Honored for Its Conservation at Bedford Dinner
Oklahoma official Leon McDonald and Mrs. Lloyd White headlined a Bedford recognition dinner hosted by the PTA with 250 attendees. The event showcased soil and water conservation efforts in Taylor County, Iowa, featuring speeches, slides, and a $100 award to local commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon McDonald
Oklahoma
Soil and Water Conservation Gospel
Stillwater
Okla
Lloyd White
Kansas City
Bedford School
Max Coffey
T. McClanahan
Omaha World- Herald
Taylor County
Bloodmobile visit set for Bedford schoolhouse
Bedford residents urged to donate a pint at the Red Cross bloodmobile on Wednesday afternoon December 14. Recognition went to Lewis Walker and Lucile Livingston for reaching a gallon, with others listed as eligible to give again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Walker
Lucile Livingston
Bedford
Glenn Straight
Elton Jensen
Robert Stacy
William Hensch
Carl Cummings
Ralph Rutledge
The
Red Cross
Goudies Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. George Goudie near Bedford held Open House for their 25th anniversary with about 100 relatives and friends attending. Guests from several towns joined the couple in pink and silver decorations. The couple’s son and daughter, seven children, and a Des Moines wedding from 1930 are noted in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Goudie
Bedford
Chester Hamblin
Larry Hogue
Linda
Billy Wayne
Cora Anne
Bob Page
Sharpsburg
Helen [Goudie] Anderson
Santa Ana
Vesta Hamblin
Fred Goudie
Bertha Goudie
Des Moines
Glenn Burroughs
Dean
Junice College
Clarinda
Shirley
Imogene
Patty
Sandra
Virginia
Southwest Iowa Assessors Meet in Bedford
County assessors from 17 sw Iowa counties gathered at the Bedford courthouse for an all day meeting. Nels Christianson presided as president while attendees discussed problems practices and office procedures over dinner in the Bedford Cafe basement dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Court House
Bedford
Thefh
Bedford Cafe
Nels Christianson
Honor Adams at Blockton
Bethany Masonic Lodge No. 320 Blockton honored Elbert R. Adams Junior Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Iowa with a dinner and degree work. Adams received a wrist watch and a blanket from lodge members as 184 Masons from 32 Iowa lodges plus guests from Missouri and Virginia attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Masonic Lodge
Blockton
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Elbert R. Adams
Warren
University of Iowa
John
Omaha
Billy Freeman
Harlan Freeman
Adams
Bethany Lodge
Iowa
Missouri
Virginia
Goudie Car Upsets After Skidding on Ice
Mrs. George Goudie of north west of Bedford sustained neck injuries after a car driven by Mrs. Paul Goudie skidded on ice near Glenwood. The vehicle left the road and overturned in a ditch but all occupants escaped with shock and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goudie
George Goudie
Bedford
Paul Goudie
Omaha
Glenwood
Transfer Irwin To Jefferson Iowa
Darrell Dean Irwin produce man at United Food Market in Clarinda transfers to Jefferson Iowa effective December 1 to head the produce department in the Jefferson store with three employees under him. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Glen W Irwin of Bedford and formerly lived in Clarinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Dean Irwin
United Food Market
Clarinda
Jefferson
Iowa
Irwin
Glen W. Irwin
Bedford
Mont Kemery Services Held for Local Resident
Mont Kemery 77 longtime Taylor county resident died December 3 in Missouri Methodist hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Wetmore Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Robert M. Peters. burial in Hopkins Cemetery. Survived by wife Pearl Lowry two daughters Cordyce Dougherty Bedford and Mildred Patch St. Joseph one granddaughter one great grandson one sister and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Kemery
Taylor County
Aigsouri Methodist Hospital
Joseph
Wetmore Funeral Home
Robert M. Peters
Hopkins ‘Cemetery
Cordyce
George Dougherty
Bedford
Charles Patch
St. Joseph
Frank Trumbo
Lynn Kemery
Laye Kemery
Architects Discuss Bedford School Building Plans
Architects from Des Moines were in Bedford last week meeting with school heads and the Bedford Independent School District board to review cost estimates for revamping the trade school building and adding to the high school. Local groups have discussed needs and costs, with a public meeting planned to invite input and conclude plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Achitects
Des Moines
Bedford
District Scouters Elect Officers in Bedford Session
Dr. H S Frenkel of Clarinda selected again as district chairman at Lake of Three Fires District meeting held in Bedford. Elton Jensen named to lead leadership training. various officers named to guide 1956 programs across east Page Taylor and Ringgold counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Frenkel
Clarinda
Boy Scouts of America
Lake of Three Fires
Bedford
C. W. Steward
East Page
Taylor
Ringgold
Elton Jensen
Art Kelley
Jim Campbell
George Woolson
Clark Crawford
Frenkel
Gibson Attends County Engineers Conference in Ames
Taylor County Engineer R. J. Gibson attended the annual County Engineers Conference at Iowa State College in Memorial Union. The meeting ran from Tuesday through Thursday December 1 with sessions on highway engineering research and problem discussion for county engineers across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
R. J. Gibson
Iowa State College
Memorial Union
Thurdsay
Towa
Pledge Sorority Initiates Five Members at NW Missouri State
Mrs. Mabel Cole of Blockton joined five pledges initiated in the Alpha Chapter of Kappa Omicron Phi at Northwest Missouri State College. The national home economics sorority emphasizes scholarship and personality. Cole is a senior home economics major at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Cole
Blockton
Kappa Omicron Phi
Northwest Missouri State College
Cole
Taylor County Schools Survey Reports Rural Town Split and Needs
Paul Wallace and Joe Whitaker completed a Taylor county survey of 67 rural and eight town schools. Enrollment prior to 1955 totals 2765 with 173 teachers and 57 districts, noting 98 percent oil stoves, updated interiors, and a need for more library books while many schools date from 1870 to 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wallace
Iowa
Joe Whitaker
Taylor County
Blockton
Clearfield
Conway
Gravity
Lenox
New Market
Sharpsburg
Bedford High School
Conway School
Gravity High
Ienox
Bedford merchants host final Wednesday gift distribution event
This week’s Wednesday afternoon distribution of 16 dressed turkeys and merchandise gifts is repeated next Wednesday December 14 under Bedford merchants. Registration cards are used once. begin registering again for the third and final distribution. Stores and districts glow with Christmas displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Merchants
Farm Bureau Fieldman Clarifies Separation With Extension Service
Taylor County Farm Bureau plans full separation from the Extension Service in January as the latter moves to a new office. Vince Caudle states the Bureau has paid the Extension Service since 1950 totaling $14,138.85 and has not received county funds. The Extension Service paid $500 yearly rent to the Bureau for office space and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Taylor County Extension Service
Extension Service
Zeller
Farm Bureau
Tieldman
Vince” Caudle
Extension Services
Waubonsie Tourney Results Boys and Girls Early Round
In the Waubonsie tournament first round results show Blockton trouncing Sharpsburg 97 to 35, Prescott 54 over Gravity 31, Clearfield 70 to Nodaway 52, and girls Prescott 53 beating Nodaway 49 while Clearfield 55 defeated Sharpsburg 51. Final pairings set include Prescott against Gravity and Conway against ay in girls and boys brackets respectively. In Justice Court in L A Purcell's court Clifford Short of Conway faced intoxication charges, and Richard Guess of Bedford faced speeding and load-spilling counts with fines and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys Blockton
Sharpsburg
Prescott
Gravity
Clearfield
Nodaway
Ekton
Justice Court
L. A. Purcell's Court
Clifford Short
Conway
Richard Guess
Bedford
Bloodmobile Drive Encourages Community Service
The 1956 campaign invites residents ages 18 to 59 to donate blood at the high school on Wednesday December 14. Local nurses will screen donors and a physician will assess fitness before the collection. reports of pledges are urged by Saturday to Lucille Livingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Omaha
Lucille Livingston
Bloodmobile
Jack Marley
Bedford
Hart Hereford Bull Sells High at National Polled Hereford Sale
A registered Polled Hereford bull owned by Chas. Hart & Son of Conway sold for $1300 at the National Polled Hereford sale in Chicago last week. The Harts exhibited only one animal in the show this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Hart & Son
Conway
Chicago
Harts
Bedford Merchants Extend Evening Hours in December
Stores to stay open late for shoppers with hours until 9 p.m. on Monday December 12 and Thursday December 22 and Friday December 23. Christmas Eve closing is 5 30 p.m. on Saturday December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Names Added To United Fund List
The Times-Press lists added donors to the United Fund including F. W. Harbour and James A. Lucas each at $50. New submissions include Town Power & Light $75, Guy Thompson $10, Harold Guenther $25, Mrs. Kilroy $1, Toby Lewis $1, and Mary Wilson $6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Your Times-Press
F. W. Harbour
James A. Lucas
Town Power & Light
Guy Thompson
Harold Guenther
Mrs. Kilroy
Toby Lewis
Mary Wilson
SICK HOMEMAKER MAJORS AND OTHERS BACK HOME
Frank Majors of Gravity returned home Wednesday from Rosary hospital Corning after surgery. Johnson of Siam released from Municipal hospital Clarinda where he was a patient. Dale Jackson of New Market came home Monday after a month in Mercy hospital Council Bluffs. Floyd Robbins III, known as Cute, recuperated at home in Bedford cared for by his sister and friends. Mrs. R. S. Miller back at Municipal hospital Clarinda with serious illness. Dave Thompson injured in an auto crash near Winterset spent last weekend in Bedford and will recover in Iowa City where he may need a steel and leather brace during first period of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Majors
Rosary Hospital
Corning
OF. Johnson Wome
B. F. Johnson
Siam
Municipal Hospital
Clarinda
Ome
Dale Jackson
New Market
Mercy
Floyd Robbins
Floyd
Robbins
Bedford
William Young
Darrell Shields
R. S. Miller
Births A son and twin boys reported in Missouri and Iowa
A son born to Mr and Mrs Bill Smyser of Sheridan Missouri on November 19. John Francis named for the newborn. Twin sons born December 5 adopted by Mr and Mrs Jerry Roberts of Des Moines named Tommy and Terry. Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Roberts of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smyser
Sheridan, Mo
Thos. E. Fitzgerald
Clearfield
John Francis
Jerry Roberts
Des Moines
Tommy
Terry
Tom Roberts
Bedford
Service News From The Fronts On Leave Flows Home
Soldiers and airmen return home on leave or transfer as World War II service personnel travel between bases. Pvt Richard Haynie arrives from Fort Carson to visit his mother Mrs Violet Haynie. Gaylon Gold leaves Gravity for Norfolk after a 14 day Navy air corps stay. James Swaim from Newfoundland phones his parents then heads back. Cpl Gregory Curtis of Athelstan to Japan with wife Lois Cordell in Des Moines. Lt Glenn E Stewart from Siam transfers to Webb AFB Texas. Airman Neal W Garner on maneuvers at Stead AFB Reno after a 10 day return. Verlin Burns back from Okinawa visits Gravity family. remarks on peace closing with Wallace quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylon Gold
Norfolk
Gravity
U. S. Navy Air Corps
Curtis
Japan
Gregory Curtis
Athelstan
Lois Cordell
Lves
Des Moines
Garner
Neal W. Garner
United States Air Force
Altus A. F. B
Okla
Stead A. F. B
Reno
Nevada
Neal
Nine Iowa counties urged to submit tax law ideas in Clarinda hearing
The Iowa Taxation Study Committee schedules a public hearing in the Page County Courthouse Clarinda on December 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Adams Cass Fremont Mills Montgomery Page Ringgold Taylor and Union counties are urged to participate. Rep Vern Lisle will arrange the event with local groups and State Sen X T Prentis chairs the 12 member committee created to recommend revisions to the Iowa tax laws. The Clarinda Chamber of Commerce hosts a luncheon at the Linderman Hotel for the committee on the hearing day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Taxation Study Committee
Clarinda
Page County
Adams
Cass
Fremont
Mills
Montgomery
Page
Ringgold
Taylor
Union
Vern Lisle
X.T. Prentis
Mount Ayr
Senate
Iawa
56Th
Towa General Assembly
Clarinda Chamber of Commerce
Linderman Hoetel
Former Bedford Resident Dies in Oregon at 77
Craig Robert Askren 77 formerly of Bedford died Nov 18 in Foster Oregon sister May Askren Garner Omaha reports. He had been ill for some time and moved to Sweet Home Oregon six years ago from Sandpoint Idaho where he worked in lumber. Surviving are widow Marie and four sisters May Garner Omaha Maude Brown Cedar Rapids Fraye Carson Winslow Wash Myrtle Burstedt Webster City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Robert Askren
Bedford
Foster
Oregon
May Askren Garner
Omaha
Askren
Sweet Home
Sandpoint
Idaho
Marie Askren
May Garner
Maude Brown
Cedar Rapids
Fraye Carson
Winslow
Wash
Myrtle Burnstedt
Webster City
Lenox Man Lewis Bryant Dies in Bedford
Lewis Bryant 82 a Lenox resident for 25 years died in a Bedford nursing home on Thursday December 1 Funeral services were held at Bender Funeral Home Lenox conducted by Rev Cecil Simonton with burial in Lenox cemetery He is survived only by distant relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Bryant
Lenox
Bedford
Bender Funeral Home
Cecil Simonton
Miller Beemer Catuska DuBois Nuptial Dates Noted
Lyle Welda Miller of Grant City and Alice Ann Beemer of Conway wed on November 28. Robert Catuska of Bedford and Clarissa DuBois of Portsmouth Virginia married on December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Welda Miller
Grant City
Alice Ann Beemer
Conway
Robert Catuska
Bedford
Clarissa DuBois
Portsmouth
Selective Service Office Announces Saturday Closure
Miss Martha Taylor head of the Taylor county selective service office says the office is closed all day Saturdays and closes at 4 p.m. on other weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Martha Taylor
Taylor County Selective Sere
Court House
4-H officer training school draws 103 leaders at Grav ity
About 103 local 4-H club officers and leaders attended the officer training school at Grav ity on December 3. Velda Beck and Duane King led get acquainted activities. Mac lyn LaRue spoke on the school’s purpose and what to carry back to clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravity
Velda Beck
Duane Kine
Mary Lockhart
4-H
Maclyn LaRue
Joe Gunston
Barbara Reed
James Lucas
Mary Ann Sharp
Dale Stephens
Karen Price
John Bush
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Parent-Teacher Association
Bhi Young
Bill
Merle Travis
Taylor County Soils District Commission
Clyde Spry
State of
Shenandoah
Frank Mendell
S.C.S
Alvin Peterson
Iowa Association
Stanton
Maurice Soulis
Ames
Roy Selley
Wayland Livingston
Raymond Sneed
McDonald
T-Bone
Howeat
Benjamin Franklin
Goudies
Honor Adams
Masons
Hilda Doolittle
Hamilton la Monte Kemery
Kittie Leighton
William Kemery
Miss Pearl Lowry
Clarinda Herald Journal
Gibson
Bera
Taylor County Soil District Commissioners
Board of Soil Commissioners
Dee
Moisture Dee
Waubonsie Tourney
Ton
Nell Griffith Wilson
Haynie
Richard Haynie
Fort Carson, Colo
Violet Haynie
Swaim
James Swaim
Newfoundland
New York
Howard Swaim
Stewart
Glenn E. Stewart
Marana Air Base
Tucson
Arizona
Webb Air Base
Big Springs
Texas
Okinawa
Verlin Burns
Air Corps
Newl Burns
L. N. Crawford
Wallace
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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