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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1963
Page
3
Publication note sets weekly schedule and mailing details for Bedford edition. It lists editor James 8 Taylor and outlines subscription prices for local adjoining counties and the United States, with annual and six month rates.
The article notes basic grammar spelling and math tables remain essential while education shifts toward teaching machines and programmed books. Educators foresee pupils learning at their own pace with less repetition as reforms approach this fall.
An Indiana University study under contract with the U S Office of Education concludes that what-no-baby-talk language used by children is far more advanced than language found in most elementary school books.
Parents can research home study topics with free or low cost booklets. Sources include Your Child and Science from NSTA, Foreign Language in Elementary Schools from FLRC, The Revolution in School Mathematics from NCTM, and Your Child and Reading from NEA Journal Reprints, all based in Washington DC area.
Jottings recalls Marjorie Nisbet and family gathering August 3 and 4 near Rollo Illinois for Matthew Nisbet’s 1863 stone house anniversary. Attendees from Illinois New York California Wisconsin Nevada and Iowa plus 250 signers at a Sunday open house. The event featured a North Illinois University visit and a lively Earlville centennial parade nearby.
Sacred Heart Church led by Rev. Stephen Kane holds services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 8 a.m. and on the 1st 3rd and 5th Sundays at 10 a.m. Jehovah's Witnesses schedule weekly Bible studies at 204 Jefferson St with sessions Tuesday 8 p.m. Bible Book Study and Friday 9 p.m. Development Class. public talks at Sunday 2 p.m. and Watchtower Study at 3:15 p.m.
Community church notice lists Bible study at 10 a m worship at 11 a m communion at 11 30 a m every Lord s Day with Youth Fellowship at 7 p m on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month near Bedford three miles south of Bedford Ohio area
John D. Kerr will lead worship at 9 30 Sunday with Sunday school following at 10 30 at the Presbyterian church.
Pastor Walter Ortmann leads a prayer meeting Thursday at 8:00 p.m. A radio broadcast Sundays at 8:45 a.m. on KNIM 1580 in Maryville Missouri. No regular services until August 29 due to Family Camp in Weeping Water Nebraska from August 14 to 25.
J Milton Kinney leads Methodist services with church school at 9:00 a.m. and worship at 10:00 a.m. Choirs meet Thursday evening and Mission Commission gathers. Aug 18 picnic at Bibbins Park noon. Aug 25 Sub District MYF Rally at Lake of Three Fires at 3:00 p.m.
Calvin Caughey leads services at Lake of Three Fires with 9:30 church school and 10:30 worship. Junior High Y F at 6:30, no Senior High. Week ahead includes Boy Scouts Monday 7:00, Women’s Society Tuesday 2:00, Deacons 8:00, and a Thursday 6:00 ice cream social hosted by the sophomore class.
Wayne Cole of BHS, back from a teaching year at Keele University in England, discusses UK public honesty, political caution during an election year, and attitudes toward Americans. He notes British tolerance, views on Cuba and the Skybolt issue, and contrasts in student freedom and nationalism with the United States.
Omega Burwell thanks friends for cards letters gifts and flowers received during hospital stay and after returning home. She appreciates personal visits and inquiries and treasures the memory of the kindness.
Mrs. Lee Hinton of Blockton learns of the death of her brother Henry Cain of Portland Oregon. A former tire adjuster for Henry Field Tire Station, Mr Cain previously lived in Shenandoah. Interment took place in Portland Oregon.
Charles Woodrow Northover age 49 died of a heart attack while farming at Klamath Falls Oregon on July 23 1963 He was born on a farm south of Hopkins Missouri and attended Hopkins and Bedford High Schools He married Betty Swaim in Moses Lake Washington in 1942 and had five children and a grandson Services were held at Klamath Falls Memorial Park on Saturday July 27
The Extension Council of Taylor County Iowa will hold a meeting on August 28 1963 at 9 00 P M in the County Extension Office Bedford Iowa Taxpayers may express support or opposition to the proposed expenditures for the 1964 fiscal year The secretary notes line items totaling four thousand five hundred seven dollars ten thousand eight hundred seventeen dollars ten thousand two hundred ninety one dollars thirteen thousand six hundred eighty five dollars one thousand six hundred eighty five dollars none twelve thousand dollars
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