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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1957
Page
9
The BYR club met with Mrs. Pearl Harbor Friday afternoon with all members present. Roll call used friendship pasma. Mrs. Gordon Steiner was voted Mother of the Year. Harbor arranged entertaining games and a daily chuckle. Visitors included Omaha and Plattsmouth trips by several couples and families enjoying Sunday gatherings with relatives.
Two Henderson Cub Scouts received Gold and Silver Arrow Points with George Wallace earning the Bear badge at a Pack meeting held at the Wallace home. The event included a wiener roast and families of several leaders. The theme was The Swiss Family Robinson and Mothers day gifts were discussed.
May 3 at Emerson, Henderson boys place in shot put, shuttle, high jump, bdya, 440 relay and ldugh. girls take 2nd in 440 relay. May 4 Henderson girls glee club earns I rating at Essex Vocal Music Contest. Numerous local visits, roundups, and social events noted, with many residents attending circles, recitals, and hospital trips.
Mayor Henderson proclaims May 17 as Clean Up Day urging residents to place trash at curb for collection and inviting volunteers with pickups and shovels to assist in the effort.
Henderson Methodist Church lists service times with Pastor Fred W. Martin. Morning sermon The Triumph of a Mother. Sunday School at 11. Baccalaureate service Sunday evening at 8 led by Mrs. Martin. MYF May 19 at Wesley Chapel led by Ilona Taylor. WSCS May 30 Pot Luck. Weekly work meetings. times subject to change. watch announcements. Vacation Bible School starts May 27 for two weeks from 1 46 to 4 p.m. Many and man counted a fool by financiers has laid up in heaven a fortune they would envy.
Journal notes several social visits and hospital stays. Dr H C Henderson and Mrs Cop pock attended the Omaha ball game Wednesday. Mrs Victor Hilliard and others went to Red Oak hospital for tests. Gerald Viner to Iowa City hospital for check up. Rupps returned from Texarkana to New York and Washington, D C, then Texarkana. Local dinner guests and 4 H club activities and elections detailed.
Henderson Christian Church led by Pastor Harold Roth hosts a full week of activities including Sunday services at 9 and 9 30, Sunday School at 10 30, CWF meetings on the second and fourth Saturdays at 7 30 and Wednesdays, cottage prayer on Thursdays, choir practice, and a May 12 Mothers Day observance. The bulletin lists attendees, offerings, birthdays, missionary giving, and a May 5 sermon on Natural Carnal and Spiritual Men with text 1 Cor 2 31 4 Apostle. Local arrivals and visits are noted from Council Bluffs to Malvern and Shenandoah with several families mentioned. a Mills County 4-H skating party is referenced and various club and missionary items are recorded.
Mills County promotes milk use with a May to June schedule of events including a May 14 county banquet for Ray Jones and May 21 swine improvement meeting at Glenwood Voc Ag building. Also referenced are a May 28 demonstration workshop and a June 11 cattle feeders day. 4-H enrollment due May 15 and June crop and livestock judging workouts planned. Vaccinate calves early to prevent losses.
Homemakers are urged to try a rhubarb dessert recipe from the state extension nutrition department. The card notes how to prepare turnovers and bake them on a griddle or in a hot oven. The Mills county Extension Council announced Mrs Willard Wright as a homemaker award recipient and a local gathering in Omaha featured attendees and demonstrations.
President Warren Knight called the 4-H Go-Getters meeting to order at the Thieschafer home on April 25 at 7:20 PM. The session was shortened by a storm and the next gathering is set for May 23 at Warren and Ernest Knight's home.
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