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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1936
Page
4
Numerous residents in Taylor County and surrounding communities are ill or convalescing. Names include Mrs. W. A. Houck Bedford Orval Shepherd New Market and Miss Mabel Hartley Des Moines. Several hospitalizations and surgeries are reported at St. Joseph Iowa Methodist and Savannah sanatorium facilities.
Hertz Went to Sidney Monday evening where she acted as one of the judges in a declamatory contest. She was accompanied by Mrs Alan Thompson and Miss Hathryn Culp.
Mrs. L A Warner of Twin Falls Idaho formerly Miss Ethel Manker of Bedford died in a Rochester Minnesota hospital on Wednesday November 25 according to a Bedford report. She was the daughter of the late Dr G F Manker and survived by her husband two daughters and a son. The body was taken to Twin Falls for funeral services held Monday November 30.
Orr Fisher of Mount Ayr, a noted artist, was a guest of M. G. Maxwell in Bedford Tuesday. While here Mr. Fisher had a number of his paintings on display, which were viewed by many friends here.
Rose B. Widner has had a recent stroke and remains in very poor health. He is at his daughter’s home in Pinehurst Washington. He formerly lived in Conway and is the brother of L. C. Widner of Bedford.
Dr. C W Steward hosted a dental clinic at his Radford office with dentists from Mount Ayr Corning and Hopkins in attendance. Dr Ralston of New York led the session on Local Conduction Anesthesia.
A marriage license was issued in Maryville on Tuesday to Clarke Hubbard of Blockton and Pauline Garrett of Maloy.
Leonard Ross living one mile east of Conway states his horse and saddle barn is open to the public at any time and visitors are welcome. He is a longtime breeder with two Axworthy strain horses, a stallion and a 3-year-old filly. Silver Dick Jr. is a high school and trick horse. the filly is a top saddle mare in the state. Pete Davenport of Lenox is back in county jail after a 30-day commitment from Judge Goodale on an intoxication charge.
Len Maxwell avoided serious injuries when his car struck a cement culvert about four miles south of Bedford on highway 148. The vehicle was heavily damaged in the collision reported by authorities.
A Thanksgiving day meal at the home of Mr and Mrs J F Haidsiak east of Bedford brought together Mr and Mrs R G Singleton and son Marvin of Kansas City John Annan of Yorktown Mr and Mrs Frank Haidsiak and son Carol Mr and Mrs Fay Dukes and son Kenneth all of Blockton.
Mrs. Byron Engle will host the P. E. O. Sisterhood Christmas gathering Monday evening December 7. Mrs. R. A. Taylor Jr. will discuss the Old Jerusalem and Mrs. Allen W. Hamblin will present Modern Jerusalem.
The Ryan clan gathered at Luther Sharp’s northeast of Bedford for Thanksgiving with Dan and Leo Ryan from Lenox and Council Bluffs, Daniel Ryan and daughters from Gravity, Franklin Burch and Roland from Conway, plus relatives from Raton NM absent. A second gathering at Orville Allen’s featured J. M. Stickelman Ed and Orville Glover Floyd Cobb and Mildred Paul Cobb and families Roe Bradley James Allen Lucille Edward Allen and the hosts.
Mrs Hattie Haller entertained Miss Cora Kemper Mrs E E Healy and Miss Roxie Reid at a turkey dinner in the Rainbow Hotel on Thanksgiving Day. The afternoon was spent at the Kemper home.
Mrs H L Ranbarger entertained a group of girls and boys Saturday evening for Dorlee Ranbarger's twelfth birthday anniversary. Games and refreshments filled the evening. Guests included Charlotte Kennedy Doris Rimel Josephine Moore Lavonne Hamilton Jeanette Lucas Virginia Clayton Robert Nelson Robert Dobson Robert Salen Decker Hahn Harlan Ulmer Jack Burks Ben Morris. Evening dinner guests on Thanksgiving Day at Mrs Sarah Butts and Miss Linnie Butts included Mr and Mrs Glenn Butts and several Payton and Thummel family members who brought baskets for the meal.
Herbert Owens received a surprise birthday anniversary at his home Monday evening organized by Mrs. Owens. Pinocle was played at three tables with Mrs. Ray Kennedy high scorer. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Poole whose wedding anniversary also occurred that day. Refreshments were served.
A series of birth notices list newborns from Ernest Hawbeck Sheridan Missouri to Bailey Gabbert Sheridan Missouri and Frank Bowen Conway with children named Randall Rae and Donavan Leroy. Other births include Jeanette for Dan Mayfield Waco Texas and Marilyn Jo for the Osmond Conway Bedford connections.
If you plan to buy a farm and take possession March 1 act soon. First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago offers well located farms at attractive prices with possession March 1. Write Fieldman W. H. Miller in Atlantic Iowa or Harold Oldham in Des Moines Iowa.
A local veteran laments an unfulfilled pledge as Neo Pensions delay until 1942. He argues retirees 65 and older deserve support, noting no pensions no jobs and questioning future aid for workers like Helen D Nation.
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