Church Women United Plans Meals on Wheels Service
Bedford neighbors learn that Church Women United plans a Meals on Wheels program for ill, disabled, aged, or solo residents. Planning emphasizes recruiting, recipient approval, nonprofit incorporation, and year round volunteer support with meals five days weekly where feasible. Interested applicants contact Mrs Wilma Anderson and volunteers reach out via church coordinators Mrs S K Mendenhall and the program volunteer coordinator.
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Bedford
Wilma Anderson Immediatley
S. K. Mendenhall
Ray Coffey joins Taylor County Extension trainee post
Ray Coffey begins training as a county extension director with the Iowa State University Cooperative Extension Service at Bedford. From December 1 to March 1 he will train under Craig Elliott. Coffey holds a BS in Agriculture Education from Iowa State University.
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Taylor County
Bedford
Ray Coffey
Ray
Iowa State University Cooperative Extension Service
Craig Elliott
Church Women United Dinner Sponsored For Bedford Area
Church Women United sponsors a Christmas potluck dinner for live alone residents in the Bedford Community school district. The event at the Christian Church on December 18 at noon provides food for men and others unable to prepare it. Transportation help available through Coryl Cox at the Service Center.
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Church Women United
Bedford Community
Christian Church
Mon
Sindiha
Coryl Cox
Bedford Driver License Examinations Scheduled
Driver license examinations and renewals will be offered on Saturday April 14 and 26. officials will be at Bedford City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to process renewals and testing.
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Cine
Bedford City Hall
New Lutheran Parsonage Ready for Occupancy
The Duran family has moved into a newly completed six room parsonage. Minor landscaping and walk work are planned when weather permits.
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New Lutheran Parsonage
Messiah to Be Presented December 10 in Clarinda
Handel’s Messiah will be performed December 10 at 3 p.m. on the Clarinda Campus of Iowa Western Community College at the Cow Palace. The Singers of the Royal Blue IWCC Concert Choir campus, the Clarinda Community Chorus and selected Clarinda high school students will perform under director Nelson E. Crow with Ray Gilmore as concertmaster. Admission is free with a free will offering to defray expenses. Proceeds from the USO dinner December 2 totaled 125 dollars, benefits to USO, with thanks from Legion and Auxiliary members to Bedford churches and the public.
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G. F. Handel
Clarinda
Iowa Western Community College
Cow Palace
6Th
Grant Street
Singers of the Royal Blue
IWCC
Clarinda Community Chorus
Clarinda High School
Nelson E. Crow
Ray Gilmore
BCHS Freshmen Prepare for Basketball Season
Twelve BCHS freshmen train three mornings weekly for the season and open with Villisca on December 12. double headers with freshman girls. games start at 4:00 except Clarinda boys game. key roster includes Dawson Farrens Harris Hullinger Mattes Nally Rowe Shehan Snyder Stephenson Thornton Thrasher.
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Villisca
Clarinda
Ricky Dawson
Roger Farrens
Dean Harris
Dennis Hullinger
Stanley Mattes
Dave Nally
Dean Rowe
David Shehan
Mike Snyder
Terry Stephenson
Jay Thornton
Charles Thrasher
Corning
Mt. Ayr
County Cowgirls Banquet Set for December 9
Junior Cowgirls will receive awards at a banquet to be held December 9 in Lenox at 7 30 p.m. in the Methodist Church dining room.
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Lenox
Methodist Church
Bedford GOP Women to Meet December 11
Bedford Republican Women's Club will meet Monday December 11 at the home of Mrs. Louise Busby in Clearfield. A $1 gift exchange is planned. Please note change in date.
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Bedford Republican Women’s Club
Louise Busby
Clearfield
Cake Exhibit and Sale at Neighborhood Center
The Cake Decorating Class led by Helen Moon presents a Cake Exhibit and Sale at the Neighborhood Service Center on Friday December 15 at 1 30 p m. Free cake and coffee will be served. Visitors may view and buy cakes. Class members include Kathy Burgmaier Donna Burns Connie Cox Karen Cox Phyllis Cox Cory Cox Joyce French Ruth Harris Monica Mahler Jean Overbay Connie Stamps Donna Walston and Sandi Wehrkamp. Headstart parents are reminded of the Christmas supper on Friday December 8 at the Blue Check Room.
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Helen Moon
Kathy Burgmaier
Donna Burns
Connie Cox
Karen Cox
Phyllis Cox
Cory Cox
Joyce French
Ruth Harris
Monica Mahler
Jean Overbay
Connie Stamps
Donna Walston
Sandi Wehrkamp
Blue Check Room
BCHS Music Groups Plan December 13 Concert
The BCHS band and swing choir, with soloists and ensembles, perform an hour of Christmas music. The event is set for December 13 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium with no admission charge and Santa expected.
FHA members offer service to mothers this Christmas
Local FHA girls will read stories to children ages 3 to 8 at the Library on December 9 and 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. Parents can enjoy two free hours of Christmas shopping while their children are entertained.
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FHA
F.H.A
Legion and Auxiliary to Meet December 11
The Taylor County American Legion and Auxiliary will convene at Gravity Legion Hall on Monday December 11 at 8 p.m. The gathering aims to discuss post activities and upcoming events.
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Taylor County American Legion and Auxiliary
Gravity Legion
Farmers Coop Picked Asgrow Seed Dealer in Bedford Area
Bedford Farmers Cooperative Elevator has been selected as an Asgrow seed dealer for the region. Norman Blunk, district sales manager for Asgrow Seed Company, says the new dealer will carry the full Asgrow seed line including grain sorghum varieties and high yielding corn hybrids for grain or silage, plus Asgrow alfalfa. Asgrow, a unit of The Upjohn Company, has over a century in seed production and is a major supplier to vegetable growers and processors.
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Bedford Farmers Cooperative Elevator
Norman Blunk
Asgrow Seed Company
Asgrow
Upjohn Company
Bedford School District Boards Tentative Budget Approved
In a special evening session on November 29 the Bedford Community School District Board of Education approved the tentative budget for the 1973 74 year. The budget must be sent to the State Budget Review Committee by December 1 with final action planned for next summer. All members attended and the vote was unanimous.
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Bedford Community School District Board of Education
Iowa
Bloodmobile drives donations in Bedford area
83 residents donated blood at the Red Cross Bloodmobile last week with Bedford supplying 75 pints of the 91 pint goal. Donor list includes William Baker Jr and many others. participation hampered by farmers in the fields and illnesses among potential donors.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Bedford
William Baker, Jr
Helen Bartles
Leonard Bartles
William G. Bremer
O Bryan Brothers honor 5 to 9 year service awards
Pictured group of O Bryan Brothers Inc employees includes women with names listed and Clyde Spencer absent. Michael O Bryan presents 5 to 9 year service pins, 14K gold Florentine brooches for women and a tie tack lapel pin for men featuring the L crest with sapphires. Service awards span 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 and 45 years with gem symbolism noted.
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O'Bryan Brothers, Inc
Michael O'Bryan
Lorraine
O'Bryan Brothers Service
Skylark Station Changes Owners
Bill Wall sold Skylark Service Station to Wayne Miller with possession set for December 5. Wall has owned the Skylark for four and a half years. Joe Pittelkow, USN, promoted to Petty Officer third class on November 1, serves aboard the U S S Saratoga near Vietnam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Wilhelm Pittelkow of Bedford. Address: OP3 Joe Pittelkow 48568 7466 S-7 Div. USS Saratoga CV-60 FPO San Francisco Calif 96601.
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Bill Wall
Wayne Miller
Wall
Joe Pittelkow
USN
U.S.S. Saratoga
Vietnam
Joe
Wilhelm Pittelkow
Bedford
Saratoga
Fpo
San Francisco
Calif
Clark Named to 1 A M LA Post
Howard R. Clark was elected vice president of the Iowa Association of Mutual Insurance Associations at its 92nd annual Des Moines convention. He becomes the 1 A M I A delegate to the 1973 national convention in Toronto marking the first time the gathering is outside the United States. Clark has three years as I A M I A director and one year on the County Mutual Reinsurance Pool Board of Governors, formed by Iowa County Mutuals and IMT Insurance Co Des Moines.
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Howard R. Clark
Iowa Association of Mutual Insurance Associations
Des Moines
Toronto
Canada
United States
Clark
I.A.M.I.A
County Mutual Reinsurance Pool
Iowa County Mutuals
IMT Insurance Co
Postmaster Urges Early Christmas Mailing
Postmaster LaVern Peters asks customers to mail regular parcels by December 10 and all parcels by December 15 to ensure Christmas delivery within the continental states. Address all parcels on one side and include a slip with sender and recipient names to aid delivery if the wrapper is damaged. He also thanks the public for past cooperation during snow periods and asks for continued help.
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LaVern Peters
Continental States
Peters
Bedford Evening Shopping Dates Set by Development Club
The Development Club announces December evening shopping nights in Bedford. The planned dates are December 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, and 23. Local residents encouraged to visit downtown stores for holiday shopping convenience.
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Development Club
Bedford
Bedford Firefighters Aid Pickering Blaze
Bedford Fire Department responded to a Put Pickering Missouri blaze early Tuesday with crews from Bedford Clarinda Hopkins and Maryville. The fire destroyed a general store and barber shop but the Pickering Masonic Temple was saved. Bedford crew included Chief Ben Scane Claude Hooper Bill Hawkee Lary Wyckoff Roy Volkmar Mick Ware Clyde Spencer Ed Crum and Jim Wilson.
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Bedford
Pickering
Clarinda
Hopkins
Maryville
Pickering Masonic Temple
Ben Scane
Claude Hooper
Bill Hawkee
Lary Wyckoff
Roy Volkmar
Mick Ware
Clyde Spencer
Ed Crum
Jim Wilson
FFA Boys Assist With Bloodmobile Load
Seven Bedford FFA members helped the Red Cross load equipment into the Bloodmobile at 6:00 p.m. on November 29. Participants were Mark Gregory Dennis White Jack French Steven DeVoe Randy Beemer Dwight Strong and Mike DeVoe. The boys were treated to sandwiches and thanked for their help.
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Bedford Ffa
Red Cross
Mark Gregory
Dennis White
Jack French
Steven DeVoe
Randy Beemer
Dwight Strong
Mike DeVoe
Bulldogs Beat Shenandoah In Conferencing Thriller
Bedford Bulldogs topple Shenandoah Mustangs 61-49 in Aston with Jackie Spencer 31 points 21 rebounds and Larry Kilpatrick 20 guiding the attack. Bedford B team wins 64-25. Shenandoah reserves beat Bedford B 60-41. Bedford visits Corning Friday.
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Bedford Press
East Union Eagles
Aston
Bulldogs
Jackie Spencer
Bulldog
Larry Kilpatrick
East Union
Diggs
Brown
Bedford
Jimmy Cox
Shenandoah Mustangs
Kevin Ritchie
Ken Smith
Shenandoah
Alley
Teagardner
Shea
Corning
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Church Women United’ Project
Coffey
Iowa State University
Ames
Janice
Nicole
Humeston
Wayne County
Maxine Coffey
Farm Service Co
Kenneth Kyner
LeRoy
Coffeys
Pearl St
New Bedford Lutheran Parsonage
Madison Street
John
USO
American Legion Hall
Legion
BCHS
GOP
Farmers Coop
Bcsd Board
Pearl Marie Brown
Edward E. Burks
Mary N. Cabeen
Ellen Kathryn Clemens
Mary A. Cordell
Elvin J. Cox
Vernon Lee Cox
Ronald D. Cox
Carl H. Cummings
Rosalie Dalton
Marshal Duane Duncan
Albert Downing
John N. Farrell
Galen Gamel
Donal H. Glass
Mable Grace
Virgil B. Gregory
Doris Louise Gregory
Max Alvin Haidsiak
Eva Marie Hensley
Gordon C
Donald J. Schwartzhoff
Dallas Eugene Scott
Eudean Selby
Howard J. Spencer, Jr
Loretta Ann Spencer
Robert N. Stacy
Orville V. Stephens
Neva Stephens
Edna Streitenberger
Robert L. Truitt
Diane Ware
Michael Joseph Ware
Marven Francis Weed
J. T. Weir
Shirley J. Weir
David L. Wilson
Kathryn Dicken
Philip Dwinell
Lou Ann Marshall
John Richard Cabeen
Blaine Shupe
Robert Loutzenhiser
Cliff Overbay
Don Crawford
Annabelle Lucas
Eleanor Anderson
Connie Gilreath
Sylvia Hawkee
Joan Bartles
Alice Polson
Elaine Perdew
Irene Long
Linda Sny
der, Karen Swaney
Carol Smith
Lillie Young
Ann Spencer
Judy Browning
Dorothy Whitehill
Leona Stephen
Betty Glass
Virginia Crutch
Neva Crane
Bonnie Hyde
Harold Frey
Geneva Karg
Rowena Shimer
Honor O'Bryan
Skylark
Country Boys
Homedin Street
Country Boys Lumber
Har
Sariths
FFA
Echl Bulldogs
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