Commercial Club to Meet May 18
Malvern Commercial Club members will hold their last general meeting of the season on May 18 at Ruby's Coffee Shop. The 7 p.m. meeting follows a 6:30 dinner and will cover officer elections, Fourth of July and Memorial Day participation, and other community projects, plus Welcome Wagon and trade-promotion ideas. President Karl Hertz urges all members to attend.
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Malvern Commercial Club
Ruby’s
Karl Hertz
Welcome Wagon
Hertz
Baccalaureate for 35 MCHS Seniors Set for Sunday
Thirty five Malvern Community High School seniors will attend a Sunday baccalaureate in the high school gym led by Rev. Henry Wesenberg of St. John's Lutheran Church. Music by the mixed choir and a French horn sextet accompanies, with Bonnie Pontow on processional and recessional. Ushers include Susan Miller and others. seniors plan a bus trip to Colorado Springs after the service before graduation May 26.
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Malvern Community High
Henry Wesenberg
St. John's Lutheran Church
Kathy Leu
Sheri O'Dell
Dale Ponton
Judy Kelly
Bonnie Pontow
Susan Miller
Diana Ricker
Raymon Donahue
Rick Jones
Colorado Springs
Emerson Builders Aim to Complete House by July 1
Emerson Builders Inc plans a ready to occupy home in the Emerson community to meet rising demand. They have started on one structure and expect sale and occupancy by July 1.
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Emerson Builders
Emerson Builders, Inc
Emerson
Memorial Day Committees Set for Malvern Area Celebration
Memorial Day will be observed Monday May 29 with a parade down Main Street to Malvern cemetery and a Unknown Soldier tribute. Paul Messenger will speak at the service. Local committees list officers and volunteers handling transportation music scouts flowers and flags with contact to Bill Blackburn for questions or service duties.
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Malvern
Mills
Main Street
Malvern Cemetery
Paul Messenger
Naval Academy
Bill Blackburn
Tom Gidley
Mills County News Briefs and Student Letters
This issue notes Henderson newsletter delay. content shifts to next week. It highlights area youths earning degrees this spring with several items on their achievements. A reader is invited to call in missed items and features a letter to the editor by a student writer on Vietnam.
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Henderson
Vietnam
NV High School Baccalaureate and Honors Schedule
Nishna Valley Community High School hosts a May 21 baccalaureate at 8 p.m. with Jacqueline Smith piano and Rev. Delbert Terry leading, followed by the Easter Alleluia and a sermon by Rev. Charles Presley. NV seniors listed include Richard Allensworth and Deborah Bolton, among 40 names. Honors Day May 22 and last day May 24 precede May 25 commencement at 8 p.m.
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Richard Allensworth
David Boileau
Debbie Bolton
Mary Jo Bolton
David Bristow
Cora Brown
Helen Brown
Margaret Cheney
Douglas Christensen
Dennis Crafton
Rodney Crawford
Ronnie Dalton
Dennis Davis
Ves Jean Edie
Shirley Dayson
Marlene Gage
Darrell Godfrey
Denise Gravett
Charles Haack
Connie Moore
Paul Hedlund
Teresa Hoover
Patricia Perkins
Danny Pierce
Chester Pijanowski
Jeffrey Richards
Leo Rieken
Barbara Roeder
Messenger to Attend Annapolis
Paul Messenger of Silver City has been named principal nominee for the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis by Congressman Bill Scherle. The MCHS senior will join the Brigade of Midshipmen for the class of 1976 and be sworn in on July 6.
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Paul Messenger
F.E. Messenger
Silver City
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Academy
Bill Scherle
Paul
MCHS
Brigade of Midshipmen
Glenwood Bonds Fail in Special Election
Glenwood Community School District bond proposal failed to reach the 60 percent requirement in the county seat town. Supt. Earl Tubbs reported 713 yes votes and 676 no, a 51.3 percent approval. The $930,000 bond would fund a four pod hexagonal elementary school for pupils now attending Mineola Silver City and Pacific districts.
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Glenwood Community School District
Earl Tubbs
Glenwood
Mineola
Silver City
Pacific
Builders Corp Expands in Emerson with Huntsman Block
The local corporation bought the Huntsman block in Emerson creating eight 90 foot lots. They plan to develop some for new homes and offer remaining lots to the public with a stipulation that purchased lots be used for balding. Builders Corp. aims to meet Emerson’s rising home demand by building some homes directly and aiding others in securing homes.
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Huntsman
Emerson
Mr. Nuckolls
Builders Corp
Appointment to U S Service Academy Honors Paul
This appointment marks a high honor won in competition with many seniors in the 7th Congressional District. It reflects the academic strength to meet the demanding curriculum and the area’s strong educational effort. The piece also notes farmers begin spring seeding as weather improves and crops start to grow.
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U. S
Paul
Board approves low bids for equipment purchases
Mills county board of supervisors approved low bids for three items. A 16 ft body without a chassis sold for 915 to Badger Body & Truck Co. of Omaha. Two 1972 cab and chassis units, with trades, were let to International Harvester Co. of Omaha for 7035 and 4715 respectively.
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Mills County Board of Supervisors
Badger Body & Truck Co
Omaha
Chevrolet
International Harvester Co
School plans vow pupil transfers to Glenwood next year
The school board states all pupils will be brought to Glenwood next year regardless of whether the proposed building is approved, signaling a shift in school relocation strategy.
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Glenwood
Two Mills Countians Killed In Auto Wrecks Last Week
Ronnie George Maurer nine died after an auto bicycle crash on Highway 59 near Henderson. Steven Messerschmidt twenty four and Linda Messerschmidt were injured when their car left the road and struck a tree. The crash occurred at 4 30 p m near a roadside park. Funeral held in Henderson with burial at Red Oak Evergreen Cemetery.
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Ronnie George Maurer
Henderson
Clarkson Hospital
Omaha
Highway
Iowa Highway Patrol
Steven A Messerschmidt
Maryville
Maurer
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Red Oak
Henderson Fire Dept
Messerschmidt
Linda
Murphy Memorial
Ronnie
Thelma Maurer Frink
Elmer Jackson Dies in Wreck South of Oakland
Elmer Jackson 53 of Malvern was killed in a single car crash on Highway 59 about three miles south of Oakland Friday at 8:30 p.m. His car, traveling at an estimated 90 mph, left the road, crossed shoulders, and crashed into a farm field, dying en route to Jennie Edmundson hospital. He leaves a wife Jean, children Marsha Ann, Larry, Gary, and extended family in Malvern and nearby towns. Funeral services were held May 15 at Mansfield Funeral Home with interment in Malvern cemetery.
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Elmer Jackson
Malvern
Oakland
Iowa Highway Patrol
Jackson
Lester
Elmer
Jean
Marsha Ann
Larry
Judy
Gary
Mary
Glenwood
H. E. Jackson
Chillicothe Mo
BE. E. Jackson
Gerald Wilcox
Frank Stevens, Jr
Thomas Stoghill
Daniel Swoboda
James L.hatfield
John Adams
Frank Stevens Jr
C.J. Noffsinger
William D. Baer
Elmer Lawerence Jackson
Albert
Ida Fern Jackson
Jonesburg
James Alan Gaskill
Emerson C of C Sponsors Downtown Face Lift Work
Emerson Chamber of Commerce moves to revitalize downtown Emerson with a Main Street facelift. Concept by Allen Nelson, art by Nelson for the Emerson State Bank, with display at the bank and other shops. Work to begin soon. Boyd Nuckolls chairs project. named volunteers listed. ceremony details for East Liberty on May 28 at 2 20 p.m.
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Emerson
Bill Whited
Emerson Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Red Oak
Allen
Nelson
Whited
Emerson State Bank
Main Street
Boyd L. Nuckolls
McClure
Rick Smith
Otha Mass
Larry Hall
Max Blackburn
East Liberty
Lester Knop
Carl Leu
Wesley Chapel
Ray Plumb
Russell Asell
Hastings
So. Grove
Cotton
Charley Hall
Vernon Crouse
Hillsdale
George Mort
Jack Bingham
Bill Blackburn
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Bonnie Lou Hardy
Lu Anne Hastings
Michael Eugene Hoyt
Jerry L. Irwin
Matthew Edward Knight
Dennis R. Kyle
Dennis Paul Messenger
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Joleen Gaye Pontow
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Darwin R. Swanson
Linda Faye Washburn
James Lynn Williamson
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Clair Jones
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Bonnie Mansfield
Louis Miller
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Benny Kling
Max Dashner
MVFD
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Charles H. Presley
Evergreen Cemetery
Melva Christofferson
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Joe Duyson
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Tim Dinklage
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