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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
3
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Schedule for Sunday services at Berea Church of Christ includes Bible study at 10 a.m. Worship and communion at 11 a.m. Youth fellowship at 8 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Sundays each month. Visitors welcome.
Bible study schedule lists weekly sessions at Kingdom Hall 204 Jefferson Street. Tuesday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Bible Book Study in Bible Aid You May Survive Armageddon Into God s New World. Friday 8 p.m. Ministry Development Class, 9 p.m. Public Bible speaking class. Sunday 2 p.m. Public Bible Talk, 3 15 p.m. Watchtower Study.
Sacred Heart Church offers Holy Mass at 10 30 each Sunday with confessions beforehand. Grade school catechism at 9 30 a.m. on Sundays. First Friday monthly Mass at 6 30 a.m. Junior high and high school catechism held Thursday at 7 30 p.m.
Sunday schedule includes 10 a.m. worship service and 11 a.m. Sunday School. U P Y meets at the church. Evangelism committee gathers Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Adult Choir rehearsal also planned at 7:30 p.m.
Leonard Wilson, pastor, announces church services including Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. Senior Citizen Service at County Farm 2 30 p.m. Junior BYF 6 30 p.m. Senior BYF 5 45 p.m. Evening worship 7 30 p.m. Thursday all church annual meeting, a religious movie, and year end devotional at 7 30 p.m. Plan to make it a family affair.
Minister J. Milton Kinney lists church activities for Sunday January 3 including 9 30 a m Sunday School classes 10 30 a m Morning worship and 6 30 p m Sr MYF 7 p m Young Adult Bible Study. Thursday has no choir rehearsal 7 p m Junior High MYF. Tuesday January 5 WSCS general meeting at 2 p m Official Board 8 p m. Wednesday January 6 Men s Prayer Breakfast 7 a m at Skylark. Pastor to travel to Chicago January 4 for jurisdictional and national evangelism meetings through January 7 likely returning to Bedford January 8.
David E. Shepherd nephew of Mrs Clyde Scher ich of Bedford is featured in The Helena Star on Nov 12. Shepherd serves as an agency for International Development Provincial Representative and advises an econ
Jottings by the Left Hander recount a quiet Arlington cemetery scene on November 22, one year after President John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas. Report notes wreaths from the First Lady and Presidential Helicopter Detachment, spectators with cameras, nuns, and children paying respects on a bright cold morning.
David Bh Shepherd, a 38 year old Oklahoman born in Galtry Alfalfa County, works with the Vietnamese government to aid Long An province near Saigon. He risks daily sniping and ambushes while overseeing sustainable development projects that have improved over 380,000 residents and progress in rice production.
The program uses selected seed and pest control to boost rice acreage while a cement campaign builds drainage conduits and potable water rigs drill to 142 meters for drinking water. With American aid, six village buildings provide health dispensaries and meeting rooms, and concrete roofing and cement aid improve classrooms.
Highlights from the Times-Press files recall a new United Missionary Church service at its debut church building. Local bowling achievements include Delmar Fuller's high sanctioned series at Bedford Lanes and the Father-Son event results. Community additions feature military training milestones, local travel notes, and Christmas visits. Bedford high school notes report a Snow Ball dance and a basketball upset.
The second job of beach terraces at 111 Taylor county, with tile outlets, is planned and the outlets laid on the L. L. Siverly farm in Grant two. Tile to be installed this week if weather permits. Terraces to be straight and parallel, earth moved from ridges to create fall across draws, nature aiding long-term leveling. Ames Larsson farms Blockton Watershed and is killing several birds with few stones as two waterways completed last week were seeded and fertilized. He feeds hay to cattle on them. freezing and thawing will cover seed and fertilizer, while wasted hay acts as mulch.
Shepherd, holding a BA and MA from the University of Oklahoma, specialized in International Relations and Far East History. He helps now in Saigon where his wife Mary Catherine, 10, and David Jr., eight, reside. his parents live in Goltry, Oklahoma. Daily, 200 to 260 people, including those walking six miles through sniper country, are served at a house used as an Army dispensary.
December 24 1959 Iowa news notes list six Taylor County 4 H members including Larry Stephens age 18 chosen to attend a grain marketing conference in Chicago January 12 14 County Extension Director Maclyn LaRue confirms. Also reported are conservation reserve plans affecting 3928 acres of Taylor county cropland and various local social notices including anniversaries and civic events.
Sheridan relatives gathered for visits and holiday events as Mr and Mrs Frank Duncan hosted, the Widows club met at the Methodist church for a Christmas exchange, Chalotta Bainum wed William Scott at Sheridan Christian church, and families planned winter stays with relatives in Prairie Village and Kansas City.
Local opening marks first week of operation by Clark Miller and Forrest Hanshaw in the corner building at Central and Main. Community notes include church relatives gathering, military service updates, a school play plan, and holiday gatherings around Bedford.
In a December Monday night game, Bedford Vets posted their season’s high scoring total by defeating the Brockton Independents 85 to 49. The item notes other local updates including a shop fire at Central Motors Shop, fire dept water pumping plans for a playground pond, and several residents traveling or visiting with family. Sgt Floyd D Tally, son of C H Hally, is serving in Yokohama, Japan with AG section 243 Transportation Port Co.
Mr and Mrs Paul Ross of Fremont Nebraska spent Sunday afternoon at the Vanzo Drennen home in New Market. The oil furnace at the Lenox Methodist Church exploded Sunday morning. No damage to the church but the furnace will need repairs. A group of friends visited Mrs Chas Beck in Sharpsburg on Monday evening to surprise her for her birthday.
A December 28, 1944 summary lists local men reporting for preinduction physicals at Fort Leavenworth including Harvey Spoonemore Lenox and others. It notes WAVES member Clara Lou Morris in Inyokern California contacting her parents, medical updates for Eldon Pool, Clark assigned to a C-54, Walston overseas, Cornell in the North Atlantic, Mrs. Eldon King visiting Texas, Curtis Raper overseas in Italy, and Christmas visitors to the Ralph Fine home in Siam plus other local movements and visits involving Bedford, Clarinda, and surrounding towns.
A compact look back at events from 60 30 and 10 years ago in Polk township and nearby Bedford area. Levi Davis finished a notable house for Mrs Mary Wilson in 1879 while 1909 saw Leon Springsteel and nephews shoot 45 rabbits at the C H Morgan farm. 1929 marked Jack Marley’s fifth birthday party hosted by his mother with many young guests. George Barrymore read A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve. A Christmas party for 110 children aged 12 and under gathered at the Masonic Temple. The Taylor County rural women’s chorus of 25 voices planned a Bedford concert on Dec 29. Elmer Brice and Roy Ch 1 of Ottawa Kans returned from a Louisiana trip. The Albert Parkes farm home southeast of Conway burned, starting on the roof, as Mrs Walters Webb hosted Pinochle night.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morley, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stafford, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Keith. Mrs. Minnie B. Keeena, Mrs B. H. Miller, Mrs. J. E. Roudebush and Mrs. H. S. Campbell were Des Moines visitors Tuesday.
James Salter named head of the Taylor county farm bureau for the ensuing year with Arthur Fishop reelected as vice chairman Guy Miller secretary Claude Hamilton treasurer and Mrs Beall librarian reporting a busy December at the local library with 175 books and magazines given out on December 2 a 1929 Chevrolet stolen in St Joseph Missouri and local fundraising efforts for a $25 000 lake and park project ongoing ahead of a January 10 deadline 1935 Methodist Sunday school officers elected and local families noted in visits and social events.
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