Bedford Update Highlights Local Business, Golf, and Sports
One year ago in Savannah Wilson bought Dean Beemer's interest in the Wilson-Beemer Impl Co Bedford. Betsy Burgmaier hurt in a near Bedford auto crash. Lucy Wetmore and Norman Annan named Bedford Country Club's most improved golfers. Two Blockton men earned Iowa State degrees November 21 James A Avey and Joe K Hillers. Greg Guenther elected treasurer and Harold Shepherd Jr secretary of NWMSC Phi Sigma Epsilon. Bedord hosts opening basketball win over Villisca 60 46. Bedford girls youth basketball grows with 27 players. Mr and Mrs Bob Baker of Independence Mo visited in Bedford. Mrs Jesse Wintermute and daughter traveled to Pomona Calif to visit Earl Wintermute. Hazel Woods spent Thanksgiving in Oskaloosa Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Wetmore
Norman Annan
Bedford
Bedford Country Club
Blockton
Iowa State University
James A. Avey
Elbert Avey
Joe K. Hillers
Lenore Hillers
Referendum On National Corn Program In Taylor County
Five years ago on November 25 1958 Taylor County voters chose no controls 299 to 166 supporting the old program in a National Corn Referendum. The outcome reflected local stance on agricultural policy during that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
County PMA Office Renamed and Local Soldier Visits
Effective immediately the county PMA office becomes the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office. Pvt. Raymond Spencer stationed at Camp Atterbury Indiana spent the weekend in Bedford with his mother Mrs Howard Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PMA
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Pvt
Raymond Spencer
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Bedford
Howard Spencer
Bedford student chosen for regional National Student Assembly
Paul H. Bartlett Jr. of Bedford, a junior at the State University of Iowa, is selected to attend the regional assembly of the National Student Association in Ames in November 2021. Rev Wayne C Clark of Waukegan Illinois resigns as pastor effective December 1 to take the Bedford Baptist Church post in Detroit Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Bartlett, Jr. Bedford
State University of
Iowa
National Student Association
Ames
Wayne C. Clark
First Baptist Church
Waukegan
Bedford Baptist Church
Detroit
Mich
Bedford Baptist Church Installs Hammond Organ
A Bedford Bulldog quintet powered past Corning's Raiders 66 56 in a Friday night clash. The Bedford starting five Turner Dick Wallace, Bob Dougherty, Bob Bowen and Bill Hullinger played the full game without substitutions. Mrs Wallace Loy returned to Pittsburg, Kansas Thursday after visiting her mother Mrs M G Burrell and relatives. In Our Town: Thanks Lord for all Thy many blessings Add one more make us more appreciative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Wallace Loy
Pittsburg
Ans
M. G. Burrell
Inter-Church Council in Bedford Receives Articles of Incorporation
Articles of Incorporation issued to the Inter-Church Council in Bedford formalize the group for about fifty years. The framed charter was shown at a Monday dinner meeting at the Rainbow Hotel. Founders Day dinner at Simpson College Ind ianola was attended by Mr and Mrs H E Mathew. Jim Mathew pledged to Kappa Theta Psi at Rainbow Hotel, a house run for over 30 years by Mr and Mrs W H Geagley and family, now sold to Beemer Bowen allied with Phillips service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Church Council
Bedford
Rainbow Hotel
H. E. Mathew
Kappa Theta Psi
Simpson College
Indianola
Jim Mathew
W. H. Geagley
Beemer & Bowen
Phillips Service Station
Allied Industries
I Street
Attorney Lucas heads to Washington to argue against rail line abandonment
Attorney James A. Lucas left for Washington DC Friday to argue before the Interstate Commerce Council against abandoning ten miles of CB and Q Railroad Co tracks between Shambaugh Iowa and Clermont Missouri. Ruth Packard of Topeka Kansas was a weekend guest at the Dinwiddie home. Orie Duncan departed Friday for San Francisco to spend winter with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Lucas
Washington, D .C
Interstate Commerce Council
CB & Q Railroad Co
Shambaugh
Clearmont
Ruth Packard
Topeka, Kans
Arthur Dinwiddie
Orie Duncan
San Francisco
Calif
December 2 1943 notes from Teslor county farms
Local notice urges farmers to file a declaration of estimated income and victory tax by December 15. The piece lists long term Farm Bureau members and reports on service members and civilian relatives: Wilbur Young Camp Wolters. Elvin Beemer Camp Howze. Donald Round naval training Parragut. Ivan Terrell Camp Roberts. Helen Jeanne Grimm WACs in New York. Mrs Newkirk San Diego. Mrs Clark Iowa City with Lt Schwyhart. Also 25 years ago: Golding and Bock take over C F Murray blacksmith shop in Clarinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teslor County
Mrust
Robert Tavie
Helen Jeanne Grimm
Len Grimm
Kansas City
Sharpsburg
Wacs
New York
Paul Golding
L. E. Bock
New Market
C. F. Murray
Clarinda
Hopkins Journal reports Evans to take all leases
Mike Evans of Picher Oklahoma and a former Bedford resident will visit the Hopkins community next week. The Hopkins Journal notes the purpose of the visit is to take all leases held in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Evans
Picher
Bedford
Hopkins
Hopkins Journal
Atlantic Iowa superintendent resigns for state post
Supt J P Street of the Atlantic Iowa schools former superintendent at Bedford resigns to become assistant state superintendent of public instruction. Mrs Anna D Engle rural schools head reports completing fall visits to Taylor counties 104 rural schools. Mrs E S Batterson of Chicago visits sister Mrs Ralph W Thompson. Miss Virginia Page a student at State Teachers College Maryville spent Thanksgiving with M L Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
J. P. Street
Atlantic
Iowa
Bedford
Anna D. Engle
Taylor County
E. S. Batterson
Chicago
Ralph W. Thompson
Virginia Page
State Teachers College
Maryville
M. L. Page
Huffs Visit Nelsons Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Mr and Mrs Charles Huff of Galesburg NL spent Thanksgiving Day and the weekend with his mother Mrs H E Nelson and Mr Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Huff
Galesburg, NL
H. E. Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Thanksgiving Guests at Ames and Lenox Dinners
Miss Olive Orth of the State College at Ames visited her parents Mr and Mrs C S Orth for Thanksgiving. Guests at the Dunoar home in Lenox were Mr and Mrs Bill Bailie Eugene Bailie and Raymond Schneider for Thanksgiving dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Orth
State College
Ames
Mrs. C. S. Orth
Bill Bailie
Eugene Bailie
Raymond Schneider
Dick Dunoar
Lenox
Gamble branch to open in Bedford early December
A Gamble store branch will open in Bedford in early December. L. D. Willman rented his Court street building to the company and fixtures from East Main street were moved to Court street by Roy Greenlee and crew. Street widening and curb rebuilding in Bedford business district began Friday, employing 25 men. Charles G. Martin Jr first goes to Spring Green Wisconsin to work with architect Frank Lloyd Wright as head draftsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamble
Bedford
L. D. Willman
Court Street
Willman
East Main Street
Roy Greenlee
Charles G. Martin Jr
Charles G. Martin
Spring Green
Wisco
Frank Lloyd Wright
Martin
County meeting considers southwest Iowa lake project near Bedford
Over fifty men from nearly every county community attended a Monday evening Bedford meeting to discuss launching a southwest Iowa lake project. The proposed site lies about three miles northeast of Bedford. The Taylor county corn loan board, appointed Friday by state Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray, includes F. L. Cundy Conway James Salter Bedford Cliff Allison New Market Verne Timberlake Gravity and Bruce Bradley Bedford. they will serve without pay. Also noted, Mr and Mrs M L Page visited Mount Ayr and Mrs H C Little traveled to St Joseph for family visits and to meet the new peiaaday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Iowa
Taylor County Corn Loan Board
Ray Murray
Des Moines
F. L. Cundy
Conway
James Salter
Cliff Allison
New Market
Verne Timberlake
Gravity
Bruce Bradley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Times-Press
Savannah Wilson
Dean Beemer
Wilson-Beemer Impl. Co
Wilson
Herman Burgmaier
Budd Chamberlin
Greg Guenther
Harold Shepherd, Jr
Phi Sigma Epsilon
NWMSC
Marvin Sanderfield
John Sanderfield
James S. Kysar
St. Louis
Robert Perkins
Darrell Thompson
Pete Tribold
Jack Gold
A. Elton Jensen
Dale Standage
Gail Fitzhugh
Don Glass
Buck Irwin
Ralph Cahill
Fredric Thomas
Frankie Wetmore
Roger McAlister
Bulldog
Don Cox
Harold Shepherd
Villisca
Fem
Bedford High School
Bob Baker
Independence
Earl J. Stone
Jesse Wintermute
City
Lowell Livingston
Clearfield
Omaha
Pomona
Earl Wintermute
Miss Hazel Woods
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Square Clarinda
Leonard L. Moore Insurance Agency
Xae
Beemer
Bedford Sales CO
Bedford, Iowa
Skeeter Brown
Bedford Bldg. Supply
DR. C. E. Nichols
Optometrist
C. W. Steward
Robert D. Nassen
DIAL
J. B. Martin
Elk
North Linderman Hotel
16Th St
Drs. Wm
Kathryn Harris
Optometrists
Kissinger’s
Gladys Spurgeon
Mer
James A. Campbell
Burgeon - Chiropodiat
Liberty 2
Clarinda, ‘Towa
J. W. Moore
Mormontown
Thomas King
King's Flouring Mills
King & Moore
Charles Steele
Opera House
Charley
Farm Bureau
Ed R. Berry
C. E. Burton
Charles Hamilton
F. M. Henderson
D. J. Kingsley
C. F E. Longfellow
George P. McNees
G. P. Newkirk
H. A. Skinner
Guy Miller
W. H. Pfander
Wilbur H. Young
The
Signal Corps
Camp Wolters, Tex
Elvin H. Beemer
Camp Howze
Texas
Homer Beemer
Donald Round
Naval
Parragut
Idaho
Ivan Terrell
Charles Terrell
Camp Roberts
Dwight Newkirk
San Diego
Navy
Paul Clark
Iowa City
Robert Schwyhart
Hearing Aid Service
Glen Irwin
Charles McNutt
Diagonal
Virginia
Wesley
Mount Ayr
X. T. Prentis
H. C. Little
St. Joseph
Peiaaday
Rideta Electric
Mount Ayr, Iowa
Reese
Hassocks
Cosco
MT. Ayr
Filmore
Mont Ayr
Donald
Jake) Dailey
Spencer Peck
Philco TV
Sickels
Jewel Rely
IRECA
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