Local Malvern Week in Review Briefs
Fragmented local notes provide scattered items including property mentions and civic items. Readable details reference Malvern areas and community topics with partial event cues and names obscured by OCR errors.
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
2
Fragmented local notes provide scattered items including property mentions and civic items. Readable details reference Malvern areas and community topics with partial event cues and names obscured by OCR errors.
Local society notes record Miss Thiedeman taking a new role in Marengo, alongside numerous community visits, hospital news, and social gatherings. The item names several residents and events, including birthdays, travel, church activities, and family visits across Malvern, Griswold, Red Oak, and nearby towns.
History of the Week outlines a large strategic battle in northern France and Belgium as Allied and German forces exert pressure along a coastal corridor. It notes fears of encirclement, shifting positions, and Allied synergies across wedges while Britain moves to imprison suspected agents. Roosevelt delivers a fireside chat urging unity and defense readiness, detailing financing, production, and labor rights amid debates on using private industry experts and a wartime board to coordinate war material output.
A brief East Liberty article notes Memorial Day activities with local families attending cemetery ceremonies. Attendees include Mrs. J. Whitesides and Mr. and Mrs. Horn plus relatives from Countryside, Henderson, and Bedford areas. Dinner guests and visits follow, with several residents and guests from nearby towns joining in the community observance.
Eighth grade graduates from Pleasant Valley School include Evnel Nelson Edna Mad docks Vanda Knop Rollin Bird and Richard Whitesides. Rural commencement exercises were held in the Malvern Community building Tuesday afternoon. A Henderson families picnic at the church Sunday featured Mr and Mrs Jim Adams and children of Red Oak Miss Henderson and Olson of Omaha Mr and Mrs M H Latchaw Evelyn and Mrs L J Adams Mr and Mrs FLA Batterfield Lois and Shirley Henderson area residents Mr and Mrs Ralph Adams and Keith Hastings Mr and Mrs Henderson James and Marr. Miss Katherine Kerner, a former Gren day teacher, visited her grandmother Mrs Laura Kerner after trips to Denver, Colo Crete and Omaha.
Mrs Connie Wooten of Los Angeles visited Phyllis Wilson. They traveled to Des Moines for commencement at Drake University where Phyllis, having finished coursework in January, will graduate next week with a Bachelor of Expression while continuing to teach in Des Moines since January.
Methodists nationwide set Sunday June 2 as a day of fasting and self denial to fund relief for non combatant victims of wars in Europe and Asia. Each member should give at least the cost of a Sunday dinner for humanitarian relief. Rev. Evan R. Stroud urges his congregation to observe the sacrifice. Auxiliary Will Meet There is a Legion Auxiliary meeting Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Community Building.
Local church notices list St Johns Lutheran near Malvern with Sunday School at 9, morning service at 10, and Walther League Tuesday. Presbyterian Church with Sabbath school at 10 and morning worship at 11. First Baptist with Children’s Day plans and 11 o’clock service. Methodist with Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, Epworth League at 7, and a June 2 peace offering reminder. marriage licenses issued May 22 to several couples. Delpha Donner receives Gus Scherling award at University of Iowa.
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