Harness Races Shine At Taylor County Fair
Outstanding three day harness racing program at Taylor County fair drew strong crowds. Local driver Carl Hamilton kept the action lively while records fell, including Abbedean clocking 2:06% in heat one and Peter F. J. the world record holder on a half mile dirt track showcased to visitors Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Fair
Carl Hamilton
Oska Joop
Hamilton
Fronia McElwyn
Mary Kent
Leola Azoff
Reduah
Lady Harvester
Louise Meadows
Mr. Redmond
Silver Jim
Barney Mac
Catherine Fayorian
Guy Dale
Calumet Dallas
Bogulasa Jr
Charley A
Clara Dear
William King
Leon
Hazel Mac
Tiberius
Joan Watts
Elizabeth Heberling Jr
Claude Direct
Lucinda Caseo
Leeward
Pace
Abbedean
Lee Hedgewood
Kelly Direct
Peter H
Nina Benboe
Peter Duke
da Otis M
Edgar
Hye
Art Blackwell
Hollywood
Calif
Iowa
California
Mae West
N. K. Phipes
Ar‘tergoon
Malvern Harbours All-Stars Head to Friday Tournament
The Malvern Harbours All-Stars travel Friday evening to Malvern to compete in a tournament after drawing a first-round bye and matching the winner of the Council Bluffs Shenandoah game. Local results include the Firemen beating Harbours 23 4 and Pete defeating Wogan 12 4. Tuesday games were canceled for lack of players. Henry Kemery was taken to Clarinda for treatment Monday. A former Bedford resident had been living at the county home for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbours All-Stars
Malvern
Council Bluffs
Henry Kemery
Garrett Brothers Plead Guilty to Liquor Charges
Kenneth Garrett 22 and William Garrett 19 appeared before Judge George A. Johnson to plead guilty to liquor charges. Both were sentenced to terms in Anamosa after arrest Friday evening during the fair by City Marshal Floyd Robinson and Special Officer Charles Cornell. A can of liquor was found in their car. William Garrett, on parole for prior car theft from Fred Martey in Bedford, will serve up to ten years. Kenneth Garrett received one year at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Garrett
William Garrett
George A. Johnson
Amamosa
Marshall Floyd -Robinson
Charles Cornell
Fred Martey
Bedford
Anamosa
C H Contracts To Wash Iowa And DC
One thousand forty five group one contracts of 1935 Corn Hog signers in Taylor county were forwarded to Washington DC by the Des Moines office this week. About four hundred contracts in groups two to four from Taylor county will be sent to Des Moines this week. Checks are expected only after official notice arrives.
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Taylor County
Washington, D. C
Des Moines
Home Talent In Saturday's Racing at Taylor County Fair
Saturday afternoon events on the dirt track at the Taylor County fairgrounds featured home talent races. Robert Greenlee won the half mile car race after a tight contest with Francis Daniels and Jim Duncan. Emeret Wheelen led the stock car race with Manley second and Joe Dawson third. Don Stark won the boys under 13 foot race and also took the free for all. Pony and horse races saw Eldon Brown and Lucas among winners. Free acts rounded out the program.
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Taylor County Fair Grounds
Pagely
Robert Greenlee
Francis Daniels
Jim Duncan
Daniels
Duncan
Greenlee
Emeret Wheelen
Manley
Joe Dawson
Don Stark
M. Stevens
Bill Cross
Doyle Cooper
Jack Caldwell
Robert Phelps
Ivan Lucas
Don Kemple
Eldon Brown
Paul Norris
Lewis Jackson
Lucas
Dawson
Nash
Clem Jeffers
Doctors of County Hold Two Meetings
Members of the Taylor County Medical Association held a noonday luncheon at the Rainbow Hotel in Bedford on Friday for a general discussion. They met again in Bedford on Wednesday at the Court House to hear Dr Denny of Des Moines, director of federal medical relief, with all county doctors in attendance.
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Taylor[ County Medical Association
Rainbow Hotel
Bedford
Denny
Des Moines
Federal Medical Relief
Mrs Grey Miller Named Postmaster at Worris
Mrs Grey Miller has received the appointment as postmaster at Worris South Oak, per word received by her mother Mrs Evans. Miller, a former resident of Bedford before marriage, was born Miss Ethel Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grey ‘Miller
Worris
S. Oak
Evans
Miller
Bedford
Ethel Evans
May Seal Small Grain Plans Discussed In Des Moines
County corn loan head F L Cundy reports from Des Moines that Taylor county will seal oats rye barley and timothy seed within ten days under corn seal plans. Sixty percent of market value determines loan amount. producer liquidity comes without selling grain at low prices. Timothy seed has fallen from 3 dollars to under 1 dollar per bushel, aiding seed storage until markets stabilize.
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F. L. Cundy
Corn Loan Board
Des Moines
Cundy
James Salter
Timothy
County Receives Tax Refund Check For Taylor County
Taylor county will distribute 24859.29 dollars of the sales tax refund to taxpayers via property tax credits. Treasurer J. R. Henderson received the state comptroller check this week and will process refunds within about a month. Taxpayers who are current on taxes will receive a refund. if taxes are unpaid a credit is applied. If the share falls to five dollars or less, it will be credited to the county poor fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
J. R. Henderson
Avi "Atteinedy
Tax Sale Held Here Last Monday
The county tax sale was held at the office of County Treasurer J. R. Henderson Monday with good attendance. The county bid in about 65 properties under the scavenger law, with titles passing to the county if not redeemed within a year. Properties not bid in will be offered again at an October 7, 1935 adjourned sale. Don Foreman, local radio repairman, is among Radio Craft contest’s first fifty entrants for a top prize. In Bedford Johnson plea, Winslow received a 90 day sentence in county jail plus $300 fine and costs for illegal possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Henderson
Ideal Radio Service Shop
Radio Craft
Don Foreman
Winslow
Bedford
George A.johnson
Aysom County
Frank Spurgeon Assault Case Heard in City Court
A Saturday night arrest led to a filing against Frank Spurgeon. City officials reported age related intoxication charges and a hearing before Judge Nevins. A ten‑day sentence was threatened if the alleged offense is proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Spurgeon
Shall Robinson
J. Nevins
History notes on Polk township early settlers and schools
The article outlines Polk township's early history with settlers from 1844, first schools 1856 in Polk, and lists names such as Thompson, Elias Bridgewater, William Ferguson, Peter Chrisman, Rus sell Barnes and James B Campbell among others. It notes Buchanan as an early trading post, the first sheriff James B Campbell, and mentions abundant wildlife and 1855 railroad status. An editor's note credits Charles Cornell for compiling the history for The Times-Press.
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Buchanan
Siam
John Oxley
Polk Township
George Hatfield
Polk
Sarah McFarland
Mr. Thompson
Elias Bridgewater
William Ferguson
Peter Chrisman
Russell Barnes
James B. Campbell
Leonard Reager
Thomas Dakin
Joseph Snodgrass
Thomas Wade
James
Charles Cornell
Taylor County
Rufus E. Lee, 61, Omaha civic leader, dies
Rufus E. Lee, 61, prominent Omaha businessman and civic leader, died at home Sunday of heart disease. He presided over Bates E. Lee & Co investments and led major Omaha building firms and the Chamber of Commerce waterways committee. A Nebraskan, he aided Iowa utilities for 30 years and organized Lee Electric Co serving Clarinda and 12 other Iowa points. Survivors include his wife, two daughters in Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs, three brothers in Clarinda, and a sister in Marshalltown. Funeral was held Tuesday with burial in Omaha.
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Rufus E. Lee
Omaha
Sun
Coitlet
Bates E. Lee’ & Co
Investment Securities
Omaha _ building company
Chamber of Commerce Waterways Committee
Lee
Nebraska
Iowa
Lee Electric Co
Clarinda
Bedford
Carl D. Thomas
Cedar Rapids
Clark H. Calloway
Council Bluffs
Ren Lee
Walter M. Lee
T. Lee
Paul Paddock
Marshalltown
Didja Ever See A West India Gherkin
A note in the Times-Press describes two baby West India gherkins grown and shown in the window by L. D. Anderson, Bedford schools instructor. The spiny gourds grow on a watermelon like vine and are required for any display of fancy picktea.
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Times- Press
L. D. Anderson
Bedford
Reemployment Office Places Men in Work in Taylor County
Taylor county's Reemployment office reports eight men were placed in farm work during July. Headed by Rex Golding, the office plans to assume placement duties from the relief office across the county, gradually taking over all placements in county projects. Rosie Jeanette Stamper Dies After Day-Long Illness at St Joseph Hospital. Hopkins resident, 29, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Sayles, died August 3. Survived by husband and four children, remains brought to Hopkins for funeral services held Monday, burial at Clearfield. A Grav ity seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Johnson cut his hand Monday with a corn knife, requiring several stitches.
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Taylor County
Rex Golding
Hopkins
Rosie Jeanette Stamper
Leslie Johnson
Cecil Morgan
Bedford
Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Oliver Posten
Graviy
Sis
Ewing Bradley
Cresen
Morgan
R. E.bradley
Rural School Teachers Listed Here in County
County Superintendent Anna D Church AML announces 45 rural school teachers listed to begin work Monday September 2. The list by township names teachers including Nodaway Zelma Lowell Mary Marie Olver Treva Milligan Audrel Jeffers Bernice Johnson Fern Barrikht Mason Holt Washington etc. One entry notes a sprained ankle for Mrs C E Carney on the way to the fair, with improvement reported.
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Anna D. Churc- Aml
Nodaway Township
Margaret Spring
Zelma Oliver
Lowell Wallahan
Mary King
Marie Olver
Treva Milligan
Audrel Jeffers
Bernice Johnson
Fern Barrikht
Dallas
Edith Kimpton
Opal Penwell
Marjorie Goudie
Lucille Harvis
Lona Ingram
Theda Cade
Hazel Basher
Opal Wood Lm
Mason
Virginia Wainwright
Helen Cunningham
Helen Pullen
Genevieve Combs
Ruth Worthington
Elza Fine
Holt
Gwendolyn. Crew
Claire Cotter
Maxine Dougherty
Ariel Smith
Crystal Wertz
Mildred Barker
Merle Greeley Washington
Inez Akers
Fayne Pickering
Ethel Yearous
Audrey Grubb
Doris Stephens
Forna Fuller
Catherine Moore
Epee T Crum
Helen Mann Dunning
Corda Fuller Titus
Ethel Hunter Baisley
Doris
Kingsley
Hazel Stephens
Vera Lacox Grove
Ola Abbitt
Maxine Dunbar
Rose Ann Boylen
Leota Drorbaugh
Verla Branan
Vera Kilby
Maysel Grimm
Monna Stogdili
Marshall Township
Carolyn Souder
Fern
Farnham
Grant Township
Flora Ferguson
Mildred Bruner
Ruth Stingley
Avis Stephenson
Cecile Danning
Helen Barraws
Stella Shafer
Gay Township
Clarabelle Moore
Ruby Woodyard
Edna Nickel
Mary Hobbs
Helen Detles
Vivian Fordyce
County Crops Report Indicates Below Normal Yields
Threshing crews report the season nearly finished weather permitting with oats the bright spot though heads often misfitted. Wheat light yields, long straw, charred heads. Hay abundant, pastures deteriorating from dry weather. Corn prospects poor due to rains at planting and later during cultivation. Soybeans coming up spotty from dryness. water supply for stock holding up.
iLocal Batters Defeat Creston in Weekend Baseball
Bedford baseball team defeated Creston 12 to 4 on Sunday as Woods held the opponents in check. Bedford lineup featured new faces and frequent good hits while Creston used several pitchers. Bedford prepares for a Sunday matchup with Des Moines Irish Emeralds, a well known club, under new management praised for bringing a strong opponent.
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Bedford Baseball
Creston
Woods
Bedford
Irish Emeralds
Des Moines
Bedford Battsters
Yellowstone Speckled Trout Exhibition At Times Press Window
Swaddies and dude wranglers who earned their name for service in Yellowstone Park will find an exhibition at the Times-Press window. A salt pickled speckled trout, once seen by park visitors, hangs as proof that trout are biting in Yellowstone Lake. C. C. Carson and Charles Patch recently returned from a western trip and spent time in Yellowstone.
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Yellowstone Park
Times-Press
Park
C. C. Carson
Charles iPatch
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Lake
Miss Betty Morgan No Longer Teaches in Bedford Schools
Betty Morgan, chosen as Commercial instructor after a year away, will not accept the Bedford teaching post. A telegram to the Board of Education reports she will not teach next year on the advice of her physician.
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Betty Morgan
Bedford Schools
Board of Education
Compliance Asked of Contract Signers 1935 Farrowing Rule
Cortn Hog contract signers for 1935 must farrow at least 25 percent of the average pigs raised in 1932 and 1933 to fulfill contracts. They may raise up to 90 percent if desired. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sharp visited Sheridan Missouri Sunday for Amos Riley's seventy fifth birthday party. A basket dinner at noon attended by sixty five people. Riley is a cousin of Mrs. Sharp.
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A. A. Sharp
Sheridan
Amos Riley
Mr. Riley
Sharp
Book review for Last Horizon by J Hilton at church
The second in a series sponsored by the ladies of the Presbyterian church will be presented on Wednesday August 14 at 2 30 PM in the church. Mrs J R Henderson will review James Hilton s new book Last Horizon.
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Ladies of the Presbyterian Church
J. R. Henderson
James Hilton
Laxity With Prisoner Sparks Governor Letter Controversy
County Attorney Roger Warm writes Governor Herring about Ray Garner, jailed for larceny with a ten year max, reportedly visiting home weekends. He cites sheriff and neighbor accounts, notes Garner did not plead guilty to two other charges, and urges strict law enforcement. Also brief notes on Pete brothers aiding in drug store and Crowell’s vacation plans.
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Ray Garner
Fort Madison
Gov. Herring
Roger Warm
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines
Iowa
Tne
T. V. Lacy
Ray Garnet
State of Laws
Roger F. Warin
Tonsillectomies Reported in Bedford and Nearby Towns
Miss Vetaacox of east of Bedford and Reid Jenkins of Blockton had their tonsils removed in Bedford the first of the week. Marilyn Willson of Clarinda also had her tonsils and adenoids removed.
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Miss Vetaacox
Bedford
Reid Jenkins
Blockton
Marilyn Willson
Clarinda
Pollock Injures Finger At Sid Morris Grocery
R. R. Pollock, an employee at Sid Morris grocery, injured the second finger of his left hand while cutting hamburger Saturday evening. The cut finger was lost in the accident.
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R. R. Pollock
Sid Morris
Patrolman Assigned In 9 Counties
State Highway Patrolman Ulm will head a nine county district with headquarters at Mount Ayr. Routes extend east to Corydon and west to Clarinda and include Indianola Creston and Corning. Two trained traffic officers will be in Bedford soon to test first time drivers. Notify those who wrote in or when they arrive. First time applicants who did not write should contact the county sheriff. No extra charge beyond the 25 cent exam fee.
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Ulm
Taylor County
Mount Ayr
Coryndon
Clarinda
Indianola
Creston
Corning
Bedford
Former Blockton Resident Injured in Wreck Near Town
Slanley Dilley of Kansas City Kansas suffered a head laceration needing stitches plus other cuts and bruises when his car collided with a truck near Blockton on Tuesday afternoon. He rode with his mother Mrs. John Dilley Sr and brother John Dilley Jr, a West Point graduate. The Plymouth was nearly demolished and other occupants also sustained injuries.
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Slanley Dilley
Kansas City
Kans
Blockton
John Dilley
John Dney, Jr
West Point
Blackton
New Plymouth
Have You Paid Garden Club Dues
The Garden Club is at work organizing evenings to repaint the rocks spelling BEDFORD on north Madison and to clean the triangle area. State highway workers have kept the grass mowed, and donations of an evening’s labor are welcomed via T. E. Owings or Mrs. Clyde Perkins at the mayor’s office.
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Madison Street
Bedford
T. E. Owings
Clyde Perkins
Negro Minister Cancels Town Dates
Rev. Martin L. Harvey, a Black minister scheduled as guest speaker at the Baptist church, cannot speak Friday as he has been called to New York for business and has canceled speaking dates in southwestern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Harvey
Baptist Shurth
Times-Press
New York
Towa
Mrs Emma Stewart Breaks Hip Again
Mrs Emma Stewart fell at her home Wednesday and fractured a bone below her hip. She was taken to the Osteopathic hospital in Maryville where she rests comfortably and plans call for surgery when able.
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Emma Stewart
Osteopathic Hospital
Maryville
Return of Miss Genevieve Vlomos from extended trip
Miss Genevieve Vlomos arrived home last week after a month long journey visiting Mexico, Arizona and other southern states, California, Colorado and western regions. The report notes a cheerful homecoming and outlines the travel through several western and southern locales.
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Genevieve Vlomos
Mexico
Arizona
California
Colorado
Sune Balsa
Ge Radeo
Cheyenne
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Co. Fair
Garrett Bros
C.H
D.C
Taylor County Group
Doctors of County
Mrs. Grey Miller
Shopman
Pleasant Grove
Arlene Henry
Liberty
Mary Longfellow
Jefferson Township
Hope
Pauline Reed
Big Springs
Doris King
Lena Keith
Platte River
Mabel Kettle
Platteville
Garland’ Ewart
C. E. Carney
Hner
iLocal
Downing
Pete
Merlin Pete
Keokuk
Kenneth Crowell
Harlan Pete
Crowell
Lake Okiboji
Pollock
State Officer
Mt. Ayr
Wreck
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