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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
1
Church school at 10 preaching at 11 15 with the subject Jesus and Our Outlook. Choir practice with young people on Tuesday at church. Annual supper at church. Rev W J Weber is pastor.
Mir and Mrs Virgil E Kirby hosted Thanksgiving dinner with family including LC Kirby Venita Hughes Isaac Ernest Joyce Ann Will Hughes and Ike Hughes. The Culture Club met with Mrs John Wrendelin Mrs George Wendelin and others. Race Relations discussed. Christmas party planned for Dec 21 at the county farm. OE 5 of Conway sponsored two benefit parties with bridge and pinochle and refreshments. Bower Routh wedding united Martha Louise Bower and Vanald L Routh in Troy Kansas on Dec 1 1946. couple to reside in Clear Field where he runs a cafe.
Conway residents circulated for Thanksgiving with relatives in Iowa Missouri and Nebraska. Local church bazaar and chicken supper planned for December 11. Several families visited relatives in Lenox Bedford and Grant City while others were at home in Shenandoah and Maryville.
Thanksgiving activity fills area homes with family dinners and visits. Numerous households from Corning Clarinda Bedford New Market and Villisca share meals and host relatives while news of travel and local events, including bazaar attendance and orchestra music, appear in community notes.
The Iowa Power and Light Company files a petition with the Iowa State Commerce Commission seeking authority to erect operate and maintain electric transmission lines poles towers and other fixtures across public lands and roads in Taylor County Iowa. A hearing is scheduled for December 17 1946 at 10:00 a.m. in Des Moines to consider the franchise request the commission notes the route begins at the southwest corner of section 14 township 70 north range 34 west and runs east along the south line of section 14 for one quarter mile.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission sets a five day prior hearing deadline for objections to the granting of a franchise under Docket E-7797. Objects must be filed in triplicate and represented by an authorized person at the hearing. Carl W. Reed chairs, with B. M Richardson and David B. Long as commissioners.
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