
Tabor
Mills County
DuVal
Bruce
Geneva
Larry
Onawa
James
Huntington Beach
Calif
Harry
Huntsmans Observe 55th Anniversary in Emerson
Mr and Mrs Fred Huntsman of Emerson celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary on Tuesday May 9 with no special observance planned.
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Fred Huntsman
Emerson
Snowy May Temperatures Reported in Mills County
Snowy May brought wintry conditions with cold fronts from the north and west causing below freezing temperatures. In Mills County no serious damage reported though fruits and some flowers may have been affected. Daily temperatures were noted across the week.
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Mills County
Mills County Zoning Board Meets to Study Needs
Mills County zoning board met Monday to review zoning needs and traffic flow. It will reconvene in May at Glenwood with Malvern and Pacific Junction planning commissions invited. The next Malvern group meeting is June 5.
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Mills County
Glenwood
Malvern
Pacific Junction
Malvern Group
Art Show Sunday at Chantry School
Malvern pupils from high school, junior high, and elementary will present a student art show at the Chantry Building this Sunday May 7 from 2 to 5 p.m. The event, led by art instructor Roger Durham, invites the public to view the works.
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Malvern
Chantry
Roger Durham
Three-Fourths of Our Land Theme for Soil Stewardship Week
Albert Washburn Mills County Soil Conservation District chair announces 1987 Soil Stewardship Week from April 30 to May 7. He stresses private citizens own three quarters of national land and must safeguard its use amid rising living standards and population. The observance, in its 19th year, grows from Rogation Sunday and Real Life Week with National Association of Soil Conservation Districts sponsorship.
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Albert Washburn
Mills County
Washburn
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Washbury
Bench Warrant Issued for Glenwood Laborer Maurice Porter
District Judge Folsom Everest issued a bench warrant for Maurice Porter a 54 year old Glenwood laborer who was recently released on his own recognizance to appear in district court in Glenwood on Tuesday May 2 at 9 am. Sheriff Edwin Barkus said Porter’s whereabouts are not definite. Porter had been released in December from the state penitentiary at Ft. Madison after a sentence on a check charge and faced further charges including forged checks in Malvern and Mineola with bond set at 1,000 before being moved to a state hospital for evaluation.
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Folsom Everest
Glenwood
Maurice Porter
Edwin Barkus
Porter
Ft. Madison
Barkus
Malvern
Mineola
Forter
Mills County
Clarinda
Bennett. Cullison
Percentage of Tax Collections Is Down Slightly
Mills County Treasurer F. M. Robinson notes tax collection rate fell from 53.4 percent to 52.37 percent as of Monday, though total dollars collected this year reach $1,395,374.45 against $2,664,546 budget. dollar amounts are higher despite a lower percentage.
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Mills County
F. M. Robinson
Officers Named for New Southwest Iowa TACT Committee
The Southwest Iowa Truth About Civil Turmoil committee formed by 21 residents will disseminate civil rights information, offer speakers, films, books, study courses, and public film showings. Officers include Pastor D Crockett and Eugene Leu directors, Charles Weber associate director, Mrs Larry Greenley executive secretary, Larry Greenley financial secretary, and Jerry Foy public relations. Public contact for interested persons and civic groups. Also calendar notes: Chantry school spring music program Friday at 8 p m Malvern Community building and SAC symphonic band concert Tuesday at 2 30 p m in the Community building.
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Southwest
Iowa
Rosatie Greenley
D. ¥. Crockett
Eugene Leu
Charles Weber
Larry Greenley
Jerry
Chantry
Bill Gilbert
Malvern
SAC
4-H Photo Leaders on KMTV Saturday
Extension leaders involved in the county 4-H photography project will be featured on KMTV Saturday at 7 30 a.m. Mrs David Angus a member of the extension youth committee Mrs Emmett Gipe H photography project leader and Virginia Angus a 4H member who has worked in this field will appear on the program.
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KMTV
David Angus
Emmett Gipe
Virginia Angus
Thurman Driver Injured in Mills Co Accident
Two Mills County vehicle incidents last week caused about eight hundred dollars in damage. Joyce Ann Howery, 20, Thurman, suffered leg and head injuries when her car left gravel and ran off two miles southeast of Glenwood on April 26. Dr. K D Rabaugh treated her at Tabor. A separate collision near Glenwood involved Ronald Dean Stivers of Glenwood and Randy Leroy Carlson of Silver City with minor damage reported.
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Mills County
Joyce Ann Howery
Thuuman
Glenwood
Sherriff
K. D. Rudabaugh
Tabor
Ronald Dean Stivers
Randy Leroy Carlson
Silver City
Malvern Council Tackles Water, School Needs and Appointments
Malvern mayor Mervin Turner presided over a May council meeting addressing water supply issues and the needs of a proposed new school. The board reappointed Mrs. Sarah Aistrope and Chas D. Costello to the library board and Wilbur Wolfe and Wm. D. Baer to the planning commission. Night Marshal Rich was instructed to care for nuisance hound dogs.
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Malvern Town Council
Mervin Turner
Rich
Turner
Sarah Aistrope
Chas
D. Costello
Wilbur Wolfe
Wm. D. Baer
Planning Commission
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Itts County
Conference College
Malvern School
Clara van Nordstrand
Terry Fender
Nancy Crocker
Marilyn Sowers
Fred Huntsmans
Kririnien
Vebebeer
Chantry School
Thurman
Mills Co
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