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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1965
Page
7
A truck from Pace Service Company allegedly backed onto a freshly paved stretch south of Malvern, damaging seeded grounds at the gas lot plant. Marian Jones suggests Pace will file a claim against a Nebraska firm for the losses. Authorities have yet to explain why the cement truck left the barricade.
Malvernians await next Saturday as the new paving on County Road V south of town opens to traffic. The 22 ft slab six inches thick will ease travel, replacing barriers on the mile from the Malvern line south to Peaceville corner. Extension plans include reaching the county line with Fremont county to connect a slab from Highway 184 near Randolph, creating a four foot wider local facility than Highway 275.
Resident Engineer William Bergan of the Iowa Highway Commission and his assistant Ken Milford visited the Highway 34 project near Malvern to outline a 34 paving plan for Roberts Construction Co. The schedule targets a minimum 25 days before winter halts work with key steps including completing a 24-foot slab from Burlington overpass to Highway 41, tying into existing paving across the Nishna Valley river flood plain, and progressing through intersections at Hastings, Highway 275, and east of Nishna Valley school. Ross Construction Co. will move from Nishna Valley toward Highway 71 to finish a 24-foot stretch as winter approaches.
Robert L. Campbell of Malvern received the Honorary DeMolay Legion of Honor on October 1 at Acanthus Masonic lodge in Des Moines. The award recognized meritorious service to DeMolay by the Supreme Council. Campbell has held several Masonic offices and is a past Junior Grand Steward of the Iowa Grand Lodge. Mr and Mrs Campbell attended the presentation in Des Moines.
Malvern Community school district Superintendent N P Crink announced that architects will be interviewed at the next regular meeting on November 9 at Chantry school as the board begins a high school building program. The plan outlines selecting an architect and site, approving a general building plan with probable costs, and submitting a bond proposal to voters before bid specifications and contracts. Construction would not start before 1967, with full public updates at each step.
Justice of Peace John Mall heard cases this week fining eight truckers for improper registration and overloads. Jacob Von Tersch of Omaha Melvin Armstrong of Glenwood Calif Erwin Peterman of Beloit Kan David Taylor of Abilene Tex Barton Reed of Omaha Don Sparks of Dallas Tex were fined 15 dollars plus costs. Sparks also charged 15 for overload. Allen Dale of Lincoln Neb was fined 39.10 for overload. Armando Flores Jr of Irving Tex was fined 68.80 for overload and 22.10 plus costs on axle overload.
Thomas Parker who lived on a farm east of Silver City for 58 years left most assets to Silver City Methodist Church in his will. A Tuesday auction of farming equipment and goods raised about 2100 dollars with the church to receive a substantial portion. Parker had farmed 55 years on a lease from J T Skerritt without a written contract and had attended the Silver City church occasionally.
Richardson, living southeast of Hastings with his parents, has amassed about 1,065 records since starting in 1934 with a Brunswick phonograph. His holdings include 365 contemporary discs and 730 pre 1930 presses, plus rare Pathe and Edison titles, in multiple rooms and a shed, showcasing a deep knowledge of the recording industry.
Seven oil leases on land in Mills county were filed with the county recorder by Radar Surveys Inc of Tabor. Owners include Nettie Knox Florence Groneweg Hattie Groneweg Brice Hays et al Malvern Hays Farms Omaha Wayne Buckingham Nellie Buckingham Bartlett Leighton Trene McCrary Alfred Buckingham Pacific Junction.
Mills County anticipates a record soybean harvest as October weather boosts yields. Malvern and Hastings storage capacity of a half a million bushels is sufficient, aided by more beans stored on farms and higher prices. Soybeans are rising in prominence, nearing No 2 status behind corn and ahead of wheat, with yields around 35 bushels per acre and acreage up about 25 percent from 1964.
Treasurer F. M. Robinson reports Mills County tax collections from January 1 to September 30 at $2,184,809.96, about $65,000 ahead of last year though the collection rate is 92.9 percent versus 96.8 percent a year earlier.
Motor vehicle registrations continued at a good pace this past week per County Treasurer F M Robinson. Chevrolets registered to Raburn Benton Malvern and Fred Edwards Pacific Junction Chrys lers to Dorothy Roenfeldt Glenwood and Warren G Gregory Tabor Plymouth to John J Sutter Pacific Junction Rambler to Robert Pratt Glenwood Mercury to Roger B Phillips Glenwood
Stoneman reports for Malvern Community Schools indicate growth likely around the Omaha Council Bluffs metro area. He recommends a new seven through twelve high school building on a new site adaptable for future expansion, with the elementary plant remaining adequate and expandable.
PLAN CANDY SALE A candy sale to raise funds for church obligations has been planned by members of the Malvern MYF. They expect to solicit householders this Sunday evening. Anyone wishing to buy candy may call the MYF sponsor, Henry Schnoor, at 624-8767.
The Malvern Community district contemplates long range school planning, aiming to preserve options for a future expanded six year high school or junior high unit. The author commends the board for seeking expert guidance before committing to any definite steps, valuing solid advice from a recognized authority.
Russell Howell, 24, of Silver City, was critically injured when his lumber-laden pickup ran out of control on highway 242 at the south city limits, struck a culvert and overturned several times. He was found unconscious about 6:30 a.m. Saturday by Louis Mayberry and taken to Mercy hospital by Glenwood emergency unit.
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