Bedford School News Highlights Local Insurance Talk and Book Club Picks
Arthur Dinwiddie spoke to BHS world problems class on January 17 detailing US insurance history and life policy types. Students order February selections from Teen Age Book Club with 25 and 35 cent paperbacks. six student-secretaries assist in processing orders for titles like The Day Lincoln Was Shot and Jane Eyre.
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Arthur Dinwiddie
BHS
Dinwiddie
United States
Lincoln
Benson
America
Term Paper Time For History Students
Mrs. Kathryn Kirketey of BHS assigns term papers for world and American history. Papers due by February 27, students urged to choose topics that interest them and connect to the course for personal satisfaction in completing the task.
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BHS
Kathryn Kirketey
Kirketey
Savings Project Begun in Bedford Junior High
The U S Treasury sponsored Stamp Day began at Bedford Junior High to teach thrift. Each Tuesday stamps are sold before and after school and at noon with students purchasing stamps and cashing full books toward Series E bonds. Three films shown to Grades 3 4 and 5 6 7 8 explain savings benefits and institutions have approved the program since 1941.
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Bedford Junior High
U. S. Treasury
Roy Reich
Bedford
Brades
Bedford Junior High Announces Half-Year Attendance Honorees
Fifteen Bedford Junior High students earned perfect attendance for the first semester announced by Roy Reith the grade principal. Eighth graders named include Stanley Hamm David Henry Janice Hooper Jeanne Howes Larry McGee Gary Poore Tom Sawyer Harold Shepherd. Seventh graders named include Eddie Crum Don Everhart Roy French Philip Hall Judy Hanshaw Kenneth Hatfield Marvin Newby.
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Bedford Junior High
Roy Reith
Stanley Hamm
David Henry
Janice Hooper
Jeanne Howes
Larry McGee
Gary Poore
Tom Sawyer
Harold Shepherd
Eddie Crum
Don Everhart
Roy French
Philip Hall
Judy Hanshaw
Kenneth Hatfield
Marvin Newby
Eighteen Bedford Junior High Students on Six Weeks Honor Roll
Eighteen Bedford Junior High students earned the third six weeks honor roll under principal Roy Reith. Seventh graders with B averages include David Akers Judy Hanshaw Sue Hartman Sharon Hensch Larry Lee Jerry Matheny Marilyn Beck Fannie Smith June Ellen Stephens Richard Steward Virginia Thompson and David Wyckoff. Eighth graders are Greg Guenther Larry McGee Pat Nappier Martha Per vis Harold Shepherd and Sharlon Underwood.
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Bedford Junior High
Roy Reith
David Akers
Judy Hanshaw
Sue Hartman
Sharon Hensch
Larry Lee
Jerry Matheny
Marilyn Beck
Fannie Smith
June Ellen Stephens
Richard Steward
Virginia Thompson
David Wyckoff
Greg Guenther
Larry McGee
Pat Nappier
Martha Pervis
Harold Shepherd
Shar Lon Underwood
Bedford Schools Set Record for Hot Lunches in Day
Bedford schools served 177 hot lunches in one day the 1955 56 program, the highest on January 12 per Superintendent R F Van Dyke. By January 24 total lunches reached 14 474 with an average of 2 994 per month. meals planned by Mrs Minnie Hatfield and Mrs Helen Spencer.
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Bedford Schools
R. F. van Dyke
Bedford
Minnie Hatfield
Helen Spencer
Senior Play To Be Our Town At BHS
The BHS senior class will present Thornton Wilder's Our Town on April 17. Casting for 24 roles begins next week as seniors compete for parts. The three act drama is noted for minimal scenery and has enjoyed Broadway success and TV adaptations.
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BHS
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
King Wisdom
BHS Dramatic Arts
Dramatic Critic Praises Qur Town From Chicago Sun
A Chicago Sun critic lauds Qur Town for movingly evoking a past American way of life, now vanished amid present turmoil.
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Chicago Sun
America
Iowa Educator Visits Bedford Girls P E Classes
Miss Virginia Ramsey a Physical Education Consultant from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls visited Bedford grade and high school girls classes January 17 and 18 After studying the local program she proposed group games and a revised P T schedule Ramsey will return February 14 and 15 to finalize recommendations per Supt R F Van Dyke
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Virginia Ramsey
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Bedford
Sixteen Driver Training Students in Second Semester Classes
Sixteen BHS students study driver training in the second semester of the current school year. Instructor Lyal Shirk notes daily classes continue until students are ready to operate a vehicle.
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BHS
Lyal Shirk
Driver training schedule and list of participants
Uther training car instruction will run on every other school day and total thirty hours of classroom work along with nine hours of day and night driving by year end. Second semester trainees include Kay Clark Don Crum Norene Dye Sally Fisher Barton Gilreath Ruth Hennegin Larry Hoffman Dick Prugh Neil Rowe Jo Ann Saylor Alberta Smith Roy Spencer Everett Tribolet Twyla Watkins Warren Wilson.
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Uther
Kay Clark
Don Crum
Norene Dye
Sally Fisher
Barton Gilreath
Ruth Hennegin
Larry Hoffman
Dick Prugh
Neil Rowe
Jo Ann Saylor
Alberta, Smith
Roy Spencer
Everett Tribolet
Twyla Watkins
Warren Wilson
Work Progresses On BHS Yearbook
The first shipment of copy for the 1956 BHS annual has been submitted to the publishers. Editors Bob Sawyer and Dave Wood report 30 pages for the 1956 Torch. The yearbook will be published by a Kansas City firm. Staff editors are finishing write ups and all photographs have been taken.
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BHS
Bob Sawyer
Dave Wood
Kansas City
Free Music Lessons For Bedford Youth
Forty three Bedford students receive free half hour instrumental lessons from Bedford's instructor Vern Hallenbeck. Lessons occur weekly during the day except the noon band period with after school options for two students.
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Bedford
Vern Hallenbeck
Bedford Students Form Safety Patrol Cadre
Twenty Bedford junior high students, supervised by Principal Roy Reich, patrol intersections to promote safety. Members include Captain Jerry Dougherty and Lieutenant David Wyckoff, serving 8:30 9:00 AM 11:45 AM 12:45 PM and 3:15 4:00 PM with bicycle duty 11:15 11:45 AM.
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Bedford Junior High
Roy Reich
Charlie Taylor
Twenty Eight BHS Students Enroll in Psychology Class
Twenty eight BHS students join the second semester psychology class taught by Mrs. Nan Van Dyke. Topics include habits, the central nervous system, thinking, learning processes, heredity, personality, and mental health.
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BHS
Nan van Dyke
Leonard Browne
Gary Clark
Charles Cumberlin
Carolyn Cummings
Lanny DeMott
Mary Downing
Don Dougherty
Dorothy Dukes
Paul Freemyer
Neil Glass
Phyllis Jones
Duane King
Marion Liv
Local Figures Named in Obituary Notices
A list of names including Jim Lucas Jim Marley Dennis Moffet Ben Murphy Cheryl O'Dell Joyce Pullan Frank Rankin Bruce Sleep Mar vin Sleep Dick Snyder Esther Stewart Mike Travis Don Vaw ter Sharif Warner and Bill Your appears in a historical obituary or notice page. The fragment presents individuals likely connected to a community or family announcements and civic records.
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Ingston
Jim Lucas
Jim Marley
Dennis
Moffet
Ben Murphy
Cheryl O'Dell
Joyce Pullan
Frank Rankin
Bruce Sleep
Marvin Sleep
Dick Snyder
Esther Stewart
Mike Travis
Don Vawter
Sharif
Warner
Bill Your
Conservation Officer is Hi-Y Speaker
W. K. Wyatt Iowa conservation officer spoke at the BHS Hi Y club meeting January 25 at Lake of Three Fires. He outlined the Iowa Conservation Commission work and described duties as state park custodian.
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W. K. Wyatt
Iowa Conservation
BHS
Wyatt
Iowa Conservation Commission
Park operations and conservation work in Iowa park
Monthly reports describe activities for Iowa parks including repairs to park buildings, wildlife management, forest control work, and general maintenance to keep park facilities in top condition for public use. Authorities emphasize ongoing preservation and public service.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Mrs Putnam Recalls Florida Highlights at Bedford Teens Meeting
Guest speaker Mrs Ruth Putnam high school librarian and language teacher spoke to Bedford high school teens on January 18 recounting highlights from her Florida visit during the Christmas vacation. She shared experiences from the trip and noted educational insights observed during the break.
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Bedford High
Ruth Putnard
Putnam
Florida
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