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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
7
Bedford residents hosted and visited relatives over Memorial Day weekend. Multiple families traveled to nearby towns including Des Moines Omaha and Creston for services alumni events and family gatherings. Local teachers and students attended events while others visited hospitals and arranged summer travel.
Mr and Mrs Edward Moore and daughters Eileene Martha Doris Jean and Betty Lou Eighmy of Sigourney visit Bedford relatives this week. Mrs J T Bailey returns from Creston with family. Memorial Day trips send Ballys home from Creston. Helen Baker attends Maryville flower show and visits Lola Colby. Linnie Frank heads to Fulton Ma for William Woods graduation with niece Mary Atterbury. Edith DeLong of Truro visits in Bedford with Wesley Page a Des Moines Register carrier who attends a Des Moines convention June 12. Cecil Heninger and Barbara Joan of Bartlesville Okla arrive to stay with S L Payton family in Gravity. Mrs Iona Heninger travels with them. Clara and Robert Evans and daughters Peggy Ann Ruth Virginia visit from Des Moines with Ruth Evans Denio of Wellesley Mass. Denio hosts ship tours to Europe since Christmas. returns next year. H L Ranbarger and daughter and Paul Trumbo family visit Shenandoah. Coach Glenn Kerr and son plan Des Moines Playground work and Bleek Hills trip. Roy V Canon and daughter of Maryville visit Bedford for Memorial Day at Canon home. Helen Welch, former Mondamin teacher, noted with east Bedford parents.
Chicago visitors Dr and Mrs B H Jostes and two daughters arrived Friday to visit Mr and Mrs Guy Thompson. Mrs Rena Stephens and two children from Hamburg spent Memorial Day at George Smalley’s in Bedford. Doc Gray at Worley Severs offers mower repairs next Tuesday. Sylvester Keefe, Missouri State Teachers College alum visiting aunt Mrs George Irwin. Emma Dory teaches in local schools and visits Fontanelle for the summer. C O Shalburg of Omaha spent Memorial Day with relatives in Bedford. Ruth Christianson, local first grade teacher, will attend Chicago University. Eva Lake visits son Howard at Simpson College in Indianapolis. E S Cameron of Des Moines, Edith Cameron of Maloy, and W V Morgan of Conway visited Mrs Cameron’s daughter Mrs Troy Ewart in Gravity. Dresher returns home on West Main after wintering with Mrs Frank Hamilton. Sabins plan trips to Clarinda, Chicago, New York, and Columbia University for summer. Roy Mercer of Route 1 Radford noted lucky this week. Bistro Times-Press: Bring this ticket to the show.
A long list of Bedford area people visited relatives in Des Moines St. Joseph Ames and Missouri towns over Memorial and Decoration days. Families from Bedford hosted and traveled to Cedar Falls Mint Neapolis Adel Maryville and Ottaw Kans. Residents included teachers, officials, and students visiting kin and attending rallies church functions and summer plans.
Mrs G W Rime and children visit Indianola relatives while A L Stithem of Shenandoah guests in Bedford Memorial Day. Ted Delay returns Creston after visiting Dwight Terrill. Dan Leon Hamilton hurt last week returns from Omaha hospital. Don Ray Gravity horse-related injury. L O Hess Gravity dislocated shoulder from haymow fall.
Two Scotchmen tossed to decide who pays for dinner. The winner called Heads and the loser cried Fire, then escaped in the confusion. Mrs Hasel Matheny of Bedford reports a lucky week, Rialto Times-Press advertises reader offer to bring a ticket and visit the Rialto.
High Prairie residents attended graduation exercises at New Market on Thursday evening. Mrs. George Wills of Omaha is visiting her relatives, including Ralph and Elbert Borden. Families visited the Crumley McKay home near Bedford. Local couples spent Sunday with Jim Brooks in New Market. Farmers are plowing corn and cutting alfalfa. County bridge crews repaired bridges last week. Raymond Whitehead is working for Wilbur Miller again this year.
A fragmented tale shows Joe facing accusations from relatives after a plan involving his rich aunt and a cat poisoning to gain an opportunity. The dialogue hints at a theatrical setting with Mrs Long of Bedford urging attendance at a Rialto show.
The excerpt shows Reginald visiting his rich aunt in town, while the nephew explains he came to see the sights and first plans to call on her. A mention of Charten Black of Clearfield appears as a curious aside, followed by garbled phrases suggesting timing and hiring.
Miss Berths Waldo of Hassan North Dakota reports shedding forty pounds on doctors orders. A daily half teaspoon of Kruschem Salts dissolved in hot water each morning is claimed to curb constipation and improve health and energy. The ad promises a safe, months-long effect with a money-back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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