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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1962
Page
5
A. Watson truck went down the grade southeast of the Don Eastwood home at 2:40 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle did not tip, but power lines were severed, plunging the eastern part of town into darkness. CARD OF THANKS Mr and Mrs Ernest A Decker celebrate their wedding anniversary with thanks to friends and relatives.
Red Oak residents hosted dinners with Barns and Huntsmans attending. Dr J W Maucker spoke at a Red Oak banquet co hosted by Rotary Club AAM chapter and State College of Iowa alumni about the United Nations. Visits included John St Thorson from Council Bluffs and Pearl Me Naylor among Emergon attendees.
Emerson First Baptist Church lists services with Pastor Dick Person and Supt Robert Good. Missionary Sunday marks the Wally Month program. Community concert at Glenwood Sunday 7:20 pm. Teacher Training lesson Monday 7:40 pm. Youth Fellowship Wednesday evening with choir practices. Emerson Methodist Church outlines services led by Ralph Russell and LaVerne Carson with Sunday School at 9:55 am and Morning Worship at 11:15 am.
Mrs Lucille Edie and relatives attended funeral services in Blue Mound for Mrs Geo Huntsman. Tad Irwin born Oct 4 to Galen Gravett family. Local gatherings include Canasta club, Republican dinner in Atlantic, and a Wesleyan Parents Day trip to Lincoln. Notable visits include Edie, Birdsall, Thorson, Gravett, and Randall families across Council Bluffs Red Oak Sidney and Des Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Decker observed their Golden Wedding anniversary Sunday October 21 with a church open house at the Baptist church in Emerson. About 250 relatives and friends signed the guest book, served by granddaughters Connie Decker Dixie Hall and Gwenda Decker.
Jeanne McLain was honored at a linen shower at Mrs. H. E. Greenwood’s home with many co-hostesses and a scrap book keepsake. A second shower at Champion Hill church featured a history lesson on pyenta in the bride elect’s life. The events precede her November 22 marriage to Lyle G. Harms of Council Bluffs.
The Canasta Club met with Mrs. K A Evans on Tuesday. Red Oak families visited Waubonsie State Park on Oct 14 and spent the day with relatives in Indianola. Ralph Good was lay speaker at Malvern Baptist Church with Mrs. Good. Jens Rahr of Schleswig welcomed a daughter Jennifer Lynn, making two girls in the family.
Hillsdale residents attend gatherings in Council Bluffs and Glenwood. Mrs Bloomer elected room mother at Fremont Mills school. Guests include Omer, Gaylord, and Ostrander visits. MYF hosts pre Halloween party with 80 attendees. wiener roast and games. Barbara Sawyers visiting Council Bluffs grandmother. Poultry Judging team placed sixth at Ames. Funeral for infant child of Randolph family noted.
Mrs Golden Davis and Mr Goranson visited Bellevue and met with the Briggs family. Guests included Mrs W Rice and Eve Huntsman in Red Oak and Nodaway. Several locals hosted meals and receptions in Shenandoah Malvern Red Oak and nearby towns.
Hillsdale church WSCS held its October meeting with 16 members four children and guests meeting at Tahor to hear Rev LeRoy Pullman open with prayer. Mrs Ernest Brower led a lesson on honoring parents of missionaries and deaconess. A Christmas box gift drive and a silent auction raised about $31.
Mr and Mrs Levon Rohrberg and family visited his mother Mrs Ella Rohrberg near Mineola Sunday evening. Wednesday callers of Miss Pearl Miller were Mrs Roy Knopp and Miss Amy Hammers of Glenwood, Mrs Burdette Hunt, Mrs Terry Sell and Phyllis.
Bill Harbor of Henderson spoke at Hillsdale Sunday as the layman’s meeting in the Methodist Church. Forrest Cloomer, lay leader, led the gathering with an assisted by a list of members. The reorganized chair presented the anthem Keep on Praying. Guests and families visited, gifts were opened, and refreshments followed a social gathering with contests and high school classmates attending.
Edith Blackman guest at Rosalie Wright's Sunday dinner. Dennis Suhr dined with Mr and Mrs Eugene Van Orsdel on Tuesday. Thursday hosts were Mr and Mrs B Frank Buffington with Bob Buffingtons and Montevideo guests Tito and Nedra Figueredo. Long weekend guests included Tito Figueredo and wife. Kenneth Clark joined a household party at Harold Van Meter's near Tabor. Randall Rubenking turned four, with Tom and Mrs. Rubenking hosting Dale Chambers family from Glenwood and W C Vanderpool plus Eddie Wills by Malvern for birthday cake and ice cream. Bruce Blackburn and children visited Mr and Mrs Burdette Hunt near Tabor.
Mrs. Roland Pratt hosted a Wednesday party for her son Doug with a birthday celebration. Guests included Clay Davis, Bobby Gaylord, LuAnn Bloomer, Pamela Timson, Teresa Timson, and Opal Herron. Activities were games and contests, gifts were opened, and a table was decorated for the occasion. Ice cream cake chocolate milk and candy were served with party favors as the children departed around 4 PM.
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