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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1939
Page
1
Hastings community news notes request subscriptions be sent to Mrs. Jack Niday, Hastings civic correspondent, for local news, updates, and community updates published by The Leader.
The Ladies' Aid Fall Festival last Wednesday afternoon and evening raised about 45 dollars. A grand chicken pie supper drew attendees from Hastings and nearby towns. Prizes were awarded for parade characters and baked goods, with music by Mrs. Fred Martin and performances featuring Mother Goose. Community figures from Council Bluffs, Malvern, Emerson, and Chicago were noted among the guests.
School notes cover subjects from Business Organization to Prose Writers of the Puritan Period. Tuntor High and Hastings junior high schedule events, including a basketball game with Silver City on Nov 22 and a declamatory contest moved to Nov 17. Group singing leaders are named, and the junior play The Last of the Ruthvens debuts Nov 24 with a revised cast list.
Rev and Mrs Lee David and Mr and Mrs Shelley and Mrs Kellenbarger were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Date Shelley and family Sunday. Mrs Cole Mrs Whipple and Mrs Meain visited in the Ray Herry home. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs Bulling. Next meeting will be oil day in November with Mrs Haldeman. They will hold a food sale in Emerson in November. Rae Laffin and Helen Haldeman were business callers to Omaha.
Stanton and Glenwood residents joined Sunday calls at the Cooper home. Essex near residents hosted supper with the Kochersperfers and Alten families. Atlantic visitors Floyd Northrop and kin dined with the McLains. Luther Coy returned home to Ohio after months with A H Hatfield. Max King Ellis Lefgren dined with L A Haldeman. Boyd Bishop and Dean visited the Bishop home. Do ge Es
Sherman Stonebraker was informed Monday of the death of his mother Mrs Adam Stonebraker at her San Diego home after a prolonged illness. A former Henderson resident, she helped shape the community’s development. Stonebraker and family left Monday evening to attend the funeral services.
Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel Henderson Methodist Churches report rising church school and worship attendance and invite regular worshipers to attend. Worship at Henderson 10 a m and Wesley Chapel 10 15. church school at 11. Epworth League meets at the parsonage Wesley Sunday 7 pm. Harvest Sunday November 6 with morning services and basket dinner. Quarterly conference at Mendelssohn Friday November 24 at 7 30 pm. Visitors include Clarence Hunt family and others. Women met at Ray Plumb's home for a lesson and potluck. next gathering December 31 at the home of Mary Ola ton Parker.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Babbitt came back Friday after months in California visiting Mrs Babbitt’s parents Mr and Mrs Elsworth Plumb. Ward Fickel was admitted to Edmundson hospital Monday for observation and treatment. Mrs Theodore Seick traveled to Wayne Nebraska this week where her sister is hospitalized. Everett Maxwell and daughters hosted a Saturday evening gathering at the Max Len home for Mrs Maxwell’s birthday. Harvest Home will be observed November 26 at Wesley Chapel with a basket dinner at noon and an afternoon program of speaking and music. The Duomo of Milan is Europe’s second largest Gothic cathedral with over four thousand statues adorning its vast arches.
A social at the Dale McClure home honors Mrs. Hurst on her birthday with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. John Wise, Cer Hurst and sons, Marion Alexander, and others. The group notes several birthday anniversaries this month and updates on local visits, church activities, and community events across nearby towns.
Word reached here of the death of Ea gar Chipps at his Sidney Nebraska home on September 26 1949 age 84 years six months and 20 days He was born to Mr and Mrs Jacob Chipps lived locally for many years and married Miss Nettle McMillan in 1897 The family moved to Nebraska in 1908 and most of his later life was spent near Sidney He leaves a wife four sons three daughters two brothers two sisters and aboutx grandchildren Funeral services were held in Sidney with interment in Greenwood cemetery.
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