Shape of Week notes late issues and local crime
The week notes delayed delivery on rural routes due to mail routine. A Treynor Recreation Area club house dope raid yielded marijuana. Malvern Halloween calm with minor unrest. no arrests. Malvern Main Street parking crowded for municipal election and large senior citizen gathering at the Community building.
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Council Bluffs
Treynor Recreation Area
Treynor
McClelland
Malvern
W.R. Bingham
Oldsters
Christmas Mail Listings for Servicemen Addresses
Malvern readers urged to submit servicemen addresses for Christmas listings at Box 1 or by calling 24-3512. Local postmaster Thomas Gidley notes deadlines: Dec 5 for domestic parcels, Dec 10 for letters and cards, Dec 15 and 16 for domestic air mail. Overseas cuts: Dec 4 for air parcels and Dec 9 for air greeting cards or letters. early mailing resists rough handling and speeds delivery.
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Malvern
Thomas Gidley
Air Parcel Post
Air Greeting Card
Gidley
Engineer's Car Totalled in Glenwood Crash
County engineer Wm C Stone, with a clean driving record, collided with a 1965 Chevrolet driven by Kevin Young 16 of Pacific Junction a Glenwood Community High student. Stone stopped at a stop sign then proceeded into the intersection causing the crash. Young's car sustained 500 damage while the county Ford was totalled. Stone was cited for failure to yield right of way. County bought a new Ford from Hiatt Motors after bids.
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Ford
Hiatt Motors
MCHS Fall Variety Show Set For Tonight
Malvern junior and senior high students present the Jr Sr High Fall Variety Show at 7 30 p m Thursday November 8 in the high school band room sponsored by the music department. Acts include the stage band the Fantastic Five The Whistlers the Hassenfeffer Hot Shots and more inviting the public to attend.
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MCHS
Malvern
Jr.Sr. High School
Major Pool Construction Nears Completion at Malvern
Workmen from Mutual Construction Co of Omaha poured the final concrete for the Malvern pool aprons, completing major construction. Remaining tasks include core samples for floor specs, grading, and wiring corrections, with the bonding company now overseeing finish work. The town bears the original contract cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Construction Co
Omaha
Malvern Municipal
Two Rescue Units Respond to Fatal Field and House Calls
On October 31 a rescue unit answered a call at the LeRoy Bird farm north of Emerson where Mr. Bird died in a field of an apparent heart attack. On November 2 the unit responded to the Bolander residence on East 3rd Street in Malvern where Flora Duncan was pronounced dead. A survivors list appears in another story.
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LeRoy Bird
Emerson
Bird
Henderson
Bolander
East $3Rd Street
Malvern
Flora Duncan
Mrs Stenger First of Two Health Aides
Mills County welcomes Ardis Stenger as the first of two home health aides approved to assist nurse Carolyn Washburn. Stenger began Oct 24 in Malvern providing intermittent in home care for the elderly disabled newborns and chronically ill. washburn notes referrals come from doctors social workers schools and relatives. Public health office is in Malvern at 624 8333.
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Mary L. Barton
Mills County Dept. of Social Services
Ardis Stenger
Malvern
Mills County
Carolyn Washburn
Mills County Board of Health
Washburn
Stenger
St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha
Red Oak Hospital
Malvern Commercial Club Meets November 15
Malvern Commercial club members will gather at the Malvern Community building next Thursday November 15 at 7 30 p m for the monthly meeting and membership drive. President Howard Nelson urges attendance and asks members to bring a fellow business or professional person. The fate of the Christmas opening and scrip drawing program remains undecided with no talks held yet and merchants urged to express preference at the meeting.
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Malvern Commercial Club
Malvern
Howard Nelson
Nominations For Health Council Board Made at Meeting Here Mon
Mills county representatives for the Health Planning Council of the Midlands board of directors were nominated Monday evening at a special meeting. Nominated were Clyde Patton Emerson Mrs. Margaret Bower Malvern and Mrs. Joan Luddington Pacific Junction. Earl Bass presided and introduced Jim Esterling who outlined the councils work and budget of 298 344 with 179 006 from federal funds. A study of health needs for the 700 000 population area is ongoing and changes to facilities require council approval. Nominations for area Emergency Medical Services Council were also made Karl Hertz and Allen Hall of Malvern Emergency Medical Rescue unit named.
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Mills County
Health Planning Council of
Midlands
L-County
Area Emergency Medical Services Council
Karl Hertz
Allen Hall
The
Malvern Emergency Medical Rescue Unit
Malvern and Glenwood voters weigh bonds and offices
Mills County voters in Malvern and nearby towns cast ballots in municipal races. In Glenwood, a $210,000 city hall bond issue failed, while mayor Harold Radford and council candidates faced narrow races. In Malvern, incumbent Jon Kemp won reelection as mayor. council seats were filled by several candidates with varied vote counts.
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Glenwood
Iowa
E.N. Brown
Hastings
Donnybrook
James A. Burrington
Gene Palser
Cecil Clark
Glenn Johnson
Clark
Art Goodwin
Bert Brazeal
Butch Crouse
Ben Vanderpool
Ray Hites
Marcia Vanderpool
Mills County Democratic Central Committee
Silver City
Gerald D. Jones
Tim Markel
Jones
Farmers race to harvest a possible record crop
Extension Director Laverne Obrecht reports soybean yields around 36 bushels per acre and 98 percent harvested. He notes a strong corn outlook at about 110 bushels per acre with 40 percent of the crop harvested as farmers work to beat weather.
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Laverne Obrecht
Laverne
Mischantship at Nishna Valley High School and Nearby Thefts
Thieves broke into Nishna Valley High School early Tuesday, stealing a small amount of money from a pop machine after entering via a broken window to the principal's office. Separately, a saddle was stolen from Robert McCowen's barn near Pacific Junction, and a car with missing tires and parts was found abandoned near Pony Creek. Mrs. Bernard Schwanger reported seeing a man flee from her farm as appliances were left ready to load, but he fled before theft.
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Nishna Valley High School
Merle Brown
Robert McCowen
Pacific Junction
Pony Creek
Bernard Schwanger
Bluffs Man Arrested in Burglary Links to Malvern Break-ins
Michael Robert Masters, 18, of Council Bluffs was arrested in Red Oak last month on burglary charges. A sheriff's spokesman says he confessed to breaking into Malvern Community High School and Malvern Lumber Co. in September, linking him to prior Malvern incidents. Turkey Supper at Emerson United Methodist Church on Wednesday November 14 starts 5 PM. Adults $2, children 12 and under $1. Everyone invited.
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Council Bluffs
Michael Robert Masters
Red Oak
Malvern
Masters
Malvern Community High School
Malvern Lumber Co
Leader
Emerson United Methodist Church
County Roads Snug as a Bug Says Engineer
County Engineer Wm. C. Stone reports Mills county’s road system is ready for winter with substantial improvements and stockpiled sand mixed with salt for ice. Surfacing this year includes 5 percent of Portland cement paving, 71 miles of asphalt, 250 miles of rock roads resurfaced, plus new culverts drains and cleaned ditches. Snow removal policies set. snow plows to work overtime up to 18 hours if needed. Some new equipment on order, radios installed in vehicles to direct work, reception uncertain if on time.
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Mills County
Wm. C. Stone
Viner Sworn In To Malvern Town Council
LeRoy Viner was sworn in as a new Malvern town council member at Monday's regular meeting. He replaces Larry Hedlund who resigned after accepting a position with Uniroyal in Red Oak.
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LeRoy Viner
Malvern Town Council
Larry Hedlund
Uniroyal
Red Oak
County faces diesel fuel shortages hampering maintenance
The central office notes fuel supply concerns as diesel shortages threaten the county's maintenance program and efficient use of equipment.
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Bob Jones
Same
Clyde Berry
Brenda
Barbara
Lynn
Rosalia
Karen
Silver City United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Good News Coffee House
St. Walnut
Henderson Methodist Church
Commercial Club
Health Council Board
Glenwood Bonds
Kemp
Burchett
Stephenson
Hastings Oosts
S.C
Harold Radford
Radford
Stone
Roger Bichel
Larry Kruse
Gene Gilson
Ronald Bales
Herman Inman
Gene Schatz
Jon F. Kemp
Edwin D. Edie
Dale Stephens
Douglas Burchett
Edie
F.E. Mulholland
Quentin Johnson
Council
C.J. Blank
G. Galen Jones
Marion Mart
Newt Wright
Estle Darby
Joyce Carlson
Carroll Duyson
D. Gene Bolton
Randall Byers
Jesse R. Core
Virgil R. Morris
Tom Rieken
Fred Roeder
Richard Turner
George Marshall, Jr
Richard Roenfeld
Fred Techau
Marshall
Roenfeld
Techau
Gary McNutt
Wyvern Carlson
J.H. Kruse
Gary Williams
Clyde Wynn
Darley Agnew
Wm. N. Delashmutt
Leonard E. Fisher
Max L. Harmon
Jerry L. Hunter
Joe Kier
Richard Rupe
Pop Machine
Bluffs
Mutual
Viner
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