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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1968
Page
2
Fragmentary garbled OCR mentions a frame end machine and a person name with unclear context. No coherent event, date, or place is discernible to summarize a concrete news item.
The piece lists participants for a 1908 RAS chess gathering at the Taster House and Babtuns Park with numerous names including Janet Akers Livi Hiawatha Kansas Linda Hoares Hall Chares City Iowa Eugene Xing Brimhela TL Lots Genalley Rowe Garwin Iowawarn Ren Wiles Overland Park Kansas Larry Nodman Ames John Eihie Dougherty Osceola Retha Kay Barnes Townsend Bull Townsend Jim Dwinell Des Moines Jim Young Virginia Haynie Abers Canad Janice Walston Bedford.
Classified appears to offer work for mothers and housewives with commissions, bonuses, and training. Includes Avon selling opportunities and local box responses. Ads mention locations in Iowa towns and require provide age status and work history.
The annual Akers Reunion is scheduled for Sunday August 4 with a dashed dinner at the Lake of Three Pure. If rain occurs the dinner will move to the Christian Church basement in Bedford.
Seventy two members of the Frank Greeley family gathered Sunday at Clarin da Park for their annual reunion. Three of four living children attended: Mrs Fannie B Weller of Bedford Indiana Jeanie Newkir Block ton and David Greeley of Burlington Junction Missouri. Guests travelled from Wellington Kansas and Denver Colorado with Mr and Mrs Wendell H Hylton among the out-of-state attendees.
Corning couple Mr. and Mrs. Creland C. Paul announce the engagement of their daughter Susan Lynn to Jack Lo Cox grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hayes of Bedford. An August wedding is planned.
Miss Holmes daughter of Robert Holmes and the late Mrs Holmes of Bedford wed Lowell Allan Ranck son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Ranck of Corning in a candlelight ceremony June 7 at Bedford Methodist Church. Rev Milton Kinney officiated with Nula Holmes as matron of honor and a host of attendants. The couple plans to reside in Appeten Iowa where the groom teaches.
A string of birth notices lists newborns Lonetta Jean born July 18 in Bedford to Lon Luttrell and wife with grandparents Mr and Mrs Longs Luttrell and Mrs Margaret Cook. Lisa Ann born June 28 to Larry Murren and wife with Charlies Parmenter and Bart Murren as grandparents. Amy Lee born July 18 to Rex D. Dukes of Hopkins Missouri with Merle Snyder and others as grandparents. Jeffery Wayne born July 23 to Kenneth McNutt of London Ja with Chas Alc Nutt and Fred McCoy as grandparents. Laura Lorraine born July 29 with Homer Loghry and others as grandparents. plus dates and places tied to Clarinda and nearby communities.
Multiple residents from Bedford Conway and surrounding towns entered Clarinda Municipal Hospital on July dates including Linda Marshall Minnie Oxley and Emmett Wells among others. Several were discharged days later and one case involved a pancreatic ailment while another suffered injuries from a Monday evening car crash with x rays pending.
Farmers enrolled in the 1968 Feed Grain and Wheat Programs will receive final payments and certificates. Final drafts are generated in New Orleans and mailed after county-office checks, with loans available on corn and grain sorghum production.
Ron Sanson announces entry forms for the Midcrest Ber Carcass Show are available at the County Extension Office and Area Extension Office in Creston. Entries due by August 27, with fees due at cattle delivery September kh. Open show invites steer calves not exceeding county fair plans and sets minimum 550 lbs carcass weight, steer weights around 900 lbs preferred.
Funeral services for Esther Eliza Adams Irvin 60 of Athelstan were conducted at the Athelstan Community Church by Rev. Ward Campbell. She died July 23 at Clarkson Hospital Omaha. Interment at Athelstan Cemetery. Born July 2 1888 Walker Iowa. Married February 27 1904 to Harold Franklin Irvin. Survived by husband three children a brother Ray Muscatine 11 grandchildren and two sons in law Wilbur Jackson Carter Lake Iowa.
The article by Dr Alfrest J Prince, Eastern Washington State College, surveys research on predicting marital adjustment before marriage. It highlights ten factors with the strongest validation, including parental happiness, adequate acquaintance, childhood happiness, parental approval, and ethnic and religious similarity as key to future marital success.
Wearin discusses district problems and their impact on farming and the local economy. He notes his 21 years of farming near Red Oak and emphasizes agriculture as the backbone of the region.
Martin Gundlach, Creston Social Security Manager, answers common questions on Medicare enrollment and widow benefits. He notes many insurance plans change automatically and urges contact with the local office months before turning 66 or signing up at age 60. A meeting is set at Bedford Court House on August 6, 1968 at 9 30 a.m.
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