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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1966
Page
8
The issue previews a last pre election push with extensive advertising and letters to the editor. Halloween brings minimal property damage but many Trick or Treaters in Malvern and county areas while high school toilet tissue decorations appear.
In Silver City area neighbors harvested about 140 acres of corn for Marvin Goos on Wednesday. About 60 volunteers arrived with pickers, corn combines, trucks, wagons, and elevators to work the fields all day. Wives and others gathered at the Silver City church in the morning and served a large noon meal. Goos, farming three nearby places, has spent considerable time at the hospital with his wife seriously ill and needing home care.
The inter church council led by Earl Bass has changed the Union Thanksgiving service to Sunday evening November 20 at the Methodist church. The Baptist church will provide the speaker and hopes local high school will supply music. The council includes two representatives from each of the three town churches and the pastors.
Werbert Hobbs and Lavina Conway of Trenton, ages 52 and 45, received a marriage license Monday as the third couple issued in Mills County during October. Eleven new car and truck registrations followed, including Fords to Bryce Harrison of Malvern, Chevrolets to Elvera Henderson of Malvern and George Marshall Jr. of Silver City, and Buicks to Boyd Nuckolls of Emerson and Claude Wolfe of Glenwood.
Nishna Valley Community school district to vote December 8 on a $30,000 bond issue to fund an athletic complex. Plans include a track around the football field, new west side bleachers, and a baseball diamond with lighting at Nishna Valley High School. The track would be notable for Corner Conference schools, as most league venues use Shenandoah track.
Sidney high school hosts the Corner conference vocal music festival next Monday with a concert at 7 p.m. in the Sidney gym. Admission 45 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. Dr. Warner Smig, dean of music at Colorado University, will guest conduct and work with Corner’s 10 schools’ vocal students during the day.
Malvern school district directors set Monday December 12 for a bond election totaling 585000 to build and equip a new high school. A petition signed by 228 district voters prompted the vote. Each household will receive a booklet detailing the proposal with district meetings planned to explain the tax cost and facility needs. All board members attended and approved the date unanimously.
At the Mills County Fair Association annual meeting Dennis Downing of Pacific Junction was named secretary replacing Louis Knop of Malvern who asked to step down. Downing returns to his former post after 16 years away, with Carl Hurst Glenwood president Edwin Leu Hastings vice president and Arno Asmussen Glenwood treasurer also re-elected. In a separate report Sheriff Edwin Barkus received a delayed Iowa highway patrol accident notice for a collision on Monday Oct 24 at Emerson involving Lenny Gray 37 Emerson and Betty Sue Honeyman 38 route 2 Emerson. Gray ran a stop sign and was hit by Honeyman. damages about 200 to Gray’s car and 700 to Honeyman’s. Honeyman suffered a knee laceration. Passenger Wanda Coleen Dobbs 40 Red Oak had head lacerations and bruises. both she and Dobbs were hospitalized in Red Oak. Gray sustained a head laceration and possible rib fracture.
County auditor reports strong absentee vote turnout with 109 ballots in by Monday. Deadline for mail absentee ballots is Monday at 5 p.m. in Glen Johnson's office, with in person voting possible at the auditor's office before the deadline. Also listed are numerous township and at large director appointments across several communities including Malvern, Glenwood, Pacific Junction, and Council Bluffs.
A county contest and district and state races drive strong campaign activity ahead of the general election next Tuesday. Polls run 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. across 17 precincts with three ballots, including a constitutional amendment on the July 1 effective date and a judicial ballot. Key races include the Masoned county supervisor seats, Fremont-Mills House district, Mills Senate seat, and the 6th district congressional race where Bill Scherle challenges incumbent John Hansen. Also contested are U. S. Senator Jack Miller versus F. E. Smith and Governor Harold Hughes against Bill Murray. Voter locations span Henderson through Malvern and Glenwood, with polling sites listed across Mills County.
Miss Wilma Schultz Mills county extension home economist earned a distinguished service award at the National Association of Extension Home Economists meeting in Chicago held Oct 30 to Nov 2. Also honored was Mrs. Margaret Pratt of Emmetsburg. Schultz has 20 years in extension work, including time in Arkansas, and has worked with the Farmer's Home Administration and in private business. the awards were presented at a closing breakfast by Dr Noel T Ralston deputy administrator of the Federal Extension Service in Washington DC.
Bob Buffington of Glenwood announces a showing of a United Nations film this Thursday November 3 at 7 p.m. in the Malvern Methodist church. The film offers a detailed study of the UN focusing on alleged Communist influences and follows an offer of 500 dollars to anyone who can disprove any statement from last week's article A Second Look at the U N.
Mills County supervisors authorize request to the state comptroller for approval of a 10 000 transfer to the state institutional fund. Rising care costs for mental patients push the fund short by 10 000 as county covers patients at Glenwood and Clarinda state hospitals and two Mills county rest homes in Red Oak and Villisca.
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