Five Taylor County men enter Fort Des Moines reforestation camp
Wayne Smith Lenox Lester Smith Merle Huntley Leon McPherron Hal Fuller and later Robert Reynolds Eldon Blackledge of Taylor County travel to Fort Des Moines to join the forestry work program. The 21 enlisted men will serve six months on state and national forest projects after a reduced quota from 35. Hal Fuller expressed mixed plans about a government service stint at a dollar a day.
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Fort ‘Des ‘Moines
Wayne Smith
Lenox
Lester Smith
Liam
Merle Huntley
Lorkton
Leon McPherron
Taylor’ ‘County
Fort Dea ‘Moines
Des Moines
Hal Fuller
City Dads Rally To Upset Bakery In Lions League
In the Lions League biggest upset, City Dads defeated Bakery 25 to 10 on Wednesday after leading early then dropping behind briefly. Harbours beat Firemen 19 to 15 for a third straight league win. Times-Press beat Cobbs 30 to 11.
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City Dads
Dads
Harbours
Times-Press
Cobbs
Firemen
Bakery
Shortcake tractor overturns in Bedford strawberry spill
A Chevrolet truck with Nebraska plates overturned at the Hale corner in north Bedford while delivering crated strawberries. The driver escaped injury as berries spilled widely and were sold at reduced prices. Virginia Page F Page, Bedford native, won a state contest with an essay on the Spanish American War, placing first weeks ago and receiving a dollar from the state department.
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Hale
North
Bedford
Virginia Page
M*l. Page
State Départment
Bedford Sunday Train Time Change Delayed by One Hour
Passenger train schedule in Bedford shifts by one hour later starting Sunday evening. C A Reynolds, ticket agent, says the northbound arrival time will be adjusted accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Stanley To Speak At Tax Meeting
William Reed secretary chairman Corning senator from the Adams Taylor district in the Iowa legislature will be present to give remarks at the upcoming tax meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley To
William Reed
Secauty
Corning
Adams Taylor
Iowa
Peenent
Catastrophe Mrs Lula Griffith Finds Hen Harboring Five Kittens
Mrs Lula Griffith near Con way searched for a missing hen and found it brooding five newborn kittens under the hay mow. The curious scene showed a hen acting as mother to the litter rather than continuing egg laying.
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Lula Griffith
Conway
Stuart Melvin Is Past Danger Point
A letter from Times office reports Stuart Melvin improving after a recent illness and that he has passed the danger point. He remains in the hospital for several weeks. Mrs Melvin and Mrs Curtis Vin neighbors west of Bedford visited home May 23 to plant, mow, and clean up yard despite earlier injuries to Stuart. Thirty men with seventy-one head of horses worked seventy five acres in a single day aided by Elmer Thomason and his son Donald of Villisea and neighborhood ladies who prepared noon dinner.
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The
Times
Stuart
Melvin
Melvin Re
Curtis Vin
Bedford
Elmer Thomason
Donald
Villisea
Lenox Officials Hear Plea for Light Plant Details
City officials of Lenox faced a district court hearing before Judge George A. Johnston after citizens sought broader publication of municipal light plant details. The session ended with the judge taking the case under advisement following a Monday hearing.
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Lenox
George A. Johnston
Johnston
Bedford Graduates Helen Cover and Ruth Nevius
Helen Cover and Ruth Nevius of Bedford earned bachelor of science in education degrees at Iowa State Teachers College spring exercises held May 29. 372 graduates received diplomas as Dr. Charles H. Judd delivered the address and Dr. O R Latham conferred the degrees. Others attended the President's reception and the commencement dinner. Brakeman injured in Burlington freight accident taken to Creston for treatment.
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Helen Cover
Ruth Nevius
Bedford
Iowa State Teachers College
Miss Cover
Miss Nevius
Charles H. Judd
School of Education
University of Chicago
O. R. Latham
Teachers College
Taylor County
Bedford High School
Anna D. Churchill
Hic. Moneller
Towa State Teachers College
Boya' Chorus
Mrs. Churchill
Nodaway
Marie Wills
Corwin Manderly
Velma Manderly
Helen Branan
Anna Lou Mackey
Jimmie Milligan
Hazel Groff
Ralph Stamps
Holt
Donald Bell
Ruth Ridnour
Ethel Lerner
Gerald Rainforth
Grove
Minnie Wurster
Earl Lillie
Felix Bradley
Vernon Stoakes
Mynne Schafroth
Cecil Fudge
Velma Waugh
Monson Shaver
Eugene Miller
Laverne Pander
Platte
Ernest Hufnagel
Lola 'Reed
Rex Kirkman
Lucille Fattig
Frederick Ranck
Lloyd Ray
Dallas
Cleo Kendrick
Darlene McCoy
Washington
Albert Harland
Ina Harland
Coryal Akers
Mara Grant
Helen Bruner
Lloyd Leonard
Mary Maxine Knox
George Wurster
Donald Beggs
Eldon Oweris
Lowell Baker
Dorothy Cooper
Daryl Cooper
Fran
Lees Ecklin
Helen Stingley
Beryl Besco
Mason
Helen Hampton
Robert Terbell
Dalphon Basher
Alma Rucker
Alice Eden
Lawrence Beauchamp
Wyleen Peterman
Loris
Robert Swaim
Harold Burch
Helen Snyder
Jackson
Clea McNutt
Chester Grubb
Ivan Longfellow
Dean Risser
Jefferson
Mabel Reed
Fern Bes Wilma Reed
Clade Sickels
Donald Kinne
Men sentenced for Blockton lumber yard break in
Roy Simmons and Frank Higgins, living four miles west of Gravity, were sentenced to up to ten years in the Fort Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to breaking and entering the Schoenmann lumber yard at Blockton. They confessed to related petty thefts and were told they are eligible for parole review after six months if their behavior remains good. Sheriff Tom Lacy escorted the prisoners to Fort Madison.
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Roy Simmons
Roger Warin
Iowa
Parole Board
James A. Lucas
Simmons
M. R. Brant
Higgins
Tom. Lacy
Fort Madison
Simmons-and -Higane
Mind Hilda Cooper Weds Hazzard Brown in Shenandoah
The ceremony at the Presbyterian parsonage in Clarinda united Hilda Cooper and Hazzard Brown. Rev. Carl E. Person officiated as relatives from Conway Shenandoah Bedford and Shenandoah witnessed the vows. The bride, a Conway high school graduate and Simpson College alumna with an English degree, taught at Conway High then New Market High. The groom, Shenandoah High and Chillicothe Business College alumnus, plans to reside at 301 Mathew Shenandoah.
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Hilda’ Cooper
J. Roy Cooper
Cosway
Hazzard Brown
Trited Presbyterian Parsonage
Jan
Clarinda
Carl E. Person
Archie Douglas
Bedford
Les Gardners
Shenandoah
Conway Schools
Simpson College
State University of
Blockton Couple Garland Raper Marries Miss Helen White
Garland L. Raper of Blockton wed Miss Helen Ardeth White of Mason City on October 1 1932 in Milan Missouri. Bride’s parents Mrs and Mr George E White of Mason City announce. She is a Mason City High School and University of Iowa graduate and has been high school principal at Atkins Iowa. Groom a Blockton High School alumnus taught near Blockton for four years. After a party in Mason City the couple plans a Kansas City trip and future plans remain unsettled.
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Helen Ardeth White
Mason City
Iowa
Garland L. Raper
Blockton
Milan
George E. White
Raper
Maison City
State University of Iowa
Atkins
Towa
Haper
Kansas City
Tavite County Chorus To Sing In Chicago July Fourth
Taylor county rural chorus of children from rural schools qualified by tests will perform in a nationwide chorus at the World's Pair in Chicago on July 4. Arrangements include a stay at Beacon City with details available at the county superintendent Mrs Anna D Churchill's office.
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Taylor County! Rural Chorus
Chicago
Beacon City
Anna D. Churchill
Equipment Installment Plan Mentioned in Local Notice
A fragmentary item notes that lower premises arrange for equipment installation by Burps Brothers at Cornell, with the speaker asserting ownership and readiness to proceed. The text is incomplete but indicates a construction or installation action tied to a named company and location.
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Cornell
Funds Spent Relief Work Orders Continue
Fragmentary text describes relief operations with funds spent and standing orders for groceries fuel and clothing issued. The office will continue to function for a few days until all financial moves are cleared through the office.
Poppy Day Sale Nets About Fifty Dollars
The Poppy Day sale, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of The American Legion, netted about 50 dollars. Five hundred poppies were distributed in Bedford and Besford, with 196 sold and the rest disposed of by young women by three o'clock. Proceeds will fund welfare work, with most staying local and a portion sent to the state.
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American Legion
Bedford
Indies
Besford
Unknown Soldier Rites Marked Cobb's Day at Bedford
A large crowd gathered at Fairview cemetery for decoration of graves in Bedford towns. The Unknown Soldier service was led by the Woman's Relief Corps with Bedford Band under W. Frank Wilkins. Attorney O. J. Kirketey introduced Mr. Cobb. Afternoon services followed at Graceland cemetery with Rev. J. C. Harris delivering the address.
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Cobb
Ross Township
Ae Tee
Fairview
Theraves
Pairview
Betiford
Woman's Relief Corps
Bedford
W. Frank Wilkins
O. J. Kirketey
Graceland Cemetery
Rev
J. C. Harris
Bedford High School Accredited by North Central Association
Bedford High School has been placed on the approved list of secondary schools and colleges, making it a member of the North Central Association until April 19, 1934. This is the highest rating possible for a high school and the local school has been consistently accredited by the association since 1915.
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Bedford High School
North Central Association
New Market Girl Weds North Platte Man at Bedford Parsonage
Miss Lela McCorkle of New Market wed George H. Pitman of North Platte Nebr at the Bedford Methodist parsonage on Thursday afternoon May 25. Rev M R Talley performed the ceremony. The bride recently finished teaching Nor?dalway No 9 and the groom works in the North Platte post office where they plan to reside.
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Lela McCorkle
New Market
George H. Pitman
North Platte
Nebr
Bedford
M. R. Talley
Nodalway No.9
Scarlet Fever Victim Dies in Bedford Home
A May Tle May, 3 years old daughter of Mr and Mrs T A Crites of Bedford, died early Sunday after a 3 day illness with scarlet fever. Burial at Fairview Cemetery Monday morning conducted by Rev M R Talley.
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Tle May
T. A. Crites
Oresent Bedford
Fairview Cemetery
M. R. Talley
Downed Car Injures Man Repairing Jack
Ed lumm injured Ed Mummorth the Mumur Ser vice station on highway 4 when a car he was repairing broke from the jack and struck him in the head and face Thursday afternoon.
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Mummorth
Mumur
Decrease in Horses and Mules in Local Townships
Data from assessor books in Jefferson and Mason townships show a county trend of fewer horses and mules on farms this year compared to two years ago, while cattle, swine, and sheep rise. Jefferson Township real estate totals drop while personal property falls. horse and mule counts decline from 423 to 375 as cattle increase to 1313 and swine to 525. Mason Township real estate falls from 1,053,376 to 726,933 with personal property down and money up. horses and mules drop, cattle and swine rise, and sheep edge higher.
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Jefferson Township
Mason’ Township
Magson Township
Mason
Fish Bone Revealed After Thirty Years In Shoulder
Mrs. Theodore Round of near Bedford had a fish bone half an inch long removed from her shoulder by Dr. Jay S. Terrill on a Saturday. At age four she choked on fish and suffered a cough for days, later recovering, until the bone gradually caused shoulder pain decades later.
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Theodore Round
Bedford
Jay S. Terrill
Cigarettes Hit New Bedford Low In Weekend Sale
Bedford shoppers saw cigarettes briefly drop to two packs for 25 cents with quotes down to 15 cents a pack today. Bearish markets were also noted for malted milks and sodas as prices slid last week on popular summer “light” beverages. A marriage license was issued in Clarinda on Saturday to Hilda May Cooper of Conway and Hazzard L. Brown of Shenandoah.
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Bedford
Park
Clarinda
Hilda May Cooper
Conway and Hazzard
Missionaries Preached in Bedford and First Church Organized
The Methodist Episcopal church in Bedford plans a June 11 program to mark the denomination’s 90th anniversary in Taylor County. Rev. A. H. Barker will be present. Early pioneer work began in homes before 1851 when a Des Moines district mission served the area, leading to Bedford’s first church organized in 1884 and uninterrupted activity since.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Bedford
Taylor County
A. H. Barker
Methodist Amssatofate
Missouri
Iowa
Clarinda
Skeptical Public Fails To Buy $1 Bills At Discount
Times-Press reports Ed Russell, a Bedford grocer, ran a bold ad offering a $1 bill for 89 cents. Shoppers lined up but only 32 completed a purchase, despite many inquiries. Russell defended the scheme as a belief test and warned of a perceived catch.
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Russell
U. S
Turner to Speak at Dey Rally in Fairview Church
Ex Governor Dan W Turner of Corning will speak at a Dey rally at the Fairview church in the north part of Taylor county Sunday evening June 4 at 8 o'clock. This will be the only opportunity to hear Turner on these programs in Taylor county.
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Dan W. Turner
Corning
Fairview
Turner
Taylor County
Vera Rowe and Rex Houk wed in Corning ceremony
Vera Rowe of Sheridan Missouri and Rex Houk of Bedford were married at the Methodist parsonage in Corning on Tuesday May 23. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Arthur M Eastman. The couple will reside on a Bedford area farm and Vera is a Bedford high school senior.
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Mias Vera S Rowe
Sheridan
Rex Houk
Bedford
Methodist
Corning
Dinor
Bedford High School
Arthur M. Eastman
Uu Sm
Courageous Rooster Battles Its Reflections at Bedford Home
A rooster at Mrs. H. B. Rhoads residence fights an imagined rival reflected in a window pane for days. Mrs. Rhoads and Miss Beryl Rhoads report repeated wing beating and beak strikes, despite several remedies, as the bird conducts hours of porch attacks with no relief.
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Bedford
Vita
H. B. Rhoadd
Tobin
Beryl Rhoads
Besco Announces Third Fight Card In Bedford Area
Besco, local amateur promoter, announces a Friday show at the former Court Street Cafe location starting 8:30 PM. Sixteen rounds of boxing and one wrestling match are planned with fighters from Lenox Mount Ayr Bedford and Sharpsburg, plus a ticket sale campaign.
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Boyd Besco
Court Street Cafe
Ione
George Hayes
Lenox
Ernie Lewis
Mt. Ayr
Melvin Davis
Nolan Stuck
Giles Congdon
Bedford
Marion Orth
Kenneth Stonebraker
Lyle Pfander
Sharpsburg
Gale Jared
Mr. Ayr
Ross Hatfield
Bosco
Bedford Kittenball Team to Play Clearfield Friday Evening
The Times-Press reports Bedford kittenball team will face Clearfield at Clearfield Friday evening. Bedford residents are expected to attend in numbers. The game starts at six o'clock. Committees in charge of the Garden Club supper at the Masonic Temple dining room say they are pleased with patronage and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Press
Bedford
Clearfield
Masonic Temple
Whiskers Bedfordites Stare at Bearded Visitors in Town
Residents observed a group from the House of Michigan arrive in downtown Bedford, noted for long hair and full beards and a temporary tailor breakdown near Main Street 48. The scene drew rapid, puzzled glances as the travelers and their unusual appearance disrupted ordinary suppertime streets.
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Michigan
Cleveland
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