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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
2
Malvern weekly notes list many local residents and visitors. Families like Beam, Breeding, Berkhimer, Hertz, McChesney and Wilbur are mentioned with trips to Denver, Annapolis, Des Moines and beyond. New car licenses and a community bake sale accompany social events, prayers, hospital runs, and a high school alumni gathering.
Malvern High School seniors presented their final class play in the Community building on Friday with strong audience engagement. A primary rhythm band led by Paul Hixson energized the crowd as actors struggled with a curtain mishap, yet delivered a heartfelt Texas tale of drought, oil, and a scheming slicker aided by a cosmetics saleswoman and local shopkeeper. Cast members included Marlin Richardson James Evans Irene Waller Wilma Lincoln Walter Smith Arlene Fickel Marybeth Nelson Darlene Davis Eugene Walker and Gerald Moore.
County Superintendent Amy Hammers conducted eighth toe examinations in Malvern at the LCamp on Tuesday for 18 enrollees. New Tollees in the camp sat eight subject exams while returning students retook previously failed tests under Mrs. Esther Nelson who oversaw the classes.
Continuation from page 1 lists eighth grade graduates including Peggy Cox Betty Fickel Peggy Hall Beverly Hamilton Mary Ellen Lincoln Neva McClure Eunice Miller Ilene Miller Lorraine O'Dell Ima Jean Parkhurst Joan Baar Betty June Stroud Keith Adama Kenneth Adams DeWayne Bennett Walter Bingham Charles Brewer Bernard Evans Jack Hering Junior Jackson Malcolm Stogdill.
A local optometry practice announces rapid spectacle repairs and frame upgrades. They advertise new frames, padding, and line duplication to match any design, promising reliable service and prompt attention to customers in need.
The Malvern Sale Barn held its last sale of the season on Saturday with a good crowd in attendance. The first fall sale is set for Saturday August 12. An unusually warm winter allowed weekly sales all year and buyers and sellers met in large numbers. Mr. Brekhimer has left for a California vacation to visit his brother Lew. The barn will be managed by Allen Reed during the summer.
Hillsdare news reports Glenwood high school Class of 1889 held a 50th anniversary reunion in Glenwood last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. R. Warren attended with Mrs. T. Q. Records who hosted a dinner at Hern don Cafe for four members. Nine of the 15 graduates are still alive. Others returning for the dinner were Guy Hammond of Hartford Indiana Carl Schaffner of Marshalltown and Martha Davies DeFrance of Omaha.
Twenty persons took county normal training examinations offered by County Superintendent Amy Hammers last week. Ten tested in Malvern and ten in Glenwood.
An honor and reward for careful service has been extended to Mrs Patey Kil tuurtiu by Mrs Ovcur Maneag, department President of the American Legion Auxiliary, to be her gal pal at the coming state congress to be held in Burlington in August. The president has two pages and the other officers as well as the department leader. The award was also extended to Mrs. Weber of Harlan.
A Sidney audience heard tenor Otto F Schacht of the Metropolitan Opera Co perform Tuesday evening. The program featured Mrs L A Talbott and a noted roster of local supporters including Harriett, Mrs Catherine Farquhar, Mrs J M Steele, Betty Baer, Ruth Walker, Mrs O A Strahan, Mrs Zelma Fletcher, Mrs Lillian Campbell, Mae Churchill, Mrs J W Innes, and Mr and Mrs J F Wearin Jr. The Sidney Choral Society sponsored the event and Malvernian praised it as unusually fine.
Harold Fisher Quimby born March 12 1902 at Strahan died May 17 1939 in Nebraska. Former Randolph High School graduate, Nebraska Wesleyan alumnus, and Delta Omega Phi member who planned an MA. He served as superintendent at Dorchester and Tobias, wife Myrtle Couch, daughter Jane, his parents P L Quimby of Lincoln, sister Mrs. George Thacker of Lincoln survive him.
Excelsior school near Sliver City closed last week with a picnic supper attended by 74. After the meal the children performed a program including a marimba solo by Joyce Pierson, vocal selections, and piano solos by Donald Goos. Mrs Wilson accompanied Miss Pierson. The event featured two community stints and was enjoyed by all.
The fragment lists dates from May with paired names and ages in Omaha and nearby towns, including May 17 Everett Ponton and Irene Foy, May 19 Edgar Wodruff and Addie Lee Jones, May 20 Frederick Peck and Frances Eden, Alvin Wegworth and Lillian Collins, May 22 Floyd Starks and Kathryn Gorham among others, with incomplete lines and several unreadable entries.
Stephens College in Columbia Missouri prepares 480 seniors for commencement on Tuesday May 26 with an address by Miss Maude Adams. Activities begin Thursday May 25 with Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Patience and continue through Saturday May 27 with receptions and campus tours. Ivy Fete Monday night crowns a queen for next year as Miss Jean Godfrey of Dayton Ohio attends graduation and Margaret Ann Buttmann receives the Associate of Arts Degree.
The Second Presbyterian church of Lincoln will host Memorial Day address by Dr. White, department chaplain of United Spanish War Veterans of Nebraska, at 5 30 p m. The Presbyterian Sunday School meets at 10 a m with no morning worship service. The Woman's Missionary Society plans a Thursday meeting led by Miss Rebecca Brothers. Various church notices follow for St Johns Lutheran, Comet, Walther League, Methodist, Christian, and Baptist congregations with service times and brief notes. A closing quotation offers motivational guidance on perceived hindrances and opportunities.
Mr and Mrs O G Krergey and daughter Frances arrived Tuesday from Newcastle Wyoming to visit their daughter Kethering a senior at Downe College. Mrs Laure Kerney hosts them at her home. The family traveled by train via Crete Nebraska and plan a short stay.
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