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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1973
Page
5
The Bowater Newsprint shortage continues to bite SWIP papers as mills cut output to dodge pollution costs. Limited arrivals from Clarinda Herald Journal sustain eight pages of news and ads, with costs rising and ad revenue crucial to survive.
Hillsdale Metho dist Church plans its Harvest Homecoming on Sunday September 16 with 11 am worship led by Rev LeRoy Wallace a noon basket dinner and 1 30 pm program featuring Rev E E Basye from Glenwood United Methodist Church All committees are preparing for a fine day. Enrollment figures show growth across grades from kindergarten to twelfth with some earlier reported errors acknowledged by Malvern Supt Jack Jones awaiting official counts.
In a Mills county conference board session led by Austin Bass at the county courthouse, Mrs Dean Alice Shipley of Glenwood route 3 was chosen as the new county Assessor. Her six year term starts January 1, 1974 after passing a Des Moines state exam last month. She previously worked three years in the Mills county Assessor's office. She is 44, married, with two children Deanna 16 and Jay 12.
The Leader invites families to bring children for free color portraits at the Malvern Community Building on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. No charge, no obligation, no subscription needed. Call 624-2924 to schedule a session and join the Citizens of Tomorrow feature. Also: Mills County Farm Bureau annual meeting Saturday at 6:30 p.m. with beef dinner, 8 p.m. business session naming 1974 officers, and speakers from John F Kennedy College Girls basketball team.
Enrollment figures from Norman Sawin show a small drop in the 1973 74 school year with 461 students last year and 449 this year an unofficial count. The sharpest decline occurred in grade six with further details to follow.
Malvern Community School District directors met Monday evening and discussed expanding facilities north of the high school in response to crowding. The building committee will study permanent versus temporary classroom options and visit other districts for data. Other actions include contracts for assistant football coach Tom Greedy, custodial staff, and bus drivers, plus a Mobil Oil gasoline contract for a month. The board reported on transportation, grounds, outdoor classroom progress, and fairgrounds use for next year.
Mills county officials and about 50 farmers gathered at Glenwood courthouse to protest a state ruling boosting agricultural land valuations by 41 percent to 449 dollars an acre. The group directed county leaders to meet with the state director of revenue to present the county’s objections and seek a smaller increase.
Malvern voters head to the polls November 6 to choose a mayor, three council members, and a park commissioner. Town Clerk W R Byington notes filing closes September 27, 1973 at 5 p.m. in the clerk’s office. petitions require 10 or more qualified electors. Mayoral term is three years. council terms include a short term to Jan 2, 1974 and two four-year terms. park commissioner serves six years.
Municipal elections will be held in Emerson on November 6 with a filing deadline of September 27. Mayor George Curtis says nominating petitions and forms are available from the town clerk Florence Patton at City Hall.
Iowa voters across Malvern Glenwood and Nishna Valley elected all contested and uncontested seats. In Malvern Carroll Blackburn won district two and Norman Sinner reelected in district five with 11 14 votes respectively. Nishna Valley used one person one vote with Margaret Evans winning district four in a three way race while Russell Smith 190 Bob Christensen 187 Arno Miller 159 led district tallies. Glenwood approved transferring 50000 from site to building fund 283 yes 97 no for facilities with Dusenberry losing to Virginia Stinard 191 194. Mills County NY Dean Sayers won seat unchallenged with 198 votes.
Malvern Commercial Club members will meet Thursday September 20 for their first regular meeting of the 1973-74 season. Dinner at Val's Cafe begins at 6 30 p m with a business meeting at seven. Election of officers will follow. Guest speaker Donald Knoell, manager for the J W Clemenshaw Co survey team, discusses the 41 percent rise in rural property valuations and its impact on Mills county.
Mills County Farm Bureau women invite the public to an annual church music night on Sunday October 7 at 730 pm at St Johns Lutheran Mineola. Each church may perform a religious selection in choir small group solo duet or instrumental. The program lasts about an hour followed by a social hour and lunch served by the committee.
Mills county sanitary landfill project, to be run by Nishna Sanitary Service owner Phillip Melotte, pushes opening from September 1 to October 1 due to new electric lines. Site about a mile south of the Claude Schoening farm on Highway 34 features grading, a building for equipment and office space, and in trench disposal design. Fall weather touched Botna Valley with highs in the 70s and 80s and a low of 51. Emerson Fall Festival events headlined the week.
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