Betrothal announced for Verlee Thraen and John Henry
Mrs. Golden Thraen of Harlan announces the engagement of her daughter Verlee Thraen of Iowa Falls to John Henry of Green Creek New Jersey son of the late Mr and Mrs Ed Henry. Verlee is a graduate of Harlan Community High School and Northwest Missouri State University. She taught first grade at Chantry Elementary in Malvern for four years and now teaches second grade at Blanche Stoddard Elementary in Iowa Falls. John Henry is a graduate of Middle Township High School at Cape May Court House and works as a light equipment operator with the Cape May County Road Department. A June 25 wedding at St Michaels Catholic Church in Harlan is planned.
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Golden Thraen
Harlan
Verlee
Iowa Falls
John Henry
Green Creek
New Jersey
Ed Henry
Miss Thraen
Harlan Community High School
Northwest Missouri State University
Chantry
Malvern
Blanche Stoddard
Middle Township
Cape May Court House
Cape May
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Holiday Theme Will Be Used At Garden Club Meet
Malvern Garden club meets Tuesday November 9 at 2 p.m. with Mrs Alma Knop. Roll call Homemade Gifts. Program Holiday Dried Arrangements by Evelyn Knop Boyd of Percival.
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Malvern Garden Club
Alma Knop
Evelyn Knop Boyd
Percival
Dinner and tours for DAR meeting at Tabor
Glenwood Chapter DAR meets Sunday November 7 at 12 30 p m at the Brick Inn in Tabor for dinner. An afternoon tour of Todd House in Tabor follows, then a visit to the Fremont County Historical building in Sidney.
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Glenwood Chapter
DAR
Brick Inn
Tabor
Todd House
Fremont County
Sidney
Veterans Day Dinner Set for November Seventh 1976
Harry Hammons Post 520 American Legion and Auxiliary announce their annual Veterans Day potluck at 6:30 p.m. November 7 at the Malvern Community Building. Members urged to attend. nonmembers welcome. Bring a covered dish and own table service. department and district officers invited.
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Harry Hammons
American Legion and Auxiliary
Malvern
Legion and
Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Heritage Arts for Today's Living by Mills County Extension
Mills County Extension Service sponsors a series of workshops titled Heritage Arts for Today's Living. The program aims to teach basic steps of crafts once perfected by ancestors. It notes settlers sought to recreate familiar furnishings and ornaments in new homes using available materials.
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The
Mills County Extension Service
County crafts program offers weekly flower and rug work
Three meetings cover rug making coil basketry and flower arranging with demonstrations displays and handouts. The first session Bouquets Year Round is on Wednesday Nov 10 from 1 30 to 3 p m in the Legions Rooms Silver City with a $1 per session materials fee and sessions to follow in other county locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legions
Silver City
Demonstration On Agenda For Art Council Meeting
Mills County Art Council will meet Thursday November 4 at 7 30 p m in Glenwood courtesy room Mills County Savings and Loan A painting demonstration by Harold Wilkins and a short dance film are on the program All meetings are open to the public.
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Mills County Art Council
Mills County Savings & Loan
Glenwood
Harold Wilkins
Date Change For County Legion Auxiliary Meet
Mills County American Legion and Auxiliary reschedule to November 30 due to a workshop at Neola Legion Hall. County meeting moves to Emerson Community building with a potluck at 4 30 and meeting at 7 30. Neola Workshop is Dutch Treat. chicken dinner cost two dollars fifty cents. Commanders and Presidents should send post estimates to Harold Neumann by November 24. Last year 80 attended in Grenwood. organizers hope for more.
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Mills County American Legion and Auxiliary
American Legion and Auxiliary
Neola Legion Hall
Emerson
Legion Hall
Neola
Harold Neumann
R.R
Iowa
Grenwood
World War I Vets to Host Seventh District Meet
Veterans of World War I and the Ladies Auxiliary Mills County Barracks 1337 announce the Seventh District meeting in Glenwood on Sunday November 7 at the National Guard Armory. Lunch at 12 30 will be provided. members supply sides and table settings. Wives widows and all veterans welcome.
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Ladies Auxiliary
Mills County
Glenwood
National Guard
Glenwood Barracks
Auxiliary At Persia To Honor Mrs Bonnie Perrin
American Legion Auxiliary Swanger Unit 314 will host a reception for Mrs Kenneth Bonnie Perrin department vice president of the Iowa Auxiliary on Sunday November 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the P I C Hall in Persia. All Legionnaires Auxiliary members and friends are invited.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Swanger
Kenneth
Bonnie) Perrin
Iowa
American Legion
P.I.C
Persia
James
Jim
Arlene
Youman
Co. American Legion
Gospel Concert Set at Tabor Congregational Church
Gospel music concert scheduled for Sunday November 7 at 7 30 p m will be held at Tabor Congregational church. Singers and pianist Jo Van Seyoe Pat Van Seyoe and Robin Hellesa perform. All are invited.
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Tabor Congregational Church
Pat van Seyoe
Robin Hellesa
Malvernians At Choir Workshop
A workshop for choir directors on Advent and Christmas music was attended October 19 in Council Bluffs by Mrs. Mary Pottes and Miss Julie Elston of Glenwood First Christian church and Mrs. Charles Cowell with Ann Beckwith of Malvern United Methodist. The session was led by Max Exner, Iowa State University Extension Music Specialist, who plans another workshop.
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Council Bluffs
Mary Pottes
Julie Elston
First Christian Church
Glenwood
Charles Cowell
Ann Beckwith
United Methodist Church
Malvern
Max Exner
Iowa State University Extension
Exner
Music Workshop Data From Mills County Extension Office
The Southwest Iowa Area on March 22 hosts a workshop. Churches or choir directors should contact Mills County Extension Office to be notified of the workshop location and plans, as stated by County Extension Director LaVerne Obrecht. Loan kits of music from the workshop are available through the Extension Office.
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Iowa
Mills County
LaVerne Obrecht
Herman Ossian to be honored by Glenwood Masons
An error in last week’s release misidentified the honoree of a Glenwood Lodge No. 58 A F and A M event. Herman Ossian, newly appointed Grand Chaplain of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Iowa, will be honored at a public meeting this Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple Glenwood with a covered dish dinner.
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Glenwood Lodge No
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Iowa
Henry Ossian
Herman Ossian
Masonic Temple
Glenwood
Lodge
Former Pleasant Valley Teacher Honored Sunday
A Sunday afternoon party at Glenwood’s Mills County State Bank honored Edith Berkhimer of San Bernardino California, a former Pleasant Valley teacher 1918 to 1920. Hostesses Iva Hunt Fitch Tudor They Sell Tudor and Letha Sell Brandt welcomed former pupils and friends including special guest Margaret Buttmann.
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Edith Berkhimer
San Bernardino
Calif
Mills County State Bank
Glenwood
Iva Hunt Fitch
Syracuse
Nebr
Tudor
Letha
Brandt
Silver City
Berkhimer
Pleasant Valley School
Margaret Buttmann
Edith
Alma Knop
N.V. Maddocks
Eva Hunt
Lester Knop
Alfred Knop
Grace Johnson Leipold
Fern Clay Stewart
Jim
Halloween Memories and Masquerade Reflections
A Malvern Leader writer recalls Halloween 1976 with playful self styling using turquoise hair and improvised mask like potato teeth and margarine, then attends a church MYF party to tell fortunes. The piece reflects on youth, motivation, and the value of encouragement amid festive mischief.
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Rick
Mary Hartman
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Malvern Bpw Club
Hillsdale
Baptist Deborah Society
Clinton Maun
Heritage Arts
Sandra Finchem
Gay Finchem
Leon Finchem
Timothy Hagen
Marvin Hagen
First Baptist Church
Glenwood, Iowa
Arren
Pottawattamie Mutual Insrance Assn
Costello Insurance Agency
Art Council
County Legion
Bonnie Perrin
Malvernians
Hamilton
Herman
Henry
Pleasant Valley
U.S. Choice
Chuck
Hormel Little Sizzler
Swift
U.S. Choice Arm
FLGUR
Ally
Iit
Sunone
Mulholland
Gordon and
Cork
Malvern, Iowa
Malvern Leader
Malvern, Town
Vera Smith
Dennis Langone
DDS
Main Street
J.A. Kline
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