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Malvern, Iowa

Malvern Is Proud . . . of this log cabin in the city's Paddock Park. The cabin, over 100 years old, was the home of Gov. Robert Ray's great-grandfather. The one-room cabin was restored last year and dedicated by Gov. Ray.

An Antique Hearse . . . which will appear in the Malvern Heritage Days parade is checked by Karl Hertz of the Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in Malvern. Hertz said the solid mahogany vehicle hasn't been out of the warehouse since the Malvern Centennial…

Nishna Cottage Nursing Home . . . in Malvern will be replaced this year by a new 50-bed facility at the town's east end. The old home, currently housing 39 people, will be used for residential care patients.

Parade Autos . . . include a 1924 Model T Ford owned and displayed by a Malvern Ford man, R.W. Salyers of Salyers Auto Co., in business since 1910. Salyers has another Model T which was made in 1922.

Carl Whitney, grocer at Malvern, is one of many in Southwest Iowa with faces groomed for 1969 centennials. Malvern will celebrate its centennial Sept. 7 through 12. Emerson will hold celebrations May 1 through Sept. 1; Avoca's centennial will be June…

The Ticket Window . . . is no longer a busy spot in many railroad stations. Don Gleason, agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, hands a Burlington folder through the window in the station at Malvern to portray a scene once familiar in the days…

Resting En Route . . . around the new addition to Malvern's Forrestt Chantry School is the man whose name the building bears.,

Relegated To A Dark Corner . . . is the old grand piano, all that's left of the Malvern Opera House. Roy Mansfield, whose furniture store now occupies the building, inspect the old instrument.