Mills County Notes and Local Events This Week
Mills County supervisors chairman Harry Evans will join a Council Bluffs panel on welfare agency issues. Malvern's new fire house construction continues, weekday work increasing. 1965 corn price support projected at $1.02 per bushel in Mills County per ASCS chair Ren Burgoin. Scout uniforms sought by Malvern Scoutmaster Keith Glandon for boys needing them. Henderson Holiday parade spoiled by rain. photographers captured most of the celebration but not the parade film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Evans
County Board of Supervisors
Council Bluffs
Iand
Town Welfare Association
Mills County
Ren Burgoin
ASCS
Malvern
Keith Glandon
SCS
Hendersonians
Banquet for 4-H Week Observance by Mills County
Mills county 4-H members observe National 4-H Week from Sept 25 to Oct 2 with activities for about 410 boys and girls. A county-wide party for old and new members is planned for Oct 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the 4H building at the fair grounds. An leaders banquet on Sept 30 at 7 p.m. will be in the Malvern Community building with Dr. E. P. Sylvester as guest speaker. Paper tape ads at The Leader Office.
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Mills County
Fair Grounds
Malvern
E. P
Dutch) Sylvester
Mills County to Send Strong Representation at Ak-Sar-Ben Show
Mills county will have the largest representation in years at the Ak-Sar-Ben livestock show starting September 24. Patty Patton of Emerson exhibits a Holstein dairy heifer on September 25 after qualifying at the District Dairy show in Council Bluffs. Swine exhibits by Mike Sell and Randy Deitchler go on Sunday September 26. A large group of fat cattle includes 30 entries with Angus, Herefords, and Shorthorns showing on successive days. Beef exhibitors aim to win the herdsman ship award for cleanliness and display. Butch Baugh of Tabor enters an American saddle horse after high District Horse show ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Dale Shull
Patty Patton
Emerson
Patty
Council Bluffs
Jim Cheney
Cheryl Shaw
Larry Stouder
Barbara Smiley
Susan Smiley
Dan Morrical
David Morvical
Mary Anderson
David Anderson
Byron Leu
Dick Godfrey
Leo Smith
Bob Bell
Dale Malcom
Gary Smiley
Myron
Extension Specialist to Teach Kitchen Planning School
Miss Naomi Shank from Iowa State University will lead a kitchen planning course in Mills county starting September 30. Sessions run 9:30 a.m. with follow ups on October 5 and 12 led by Mrs. Marjorie Burch. The program covers kitchen construction trends, work center planning, floor and wall coverings, countertops, wood finishes, and hardware with tours of farm and town kitchens and supplier visits. A November conference will address individual kitchen planning issues for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Shank
Iowa State University
Mills County
Malvern
Marjorie Burch
F B Church Music Night Promises Local Song Fest
The Mills County Farm Bureau Women's committee sponsors Church Music Night at First Baptist Malvern on Sunday Oct 3. All Mills County churches are invited to contribute a religious number, solo or group, vocal or instrumental, with organ and piano provided. No admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
First Baptist Church
Malvern
Tastes Buy lla Boehner Property on First Ave
Mr and Mrs Merlin Taste have bought the Boehner property on First Avenue and will take possession on October 1 when Mrs Boehner will move to California. Costello Real Estate handled the transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tastes Buy
Lla Boehner Property
First Ave
Merlin Taste
Boehner
First Avenue
Pavers Laying Slab on Co. Road
The Booth and Olson paving crew laid a 22 by 6 inch cement slab about 478 feet long on Co. Road V south of Malvern, the first concrete paving on a county road in the county. By Thursday noon they had progressed another 400 feet, with the road continuing north and east into the countryside.
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Malvern
Central Mills Countioes
Booth & Olson Paving
Silver Creek
Co. Road V
Booth & Olson
Malvern Paving Delays Highlight Local Road Project
The Malvern area awaits completion of the scheduled road paving first set for June 7 after a year of disruption. Roberts Construction uses a slip-form paver with cement mixed on site, hauling aggregate 18 miles from north of Silver City. Rain and long hauls slow progress. 1,803 feet were paved last Friday before rains halted work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Silver City
Roberts Construction Co
Roberts
Red Cross Bloodmobile to Visit Malvern Friday
The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in Malvern this Friday September 24 from noon to 6 p.m. in the Community building basement with a goal of 100 pints. Volunteers under chairmen Virginia Bowen Iva Scott and Harriett Costello organize the drive while Wesley Chapel ladies provide food and service. A prospective donor Keith Wilcox of Malvern with A positive C negative blood earned a spot for testing to help an Omaha girl in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Central Mills
Red Cross Blood Mobile
Malvern
Red Cross
Omaha
Keith Wilcox
Omaha Red Cross Center
Keith
Virginia Bowen
Mobile
Iva Scott
Harriett Costello
School Boards Re Elect Presidents
County community school districts held Monday night organization sessions. Nishna Valley reelected J Frank Durbin as president with Kenneth Grindle Oscar Haack Virgil Curtis Donald Hastings on the board. Glenwood reelected Robert Hanig president with H C Margaret Eurel Anderson R G Miller Walter Green on the board. Malvern reelected F A Weartman and others include Clarence Burgoin Mrs Margaretta Hays Frederic Newell Henry Washburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nishna Valley
J. Frank Durbin
Kenneth Grindle
Oscar Haack
Virgil Curtis
Donald Hastwood
Glenwood
Robert Hanig
H.C. Magaret
Eurel Anderson
R. G. Miller
Walter Green
Malvern
F. A. Weartman
Clarence Burgoin
Margaretta Hays
Frederic Newell
Henry Washburn
Three Ride Plane Into a Rough Mills Co Landing
A small plane carrying pilot Don McCaffree, 32, and passengers Bruce Tuttle, 20, and Ralph Butler, 53, crash lands in a muddy corn field in Mills County on Tuesday forenoon. McCaffree and Tuttle suffer broken vertebrae, Butler is a Piper Cub distributor. They receive treatment in Glenwood and are transported to an Omaha hospital. the plane failed its motor while attempting a return to Omaha. The landing occurred on Claude Robertson’s farm, one mile west of Pacific Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Glenwood
Omaha
Don McCaffree
Bruce Tuttle
Tuttle
Ralph Butler
McCaffree
Edwin Barkus
Claude Robertson
Pacific Junction
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Mills
Mike Sell
Randy Deitchler
Evans Bank
Leader
Jon Kemp
Oming
F. B
Linus
FOK
United Fes
Wesley Chapel
Strahan
Mable White
Miss White
Sharon Strange
Tom White
Henderson
Mark
Mike McVay
Rough Mills Co
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