Society Notes From Bedford Area Year End Events
Union Country Club holds its last meeting of the year Dec 30 at Pearl Baxter home with Christmas gift reports and officer elections led by Louise Weir. A pre Christmas dinner in the Walter Corliss home near Bedford included many local residents from Ames Creston Council Bluffs Omaha and surrounding towns. The Taylor Lodge No 156 A F and A M elected officers for 1967 and will install Jan 3. The regional Custodian School comes to Bedford Jan 18–19 and Bedford Eastern Star plans an evening meal Jan 18. U T D Club held a gift exchange at the Dideriksen home on Dec 15 with husbands invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Country Club
Pearl Baxter
Walter Corliss
Bedford
L. J. Duey
Jerry
Bob
Grinnell
Phillip Duey
John Liaison
Ames
Stephen Duey
John Duey
Clearfield
Rex Johnston
Dixie
Creston
Taylor Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Ralph H. Hixson
Lewis Walker
Doyle Turner
Treas
Wayne Harbour
Herb Killam
Carl Cummings
John Whitten
Cecil Reed
Orville Stephens
Lindell Streebin
Taylor County Motor Company’s Bedford Ford Dealer Address
Local Ford dealer in Bedford Iowa named Taylor County Motor Company lists Mr and Mrs 8 K Mendenhall Dick Eberle Olaf Mendenhall Herb Killam Slim McLeod Bill Million Bart Haley Fred Cross Oren Campbell Larry Mullen and Doc Polson among its customers and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Dealer
Bedford
Iowa
K. Mendenhall
Mra
Dick Eberle
Olaf Mendenhall
Herb Killam
Slim McLeod
Bill Million
Bart Haley
Fred Cross
Oren Campbell
Larry Mullen
Doc Polson
BHS Class of 1956 Reunion Set for Dec 28
Calendar brief notes a BHS class of 1956 reunion on Wednesday December 28 at the Blue Check Room at 7 30 p m with refreshments. Also listed is an event Friday December 30 at Union Country Club featuring host Pearl Baxter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BHS
Blue Check Room
Bowers McCalla wed in Bedford Methodist Church
Sharon Bowers and David McCalla exchanged vows at Bedford Methodist Church December 17 with Rev. J. Milton Kinney officiating. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Harold Bowers, wore a white knit suit and carried white carnations. groom’s parents were Mr. and Mrs. Wilson McCalla of Clarinda. The ceremony included gold-edged gifts, reception, and a three-tier cake in blue and white. The couple will reside in Clarinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Bowers
Harold Bowers
Bedford
David McCalla
Wilson MecCalla
Clarinda
Bedford Methodist Church
J. Milton Kinney
Alan Bowers
Myrna Wilson
Clifford Davis
Duane Bowers
Roger Meyers
Edward Smith
Carol Bowers
Sheryl Bowers
Glenn Anderson
Turkey Dinner At Blue Check Room Hosted by Club
Ten families attended the turkey dinner for the Happy Homemaker Club in the Blue Cheek Room on December 15. Members and their families gathered for the holiday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Homemaker Club
Blue Cheek Room
Engagement News and Club Report From Sheridan Area
Phyllis Ann Jones engaged to Lt David Mainwaring of Worthington Ohio with Ramstein AB teaching and military service details noted. Boneita H Keith to Stephen C Cousins with Clinton Iowa ties and no wedding date. Sheridan Federated Clubs host event at Sheridan Christian Church honoring clubs from Grant City Sorosis Athenaeum and Coterie with program on religious art and church chapel gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Jones
Bedford
Phyllis Ann
David Mainwaring
Ramstein AB
Sheridan
Dee. 5
Sheridan Christian Church
Grant City
Sorosis
Athenaeum
Coterie
Merrigan Bros Livestock Auction seeks consignments
WANTED consignments for cattle and hog sales with December dates. Cattle sale set for December 27 and December 30 at 11 a.m. Hog sale on December 26. Advertised across the corn belt with buyers for all stock. Contact Jim or Lawrence Merrigan or call 682-3633 582-5106 582-3886. Located 3 miles northwest of Maryville, Missouri on Highway 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt
Jim
Lawrence Merrigan
Merrigan Bros
Maryville, Mo
Engagement is revealed for Bessie Taylor and Henry Imel
The engagement of Miss Bessie Francis Taylor of Richfield Springs New York and Henry Stephen Imel of Safford Arizona was announced. The couple plans a June wedding at the First Methodist Church in Safford. Taylor attends Fordford High School and will graduate in spring while Imel, a Northern Arizona University senior, is in Epsilon Pi Tau and a former Taylor county resident with noted grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Francis Taylor
Henry Stephen Imel
Truman Glines
Richfield Springs
New York
Ralph Taylor
Safford
Arizona
Marvin Imel
First Methodist Church
Taylor
Safford High School
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff
Imel
Epsilon Pi Tau
Mr. Imel
Taylor County
C. A. Imel
Sharpsburg
George Firkins
Lenox
Christmas gatherings spread across Clarinda area
SIAM NEWS reports a flurry of holiday visits and dinners across Clarinda and nearby towns. Families including Cox, Newberg, Fullenwider, Jeffers, Manley, Harveys, Bales, Parks, Matthews, and others share Christmas Eve and Day plans, with weddings, church services, and hospital visits noted among residents and relatives.
Josie H Fox Rites December 14 Bedford
Funeral services for Mrs Densmore Fox of Bedford formerly Sheridan Mo were held December 14 at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Rev J Milton Kinney officiating She died December 11 at St Francis Hospital Maryville Interment at Fairview Cemetery Bedford Josie Helen Stewart born August 14 1867 in Siam Iowa lived on a farm near Bedford and married Loyd Foreman in 1907 They had a daughter Hilda Hortence Foreman Foreman died April 22 1950 She married Densmore C Fox November 23 1951 and they moved to a farm near Sheridan then to Bedford in 1965
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Densmore
Josie) Fox
Bedford
Sheridan, Mo
State Street Shum-Novinger
J. Milton Kinney
Josie Helen Stewart
David McCune
Katherine Elizabeth Basher Stewart
Siam
Iowa
Patch School
Loyd Foreman
Hilda Hortence
Conway Auxiliary Holds December Meeting and Christmas Dinner
Conway reports the December Conway Auxiliary met at the Blue Check Room for a noon potluck and afternoon gift exchange with ten members and two guests. Mildred DeVoe and Earlis Norton hosted. Christmas was celebrated with a Sunday dinner at Dee Hewitt home and visiting family from Fairfield and Montezuma. Different church notices follow, including extended visit of Mittie Bodam to Addie Grant. The obituary notes the death of Mrs. Dessie May Stewart, detailing her family and long church involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Blue Check Room
Mildred DeVoe
Earlis Norton
Dee Hewitt
Mahlon Hewitt
Fairfield
Bill Hewitt
Montezuma
Joseph White 67 Dies in California
Funeral services for Joseph W. White 67 of Long Beach California formerly Blockton were held December 13 in Gary Indiana. White died December 7 at his Long Beach home and is interred at Chapel Lawn Cemetery Gary. He was a supervisor at Sinclair Refining Co for about 40 years. He resided in Lansing until retirement three years ago. Survivors: wife Rachel two sons Gordon Hobart Ind and Joseph Jr Long Beach Calif a daughter Shirley Heckman Long Beach 12 grandchildren a brother Clarence Highland and two sisters Mable Ewart Bedford and Goldie Hartt Tulsa Okla. Also Mr and Mrs Cecil Ewart and daughter Mrs Ross Scott attended the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. White
Long Beach
Calif
Blockton
Gary
Ind
White
Chapel Lawn Cemetery
Sinclair Refining Co
Lansing
Rachel
Gordon
Hobart
Joseph Jr
Shirley Heckman
Clarence
Highland
Mable Ewart
Bedford
Goldie Hartt
Tulsa
Okla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Society News
Louise Weir
Corlisses
Roy Herring
Cumberland
Harry Spring
Ronald
Council Bluffs
Norman Caldwell
Kelly
Omaha
Yount
Glenwood
Robert Sticken
Graham, Mo
Dideriksens
U. T. D. Club
Chris Dideriksen
Rol Cali
Bedford Livestock Auction
H. Dean Beemer
Ivan Wells
Charles McNutt
Harlan Brown
Phrigtrivag
Taylor County Motor Company
Mallann McCalla
Bedford High School
Clarinda Junior College
LPN School of Nursing
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Clarinda High School
Buck
Department OF Public Safety
Phyllis Jones
Boneita Keith
Stephen Cousins
George Max Keith
North 13Th Street
Clinton
Boneita H
Stephen C. Cousins
Cousins
M. Thomas Cousins
Route 1
Miss Keith
Clnton High School
Missouri State Teachers College
Northeast Community High School
Clinton Community College
Keith
Federated Clubs
Virgil Ray
Twentieth Century Club
H. F. Holland
Stephanie and
Keitha Holland
Dale Hennegin
Clive Rickabaugh
Chicago
Hardin Theatre
Skylark
Merle Bnyder
Tom Ferguson
Ernest Sayler
Siam News
Fannie Shields
Slam
Floyd Coxes
Ray Newberg
Warren Cox
Jordan
Joe Fullenwider
Coy Jeffers
Joe Smiths
Jeffers
Wilber Manleys
Kansas City
Frank Harveys
Harold Harveys
Elmo
Roger Longs
New Market
Orval Manley
Naomi Gant
Roger
Clark Davison
David Hughes
Coin
Mattie Clayton
Tom Norrises
Noah Bailey
Braddyville
Ray Glasgow
Norrises
Orlen Kenegy
Cliff Bales
Merlin Kenagys
Tarkio
Ronald Bales
Tabor
Roger Bales
Springfield
Clarence Overman
Don Overman
Bertha Sprague
Floyd Sprague
Glen Stewart
Glen Eldon Stewart
Pekin
Duane King
Wilma Glick
Wayne Marley
Mon
Roscoe Newberry
Ravenwood
Ted Bix
Larry
Nora Deeds
Yorktown
Chas
Parks
Lorena Matthews
Christian Church Chapel
Warrensburg
Velma Parks
Marlin Parks
San Diego
Miss Matthews
Flint
Mich
Elgin Grace
Leslie Smith
Loyd Smith
Harold Frederick
Greeley
Cole
Hugh Cameron
Corning
Smith Frederick
William Carden
John Miller
Colorado
Lyle Mendenhall
Miller
Millers
Mendenhall
Lola Reid
Pearl Terrace
Municcipal Hospital
Ella Bix
Clyde Damewood
Silas Manley
Donna Damewood
Ethel Neal
Portland
Ore
Vera Clayton
Cecil Waldruffs
Glen Woldrufffs
Hopkins
Cecil Woldruff
James Manley
Germany
Orval Manleys
Josie H. Fox
Mabel Bridges
Kenneth Moore
Ed Moore
Roy Fitzhugh
Bertha Scroggie
Frank Sherman
Ray Hall
Lee Hall
Essex
Methodist Church of
Hopkins Mo
Jacob, Franklin
William Stewart
Fred Manley
Dessie May Stewart
Hilda
St. Josseph
Claude Melvin
Salem
Dre
Frank Perkins
Delton
Lee Stewart
Bert Stewart
Liam
Towa
Dean Hensley & Family
David Helen
Owens-Cross Hatchery Dant & Family
Virginia Wirth
Charles Owens
Joseph White
Cecil Ewart
Ross Scott
At Times - Press
Bedford Locker Plant
Wieners
Your Frozen Food Center
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!