ACT Tests Scheduled For Feb 15 For Seniors
Seniors who missed the first ACT can sign up for Feb 15 through Counselor Don Delzell's office. Results from the Nov 9 test were returned Dec 16. Twenty nine seniors took the Maryville exam. Tests serve as entrance requirements for most mid western colleges. Students chose three colleges to receive scores. extra mailings cost one dollar per college. Delzell notes most students scored fairly high and should enroll easily.
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Don Delzell
Delzell
Maryville
Ad sales set to begin for 1964 Torch
For the first time in years an ad section will be featured in the annual Torch and plans to sell advertisements for 1964 are under way. Torch business manager Barbara Brummell says staff will contact Bedford Conway Blockton and Gravity businesses as soon as possible.
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Barbara Brummell
Torch
Bedford
Conway
Blockton
Gravity
BCJHS Splits With Mt. Ayr
Bedford Junior High ladies fell 35 to 38 at home last Saturday against Mt. Ayr. Connie Ryan led Mt. Ayr with 15 points while Donna Ettleman scored 15 for Bedford. Julie Rucker added seven. In the B team, Bedford won 35 to 20 behind Dee Loutzenhiser's 14 points. Kathy Hornung and Alice Waugh added 11 and 9 respectively.
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Bedford
Mt. Ayr
Connie Ryan
Donna Ettleman
Julie Rucker
Dee Loutzenhiser
Kathy Hornung
Alice Waugh
Bedford City Council Proceedings Adopt Budget Report
City of Bedford Iowa council discusses filing a Street Budget Report and Construction Program with the State Highway Commission for 1964. Mayor notes four ayes, one absent, resolution adopted. Policeman applicants read, tabled to January. Employers Mutual letter on City Hall Fire Station discussed. Meeting adjourned. Clifton Hanshaw mayor Lucile A. Miller city clerk.
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Iowa State Highway Commission
Employers Mutual Casualty Company
City Hall-Fire Station
Candy Sales To Continue Amid Profit Goal Effort
Yteens and Student Council vote to keep $140 of candy from $157 in sales to meet a $297 net profit target. Volunteers Connie Shafar Mary Straight Diana Wyckoff and Jean Pullan planned downtown sales on Dec 21 while cheerleaders sold at halftime on Dec 20. Sales continued to avoid losses from returning candy.
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Connie Shafar
Mary Straight
Diana Wyckoff
Jean Pullan
Vacation Brings Toil for Bedford Janitors
Bedford custodians stay busy over Christmas break plan to move furniture scrub floors and apply two coats of wax in classrooms and halls. Furnaces to be checked twice daily including holidays and weekends.
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Bedford
Forgetful moment in BCHS English II class
BCHS sophomore Chris Burks recalled a history class incident where she could not answer a question despite knowing it. She described standing with her hand raised, trying to recall, until she finally realized she had forgotten the answer.
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Chris Burks
BCHS
Chris
Gravity News Social Roundup Delivers Community Note
GRAVITY NEWS compiled by Frances Carlson lists Christmas gatherings visits and church events across Gravity and nearby towns. Featured are guests at the Fleming home and other dinner parties plus church services program notes and travel plans for residents including Carlson, King, Weller, and Lovitt families.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Ruth Weller
Meira Bunn
Bethlehem
Jenny King
Virginia Thompson
Charlene Coe
Methodist Church
Glen Clark
Hopkins, Mo
Frances Carlson
Harry Douthit
Clarinda
C. A. Burwell
Stuart Jamison
Raymond Johnson
Jesse
Glenn Lovitt
Bedford
Jay Lovitt
Edward Savage
Malvern Alexander
Roger Alexander
Kansas City
Willis Alexander
Carol Alexander
Harold Knox
Lenox
Jack Ambrose
Claude, Swartz
Bert Hill
Oskaloosa
Tom Beavers
Shenandoah
Brice Johnson
Marshall Social Club
Ralph Weller
Floyd Fickess
Frank Bickness
Bernard Rockhart
Harry Rogers
Bert Haymen
Francis Fickess
Curtis
Vicki
Gravity American Legion
Gravity Christian Church
Peel
Dean Beemer
Phoenix
Ariz
Hudson Beemer
Torch pages progress report from 1964 yearbook
Twenty Torch pages have been completed and sent to the publisher. This represents about one fifth of the yearbook, covering all class pages except seniors plus three student life pages, two curriculum pages, four sports pages, and four junior high pages. Deadline January 10 will add six curriculum pages, six student life pages, all senior pages, ad pages, division pages, the cover sketch, and the foreword.
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Jaycee Keith
Thankful note from Ralph Fine on hospital stay
Ralph Fine expresses gratitude for flowers plants cheering cards and letters during his hospital stay and thanks doctors nurses neighbors and relatives for their help at home. He appreciates every kindness.
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Ralph Fine
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Illness and Death
Mere words cannot express our deep gratitude for the kindness shown during our loved one’s illness and passing. We thank those who sat up with Rich, sent flowers, food, notes, memorial money, meals, calls, music, and prayers. Bessie Underwood Mary Underwood Richard Thelma Mary Faye Patricia Ann Underwood
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Bessie Underwood
Mary Underwood
Richard
Thelma
Mary Faye
Patricia Ann Underwood
Sharpsburg Social Notes From Decent Visitors and Gatherings
Residents of Sharpsburg and nearby towns share visits and family events. Walston of Bedford visited grandparents, while Beadles traveled to Omaha. Bay area guests include Densberg, Joe Dean, A R Barnes, and Grover Barnes. Local clubs hosted Christmas gatherings with gift exchanges and Bingo.
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Reldon Beadle
Omaha
Nebr
Sanford Straight Home
Bert Densberg
Joe Dean
Alva
A. R. Barnes
Ottawa
Kans
Grover Barnes
Williamsburg
Ira Long
Council Bluffs
Ira
Ray Long
Bert Hardisty
Villisca
Sharpsburg
Flo Grimm
Orville Brown
Arizona
Walter Scott
Roy Kerns
Tom Grimm
Len Grimm
Wayne. Morris
Maryville
Johnny Eighmy
Carroll
Ray Hinton
Corning
Printing Board to Hear Bids for IPERS Handbook and Paper
The Iowa State Printing Board will meet in Des Moines on Friday January 10 1964 to receive bids for 80000 IPERS Employees Handbook for Iowa and 3000000 continuous form paper warrants for the State Comptroller plus other items. Bids close at 10 00 a m and will be opened read and awarded. The board may reject all bids. Inquiries should go to S E Tennant Superintendent of Printing State House Des Moines.
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Iowa State Printing Board
Des Moines
Iowa
IPERS
S. E. Tennant
State House
Drexel Gold Iowa Proud of State Corn Leader Status
The article notes Iowa's rank as the top corn producer in the United States and reflects on whether many Iowans recognize this achievement. It frames state pride and agricultural leadership as a notable point of civic identity.
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Iowa
United States
State's agricultural power boosts national food supply
Iowa ranks high among agricultural resources producing one tenth of the nation’s food supply enough to feed 17 million people. It yields over four billion pounds of beef and pork, 23.5 million chickens, four million eggs, 172 million pounds of butter, and leads in soybeans and milk production. The state has 175,000 farms and top land quality, with strong livestock value despite waste and conservation concerns.
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Towa
Texas
U.S
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BCJHS
City OF Bedford
Clifton Hanshaw
Lucile A. Miller
Leonard L. Moore Insurance Agency
Beemer-Gold Oil Co
Spencer Peck
Gravity News
Dick Rainforth
Dean Fleming
Earl King
Iowa City
Quentin King
Rick McMahill
Alyene McMahill
Maude Ervin
Lyle Posten
Jane
Creston
Alyene Bush
Camarillo
Calif
Mexico City
Norman
Maryville Auction Co
Nata
Maryville, Missouri
Bradley, Graham, Archer and Hyder
Graham, Scott & Houston
M. A. Snell
D.V.M
Taylor County Motor Company
K. Mendenhall
Dick Eberle
Olaf Mendenhall
Glenn van Camp
Herb Killam
Slim McLeod
Bill Million
Bart Haley
Fred Cross
Darrel Salen
EB. Brown
Larry Mullen
Larry
Storm
Philco TY
Jewel Elgin
Gaskey
King Tuts Tomb
Roy Kerna
Ed Walston
Yom Walston
State Printing Board
Conservation News
Raymond Sneed
Marlene Francis Oss
Rita “Maurer
Fonda
Chara Spencer
Untains
MacArthur
Donald Crisp
Wally Cox
Ieradaciy
Mimsy Farmer
Tatheny
Odile
Stanley Steel
KMA
Clarinda Auction CO
Clarinda, Iowa
Times-Press - Thurs
Bedford Sales CO
Bedford, Iowa
Skeeter Brown
Mes. Meyer
Don
Armstrong
Country E Lumber & Concrete
Clearfield
Mount Ayr
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