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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
6
Town hosts a large free celebration to mark the completion of a new paving project on Highway 34 and Ellison Street. The event will feature an old fashioned barbecue with free food and drink, music by school bands, and a free dance inside a nearby garage, contingent on good weather and highway commission approval.
Entries are set for a Monday test with a corn yield aiming near twenty bushels per acre. The event starts at 10 a.m. as the committee led by Claude Wilson Ray Huret and Stanley Woolsey finalizes details to avoid delays. Prizes are funded by the Malvern Community Club and Glenwood Chamber of Commerce with Farm Bureau sponsorship. winner advances to the Shenandoah state contest. Entries listed include Revel Harman Earl Harman Leo Darlend Elmer Erlezbbaum Walter Knoop and Mr Michelson.
Funeral services for Edna Fern Whitesides were held Monday at 2 PM at Hast Liberty church with Rev. Barnes officiating. Interment followed at Malvern Cemetery. She was born May 46 1920 and died at 94, leaving Clyde and Margaret Whitesides and a host of relatives.
A Malvern business directory note signed by 52 firms promotes Malvern as a trading center. The advertisement urges readers to consider local commerce, inviting trade and visits to Malvern for business and other needs.
The Central Division Mills County Sunday School Council held its annual convention at East Liberty church Sunday afternoon with 107 attendees. District chairman Mra J R McClymond presided as topics on temperance and county programs were presented. An offering of 3.69 was collected and next year’s institute set for Malvern on Tuesday Nov 18.
The Malvern Choral Society plans a Sunday trip to Omaha to join other Elyic choruses for a Handel Messiah production. Rehearsal is set at J O F Ball 19th and Senitor at 2 30 p m, with Malvern meeting Monday evening and regular service on November 10. Transportation coordinated by officers with contact Mayall Reay or Miss Harel Don.
The Epworth Leaguers of Council Bluffs district plan a rally in Macedonia Iowa on Saturday November 1 starting at 2 30 AM and ending with a banquet at 6 45 PM Tickets for the banquet are 50 cents Each League chapter to notify Hey O Hem aeltine the Macedonia pastor of their headcount by Friday evening The program lists devotions addresses music institute period hymns and round table discussions by league and district leaders.
Silver Grange held a Halloween themed social at their hall in Balfour last Thursday replacing the regular meeting. Members wore masks, the hall was decorated in Halloween colors, and an entertaining program directed by Mrs. Claude Brooke featured stunts before a refreshment of pumpkin bread, doughnuts, and coffee.
The Glenwood Opinion notes a gathering of west side republican ladies at Mrs. Edd Marshall’s Hazel street home Saturday afternoon October 45 to greet Congressman Charles Swanson of Council Bluffs seeking re election and J R Clark of Henderson candidate for Mills county's State Legislature. Attendees from city wards and surrounding country discussed important issues, with tea and cookies served by the hostess and helpers.
Royal Dillehay died in a Colorado auto accident. The report notes family members and initial details while outlining memorial plans and next steps for his relatives.
The Malvern Leader lists upcoming public sales with dates and venue notes. Key events include Andy J. Berkhimer general sale at Malvern sale pavilion on Nov 8, Mills County Guernsey Breeders sale at Mills County Fairgrounds on Oct 80, J H George dairy cow sale at Malvern sale pavilion on Nov 1, and McGarry Duroc Jersey hog sale at Glenwood.
Mrs. June Fickel Mills County Democratic congressional candidate suffered severe injuries when the car she rode in veered off a side road near Harlan. Also injured were Miss Nora Pike and J. Moore. Fickel to be treated at Edmundson hospital Council Bluffs while continuing campaign via radio from her bedside.
The notice urges all legal voters to participate in the upcoming election on Tuesday November 4. It outlines that all state officers representatives and one third of the state senators along with county officers are to be elected and encourages readers to study the sample ballot and support good candidates while stressing the duty and privilege of voting.
Mrs Ina Robbins Lisle and Mrs Mayle Lee Robbins announce the formal opening of the Colonial Craft Shop of weaving in Malvern. The opening is set for Friday afternoon from 2 o clock to 5 o clock with showcases of their weaving rooms and finished items for visitors to view.
Robbers entered the Smith Cafe and barber shop across from the Burlington depot through a window on Sunday night. They took 65 dollars in cash from the cash register while Mr and Mrs Smith slept in the rear room and heard nothing.
The Malvern Garden Club gathered Tuesday afternoon with a good turnout. Mrs. Boehner led the business meeting and reports from the district meeting at Missouri Valley were read by Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Benton, and Mrs. Cunningham. Mrs. Anderson led the program featuring Gardena for Lynny Slopen, Garden for Cool Shadows, and the Ragine Garden by Miss Pearl Miller.
Frank Juelke of this place leased from George W. Rimel a corner plot of his farm at the junction of Highways 34 and 41 north of Malvern. The 100 by 75 foot site will host a service station with tanks and will likely open next week offering oil gas tires and light mechanical work not including full garage service.
Ellen Louise Stewart Ellen Lonlas infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Stewart died at their Malvern home on October 28 after a brief illness. Funeral services were held yesterday at two o'clock at the home conducted by Rev L R Bobbitt pastor of the Baptist church. Burial followed. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
We express deep appreciation to friends and neighbors for sympathy kindness and help at the death of our daughter and granddaughter. Special thanks to Mrs Clyde Weiselien and Mr and Mrs RB Whitealden for their thoughtful support.
The Nishna Botna River near Malvern receives a heavy stock fish release from the state department. Deputy Game Warden Oscar Biiley reported two trucks delivering about 12,000 fish, with an additional 4,000 expected, led by channel catfish and including creek fish.
A Women's Home Missionary Society meeting at the M E church in Council Bluffs occurred Thursday Oct 23 from 10 30 a m to 4 p m with pot luck lunch at noon Thirty five attended at noon and over fifty overall Representatives from six auxiliaries including Broadway Fifth Avenue Epworth Mt Hope Glenwood and Malvern were present Mt Hope was absent The event opened with devotions led by Rev M J Rarick and featured talks by Mrs Beyer and Mrs Beaumont among others Focus was on leadership and money giving through mite boxes with plans to organize local groups into Mothers Jewels Home Guards Queen Esther Circles and other auxiliaries The day closed with prayer by Rev Ravick and a sense of a well spent gathering.
Kunes and Nelson have taken on the Fairbanks Morseling of cases aging and machinery for Milla county and will handle them hereafter. They have enlisted Joe Chantry to take charge of that part of their One Doglining with them this week.
The American Legion Auxiliary scheduled its regular peeling meeting for Friday afternoon. Officers for 198 will be installed at the gathering. A good attendance was urged and members were encouraged to participate actively in the plans.
The Independent Hog Buyers Plant at Council Bluffs is taken over by the Farmers Live Stock Shipping Association, linking Iowa swigers with the Farmers Union Livestock Commission of Chicago. The cooperative plant will market cattle sheep and hogs through eleven U.S. terminal markets, promising lower handling costs via a single commission and broad market access. Notable backers include A G Cold secretary and corporators Y A Mathews Lee Sargent D C Cole and Chiia Christensen of Mills County.
The Eastern district Sunday school convention will meet at Wesley Chapel Church on Sunday afternoon Nov. 2 beginning at two o'clock. The program includes devotions, welcome and federation addresses, sessions on charting the course for the church school, standards, temperance work, and teacher training. Notable speakers include Rev. L. D. Thomas D. N. McGrew John R. Clark Walter Schuerman Huey C. W. Cooper Emil Bass and Rev. W. J. Weber with music and offertory.
Ninth district representative Swanson visited Monday to talk with constituents. He praises his term and asks Republican voters for backing. Campaign effort described as quiet but statewide, aiming for reelection despite limited campaigning.
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