Response Is Being Made In Seal Sale
Bedford launches Christmas Seals to fight tuberculosis with mail campaigns. The committee reports strong reader reaction and many donors. Listed purchasers include Dr. J. F. Hardin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
J. F. Hardin
T. E. Anderson
A. B. McCaun
Paul Morris
A. J. Bridges
Alice Hale
Harry Aitken
Ella Meikle
H. O. Paulson
H. P. Long
Jay Terrill
Frank Mohler
W. E. Crum, Jr
B. Walters
Des Moines Guests Honored At Hamblin Dinner Party
Miss Dora Jane Hamblin hosted a buffet dinner Friday evening at her parents home to honor guests Miss Ruth Abramson and Miss Dorothy Abramson of Des Moines. Other attendees included Miss Wilma Shum Bud Wetmore Eugene Jared Arthur Lewis Bishop and R. Jay Nash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dora Jane Hamblin
Allen W. Hamblin
Ruth Abramson
Dorothy Abramson
Wilma Shum
Bud Wetmore
Eugene Jared
Arthur Lewis Bishop
R. Jay Nash
Will Tie Comforter At Kemper Home
Miss Cora Kemper will host the Loyal Woman's Bible class of the Church of Christ at her home Friday for an all day meeting. A covered dish dinner will be served at noon and the day will be spent tying out a Sacomforter. Miss Beatrice Beall begins work as a stenographer in the law office of O J Kirketey starting Wednesday.
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Kemper
Cora Kemper
Loyal Woman's Bible
Church of Christ
Kirketey
Beatrice Beall
O. J. Kirketey
Donations Sought for Annual Kids Christmas Dinner
Readers respond slowly to last week’s appeal for donations to fund the annual kids Christmas party. A group of men pledges to organize the dinner and raise funds, with a committee ready to solicit if needed. Donations accepted at the Times-Press office. about twenty subscribers have already given a dollar each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Press Office
Security Blanks Due Saturday for Employee SS Forms
Saturday December 5 is the deadline for returning employees Social Security blanks. Postmaster Eunice Hamilton says blanks are being handed in slowly and urges all blanks be submitted so they can be sent to headquarters on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Hamilton
Preaching Mission Closes On Sunday
An eight day Protestant preaching mission sponsored by churches across the United States continues in Bedford this week. Four churches cooperate with ministers alternating sermons from their pulpits, concluding with a Sunday evening service and a youth oriented night tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bedford
Assessors to Meet Dec 29 in Bedford
Taylor county assessors will meet at the court house in Bedford on December 29 to receive instructions and supplies. A state official will explain new rulings on taking valuations as land valuations and improvements are assessed separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Court House
Bedford
Thos. L. Kuhn
State Board of Assessment
Creston
Baptists Plan For Special Meetings In City
Special meetings will be held at the Baptist church all next week continuing the four-church Preaching Mission. Older Boys and Girls Conference in New Market Monday and a men’s association meeting in Shenandoah Monday evening. Rev. W. H. Moge leads with Rev. Harry Secor assisting from Chariton Iowa.
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The
Baptist Church
New Market
Association
Shenandoah
W. H. Moge
Harry Secor
First Baptist Church
Chariton, Towa
Court Adjourns Taylor County District Court
Judge H. K. Fuller adjourned the November term until Monday of next week. Petit jurors were told by telephone to report Tuesday instead. Grand jurors made their annual county farm inspection trip Wednesday as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Fuller
Taylor County District Court
Petit Jury
Grand Jury
Schoolmasters Plan County Basketball Tourney in Bedford
The Taylor County Schoolmasters Club met at the Bedford schoolhouse to arrange winter events including the county basketball tournament set for February 18 to 20 with Davia of Corning as game official. Declamatory preliminaries for group one will be held January 25 at Clearfield and for group two at Gravity. finals occur at New Market.
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Taylor County Schoolmasters
Bedford
Davia of
Corning
Clearfield
Gravity
Blockton
Lenox
Sharpsburg
Conway
New Market
R. BR. Watson
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Supt
LaMar
Hertz
Lay
Cook
Latimer
Cavenaugh
Thompson
Hefley
Yost
Bedford Country Club Stockholders Elect Directors
Stockholders will hold their annual meeting and election at the club house Tuesday evening December. A Dutch treat and social entertainment will follow. Three directors are to be elected for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Country Club
Wearin To Speak At Glenwood Dec. 11
Claude P. Lawler Mills County Democratic chairman announces Young Democrats will hold a vicar celebration in Glenwood Iowa on December 11 at 8 p.m. at the Armory Building honoring the reelection of Congressman Otha D Wearin. Wearin will give his first official speech after the election likely outlining the Roosevelt program for the next two years. The event offers a free feed and a free dance with invited Democrats and Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude P. Lawler
Mills County
Otha D. Wearin
Iowa
Armory
Glenwood
Lawler
Wearin
Roosevelt
Mrs Henderson Guest Entertainer at Pickering Methodist
R Henderson of Bedford entertained at Pickering Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon reviewing White Banners by Lloyd Douglas. Guests from Hopkins and Maryville attended with Pickering High School students and teachers as tea followed the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Henderson
Bedford
Pickering
Lloyd Douglas
Hopkins
Maryville
Pickering High School
Henderson
Cora Beall
Bedford Public Library
Eikes Visit Estherville Before South Dakota Appointment
Mr and Mrs O Manley Eike and son of Estherville arrive for a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs E P Patch. They will travel to Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota next week where Mr Eike begins as an instructor in the Indian schools and Mrs Eike serves as adviser to women in home making in a civil service appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eikes
South Dakota
O. Manley Eike
Estherville
E. P. Patch
Rosebud Reservation
So. Dakota
Pasture Tests Planned Across Taylor County Farms
Taylor county will demo pasture land management to boost grass production on small plots at Clifford Temple ton farm Ross township H L Knox farm Grant township and E E Jones farm Holt township with limestone applications this fall. A further plot may be set at C E Burton Mason township with three treatments reseeding only limestone and reseeding limestone phosphate and reseeding. Ed Dyas Iowa State College crop specialist backs est aims to double pasture output with liming and reseeding. 4 H girls leaders will meet December 15 in Bedford to plan next year’s work with Mrs Edith Barker assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Clifford Temple
Ton
Ross Township
H. L. Knox
Grant Township
E. E. Jones
Holt Township
C. E. Burton
Mason Township
Iowa State College
Bedford
Edith Barker
County Fat Cattle Top Chicago Show
Sam Wurster of Clearfield topped the Chicago International car load fat cattle show with a first in the Hereford division for medium weight steers and a second in the Hereford division for a light weight load. Wurster entered three loads, purchased at Omaha and Denver a year ago and previously prize feeder steers at those shows. C A Boyer of Sharpsburg also earned a place in the middleweight Hereford class amid praise for local feeders competing nationwide under harsh heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Wurster
Taylor County
Clearfield
Chicago
United States
Iowa
Curtail Work On W P A Projects
WPA workers have been withdrawn from the lake project northeast of Bedford and all Siam road work halted this week. CCC crews take over as farmers on WPA projects are removed to the Resettlement Administration. Reopened later when workers reassigned. three weeks of warm weather could finish the paving east of town to Athelstan. All county sanitary privy work under WPA supervision has stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Lake Project
Bedford
CCC
Siam Road
Resettlement Administration
Athelstan
Third Generation Born In Old Bowen Homestead
Randall Rae Bowen born Saturday November 28 is the third generation in the Bowen family to be born in the old Bowen homestead near Conway. He joins Frank Bowen and E R Bowen as the prior generations born in the same house.
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Randall Rae Bowen
Frank Bowen
Conway
Bowen
Bowen Homestead
Randall Rae
E. R. Bowen
Mr. J. C. Hostetter Dies in Braddyville at 83
J. C. Hostetter, 83, father of Mrs. C. A. Reynolds of Bedford, died at his Braddyville home Thursday morning November 26 after long illness. Survived by wife and four children. Funeral held at Braddyville Christian Church Saturday afternoon with burial in the local cemetery. The couple previously lived in Bedford for about six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hostetter
C. A. Reynolds
Bedford
Braddyville
Town
Braddyville Christian Church
Teachers' Group Meeting Saturday in Bedford
The rural teachers group marks its fourth gathering in Bedford to share methods and discuss problems. Teachers from Clayton Gay Jackson and Jefferson will attend Saturday morning from 9 to 11 in the Bedford court room under Mrs Anna Engle's supervision. After Christmas holidays the meetings resume with focus on intermediate and upper grade work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Room
Bedford
Anna Engle
Clayton
Gay, Jackson and
Jefferson
Car License Plates for 1937 Now On Sale
Car license plates for 1937 went on sale December 1 at the County Treasurer J. R. Henderson's office and will be issued without extra penalty until February 1. A delinquent fee of one dollar applies after that date. Plates are white with blue figures. Local office handled many orders for preferred numbers as owners seek specific digits. Cash with requests filled by order received if the number was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Henderson
Ruth Price Buys Partner's Share in The Mary Alice Shoppe
Ruth Price and Lona Aiton dissolved their partnership last week with Price buying Aiton's share. Hoktense Meikle now assists Price in the shop while Aiton joins Velens company as a demonstrator and saleslady for beauty products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Price
Lona Aiton
Bedford Gun Club Turkey Shoot At Club Grounds
Members of the Bedford Gun Club and friends held a turkey shoot on the club grounds Tuesday afternoon. Fifteen or more participated and disposed of several fine gobblers and hens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Gun Club
Parks Receive 15 Ib Salmon From Son
Mr and Mrs John Parks received a fifteen pound fresh salmon from their son Earl Parks of Seattle Washington for Thanksgiving Day dinner. Mrs Parks knows how to fry the fish with skin down first then finish to a golden brown. Guests Saturday for dinner included their daughter and her family Troy Thompson Dorothy Carl Marley Lois Robert and Glenn Van Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parks
Earl Parks
Seattle
Wash
Dorothy
Carl Marley
Lois
Robert
Glenn van Camp
Neighbors Assist Wood Saws for Walkers in Bedford
A group of northeast Bedford neighbors aided the Walker household by sawing wood on Tuesday. Mr. Harve Walker underwent appendicitis surgery at Missouri Methodist hospital in St. Joseph after being taken there Monday, with Mrs. Walker accompanying him and returning home Tuesday evening. Helpers included Paul Zeluf Ralph Zeluf Ralph Beltz Gus Anderson L E Wyckoff Henry Martin Henry Barr and Bert Shimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Walker
Bedford
Help Wanted at Rede97 Reemployment Office Call Now
Need Welp an extra clerk or help of any kind, call Rede97, the Reemployment office in the court house. They have lists of those desiring employment and a full history of their qualifications. Toldo, Max Cornet and his sister, Je cis Cornet, were taken to children's home in Toledo, 1 Sree Tuesday, by Sherifigy'. v. Lacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rede97
Court House
Toldo
Max Cornet
Je Cis Cornet
Toledo
Sherifigy
Mohler Sells Paper to L M Shaw of Bedford
Harlan M. Mohler who edited the weekly newspaper at New Market for five years sold the paper to L M Shaw of Bedford, editor of the Taylor County Herald. The name remains, printing shifts to the Herald plant briefly before a New Market plant is set up with Jay Squies as editor. Mohler stays in Bedford at the Times-Press office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan M. Mohler
New Market
Southwest
Mohler
Bedford
Times-Press
Local Light Office Show At Bedford Office
The Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Company will hold a Home Appliance show at its Bedford offices on Thursday afternoon December 10 from 2 to 9. The latest electrical appliances will be displayed and demonstrated. Coffee will be served. Read the advertisement elsewhere in the Times-Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company
Bedford
Times-Press
Signing Applications For 1936 Conservation
Farmers of Taylor county sign their 1936 agricultural conservation sheets to receive checks later. About a quarter of the cooperating farmers have signed. contracts and papers will go to Des Moines and then Washington before checks return. The first batch leaves Taylor county in about ten days, with checks due back in 10 to 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Des Moines
Washington
Santa Parade Promises Humpty Dumpty in Bedford Visit
Radiogram from Santa in Bedford announces a pre Christmas parade on Tuesday December 15 featuring Humpty Dumpty on a wall float. Also shows grotesque figures toys Mickey Mouse lion tiger dragon clowns in dazzling costumes with banners for a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humpty Dumpty
Santa Claus
Bedford
Santa
Ags
Prestias
Sam Dumpty
Toyland
Animal Kingdom
Mickey Mouse
Times-Press
Bedford Plans Christmas Light Display Next Sunday
Bedford officials announce a downtown Christmas light display will be erected next Sunday. The project details come from the Highb company office, with formats received and confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Highb.company
Rural schools honor roll grows with dental checks
Two more rural schools join the Dental Honor Roll after inspections by family dentists. Holt No 4 requires no corrections this year while Holt No 7 lists pupils such as Dean Posten and Lois Dunkin among those checked. Marshall No 4 leads the county list.
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Margaret Turner
Holt
Marjorie Goudie
Marshall
Holt No. 4
Ross No. 1
Ivan Thompson
Lars Keith
James Tranbarger
Richard Jones
Duane Dalton
Jean Jones
John J. Thornton
Dayle Tranbarger
Aletha Thompson
Holt No. 7
Dean Posten
Lois Dunkin
Darlene Simmer
Paul Baker
Ivan Barker
Ralph Barker
Dorothy Burner
Oh Boy Oh Boy Was He White Truck Dynamite Crash
A southbound truck at sixty miles an hour on No 148 neared a railroad crossing near Gravity. It swerved to avoid the one oclock passenger train, clipped the rear of the train, rolled down an embankment, and struck a telegraph pole. The driver escaped with his dynamite load, planning to back onto the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Gladys Spurgeon Begins Work at Town Nebrasky Light Office
Miss Gladys Spurgeon started Wednesday morning as an employee at the local office of the Town Nebrasky Light & Power company as a saleslady and demonstrator of electric appliances. She has leased the Dew Drop Inn on west Main to Mrs. Ruth Wieser, who has assisted in operating the cafe for the past several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Spurgeon
Town-Nebrasky Light & Power Company
Dew Drop
West Main
Ruth Wieser
Reed Fractures Ribs In Automobile Wreck
Reed Read of Will Read living east or Le nox sustained several broken ribs after a head on collision four miles south and a half mile east of Le nox In the afternoon. Read drove a 27 Chevrolet east while Paul Burks of Springfield NL drove a V eight. Both cars were badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Read
Lenox
Reed
Paul Burks
Springfield
Oren Manley Buys Wieser Garage Here
Oren Manley announced this week that he had purchased the Wieser garage in Bedford. The report mentions planned music instruction work in rural schools of Taylor county with visits on December 7 and 18, described as a welcome service to local tenants and pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Manley
Wieser Garage
Bedford
Tor Rush Weiser
Fullerton Iy
de Pallerton
Taylor County
Maudlin Hurt In Potash Explosive Accident Near Bedford
Farmer Charles Maudlin, 42, southeast of Bedford, was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when a mixture of potash and sugar exploded prematurely. He suffered multiple fractures and facial injuries, was treated at Bedford, then moved to St. Joseph hospital where doctors expected recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Maudlin
Bedford
Maudlin
St. Joseph
Maudtin
Have Grounds Specialist Coming
The first adults night class on Soil Resources and Land Use Planning will be held Monday Dec 7 at the school house. Carl Bruns leads the series with Mr Morris Iowa State College Ames to speak Tuesday Dec 8 at 2 pm in the school auditorium on grounds improvement and beautification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Bruns
Morris
Iowa State Colege
Ames
Bruns
Mrs. Emily Ballou Dies in Des Moines
Emily Ballou 78 a former Bedford resident died at her daughter’s home in Des Moines on December 2. The body will be moved to Bedford for funeral services at Wetmore Funeral Home Friday at 1:00 PM. Burial will follow in Bedford Cemetery. Survived by three children two daughters and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Ballon
Bedford
Henry L. Smith
Des Moines
Wetmore
Bedford Cemetery
Baling
Scouts Court of Honor On Dec. 13
The Boy Scouts district Court of Honor will be held at the Presbyterian church in Bedford Sunday afternoon December 12 at 3 oclock. Rev Ted Besben will preside and ratings will be presented to scouts with parents and friends in attendance. Simpson Works for Service Co. Paul Simpson began his week as an employee in the credit department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of the
Presbyterian Church
Bedford
Ted Besben
Com Moines
Ciemave
Simpson
Paul Simipson
Taylor County Service Company
Boy Scouts Seek Funds With Rialto Movie Tickets
Bedford Troop 136 of the Boy Scouts launches a community fundraising appeal. Scouts sell Rialto movie tickets for December 10 11 and 12 to raise money for a new quarter in the attic of the courthouse, after being without a home for over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Boy Scouts of America
Rialto
Bth
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