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Newspaper

Bedford Times Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1948

Page

3

Social Club Pot-Luck and Carols at Local Homes

Benton social news lists multiple gatherings including the Benson Social Club pot-luck hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Faye Hunter with ten families present. FF Club at H E Brown home held a pot-luck for thirteen members and families with gifts from a birthday box, a Christmas exchange, and prizes. Margaret Maxwell hosted sixteen youths after a school music program at the Maxwell home with games and dancing. Bedford faculty were entertained at a Christmas party by Eva Sjeklocha, James Taylor and spouses. Progressive Study Club hosted a Christmas dinner.

Benton Faye Hunter Benson Social Club FF Club H. E. Brown Kai Sorensen Herschel Scott W. B. Jones Brice Melvin Merle Snyder J. J. Anderson Paul Townsend Margaret Maxwell Margaret Len Maxwell Eva Sjeklocha James S. Taylor Bedford School Sjeklocha Paul Wolverton Banner Good Will Club Edwin Beal Clark Spencer Albert Hensley

Christmas Dinners and Gatherings Around Bedford Area

Mrs Edna Hook hosted a Christmas carol evening with Mrs Lowell Caskey and group joining in singing. Mr and Mrs Fred Hunter hosted a Christmas dinner and family party with 27 attendees including multiple families from Carl, Corn ing, Westside, Hastings, Villisea, Gravity, Bedford and surrounding areas. Mrs Troy Sleep to host H P S Club Christmas program with Pat Carmichael assisting on December 28 at High Prairie southwest of Bedford.

Edna Hook Lowell Caskey Wm. Bailie Fred Hunter Porter Hunter Carl Iowa Donald Peterson Marshall Miller Corning Albert Hunter Westside C. J. Hall Hastings Effie Havens Dean Kuhn Villisea Drexel Keith Gravity Paul Havens Bedford Troy Sleep H. P. S. Club High Prairie Pat Carmichael Sleep

V. V. Club Families Share Christmas Dinner

Fourteen members of the V V Club and their families gathered Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Hunter west of Bedford for a pot luck noon dinner and a Christmas gift exchange in the afternoon. The group plans a pot luck supper at Eureka school house on New Year’s Eve December 31.

V. V. Club Fred Hunter West Bedford Eureka Union Country Club Howard Hawkee

Presbyterian Women Celebrate Christmas Program and Social

The Presbyterian Women met at the church on Tuesday for a Christmas program directed by Mrs. Wayne Harbour with devotions by Mrs. Ray Kennedy. Rev. Gordon F. Maclean played carols on the pipe organ and Mrs. John Larsen read the Christmas story.

Women's Association of the Presbyterian Church Wayne Harbour Ray Kennedy Gordon F. Maclean John Larsen K. S. Fellows Indiana Harbour Loretta Young C. H. Young Donsald Smith James Pullan G. A. Marquart S. E. Thompson Fay Orth John Hamilton Ross Garnet Frank Mohler Beryl Rhoads Mary Jean Salter

Christmas Tree and Gift Exhibition Notice

A public notice lists a Christmas tree and gift event connected to Mrs. Pete Tribolet, scheduled for Thursday, January 6.

Frank Jones Cliff Templeton Howard Hawkee Glade Keith Hazel Hatfield Pete Tribolet

Miss Salter Entertains Rebekah Lodge Officers

Miss Mary Jean Salter the retiring Noble Grand of the Golden Rebekah Lodge hosts an event entertaining officers and members in a local fraternal gathering. The report notes her service and the lodge’s activities.

Miss Salter Rebekah Mary Jean Salter the Golden

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