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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
10
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Twenty eight youths attended the Hastings young people's club second meeting led by Rosalind Walls. Betty Haroff sang solo with Walls. Harriett Crawford played trumpet with Ruth Jean Gittens. humorous songs entertained all. Go Blow Mary was selected for a play. Committees on recreation and refreshments were named led by Mr. Pike Fannie Lou Dewey Esther Hatten Elmo Hites Kay Gittens Norma Zach. Next meeting heads Include Game captains June Kidwell Norma Zach and Dale Peace Billy Phelps Anita Benedict Miss Graham. Funeral services were held Monday for Hannah Davenport Fritcher 81 at the Latter Day Saints church in Cargon burial at Frazier cemetery.
Hastings school hosts a Friday carnival on October 27 with an amateur contest featuring Joan Read Anna Mae Benedict Betty Haroff Della Largent Doyle Waterworth Ronald Schurr Susan Lambert Byron Judah and Margaret Hatten. Henrys Mail Order Wife and Beg Your Pardon stage acts, bingo, games, food booths and more. Admission is one dime. vote for carnival queen and king.
The seventh and eighth grades elected officers to represent them. Eighth grade officers are Larry Kidwell president, Dick Johnson vice president, Lyle Courtier secretary-treasurer. Seventh grade officers are Juli for Benedict president, Ronald Sclurr vice president, Mildred Horn secretary-treasurer.
Hastings boys begin Deane basketball to get in shape for games. Charlee Coates family of Burns Missouri visited. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Crewford hosted. Mrs Rose Hall and Minnie Crouse visited Moray. Counsell Binds.
The Strahan and Hastings Methodist churches held their first quarterly conference at the Martins home Friday evening. Three new officers were elected: Mrs. Charles W. Kayton, Strahan Ladies' Union president. Mrs. D. Fellows, Hastings Ladies' Aid president. and Edgar Lockalbll, Hastings Youth Group chairman. District Superintendent Dr. W. H. Meredith conducted the session.
The Ladies Aid will host a Fall Festival on Wednesday afternoon and evening November 8 at the church. Booths will offer prizes for best baked goods with auction to the highest bidder. Judges include Mrs. Otha Hyde Mrs. Robbins and Mrs. Jamea Walla. Clyde Hatten will be the auctioneer. An old fashioned chicken pie supper will be served at 6 pm. A program with a play and musical numbers is planned. Regenauer dinner honors Mr. and Mrs. Harry Regenauer at the Q T Carlson home with many relatives attending.
Will Young was surprised with a Tuesday evening birthday party honoring his 69th birthday. The event featured a box of surprise gifts including a Bermuda onion and canned articles, plus sardines arranged on a platter before guests. Gerald Young telephoned from Albert Lea to wish him well, joining many local attendees and visiting relatives from nearby towns.
The Hillsdale Community club elected officers for the coming year at a Friday church meeting with good attendance. New president is Mrs. Drayton Slaughter, vice president Mrs. George Powers, and Eugene Kelly named secretary-treasurer.
Parents of three year old James Larson reported him missing during a Rice Lake pow wow celebration. A search party located him curled up sleeping in the family car. Wallace Stenger, Winnebago County native and 1992 SHT graduate, authored two stories in the November Red Book and has published a novel.
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