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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1961
Page
5
Students at MHS burn midnight oil preparing for nine weeks tests scheduled for Thursday and Friday. History language and literature dominate Thursday with science and mathematics on Friday. Report cards issued November 1.
Malvern Community high school chemistry class uses color films from Bell Telephone Laboratories to teach about communications, satellites, semiconductors, telephones, crystals, and the role of communications in national defense. The films enhance both visual and verbal learning for students.
The MHS yearbook staff lists Balter as adviser with reporters Barbara Beasley Linda Clay Peggy Hunt John Lippincott Nancy Lisle Jolene Turner and Jo Anne Wray on the masthead for coverage of school events and activities.
MHS seniors plan to travel to A L in Council Bluffs on November 4 to take the American College Test. The ACT covers English, math, and social science with 15 minute sections. Seniors will gather at 8 a.m. and be driven by Bill Aistrope, Donnie Fieselman, and Doug Dietchler.
Jeanine Willard was named district projects chairman at the Future Homemakers of America meeting held in Malvern Community building. About 215 girls from roughly a dozen southwest Iowa schools attended, with Ida Bess Dickersbach retiring as president and Becky James of Mt. Ayr named new group president for the afternoon session. The event focused on Teenage Consumer and buying wisdom, with Hamburg chapter presenting projects and A. H. Nothem addressing attendees.
Barbara Beasley reports on a school typing course where sophomores and juniors build speed and control. Three minute graphs track net words per minute and errors, with leaders John Lippincott Sharon Danley Lois Clay John Hays in the sophomore set and Dorothy Myers Myrna McMillen Nancy Hasselquist leading juniors.
Malvern marching band led Friday’s Homecoming parade at Tabor. Fremont-Mills band and decorated floats joined, with grade school children released to participate. Afterward the band members visited local ice cream parlors and malt shops before returning to school routine.
The Mills County Fair Association of Iowa sworn by Austin L Bass president Louis Knop secretary Wayne E Lincoln treasurer states fair held Aug 2 to 5 1961 near Malvern livestock and agricultural exhibits. They report 3005 48 paid to winning exhibitors as premiums with no deductions for entry fees stall or rent and affirm financial statement page two as complete with page three data true. Virginia Stone notary public. Financial details show total receipts 16 056 28 total premiums 2 697 86 and grand total disbursements 14 559 95 balance on hand 307 62 53 78 72 90 7 85 7188 03.
An editorial discusses school clubs and activities. It contrasts joiners who overcommit and shirk duties with students who overcommit to activities and neglect grades, and those who balance involvement with study. It argues a middle path of selective participation.
Peggy Hunt argues quizzes aid learning by prompting daily preparation and honest assessment. She describes quizzes as revealing key facts, guiding study focus, and forecasting future tests, while noting students must stay diligent.
MHS celebrated United Nations Day as nearly the entire student body attended a program led by speaker Dorothy Houghton of Red Oak. She outlined the UN history and functions, answered questions on dues and troop deployment, and noted the U S role in major organizations while sharing experiences from her work with the UN.
Peggy Hunt reports on the MHS Annual staff meeting held October 25. Pictures drawn by the artists reflected ideas on the annual theme. The theme discussion linked to staff duties, with the theme to be revealed next fall with the books. Quizzes are described as a review, not a threat.
The treasurer’s office listed eight motor vehicle registrations for the past week including Ford to Robert L Kamp Glenwood Pontiac to Joyce C Craig Malvern Dwight C Shaw Emerson Hugh Edwards Glenwood Dodge to Ralph J Viner Henderson Rambler to Hilda A Audeh Glenwood Chevrolet to John F Hellman Glenwood Plymouth to Oscar Good Pacific Junction The clerk’s office did not issue a marriage license this week.
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