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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
1
Blockton residents share Thanksgiving visits with kin in Rippey and Allendale. Sunshine Sisters meet for Scrabble with prizes awarded to Gladys Coxlow and Debbie Brown. Local churches schedule Christmas dinner and services. families visit from Norwalk Des Moines Shawnee Mission and Carmen Oklahoma.
Mrs Chas Shoe maker Jr hosted a Friday afternoon party at her home. Attendees from a distance included Mrs Pearl Young Mrs Sharon Jones from Clarinda and Mrs Berthel Ledgerwood of Lenox, Mr and Mrs John Melvin of Des Moines and Mr and Mrs LeRoy Johnson of Gravity. Clyde Whaley of Council Bluffs spent the weekend with his sister Mrs Jerry Rucker. Whaley reports his mother Mrs V H Whaley has pneumonia but is improving. Floyd Sprague Jr and his wife visited the Everett Garrett home near Clarinda Friday night.
Home Builders class met at Mrs. Russell Sunderman home to plan kitchen knife orders and a December 29 basket supper. Sunday services featured a Christmas program at the Methodist church with Elaine Cummings of Bedford and Marvin Potter delivering special addresses. Members decorated churches for Christmas, hosted family dinners, and joined a card party with neighbors.
Extension family living leader training on Friday featured menus using pork eggs and dairy. Nutrition and preparation methods were discussed before cooking as 17 ladies noted the menus used practical foods on hand.
New Market and Clarinda residents share hospital visits family updates and a funeral. Mrs. Emma Sparks Humphrey and Bert Jones are noted as deceased. Church of Christ activities include a cookies and candy tray delivery to nursing homes and a December program with sermons, singing, and a men’s meeting at Siam led by Wilbur Fields.
Marcelline Hemingway Sanford depicts Ernest Hemingway from 1898 to 1928 through family life in Oak Park Windemere Walloon Lake and Key West. The book traces his early years high school writing for the school paper and his Red Cross service with insights from the sister who knew him best.
Zelbert completes large terrace work on his Clayton township land at his own expense due to late signup. He has built over six and a half miles of terraces on his land and Ross Kopp land plus another mile on newly bought property. Davenport and Larsen in Grant township start an erosion control dam along fence line to stop a ditch. they share costs per estimated benefits.
Tyler family announces Duane H. Tyler has joined the State University of Iowa in Iowa City as a research economist in the business and economic research department. He holds a BA and MA in economics and will study for a PhD while continuing university work. The Tylers plan to move to Iowa City on December 1.
Mrs Sina Williams 83 died at daughter's home Tuesday. Funeral services held November 23 at Clarinda with brief rites at Blockton cemetery. Born 1881 in Ringgold County she married George R Williams in 1900 and was active in Methodism. Survived by daughter Estell Hipsley and other relatives.
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