Gravity Dr Dermody Buys In Veterinary Business
Dr Dermody has purchased an interest in the Gravity veterinary business with Dr F A Hines and plans to make Gravity his home. Local social notes mention New Market O E S officers entertaining members from Gravity Siam Conway Bedford and Clarinda. Thanksgiving visits and family events are listed for Gravity residents and nearby towns with multiple journeys and dinners noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravity
Dermody
F. A. Hines
Thanksgiving Socials Highlight Local Families
Mr and Mrs Jess Johnson hosted guests on Thanksgiving Day including Lowell Leight on and family from Chambers Nebraska Mr and Mrs Raymond Segriff of Creston Forest Posten and Ray Walker and families of Gravity The Rebekah Circle met Wednesday with Mrs Louisa Perry and her daughter Mrs Faye Adams assisting refreshments were served
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Johnson
Lowell Leighton
Chambers, Nebr
Raymond Segriff
Creston
Forest Postenena
Ray Walker
Gravity
Rebekah
Louisa Perry
Faye Adams
Local Families Share Weekend Visits Across Towns
Mrs Gussie Williamson and Mrs Trevor Winney with daughter Marjorie of Shenandoah spent Sunday at the J Williamson cafe. Mrs J S Francis left Saturday for Chicago to visit daughter Mrs Scott Cramer. Mr and Mrs Ralph Wilson of Gus visited relatives including grandparents Mr and Mrs George Shum and Mrs Chas VanAlstine. Lowell Leighton and family, long visiting relatives, whereabouts noted in local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussie Williamson
Trevor Winney
Marjorie
Shenandoah
Orville Williamson
Clarinda
J. Williamson Cafe
J. S. Francis
Chicago
Scott Cramer
Ralph Wilson
Gus
George Shum
Chas. VanAlstine
Lowell Leighton
Mrs Heatherington Dies at Home Near Guss
Mrs. Jim Heatherington died at her home four miles southeast of Guss at midnight Tuesday after a brief illness. She leaves husband and six children Margaret Laura Isabelle Nellie William and James. Funeral at Fairview church Friday afternoon by Rev. W. H. Warrior. Burial in Prairie Rose cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Heatherington
Guss
Margaret
Laura
Isabelle
Nellie
William
James
Fairview Church
W. H. Warrior
Blockton
Prairie Rose Cemetery
Thanksgiving oyster supper and community events list
The Helping Hand club hosted an oyster supper at Mr. and Mrs. John Groff home with all club families in attendance. Various Thanksgiving visits and social activities spread through local families including Iveyville talent plans and multiple visits to relatives in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helping Hand Club
John Groff
Social Rounds Across Des Moines and Nearby Towns
Mrs Maude Barlow of Des Moines and her brother Carl Little of Portland visited in Des Moines area homes. Other gatherings included dinner at the Thummels, visits to the Thompson and Bird households, and social hours with the Hensleys Hicks Olmstead Melvin and Dickerson families during a weekend in late November.
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Bedford and Vicinity
Families and relatives from Bedford and nearby towns shared Thanksgiving Day in homes of relatives. Names include Floyd Churchill with John Wogan and Paul in Bedford, Herschel O Doherty with Jim Thompson and Bonnie Jean, Harvey Howard near Hopkins, Eugene Crane with L M Bird and others, Olin Thummel in Des Moines, and Edd Bird with his daughter in New Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Churchill
John Wogan and
Paul
Bedford
Herschel O’dougherty
Jim Thompson
Bonnie Jean
George Howard
John O’dougherty
Herschel
Hubert
Duane
Harvey Howard
Hopkins
Eugene Crane
Entertaining During Thanksgiving Dinners Across Town
West Gay area residents hosted or joined multiple Thanksgiving dinners. Families including the Blane, Warrick, Adams, Walkup, Landrus, Heindel, Ernest, Larsson, Buxton, Anderson, Blane, and Wilson households shared meals in Clarinda Siam Genoa East Mission Blockton and nearby communities.
Sheridan Union revival meeting gains momentum
The Union revival, ongoing for a week, attracts growing crowds with Rev. Mrs. Evans aiding the local ministers. Mrs. I. E. Churchill hosted the birthday dinner on Sunday November 22 for her family, with honor guest Mrs. Jane Barks and relatives Cecil and Basil Churchill, plus Mr. and Mrs. Lorien Boyd and Mrs. Nettie Caldwell attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Churchill
Jane Barks
J. E. Churchill
Cecil and
Basil
Lorien Boyd
Nettie Caldwell
Sheridan Bearcats Fall at Home in Embarrassing Loss
The Sheridan Bearcats lost their first home basketball game of the season Tuesday night to Gaynor by a 15 16 margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Bearcats
Gaynor
Four new members join O E S chapter Tuesday evening
Four new members were taken into the O E S chapter Tuesday evening, Mrs. E A Merckling, Mrs. Irvin Stanley and Mr. and Mrs. Roger McAllister. Refreshments were served to thirty two. A basket dinner was held at the Christian church Sunday after the 11 oclock union services at the M E church. A meeting of the Worth County Christian churches was held in the Christian church after the basket dinner Sunday afternoon and union services again in the evening.
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O.E.S
E. A. Merckling
Irvin Stanley
Roger McAllister
Christian Church
M.E. Church
Worth County Christian Churches
B. A. Wolfe
Death and funeral for Madelyn Ray in Isadora
Five year old Madelyn Marine Ray daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ray died after a short illness with typhoid fever at Missouri Methodist Hospital St. Joseph. Funeral services were held in Isadora conducted by Rev. L B Day. Other notices recall Maggie Baker and Lon Robinson traveling to LaHarpe Kansas for a death in the family and Bert Dewis with Zane Hammer and family traveling to Kansas City for Thanksgiving activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn Ray
Madelyn Marine Ray
Jimmy Ray
Isadora
L. B. Day
Missouri Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Maggie Baker
Lon Robinson
LaHarpe, Kans
Jimmy Lamunyon
Bert Dewis
Sheridan
Zane Hammer
Allendale
Kansas City
Local Family Visits and Travel Highlights
The record notes several local movements including Mrs Zola Majors hosting a daughter’s family for a few days, Dall Churchill and wife on a business trip to St Joseph, evangelist Rev Evans dining with them on Thanksgiving Day, and Arthur Young and wife departing for Palisade Colorado to stay with her sister Myra Wilson. David Hooper and wife visited Clarksdale and Maitland with Charley Reid joining for an extended stay. Alda Taylor and husband from Union Nebraska visited Mrs Rachel Taylor through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zola Majors
Dall Churchill
St. Joseph
Mr. Evans
Arthur Young
Palisade
Colo
Myra Wilson
David Hooper
Clarksdale
Charley Reid
M. E
Reid
Maitland
Alda Taylor
Union
Nebr
Rachael Taylor
Notice of Will Probating in Taylor County Court
In District Court November Term 1936 case 5042 Charles W Flaharty deceased. An instrument purporting to be his last will dated April 13 1935 was filed opened and read. Hearing on proof is fixed for ten o clock A M December 5 1936 at the Bedford Iowa courthouse before the District Court or the Clerk. All interested persons must appear and show cause why the will should not be probated. Dated Bedford November 16 1936. Frank Herriott Clerk of District Court
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Charles W. Flaharty
Bedford
Iowa
District Court
Local Visitors And Thanksgiving Gathering At Bedford A Community Roundup
Mrs D T Waldrip returned from Kansas City Monday. Mr and Mrs O K Strike and family of Toulon Ill came Tuesday to visit Mrs Cora Wilson. They returned home Friday. Harry Perkins and son Ernest from Rouleau Sask visited the H S Campbell home Monday. Miss Lavona Drake of Des Moines spent Thursday with her parents the Elbert Drakes. Mr and Mrs C B Walters Ada Fern and Lee of Bedford and Mary Kathryn Berry of Clarinda visited the Overholser home Thursday. The Overholser family spent Sunday in Bedford with the Walters family. Miss Opal Amick of Williamson visited her parents the Amicks. Miss May Streepy came Wednesday evening to visit Ola Mincks. She returned to Creston Sunday. Mr and Mrs Weidman and son Lloyd of Elliott spent Thursday and Friday. Dinner was served Thanksgiving Day at the Methodist church by the Ladies Aid. Mr and Mrs Earl King and family of Gravity spent Thursday.
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D. T. Waldrip
Kansas City
O. K. Strike
Toulon
Ill
Cora Wilson
Harry Perkins
Ernest
Rouleau
Sask
Canada
H. 5. Campbell
Lavona Drake
Des Moines
Elbert Drake
C. B. Walters
Ada Fern
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O.E.S. of Gravity
Siam
Conway
Chambers
George Pierce
Robert
Red Oak
Elven Pierce
Nodaway
Ray Curtis
Omaha
Jim Ackley
Bert Pierce
West of
Mary Twaddle
Braddyville
J. Williamson
R. B. Monahan
Chas. Menoher
Lenox
Irene Jesse
Elmytha
Excelsior Springs
Elmer Dutton
Elmer Beezley
Yorktown
Elmer Burwell
Miami
Florida
R. W. Coan
Leoma Walker
Floy Madden
Bissinger
Kenneth Parks
Albert Parks
Goodrich
America
Odrich
Guy’s Tire and Battery Shop
Heatherington
Paul Firkins
Bonnie Marie
Roe van Alstine
Patsy Jane
Frank Hyde
Elmer Ruppert
Henry French
Guss Society
Aks Ladies Aid
Mrs. Estle
Iveyville
Guss Locals
Cosby Gray
Burlington Junction
Howard Smith
Wesley Walters
Lewis Vandevender
Hepburn
Gilbert Branan
Raymond Warne
Rollie Mackey
Anna Lou
Wilbur
Valjean
Helen
Viola Branan
Arthur Bell
Famiy
Everett Maxwel
John Williams
Villisca
Gerald Werner
Baby
Carrol Gray
William Lee
John Spring
Margareen
Spring
Will Rock
P.T. A
Sunny Slope School
Keith Spring
Deloris McCoy
Bob Skienck
Blair
Claude Wallahan
Maude Barlow
Carl Little
Portland
Ore
Frank Thummel
Thummel
Mr. Little
Elmer Thompson
Ted Proctor
Donald
Andy Moorehouse
Darwin
Max
Ralph Hensley
Bonnie
Phyllis
Eldon
Will Henning
Clyde Olmstead
L. M. Bird
Bedford Times-Press
Bessie McKee
West Gay
Scott Blane
Gerald Warrick
Paul Adams
Paul Eshelman
Shirley Adams
Maxine Brown
Vernon Schenck
Pauline Walkup
Maryville
Glen Walkup
Gene
Roy Landrus
Cora Heindel and
Alfred Buxton
Clearfield
Clifford Buxton
East Mission
J. J. Anderson
Paul Blane
Roy Henderson
Glen Wilson
Iris Mae
Kamsas City
W. A. Fox
Conoco
Bedford Oil Co
Main St. Station
J. G. Thompson Oil Station
R. W. Thompson Oil Station
F. W. Farlow
State of Iowa
Taylor County
Seal of the District Court
Frank Herriott
Lerika
Adlerika Pote Drug Company
Pauline Johnson
Scott Johnson
Lake Weldon
Mrs. Griffin
Margaret Griffin
Maloy
St. Louis
Ruby. Amick
Des. Moines
EB. FP. Amick
Glenn Warden
Reese Zollman
Chillicothe
David Stephens
Conner Stephens
Cheyenne
Wyo
Robert Judy
Mrs. Stephens
M. L. Judy
J. T. Maley
Sam Warden
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C. V. Fordyce
Louise Straight
Truman Straight
N. O. Hickenlooper
Rep
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Cedar Rapids
L. J. Jones
C. M. Duff
Wendall Warrior
Warrior
Susie Thompson
Don Kenery Ford
Ames
R. O. Ford
Clyde Miller
California
Asa Harris
Redding
E. F. Amick
Margaret Hanks
Charley Hanks
H. S. Campbell
Roy Denhart
Mount Ayr
Continental Oil Company
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