This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 35 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
6
Corn sealing has started in Taylor County with moisture tests ranging from 13 to 16.93 percent in samples received. The official sealers remain Bert Archibald, Clarence Naven, Edgar Wainwright, and HK Russell, covering northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast Taylor respectively.
Bedford junior high students presented a fine production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the auditorium on Friday evening under Miss Gladys Cooper. The play featured strong casting and solid characterizations with well-learned lines.
Masonic lodge and O E S chapter announce a joint officer installation at the Masonic Temple on Friday evening January 2. A pot-luck supper for members and families starts at 6 o'clock. Newly elected Masonic officers named include Worshipful Master Geo Jared senior warden Paul Simpson junior warden Carrol Nelson senior deacon Ed Beard junior deacon Robert Greenlee senior steward Wayne Caskey junior steward Robert Goforth tyler Paul Miller.
Atty. O. J. Kirketeg of Bedford is appointed county chairman of Defense Savings by Atty. Roger Warin deputy administrator for Iowa. Warin leads promotional efforts for defense bonds and stamps. Kirketeg will organize a countywide unit in Taylor County.
Mr and Mrs G A Howard of Bedford marked their fifty sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday December 14 at their west Bedford home. Both observed their 79th birthdays the same day. The couple has lived at the Ruth Wieser residence for years, but moved Monday to a Sawyer property near the State Highway headquarters.
The Soil Conservation Service will keep aiding the Taylor County District Commissioners in the Soil District program. Bedford CCC camp will leave in January, but technical assistance remains available to farmers to save soil. Technicians will help draft plans the farmer can implement, noting labor shortages may slow progress.
Sharpsburg Bank won a replevin judgment in Polk County District Court last week against Universal Credit Company of Des Moines to recover a demonstrator car tied to a Bray Motor Company mortgage. An all women jury heard the trial with O J Kirketey and Jas A Lucas for the bank. The bank plans to sue in Adams County to recover four more demonstrator cars from Universal.
Tracy, owner of the three story brick building at Court and Main, intends remodeling. Bob Reed began work early in the week. The top story is being removed with good brick saved and cleaned. rubbish is hauled by the city for street repair.
Des Moines Mercy Hospital lists Harry Timberlake and Lon Anderson ill in Des Moines and Clarinda Municipal Hospital respectively. New Market figures include Val Hicks illness at home, Charles Hook at a sanatorium in Excelsior Springs, plus Loren McCoy breaking a leg in Siam and Donald Bubb badly injured by a car crank in Lenox.
A Christmas program by Platteville's young folks will be presented at the Platteville church on Sunday evening December 21. The show starts at 8 o'clock.
The American Red Cross Roll Call in Taylor County, covering November 11 to 30, is expected to exceed 1000 dollars per county chairman Rev. Ben W. Sindderson. Townships with detailed returns include Lenox 160.67 and Blockton 87, while Conway and Grove Marshall and Washington townships show incomplete data.
The 1941 tuberculosis Christmas Seal sale in Iowa is about eleven percent ahead of 1940, with Bedford singled out in a report from the Iowa Tuberculosis Association. Bedford residents have contributed 119.15 dollars from 188 responses to date, helping sustain local TB control and a new county program.
A brief snow flurry occurred last week with melt by Sunday. Temperatures ranged from 21 to 58 degrees across Thursday to Wednesday, showing a shift from winter to springlike warmth.
Wollie Hays was found guilty in a district court jury trial last week of issuing a fraudulent check. He was sentenced this week to not exceed seven years in the Fort Madison penitentiary, with Sheriff Ivan Wells to accompany him.
John W Thompson 84 died of a heart attack at his Conway home Thursday morning December 18. Funeral at 1 30 p m Sunday December 21 at the Conway Methodist Church followed by burial in Conway cemetery. He was Eclipse Lumber Co manager in Conway for 42 years and secretary of the Conway school board for 47 years. He belonged to the LOC CF. Survived by daughter Mrs John H Chilcote son Floyd five grandchildren and five great grandsons.
The Jolly Mixers club and families enjoyed an oyster supper Saturday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cobb. Six members and families attended. The regular January meeting will be at Mrs. William Park's home.
Residents urged to seek examinations for those with known exposure as Miss Edith May leads a TB screening program. Tuberculin skin tests will be offered at doctors offices with chest X rays planned for positives. program funded by the State Health Department and Christmas Seals drive.
The Royal Neighbors gathered Monday afternoon December 8 at Mrs. C N Nelsons home for a business session and a Christmas party with a gift exchange. Officers named for the new year include Oracle Mary Nappier and recorder Mrs. Jas Salter Jr.
The Presbyterian Church School invites all friends, parents, and members to its annual Christmas program next Sunday at the church. A large book titled The Christmas Book will be opened as characters come to life to tell the nativity story.
Clara Belle Holmes 87 died at the Bedford home of Mr and Mrs J Wid Holmes on Sunday afternoon December 4 after seven weeks of illness. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Hopkins on Tuesday conducted by Rev Orlo Lincoln. Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery. She was born October 4 1854 in Owen County Indiana and married February 11 1872 to Random M Holmes who died in 1927. She moved to Bedford nine weeks ago to live with her son after residing in Hopkins for sixty one years. She was a member of the Christian church. Survived by two sons R J Holmes of Clearmont Missouri and J W Holmes of Bedford two daughters Mrs Ethel Hicks of Anaheim California and Mrs William Keith of Hopkins eighteen grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
Bob Taylor son of Mr and Mrs E E Taylor of this city enlisted in the army air corps at Ottumwa Monday and is expected to be called into training in a southern camp early in January.
Rev Stanley Schlick Bedford County Red Cross chairman calls a meeting of officers and workers in the court room Bedford at 2 30 Saturday afternoon December 20 to plan the new emergency drive for war relief Taylor county quota set at 2400 dollars Red Cross spends a million hours a month on relief work and asks Taylor county to contribute its share
Clay Trumbo sold his barber shop yesterday to Richard Crawford of Kahnka Missouri with immediate possession. Crawford, a young married man, will relocate his wife and four year old daughter soon. Trumbo retains partial ownership after 31 years. Nearby a man in a light blue late model Missouri-licensed car has been taking advantage of schools. warn pupils not to ride with strangers and contact the sheriff if seen. Also a magazine salesman is soliciting at Bedford area schools offering Red Book and McCalls with a $5.60 advance, a known scam. Anna D Engle.
A Farm Bureau meeting at the Platteville church celebrated the installation of new electric lights. Attendees from Clayton, Jackson, Jefferson and Gay townships viewed three reels of audivision pictures on soil conservation and wildlife, and enjoyed games and refreshments.
The Bedford CCC camp reports completion of an earth and concrete gully dam on the A B Taylor farm north of Grav ity bringing the year's total to six dams. Additional structures are listed on several farms in Benton Gay Clayton and Washington townships with another dam planned on the G W Stephens farm before winter. The program has trained thirty six tractor operators in the last eighteen months with twenty eight now employed in national defense work.
Mrs. O. H. Hallgumson led her Sunday school class of high school girls from the Baptist church in a Christmas party Thursday evening at the home of Lela Lenore Klopp.
Clarinda's basketball team upset Bedford Bulldogs 27 to 24 Tuesday night. Big Boy Heneken scored three straight baskets in the fourth as Clarinda moved ahead after a tight game with multiple ties. Nelson Morris Marshall Ulmer and Salen led Bedford in scoring, with Snyder subbing for Marshall.
Reports show increase in rural seals sales across four towns and thirty seven rural schools led by county chairman Anna Tagle. Total receipts reach 242 dollars with half reporting, two thirds of schools yet to report, suggesting a strong year and near doubling of 1940 totals. Lenox and Clearfield rise about a third. several districts report sales over six dollars and over three dollars in many others.
Charl E Thompson 28 son of Mr and Mrs Grover Thompson and brother of Mrs Mohler of Bedford died in a car crash near Hopkinsville Kentucky. Six Fort Jackson soldiers were en route home for the holidays when the fogbound collision occurred. Dale McCall 25 Albany Missouri also died. Gene Thompson 23 and others were injured.
Claude Tepper received a letter and Christmas card from an aunt in Plymouth England. Written and mailed November 15 they were held in Chicago due to a torn envelope. Paper scarcity in England forced the letter to be written on a long strip of paper. Plymouth area had bomb damage months earlier.
The Navy Department announced a relaxation of enlistment physical standards for the U S Navy and Naval Reserve this week, noting that many men previously rejected for minor physical defects will now be eligible to enlist.
District orders cap Bedford CCC Camp 70 to shut on or about January 15 1942. Six boys were discharged December 12 and several new enrollees from nearby counties joined briefly. Willis Peterson Jr a 29 month camper worked as an agreement clerk typing erosion control plans and plans to farm nearby Ozarks land using soil conservation methods learned in CCC training.
Three deaths reported in Blockton area over the past week. Mrs J W Smith formerly of Barnard Mo died Friday. services at Blockton home and burial in Blockton cemetery. Maria McHenry died at home Friday. funeral at Methodist church and burial in Blockton cemetery. Alicia Ann Amrine age year died Tuesday in Town City hospital. survived by parents a baby brother and grandparents. funeral at Methodist church and burial in Blockton cemetery.
A string of birth notices from Bedford and surrounding communities lists several newborns. Lonnie Roger t is named for a son born to Mr and Mrs Robert Jeffers of the Siam community on Monday December 1. Jeanette Ann is named for a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Miles McCorkle of Chicago on Wednesday November 24. The notices also mention births to Lawrence Saylor in Clearfield, Hazel Brown northwest of Bedford, Bill Cross in Bedford and Walters in New Market, with various December and November dates.
The state reports rapid purchase of car license plates during the emergency period. County Treasurer Ray V. Anderson notes that plate 700 was issued yesterday as part of the busy renewal and issuance at the treasurer’s office.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.