War Casualties Memorial Services in Clarinda
Memorial services for families of war casualties from southwestern Iowa will be held at the Post Theatre of the Prisoner of War Camp in Clarinda on Sunday December 10 at 3 p.m. Lt. Col. George W. Ball CMP will command. Chaplains and civilians from government and church will participate to express sympathy and support, with Bedford Ministerial Association cooperating to stress obligations to fallen comrades.
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Iowa
Clarinda
George W. Ball
Cmp
Bedford
Tocal Baptist Church Celebrates Ninety Years
The Bedford Baptist church marked its ninetieth anniversary with a two day event on December 3 and 4. Weather kept attendance low while sermons by Dr John L Barton and Rev C Hatcher highlighted the sessions. Former members and Bedford natives Earl Longfellow and Victor Wik attended and decor included fall chrysanthemums.
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Bedford ‘Baptist Church
John’ L. Barton
Hatcher
Barton
Bedford
Columbia
Missouri
Earl Longfellow
First Baptist Church
Huron
South Dakota
Victor O. Wik
Bedford High School Honors Second Six Weeks Honor Roll
Bedford High School announces the second six weeks honor roll listing seniors Betty Davidson Mary Hamblin Phyllis Hatfield John Payne Elise Sawyer juniors Nelson Blakemore Phyllis Clark Joyce Rimel Bernita Sinderson Ilene Warneke sophomores Betty Atkins Marilyn Campain Henry Churchill Betty Cross Nancy Dinges Cory Hatfield Kathleen Lucas Lola O'Dougherty freshmen Darlene Davie Glade Hullinger Dorothy John Warden Rimel Wardine Rimel Ellen Ray Lorraine Round Guy Sleep Mary Spencer Beverly Thompson Louise Wintermute. Also included are eighth graders Phyllis Beebe Virginia Cobb Martha Dinwiddie Lois Graves Arlene Bryson Margaret Maxwell Robert Meikle Mary Ellen Park Mary Lou Putnam Kay Sawyer Max Valentine Evelyn Walker and seventh graders Charles Dinwiddie Patty Longfellow Peggy Young Charles Stephens Billy Steward.
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Bedford High School
Betty Davidson
Mary Hamblin
Phyllis Hatfield
John Payne
Elise Sawyer
Nelson Blakemore
Phyllis Clark
Joyce Rimel
Bernita Sinderson
Ilene Warneke
Betty Atkins
Marilyn Campain
Henry Churchill
Betty Cross
Nancy Dinges
Cory] Hatfield
Kathleen Lucas
Lola O'Dougherty
Darlene Davie
Glade Hullinger
Dorothy John
Warden Rimel
Wardine Rimel
Ellen Ray
Lorraine Round
Guy Sleep
Mary Spencer
Beverly Thompson
Louise Wintermute
Bedford Schools
Phyllis Beebe
Virginia Cobb
Martha Dinwiddie
Lois Graves
Arlene Bryson
Margaret Maxwell
Robert Meikle
Mary Ellen Park
Mary Lou Putnam
Kay Sawyer
Max Valentine
Evelyn Walker
Charles Dinwiddie
Patty Longfellow
Peggy Young
Charles Stephens
Billy Steward
Court Opens as Judge Johnston Presides
District Court opened Monday with Judge George A. Johnston presiding. Routine matters are being handled and jury cases are not ready. Petit jurors for the term were notified to not meet until December 12.
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George A. Johnston
Farmers discuss postwar program at township meeting
A December 1944 Triple A gathering at the library basement featured W L Hawks outlining price comparisons from WWI to the present conflict and officials Hervey Hazen Stan Christie Ralph Bush detailing reconversion, soil conservation needs, and farm program goals. AAA elections date set for December 9 in Bedford with county committee selections. Implement tires notice urges replacing worn tractor tires now.
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W. L. Hawks
Hervey Hazen
Hazen
Stan Christie
Farm Security Administration
Ralph Bush
Soil Conservation
Middle West
AAA
Triple A
Bedford
Three Year Test Supports Contouring Boosts Crops
Experiments over the last three years on 137 corn fields 79 soybean fields and 18 oat fields show contouring increases yields. Contoured corn rose 6.2 bushels per acre soybeans up 2.7 and oats 5.2. Only a few fields saw no yield gain from contouring.
Bureau Plans For Its Kickoff Meeting
Taylor County Organization Committee met with the Farm Bureau board December 1 to set plans for a January 15 kickoff event. H. O. Wamsley, county organization director, will contact township bird work committeemen to mobilize mass action following the meeting.
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Taylor County Organization Committee
Farm Bureau Board
Farm Bureau
H. O. Wamsley
Bedford Roll Call of World War II Servicemen
Bauernfield area soldiers and sailors from Bedford and surrounding towns are listed with deployments and postings. Notes include furloughs in Clearfield and Bedford, transfers to Italy, the Philippines, and the Pacific, new APO assignments, and family visits. Several locally stationed, overseas, or returning service members are named along with accompanying relatives.
Waubonsie Loop Basketball Standings Update
Conway boys unbeaten after beating Gravity to claim traveling trophy. Clearfield and Nodaway lead boys standings. Prescott and Sharpsburg eye key matchups as Gravity and Nodaway chase top spots in the league. Girls standings show Conway and Prescott atop undefeated groups with upcoming interleague clashes.
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Clearfield
Nodaway
Conway
Gravity
Prescott
Sharpsburg
Herbert Crum Dies in Farmer City Illinois
Herbert Crum former Bedford resident died at his home in Farmer City Illinois on Wednesday November 22. Funeral services were held the following Friday with burial in the area. Their daughter Mrs Clifford Templeton of Bedford traveled to Illinois for the last rites.
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Carey Allen
Frank Allen
Bedford
Charleston
South Carolina
Gene
Phyllis
Owen H. Faurot
Cutler Chapel
Council Bluffs
Owen
Milton Faurot
Sharpsburg
Trans
Point Comfort
Norfolk
Virginia
Memorial Park
U.S. Navy
James L. Faurot
Hutchinson
Kansas
Billy C. Faurot
South Pacific
Herbert Crum
Farmer City
Illinois
Clifford Templeton
Casualties report from wartime short notices
Casualties include Jimmie Speer of Clearfield hospitalized at Camp Robinson Arkansas with a throat infection. Pfc John W Florea of near Hopkins wounded and returned to the States for hospital care arriving Charleston December 1. Homer Buchanan of Lenox reported missing in action over Italy since November 9. Pvt Bill Parker wounded in action in France per War Department notice received Saturday. Willis Ray of Sheridan Missouri missing in action in Holland since November 7. Cpl Cecil G Newkirk, overseas, ill and returned to the States now at Winter General Hospital Topeka Kansas. mother Mrs Carl Newkirk of Blockton visited.
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Claire L. Bradley
States
Shenandoah
Robert Bradley
State Teachers College
Maryville
Sid Bradley
Bedford
Texas
Pfc
Bradley
Africa
Italy
France
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Army Hospital
Wilbur Young
Stark General Hospital
Charleston
South Carolina
U. S
Wisteria
Battle Creek
Michigan
Bernard Webb
Gravity
Germany
War Department
Jimmie Speer
Ray Speer
Clearfield
Camp Robinson
John W. Florea
Sam Florea
Near
Hopkins
Homer Buchanan
U. S. Air Corps
Hugh Buchanan
Lenox
Bill Parker
Tom Parker
Athelstan
Cpl
Cecil G. Newkirk
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Kansas
Carl Newkirk
Blockton
Leave Name On Seals Envelope
The Christmas Seal committee asks Bedford residents to print names on return envelopes with money or Seals. If names are erased credit cannot be given for payments or Seals. Records are kept as envelopes return and reminder cards aren’t sent to those already acting. Every saved postage penny aids tuberculosis fight.
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Christmas Seal Committee
Bedford
Wendell Prugh
Bedford Christmas Seal
Taylor Countians Register in November
The Taylor County local board recorded seven men and two others registering in November. Listed registrants include Dwight Vern Minor New Market Robert Glenn Leighton Bedford Harold Duane Warrick Gravity James Robert Trawbarger Corning Kenneth Melven Agnew New Market Francis Eugene House Clearfield Lloyd Eugene Austin Lenox Clifford Albert Nook Gravity.
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Taylor County Local Board For
Dwight Vern Minor
New Mar
Robert Glenn Leighton
Bedford Harold Duane Warrick
Grav
James Robert Trawbarger
Corning
Kenneth Melven Agnew
New Market
Francis Eugene House
Clearfield
Lloyd Eugene Austin
Lenox
Clifford Albert Nook
Gravity
Tale of a Dog Rescue by Local Firemen
A fox terrier chased a rabbit into a heap of bridge parts near the depot. The dog became wedged and upside down, crying out until noon when witnesses alerted the fire department. Firemen moved several tons of iron to free the trapped dog that evening.
Fifty Traveling Library books arrive for Farm Bureau
The Farm Bureau office received fifty Traveling Library volumes including Get Thee Behind Me by Spence and Reluctant Soul by Stewart. Books are loaned for three weeks and kept three months. late returns incur a one cent per day charge.
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Farm Bureau
Edgar Wainwright
Spence
Stewart
Body of Missing Bedford Man Found Near John Hopson Farm
Millard Greeley 68 of Bedford disappeared Monday from Armstrong Nursing Home. His body was found about 11 am Tuesday three and a half miles south of Bedford in a field near the John Hopson farm. Cause of death listed as heart attack from overexertion. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm at Walker & Shum Funeral Home, burial in Gravity cemetery.
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Millard Greeley
Bedford
Armstrong Nursing Home
John Hopson
Carl Marley
Stone
Greeley
Armstrong Place
Boy Scouts
Jay Lovitt
Finley Peterman
Gravity
Walker & Shum Funeral
Centenarian Neighbor Mrs Wilson Celebrates 191st Birthday
Bedford correspondent notes Mrs Caleb Wilson age 191, marking her birthday on October 31. She resides in Albany Oregon with granddaughter Mrs Clyde Williamson and Williamson’s mother Mrs Asbury Willard also at the same home.
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Wilson
Caleb Wilson
Bedford
Ira B. Wilson
Albany
Oregon
Clyde Williamson
Williamson
Asbury Willard
Barbara Ann Leach 5 Dies in Creston Hospital
Barbara Ann Leach five daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Leach Lenox died in a Creston hospital Thursday. Survived by parents and one sister. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the United Presbyterian church Lenox.
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Barbara Ann Leach
Harry Leach
Lenox
Creston
United, Presbyterian Church
Cadet Nurse Annabelle Carmichael Ill in Council Bluffs Hospital
Bedford Cadet Nurse Annabelle Carmichael is ill with an infection at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Her condition is reported as improving.
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Annabelle Carmichael
Bedford
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Mrs. Lillian Allcott Dies in Salt Lake City
Mrs. Lillian Allcott, 71, died in Salt Lake City Utah on November 3. She left a son Austin and was formerly of Bedford with the maiden name Davidson. She was a sister of the late A B Davidson.
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Lillian Allcott
Salt Lake City
Utah
Austin
Allcott
Bedford
Davidson
A. B. Davidson
Weather recap for the week with heavy precipitation
A week of rain sleet ice and snow damaged lines and trees. Chambers Brothers logged two inches of snow on Friday one half inch of sleet snow and rain on Monday and seven inches of snow Tuesday totaling three fourths of an inch of moisture. Night fog persisted and temperatures ranged from 12 to 34 degrees across the period.
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Chambers Brothers
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