This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1966
Page
5
Hillsdale community extols Indian Summer as harvest wraps up with soybeans finished and corn now in husk and crib. Local social calendar highlights weekend visits, family gatherings, birthdays, illnesses, hospital stays in Council Bluffs and Glenwood, and relatives from Omaha to Mineola.
The Hillsdale Women’s Society of Christian Service met Thursday at Mrs. Wayne Hilton’s home with twelve members and six guests attending. A group donation to the Red Cross Dirty Bags for Vietnam boys was approved, a buying committee appointed, and plans discussed to send Maney to the Bidwell home in Des Moines for Christmas. An annual white elephant sale raised about $17 for the treasury. The next meeting will be Nov 19 at the parsonage in Silver City.
An Iowa notary swears Mills County Fair Association officials Carl Hurst Louis Knop and Arno E Asmussen to a financial statement covering the 1966 Malvern fair August 1 4. The report notes 3728 63 paid to premium winners with no deductions for entry fees stalls or amusements and declares page two receipts and page three statistics complete.
Two blue spruce trees were planted at Hillsdale Methodist Church by the Robert Williams family of Glenwood as a living memorial to their son PFC Gary W who died in Vietnam. Rev LeRoy Pullman preached prayers reaching God as attendance at services remains low. several local residents are noted in social updates from the weekend.
The Rural Improvement-Club met at Hillsdale Church with Mrs. Dwight Buffington as hostess. Mrs. Bernard Roenfeld led the business meeting and noted Mrs. Hatlie Phelps at Mercy Hospital without cards. Mrs. D. W. Harman of Glenwood reviewed Noah Gordon's The Rabbi.
Mr and Mrs George Wright and Alan joined Mr and Mrs Dick Suhr and family of Co for dinner at Carl Fullon home in Malvern honoring Mrs L F Seeger of Tabor for her Wednesday birthday. Wayne Hilton family attended cooperative dinner at Ray Hilton home honoring relatives from Indiana. Mr and Mrs Jack Scroggs of Braddyville were Friday overnight guests of the Drayton Slaughters.
A watershed field day by the Western Iowa Gully Research Project will be held November 2 in Treynor. About 150 farmers and teachers from Iowa Missouri and Nebraska are invited to the Legion Hall at 9 30 a.m. The program covers beach terracing precipitation and streamflow data erosion studies and field tours with lunch at the Treynor Congregational Church. Reservations due by October 27.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.