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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1945
Page
7
Local residents report visits and family gatherings from St. Joseph Kimball Nodaway and Portland to Bedford Om ha and California. Farther.details include a Christmas sale at Ahrens Building and a School of Mines student heading to Socorro New Mexico after army discharge.
The Bedford city council met December 3 1945 at City Hall with the mayor and four members present. Bills approved include Walter Hardee 33.00 Arthur Dinwiddie 215.10 Ideal Lumber Co 17.16 Town Power & Light Co 193.51 Hooker Supply Co 254.03 H E Mathew 20.00 Farmers Co op 15.41 Mummes Service Station 2.10 C A Reynolds 3 Taylor Co 0.90 Republic Steel & Tool Co 24.88 The meeting adjourned with no further business.
W A Purdy presents The Glory of the Church as the upcoming sermon theme. Visitors urged to attend future services. A Loyal Partners class supper is scheduled Thursday at 7 p.m. Christian Endeavors host county youth program Sunday at 6 p.m. A state C E worker will attend. Christmas program preparations begin as bells approach.
The Presbyterian church schedules an Advent meditation titled Behold the Word and marks Universal Bible Sunday on the second Sunday in December. Choir rehearsals are set for Thursday at 7 30 p m. A kitchen tip suggests filling grapefruit centers with strained honey and refrigerating overnight to flavor the fruit.
Blockton Methodist Church announces preaching services scheduled for next Sunday at the church. The event invites local parishioners and nearby residents to attend the morning session.
Mr and Mrs W L West observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home with a quiet celebration due to Mrs Wests frail condition. The article notes community events and local residents including Elbert Bellus birthday and various visits by Nell Rose club members and Dungy family.
S. E. Lasley visited his brothers R. W. Lasley and Harlan Lasley in Clarinda on Wednesday. Wayne Evans and his wife from Des Moines visited with Mrs. Evans’ parents T. P. Johnston and wife through Tuesday. Earl Ogle returned home to spend winter after farm work in northern Iowa. Elbert Dreke Eldon King Benent and Willis McCalla went pigeon hunting near Cherokee last week. Rita Myer of Conception Junction Missouri vacationed with sister Frances Myer last week. The Myer sisters and Renne visited Des Moines on Saturday. Mrs. A. R. Rake traveled to Kansas City Monday to stay with daughter Mrs. H. H. Albaugh. Mrs. Everett King and daughter ...
Linda and Lynette returned home after a week with parents and grandparents near Lenox. Nelle Hannon came home from Little Rock where she worked three months. Hattie Aladeen returned to St. Joseph after visiting her brother Frank Caviner. Doris Brumfield, studying in Des Moines, spent the weekend with her parents. The Brumfield and Razor families visited Lenox Friday. Frank Miller and family of Sheridan were guests of their daughter Mrs. Robert Bonar. W F Walton attended the funeral of Mrs. May Wright in Diagonal. Vera Garrard Waugh left for Fayettesville NC to join Pvt Leroy Waugh, via Washington DC.
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