Local Social Happenings and Club Reports
Social events include belated Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fine with guests from New Market Brooks and local families. Highland Chapter 523 CES holds a birthday anniversary gathering after a regular meeting. Several clubs meet with refreshments and upcoming officer elections and December plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Fine
Dick Burton
New Market
Hollis Naven
Brooks
George Stanley
Highland Chapter No
CES
Plum Lodge Holds Special Meeting and Local News
A special meeting of Plum Lodge No. 285 A F and A M was called for Monday evening with third degree work performed. Mrs Crystal Manley departed for Canon City Colorado due to her son's wife Mrs Ralph Clayton's illness. Mr and Mrs Emory Cogdill Jr of Union Springs Alabama stayed with Mr and Mrs Floyd Clayton. Mr and Mrs Ellis Fine and Mr and Mrs Eldon Clayton attended W F King funeral in Hopkins, King was grandfather of Mrs Fine and Mrs Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plum Lodge No. 285
A.F
A.M
Crystal Manley
Canon City
Colo
Ralph Clayton
Emory Cogdill, Jr
Union Springs
Alabama
Floyd Clayton
Ellis Fine
Eldon Clayton
Soldier Reveals Reasoning On Reenlistment For Benefits
The speaker insists on keeping current grade and argues reenlisting for three years allows choosing Air, Ground, or Service Forces, plus overseas theater options. They claim retirement payoff rises from half pay after 20 years to three quarters after 30, counting prior active service toward retirement time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cervice
Local social notes from Bedford and surrounding areas
Monday supper guests at Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clayton in Bedford included Orie Lee and Meloris. St Joseph visitors Saturday included Mrs. Harry Clayton and others. Various households hosted guests from New Market Hopkins Clarinda Des Moines and New Market last week and weekend social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orie Lee
Meloris
Ralph Clayton
Bedford
Harry Clayton
Glen Stewart
Glenn Eldon
Eldon Clayton
Alva Clayton
St. Joseph
Fred Henderson
New Market
Howard Henderson
Jesse Henderson
Ellis Fine
Hopkins
Will King
Frank Shields
Betty Crawford
Johnnie
Reid Shields
Billie Savage
Lola ‘Reid
Clarinda
Clark Shreck
Bob
Des Moines
Neil Combs
Harry Robert
Patricia
Dennis McAlpin
Sharpsburg church invites attendance for Sunday services
Pastor Proctor and John W. Chase announce open services with church school at 10 and worship at 11 each Sunday. Choir, Builders Class, and Youth Fellowship events planned. Christmas Eve program set for Dec 24. Fellowship night Dec 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Proctor
John W. Chase
Our Church School
Local residents host visitors across Iowa and Nebraska
Family groups from Lenox and Omaha visited in Sharpsburg and surrounding towns over the weekend. Ray Hayes of Lenox spent Wednesday in Sharpsburg with his mother Mrs. Hayes. Victor Mendenhall of Lenox moved to the Wilbur Ferris property in south Sharpsburg and will open a grocery store and locker in the vacant Blair Produce building after redecorating. he recently left the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela Clark
Victor Mendenhall
Lenox
Wilbur Ferris
South
Sharpsburg
Mendenhall
Blair Produce
Misner Players stage Queen Till the End at Bedford High
Bedford High School notes describe the Misner Players dramatic group presenting Queen Till the End on Wednesday November 28 in the High School auditorium. The production, about Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex, drew pupils from the high school junior high and upper elementary grades to a favorable reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misner Players
Bedford
Elizabeth
Earl of Essex
B.H.S
Bedford High School Honors and Jamboree Report
The article details Bedford High School activities including the BHS Conference Jamboree at Mt Ayr with 12 band members in the mass band and football honors for Bedford players such as Bob McCoy and Don Goudie. It covers basketball results, cheerleader uniforms, perfect attendance lists, November attendance percentage, a heating system tour by science classes, and a new annual photo box project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass
Mt. Ayr
Bedford
Bob McCoy
Don Goudie
Jim‘Mathew
Nelson Blakemore
Bernard Peterson
Jim Dewis
Byron Newcom
Lamont
Harold Overton
Leon
Morris Rex
Ronald Ruble
Corydon
Max Anderson
Don Goudie Bedford
Charles Baker
Ivan Dolecheck
Jerry Wiennings
James Brady
Francis Scott
Oren Becker
Dick Hatchcraft
Bernird Peterson
Kent Midgarden
Dick Snethen
Wilbur Rush
Bob Berry
Jim Dowis
Jim Mathew
Wilbur Peters
Joe Bristol
Osceola
Mount Ayr
Bulldogs
B. HS
Salen
Tie
Salon
B. H. Ss
Dorothy Griffith
Austa Martin
Mary Peters
Shirley Pickering
Bernita ‘Sinderson
Julia Steeve
Lowell Richardson
Marilyn Campann
Bettie Cross
Ruth Johnson
Darlene Savage
Warren Clark
Donald Journey
John Livingston
Ermadean Bowers
Dorothy John
Deloris Rowe
Mary Spencer
Jim Hook
Bob Mathew
Phyllis Beebe
Peggy Cross
Mary Ellen Park
Mary Lou Putnam
Margaret Rowe
Mary Alice Shum
Wilma Sinderson
Gretchen Timberlake
Patsy Wilcox
Bedford High School
Trio to Present Christmas Music Vesper Service
A trio plans a Christmas music vesper starting at 5 30 p m on Sunday December 15 directed by Mrs Jorgenson. The program order is not yet decided and a later announcement will follow. The school and faculty hope for strong attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trio
Jorgenson
Round The Corner Blue Cross Drive Opens This Weekend
Round the Corner Blue Cross Drive opened Saturday November 24 and will close December 8. The group notes a blizzard on the return trip and humor about Verne Timberlake driving at two in the morning to pick up his wife after a long evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross Drive
G.S
Walter Floren
Wainwright
Verne Timberlake
Sam
Verne
Bedford
Womens display changes with notes on Edgar’s release
The page notes a shift in women's display this week and announces Edgar’s release from Municipal Hospital with him paying the bill. It mentions 45 penicillin shots, a coon hunting outing by the Davies, a neighbor’s brook mishap, and a new Farm Bureau book shipment. It also covers 4-H reading lists, cranberry jelly canning tips, Victory Loan progress, and a recipe for Cinnamon Toast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar
Marie
Bob
Hog and Poultry Sale with Household Goods Readied
Fifty five head of hogs including 49 feeder pigs weight 40 to 75 pounds a dozen two dozen Austra White and White Rock pullets and yearling hens. Plus household goods dining set piano stove refrigerator washing machine linoleum carpets furniture lamps dishes and cookware. Local sale of farm stock and home items with vaccines noted for hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treacy
Enterprise Yard
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Wm. Miller
The
Just
Irene Fine
Doris Fine
Alma Boyd
Orval Cabbage
Earnest Gray
Billy Savage
Ws.c.s
Methodist Church
Miss Mace
Billie Neal
Portland
Oregon
Gerald Woldruff
Los Angeles
Kenneth Woldruff
James Woldruff
Marvin Woldruff
Loren Woldruff
Benton
Jim Woldruff
Braddyville
George Woldruff
Shambaugh
Glen Woldruff
Alfred Orme
Lloyd Oxley
Orie Woldruff
Cecil Waldruff
Siam
Spedie Raper
Iowa
Paul H. Pratt
Wells Bros. Auctioneers
M. R. Brant, Attorney
Nevinemen
U.S. Army
Victory
Shenandoah
Presbyterian Church
B.H.S. News Notes
B.hs
Phyllis Clark
Bettie Johnson
Betty Pete Joyce Rimel
Bernita Sinderson
Tiene Warneke
Patty Lou Young Nelson Blakemore
Lewell Richardson
Betty Atkins
Nancy Dinges
Coryl Hatfield
Kathleen Lucas
Lolo O’dougherty
Jeanne Wells
Irma Boyd
Betty Corliss
Dorothy John Patsy Pete Wardine Rimel
Lorraine Round
Mary Spencer Louise Wintermute Glade Hullinger
Warden Rimel
Joe Sickles
Virginia Cobb Marth
Dinwiddie
Mary Lou Putnam Kay Sawyer
Max Valentine
B.hls
B. H
B.H
Ity
Iowa Power&light Company
Ruby
Gooch
Gooch Milling & Elevator CO
Lincoln, Nebr
Farm Bureau
Ter
Jones
Taylor County
Pork Sunshine Pals
Conway
Jersey
Guernsey
Sandwich
J. D
Concord
Paul
Bbecmer Bros
Graity Methodist Ladies
Parrish
Harold Dowell
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