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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
7
Bedford and surrounding towns welcomed visitors for Thanksgiving. Residents hosted kin from Iowa Falls to Des Moines, while extended families gathered across Bedford, Gravity, Blockton, and Essex. Local shippers, students, and servicemen returned home as several relatives traveled from Des Moines, Omaha, and Denver areas.
Captain Leonard Orth, of the U S Medical Corps, stopped in Bedford with his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs C B Orth, on a layover en route from Washington to Manila. He is to sail December 19 from the west coast after a San Rafael California visit with cousin Mrs Olive Orih Leonard and family.
Mr and Mrs Tom Stark and daughter Nadine spent Thanksgiving Day in St Joseph at Mrs Stark s sister Mrs Kelsey Wayman s home. Their son Donald Stark visits from Peru Neb and joined the family in St Joseph for Thursday guests. Other visitors include Mr and Mrs Herbert Wilson Rodney and Terry and many others from Des Moines Bedford Carine and King City. Mr W J Parsons recovering after a three week hospital stay seeks home soon. Mr and Mrs Jon Burky and son Richard joined Ernest Burks Philip Catherine and the Keller family for a Kin City day with C M Burks and Chester Burks also present.
Mr and Mrs J R Henderson attended the annual Thanksgiving dinner at Fred Packwood home in Creston with thirteen relatives from Clarinda Cornel Blults Omaha and Trenton Mo.
Mrs William Kemer left last week for Billings Oklahoma where she will spend the winter with relatives. Her son Dr Bruce Manan of Iowa City accompanied her to Kansas City where he attended a meeting Saturday.
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