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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
3
Hopkins Journal notes the town will create a well planned permanent park on four blocks north of the business district. The site spans seven to eight acres in a triangular area bounded by Highway 27 the 104 river and Gen Gorlon road with a goal to make it the best park yet.
A Friend Nebraska editor reports kind acts by mysterious donors leaving toilet paper in his car and later boxes of soap syrup and sugar stored there. The item praises the town’s residents as unusually generous and popular.
Former US senator Guy M. Giette urged at the Iowa Nebraska press convention in Omaha that the Constitution be forcefully read in schools at least once a month and proposed a similar requirement for voters at the polls before casting ballots.
An elderly patient, 77, died at State hospital after choking at dinner. Dr Norman Rarer reported the man strangled while eating as attendants observed him stop breathing.
A Maryville professional man laments meters empty streets and says the town feels deserted near the courthouse citing a joking atmosphere. The post notes a possum in a tree as proof of the mood and hints at a prank.
W. W. Simpson of St. Joseph known as the Cat Man purchased 47 adult cats at a South Side sale. The felines were slated for shipment to a Chicago serum company for polio experiments, with buyers confirming only adults were sold to avoid taking in pets.
The city reports the new garbage disposal plan is breaking even with Raymond Spence collecting. Homeowners pay 1 per month for four pickups, while businesses and downtown apartments face 1 to 5 per month based on volume.
Mrs E R Faurote aged 95 of Formanville was billed by United Airlines as the oldest passenger on their lines. She boarded at Des Moines airport Friday morning and flew to Hartford Conn where she was met by her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs E C Schneider of Middletown. She called the trip just fine and said she will go again.
A hospital clerk told a prospective patient there were no rooms, prompting the inquirer to offer ten bushels of bluegrass seed in exchange for a room. The exchange appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press.
Farmers thresh hog crops as winter fashion shifts to worn clothes. Thanksgiving Day's cold snap records zero. Bedford without pastor Rev Port er. Turkeys scarce. eggs high. Cold strikes hens. Johnson and Hazelton wed in Hopkins. Dr. Bean and Dunlavy pair in medicine at Palace Drug. Snow brings sleigh bells and moonlight rides. Ira B Bennett returns from Indiana trip. J P Flick celebrates birth of a boy.
Ruth Putnam reports a successful 1945 Children’s Book Week at the Bedford library. The display, posters, and student work drew visitors, with outside borrowers offered a $1 yearly card for access to 7500 volumes and 30 magazines.
C B Paul of Bedford Auto Company nearly suffers severe eye injury while adding alcohol to a radiator at the garage last Saturday. F O Rankin opens a South Court street general store stocking shoes dry goods millinery grocery and candies moving stock from Gravity and planning to keep Gravity as a satellite operation. Forty seven street signs have been erected with a $2 per sign payment plan. The city water plant after the dam and filter addition performs well standpipe holds 128000 gallons and filling time is 5 hours 40 minutes. Average daily water use is about 10 000 gallons.
Louis XV grows irritated by a razor poised in Hope’s hand and orders Bob’s beheading. Hope disguises as France’s premier swordsman and seducer, escapes to Spain, and is welcomed at court as the nobleman he impersonates. The comedy resolves with a cheerful end after much laughter.
Government estimates show 1846 47 will bring more canned fruits juices and vegetables than the past year. December is a deadly month per the National Safety Council with high traffic accidents. Plan holiday meals with fish and oysters as affordable options and test a china gift idea.
At the Rialto theater Slightly Scandalous plays Saturday December 7 with Sheila Ryan and Paula Drew in top female roles opposite the twin thespian. Brady a former USO entertainer seeks to sell a TV program to tycoon Catlett, amid nightclub acts by Tsabelita and the Guadalajara Trio.
Saturday December 7 screens Inside Job at the Rialto with Curtis a former inmate entangled by a racketeer Foster who pressures him to robber a store while guarding his criminal past. Sunday December 8 and Monday December 9 present The Time of Their Lives featuring Costello as a traveling tink er turned ghost and a cast including Abcott Reynolds Barnes Sondergaard in a haunted comedy drama.
Monsieur LBeaucaire shows Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday December 10 11 and 12. The film is a humorous Booth Tarkington adaptation set in 18th century court life with Hope delivering his famed wit as Beaucaire the royal palace barber.
The writer discusses fall garden work with potatoes dug and planning for a cold season. They reflect on electric brownouts, a potential nearby rock quarry, and road surfacing hopes. Christmas shopping starts, stores stock holiday goods, and turkey remarks end with a playful nudge about Santa Claus.
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