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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
7
Miss Mary Pizza, who had been attending a designin al mye in Chicago, arrived home Saturday. Mr and Mrs H L Ranbarger and daughter Dorlee spent Christmas Day with relatives in Shenandoah.
Miss Laverna Bray and Olin Thummel returned to Oelwe after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel. Several residents traveled for Christmas with relatives in Adel, Bedford, and Des Moines. Local figures Mrs. Linnie Howe and Miss Kathryn Wieser visited kin. Gretchen Hosman returned to Omaha. Lawrence Stark, coach in Big Springs, Neb., spent the holiday with family. Optometrist W. H. Gooding advertised at Tracy Jewelry Store.
Dr Earl Stone and several kin dispersed across states during holidays. Effie Stackhouse and Alma Stackhouse teach in Manning and Moville while Clare Orth visits Chicago. Quentin Wildman spends vacation with Bedford family. Numerous relatives, including Hertter and Klopp households, share Christmas in Bedford area.
Local families and relatives gathered in Bedford for Christmas Day and holiday visits. The list includes the Bock, Fluke, Harvey, Brice, Benson, Sickels, and Bowm an households with extended family from Des Moines, Kansas City, Maryville, and Brockton.
Miss Pearl Laird departed Monday evening to return to her home in Jacksonville Florida. She had spent the holidays with her father O D Laird and her sisters Mrs L B Taylor and Mrs Ralph Perkins and their families. Mr and Mrs W K Patterson and daughter Ellen Kaye of Guthrie Oklahoma spent the Christmas weekend in Bedford as guests in the H Ash home. Mrs Patterson and Mrs Ash are sisters. Their brother Mr Claude Peltier and daughter Barbara of Clearfield also visited.
Grace Whitman and family spent Christmas Day and Monday at Mrs. Whitman's mother Harriett Hamblin's home with Allen Hamblin and family. Miss Lola Klopp from Sioux Falls arrived Saturday and stayed through Monday with her brother L. C. Klopp and family, traveling via Sioux City and stopping at Alvin Klopp's home with Mr and Mrs Klopp and two daughters Beverly La Rue and Coleen accompanying her.
Taylor county farm women will hold their annual Achievement Day on March 31. Miss Vera Akers announced at the December planning meeting led by Mrs. N May Larson. Lillian Lewis from Iowa State College Extension Service will judge exhibits and programs highlighting home economics, health, music and landscaping.
Dr. W. Edgecombe of Iowa State College led a garden training school at Bedford on December 8 for nine 4 H leaders and girls. The session covered crop rotation, long bed planting, fall plowing, and fertilizer use ahead of storage, with plans to share lessons across the county clubs.
Ellen Beebe recounts her Master Prize trip to Chicago for the Key Women event. She details visits to WLS radio, the Electric Club, the Chicago Civic Opera Building, Merchandise Mart, A and P Bakery, and sights like the Field Museum and Edgewater Beach Hotel. She expresses gratitude to Jessamine Hoagland and the group for the opportunity.
Large Hazel Dell Sunday school program drew attendees. Christmas day visits spread across Bedford Hopkins and surrounding areas as families including Barnes Peach Burch Wilson Swaim Beaushamp and Beal gathered at relatives homes. Frequent mentions include F A Barnes David Barnes and Freeman Barnes families and several Hopkins residents.
A health column argues sugar and sugar-rich foods harm health more than alcohol, noting high calorie density and acid production. It cites excessive sugar intake as a major driver of over-feeding and toxemia, urging sparing consumption of syrups, jams, pastries, desserts, and candies.
A compilation of Christmas dinners and visiting guests around Eagle and nearby towns. Families including the O Doughers, Howards, Bird, Buzzard, Crane, Thummel, Butts, Thompson, and others share meals at homes in Herschel Bedford Clearfield Maryville Shenandoah and surrounding areas.
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