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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1968
Page
8
Local residents hosted and visited across Malvern and nearby towns. Many families welcomed guests from Council Bluffs, Omaha, and Chicago for dinners, birthdays, and weekend gatherings while others attended memorials and church events. Several soldiers and veterans were mentioned with calls from Viet Nam and Keesler Air Force Base. An obituary correction clarifies William Vern McCord served in WWI, not WWII.
Expenditures from public assistance funds for April totaled 5 286 923 with a drop of 76 052 from March. Fremont county shows Old Age and Aid to Dependent Children payments rising with 263 cases and 407 persons, total 35 631, up 1 272. Mills county reports April costs of 28 689, down 10 from March, with detailed average payments across Old Age, Aid to Dependent Children, the Blind, and the Disabled.
Mervin Edward Turner 59 died after a long illness including cancer and heart disease. Funeral services at St John’s Lutheran Hastings were led by Rev Dell Crockett with Mansfield Funeral Home in charge. Turner served Hastings and Malvern as mayor and Mills County deputy sheriff and leaves Leona and five children. Interment was in Malvern Cemetery.
Noah Edgar Stogdill 72, born August 9 1895 in Bloomfield Iowa, died May 5 1968 at Mercy hospital Council Bluffs. He married Nancy Faye Wilhelm September 16 1914 at Glenwood and they had 12 children. Survived by wife, two daughters, six sons, 24 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, plus five sisters and two brothers. Funeral was Wednesday as family gathered at home and in Malvern where he worked for Burlington Railroad 30 years.
Funeral services for a cherished husband and grandfather were held at the Mansfield Funeral Home on Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Hugh Shiveley officiating. Casket bearers included Kenneth Allensworth James Ford Frank Stevens Verlin Hardy Dan Swoboda and Donald Aistrope. Caring for the powers were Mrs Allensworth Mrs Hardy and Mrs Aistrope. Mrs Stevens attended the registry bank. Music by organist Mrs William Blackburn and soloist Mrs Charles Costello featured "In the Garden" and "Beyond the Sunset." Interment followed at Malvern cemetery.
Roy H. Perdue a former Malvern resident died April 30 in Cass Co Memorial hospital Atlantic after a short illness. Born May 1 1904 in Malvern he worked 37 years for N W Bell Telephone retiring 1966. Survived by wife Ethel two daughters Alice Merino Council Bluffs Bern ie Perdue Des Moines four grandchildren. Memorial services May 3 at Meyer Chapel Atlantic burial Walnut Hill Cemetery Co Bhulfs.
Congressman William J. Scherle, a Republican representing 19 western Iowa counties, announces his bid for a second term. He sits on the Education and Labor Committee, the Republican Task Force on Agriculture and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. He cites fiscal restraint, crime reduction, Viet Nam concerns, and farm and education needs as key priorities. He and his wife Jane farm near Henderson and he is a WWII veteran active in local civic groups.
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