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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1968
Page
6
Mills County residents noted the Iowa Livestock Exposition convention plans with leaders Dick Tivde and Charles Phelps Ness reporting. Moving day for Malvern students marked the shift to the new high school building as community cooperation and student support were praised.
The Malvern Commercial Club launches a holiday promotion on December 7 offering drawings for free scrip valued at 75 dollars to members. Drawings will occur at 3 pm each Saturday before Christmas, with the first lights display to begin that evening.
Lorraine Strand recently won the district court clerk post and announced Gordon Schoening of Mincala as deputy clerk. Schoening, then with Glenwood Town Power and Light, previously served as deputy county treasurer under treasurer C D Aistropo during World War ML.
Mills County Fire Association held its quarterly meeting at Taft with a fire hall session at Pacific Junction. Movies about tornadoes were shown and safety actions discussed. A county wide tornado warning signal of continuous siren blasts was decided. Malvern firemen present included Bob Poort Charles Ellison Charles Shere Bill Schroeder and Larry Hedlund.
Malvern firemen present their annual confest this Saturday evening as they sponsor the 1468 Firemen Broke fund-raiser for community service and activities. Bruce Wago ver family of near Clarinda provides an hour of music and entertainment. The show starts at 8 p.m. with dancing to the Boly Vern orchestra afterward, plus basement games and prizes for firemen and visiting guests.
List of servicemen addresses received for publication. Readers may send additional addresses to The Leader. Names include Byron C. Mass, Gary Copperstone, Alc Roger G. Crawford, Donald D. Blackman Jr, and Troy L. Brown with unit and location details.
Two Mills counties will have prominent roles at the annual convention of the Town Livestock Feeders Assn which will be at Des Moines Iowa on Thursday. First vice president Dick Hyde of Hastings will speak at the general session and Charles Phelps president of the National Livestock Feeders Assn will outline the national program at the Thursday noon luncheon. A number of local members plan to attend the convention.
Extension Education Specialist Glen Holmes from Iowa State University will present in two Southwest Iowa meetings to discuss educational changes and trends. Sessions address area schools adult education and will be held December 4 at 8 p m in Audubon and December 3 at 6 p m in Malvern with invites to school boards administrators and educators.
The scalehouse at the Kaser quarry west of Glenwood was ransacked Tuesday night but sheriff Edwin Barkus said nothing appeared stolen. The incident was reported by local authorities with limited details.
Henderson leader Wm JH Bill Harbor of Henderson named Speaker by Republican legislators at Hotel Savory Bes Maines. Harbor, 48, longtime farmer and former senator, will preside and appoint committees. he seeks fiscally balanced policy and fair tax reform.
Despite early summer drought, Mills County farmers report a fairly good harvest with peas nearly complete and beans strong. Corn yields improved in north central areas while south and east suffered, averaging 20 to 25 bushels per acre in main drought zones. Some fields near Silver City and Perth exceeded 70 bushels per acre, and a standout 93 acres of singleeargrass on Bill Mays’s land neared 70 bushels per acre overall, leaving Thanksgiving with cautious thanks for the season.
Three Mills countians were among four students earning degrees at Iowa State University in the fall quarter ceremonies. Gary Wolfe, son of Clifford and Wolfe, completed a B.S. in engineering, attending alongside his parents. Donald E. Wamburg Jr. of Glenwood earned a B.S. in Industrial Administration.
Henderson Christian Church hosts an annual bazaar and dinner on Wednesday December 4 offering turkey or ham. Service begins at 11 30 AM with a free will offering.
Moving day for the new Malvern Community high school last Thursday saw extensive help from students, farmers, and townspeople with pickups and tow equipment. The搬ed items were finished by noon, rooms set, windows cleaned, and a holiday Friday allowed teachers to prepare. Classes resumed Monday on schedule.
County Treasurer FP M Robinsons office prepares for tax sale day and the first day of 1969 auto and truck license sales on Monday December 2. Brisk opening time activity expected as mills countins contend for low numbers. New licenses feature black numerals on white.
The Mills county conference board and the county board of review met to decide on protesting raised property valuations. They urged opposition to a 35 percent boost on farm land and buildings and a 10 percent rise on lands within towns. County Assessor Harry Markel urged protest of farm building valuations at 16.63 per acre versus 13.30 average elsewhere in SW Iowa.
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