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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1935
Page
6
About 60 people attended the Rawles township Farm Bureau meeting held last Thursday at the Community Church. The discussion covered soil conservation and rural electrification, with music selections also presented.
Home project leaders hold the second series of home project lessons this week across the county. Meetings were Tuesday and Wednesday, with Thursday and Friday schedules listing Anderson Ingraham East Oak and Silver Creek townships at Mrs. Vincent Goos in Ingraham township, and Initian Creek Deer Creek and White Cloud townships at Etrahan School in Deer Creek township.
Wheat farmers may meet the county allotment committee Saturday Oct. 19 to sign applications for wheat contracts. Producers unable to attend may sign up earlier at the Farm Bureau office.
At the regular Center township Farm Bureau meeting on Tuesday October 8 the topics of Soil Conservation and Rural Electrification led the discussion. Musical selections were by Mrs Warren Ayera and refreshments were served by Claude Willams the township director.
Mills county farmers with heavy timber can get free improvement work from the Malvern CCC Camp. Foresters will mark trees to remove, fencing is required for five years, and smaller tracts are done at no cost. Larger tracts may share in posts, cordwood, and erosion projects, with emphasis on preventing erosion and improving timber as a pasture and watershed asset.
Dike Y Layton extension weed control specialist will visit the county Thursday Oct 17 to demonstrate chlorate weed control. He will visit several sites with Canada thistle and creeping Jenny. Public attendance is invited. The piece also notes President Franklin D Roosevelt held divine services for Navy personnel on Easter Sunday April 1 1934 aboard the submarine Nourwal.
Mills County farmers eligible to vote in the national corn hog referendum Saturday October 26. Eligible voters include operators and owners of farms that produced corn or hogs in 1934. Township meetings are held across Mills County to explain the referendum choice between continuing a production adjustment program or releasing control, with one vote per eligible person.
A wet gloomy day did not dampen Hastings M E church. Sixty three attended Sunday school and fourteen teachers filled duties. Epworth League rallied with 24 members and high school reception for freshmen announced for Thursday. Church worship increased, signaling growing community interest and a promising year ahead.
Hastings M E Church announces Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 with Epworth League activities at 6 30 and an evening service at 7 30 The Epworth cabinet is new with Esther Kidwell as president and other officers A choir practice is set for Thursday at 7 30 Local social notes include visits from Fred Grieg and son of Lincoln to Hastings and several residents visiting kin in Council Bluffs Shenandoah and Omaha among various community updates
The Hastings Ladies' Aid held a business meeting at the M. E. church on Wednesday Oct 8 electing officers Mrs Dalzell president Mrs Haroff vice president Mrs Cox secretary and Mrs Greenwalt treasurer A radio program followed with hostesses serving chicken sandwiches pickles salad pumpkin pie whipped cream coffee A birthday cake was cut by Mrs Weroff The next meeting is set for Nov 13 Members and guests gathered at local homes with news of visits illnesses and a birth in Malvern to Mr. and Mrs Adrian Woods Oct 12.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for William Crown at the Christian church. He died Tuesday at home at age 7d years old after months of illness. Burial followed in Thurman cemetery after services led by Reverend Floree. Survivors include a brother in California.
Fragmented OCR summary notes discuss the Denwinges as the first steam war vessel, designed by Hobart Fulton. Mentions Auburn and Brownside visits, submarines, and surface depth estimates. Contains garbled data on wartime supply and motion speeds, including a 2700 velocity figure and miles per day reference, with unrelated personal anecdotes interwoven.
A 1926 report notes the Gg 20-Caban hurricane causing 690 deaths. It details the storm's impact across affected regions and the continuing recovery efforts.
The Leader notes attraction for western life drawing readers as two young men depart for the west. Vert Darling and Frank Hently travel toward Garden City and Syracuse to pursue banking and other ventures. Local sports recount Malvern defeating Red Oak and winning a prize, plus a concert by the Bridges brothers near Prenout City, while farm and well incidents are briefly described with names and places from the region.
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