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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
4
Hastings Leader announces a general Hastings community news column. Subscriptions should be sent to Mrs. Jack Niday, Hastings correspondent for continued local updates and civic notices.
The engagement of Miss June Christie formerly of Hastings and Rolando Smathers of Guthrie Center was announced by her father R. Tl. Christie at the Christie home in Guthrie Center on Sunday during a dinner for friends. No wedding date was set.
Hastings reports its first sit down strike as two workers halted duties for higher pay. Replacement workers soon filled in, and strikers returned without a wage increase. Net result was four at work where two had been.
The North Grove school forms an Iown club with officers Jacek Mowen as president Wanera Marke as vice president and Raymond Midawell as secretary. Dues are one cent a week and the club meets every Ferd day. A community welcome social was held Tuesday night with many neighbors attending and games following.
Ruth Fisher has been appointed director investigator of the old age pension system for Cass county. She has previously held the position in this county and is well equipped for the new duties. She began last week with headquarters at Atlantic. Franklin Greene of Glenwood has taken over Miss Fisher’s duties in the county.
Over 40 relatives gathered for a pot luck dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Everett Norton and Miss Clarice Norton of Los Angeles visiting the area. Attendees included Norton families from Omaha Stanton Strahan Emerson Henderson Malvern Riverton Warragut An derson Hastings and more. Hastings Church School and morning worship plans noted.
The first quarterly conference of the new church year will be held Friday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Martin. Dr Meredith district superintendent of Council Bluffs will preside over the meeting. The conference will serve both Hastings and Strahan Methodist churches with officers from both churches in attendance. Several local residents visited relatives and attended events in nearby towns over the weekend and midweek.
The Ed Hathaway home welcomed Mr and Mrs Chas Fenn of Denver Cotp and Weaver and Earl Fenn of Carson. D R Kidwell and June visited Glenwood on business. The seventh and eighth grades plan a school carnival Friday Oct 27 making candy to sell.
Seventh and eighth graders Clarebelle Nichols Freddie Courtier Daniel Johnson Gerald Fight Mildred Horn Richard Johnson Lyle Courtier Larry Kidwell Evelyn Bryan shared quarter holidays last Wednesday. An eighth grade history debate on the Mexican war justified questioned the resolution with students Kidwell Gustin Clark Finely Judith versus Johnson Courtier Bryan, judged by Mr. Pike. Seniors collected rings at the post office after receiving notice that many rings, arrived C. O. D., were too large for some and led to disappointment.
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