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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
7
A parade of locals and friends from Bedford and nearby towns greets visitors and travelers. Names include Dale White from Los Angeles Glenn Bell from Arcadia and numerous family and business connections across Iowa Nebraska and Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Bock and children Betty and Tommy of Mountain Grove arrived Sunday to visit father D. T. Bock and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Streebin visit Stanhope Town with Mrs. Streebin’s parents. Mrs. Chas. F. Streebin of Bedford stays at the farm with the Streebin children.
Mrs. B A Wolfe and Betty Campbell visit Excelsior Springs and Graham Missouri while Betty and Helen Campbell travel to Peru Iowa. A group enjoys a Sunday gathering at the M P King home and Marie Oglees Mont tours Des Moines. Clearfield and Blockton bands alternate concerts, new property purchases occur, and visiting families from California join local residents. Roy Graves funeral draws Blockton Legionists. golf and picnic outings occur in Winterset and Greenfield.
Mr and Mrs Frank Savage returned from an 18 day bus tour visiting eleven states with stops at Gettysburg Washington D C the World's Fair in New York and Canada Mrs Savage injured her knee after arriving in Washington D C requiring stitches and affecting the remainder of the trip Sunday school at 10 am preaching at 11 am Rev E D Young of Lincoln Neb will preach Sunday evening. Monday at 8 o'clock Quarterly Business Conference.
An excerpt reviews HOMEMAKER'S HANDBOOK by Dorothy Myerson. The preface describes a modern complete reference aiding artful house management with emphasis on planning, orderly work, and practical guidance across five hundred pages.
The chapter titles cover pairs table setting serving marketing and menu planning. The book emphasizes comfort convenience and economy with ideas to save steps dollars and minutes. It suggests studying it could turn the old complaint that a woman's work is never done into one of management yielding leisure time.
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