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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1931
Page
4
Strahan school begins its term with a brief session to assign texts and train pupils on bus safety and transportation procedures. The enrollment figures show partial counts across grades, while the district reports paying off $2000 of bonds and reducing total bonded indebtedness from $74,000 to $41,000.
The Market day of the Strahan M B Church will be held this coming Friday September 4 at the church beginning at 2 o clock. Committees have been appointed for buying and selling grain etc Howard Kayton and Jon Charter Zeno Bars and Wil Wolfe chickens Harry Conrad Lou Kine and Clarence Lemonds cream and cern Henry Nims and Ed Nagte fruits and garden products and miscellaneous Mrs May Paterson and Mrs Heber Hilger fancywork and AI Tons Mrs Frank Steele and Mrs Henry Nims advertising for posters Mrs Strayer Summers and Jon Felix and Mrs Zeno Wass kitchen and short orders Mex Howard Kiayton Mrs Lou Kline and Mrs Clarence Lemonds and any others whom they may select packade Mrs Will Wolfe minstrely Mrs Frank Johnson The parade will be given at 6 o clock in the evening and anyone wishing to take morthe on hand fie you will be asked Rev W M Behnerman will be said to help With any suggestions whatever Mr and Mrs Walter Martin and children of near Anderson were Sunday dinner guests of their parents Mr and Mrs William McCain Robert Hilton and children of rear Randolph visited Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs Jack Bingham
The Farmers Union held a meeting at Barmera on August 24 with a sizable crowd. Robert Monte, secretary of the Farmers Union of Town, was the principal speaker. audience attention was strong and a donation by O. C. Cele was noted. The Teulies' Union served cream and other treats, clearing over expenses for the evening. Malvern band members provided free music under their conductor Tabor. A delegation from the Farmers' Union at Anbury Faneworth attended, and teachers and local residents were named in attendance. Several local events and visits to relatives filled the rest of the week, including weddings, travels to Sedalia, and a baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gipe.
A large group gathered at Harold Smith’s Sunday to honor Faye’s birthday with a surprise party. About fifty six attended a noon picnic with fried chicken, cafeteria style meals, and games for men while women browsed pioneer photos. Nine families and relatives from Emerson and nearby towns joined, including Lang, Ballain, Smith, and McGinnis clans.
Miss Teten Lang hosted the Emerson High School senior class of 1920 at her Rome home south of Emerson Friday evening. The room featured blue and white class colors and price-card favors. Fifteen members attended including Stra, Lucile Celllas, Haseall Erickson Nebir, Missax Ghilys Smith Red Oak, Whiitred Wing, and Helen Long, with guests Avia Ramey Terry Tlarker and others.
A Shenandoah Sunday picnic gathered the Laughlin family and friends including Dale Laughlin and son Dallas near Strahan, along with numerous relatives and visitors from Omaha Benson and Red Oak areas. Other attendees included Mr and Mrs Chas Shaw, the Douglas and McGin Ha families, and several Clark Huntsman and Lang households, with many local residents noted.
Ella Plumb visits from Treynor after a dance hall floor collapsed at a wedding, injuring a guest a broken wrist. Reunions and family news fill the page with local names, travels, a new baby in Council Bluffs at Jennie Edmundson hospital, and teaching duties shifting at Hox Elder School.
Mrs Fone Fickel met with her lawyers in Harlan last week to finalize arrangements for her injury suit against an insurance company stemming from a October car crash. The case is postponed to October due to Dr Bart Ballinger of Council Bluffs acting as attendant.
The item lists several Red Oak and Omaha residents with Monday visits and shopping trips. It notes Emerson Frank Oglevie, Mr and Mrs W H Holmes and son, Barbara Ballain, Mary Awadley, Pearle Lang, Grace Dixon, C D Greenwood, Arthur Smith and family, Ivan Jones and Irene McLain born August 30 near Wales, and L V Hicka with Ning Simmons returning from Ale Mion Nebraska. Gordon Contes of Omaha stayed with his parents over the weekend.
Mills County Fair lists premium winners across sections led by horses. Awards cover Percheron stallions mares and foals, saddle horses, pony classes, hitched teams, mules, cattle, and bulls with owners from Emerson Malvern Glenwood and nearby towns.
A long list of cattle classes with winners from Reece & McGregor of Prescott and Tom Tyner of Imogene, including senior, junior, grand champions and get of sire. Multiple entries cover calves, heifers, cows and bulls across dates in 1927 to 1930, with additional results for Wayne R Wilson of Greenfield and Chas Davies of Malvern.
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