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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
5
Mills County safety council reports health concerns while real estate man Guy Lowrey touts a five farms in five days record. Apple harvests shine with plentiful, blemish free fruit and rising ad activity dominates the county scene as local vendors barter goods and prepare shows with a remarkable kitten drawing crowds.
Malvern high school's six man football team opened Thursday with a narrow 20 19 loss to Thurman. Coach Dale Dyke shuffled personnel after injuries, and Thurman sparked behind Larry Cole to halt Malvern's backfield drive. Jackson nearly broke for a score before Thurman stopper ended the threat.
J. H. Beckwith Malvern W. H. Cramer Hmerson and Howard Bishop Glenwood were named on the federal grand jury recently and are to report at the Federal building in Council Bluffs Oct. 1.
State highway workers apply surface treatment on Highway 34 between Glenwood and Pacific Junction this week causing a detour. Traffic will be directed straight west from Oquluuwuod to Paolo City then south to the Junction.
Wayne Kellogg of Uleiwood Mille souuly plowing chewy with compete in the slate vonulvet newer Boone Saturday. Ten entries in the mop'e Tractor divider of the contest, Tals part of the cate masel whl elart at ret & Me.
Malvern prepares to open a $71,000 overhead crossing with a 230 foot span and 1,500 feet of approaches. Engineer E. S. Hoggatt says concrete must cure before traffic, as shoulders are seeded and final painting of steel and concrete work proceeds. Construction used 241,000 pounds of steel, 3,600 feet of piling, and 6,372 square yards of paving, funded by the state highway department.
Robert Robbins opens the Standard 611 station just west of Salyers Auto Co, planning full Standard product service after a period of closure. Nearby, Buster Holden leased the Sinclair station to brother Othel and began work at the Cold Storage plant.
About 60 women gathered at the H. T. Beattie home in Malvern to organize the Central Mills county unit of the Iowa Council of Republican Women. Officers elected were Mrs. Beattie president Mrs. Robbing vice president and Mrs. Durbin secretary treasurer. The group planned a meeting in October at the Roy Robbing home. Local candidates attended including Senator Evans Representative Hall and several county officers. The unit serves Inglesham Silver Creek East Rawles White Cloud and parts of Dees Creek Tue Glan Creek and Anderson townships.
Representatives from Milly Frewout Pollawatemte and Page cayutles met Tuesday to plan the four county Institute of the state Council on ate Education. One will be held at Red Oak Cap. 14 in the Proapy terlau church.
St John s Lutheran church six miles northeast of Malvern held Mission Sunday with sermons by Rev B C Zschoche Ida Grove and Rev G Schaefer Yorktown, a noon chicken dinner for Walther League, about 400 in attendance, $165 collected for mission work, total annual church giving about $500, 110 adult members, Pastor O E Weiss.
After 11 hours of deliberation the Mills County district court returned a not guilty verdict for Walter Cooper Eldon Yarrington and Wayne Shrimp ton all of Villisca. The men were charged with stealing tools from the Schooning Garage in Mineola last April. The trial began Friday at 5 p m and the verdict was delivered at 4 a m Saturday. The case featured 36 witnesses and involved five degs of presentation. The tools were valued around 20 dollars.
A weak that began cool with Thursday lows near 3 degrees moved to 80 on Thursday and reached 90 twice for the week. No measurable moisture fell during the seven day period. Daily Tuesday through Wednesday details appear readable but fragmented.
C A Wight of Henderson notified The Leader about his annual Spotted Foland Boar Sale set for October 11 in Henderson. He plans catalogs and advertising for 35 head, claiming an excellent selection.
Louise Mathilde Kilmak in Malvern, Iowa, reached a $2,750 out of court settlement with the Iowa State Highway Commission over damages to her residence from the north approach of a new overhead crossing. The commission pays court costs after jury had viewed the property. Legal teams included Genung & Genung and Cook & Cook for the plaintiff and G H Clark Jr for the commission.
Three 4-H club boys from AK-Sar-Mem area sold calves at the sale. Kelley of Hastings sold one calf, Summers of Mulvern sold two, and Reaus of Mulvern sold one. Average price reported 11.80 per animal with total calves sold near 51 at prices from 3.18 to 18.00 per head.
Delegates from Mills County AAA organizations met in Malvern for the annual county election. They re elected the 1940 committee: J. F P. Wearth chairman, Claude E. Wilson vice chairman, Charles W. Shaw third member, Carl Z. Lincoln first alternate, Harold McCain second, Margaret McCormick secretary, James N. Benton treasurer. The committee runs the soil conservation program with 4.6 percent overhead.
Nine township cooperators gathered at the county home Tuesday for the home project tea. County home project chairman Mrs. Vinson Goos presided as Miss Jennie Marie Warren led a discussion on the program and maps were distributed to officers to outline each four square mile area. The year’s home furnishing study "Keeping the Home Well Furnished and Attractive" was announced. Project training schools begin the first week of October with committee members aiding in registration and hospitality and tea service.
Mills county Willkie club organized last Thursday naming Donner as chair man and Mrs Frank Herts as chairwoman. Herb Hall was elected secretary and the club began a county wide drive for members with town and township chairmen in all parts. Early reports show excellent response to the efforts.
Virgil M Hyudher of Chicago rose to prominence in law after earning two degrees from the University of Iowa a few years ago His dedication mirrored by Davenport president of the Iowa board of education The obituary notes his birth near Kultry on September 4 SG and mentions his father who died earlier as a key figure in the community
This week readers meet the Malvern school news department EMAITCHESS on page 2 with Marjorie Swoboda selected by the senior class as editor and Betty Lou Barkus as assistant. The section will run through the school year with school staff prepared editorials, features, and community coverage in Mills County.
Des Moines hosts the mills county Methodist annual conference ending Monday as ministers are reassigned. L. E. Ripley moves from Emerson to Asbury Des Moines. I. M. Grigsby to Emerson. James Walls to Yorktown Norwich circuit. Bruce Eshelman to Hastings area. R. M. Fagan to Pacific Junction Hillsdale. several ministers return to charges. The next meeting will be in the second week of June 1941 instead of September.
Funeral services for Livingston S. Suits were conducted at Reeves Funeral Home in Tabor with the Red Oak Elks Lodge in charge. Members of the lodge and local clergy, plus singers Helen Hubbard and others, led the program. Interment followed at Thurman cemetery. Suits, born January 13, 1874, near Malvern, was a noted cattle feeder and farmer in Mills County and active in local business and gun clubs before his death from pneumonia at the Omaha hospital.
The Malvern Leader announces its third annual free cooking school to be held October 25 and 26 in the Malvern Community building. The two day session invites all women and homemakers, with no charges for attendees. Demonstrations will cover recipes and homemaking methods, funded by local businesses and distributors.
The CCC transfers seven Mills county buildings to the county fair, expanding exhibit space. Five structures aided the 1940 fair and the two additional ones will be adapted for exhibit needs. No money changed hands, the CCC had used the fair grounds rent free during its Mills county stay.
Hybrid corn test plots in Mills county are tagged by variety for farmer observation. Plattville township at Harry Lineal farm lists 62 varieties near Pacific Junction Bethlehem school. Rawles township CG E Williams farm shows 68 varieties four miles north of Tabor near a road junction. Anderson township Ralph Viertar farm has 67 varieties one and a half miles south of Henderson. Plots aid yield type disease resistance maturity and other traits. County agent to supervise. volunteers urged to visit plots in November at a regional fair display.
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