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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
5
Mrs. Esther Dixon of Lenox leads the vocal music committee as Des Moines branch of the National League of American Pen Women plans a state contest. The Des Moines branch hosted a luncheon at Younkers Tea Room and appointed chairmen for departments. Contest closes September 1.
Fred Bennison 85 died at his small home northwest of Lenox on December 27. He was a longtime resident of the community and a member of the United Presbyterian Church. His wife and one daughter preceded him in death. Surviving are daughter Miss Berta Bennison who taught in Preston schools, a son William Bennison of Lenox, two granddaughters, and one grandson Lieutenant (jg) Robert Bennison. Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Barber Funeral Home in Lenox.
Mrs. Della Shoemaker, 76, died December 14 at her Wenatchee Washington home after several years illness. She is survived by her husband two married daughters three sisters and six brothers including T W Walston of Conway. A former Platteville resident she was buried at Mount Vernon Washington.
The Lenox High School was robbed Tuesday morning or last week at 5 30 o clock. A thief entered via the back door, broke the lock and the door glass of Supt Rupert s office where the cash was kept. $100 in War Stamps remained untouched. Custodian Rufus Mills heard activity upstairs but the burglar fled through the back door. Sheriff J T Caskey and an FBI agent investigated and fingerprints were taken.
Judge George A. Johnston of Creston is presiding at the November term of District Court in session. Margaret Pierce, 18, of the Malay community, received a three year sentence at Rockwell City for passing a worthless check at Clearfield and was paroled to Sheriff Homer Todd of Ringgold County.
Mr and Mrs W B Allen marked sixty fifth wedding anniversary at their Bedford home on Monday December 18. They were honored the previous day at a family dinner attended by sons and daughters in Bedford and Shenandoah including Chas Allen Cecil Homer Avey Charles and Francis Allen.
County Auditor R D Goforth calls assessors to meet at the court house Friday January 5 at 1 30 p m to issue supplies and provide instructions preparing for real and personal property assessments.
District Court granted two divorces in the past week. Neela Burt was divorced from Robert Burt on December 22. John E. Sim mers was divorced from Dorothy Simmers.
Messages from Bedford and surrounding towns report multiple war-related updates. Eldon Poole underwent appendix surgery aboard ship, while Amos Ambrose receives a posthumous Purple Heart awarded to his widow, Mrs. Amos Ambrose of Lenox. Pvt Vernon Crisp is seriously wounded in Germany, and Navy man Lyle A. Wright is missing in action. Homer Horning suffers trench foot in France. Cecil Newkirk receives an honorable medical discharge. Lt Ola Campbell of Blockton earns the Purple Heart for wounds over Yugoslavia. Ralph Lucas lands in California hospital after admission to the States. Don Maxwell arrives in England en route to duty, and Pvt Wilbert Garrard is killed in Italy with burial in a U S Military cemetery.
Miss Lela Mae Adkisson cadet nurse in training at Methodist Hospital St. Joseph spent the weekend at her parents home east of Bedford. Jacquelin G. Kimsey SC Ottumwa visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Kimsey at New Market for weekend and Christmas Day. Clara Lou Morris V3c of In-
Bedford high school beat Shenandoah 38-35 in the first game and 24-23 in the second. A 24 all halftime tie gave way to a tight finish with Gold clinching the opener by a late free throw and Blakemore leading scorers with 21 points. The junior varsity also edged Shenandoah 24-23 as Glade Hullinger sealed it in the final seconds.
Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges plan a joint installation of new officers at the IOOF hall Wednesday evening January 3 after the subordinate lodge meeting. Mrs Nora Churchill and C B Lock of Gravity with deputy grand officers will oversee the ceremony. Rebekah committee members for the social hour are Mrs Earl Stone Mrs Carl Snyder and Mrs Thos Hosman.
Public installation of officers for the Eastern Star and the Masonic Lodge will occur at the Masonic Temple on Thursday evening January 4. The ceremony follows a 6:30 supper in the temple dining room. Installing officers include Matron Mrs Arthur Dinwiddie and Marshal Mrs C W Steward with musician Mrs Harisa Pete.
Local notices list sailors, soldiers, and airmen visiting family in Bedford and nearby towns. Readers see names such as Gerald Reynolds El Centro. Neil Smith Gravity. Gale Shawler Clearfield. Paul Clark Bedford. Elmo Peterman New Market. Loren Whaley Bedford. Curtis Raper Bedford overseas in Italy. Kenneth Mullen Bedford honored at Little Creek.
The Nodaway Worth Electric Co-Op awarded a contract to AA Electric of Cicero Illinois for 103 miles of transmission lines in six counties Nodaway Worth Gentry Taylor Page and Ringgold in northwest Missouri and Iowa. Construction will begin within 30 days at about 915 dollars per mile. The award followed a directors meeting after bids were opened.
Nadine Larsen cadet nurse at Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines visited Bedford with her parents Mr and Mrs John Larsen. Lela Mae Adkisson and Betty Jo Journey, student nurses at Missouri Methodist Hospital St Joseph Pfo, spent Christmas Eve with their families. Ruby Sparks WAC stationed at Fort Lewis Washington arrived to spend holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Grover Sparks.
The piece blends Christmas reflections with grief from World War II and questions about leadership under Hitler. It urges wartime citizens to uphold the Golden Rule, support home-front equality, and evaluate the Agricultural Adjustment Administration while outlining AAA payment timelines for late 1944 and early 1945.
Received applications for 12 more to date than our allotment for December. You should not apply for replacement tires if your old ones might last another season, or if you have other tires that you can change from other implements. If you must have tires get your application in NOW.
S. I. Graham will speak at Bedford Methodist church morning worship Sunday December 31. He will describe his mission work in Brazil where he and his wife have taught for years and now spend the year in the United States. Mrs. Graham is the daughter of Bedford residents J. A. Wyant. Public invited.
Lois Allen Scott resigns as office secretary effective January 1 and will join her husband Cpl. Preston Scott in Jackson Mississippi. Elnora Blane of Bedford chosen to fill the vacancy.
The veteran recalls facing the heaviest opposition at Finschafen with constant mortar and machine gun fire. He describes landing troops under fire and departing without serious damage.
Eight men reported to Fort Leavenworth Kansas on December 28 for preinduction physical examinations. Names listed include Harvey Benjamin Spoonemore Lenox Gerald William Anderson Bedford Marvin Lee Brown Conway Dean Beauchamp Bedford Glenn Arthur John Bedford Robert Glenn Leighton Bedford Paul D. Roberts Lenox Edward Duane Thummel Bedford.
Neighbors and friends of Pvt. and Mrs. Dale Dalton gathered at the Dr. K B Paschal farm south of Bedford to shuck corn. They brought teams and wagons while neighbor ladies supplied food and several women prepared meals for the workers.
Dr Wilbur L Harrison age 75 optometrist died suddenly at his Topeka home on December 5 after attending a Masonic gathering the night before. He married Grace Lucas on October 12 1898. He leaves a wife one sister and three brothers and was a Presbyterian church member past master Mason OES and Modern Woodmen of America. Burial was in Topeka.
The Iowa and American Farm Bureau conventions in Des Moines and Chicago reaffirmed support for the AAA program. Farm Bureaus nationwide agree on its basic principles and published resolutions, available at Farm Bureau offices for interested farmers.
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