Local Society Notes and Engagements Date Apr 5 to Apr 8
Apr 5 Baptist Women Circle 6 hostess Arlene Mohler. P E O Sisterhood with Margaret F Young as hostess. Apr 6 Circles 1-5 guest night at O N O Club. Busy Bee Club with Carolyn Sayler as hostess. United Methodist Women general meeting hosted by Circle 1. Apr 8 Mizpah Chapter D O C Club with Anna Scott hosting. Dinner honors for William Chandler of Santa Ana and relatives gather March 22 at Junction Cafe. Engagement: Heidi Pittelkow to Charles Woods with June wedding planned.
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Mon
Baptist Women's Society
Circle 6
Arlene Mohler
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Margaret F. Young
Baptist Women’s Society
O.N.O. Club
Busy Bee Club
Carolyn Sayler
United Methodist Women General Meeting
Circle 1
Wm. Chandlers
Junction Cafe
William Chandler
Santa Ana
Calif
Harry Sickels
Corning
Dean Posten
Sharpsburg
Cleo Roush
Lester Posten
Forest Posten
Kent Wallace
Gertrude Becherer
Gravity
Glen Irwin
Open House Planned for Colburn Paynes 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Colburn Payne of New Market will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house April 11 from 2 to 4 pm at New Market Methodist Church Their son John Payne of North Platte and daughter in law Mrs Bill Wills of Omaha will host the event The couple request no gifts. Vera Baker to Teach at Bedford OES School of Instruction February 28 members of Bedford OES hold annual school of instruction District instructor Vera Mae Baker of Siam led the afternoon session This will be her last year as instructor The evening inspection was led by Mary Henderson with the district instructor presented A bird themed tribute followed including a bluebird and verses. United Methodist Women to Meet April 6 Circle 1 hosts meeting with Helen Shepard as chair and members Pearl Baxter Bessie Clymens Beulah Mahaffey Sue Souder Marjorie Holmes Nora Morris to review a book Anna Scott to Host Mizpah Chapter DOC Club April 8 Leora Mothershead to lead the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colburn Payne
New Market
New Market Methodist Church
John Payne
North Platte
Bill Wills
Omaha
Vera Baker
Bedford Oes
Vera Mae Baker
Siam
Vera Mae
Mary Henderson
Verneil Stephens
United Methodist
Circle 1
United Methodist Women
Helen Shepard
Pearl Baxter
Bessie Clymens
Beulah Mahaffey
Sue Souder
Marjorie Holmes
Nora Morris
Nikki Giovanni to headline Tarkio College Black Arts week
Poet Nikki Giovanni, author of Black Feeling Black Talk and Gemini, will perform at 8 p.m. April 7 in Schechter Auditorium on the Tarkio College campus as the final event of the 1975-76 Tri-State Area Artist-Lecture Series and opening of Black Arts week. Also notes community activities and local notices around Tarkio County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikki Giovanni
Schechter Auditorium
Tarkio College
Tarkio
Black Student Alliance of
Knoxville
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ms. Giovanni
Fisk University
Ford Foundation
National Foundation of the Arts
Columbia School of Fine Arts
Harlem Cultural Council On the Arts
Ticket Sales Open for Mule Barn Summer Season
Deborah Schoenberg leads Mule Barn Theatre staff arriving March 16 to organize subscriptions and new sales system. Tickets for individual shows go on sale two weeks before each opening. Guaranteed Seating Subscription and Season Coupons offered with Box Office at (816) 736-4206 open March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Schoenberg
Mule Barn Theatre
Deborah
Park College
Mule Barn
Tarkio
Missouri
Gregg R. Gilbert
Births and Bethel Ohio tribute in time
A daughter named Tera Lee was born to Mr and Mrs Terry Odie of Kansas City Kansas on March 17. Grandparents include Howard Clark and Ollie Odie. A daughter Shannon Kathleen was born to Mr and Mrs Willis Sneed of Omaha Nebraska on March 28. Bethel Ohio expresses bicentennial tribute with Caught In Time poetry volume funds a log pioneer homestead project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tera Lee
Terry Odie
Kansas City
Kansas
Howard (Shorty) Clark
Ollie Odie
Bedford
Viola Webb
Alex Schaffer
Catherine Hanshaw
Hobart Clark
Willis Sneed
Omaha
Nebr
Shannon Kathleen
Joseph O'Grady
Lincoln, Nebr
Raymond Sneed
Bethel
Ohio
Local residents visit kin and attend events across states
Mrs. Bill Cross spent a week in Sioux City with grandson Graden James and his parents. Dr. and Mrs. George A. Peschal of Webster City were guests. Roy Blake returned from Alamo after a winter vacation. Don Turner came home from Harlingen Texas after wintering there. Cleo Roush helped celebrate Mark Roush's sixth birthday. Vera Paschal visited Cass Bean in Omaha. Odette Mason attended the 4 state conclave in Columbia Missouri with Glen Irwin Jr. Others traveled to Des Moines for Health Improvement Association meetings and to Texas for winter trips. Cleta’s mother recuperated in Manilla. Several visits and a basketball fundraiser supported the Iowa City cornea transplant unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cross
Sioux City
Graden James
Kenneth Keith
George A. Peschal
Webster City
Don M. Rson
Roy Blake
Alamo, Poe
Mexico
Don Turner
Harli
Texas
Srev Cleo Roush
Jerry Roush
Mark
Vera Paschal
Cass Bean
Omaha
Merle Austrus
Atlantic
Odette Mason
Sac City
Rebekah Assembly of
Iowa
Glen Irwin
Columbia
Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Odetta Mason
Wilford Lynch
Bedford
Health Improvement Association
HIA
Des Moines
Lynch
Taylor County
Charles Wintermute
Dean Wintermute
Klondike
Lee Wintermute
Paris
Cleo Bownes
Cleta
Jennie Edmundson Hosital
Eleanor Sheffield
Teresa
Jeff
Tim
Susan Sheffield
Harlan
Rica Sheffield
Manilla
Harland Lions Club
Minnesota Vikings
Iowa City
Pork Producers Sale a Busy Bedford Event
A large turnout at the Bedford sale barn for the Pork Producers and Porkettes White Elephant Sale on Friday night March 26. The event went smoothly with the Porkettes lunch bar and toy stuffed pig auction starting their funds. Two ham prizes were won by Joe Dawson of Bedford and Bob Everhart of Skidmore, Missouri. Organizers thank all helpers and note appreciation for Duane Simmons and auctioneer Harlan Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pork Producers
Porkettes
Bedford Sale Barn
Joe Dawson
Bedford
Bob Everhart
Skidmore
Duane Simmons
Harlan Brown
Blockton and Bedford Residents Hospitalized and Treated
A roundup lists Blockton and Bedford residents in and out of hospitals across Iowa. Rey Miller and Gweide Moon remain in Omaha awaiting or undergoing procedures. Others like Effie Weaver, Pearl Griffith, Olive Blood, and Donald Dougherty are among patients recently admitted or discharged from local facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey Miller
Blockton
Omaha
Gweide Moon
Effie Weaver
Ringgold
Jane Alborn
Pearl Griffith
Ringgold County
Olive Blood
Sharpsburg
Corning Rosary Hospital
Donald G. Dougherty
Bedaig
Coring Rosary Hospital
Patty Volkmar
Bedford
Wiliam Blake
Rosary Hospital
Corning
William Blake
Max Hardsick
Ringgold County Hospital
Mt. Ayr
Local travel note from Maryville to hospital unclear
Fragmentary OCR mentions travel from will the Wileen Bedford to Francis Hospital in Merville and a Maryville reference. Details and dates are illegible.
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Wileen
Bedford, To
Francis Hospital
Merville
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Society
Mizpah
Anna Scott
Pittelkows
Wilhelm Pittelkow
Heidi
Charles Woods
Hopkins, Mo
Maxine Woods
Eugene Woods
P.E.O. Sisterhood
Theatre Bells
Ruth John
Margaret Lucas
Esther Stephens
Cleo Perkins
Colburn
Doc Anna Scott
D.O.C
Leora Mothershead
William Dale Green
Bedfield
Debbi Lou Dougherty
Bedford Manor
Larry Sonner
Debbie
Pam Linford
Lora Abernathy
Robert Schmitz
Waterloo
Bertha Anderson
Dean
Alma Norris
Redding
Lucretia Burns
Harry Lambley
Creston
Belle Kopp
Nelle Davis
Lem Dant
Dwayne Madsen
Nettie Cordell
Lenox
Wilma Lock
Ed Lock
Ilene Hendrix
Junior Bruntmyer
Mound City
Ray Johnson
Marvin Glover
Toronto
Iva Glover
Esther Stock
Grace Smith
Cecil Maharry
Fred Kopp
Conway
Clara
May Hullinger
Ollie Odle
Calvin Farrell
Nellie Morris
Clarinda
William Hulse
Beatrice Hensley
Helen Hensley
Elsie Thompson
Marie Allen
Maude Pace
Bonnie Glover
Myra Livingston
Tessie Lynch
Briggs & Stratton
Sears
Bedford, Iowa
Elvira, Dean
Deana, Dorothy
Kathryn
Ee m
Hostews
ens Wom= s Society
Verna Cox
BWS
Hazel Barnes
Helen Timberlake
Ruby Park
Thelma Walston
Kathy Sharp
Beulah MacKernen
Dorothy Newkirk
Nina Mick
Jessie Burgmaier
Rosa Runyan
Circle 5
Fredda Wildt
Opie Gunson
Civil Service Examination
Blue Check Room State Savings Bank
Central Ave
Sheriff's Office
Auditors
E. H. Beemer
Taylor County Civil Service
Comm
Steamco
Hardin
Paul Miller
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Harold Fine
Municipal Hospital
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Harry Putnam
Clarkson Hospital
Marvin DeHeus
Wayne, Penn
David McCullough
St. Francis Hospital
Clarence Sleep
RR Watson
Guy Weir
Methodist Medical Center
St. Joseph
Wibholm Hall
S. 6Th
Rotary Anns
Maryville
AID Insurance Services
Gordon C. Hill
Raylor County Nfo
State Savings Bank
Robert J. Dittmer & Sons
Hereford
Lacona
Oe Pena
Wily
Tore Renal Dantes
Robert Dittmer
Lowe Reef Improv
Margaret
Des Wed
SDSS
Thomas
Mis
Thas
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