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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1964
Page
6
Mills county fair board purchased about 100 tulip bulbs and this week members of the Malvern Garden club set them out. The planting continues the fair board’s ongoing improvement program begun several years ago at the grounds entrance near the ticket office.
Mills County sheriff reports two T intersection crashes in the past week. Tye Finney, 16, of Plattsmouth Nebraska, drove into a ditch at the east junction of highways 54 and 59 in Emerson Friday night, injuring passenger Raymond Cartwright, who sustained damage to his right hand fingers.
A church bazaar and supper at Silver City Methodist Church on Saturday November 21 starts serving at 5 30 pm. Tickets price one dollar and fifty cents.
Progress on Highway 34 relocation is steady says Ken Milford assistant to the resident engineer at Red Oak Culverts by Pierce Construction are finished Fox and Sons to complete two large culverts next week Maguire Construction reports grading 50 percent done If weather halts work finished grades will be graveled and opened to local traffic For other road news the Wabash overhead contract was let to Christensen Bros of Cherokee for 49162 80 They have started on it It will not be usable until next spring The new Highway 58 overpass just north of Emerson is finished and will open to traffic Sunday A side by pass carried traffic during construction
Treasurer F. M. Robinson reports ten new registrations in Mills County this week. Owners include Floyd Nielsen Everett A. Knop Malvern Kenneth W. Evans Hastings Leo P. Black Silver City Marvin A. Brenton Glenwood Dwight Lybar-ger Malvern Louise Gradle Glenwood Tom Brown Emerson Myron Kruse Glenwood. No marriage licenses were issued this week. Skiffs of snow and falling temperatures ended the mild fall spell with some rain through the period. Daily readings recorded.
A collision two miles south of Henderson Wes caused extensive damage but no injuries. William Ebeling, 38, Emerson, and James A. Shook, 18, Emerson, were involved. Ebeling’s car sustained about 700 dollars of damage and Shook’s about 600 dollars. Ebeling reportedly pulled away from a stop sign when Shook’s car struck. Sheriff Edwin Barkus’ office filed the report.
Mills county extension and Iowa State University sponsor a Beef Feeding and Management short course on December 1 8 and 15 at the Malvern Community building from 930 a m to 330 p m. A $5 registration covers noon meals and course materials. Topics include nitrates diseases sanitation cattle feeding economy and beef cattle nutrition with focus on calves and yearlings. Reservations through extension council members or Mills county Extension office. limited to 45 registrants.
Local Red Cross workers will visit homes next week to collect contributions. The message highlights Blood Bank and swim program work and urges residents to welcome volunteers, discuss giving plans, and avoid a second visit. Volunteers needed as recruitment grows tougher each year.
Glenwood real estate buyer Good purchases the 160 acre farm of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Richardson, three miles southwest of Malvern. The Richardsons recently bought the Rafferty residence in town and have moved to Texas.
A Mills county Farm Bureau board of directors and the Farm Bureau women's committee will meet Tuesday November 24 at 8 p m in the Malvern Farm Bureau office. All officers directors and women’s committee members are urged to attend. An installation ceremony for the new 1965 board members will be held along with a short business session.
Malvern Commercial club launched a five week Christmas trade promotion at its November meeting in Windom Cafe. Committees were named to run the scrip program giving away 75 dollars weekly in one dollar scrip redeemable at member stores. Distributions begin Saturday November 28 with further draws December 5 12 19 and a final December 24 alongside a Santa visit for local children. Tickets for the Saturday drawings go on sale this Saturday November 21. Committees include Lights and decorations Chas Costello and Charles Wilson Tickets Chuck Hanson and Louis Knop Christmas treats Emery DeWitt and Charley Stephens Poultry distribution Burdette Spiker. Other discussion covered recreational facilities and fair grounds leasing for recreation without limiting the fair.
A 1964 Ford nine passenger wagon purchased by Malvern Community School District served as an auxiliary bus for one day. Thursday noon it collided with a '68 Ford driven by Richard win Stewart of Delta Iowa at the 4th Street intersection near the swimming pool park. Seven pupils rode the wagon including Roberta Horn and Kevin White who was injured. Stewart and two passengers in his car, John Moore and John Brown, were injured. Night Marshal Clifford ich charged Stewart with failure to yield right of way to a school vehicle.
Wm J Scherle of Henderson Iowa representative for Fremont Mills district and Gov Harold Hughes shared honors when the Good Roads Association presented the Award of Merit at a Des Moines luncheon. Bob Beck of Centerville assoc president presented the awards attended by Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and the League of Municipalities. Rep Scherle chairs the legislature Highway Study committee.
The Mills ASCS county office in Malvern invites farmers to apply or contact the township sealers listed for 1964 corn soybean and grain sorghum crop sealing. Sealer names include Anderson Russell Asell Center Kenneth Graves Deer Creek T P Maher Glenwood Walter Marshall Indian Creek John Parker Ingraham Robert E Kruse Lyons Paul Johnson Oak Chas C Plumer Jr Plattville S C Lincoln Jr Rawles Jack Ewart Silver Creek Ralph Bower St Marys Wm D McIntosh White Cloud Harold Swett. 1964 loan rates are 1.06 dollars per bushel for corn 2.19 dollars per bushel for soybeans and 1.80 dollars per cwt for grain sorghum.
Petition drives at Pace Service Co signees urging Continental Trailways to continue twice daily service into Malvern as company files with the Town Commerce Commission to discontinue the route December 1. Protests also staged at Emerson Red Oak Villisca and Clarinda along the line.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday The Leader will go to press a day early next week. News items and advertising must be received earlier at the office. Special Thanksgiving Services A program at the Methodist church on Wednesday, November 25 at 7:30 p.m. with Rev. Hugh Shiveley as speaker and special music.
The Nish na Valley school burglary near Mills County Iowa involved $325 stolen. Sheriff Edwin Barkus and an Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation representative quizzed two men in Missouri on Tuesday. The suspects had been in the area the night of the break in. Evidence was sent to the FBI for analysis. An arrest followed an auto accident where bars and tire irons were found and one man paid a fine in dollars.
Southwest Iowa Council scouts from Malvern and 10,000 others collected Goodwill bags from homes to aid rehabilitation and the Scout program. They will return Saturday, November 21, to pick up filled bags placed on porches or in parking areas marked Goodwill.
Burdette Spiker of Malvern reported to Sheriff Ed win Barkus that 600 market ready turkeys were stolen in the last two weeks. The birds averaged 28 pounds each, totaling about $3,000 in value. A shipment Sunday revealed the missing birds compared with a two week earlier vaccination count.
The bloodmobile visits Glenwood this Friday November 20 at the Masonic hall from noon until 6 p.m. The center seeks O negative and O positive donations due to upcoming heart surgery and Thanksgiving closures. A 120 pint quota is set for this visit, with support from the Glenwood recruitment committee Mills County blood program chairman and the Omaha Blood Center.
The 58th annual Christmas Seal campaign begins this week in Mills County, run by the Mills County Tuberculosis and Health Association. Letters and stamps mailed on November 16 urge support as Christmas Seals fund research, tuberculin testing, chest X rays, and health education in schools, colleges, industry, and farms.
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