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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1964
Page
6
Malvernians gear up for Antique Days as other activities slow. Plans announce two public events for United Nations Week. On Oct. 25 Trick or Treats for UNICEF will collect donations. On Oct. 28 a UN Day program features EMA news director Dean Naven speaking.
Congressman Ben Jensen returns to the seventh district after adjournment and will visit Mills county this Friday. He will be in Glenwood in the morning and Malvern Friday afternoon visiting the Holiday Hints Festival and older citizens at the Malvern Community building. Jensen faces Democrat John R. Hansen of Manning in the November 3 election after a long, vigorous campaign. Jensen has held the Seventh District seat since 1938, building a strong reelection record. The article notes his long service and status in the House.
Robert Finchem, 21, of Malvern, lost control Saturday night causing his car to strike a parked vehicle owned by Donald A. Primrose on Lincoln Avenue. Damage totaled about 225 dollars to Primrose’s car and 175 dollars to Finchem’s car.
An 18 month old Mills county girl Karen Lynn Morris suffered head wounds from a dog bite Sunday morning. She was taken by ambulance to Edmundson hospital. The dog, owned by Robert Wingfield, was ordered tied up for ten days.
Bulletin urges more antiques for Malvern Antique Days and invites displays from stores and private owners. Earl Bass to lead Antique Auction Sale. signs requested in windows showing business history. Indian Museum from Murray, Nebraska to display Saturday only. Holiday Hints Festival runs today through Friday. free two hour movie Friday at 2 PM at Empress Theater with free showing Saturday after the parade.
The 1964 Mills county traffic toll rose to five after three fatalities in a car truck crash on highway 59 near Emerson Saturday night. Victims were Wilma Steele 36 Verina Haggler 72 and Robert Steele 13. The truck driver Hoger Hollander 24 Denison was fined for failing to yield.
Glenn H. Le Dioyt, vice president of Byron Reed Co., will speak at the Mills County Farm Bureau annual meeting in Malvern on Oct 24. A smorgasbord dinner starts at 6 30 p m. Slides titled This is Our Land will be shown. The event precedes Antique Days with a 2 p m parade, bargain sales, an antique auction, and a noon pancake and sausage feed.
A $200 bequest was received by the Malvern Cemetery Association last week from the will of the late E Grant Hall of Broomfield Borough Perry County Pennsylvania. The association's secretary Lentz-Fowles was notified of the bequest by Dorothy G Shope, executrix.
Damage listed at 225 dollars was done to the car driven by Chris Roenfeldt, 60, Waterville, Iowa, in an accident on county road V three quarters of a mile west of Malvern about 7 p.m. Sunday. Roenfeldt was blinded by approaching car lights, swerved, and struck the west end of the bridge, according to the sheriff's office.
Two Fremont Mills district hopefuls, Wen dell Teachout and Wm J Scherle, spoke at a joint meeting of the Malvern BPW and Rotary Club at the Presbyterian church. Teachout praised Gov Hughes and farm programs, while Scherle blamed the Republican legislature for major policies and urged reapportionment.
County Auditor Glenn L Johnson announced that Monday October 19 marks the first day to vote absentee ballots at the auditor office. The initial mailout occurred Wednesday with ballots reaching Mills voters including Dennis Yates in the Peace Corps Tehran and Dick France with the United Nations Rome. Already 66 servicemen have voted, Johnson said.
The Will Scott family will bring their stage coach wagon and ponies for free rides to all. Many stores offer special souvenirs. On Friday free coffee and donuts will be served throughout the afternoon.
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