Halloween Mischief, Ballot Printing Highlight Mills County News
Malvern saw mild Halloween mischief as youths collected candy while older pranksters vandalized briefly. The Leader printed eight ballot sets for Emerson, Hastings, Henderson, Malvern, Imogene, Silver City and Tabor, plus 5,000 county ballots for the Shaft plan election on December 3. Dr Jack Bagford of the University of Iowa will visit Glenwood Nov 14 and 15 to discuss a new math teaching approach.
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Leader Print
Emerson
Hastings
Henderson
Malvern
Imogene
Silver City
Tabor
Jack Bagford
State
University of Iowa
Glenwood
Vandals Strike at Emerson Car Garage Damaged
Vandalism reported in Mills County at Emerson around 8 p m Monday. Sheriff Edwin Barkus investigated and found Kenneth Hall's car started and put in gear, the vehicle rammed the garage door and basement wall, causing about $1,000 in car damage and additional property loss.
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Mills County
Emerson
Edwin Barkus
Kenneth Hall Jt
Mills County Retarded Children Meeting Planned
Remeeting of the Mills County association for Retarded Children will be held at the Methodist church in Margarn Monday November 11. William Glen Adkins elementary principal of Nishua Valley schools and Mrs Melvin Erickson teacher of the special education class at Henderson will speak on the programs of special education in Mills County. Any interested persons are invited to attend this meeting.
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Milla
Third Mills county traffic death at Highways 275 and 34
Sheriff reports Ruby Oliver, 35, of Kansas City died after a crash at the 275 34 intersection Wednesday night. Darrell Kuntzweiler 28 Red Oak driver suffered critical injuries. Maurice Geith 49 Emerson uninjured in collision with a Baseline truck. The intersection now has flashing red light and night warning signs. Previous deaths include Marvin Tingwald and Cleva Brooks.
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Mills County
Ed Barkus
Ruby Darlene Oliver
Kansas City
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Darrell Dean Kuntzweiler
Red Oak
Highway 275
Miss Oliver
Kuntzweiler
Maurice Geith
Emerson
Geith
Kunteweiler
Air Force
Marvin 5. Tingwald
Malvern
Cleva Brooks
Glenwood
Neighbors Harvest 125 Acres of Corn for Ben Martin
Neighborhood workers gathered 20 corn pickers and wagons to harvest about 125 acres for Ben Martin. Most work occurred Friday with a few returning Saturday to finish. The yield totaled around 10,000 bushels. Silver Urn Order of Eastern Star members served lunch at the Masonic Temple.
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Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Mills to Tax 84 Mobile Units Under New County Law
Mills county introduces a mobile homes law affecting at least 84 units. It imposes a per square foot tax based on age, plus semi annual registration fees, with lien rights and penalties for late payments. Trailers used for habitation more than 90 days become mobile homes and are exempt from personal property tax.
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Mills County
Harry Markel
Mills
Markel
Ama
Bim
Vote on Shaff Plan Nov 14 Election Notice
Voters not present for the special state election on the Shaff plan amendment to the constitution may vote by absentee ballot on or after Nov 14, reports County Auditor Glen Johnson. Ballots were delivered this week. absentee voting locations include Glenwood and the county seat.
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Yowa
Glen Johnson
Antlershire
Glenwood
Ae Ee
Secetee
New Wabash Depot Recalls Early Railroading Charm
The Wabash replaces the old 1879 depot with a modern three room station at Malvern, adding an agent's office, telegraph, signal controls, an inside restroom, and an automatic oil heater. Freight activity remains modest, but carload shipments rise while passenger traffic stays light. Historic finds include an 1880 express bill and an uncashed check, with old excursion promos recalling a bygone era.
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Wabash
Omaha & St. Louis
Malvern
Omaha
Leader
Ray Reeder
New Station
Silver City
Lane
Reed
Union & Kansas City Express Co
J. M. Strahan & Co
Harry %. Thomas
Wabash Railway
Patrol Plane Aids in Locating Two Youths Near Mineola
An Iowa highway patrol plane helped locate two youths sought by a three county posse. A 17 year-old Glenwood boy and 18-year-old Clifford Koch of Mineola were captured after officers spotted them in a timbered area east of Mineola. Koch was fined 100 dollars for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Officers from Pottawattamie and Montgomery counties assisted, with one youth remaining at large.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Glenwood
Clifford Koch
Mineola
Justice of Peace
Carl Remley
Clifford
Edwin Barkun Baid
Min‘eola
Sheri
Berkus
Harry Wela
Ofi
Cers
Pottawattamle and
Montgomery Counties
Vigorous Elections Brighten Malvern Town Politics
Mild turnout across Malvern yielded two new councilmen Charles Ellison and Bob Poort, with Poort winning a tied vote after a recount. Mayoral winner Burdette Spiker led a varied slate as 237 votes were cast districtwide amid write ins and staff changes.
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Malvern
Charles Ellison
Bob Poort
T. &. Salyers
Jim Ford
Poort
Ed Edis
Burdette Spiker
Louis J. Knop
Truman Hardy
Charles I. Ellison
BR. D. Mansfield
Robert H. Poort
Ed Edie
T. E. Salyers
Park Commissioners
Milton H. Latchaw
Alma Knop
Knop
Hardy and
Pilison
Manfield and Poort
Hardy
Edie
Sian Foount
Airbey
Tabor
Vern Wilkins
Maurice LaFollette
Arthur C. Alexander
Larry Gaylord
Albert Reeves
Ward Slothower
Stanley Weatherhead
Lea Bartlett
Eldon Tyler
Richard Kearns
Lewis Sinatra in Double Comedy at Empress Theater
Jerry Lewis directs The Nutty Professor in a campus comedy set at Arizona State University. Stella Stevens co stars. the film features a transformed professor via a mysterious potion. Frank Sinatra stars in Come Blow Your Horn, a colorful Technicolor debut with a starry cast. Garden Club Will Meet in Malvern on November 12 at 2 40 p m at Mrs Adolph Schultz’s home.
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Army
Navy
Jerry Lewis
Empress Theater
Jerry
Stella Stevens
Arizona State University
Frank Sinatra
Technicolor
Panavision
Lee J, Cobb
Molly Picon
Jill St. John
Barbara Rush
Phyllis McGuire
Dan Blocker
Tony Bill
Garden Club
Malvern Garden Club
Adolph Schultz
Windom Cafe Opens in New Location on South Main Street
The former Red Dot Cafe reopened Monday as the Windom Cafe after Mr and Mrs Stanley Windom purchased the building and fixtures. They operate the Windom Cafe in the McCord Building and announce an open house for Saturday November 16 with daily opening hours starting at 9 AM. A featured service is $8 for booking parties and special gatherings.
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Windom Cafe
Stanley Windom
Windom
McCord
South Main Street
Windoms
School Tax Levy Study Shows Bigness Generally Brings Higher Levies
N. P. Crink argues that school district size does not directly lower costs. The piece cites 1964 levies in southwest Iowa, noting farmers funded reorganizations yet faced higher land taxes, with some districts reducing mills while others rose 100 to 300 percent. It highlights Malvern district’s favorable costs and lists 1984 levies for area schools including Glenwood Nishna Valley Fremont Mills Sidney Hamburg Farragut Treynor Shenandoah Lewis Central Oakland Tri-Center Underwood Cargon-Macedonia Hancock-Agora Walnut.
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Iowa
Malverd
Malvern
Glenwood
Nishna Valley
Fremont Mills
Sidney
Hamburg
Farragut
Treynor
Shenandoah
Lewis Central
Co. Bluffs Oakland
Tri-Center
Underwood
Cargon-Macedonia
Hancock-Agora
Walnut
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