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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
4
Mrs. Jack Niday reports new subscriptions for Hastings readers. Correspondence indicates growing reader engagement and planned continuation of the column with local notices and community updates.
The Ladies' Aid Fall Festival last Wednesday afternoon and evening raised about 58 dollars. The event featured a chicken supper and a Mother Goose parade with Betty Tarai acting as Mother Goose. Attendees from Malvern Emerson Red Oak and other nearby towns attended the supper and program. Awards were given for baked goods and crafts, and prizes featured in several categories. Local residents hosted visitors and the community enjoyed music, games, and a bustling food booth.
School notes outline subjects and activities ahead of a declamatory contest rescheduled to Thursday November 17. Junior high girls will sing two songs at the high school declamatory contest, with musical numbers by younger grades after judging. Hastings Junior Play The Last of the Ruthvens will be performed Friday November 24 at the Community Building with a revised cast list.
Sunday dinner guests included Rev and Mrs Lee and David along with Mr and Mrs J F Shelley and Mrs Bertha Kellenbarger at Dele Shelley’s home. Atlantic visiting near Kav erly home featured Mrs A G Cole Mrs Chara Whipple and Mrs H B McLain. Ladies Aid met with Mrs T O Bulkington. next meeting planned for November 29 with Mrs Ty J Huldeman. They will host a food sale byerson on November 5. Lattie and Helen Huldues may travel to Omaha Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Brees and family of Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Slater and family of Glenwood and Rev. and Mrs. Lee and David were callers in the Cooper home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Kochersperfer were supper guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Allen and family were supper guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Audrey Liddell and family near Essex.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Northrup and family of Atlantic were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Dean McLain and family. Luther Coy, who had been staying in the A H Hatfield home for several months, returned to his Ohio home Thursday. Mr and Mrs Max King and Elis Lefgren were dinner guests Tuesday in the L T Haldeman home. Mr and Mrs Boyd Bishop and Dean visited Sunday evening in the C W Bishop home.
Sherman Stonebraker learned Monday of his mother Mrs. Adam Stonebraker death in San Diego California after a long bedfast illness. The former Henderson resident helped shape local community life and plans to attend the funeral with family.
Wesley Chapel and Henderson Methodist churches report rising attendance at church schools and services including Epworth League. Scheduled: Henderson worship 10 a m, Wesley Chapel school 10 15, Wesley Chapel worship 2 15 pm, Epworth League at Wesley parsonage 7 pm Sunday. Quarterly conference in Henderson Friday Nov 4 at 7 30 pm. Harvest Sunday at Wesley Nov 26 with morning services, basket dinner, afternoon services. Detailing visits to Kanaay City and other local notes.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Babbitt recently returned from California and visit her parents Mr and Mrs Elsworth Plumb. Ward Fickel is in Ed munson Hospital for observation. Mrs Theodore Seick travels to Wayne Nebraska to assist her sister. Everett Maxwell family hosted a dinner for Mrs Maxwell's birth. Harvest Home event set for November 26 at Wesley Chapel with a basket dinner and afternoon program. The Duomo of Milan, Europe’s second largest Gothic cathedral, features over 4 000 statues as part of its vast architecture.
A family gathering at Dale and Mrs. McClure’s home in East Liberty honored Mrs. Hurat and other birthdays in the month. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Wise, Mr. and Mrs. Hurst and sons, Marion Alexander, W. C. Howard, and T. B. McClure. Various visits and church activities were reported, along with local travel to Red Oak and Council Bluffs.
Former resident Edgar Chipps died at his Sidney home on September 25 1929 at age 84 years six months and twenty days. He was born to Jacob Chipps and moved to Nebraska in 1887 with wife Nettle McMillan. four sons Kenneth Leland LeRoy Raymond and two daughters Bernice and Mrs Walter Stewart survived. Funeral services were held in Sidney with interment at Greenwood cemetery. Additionally local social notes recount Mrs Laura Kerney’s birthday celebration and various visits among area residents in Glenwood Silver City Emerson and Council Bluffs.
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