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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
7
Governor Harold Hughes will drop in on Mills County next Monday December 24 arriving by helicopter at Glenwood at 5 p.m. He will speak briefly at the new Armory in the county seat. Otha D. Wearin says Republicans are invited and no Democrats will be excluded.
The county report shows no marriage licenses issued or applications this week. Vehicle registrations declined from the prior period with new registrations including Fords for Dale Bell and James L. Combs in Malvern and others in Glenwood Hastings Henderson and Emerson.
A Glenwood citizens committee pursued a cumulative audit amid a plant disruption. The audit, requested by plant directors, should finish in about a week as operations resume on a custom basis after an accident that damaged a car driven by Clifford W Gustin near Glenwood.
Walter Craig Williams 18 of Glenwood was charged with failing to have his car under control after a Sunday accident in Silver City. He swerved into a ditch to avoid a collision, wrecking his 1966 Chevy II and sustaining a head injury treated at Jennia Edmundson hospital. Mr and Mrs EB Imel of Gowrie visited with aunt Mrs W E Kerns and Mr Kerns.
First Lieutenant Gary L. Parker son of Mr and Mrs Leonard C Parker of Malvern has been selected for promotion to captain in the US Air Force He is a budget officer at Kadena AB Okinawa with the Strategic Air Command which maintains Americas alert force of intercontinental missiles and jet bombers The lieutenant a Malvern High School graduate earned a BBA in 1962 from the University of Iowa and received his commission there through ROTC His wife Marilyn is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald C Switzer of Burlington
A little over half an inch of moisture helped but Mills county remained balmy. A record high of 89 was set Friday as weekly data show highs from 81 to 89 and lows from 27 to 60. In Nishna Cottage Mrs. Cecil Crink returned home Sunday and Mrs. Maude Burns moved in Sunday evening. Mrs. Geraldine Foster joined Miss Donna Dashner for Sunday dinner at the Dashner home.
Miss Lenitha F Costa, an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate from Brazil, will arrive in Mills County on October 25 to stay with Mr and Mrs Newell Crink in Malvern. Costa works in home economics in Rio de Janeiro and pursues music and art. The IFYE program, run by the National 4-H Club Foundation, engages 68 countries in 100 plus exchanges this year, with Brazilians visiting the U.S. and Americans visiting Brazil. Costa’s visit is sponsored by International Minerals and Chemical Corp.
Schultz Bros. will continue at its Malvern site, with a special announcement inside. Fire Chief Tom Gidley cites a basement sump pump motor igniting gas from a leaking basement tank as the explosion cause. John Schultz, injured, is reported to be recovering well.
United Nations week will be observed in Malvern with a public meeting this Thursday October 29 at 12 45 p m at the Methodist church. Speaker is George Gibson pastor of Farragut Methodist church who recently attended a United Nations seminar in New York City and spent time in Europe on a peace mission. Public invited.
Mrs Gaynel Beckwith starts duties at the Mills county Department of Social Welfare in Glenwood. She will assist families with children under the Aid to Dependent Children program. A University of Iowa economics major with sociology minor, she is married to Dr James Beckwith of Malvern with two daughters Ann in San Francisco and Lura at Iowa.
NBC technicians spent two busy days following Wm. J. Scherle as he campaigned in Shenandoah Essex Clarinda and at the Nishna Valley Essex football game. The crew filmed his farm work west of Henderson and toured with his opponent John Hansen, gathering material for Huntley Brinkley newscasts and noting Nebraska U. senate races.
The Goodwill Industries truck will be in Malvern Thursday October 27 as part of a drive to collect usable items from local residents. Donors are urged to bring clean, workable household goods and clothing for resale to support community programs.
Martin C. Fender aged 16 of Hastings faces an improper start charge after a collision on highway 168 near Perkins station. Fender pulled from a parked position into Gary McKinney 25 of Red Oak, causing about $100 damage to the McKinney vehicle and $250 to Fender’s car.
Edel Knight, Mills county Republican treasurer, reports Buck Night house to house collections totaling 324 with township totals including Lyons 56, Deer Creek 28, Plattville 37, West Oak 33, Glenwood 3.52, Ingraham 25, Center 5, White Cloud 6, Indian Creek 59 and town totals Malvern 90158, Emerson 2, Hastings 88.
County Auditor Glenn L. Johnson's office began sending absentee ballots Wednesday for the November 8 general election. Fourteen ballots were issued on the first day, with Monday marking the start of the period for voters absent on election day to cast ballots at the auditor's office.
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