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Newspaper

Bedford Times Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1955

Page

10

Clearfield T club visits Taylor county home

Mrs. Elman reports Clearfield three Federated clubs visited the Taylor county home near Conway last Tuesday. The group distributed cookies and candy, gave fruit to three diabetic patients, and heard a club program. Cecil Maharry hosted Kensington club and husbands at a 7 pm dinner at Marietta's Cafe followed by Rook with high scores by Kate Beggs, Rolley Bailey, Elvin Lyddon, and Floyd Gourley.

Clearfield Taylor County Conway Cecil Maharry Kensington Club Marietta Rook Kate Beggs Rolley Bailey Jon Elvin Lyddon Floyd Gourley B. Seymour Sunflower Kans Ray Brown Hazel Shoemaker Des Moines Paul Brown Chicago Herman Brown Alice Hargin Grace ‘Hansel Miller Owens Thurdsay Winterset Harry Watts Velma Grant Don Dixon Ames U. S. Grant Veneta Boyd Nevill Estherville T. W. Bailey Riverton Wyo Bert Brown Paul Greeley Maureen Gravity Chas. Newburn L. Gardner Creston Boyd Hamilton Myrta Young Mary Jake Lockwood J. R. Crew Funeral Home Tingley Minnie Venita Hill Genevieve Jobe Eldon San Diego Calif Dean Peterson-Nicol Betty DeVore Claude Moore Howard McColm Bedford Chas Huss Sharpsburg Howard Perdew Lewis McColm Craig Jane Huss Gerald Cole Jedd Maryville George Brown Denny Omaha Frank Davis Terry Peterson Melvin Miers Walter Greenway Gertrude Posten Earl Taylor Francis Fickess Floyd Fickess

Thanksgiving Friends and Family Gatherings Across Bedford Area

Local notices detail numerous Thanksgiving meals and visits. Family groups from Bedford, Lenox, Gravity, New Market and surrounding towns share dinners, travels, and hospitality with relatives and friends, including teachers, merchants, and merchants families. Multiple named households and towns appear, capturing a broad slice of holiday social life.

Christmas Letters Telegrams Highlight Church Pledge Meeting

Telegrams mentioning Christmas letters were read as refreshments were served by the committee. During the business session the class voted to apply their birthday money to a $100 special pledge for the church building.

Busy Bee Club Mary Parker al ™mMa Brett Rosa Baker Ina Calkins Mary Baker Mable Green Rhoda Johnson Muriel Baxter Neva Smith Bernice Bennett Loyal Womens

Gravity News and Thanksgiving Gatherings in Local Notice

The Gravity Legion Auxiliary met with seven members to discuss Christmas plans and a Ground Observer Corps talk for a local station. Thanksgiving dinner at the Methodist church drew many attendees including Geo Wallenhaup and others. many more were not listed.

Frank Ambrose The Legion Auxiliary Ground Observer Corps Molie King Millie Levitt Geo. Wallenhaup L. L. McGregor Catherine Creston Mable Oxley Sharpsburg Guy Hicks Clifford Young Horace Beemer John Fitch Wilson Ilo Wilson Wm. Nensch Bedford Ritchey Lenox Maude Weller Roy Kerns Pearlie Poore Lelan Jones Elton Bruner Conway Glen Savage New Market Weber Strand Roy .Monroe

Weekend social notes from Sharpsburg and area

Local residents hosted and visited during Thanksgiving weekend. Families including the Kerns, Grimm, Chicko, Weller, Milner, Hall, Pfander, Cree, Gold, and Cordell shared meals and hosted guests in Sharpsburg Bedford and nearby towns. Notable trips included visits to Lincoln Nebraska and Kansas City.

Roy Kerns Sharpsburg Albert Fickess Polk City Carl Rice Aroyster Len Grimm Tom Grimm Donna Mae Maude Weller Rosa Gillespie Tona Filbert Creston Bill Gillespie Irene Gold Clarinda Gaylord Georgie Nellie Borden Lioyé Grimm Brad Baggett Prescott Kenneth Boltinghouse Adena Lenox Robert Donaldson Paul Chitty Josie Holmes Richard Wilson Bessie Boydston Pearley Poore Minnie Shimer Gravity Methodist Church

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