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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
8
Emerson news notes welfare and activities of Emarson residents. Reports cover local clubs, schools, events, and community projects shaping daily life in the Emerson area.
The Emerson Gaspers beat the Maryville All Stars 3-2 in Maryville Missouri. Catcher Rowe was out sick, Everett McMasters filled in catching, and Kenny McMasters pitched with 14 strikeouts. Next trip is a night game in Harlan and home opener May 30 against a traveling Negro team from the south, Young Mothers Met.
Memorial services will be held at First Baptist Church on Sunday May 26 with a 10 45 a m march led by Girl Scouts veterans Women's Relief Corps and American Legion Auxiliary. Memorial Day services at Emerson Cemetery May 30 start 9 30 a m with the 4 H band performing and a program including General Logan Gettysburg Address Eve lyn Read and Flanders Field followed by benediction. Teachers Gather for Garfield Township Event Miss Pauline Miller hosted Garfield Township teachers at her home with refreshments after an evening of socializing.
At the latest school board meeting the group decided to proceed with a five teacher faculty next year rather than cutting one position. Miss Cofer has been offered a contract, Miss Stubbs and Mr. Shaw were reelected, and grade teachers signed contracts. A coach for the Marsh Reynolds vacancy has not yet been elected. Surprised on Birthday With Party Mrs Charles Wilhelm and daughter Dorothy celebrated with relatives and friends at a pot luck dinner.
Mr and Mrs Darold Gleason and Mr and Mrs J B Waymire attended the alumni banquet at the Stanton church Monday evening. The event celebrated the school's 60th anniversary with about 300 in attendance.
Four miles south of Schaffer hill on Friday afternoon a Terraplane carrying high school students including Leon Lewis Catherine Baldwin Arlene Boswell Earl DeBolt Delbert Hastwood and Jack Taylor swerved to avoid a farmer's team and farm implement, rolled into a ditch, injuring Catherine with neck and shoulder sprains. The group was en route to Porter's Lake for a picnic supper and roller skating.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid held its third annual May breakfast in the church parlors with green and yellow decor and a May pole centerpiece. A high school alumni reception was planned for June 5, and Nina McSkimming praised the plano for the new venue. The program included a Mother’s Day theme with songs and a dramatic reading, ending with a solo. Separate notes cover Bobby Nelson’s 11th birthday party with gifts and games, and Baptist church activities including Sunday school, worship, Vacation Bible School, and community visits in Red Oak and surrounding areas.
The eighth grade commencement exercises were held in the school gym on Thursday afternoon. The program included invocation by Rev. W. A. Foss, solos by Mary Louise Taylor and Charles Farris, a speech titled Living Together by Rev. H. A. Foss, diplomas presented by Supt. L. J. Cranwall, and a benediction by Rev. H. A. Foss. The 15 graduates listed were Carol Whisler, Mary Louise Waymire, Barbara Sprow, Phyllis Snodgrass, Orville Rice, Eugene Lang, Arvella Jaggers, Marylin Jean Jones, Eldery Heuer, Edward Greenwood, Rosalie Evane, Channing Coppage, Beulah Burmeister, George Bass, and Lorraine Baldwin.
The senior day exercises closed the school year with Bob Evans as master of ceremonies. The program included class history, ambitions, and poem readings by students such as Katherine Smith and Lloyd Hicks, the class will by Mae Walker and Maxine Tavis, jokes by Clyde Thomas and Glen Nicholas, and the class prophecy. Numerous local visitors from Red Oak and nearby towns attended, including families of EB Harris and Hicks, with several relatives listed as guests and weekend visitors.
The article lists numerous awards from the Who's Who Contest in Prettiest and Most Popular categories, naming Mary Louise Taylor, Bob Evans, Gilbert Carlson, Peggy Spraw, and others as top honorees. It notes accompanying social details, including Paul Lemert’s injury from a broken leg during an incident with a disc and horses, and mentions local residents hosting guests in Henderson.
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