Roundup Of Boy Scouts Sunday Afternoon At Lake Of Three Fires
Boy scouts of Bedford Gravity and Siam will meet with parents sponsors leaders and friends at Lake of Three Fires Sunday afternoon for a scouting roundup. Activities include contests first aid race blanket stretcher race three legged race signaling contest and a council fire ceremony led by Dr M R Francis with a picnic supper and entertainment.
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Boy Scouts
Bedford
Gravity
Siam
Lake of Three Fires
Taylor County
Council of the Three Fires
Slam
Glen Sharp
America
L. L. Moore
Scout
Record 22-Pound Fleece Sold for 7.48 at Bedford
Leslie Roush of Gravity reported selling a 22 pound fleece to Harbor at Bedford for 34 tents a pound. The fleece brought $7.48. This marks the third time a large fleece record was set, highlighting a year of exceptional fleeces.
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Times-Press
Leslie Roush
Bedford
Roush
Stark wins two medals at inter state track meet
Lawrence Stark a junior at State Teachers College Peru Nebr won in running and jumping at the interstate meet held recently in Kearney Nebr He is expected home soon to spend the summer with his parents Mr and Mrs Tom Stark
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Lawrence Stark
State Teachers College At
Peru
Nebr
Kearney
Stark
Mus
Tom
Sharpsburg Selects Its Teaching Staff
Sharpsburg to hire Miss Caroline Louder of Conway for the primary room replacing Miss Murial Waterman of Bedford. Miss Margaret Swan of Clearfield will teach grades five through eight, succeeding Miss Gladys Howes. Okla Dahlgren remains principal and coach, Mrs Dahlgren continues Home Economics. Superintendent post vacated by Mrs Ralph Rutledge remains open. she retires after twelve years in teaching and eight as superintendent.
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Caroline Louder
Conway
Sharpsburg
Murial Waterman
Bedford
Margaret Swan
Clearfield
Gladys Howes
Okla Dahlgren
Dahlgren
Ralph Rutledge
Iowa Toll from Accidents in 1936
Iowa recorded 1877 accidental deaths in 1936 with an average of five fatally injured daily. Home accidents totaled 802 deaths, 63 percent from falls, while 116 died in fires, burns, or explosions. Motor vehicle crashes caused 553 fatalities, including 216 from vehicle collisions and 169 from pedestrian collisions. Occupational deaths numbered 208, led by agricultural and farm machinery incidents. Rail and building falls caused 82 and 66 deaths respectively, with 9 drownings.
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Iowa
New Young Readers Books Arrive with Colorful Covers
Catalogued this week for the youngest readers are new titles with gay covers and bright illustrations. Featured are Little Bear's Adventures The Story of Jesus The Goody Naughty Book and several classics like Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood.
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Little Bear
Jesus
Mother Goose Land
Toodles
Patsy Ann
Shorty
Tim Chick
Wilhelmina
Dally and
Molly
Mother Goose
Attendees From Out of Town at Mrs. Elizabeth Ackley’s Funeral
The funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ackley at Wetmore Funeral Home Monday afternoon were attended by relatives from out of town including Ray Hill of Clarinda Mrs. Fred Beck Alta Hill from Blanchard Lloyd Hill of Tarkio Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coram and daughter from Gravity Mr. and Mrs. Joe Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Merve Safley of Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hill of Red Oak.
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Ackley
Bedford Community Club Enjoys CCC Camp Visit
Thirty five Bedford Community Club members dined on baked ham beans and yams at the Bibbins Park CCC mess hall then toured camp grounds. Lieut M E Wills welcomed guests. Howard Paulson praised cooperation and CCC officials discussed headquarters operations. Camp site impressed with neat grounds and orderly facilities.
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Bedford Community Club
CCC
Bibbins Park
Howard
Paulson
Elizabeth Ackley Dies at 87 in Bedford Iowa
Mrs Elizabeth Ackley died at her home southeast of Bedford on May 29. Funeral services were held at Wetmore Funeral Home on Monday, conducted by Leslie R Cobb. Burial was in Bedford cemetery. She was born March 12 1850 in Belmont County Ohio and aged 87 2 17. Survived by sons Edward Harry and Lou of Bedford and brother John Boyer of Louisville Ky. She joined the Church of Christ early in life and was a Berea congregation member for over 40 years.
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Elizabeth Ackley
Bedford
Wetmore Funeral Home
Leslie R. Cobb
Elizabeth
John and
Jane Boyer
Belmont County
Ohio
Lehman Ackley
Cedar County
Iowa
Edward
Harry
Lou
John Boyer
Louisville Ky
Church of Christ
Berea
Rites For Sam Park Held Here Sunday
Burial services for Sam Park who died in Biarritz France were held at Bedford cemetery Sunday afternoon May 20 conducted by Rev Robert Boshen. The cremated remains were buried here with attendees including Mrs Park of Biarritz and Sam Parke Jr and his wife of Beaumont Texas. The two daughters and their husbands Magand Mrs Bascom Funchess Jn of Beaumont and Mr and Mrs Clement Cleveland of Greenwich Conn attended.
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Sam Park
Biarritz
France
Bedford Cemetery
Robert Boshen
Park
Sam Parke, Jr
Beaumont
Texas
Magand
Bascom Funchess
Clement @leveland
Greenwich
Conn
Poisoning Grasshoppers Promoted as Effective Early Morning Tactic
Entomologist A D Worthington from Ames advised farmers at demonstrations on the Billie Meikle Wayne Rock and Fred Weller farms to scatter poisoned bran at dawn when grasshoppers feed heavily. He warned against daytime application, noting bait spreads 100 pounds of dry bait to about 175 pounds when wetted and can kill 144 to 2 million hoppers per spread.
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A. D. Worthington
Ames
Billie Meikle
Wayne Rock
Fred Weller
Mr. Worthington
Worthington
Day
Fam Bureau
Iowa
Taylor County
Bedford
Davie
New Chick Ration Uses Less Corn for Growth
County Agent Robt M Davie reports a new chick ration developed by Dr J H Wilke at Iowa State College lowers corn use to 25 30 percent by substituting small grains like oats barley and wheat. The formula lists 29 pounds ground yellow corn 36 pounds ground oats 10 pounds wheat or middlings 5 pounds oilmeal 10 pounds meat and bone meal 5 pounds dried milk 5 pounds alfalfa meal 1 pound salt 1 pound codliver oil fed in confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. M. Davie
W. M. Vernon
Iowa Apts College
J .H L. Wilke
Davie
Wilke
Harry Houck Injured Plowing Corn
Harry W. Houck a former Bedford resident now living on a Grant City area farm was injured Saturday while plowing corn. A team member jumped a ditch throwing him onto the plow causing unconsciousness and multiple fractured ribs. He is under a physician’s care.
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Harry W. Houck
Bedford
Grant City
Houck
Bedford Municipal Band Concert Program 1937
The Bedford Municipal Band directed by K. W. Werth performs June 5 at 8 p m featuring marches overtures fox trots and waltzes including The Booster The Gypsy Festival Boo-Hoo In Honor Bound Moonlight and Shadows The Huntress Serenade In The Night and Our Director plus The National Anthem. The program lists Hayes Fox Trot and other composers with Kennedy and Bela March titles.
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Bedford
Kennedy
March
Biglaw
License Examiners Change Bedford Visit Dates
State examiners adjust dates for motor vehicle license visits in Bedford. Beginning June 17 they will be in Bedford on the first and third Thursdays each month, visiting June 1, July 1 15 29 August 1 26 and September 9 23.
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Bedford
Oak Hill Country Club hosts one day tournament at Red Oak
Red Oak's Oak Hill Country Club holds a one day open golf tournament on Sunday June 6 with prizes for the low medal score and top three in each flight.
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Red Oak Red Oak
Oak Hill Country
Chub
World War Vet Talks To CCC Camp Audience
A. W. Hamblin recalls a Bedford CCC supper event where Corp. R. H. Ingleston U S Official Signal Corps Photographer with the A E F spoke on war experiences. Ingleston described war’s horrors and humor while emphasizing preparedness and training learned in France Belgium and Germany during 1917 to 1919.
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A. W. Hamblin
Bedford
Ingleston
Champaign
France
Belgium
Germany
A.E.F
1936 Iowa Christmas Seals raise per capita to 3.63
The 1936 Christmas Seal sale in Iowa totaled 89 600.00 with a per capita purchase of 3.63 seals. Taylor county contributed 447.94, while 13 counties reached five cents per capita or better. Plans for expanded rural diagnosis and outreach were announced by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association and the State Health Department to improve case finding.
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Iowa
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Taylor County
Linn
Clay
Johnson
Mitchell
Winneshiek
Story
Wapello
Emmet
O'Brien
Poweshiek
Humboldt
Jasper
Muscatine
State Health Department
Miss Johnson To Represent Taylor County Queen Contest
Miss Maxine Johnson will travel to Shenandoah Friday afternoon to represent Taylor county in the flower show queen contest. She and other county delegates will be hosted at a Hotel Delmonico dinner that evening. The queen will be chosen at a ceremony at the lighted athletic field that night.
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Maxine Johnson
Shenandoah
Taylor County
Miss Johnson
Delmonico
Eggers Farm Sells Again to J E Hale in Polk Township
J E Hale of Clarinda bought the 156 acre Eggers farm in Polk township from the heirs of William Eggers for 7850 dollars on Monday. Earlier Eber Collins had bid 6000 dollars but the court blocked that sale.
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J. E. Hale
Clarinda
Polk Township
William Eggers Monday
Eber Collins
Driver's License A Safety Aid
Lew Wallace of the Iowa Motor Vehicle Department announced that persons who did not apply for a driver's license before July 4 would not receive license without examination. A statewide enforcement drive would begin after July 5 to arrest unlicensed drivers and prosecute all cases.
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Lew Wallace
Motor Vehicle Department of
Iowa
Wallace
Loyal Legion 4 H Meets At Hensleys May Meeting
Loyal Legion 4 H club met Friday afternoon May 28 at Daryl Hensley home with 15 elder members and two new members Jane Kennedy and Ruby Piercy. Leaders Mrs Templeton and Mrs Mohler and others attended. roll call noted bird counts from six to 22. programs covered Old Hundred and Doxology songs dental care and sunset at sea. crocheted rug demonstration. Rally Day committees chosen. next meeting set for Sturjay McMargot home with Ruby Piercy assisting.
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Loyal Legion 4-H Club
Daryl Hensley
Rona Hatfield
Eld
Jane Kennedy
Ruby Piercy
Templeton
Mohler
Nash
Hensley
Lorene Cox
Wilma Robey
Rita Hatfield
Et Gill
Doris Trani
Fuller Tion
Sturjary McMargot
Death summons touch families across towns and churches
Relatives called to attend mourning as a death affects several households including Ralph, Basil, Paul, Alice, and J. Murray among Horning kin list. Names Dougherty and Cromwell appear with moves between Clarinda Sharpsburg Nodaway and New Market while ministerial positions and church ties link the communities.
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Toy
Clena
Ralph Tall
Ara Horning
Basil
Paul
Alice
Louisburg
J. Murray
Horning
Edward
Fort Callin
Dougher
Dougherty
Clarinda
Floyd Dougherty
New Market
Rural pupils earn diplomas at Bedford commencement
Nineteen rural eighth graders miss few due to rain as 127 graduates receive diplomas at Bedford High School auditorium. Rev. W F Overhulser delivers the address as nearly 200 rural choir members perform. Twenty six students earn honor I’s with averages from 90.0 to 94.9, led by Alice Bennett 94.9 and Leota Atk ins 94.6.
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Bedford High School
W. F. Overhulser
Bedford Methodist Church
Penalty Rule On Unpaid Taxes Starts April First
The notice explains a penalty beginning April 1 for unpaid taxes, with a July 1 final date for first installments. If paid before July 1, no penalty accrues for the period April 1 to July 1.
Filing Deadline for Homestead Tax Exemption
The homestead tax exemption filing period closed at end of Tuesday June 1. Reports indicate most eligible residents filed, with no new applications reported since then.
Two to Jail on Statutory Charge
Bedford residents Howard Crawford and Earl Garrett were arrested Wednesday on statutory charges. County Attorney Roger Warin said May Lindley, 13, was the alleged complainant. Billy Wilson, 87, of Blockton, was released on a $1000 bond after his arrest for lascivious acts.
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Howard Crawford
Earl Garrett
Bedford
Roger Warin
May Lindley
Billy Wilson
Blockton
Bedford Garden Club Sponsors Film to Beautify City
The Bedford Community Garden Club stages the movie A Family Affair at Rialto on Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5 to raise funds for beautifying garden spots. The club uses film proceeds instead of asking for dues for membership.
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Bedford Community Garden Club
Rialto Theatre
Bedford
Local Exhibit Opens Friday At Meth-Worh Hall
An exhibit featuring handcrafts and a program is set for Friday evening at a Meth-Worh venue. Organizers invite attendees to come and view items on display and enjoy the scheduled recital.
Jesse Stogdill Dies at 69 in Gravity Area
Jesse Stogdill, 69, of the Gravity area, died Wednesday after a lingering illness. He leaves sons, a daughter Mrs Will Shepherd, and other relatives. Funeral services and burial were held in Craig, Missouri, with attending family from Bethany and nearby.
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Jesse Stogdill
Teco Steadilt
Wing
Will Shepherd
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Iorlp
Harry Houck
Taylor
Eggers Farm
Mon
Loyal Legion
Hensleys
Mr. Cromwell
Nodaway
Presbyterian Churgh
Alice Bennett
Leota Atckins
Carolyn Fischer
Alice Harvey
Dale Savage
Arlene Leonard
Leota, Young
Evelyn Hill
Lorna Pfander
Lloyd Paresons
Keith Fuelberth
Ray Bruingon
Byron Steadman
Georgia Scroggie
Betty Black
Genevieve Teacher
Elaine Miller
Byron Cotter
Marie Eighmy
Harold Orr
Iris Killam
Betty Starmer
Wilma Danewood
Ida Mae King
Loretta Hamilton
Kenneth Farrens
Bud Lewellon
Will Infantries
Lewis Walls
Bethany
Craig
John Mr. Dinges
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