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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
6
The Dutch Gun Club celebrates its Silver Anniversary with a July 4 program promising an aerial act, carnival, expanded fireworks filmed for television, and crowd favorites including auto pushball and emcees Big Mike Bloomer and Mac McManamy. An unidentified speaker is lined up, with local talent and helicopter rides likely. Congressman Scherle and family attended College Station graduation May 6.
About 20 pre school children from Bellevue Nebraska visited the Leonard Parker farm on May 3 as part of Welcome School activities. They gathered eggs watched pigs and cows rode a pony petted sheep and dug into wool. Guests included families from Nebraska distant states and even Vietnam. Gary Parker and sponsors helped organize the tours and guests enjoyed soft drinks and cookies while the children sang Old MacDonald.
Rev Howard Mace, pastor of Malvern Baptist Church, submitted his resignation at a church business meeting on Wednesday night effective June. He has served since January 1970. Mills County Board of Review met with County Assessor Harry Markel to review specifications for a general county reappraisal and plans to bid the project after May 17.
Malvern City Marshal Lenny Kling Hamburg Chief of Police Danny Kingery and Shenandoah Sgt Don Rogers toured Des Moines police supply store Jay Sales Co to learn new techniques and equipment. Mushroom season arrives with reports of many mushrooms. lawns yield unusually large numbers with several residents noting finds on East 7th Street and in nearby yards.
The Mills County board of supervisors approved changes to precinct boundaries after state legislative district realignment. The list includes Henderson, Silver City, Mineola, West Oak, S Marys, Pacific Junction, Glenwood, Center, Malvern, Hastings, Emerson, Strahan, Rawles, and North Tabor precincts with designated polling places at local schools, stations, churches, and city halls.
The board of supervisors signed a preliminary agreement with Nishna Sanitary Services to develop a sanitary landfill plan for the county. Phillip Mollett and Leonard Nelson lead the company, with several towns already approving. A central site must be found, tested by state officials, and fenced, with six months for final details as municipalities join.
The Malvern Community School District hosts a Kindergarten Roundup on Tuesday May 16 at 2 30 p m in the Chantry building lunch room. Ronald White the elementary principal urges attendance to learn essential information for parents and students.
Treasurer F. M. Robinson reports Mills County has collected 1,635,128.41 of 3,375,182.69 in the first half of the year, about 48.45 percent. The figure reflects the tax intake for the period as the county closes toward the year’s balance.
Glenwood driver Sherrion Parks was fined 300 dollars and costs in district court and paroled to Sheriff Ed Barkus after an OMVUI conviction. It was the county’s first such conviction since judges announced jail sentences for 1972 OMVUI offenders.
The Mills county Conference Board met May 3 to consider petitions for tax valuation adjustments. It received no new petitions and was set to reconvene on May 10.
Ed Barkus will accept applications for a second deputy sheriff as he plans to extend law enforcement service. The new officer should be in service around July 1 and applications are due by the end of May. The position will involve extensive road duty across a broad county area.
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