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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1955
Page
8
Bedford on AWOL two regulars defeated Shenandoah 67 to 39 as Jim Lucas scored 19 and Dick Hunt led Bedford with 17. The Bulldogs trailed 18 40 56 67 by three quarters and split the night with a 43 31 win in the B game.
A new eight man football conference IAMC formed by school heads last week replaces Southwest Iowa Six-Man. It includes Emerson and Stanton in Iowa and Westboro in Missouri with eight teams Hopkins Westboro Emerson Stanton Coin Clearfield College Springs New Market. Schedule set for a seven game round robin in 1956.
Shenandoah 67 Bedford 39 Dowling 55 Mt. Ayr 42 Osceola 5% Lamont 32 Coin 56 New Market 21 Prescott 48 Nodaway 47 Prescott 35 Nodaway 34 Blockton 57 Clearfield 34 Blockton 55 Clearfield 28 Conway 74 Gravity 41 Conway 65 Gravity 63 Leon 67 Seymour 41 Winterset 47 Lenox 43 Leon 70 Bedford 63 Beaconsfield 50 Blockton 34 Blockton 71 Beaconsfield 43
Peggy Rusco, Conway's ace scorer, scored 63 of her team's 65 points on her home court. She outscored Gravity and matched the visiting team's total in Tuesday play.
Leon opened the 1955-56 Bluegrass conference season with a doubleheader sweep over Bedford. In the curtain raiser Decatur countilans beat the Bull pups 49-40, then won the finale 70-63. Don Vawter scored 30 for Bedford while Terry McClure led Leon with 18 points. Leon led 40-29 at halftime.
In Waubonsie conference games Conway swept Gravity in both directions. Girls beat Gravity 65 to 63 as Peg Rusco tallied 63 for Conway while Evelyn Mothershead led Gravity with 35. Boys dominated 74 to 41 with Jerry Beemer scoring 23 for Conway.
Bedford junior high basketball teams earned a double win over Shenandoah in the season opener. In Junior B, Smith scored 8 as Bedford won 33 to 19 against Leedsmen. In the finale, Biers added 10 to power Bedford to a 48 to 36 victory while Shenandoah's Stevens led with 11.
The Blockton team swept both games against Clearfield on Tuesday night in the Wat Honsie conference. The Blockton girls beat Clearfield 55 to 28 led by Mary Skinner with 26 points while Jean Owens added 14 for the losers. In the boys game Blockton remained undefeated at 4-0 with a 57 to 34 win as Phil Hargin scored 14 for Clearfield.
December 2 schedule features Lamont at Mount Ayr Leon at Osceola Lenox at Seymour Bedford at Corydon Blockton at Prescott Nodaway at Clearfield Sharpsburg at Conway. December 6 adds Woudernite Tournament at Gran ty Mt Ayr at Leon Bedford at Lenox Corydon at Osceola.
Bedford bowler Wayne Pruitt placed in the top five at Shenandoah last week and earned a 12 pound dressed turkey in the Classic league roll off for the turkey event. He rolled a 611 to secure entry into the special contest.
At Maryville on Wednesday the Bedford Travelers and Seven-Up teams posted scores 651 852 860 and individual figures Fuller 519 Burks 470 Mathew 479 Crum 394 Harbour 501. At Shenandoah on Thursday no league bowling scheduled. A Thomas Fuller quotation notes God’s gifts and prayer as quieting possession.
Beaconsfield girls defeated Blockton 50 to 34 as Beth Walters scored 35 and Mary Skinner limited. Blockton led 22-20 at halftime but Beaconsfield surged in the third. Jerry Kemery led Blockton’s boys with 30 in a 71-43 win. Crees and Walters each scored 16 for Beaconsfield.
Prescott boys and girls won both ends of a Waubonsie conference doubleheader against Nodaway High. Prescott girls edged Nodaway 35 34 with Judy Stewart scoring 17 and Judy Wallace 20 for Nodaway, while Nodaway outscored Prescott 48 47 as Vic Polson led Prescott with 14 points.
Osceola rolled to a 57 32 basketball victory over Lamoni in the Bluegrass Conference opener. Kendall Adams scored 14 to lead Osceola, while Ed Faunce had 13 for Lamoni. Lamoni trailed 18 17 at halftime.
Hunters were reminded they may hold game for 10 days after season end without a permit but longer storage requires a permit. With a storage permit game may be kept until June 30 1956. Permits are free and applications available from locker plants and conservation officers, returnable to the Conservation Commission Des Moines. Federal rules on waterfowl storage have relaxed and no federal time limit exists for ducks and geese, though Iowa rules apply.
Thanksgiving closures affected squirrel quail and pheasant seasons with short zones ending Nov 1 19 and 24. Conservationists note remaining birds and wary ring necks roamed ahead of opening-day hunters amid steady turkey and deer activity in the region.
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