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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
3
The Union Club meets Thursday December 26 with host Gladys Van Camp. Vera Akers leads entertainment and officers will be ejected at this gathering. Members answer roll call with a Christmas poem or carol and a gift exchange reveals mystery pals.
The Golden Rule Circle at the Rebekah Lodge will meet December 20 at 1 30 p m in the I C C F Hall. Hostesses include Kath leen Hanshaw Jessie Burg maier Ann Lindstedt Mild red Poore and others. A fifty cent gift exchange is planned.
On Friday December 20 meetings include Golden Rule Circle Rebekah Lodge at 1 30 P M in the O F Hall hosted by Mr and Mrs Glen Mick Also on Monday December 23 Methodist Circle V Hostesses Mrs Dean Norton and Mrs Howard Meredith Then Thursday December 26 Union Club hosted by Gladys Van Camp and others
Methodist Circle V will meet Monday December 23 with Mrs Dean Norton. She will be assisted by Mrs Howard Meredith. Mrs Milton Kinney will lead the devotions and Mrs Drexel Keith will direct the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Mick will host a Christmas party for the B. H. M. Club members and families on Friday evening December 26 at their home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Hatcher of Lamoni were held December 12 at the Latter Day Saint church in Lamoni. She died December 9 at Decatur County Hospital in Leon. Burial followed at Rose Hill cemetery in Lamoni. She was mother of Mrs. William T. Meikle of Bedford. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. William T. Meikle, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Meikle II of Bedford and Mr. and Mrs. Don Dougherty of Osceola.
Bentley Kin head on collision near Mt Ayr Dee. 8 Lloyd Eldon Pierce 20 nephew of former Bedford resident died in the crash. Pierce lived with the Bentleys owners of Country Boys Lumber Co and worked there. Funeral held Dec 11 in Alanthus Mo. Survived by Gar land and Barbara Pierce Stanberry Mo five sisters and a brother. Harold Smith 53 Ringgold county farmer also killed.
Mrs. Sarah Ruth Lewis 66, formerly of Bedford, died December 9 1963 in Willis ca while visiting relatives. Funeral December 11 at Promise City Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Harold B. Noland. Burial at Nodaway Cemetery. Survived by husband Willard two sons Roy and Galen a sister and several brothers and grandchildren.
The BCEA monthly meeting on Monday December 9 featured Bob Robinson ISEA executive assistant who discussed the teacher's credit union and answered questions from teachers. Refreshments were provided by committee chairs Way Loucas Wel chairman Way Lucas Welgon Sundell and Agnes Miller.
A reflective meditation from the Friendly Adventurer on giving as giving of oneself. It emphasizes gifts beyond material things—thoughts, ideas, prayers, guidance, and character—urging individuals to contribute to family, community, country, and world with constructive living.
December 25 once marked the pagan sun festival with torches bells and a twelve day revel and was later adopted as Christmas to honor the Son of God. Early Christians aligned this date with Christ birth though exact timing remains uncertain. The 375 CE adoption linked the holiday to Jesus while preserving the seasonal promise of renewal.
Long before Christ bells were used in religious services across Egypt Greece Rome and Jewish nations. Christians in Campania Italy around 400 A D first used bells to call worshippers to mass later spreading to France and England. Bells carried saints names and were thought almost human. the pealing of bells became tied to Christmas joy as handbells rang by the poor for alms and St Nicholas was said to carry one. Today bells symbolize Christmas and appear on cards gifts and decorations.
The piece contrasts adult and child joy at Christmas, noting Santa Claus, stockings, toys, and carols as core traditions. It mentions fire crackers in the fourth and large town hall trees in New England, with Spanish settlements starting early, and ends by linking children's cheer to human fellowship.
Four curious greyhounds trained at the Elvin Shafar farm north of Gravity Iowa may race in Miami Florida this year. The dogs named by Mike Shafar are trained daily in Florida style, fed four pounds beef and four pounds dry food, and will eventually race across the United States once trained. Racing in Iowa is illegal but Florida tracks allow betting and classes determine prizes.
Dr and Mrs W J Powers of Iowa City adopted a girl born Nov 28 1963 named Susan Jean. Mr and Mrs Richard Lynch of Minneapolis welcomed a daughter Anne born Dec 11 1963. Grandparents include Albert Besco Portland Maine and others. A son John Maurice born Dec 7 1963 to Mr and Mrs Charles Marshall of Davenport Iowa. Grandparents Leon Marshall Bedford and Fred Saber Sioux City with great grandmother D E Chilcote Bedford.
Jack Longfellow son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Longfellow Lenox received the 1904 Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award. Winners become eligible to compete for Science Scholarships at the University of Rochester.
A living creche will be displayed in front of the Vil lisea Methodist Church on Sunday December 22 from 8 30 to 9 00 p m and Monday December 23 from 7 30 to 9 00 p m The display is a public service by the Methodist Youth Fellowship.
Local residents hosted and visited over the weekend with extended family and friends. Notable stops included Harold Hamilton in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, while Rev J Milton Kinney hosted Simpson College students. Weekend travelers included the Hambins in Cedar Rapids and the Livingstons in Omaha with Art Burley returning from Colorado Springs.
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