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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1955
Page
2
Miss Alice Nelson and Miss Pearl Nelson hosted the Travel Club at their home Aeebes with Mrs M D Lewis supervising the social hour. A meeting date change is noted for December 17 Saturday at Mrs M R Sawver’s home with Miss Jane Stewart assisting.
Local Baptist women plan December gatherings at the church parsonage and at members’ homes. Services feature devotions by Mrs Carl Stevens and program led by Mrs Este Larson for the Sisterhood meeting on December 6. A Christmas luncheon with Bible verses is set for December 7.
Fragments list church events and club meetings for early December. Includes luncheons warm-hearted hostess duties, December 5 Sisterhood gathering, December 6 Baptist Missionary Society hosting, Rebekah Lodge 10 a.m. event, December 7 Christmas luncheon by Miss Hare Woods, and Gay Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Reulsh Vo Vo club.
The notice lists meetings for Jehovah's Witnesses with times for Friday December 27 at 8:30 pm, 8:30 pm service meeting, and Sunday December 4 at 7:30 pm Watchtower study. Subjects include Active Trusting Jehovah Overcoming Fear and Building the Armageddon surviving Temple. All are welcome.
The Christian Church issues this week's schedule led by W G Travis and Dick Brown with Leonard Moore assisting. Adult choir practice 7 30 to 8 30, CYH skating at Lenox after leaving church at 6 43, Bible school 10 am, classes for all ages, nursery provided. Worship at 11 am, C H program 6 00 to 7 00 led by Sandra Helm. Family Day Dinner announced for Sunday December 11 for the whole family. Deadline today for those applying to Nebraska Christian College.
The Bedford Baptist Church led by Rev. Clement D. Loew lists Sunday schedule with 10 am church school 11 am worship communion at 11 and 8 pm music. Weekly events include youth fellowship devotionals missionary society Thursday choir practice and senior choir under Mrs. Richard Thompson and Annan. Fifty plus year members to be honored in the 11 am service followed by a church dinner.
A読 compiled roster lists donors and participants with various amounts and names. a note mentions Leonard Wood and Indianapolis visit. In military briefings, Pvt Ario Norris is in Korea for 15 months with wife and child in Ledford. Pvt Francis L. Smith from Blockton joins Sage Brush exercise in Louisiana with 110,000 troops testing new warfare concepts.
Bedford area families report sons serving overseas. Taylor is stationed with Military Police on Guam after transfer from Camp Pendleton. McAlaster serves in Korea with the armed forces, grandson of Bedford residents. McClurg is in Yakota Japan with the air corps. his wife and son joined him there. Cortner, a Navy man, spent leave with Bedford relatives before reporting for duty in San Diego California. White, stationed with the Air Corps in Olathe Kansas, spent the week away.
Odd Fellows of Bedford announce a special fellowship meeting the first monthly night with a social hour after ritual work. A winter month meeting is set for Wednesday December 7 at 7 30 p m. La Verne Peters serves as Noble Grand this term.
Edwin Olson of Clearfield had surgery in Des Moines last week. Mrs. Charles Terrel of Bedford had surgery at St Franks hospital Maryville. Rev Fett has returned to Gravity from a Des Moines hospital after a two week stay. Frank Mayes of Grevin had surgery at Rosam hospital in Carning on Wednesday November 23.
Dewey E. John, a patient in Veterans hospital at Knoxville, visited his parents over Thanksgiving weekend. Sheridan Lady Ts Mrs Esther Blaylock of Sheridan suffered a ruptured blood vessel in the head Saturday and remains confined at home under doctor care with slight improvement. Hickenlooper shows health gains in Madrid Iowa hospital per local minister after a visit.
Rebekah Assembly of Iowa held sessions at the New Market high school auditorium on a Friday afternoon and evening in November. Mrs. Bertha Wymore of Rose Hill and Mrs. Stella Winger of Des Moines attended. The 1956 convention will be in Lenox with new officers led by President Grave Selders.
The Sawyer family and relatives gathered for Thanksgiving at home with members including Mr and Mrs B Sawyer and their children Jill and Steve, Tracy Deborah, and others from Story City Ames Cedar Falls Bloomington and beyond. Notable names include John Sawyer, Tracy Dinsmoor, and Dr James Dinsmoor.
Charlie E Graham died at his home in Sheridan Missouri on November 28. Services were held at Prach Dunfee mortuary in Grant City conducted by Rev L B Daraf. He is survived by his wife Rosetta Graham of the home.
Golden Rule Rebekah lodge will meet at the I O O F hall Tuesday Dec 6 at 7 30 p m for the annual election of officers. Those with 30 plus years of membership and those with birthday anniversaries in the last six months will be honored. A program and refreshments follow with Mrs Mildred Kennedy, Mrs Elsie Dougan and Mrs Ann Lindstedt in charge.
Mrs. Elsie Dougan of Taylor county welfare attended a two day mass feeding demonstration at Fort Des Moines army post on November 17 and 18. The Iowa Department of Social Welfare organized the event with welfare heads invited to participate as part of emergency planning after disasters or wartime panic.
Mrs Dougan led a practical meeting on Civil Defense welfare planning. Demonstrations showed open fire cooking with rubble stoves oil drum utensils and tin can wares. Talks covered water purification nutritious mass meals and rapid feeding methods under county welfare coordination.
Locals Mr and Mrs Frank Thummel and extended family spent Friday in Audubon Iowa visiting Glenn Thummel and family and called on cousin Rockwell Payton in Guthrie Center. Mr and Mrs A W Hamblin observed Thanksgiving in Des Moines with Mrs Hamblin’s sister Marjorie Purmort and guests included Dora Jane Hamblin of Chicago.
Mrs. Ben F Wolverton and family from Cedar Rapids celebrate Thanksgiving with Mary Ben Jr and Paul Wolverton. Fort Bragg North Carolina Mrs W J Powers and Jack Dinges attend. Jack a student at the University of Iowa. Mr and Mrs Leonard Moore enjoy a surprise visit from daughters and families during the holiday. Mr and Mrs M D Root and three children arrive from Pensacola while Mr and Mrs Francis Farlow and four children visit from Emmetsburg Iowa.
Bedford high juniors in American literature classes start a six week unit studying the book Panorama a collection of essays on science hobbies ways of thinking psychological subjects and world problems. Oral reports will accompany the essays and cover personal national and international issues.
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