Bedford News Roundup of Thanksgiving Visits
Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. R. E Laughlin Mrs Welman M Ernst and others traveled to or hosted relatives in Bedford during Thanksgiving. Individuals from Des Moines St Joseph Drake University Mitchellville Kansas City and Grinnell are listed with moves visits and stays. A Baptist Food Sale is planned for December 14 at the Light Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welman M. Ernst
St. Joseph
Clarence Jones
Baptist
Edith Spurgeon
George Reeg
Bedford
Bedford Thanksgiving Guests and Weekend Visitors
Thanksgiving Day visitors and weekend travelers are listed with Bedford families. Des Moines guests Mrs Chas e Holloway and daughter Helen join Mrs John M Dinges family. Lake traffic includes Leonard L Moore family at Zearing Iowa visiting Moore's father. Des Moines area, Topeka and Tarkio College attendees appear among the group. Dr Roger George from Tarkio College spoke at the Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas.e. Holloway
Mis
Helen Holloway
Des Moines
M Bedford
John M. Dinges
Leonard L. Moore
F Mary Lois
Josephine
Zearing
Iows
Rogert George
Alice Sperry
Ethel Clark
Wendell Caskey
Galen McMaster
Tarkio College
Tarkio, Mo
Bedford
George
Baptist Church
Bedford Visitors During Thanksgiving Holiday
DR M R Francis and Mr and Mrs T Lambley visited Conway. Mrs Donaldson and Norman Carmichael of Lenox stayed in Bedford with Mrs Ed Ahrens and Mrs Fannie Double. John Wogan family in Des Moines for dinner with Clyde Livingston. Visits to H E Churchill and Vada Churchill. Bernice Conder of Bedford connected to Michael Belitz of Inglewood California. Howard Lake from Omaha and Verla Roos visited Bedford with Eva Lake. Liggett family from Omaha joined, with L Lake returning home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Hamb
Henry
Mary
Elliott Parmort
Des Moines
Dora Jane Hamblin
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Bedford
Henry Hamblin
Parmort
John Wogan
Paul
Das ‘Moines
Clyde Livingston
Mrs. Wogan
H. E. Churchill
Vada Churchill
Michael Belitz
Inglewood
Calif
L. A. Conder
Vinton
Iowa
Worth Conder
Howard Lake
Omaha
Eva. Lake
Verla Roos
Guy Liggett
Lake
Methodist Church Service Notes and December Loyalty Drive
Church announces a series on Christ with Morning worship at 11 and Sunday School at 9 45. December is Loyalty month urging members to attend all Sundays. Junior and Senior Leagues meet at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church School
Universal Bible
Jesus
Illness and recoveries reported in Lenox Sheridan and Bedford
Local notices detail several health updates across Lenox Sheridan and Bedford. Mrs. Gus Olson is seriously ill at home in Lenox, while Mrs. Will Winemiller has returned home from hospital in Sheridan. Two year old Mary Etta Bond remains ill, and G W Grimm of Sharpsburg is improving after gallstone illness. Hugh Ingram in New Market shows slight improvement at municipal hospital in Clarinda. Tom Stark travels to Excelsior Springs for treatment, Pearl Sparks heads to Mayo Brothers clinic in Rochester. Henry Wiand in Sharpsburg treated for knee infection in Omaha and F Evans in Bedford shows improvement, cared for at his daughter’s home. James Farrell of Sheridan recovers from fall injuries at home with doctor care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Gus Olson
Bond
Mary Etta Bond
Herbert Bond
Sheridan, Mo
Hugh Ingram
New Market
Clarinda
Mayos
Rochester
Pearl Sparks
Sharpsburg
Mayo Brothers
Henry Wiand
Omaha
F. Evans
Bedford
James Salter, Jr
Sheridan
James Farrell
Taylor County Board Proceedings December 2 1940
Taylor county Iowa Board of Supervisors met in adjourned session on December 2 1940 and approved a long list of claims across departments including Bedford Times-Press supplies Bedford National Bank rent and prov funds for care and aid to various individuals and organizations plus maintenance and construction payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Taylor County
Bedford Times-Press
Bedford National Bank
Besco
E. B
Beezley
Brooks
Willis
Connor
Frances
Christian Home
Carlton
Clark
Clarcy
George
Carr RK. J
Larsson
Clara
Levi
Lester
Lambley’s Store
Mumm
Meads
Orville
New ‘Market Coal Co
Posten & Son
Pete Drug Co
Rankin Shoe Store
Taylor County 1940 Board Proceedings and Tax Compromise
A Taylor County Iowa record notes numerous disbursements for supplies and services, plus court expenses and public health items. It details a tax compromise approving $100 to settle $184.45 in delinquent personal taxes with Leo Rauch acquiring Earl Wilson property interests in Bedford, Dec 2 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Taylor Gwanty
Tawa
Earl Wilson
Leon Rauch
Peal Hall
Taylor
Iowa
Ora Wilson
EB. KE
Wayne ‘Wilson
Leo Rauch
State of
Down
Taylor County Board of Supervisors
Taylor ‘County
Bedford
Taylor County
T. F. Armstrong Ora
Cade R. U. Green
Local Births and Officials Notes from Taylor County
A string of births across the area includes Patricia Louise daughter of Ward Campbell and Mrs Campbell of Sheridan Missouri born November 26 and a baby son Stephen K Hamilton born December 3 to Harlan K Hamilton of Bedford. Glenda Kay O'Dougherty born November 22 to Mrs Everett O'Dougherty former Eagle area resident. Donna Lou Burks born November 26 to Mr and Mrs Ivan Burks Kansas City. A resolution by Taylor County Board of Supervisors authorizes settlement talks with L C Morris for back taxes. DenHartog leaves Bedford for a meat-cutter post in Waterloo with Diamond Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward ‘Campbell
Sheridan, Mo
Harlan K. Hamilton
Bedford
Stephen K
Everett O’dougherty
Stockton
Calif
Glenda
Kay
Ivan Burks
Kansas City, Mo
Donna Lou
Burks
Mildred Cade
S W Iowa Baptists Confer Here On Evangelism
A Southwestern Iowa Baptist conference on Evangelism will be held at Bedford Baptist Church on Wednesday December 11 with afternoon and evening sessions. Rev John Parr of Fort Madison will chair the event and representatives from all churches in the Southwestern Iowa Association will attend. Curtis R Laughlin Bedford native has joined the 76th Field Artillery at Tacoma Washington after enlisting November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Baptist, State Convention
Bedford Baptist Church
John Parr
Fort Madison, Iowa
Baptist
Southwestern Iowa Association
Laughlin
R. ©. McLaughlin
Curtis R. Laughlin
Bedford
76Th Field Artillery
Tacoma
Wash
Army
Sixty Five Farms In Demonstration Areas
Taylor county demonstrations involve 65 farms totaling 10,328 acres with 4,681 acres slated for contour cultivation. C T Cheney announces cooperative soil and moisture conservation practices including rotations, buffer strips, grassed terraces, tree planting, liming and fertilizing. Farms named include Cecil Streebin E M Schneider Elmer Stites Elmer Reinke B Q Eighmy Paul Parrish and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
C. T. Cheney
Bedford Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Cheney
Cecil Streebin
E. M. Schneider
Elmer Stites
Elmer Reinke
B. Q. Eighmy
Paul Parrish
BE. L. Oxley
G. A. Levitt
WM. Jackson
W. H. Blakemore
Mr. Cheney
Zion Church Weekly Schedule
Sunday school at 2 PM preaching at 3 PM prayer meeting Friday at 7 30 PM Your presence will be appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Church Sunday School
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R. E. ‘Laughlin
Earl Stone
Edward Klapp
Grinnell
JL. C. Klapp
Ida Willman
William Wisdom
Drake University
Chloe Wisdom
Maude Barlow
J. M. Little
C. B. Walters
Kansas City
Herbert Lee Walters
Helen Longfellow
Commerce
Mitchellville
J. F. Longfellow
John Marley
Yack
M. G. Burrell
Claude’Hamilton
Helen
Flittsburg
Kans
Wallace
Rennie & Rennie
Clara Bruner
J. W. Hopson
Galesburg
Illinois
Mr. Hopson
Finais
M. R. Francis
Will Winemiller
G. W. Grimm
Excelsior Springs
Tom Stark
Robinson
Elmer
Reyhalde
Myron
Schoenmann Lbr. Co
Scroggs & Son
Prav
Bertha
Stephens & Brice
Stephenson, L. M
Thompson's Mer. Co
Terrill
Mrs. Jays
Warner
Edna
Wilson
F. C
Weingarth Shoe Shop
Walker & Shum
Western Union
Poor County Home Court Street
Freemeyer
Elaine
Garst Oil Co
Hardin
Sawyer
M. A
Taylor, A. A
County American Electric Co
Arnold
O. P
Armstrong
T. F
Session
Blockton News
Tegal
Boone Blan Co
Bedford Times - Press
Cade
Ora C
Hel
Eclipse Lbr. Co
Ellis
Earl
Franklin
Lulu
Gravity Independent
Goforth
Thelma
Help Green
Ralph A. Toll
Green
Ralph A
Holley
J. F
Nebr
L & P Ca
Towa Blind Products
Jenkins
Fergemann
John
Leland
Kendrick
M. B
Lippencott
J. B
Laurel Book Co
Larson
Lewis
Little
Mary Ellen
Bette
Morris
Metropolitan Supply
Macmillan Co
New Market Coal Co
Fuel New Market
Nielson
Andy
Parker
Muarvis
Paige
W. H
Perkins
Chdaion
Prugh
R. GB
Railway Express
Seane
Ben
Scribner's, Chas. & ‘Son
Shott,Foresman Co
Jill
Rana
Taylor County Service Co
University Pub, Co
Weaver
Walker
W. W
Welsh Printing Co
Walters
Ada
Western Telephone Co
Weve Tober Wells
Weve
Wells
Adams, J. D. & Co
Abbott Insurance Agency
All-Wheel Drive Co
Baker
E. P
Bedford Oil Co
Blockton Oil Co
Brown, Herman M. & Co
Reas Dukehart Hughs “Tractor 'Co
Fleming Battery
Aid Davis
Lb. F. & Son
Fuel Farmers Coop
Eley. Co
Hale
C. G
Meromen W
Methodist Hospital
Rimel
G. W
Robinson & Son
Cadmus Books
Clearfield
Rand McNally & Co
United Toy Book Publish- Ols Cise
Anna
Gamble
Garst Oil Company
Gravity Oil Co
Hess, Lynn
Nebr, L & P Co
Southern Utilities Co
Petr. Co
Une, Pragh
Pote Drug Co
Railway ‘Express
Rose & Tuttle Co
Standard Oil Co
Stark
Tom
Skelly Oil Co
Savage
F. D
Tamerius
Charles
Watson Bros. Trans
Western Auto Store
Bang
DeVoe
Charles R
Jesse Keith
Dr. C. L
Livingston
Fora C
Park
Arthur
Mark L
Wolverton
Howard
Butler
E. A
Niowa
Margaret Morris Forthwith
Ralph A. Green
Ora C. Cade
T. F. Armstrong
Ralph U. Green
Chm
Blakes Music
Crossley
Plowmam
Plowman
C.b.&q
Davies
Alice of Way
Des Moines Steel Co
Deep Rock Oil Co
Eclipse Libr. Co
Gamble Store
Lyman ,Richey Sand & Gravel
Mockerman
Clarence
Jabor
Sinclair Refining
Worley-Severs & Co
Dukehart Hughes Trac, & Equip
Worley - Severs
Oe Stearns Electric Co
Payro Panneney
Board of ‘Supervisors
Jah Adams
John Colglazier
Bill Cooper
Jno
P. Fickess
Albert . Graham
Jim Ginn
Fredi Henderson
G. J. Hess
iLynn Jeffers
Boyd Johns
Leland Larson
Lewis Moore
Roy Miller
P. C. Moore
Harol Morris
J. W. McMillin
Gene Oviah
Chalon Redburn
Cleo . Reynolds
H. Ran Salisbury
Lou
Salon
Harlan
Smith
Pearl
Straight
Marion
Shum
Qra
Lloyd
Thompson
Waters
Charles E. Wysone
Glo
Carl Henry
Patricia Louise
Charles Wintermute
Hesse
Ray Pace
Hillsdale
Wyo
Carl Ray
Pace
Maxine Greenlee
Otto Lange
Rockwell City
R. A. Green
L. C. Morris
L. . Morris
Hesco Morris
T. F. Armstrong Ora C
Cade R. U
T. Ff
R. D. Goforth
DenHartog
Waterloo
John DenHartog
Diamond Brothers
S.W. Iowa
Tracy's
Jevelry
U.S. 13
Farm Bureau
U.S
L. A. Vogt
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