Miss Long Teaches Latin at Bedford High School
A feature on Miss Mary Ann Blakemore Long, educator of Latin and American literature, detailing her Iowa State University degree, Chicago Training School travels, YWCA service, bird study hobby, and interest in aviation progress.
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Wie
Bedford High
State University of Iowa
Chicago
University of California
Iowa
Montana
North Dakota
California
Glacier National Park
Ohio
Y.W.C.A
Dayton
Social Service Work
Miss Long
Hallowe’en
Teachers Council Meeting in Bedford Reports on Legislation
The Taylor County Teachers Council met at Bedford High School. Miss Voorhis spoke on dental care, and Mrs. Lybie Sim mers discussed the 49th General Assembly. They favored bills on kindergarten age, teacher wages, automatic contracts, and opposed election dates. Tea and wafers were served afterward.
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Taylor County Teachers’ Council
Bedford High School
Voorhis
Iowa State University
Lybie Simmers
Clearfield
General Assembly
Simmers
L. A. Logan
Bedford Schools
Council
House
Senate
Hale
Nelson
Dental hygiene talk highlights care of children’s teeth
Miss Voorhis, a nurse with the U S Bureau of Dental Hygiene, presented slides and models in a chapel lecture on dental hygiene. She explained decay, deformities from thumb sucking, early extraction risks, and the need for proper foods and regular dental visits.
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Chapel N Eture
Miss Vearn's
United States Bureau of Dental Hygiene
Golfrey
Miss Voorhis
Leon Fans React as Bedford Players Shine
Postgame chatter at Leon exudes humor and gossip about fans and Bedford athletes. The column recalls Leon homecoming signs appearing in Bedford, jokes about Charles Marshall, and playful speculation on future Leon Bedford matchups and school spirit.
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Leon
Don Marshall
Marshall
Salen
Morris
Nordstrom
Charles Marshall
Horn
Charles
Bedford
Bedford- Leon
Staff Editor Credits and Reporters List
Che Staff Senior Editor Lloyd Parsons Jr Editor Charlotte Kennedy Reporters Katherine Ibbhnsin Martha Ulmer Marilyn Johnson Max ine Kulibom Donna Congdon Deri Hartman Doris Hamil ton LaVonne Hamilton Marie Elrighmy LaRue Thompson Rebt. Osborn Rebt. Avey Eldon Ratekin Rebt. Healy Lois Snyder Vivian Hunter Roma Hatfield Edith Steel Lola Klopp
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Katherine Ibbhnsin
Martha Ulmer
Marilyn Johnson
Maxine Kulibom
Donna Congdon
Deri Hartman
Doris Hamilton
LaVonne Hamilton
Marie Elrighmy
LaRue Thompson
Rebt. Osborn
Rebt
Avey
Eldon Ratekin
Rebt. Healy
Lois Snyder
Vivian Hunter
Roma Hatfield
Edith Steel
Lola Klopp
Bulldogs Baw Tu Laman and Bedford Marching Band
School Days highlights report Bedford High School events for 1936 37 including marching band performances health tests and class night studies. Imogene Templeton places second in a state health contest and Ruth Paul wins a county declam cup while Blakemore earns a sport medal at a tournament.
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B.H.S
Imogene Templeton
Bedford
Lenox
James Rimel
Ruth Paul
Blakemore
Drake Band
Nash
Marionette show brings cheer to local children
Children enjoyed a Thursday afternoon marionette show. Patrick Cheney had a February birthday party, the only February birthday this year. Students read stories about George Washington and made patriotic badges for hand work.
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Patricia Cheney
George Washington
Birthday Party at School and Science Lesson Highlight
Jerry Pete celebrated his birthday on Tuesday as children held a classroom party. Mrs. Pote provided ice cream bars while students study in the winter unit titled The Wonder World of Science focusing on The Thermometer.
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Jerry Pete
Fourth Grade Progress In Operetta and Art Class
The Pirates Magic Beans and Japanese Girls advance in the school operetta to be presented Friday night February 27. Fourth grade students drew Lincoln life incident pictures in art class.
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Lincoln
Third Grade Plans Reading George Washington Friday
Third grade pupils will read George Washington stories on Friday and perform a small skit. Mrs Steward and Mrs McMillan visited the class as third grade guests. Students have started a stamp collection as a yearly hobby featuring Canadian and Czechoslovakian stamps among many kinds.
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Steward
McMillay
Sixth Grade Performs Operetta and Book Plans
Students finish rehearsals for an operetta based on myths from Mabie edited by Hamilton Mabie. Donald McMillen will provide the cackling sound effect after the Golden Egg scene. After the show the class will study Baker’s two forthcoming books on constellations. Visitors Mrs Wein garth and Mrs Cross observed the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Donald McMillen
Baker
Weingarth
Cross
Seventh Grade Letter From Leo Young On Westward Trip
A seventh grade pupil, Leo Young, recounts moving to Los Angeles with his father for work. He describes a trip west visiting Boulder Dam and Saltahe City, noting the Mormon Temple as a highlight. He also remarks that cement used at Boulder Dam could form a four foot wide path around the earth at the equator.
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Leo Young
Los Angeles
Calif
Boulder Dam
Saltahe City
Freshman Homemaking Girls Host Valentines Banquet
The B H S freshmen homemaking class hosted a Valentine themed banquet for forty board members and faculty. Guests were greeted by cupids in the lower hall, enjoyed a gym game, and dined on a menu featuring tomato juice cocktail Swiss steak mashed potatoes and more. A fourth prize verse about love was recited by Mr Case.
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Parker House
The Bulldog Bugle Emerges From The Paper Staff
The editor thanks Eugene Chub Green and sponsors for a helping hand in naming the paper. Notes and news had drifted, but now the Bulldog Bugle will issue from the newspaper.
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Eugene
Chub
Hi Y Club Notes at Bedford High
The Bedford Hi Y Club met at noon on Wednesday with fourteen members present. An open discussion covered a possible club project and a concession plan for the upcoming music contest if juniors do not claim the privilege. Financially the group expects success but lacks a clear plan for spending.
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Bedford
Nose for Punk Spoils Vaudeville Show Entrance
A fat stranger buys a ticket for a Chinese sketch at a vaudeville house on a hot night. He sniffs and claims to smell punk, then is reassured by the ticket taker to sit near the door where no one will notice him.
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Nobaudy
Future Teachers Association Holds Feb Potluck Meeting
The Future Teachers Association met Thursday night February 20 for a potluck supper. Members read discussed and signed the club constitution. A patriotic program followed ad journment. Games were played.
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Future Teachers’ Association
Leo and Lois Enrolled in Local Junior High Schools
Leo attends the Junior High School with 1500 pupils in 7A while his sister Lois is a 9A freshman at a Sekagi Junior High Leo also attends.
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Tabernacle
Leo
Lois
Data Ile mma Case and Clever Banter
Dialogue heavy scene shows Mrs Case Mrs Goodfrey Pammy Mr Jones Miss Long and Tramp in a social vignette. Banter touches marriage binary jokes beggar's need and a reporter asking for jokes while Case claims no jokes but plenty waiting.
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Mrs. Case
Mrs. Goodfrey
Mr. Case
Seniors Pose for Class Portraits Amid Photographers Gear
On Wednesday the seniors gathered as photographers set up in the vacant nurse's room with lights and a camera to capture the year. Students chose backgrounds from folders and frames while teachers and lower classes watched, hopeful their likenesses will please when proofs arrive.
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Mr. Logan
Robert Taylor
Greta Garbo
L. Parsons
Riddle of Cow Head and Bee Imitations Stirs School Buzz
Vivian Hunter reports a curious chain of events at the grade building where an art teacher and a cow head on display trigger rumor about an upcoming operetta. A teacher’s bee-hive impression adds to the intrigue as students await the show.
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Vivian Hunter
Ferneau visits Tama then returns to Bedford work
Elmer Ferneau spent the weekend at his Tama Iowa home with his parents Frank and Mrs Ferneau and his brother Gerald and family. He returns to Bedford where he teaches vocational agriculture. Shop boys stay busy finishing the unit and plan another field trip for judging work.
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Elmer Ferneau
Tama
Iowa
Frank D. Ferneau
Gerald Ferneau
Frank
Ferneau
Bedford
Marionette Wizard of OzThrills Local Students
An hour long eight act Marionette show of The Wizard of Oz delighted about five hundred pupils at the high school and grades. The Lion drew laughs and the performance earned high marks from attendees.
How Do You Buy Your Hose in Homemaking Lesson
In a Bedford store scene Sally and Joan compare hosiery buying habits. Joan explains budgeting and choosing long length stockings with care, noting three threads for dress and five for daily wear. They discuss silk rayon nylon quality and price to stretch allowance.
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Sally
Joan
Marie Eighmy
Hurley-Fox Nuptials in Wheaton Catholic Church
Mr and Mrs Ott Hurley announce the marriage of their daughter Roberta of Wheaton Illinois to Mr David Fox of Wheaton. The ceremony was held at Wheaton Catholic Church at 8 p m February 11 officiated by Rev Father Campbell.
Golden anniversary for Will Terry Sr and wife
Mr and Mrs Will Terry Sr celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at home on Sunday February 16 with their children and families and many friends sending gifts. Funeral services for Roxie Elliston of Mineral Wells Texas were held Friday at 2 pm at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev E F Hagee in charge. Buried in Lenox cemetery.
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Will Terry, Sr
Arnold Funeral Home
Roxie Elliston
Mineral Wells
Texas
Elliston
Billy Costin
Bert Williams
Bill Young
Lenox
E. F. Hagee
Burig
Social events mark Monday shower for Bricker couple
A miscellaneous shower at the Pete Stoner home honored newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bricker. Dillion Holcomb attended a Masonic party Thursday night performing two trombone solos. Don Tyler accompanied on piano. G. V. C. Club members hosted a potluck with bridge. Mrs. Glen Leckliter won the ladies high and W. W. Walker the men's.
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Pete Stoner
Milton Bricker
Dillion Holcomb
Mr. Holcomb
Pryor
G. V. C. Club
Mermberg
W. W. Walker
Glen Leckliter
W.W. W. Walker
Kensington Club Meets for Afternoon Session
The Kensington Club met Wednesday with Mrs. Mary Sampson and twelve members answering roll call with a valentine verse. A contest led by Mrs. Thompson and a Vox Pop program by Mrs. Pearl Reynolds were followed by lunch. Next meeting includes a covered dish luncheon at Mrs. D. L. Bare’s home.
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Kensington ‘Club
Mary Sampson
Thompson
Pearl Reynolds
D. L. Bare
May
Bernice Kilby
Denver
George Washington
Edgar Guest
Harold Etington
E. R. Pennebaker
Leo Hele
Local Social Notes Capture Visits and Travels
Winterset residents Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Nelson hosted family time with Roy and Mrs. Nelson. Ames student Dean Ethington spent the weekend with H. J. Ethington’s family. Epworth League members visited the Miller home in Prescott. David Nelson returned from a two week southern trip. Des Moines trips included Mr. and Mrs. Herb Anderson and Lenox visitors like Mrs. Mary Tracy and others for a drug convention entertainment. Clyde Reynolds of Villisca visited the J. L. Bivens home. Father Paul Marasco and Mrs. Marasco noted, with Sharon Reimer of Clarinda spending the week nearby.
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Wendell Nelson
Winterset
Roy Nelson
Dean Ethington
Ames
H. J. Ethington
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Prescott
Raymond Miller Tenive
David
South
Herb Anderson
Des Moines
Lenox
Mary Tracy
Donald Tyler
High School Brass
Chas Peterson
Margaretta Boone
Velda Phillips
Dick Kable
Paul Ethington
Bill Kilby
E. R. Pennebaker
Bedford
Clyde Reynolds
Villisca
J. L. Bivens
John Marasco
Paul Marasco
Sharon Reimer
Clarinda
Local Residents Visit and Family News
Miss Cora Gallagher of Tama visits Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hevin with Dale Reimer in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Reynolds and H. C. Reynolds join the Joydon home in Bedford. Cliff Giles and sons from Shannon City visit Sherman Bauman’s family, aided by Mrs. Smock of Tingley. Carol Clayton of the Great Lakes naval training academy stays with his mother Mae Clayton.
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Dale Reimer
Cora Gallagher
Tama
Iowa
L. S. Hevin
Weichert
SD S Clarinda
Weichart
Claude Reynolds
H. C. Reynolds
Les Joydon
Bedford
Cliff Giles
Shannon City
Sherman Bauman
Mac ‘Smock
Tingley
Carol Clayton
Naval Training Academy of
Great Lakes
Mae Clayton
Maple Grove Club Meets With Mrs Turner
Maple Grove Club met with Mrs Don Turner on Wednesday with thirteen members present. After singing and a business session, Mrs George Lowery demonstrated mat weaving. Next meeting scheduled with Mrs Walter Johnston on March 5.
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Maple Grove Club
Don Turner
Music Project
George Lowery
Walter Johnst
Robert Longfellow
Tom Longfellow
Dale
Neal
Omaha
Morton Aircraft School
Grover Jackson
Maurice
Bobby
Northwest
Bedford
Walter
Bush
Baby
Valley
George McMaster
Rufus Harris
Lincoln
Neb
Maple Grove
Ed Allison
Milo Allison
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Mary Ann Blakemore
Benjamin Bock Marks
Neme
Pedu Dolty
Japan
Paul Winston Daugherty
Teachers’ Council
Che
Lloyd Parsons
Don Jaan
Ioan Terrell
Harlan Ulmer
Jane Kennedy
Charlie
Bob Morris
Firebug
Ralph Walkup
Fatricia Simpson
Eula Jean Mohler
Joker
Mr. Flick
Carmen Miranda
Bonnie May
Pammy
Pop
Mr. Jones
Logan
Case
Mr. Worth
Bedford Store
Lenox Locals
Orange Trading Stick
FORD
Chevrolet
Bray Motor Co
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