New Officers Chosen by Nishna Valley Classes
Nishna Valley high school announced a full slate of officers for each class. Seniors elect Wayne Jensen as president and others. juniors select Leo Smith president and Dave Barns secretary. sophomores pick Joe Lees president. freshmen nominate Richard Fleming for president. seventh grade chooses Jay Barns president. News staff list and upcoming Emerson Fall Festival and Henderson's Fall Festival appearances noted.
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Nishna Valley
Wayne Jensen
Craig Palmer
Kayon Hall
Sec’y
Joyce Peterson
Treas
Mr. Hutcheon
Leo Smith
Gary Johnson
Sandra Barns
Sec'y
Dale Sandquist
Johnson
Joe Lees
Donald Hascall
Rodney Grindle
Lamont Brown
Mr. Kruser
Richard Fleming
Charles Lakin
Dana McKee
Peggy Haack
Mr. Mercer
John Paul
Vaughn Babbitt
Clara Belle van Nordstrand
Linda Larsen Elected FTA President For Year
Linda Larsen begins as president of the FTA at the first meeting of the year. A Sept 15 sandwich party at 6 30 is planned, with a membership sign up. Officers named include Larsen president Sharon Dunn vice president Lillian Irving secretary treasurer and Charlotte Carlson historian.
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FTA
Linda Larsen
Sharon Dunn
Lillian Irving
Charlotte Carlson
Improvements at Nishne Valley High School Plant
The Nishne Valley high school adds a new football field with lights an intercom system in every room new metal working equipment in the shop a new typewriter and a 1964 Ford bus.
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Nishne Valley High School
Busy Times Ahead for NY Juniors Class Rings and Play
Exclamations filled the week as juniors received their class rings from Josten Jewelry Co. A junior class play is planned for November and many students will stay busy running the concession stand at home football games.
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Josten Jewelry Co
Pep Club Plans Signia for Members at First Meeting
The Nishna Valley Pep club held its first meeting on September 9 with sponsor Mrs. Johnson reading rules. Members decided to form a committee to select an identifying insignia to wear and the 1964 cheerleaders led a closing cheer. The group hopes to boost school spirit and pride.
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Nishna Valley
Pep Club
Johnson
Busy Schedule for NV Band This Fall
The Nishna Valley band has kept a busy fall with travel and performances. On August 29 the group visited the Iowa State Fair for two concerts and a parade, noting a quieter bus ride home afterward.
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Nishna Valley
Iowa State Fair
School Not a Place But a Feeling Suggests Nishna Valley Writer
Linda Larsen reflects on the first days of school, noting how students fear, adapt, and reunite with peers and teachers. She frames school as a feeling more than a place, defining varied emotions from accomplishment to belonging, and ends with returning to the familiar routine after the first week.
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Nishna Valley
NV Vocalists Hootenanny Date Set Next Month
NV Vocalists announce a Hootenanny to qualify for the school choir. Students must have tone, rhythm, and the ability to stay in sync. Weekly sessions lead to selection for glee groups and the choir. Music for the Corner Conference Festival is underway. Save the date Nov. 20.
Mills Superintendent Elected Vice President
The Mills superintendent was elected vice president of the Southwest Iowa County Superintendents at their Friday meeting in Red Oak. Joe Whittaker of Corning was chosen president and Warren Morrow of Atlantic was named secretary treasurer.
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WHS Lounty
Mm. W. Vetterick
Iowa
Red Oak
Joe Whittaker
Corning
Warren Morrow
Atlantic
Emerson Students Begin Fall College Departures and Teachers Move
Emerson area students head to colleges including Clarinda Junior College, State College of Iowa Cedar Falls, University of Iowa Iowa City, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Iowa State University Ames, Drake Des Moines, Omaha University, Nebraska Wesleyan Lincoln, Wheaton Illinois, Sioux Falls South Dakota, and St Benedicts Atchison. Local teachers include Dr. Charles Carson and Don Twaddle among others.
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Emerson Area
Clarinda Junior
Stanley Shaw
Missouri
Maryville
Marlyn Ballain
Harold Hascall
Don Hall
Tarkio
Harry Kellenbar Eer
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Lana McKee
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Judy Geith
Roger Wilkinson
Bob Winders
University of Nebr
Ames
Walter Russell
Larry Walker
Drake
Des Moines
Marlene Morris
Dick Winders
Omaha University
Kenneth Walker
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln
Randall Eastwood
Wheaton
Keith Allen
Sioux Falls
M. D
Larry Perron
St. Benedict
Atchison
Ken
David
Mark Laughlin
Charles Carson
University of Minnesota
Duluth
Don Twaddle
Edwards
Area Church Schedules and Services
Emerson First Baptist Church lists Pastor Dick Person and Helen Stille as superintendent with Sunday services at 10 and 11 a.m. and midweek activities. Emerson Methodist Church shows Minister Ralph Russell and LaVerne Carson with Sunday School at 8 a.m. and Worship at 11:05 a.m. CHAMPION HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH led by Rev Nock DeKalb with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. Reporting notes junior and senior choir or chair activities and midweek meetings.
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Emerson First Baptist Church
Dick Person
Helen Stille
Ladies M & A Society
Hmerson Methodist Church
Ralph Russell
LaVerne Carson
Champion Hill Presbyterian Church
Nock DeKalb
Glenn Kellenbarger
Henderson Family Picnic Brings Neighbors Together in Omaha
Henderson Mr and Mrs Gerald Viner and Gordon with Mr and Mrs Darrell Lewis joined a Sunday family picnic at Roger Christensen home in Omaha. Jim Oliver and sons from Pisgah and Nebraska relatives attended. Floyd Bowen and children from Hastings visited. Malvern guests Jim Oster and children called in the evening. Dickie and Debbie Pende graft from Creston visited Sunday and Monday. Henderson Community club plans Sept 21 meeting at the gym.
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Gerald Viner
Gordon
Darrell Lewis
Roger Christensen
Omaha
Jim Oliver
Pisgah
Nebraska
Floyd Bowen
Hastings
Clarence McKinney
Jim Oster
Malvern
Dickie
Debbie Pendegraft
Creston
Henderson Community Club
Lee Roy Magers
Wayne ‘Hodges
Leola Hoffman
Rupert Young
St. Joseph’s Hospital
William Scherle
Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Alma Skanks
Donnie Fritcher
Earl McGee
Griswold
Martha McGee Mandorf
Arnold Williams
Debbie
Ronnie
Grace Bowen
Bowen
William Williams
Silver City
Ames Siglin
Seymour
W. L. Vanderlinden
H. E. Paul
Perrault Falls
Ontario
Canada
Merl Core
Arthur Allensworth
Jane Buck
Charles Haxton
Twin Falls
Mont
Lewis Steiner
Annette of
Ames
Gordon Steiners
Mesdames
T. G. Ricken
Earl Allensworth
WSCS
Homer Noley
Barbara Haney
Dickie Pendegraft
Otis Pendegraft
Chester Bliss
Central City
Art Fritcher
Paul Edmondson
Osceola
Bruce
McCluskey
Henderson
Boess
Albert Washburn
Connie Ossian
Red’ Oak
Storz
Neal Derrick
Lake Manawa
Holiday Exhibit At Legion Hall On Henderson Street
An exhibit of flowers vegetables and fancy work will be held in Legion Hall on Henderson Street during the holiday. Mrs Melya Christofferson is in charge and requests cooperation from those who can contribute exhibits.
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Legion ‘Hall
Henderson
Melya Christofferson
Henderson Library Club Plans Float and Clean Up
Henderson Library Club discusses a float for Henderson Holiday and a library rest room clean up Tuesday morning. Various clubs host events including birthdays and showers. Members attend with guests at Cunningham Park breakfast and Legion Hall toy party with WSCS meeting at the Rowe home.
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Henderson Library Club
C. A. Frink
Library Club
Chester Bliss
Central City
Henderson
Mishna Valley Club
Cunningham Park
Ames Siglin
H. E. Paul
Hendersonians Hear Billy Graham Crusade in Omaha
The Herman Hendersons and many locals attended the Billy Graham Crusade in Omaha with numerous names listed among attendees including Mrs. K. S. Hendrix Denise and Barbara Hendrix Mrs. Virgil Morris and others. Separate notes mention Lee Roy Shook leaving for Ames for a state job and various visits and social gatherings around Council Bluffs and nearby towns.
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Omaha
K. S. Hendrix
Denise
Virgil Morris
Jake Morris
Melva Christofferson
Wilber
T. C. Shook
Grace Bowen
Helen Winchester
Barbara Hendrix
C. A. Frink
Christian Church
Social News Roundup of Sunday Visits and Weddings
A long list of Sunday visits fills the page from Ralston to Council Bluffs, Shenandoah to Des Moines. Families such as the Slumps, DeLains, McMullens, Pendegrafts, Magers, and Fritchers share meals, hospital calls, and overnight stays while others travel for weddings and visits in Nebraska, Iowa, and Ontario. Notables include visits by William Scherle party and WSCS attendees with herb.
More Students Off to School
A list notes students leaving for colleges including Stanford University Kathy Burdie. University of Nebraska Phillip Schultz Bill Wortman Clayton Hertz Jr Don Fieselman Doug Deitchler Neil Goos. State University of Iowa Patricia Newell. Montgomery County Farm Bureau hosts Women’s Fall Workshop on Sept 28 at Red Oak from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m with pot luck lunch. invites 1964 chairman and officers and 1965 leadership.
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Standford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Kathy Burdie
University of Nebraska
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
Red Oak
Farm Bureau
Publiity Chiirman
Intersection accident causes two car damages
Damage estimates reportable to Sheriff Edwin Barkus show Mrs. Burdette Spiker of Malvern sustained about 165 dollars in damage to her car while Gerald B. Mitchell of Council Bluffs suffered roughly 26 dollars in damage in an intersection collision here Tuesday afternoon.
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Burdette Spiker
Malvern
Gerald B. Mitchell
Council Bluffs
Edwin Barkus
Dinner guest and sales report feature in Omaha and Missouri
Mrs Velma South was a dinner guest Sunday of Miss Martha Art fist in Omaha. Mrs William Scherle returned from Edmundson hospital on Mr and Mrs Art Fritcher attended a horse sale in Rock Port Mo Saturday and a quarter horse sale at Anita Sunday.
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Velma South
Martha Art Fist
Omaha
William Scherle
the Edmundson Hospital
Art Fritcher
Rock Port
Anita Sunday
Mills Countians Pledged by Iowa State Fraternities
Four Mills Countians joined fraternity pledges at Iowa State in Ames during rush week. Pledges must keep a 2.5 GPA for two quarters to be activated. Named pledges include Mike Beda and Don Hopp from Glenwood, Doug Dashner and John Hayes from Malvern, with Beta Theta Pi and Delta Tau Delta chapters.
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MILLS
Iowa State University
Ames
Beta Theta Pi
Mike Beda
Don Hopp
Glenwood
Delta Tau Delta
Doug Dashner
John Hayes
Malvern
Malvern Man Sentenced on Desertion and False Check
Donald Ray Mercer of Malvern faced a desertion charge and, before District Judge R Kent Martin, received a one year penitentiary term at Fort Madison and a two year parole to Sheriff Edwin Barkus. Maurice Porter also appeared for a false check charge, got a one year sentence and a one year parole to Sheriff Barkus.
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Donald Ray Mercer
Malvern
R. Kent Martin
Glenwood
Fort Madison
Edwin Barkus
Maurice Porter
Martin
Barkus
Christian Workers School Begins at Malvern Church
A Christian Workers school started at Malvern Methodist Church on Sunday evening and will run for three Sunday sessions. Led by Rev Chester Waterman Glenwood Rev Stephen Cree Randolph and Mrs Lillian Adams Malvern with Rev John A Lippincott as dean. Courses cover the old and new testaments and how the Bible came to be. About 30 people from Glenwood Wesleyport Henderson Hastings Em participated in the initial session.
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Christian Workers School
Malvern Methodist Church
Chester Waterman
Glenwood
Stephen Cree
Randolph
Lillian Adams
Malvern
John A. Lippincott
Wesleyerson
Price Tactics in Meat Markets Across the NFO Action
A critical critique of meat pricing during the NFO action argues big dressed meat buyers resist rising prices, while market receipts and price signals distort. The piece claims organized buyers intimidate farmers, suppress real supply signals, and threaten industry efficiency as a reshuffle looms.
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NFO
Gutleta
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Nishna Valley Community High School
Beverly Wortman
Lillian Irvin
Susan Crocker
Virginia Angus
Connie Parker
Shirley Fleming
Carolyn Nielsen
Elwanda Fager
Emerson
Essex Labor Day
Macedonia
By Elwanda Fager
By Sue Crocker
By Shirley Fleming
By Virginia Angus
By Linda Larsen
Robinson
Ote
Legion Hall
Bryan Sowers
Delbert McVay
Dan Frink
Clement Rowe
Marion Sowers
Rowe
Gordon Steiner
Lowell Robert
Ferne Slump
Frank Meninger
William Pilling
A. C. Lewis
Sharon Henderson
Morris Harbor
Dean Edmondson
Ben Wilson
Don Godfrey
Billy Graham Crusade
Lee Roy Shook
Bing
State Maintenance Department
Lowell Roberts
Craig
Gerald Hietvnk
Jack Slump
Cindy
Ralston
DeLain Slumps
Fred Roeder
Danny
Nick Daysens
K.S. Hendrix
Barbara
Allen
Kelli
John Jeffries
Shenandoah
Dale McMullens
Jimmy
Dean McMullen
California
Genoa
Nebr
Dale Sanderup
Lena Magers
Carson
Nettie Fritcher
Maxine Espinosa
LeRoy Magers
Dick Magers
Dick Allensworth
Larry Skank
Claude Holt
Bill Cater
Richard Hackett
Sons
Earl McGees
Phyllis Plumer
Plumer
Joe Moore
McClelland
The
Knowital
Mobili
MOBIL
Pace Oil CO
F. B. Women’s Fall Workshop
the National Farmers
NFC
Mills County
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