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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1973
Page
7
Linda L. Barber, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Barber, has been named a finalist by the Scholarship Board of the National Association of Secondary School Principals for a prestigious scholarship.
Mills County is eligible for emergency disaster loan funds due to the June 27, 1972 hail storm. Applications for losses from this storm are accepted until July 6, 1973. Loans have a per cent interest rate with no forgiveness, limited to applicants who cannot obtain credit elsewhere and used only for crop damage. Contact Farmers Home Administration in Red Oak or visit the SCS office in Malvern on Tuesday mornings. The final music concert of the season is at Nishna Valley High School Gym Monday May 21 at 8:00 p.m.
A Mills County district court trial scheduled for Wednesday morning involves Charlene Frances Green of Pacific Junction on an OMVUIL charge. Jurors named include Charles V Hanson Malvern Harriet Schoening Silver City Donald Scheel Mineola Delores Hatfield Malvern Ernest Tudor Hastings LeRoy Kruse Glenwood Janice Bacon Glenwood Marion Jurgens Glenwood Gerald Royston Hastings Gwendolyn Hendrix Henderson Eldean Klindt Glenwood Irene Clymer Henderson.
In Mills County this week The Leader features a masthead change listing former owner F A Wortman as Publisher Emeritus. The tribute celebrates his 50 plus years in community journalism and public service while noting policies that benefited the area. Also mentions high water affecting agriculture and a sports page story on local fishing and stocking Willow Slough and borrow pit lakes along I 29.
Malvern Community Schools will receive 16570 dollars in Title I funds for the 1973 school year, about 900 less than the prior year. Supt. Jack Jones says the cut will require dipping into general funds but aims to avoid reducing the special education program. Enrollment now stands at 460 with growth expected, causing crowding at both buildings and prompting potential pre‑fall reductions or changes.
Malvern, Mills County Iowa residents see a Thursday edition dated May 17 1973. The issue carries local notices and community notes from the town of Malvern and surrounding area.
Malvern Community High School will award diplomas to 30 seniors in a graduation ceremony at the Malvern gymnasium on May 21. The program opens at 8 and honors eleven years of continuous public schooling with students stepping forward for their diplomas in the evening.
Congressman Bill Scherle announces a 4425 federal matching grant to the Mills County Conservation Board for Pony Creek Lake access, including an access road, parking, toilet, shelter, picnic facilities, signs, and landscaping at a 2.7 acre site north of Glenwood off Highway 275. The feature includes commencement activities at Malvern and Nishna Valley, with speakers, music, and traditions led by local educators and a guest coach Gordon Fossness from Dakota Wesleyan University.
Glenwood Police Chief Kenny Mead reports a break-in at LeMode Cleaners discovered by employees about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday night burglars forced entry and opened the safe. The amount stolen has not yet been determined.
During May 21 to 25 a readiness clinic will be held at Chantry Elementary School. Parents with children turning 5 on or before September 15 should bring them to assess readiness to begin reading at age 6. Clinic runs 9 to 11 30 a.m. Transportation is the parent's responsibility. For questions contact Ron White at 624 8681.
Hastings Strahan Road paving project is set to finish this week ending the persistent mud hole problem. Local officials state crews will repave and restore traffic lanes, improving reliability for residents and commuters. The work follows weeks of delays and detours caused by deteriorated sections.
Max Blackburn asks for help locating special grave-maps misplaced after last year’s Memorial Day ceremonies at Malvern cemetery. A thorough search failed to find them. He or other Legionnaires request ideas on whereabouts to ensure proper decorating duties can proceed.
Memorial Day services in Malvern and Mills area honor fallen patriots with a parade at 10 a.m. to Malvern cemetery where a Unknown Soldier tribute and patriotic address will occur led by State Sen. Cal Hultman. Committees list includes Transportation Jim Benton and others. Music by Tracy Ryan and MCHS Band. Boy Scouts Theron Mickelson Edel Knight Karl Hertz. Finance John Hall Malvern Commercial club. Street Flags Burdette Spiker Benny Kling Will Stogdill. Public Address Karl Hertz W.D. Baer. Flower Sisters Mrs. George Mort Mrs. Charles D. Costello. Firing squad Bill Blackburn. Grave decorating Edel Knight and committee. spread across East Liberty Wesley Chapel Cotton Hillsdale and more.
The Governor's Youth Opportunity Program faces denied federal funding but Mills County joins a four county effort with a 35000 budget to employ 75 100 teens this summer. Employers cover 25 percent of wages while the program funds the rest. Teens may work 20 or 40 hours weekly in public institutions and non profit groups, with private businesses barred from hiring. Over 800 youths ages 15 18 expected to seek summer work, while summaries explain child labor rules and work permits.
Bill Blackburn asks Legionaires to volunteer for the colors and honor firing squad at East Liberty this year. Contact Bill to help. The ceremony Sunday May 27 begins at 2 p.m. with guest speaker Otha D. Hastings, as announced by Edwin Leu.
Thomas Greedy has signed a one year contract to teach Vocational Agriculture in the Malvern Community School District. He will graduate from Iowa State University in August with a Bachelor of Science and begin about August 10, replacing Alan Borhart who resigned earlier in the spring.
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