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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
5
The notice reminds residents of legal voting age and residency to vote next Monday in the primary. Polls run 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters must request the party ticket Democrat Republican or Farmer-Labor and mark a cross beside their chosen candidate on the ballot.
The page presents a Republican ballot slate for U S Senator L J Dickinson Governor George A Wilson Lieutenant Governor B B Hickenlooper Secretary of State Earl G Miller Auditor C B Akers and more including Treasurer W G C Bagley Agriculture Dr E C Wolff and others. It notes a divorce case where Judge H A Fuller granted Marjorie Neely a divorce from Keith Neely of New Market in Bedford loft Tuesday.
Voter slate showing multiple candidates for United States Senator and party column choices. Includes names such as Guy M. Gillette Joseph J. Meyers Lois J. Etter and others. Also notes vote tallies like Vote for Two and Second District Vote for One with township variations.
Elmer Steele, a local dealer, was beaten by two robbers early Tuesday after their car blocked him on Highway 148 four miles south of Corning. They stole about 260 dollars and left him unconscious in his car. Passersby found him and took him to Corning for treatment. Steele had spent Decoration Day with relatives in the Carl community and had stopped in Creston earlier Monday night. He gave a vague description of the attackers. his torn shirt showed a struggle.
Fifteen Boy Scouts from Bedford Troop No. 136 aided Bedford Post No. 164 American Legion in Decoration Day ceremonies at Fairview, Bedford cemetery, and Graceland cemetery. About 250 bouquets were prepared at city hall by Woman's Relief Corps and auxiliaries. the program included flag tributes, an address by Jas A Lucas, a three volley salute, taps, and benediction. Weather was favorable and many former residents attended.
A Bedford High School faculty selected seven seniors as honor students and National Honor Society members for the just completed school year. Selection, based on scholarship character leadership and service, lists names alphabetically.
The Lake of Three Fires beach opened this week with Hodges of Council Bluffs in charge. Swimmers must use the beach opposite the bath house and use the foot bath before entering the lake. Bath house offers swimsuit, towel, shower, and storage for a fee. foot bath only yields a smaller charge. Boats can be rented.
A market lamb grading demonstration and sale is set for Bedford on June 21 with 4-H club members competing in a special class for boys in the 4-H market lamb club. Rex Beresford of Iowa State College will grade lambs into market classes and bids will be received by wire for the grades. Last year about 300 lambs were graded and sold in a similar event. Early fat lambs are most profitable for Iowa farmers and grading demonstrations are encouraged. Farmers wanting to select heavy fat lambs should notify the county agent at Bedford.
Charley Gaule reports an old potato sprout yields a new type and asks how to prevent bugs from eating old vine varieties. Bedford High School graduation honors 102 of 117 rural eighth graders with averages above 90 percent, listing top achievers and their scores.
Sunday, June 12, local golfers host a one day open tournament at Bedford golf course. Three prizes are awarded for each flight and an 18 hole medalist prize is planned.
Oak Hill Country Club in Red Oak invites competitors to a one day tournament on Sunday June 5. Howard Lake Charles Thompson and Alan Thompson of Bedford have been regulars in Red Oak invitational events in recent years.
F M Straight of Imogene Iowa, 93, the sole Civil War veteran at Decora tion Day services in New Market, was a former G A R member. He attended with his daughter Mrs Charles Abbott of Imogene.
Merrill Chilcote of the St. Joseph News-Press was elected a vice president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in St. Joseph. The appointment highlights local civic engagement and the press's role in community leadership.
Ben Jensen of Extra Republic, candidate for Congress from the Seventh District, spent Wednesday in Bedford meeting voters. He toured Taylor County towns calling on residents and canvassing the area.
Ben F. Jensen of Exitra Republican candidate for Congress in the 7th district will address voters on KMA at 11 30 a m June 4 and 7 15 a m June 6 He will also speak from KFNE at 6 30 a m June 6 in a radio campaign message.
Ex governor Dan W Turner of Corning will address the Taylor County Republican Women’s Club at the Bedford library basement Friday afternoon June 3 at 2 o clock. The event invites every Republican woman in the county to attend.
Bedford's band under Kenneth Werth will play on the streets Saturday from 8 to 9 pm. This marks the opening concert of the summer with free weekly street performances. Rehearsal for band members is set for Friday evening at the community club rooms.
Mrs. Elmer Spencer formerly from Bedford died in Denver on May 22 after years of illness. She leaves a husband and two sons Floyd and Ross. sister W. A. Polton of Bedford. Family moved to Colorado over twenty years ago, first Boulder then Denver. Funeral and interment held in Denver. Also notes on recent marriage licenses issued by Clerk Frank Herriott including several couples in May and June. W. H. Weagley will run cafe room at north Court, ready next week. meals and short orders planned.
Shawver an instructor at Bedford High School leaves for Kirkville Iowa to visit his parents then plans to go to New York City for summer study at Columbia University. On route he will visit friends in Cleveland Ohio and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Pollock's Gardens in north Bedford supplied flower baskets for graves at Fairview Bedford and Iceland Cemeteries.
The first government payments in checks under the 1937 Conservation contracts were received yesterday by the Taylor County Conservation Board for about 830 farmers who complied with AAA terms. Notices will be sent to farmers about their payments, representing a little over half of those due from last year’s contracts.
Bedford hosts its first Hobby Show at city hall over Friday and Saturday with a wide range of displays. Sponsors the local Boy Scouts raised about 26 dollars while visitors admired items from a gas powered toy car to rare dishes, dolls from Japan, shells, native branches, quilts, Gibson Girl prints, hand-made furniture, carved works, and historic artifacts.
The Bedford All-Stars season opener with Greenfield, scheduled for Tuesday night, was rained out. The makeup game will be played under lights next Tuesday evening, weather permitting, with a nine inning game and no admission charge. Bedford also plans a practice under lights tonight and a Friday game in Clarinda.
Rev Stanley Schlick will be installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bedford during a union service Sunday evening June 5 at 8 o'clock. Churches have been invited to cooperate. Rev John Neuenschwander of Creston will preside and pose questions. Rev Lorane Shonfelt of Grimes will deliver the charge to the pastor and Rev A B Thutt of Clarinda the charge to the congregation. Special music will be provided.
Miss Alma Stackhouse and Miss Effie Stackhouse, former Bedford residents, have moved back to their Bedford home vacated by the Menzies. Alma teaches in Moville Iowa and plans to return there next year before settling permanently in Bedford. Effie teaches at Manning Iowa and will resume work in September. Mrs Rena Mulenberg of Chicago is visiting.
Mrs. H. S. Campbell reports 450 poppies sold in Bedford Saturday afternoon by the American Legion Auxiliary Elockton unit. She thanks Bedford residents for the warm reception and cooperation with sale organizers.
Daily Vacation Bible School opened at the grade school Monday morning with an enrollment of seventy. Four city ministers direct the sessions assisted by teachers. Worship includes Bible memory work and hymns. crafts occupy the latter morning hours as boys in the Junior department work on a large The Lord's Prayer plaque. The program continues next week with planned Saturday picnics. Mrs Adams II Mrs Kate Adams remains very ill at her Gravity home.
Chambers Brothers weather records show Bedford monthly rainfall at 6.60 inches across twelve days in May. May featured highs of 83 and a frost on May 8, with fog on May 26 and 28 and a heavy late shower washing soil and flooding lowlands. Gravity saw about an inch more rain. Lake of Three Fires rose nearly two feet, nearing the spillway bottom.
Farmers and businessmen of Taylor County will tour Iowa State College on June 28 to view agricultural departments and experimental divisions. Delegations from other southwest Iowa counties are planned to join the visit to Ames with guided tours arranged for visitors.
The honor roll section lists students across class levels from seniors to freshmen. Names include Helen Dowell Glaydis Grubb Harriet John Mildred Lewis Mary O Daugherty Helen Steel Delmar Thompson Mary Cordell Mildred Cox Margaret Maxwell Doris Meredith Dorothy Parsons Opal Ratekin Frances Shafar Dorothy Souder Julia Spencer Velma Spencer Jewell Williams Helen Wright Herman Davidson Frances Grubb Henry Hamblin Catherine Marshall Margie Parker Ruth Paul Marjorie Perina William Wisdom Mary Ann Blakemore Lillie Cordell Marie Eighmy Roma Hatfield Iris Killam Mary Lou Lewis Jackie Parker Lloyd Parsons James Rimel Patricia Simpson Rex Wyckoff.
Names of eighth graders on the honor roll for the last six weeks and semester include Mary Cirksena Harlan Ulmer Martha Smalley Doris Rimel Dorlee Ranbarger Robert Nelson Josephine Moore Ben Morris Verlee McGee Jeannette Lucas Charlotte Kennedy Carol Hatfield Opal Goff Lavonne Hamilton Virginia Clayton Edith Steel Russell Hatfield of Bedford has earned a Chillicothe Business College diploma after completing stenographic and commercial training.
Agricultural Conservation Committee and county agent announce Taylor County Soil Conservation Week June 7 to 13. On June 10 at 8:00 a.m. committees and wives meet in Bedford for AAA program discussion. At 10:00 a.m. caravans form to visit the Soil Conservation experiment farm nine miles west of Clarinda. A statewide field day features Governor Kraschel and a Washington DC official.
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