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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1955
Page
4
The week includes visitors from Ben Smith and Ate arilla Texas, hospital reports on Edmondson and Council Bluffs cases, a number of ambulance and funeral attendances, and local sales notes. Farm markets report cattle, yearlings, and hog prices with regional shippers listed, reflecting community activity and economic conditions.
Hog numbers Monday at Omaha were tremendous yet cattle marketing dropped 20 percent from the prior week. Both fat and feeder cattle were lighter in supply. the stocker and feeder run fell to 12,000 despite a string of Jackson Hole yearlings. Replacement cattle and calves sold steady to 50 cents lower, yearling stock steers $17.50 to $21, 553-pound Wyomings at the high end. Fat cattle were steady to lower overall.
A Sunday agenda lists Rath Circle meeting at Methe odist Church with Mrs. Frank Buffington and guests. Centerette 4-H Club hosted by Misses July and Dane Phelps. sewing foxes and refreshments noted. Hillsdale Church activities include Sunday School at 10, Worship at 11, MYF at 7, with a well attended baggar and supper raising over $130. Numerous local visits and social spreads follow, detailing visits to and from Tarkio College students, Shoulhear Strahan, and neighbors around Glenwood and Malvern.
Local notices list funding allocations for street and general funds from various businesses and households. A mayoral canvass confirms candidates Richard D. Guy Leland Lewis for mayor and a vacancy to be filled, plus council contenders Howard Gearhart Forrest Hatfield Louis Knop Roy Dean Mansfield Marion Myers Thomas Salyers Burdette Spiker.
Regular meeting of the Malvern Iowa Town Council on November 7 1955 with Mayor Lewis and six councilmen present. Bills approved include Rex Lane drilling water fund 3500 Ray Bateman salary and car use general fund 30 Paul Winters salary street fund 260 82 Lane Drilling Co valves water fund 280 H 1 Weak salary water fund 249 66 NW Bell Tel Co water fund 15 35 Marion Ellis labor water fund 45 50 Iowa Power Light street lighting pumping water fund 164 05 Houser Oil distillate water fund 0 Goy Oil distillate water fund 0 Red Oak Transfer freight water fund Warren Douglas Chemical muriactic acid water fund Crossroads Garage repairs water fund 25 95 State Hygienic Laboratory sampling water 12 Glen Earrett labor water fund Culligan softner tanks water fund Andersen Fire Equipment repairs fire fund 157 92 110 30 31 31 118 26 24 65 164 05 8 00
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