Gift Exchange Noted As Clubs Plan December Events
The J U G Club will host a gift exchange on December 14 with Mary Jo Purcell as hostess and a Christmas poem roll call. The Order of the Eastern Star meets December 14 at the Masonic Temple in Bedford, with the Kensington group chaired by Gladys Reed and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.U.G
Mary Jo Purcell
C.E.S
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bedford
Kensington Group
Gladys Reed
Opal Pool
Edna Lacy
Ruth Downing
LaVonne Welter
Ina Lou Marshall
B.B.B
Dorothy O’dougherty
Hazel Brown
Beulah Mahaffey
Lela Fine
Katie Roberts
Thelma Duncan
Verna Johnson
Music Pupils of Mrs Combs Present Recital at Gravity
Sixty two attended the December 4 recital at the Gravity Methodist Church by the pupils of Mrs. Neil Combs. Performers included Lori Miller Sheby Moore Cindy Rainforth Richard Rainforth Brent Johnson Debbie Johnson Polly Mains Ward Mains Sheila Maher Donna Valentine Debra Stamps Janice Stamps Teresa Shoemaker Laura Shoemaker Jeff Burroughs Marla Hardee and Jayne Hardee. A reception followed with refreshments provided by the students and Mrs Combs Mrs Wilma Leck and Mrs Myrna Mains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Combs
Methodist Church In
Gravity
Lori Miller
Sheby Moore
Cindy Rainforth
Richard, Rainforth
Brent Johnson
Debbie Johnson
Polly Mains
Ward Mains
Shelia Maher
Donna Valentine
Debra Stamps
Janice Stamps
Teresa Shoemaker
Laura Shoemaker
Jeff Burroughs
Marla Hardee
Jayne Hardee
Comb
Nursing Home Administrators Meet In Sioux City
Daniel Ross administrator of Bedford's Pearl Terrace Manor attended CMN Corporation's annual administrator meet December 7 and 8 in Sioux City. Guest speaker Sebastian Salerno vice president of Mutual of Omena spoke on motivation in nursing home operation. Administrators represented CNN's 10 leased or owned homes and 17 affiliate homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Ross
Bedford
Pearl Terrace Manor
CMN Corporation
Sioux City
Sebastian Salerno
Mutual of Omena
CNN
Airman Paul Beemer Home From Vietnam
AIC Paul Beemer son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Beemer returns home from service in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Beemer
Vietnam
AIC
Mrs
Virgil Beemer
Bloom family ties knit across Illinois and Wisconsin towns
The Bloom family and relatives from Rockford Beloit Des Moines Essex and Rockton are connected through marriages and business. Kenny Kethe works in plumbing and heating while Donald Bloom is an architect in Rockford. Mickey Bloom finishes Alaskan duty and heads to New York for schooling before offshore duty in Carolina. Arlen Bloom plans naval service in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sturdy
Michael
Diane
Mary Shannon
Dick Lilly
Joey
Judy
Eddy
Randy
Orient
Les Lilly
Earl Bloom
Doris Marleta
Greenfield
Bob Hodge
Angela
Monica
Essex
Marian
Mike’ Lilly
Teresa
Daryl
Des Moines
Kenny Kethe
Jeff
Cherie
Rockton
Ill
Donald Bloom
Suzi
Rockford
Marshall
Mickey
Bloom
Arlen Bloom
Connie (Bloom
Beloit
Wisc
Kenny
Mickey” Bloom
Buddy
London
Shannon
Ireland
New York
Carolina
Arlen
Bloom Farm
Navy
Mrs Arch Aiton 87 Dies in Denver
Mrs Arch Lucy Aiton 87 of Denver formerly Bedford died December 6 in Denver. Services were held December 9 in Denver. Survived by two sons William and Donald and daughter Catherine all in Denver. Donald has been hospitalized since Thanksgiving after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch
Lucy) Aiton
Denver
Bedford
William
Donald
Catherine
Local Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted
Reports list several illness and surgery events in area hospitals. Mrs. Grasmann of Gravity and Mrs. Marley of Bedford are hospitalized in Clarinda and Maryville respectively, with others including Mrs. Jefferies, Waldo Stickelman, Lucretia Ridge, Robert Mathews, and Dr. Jim Johnson connected to Ringgold County and Rosary hospitals. Johnson sustained a knee wound from a boar while on duty at the Bedford Sale Barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Grasmann
Gravity
Municipal Hospital
Clarinda
Hazel Marley
Bedford
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Elizabeth Jefferies
St. Francis Hospial
Waldo Stickelman
Bedford arrives home for 30 day leave from Vietnam service
Bedford returned December 11 after a yearlong Vietnam service and will report to Topeka Air Force Base. His wife Susan Clayton and their six month old daughter Debbie will join him there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Vietnam
Topeka Air Force Base
Susan Clayton
Debbie
Births Log Recites New Arrivals Across Several Iowa Communities
A string of birth notices lists new additions in Clearfield Bedford New Market Maxwell Collins and Eagle Grove Iowa with birth dates from October to December. Parents include Rodda Williams Morris Daniels Guilliatt Payne Moore and their families with detailed grandparent and great grandparent names.
Local Notes From Iowa and Saigon Honor Visits and Births
Locals report Sgt Donald J Hanson at 4 152-0870 Box 1 Hard Bde 1st Cavalry Division APO San Francisco 96490 now in Saigon. A birthday visit to Zola Williams on December 6 included Mrs Mabe Hurst Virgil Davison Wilbur Davison Bertha Meritt Braddyville Rev Ivo Randels Hattie Laub and Arlene Mohler. Also Dean and Jacquelin Bailey visited. A daughter Jacquelin Ann born December 6 to Robert and wife of Seymour. Grandparents are Esther Brown Bedford and O E Putnam Lucern Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald J. Hanson
1St Cavalry Division
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Saigon
Mabe
Hurst
Virgil Davison
Wilbur Davison
Bertha Meritt
Braddyville
Ivo Randels
Hattie Laub
Arlene Mohler
Zola Williams
Jacquelin Ann
Robert Putnam
Seymour
Iowa
Esther Brown
Bedford
O. E. Putnam
Lucern
Calif resident visits family during furlough
El Sobrante, California resident visited his mother Mrs Mable Bailey and relatives in Gravity and Bedford. Stephen Clark, on furlough from Balboa Hospital in San Diego, visited his grandparents Mr and Mrs Paul Clark and others last week. He may be sent to Okinawa after training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Sobrante
Calif
Mable Bailey
Gravity
Bedford Area
Stephen Clark
Balboa Hospital
San Diego
Paul Clark
Okinawa
Warren Clark
Elaine
Kansas City
Reading Rites Held for Mrs Luther Reading
Memorial services for Mrs. Luther Reading 56 of Jefferson Iowa former Bedford resident were held December 1 at United Methodist Church in Jefferson. She died November 28 1971 in Jefferson. Graveside services were at 10 30 a.m. December 1 at Jefferson cemetery. Her husband was an attorney in Bedford during the 1940s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Margaret) Reading
Jefferson
Bedford
United Methodist Church
Reading
Jefferson Cemetery
School Menus Next Week
Men Dec 20 beef goulash peanut butter sandwiches green beans unbaked cookies fruit milk. Dec 21 turkey and dressing whipped potatoes gravy Christmas salad cranberry sauce tea rolls butter jelly ice cream milk. Dec 22 ham salad sandwiches buttered corn potato chips celery sticks pumpkin pie milk.
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Times-Press - Thurs
Santa
Ric
Ewart
New Market
Rebekah
Fay Cade
Noble Grand
Margaret Fuller
Hazel, Sexton
Opal Brown
Gladys Bycroft
Treas
Gladys Davis
N. D
Lenox
Lylas Haydon
Rebekah Assembly
Pres
Lavern Ridnour
Grace Selders
Sec
Gladys Smith
Legion Auxiliary Ladies of
Lenox Lodge
Memorial
New Market Lodge
Bedford Lodge
Eva Straight
Villisca
Indianola
Keota
West Des Moines
Assembly
Elizabeth Anderson
Inside Guardian
Jon Dee Beers
Emma Franklin
Jake Franklin
Elizabeth Leitsinger
Kay Shanenberger
Maxine Hackburth
Muriel Glavin
Margaret McCoy
Bloom Livestock Farm
Warren Bloom
Corning
Chiiblina
Alexander
Walter
Madge
Dan Ross
Arch Aiton
Peter Christopher
Peter Rodda
Germany
Rodda
Paul Whitmore
Clearfield
Sandra Ann- Marie
Larry Morris
Eagle Grove
John Busby
Edgar Morris
Diagonal
Vera England
Larry Daniels
Ann Reed
Creston
Francis Sickels
Beth Renza
Richard Guilliatt
Elsey Guilliatt
Herschel Scott
Blockton
George Guilliatt
Auburn
Nebr
John Wright
John Frazier
China Scott
Joel Allan
Allan Payne
Russell Payne
Maxwell, Ta
Bruce Robertson
Collins, Ia
C. H. Wert
Vance Ingersol
Maxwell
Dean Moore
Roy Moore
New Mar
Ee Santa
Beemer Oil Co
Bob - Scott - Ed
Ker
Bill Cozad
Dennis Sheer
John Frye
Clark Home
Stephen
Vera Paschal
Merle Ostrus
Fin Atlantic
Doris - Gary - Don - Arnie
Mmongas OF Iowa, Inc
Dale Juergens
Betty Greenway
Kae Eberle
Joan Baker
Margaret Young
Maurice Hanson
Bill Young
Don Smith
Harold Shepherd
Dee Lee
Pam Calfee
Mary Ann Huntsman
Mary Harshaw
Ruth Juergens
State Savings Bank
Fach Depot
Ineureu Save
Fdicoyna
Sharpsburg
Jane Moore
Kathryn Smith
Terri Roberts
Fred Hunter
Drs. WM
Kathryn Harris
Skylark Motel
Junction Cafe
L. Reading
L &S Skelly Service and Boys
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