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Newspaper

Bedford Times Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1937

Page

6

New Market Community Notes and Memorial Day Gatherings

A local amateur program sponsored by the Ladies Aid at the LO.C.F. hall featured ten numbers with audience prizes. Winners included Bill Standage of Clarinda for Marumba, a New Market girls quartet, and the McKoy group from Hawleyville. Memorial Day drew attendees from Villisca, Clarinda, Coin, Corning, Des Moines, Omaha, and Bedford.

Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church Lo.c.f. Hall Bill Standage Clarinda Hemphill New Market Maxine Blakeslee Ruth Noble Gene Erle Pratt Dana Foster Marie Shreck McKoy Hawleyville Dan McKoy Darlene McKoy Lavonne Fidler Clarence Broad Lee Penton Villisca Nora Davison L. G. Alexander Ruth Coin Harry Christie Corning S. A. McAlpin Des Moines LaZelle Corbin Omaha Ward Roberts Bedford

Valley Homecoming Set At School House In June

The Valley community plans its annual homecoming at the school house on Sunday June 6 with a noon basket dinner and an afternoon program. Boy Scouts will assist with parking. Various local families and visitors are noted in a sequence of social calls and farm sales. The piece mentions skaters at Clarinda Roller drome and a farm sale of 160 acres near Bed ford for 7300 dollars.

Boy Scouts Wm. Eggers Clarinda Halbert Hensley Beverly Jane B. B. Orme Raymond Bridgewater Hopkins Elmer Mackey Pickering Harold Mackey S. M. Ball Louise

Memorial Day at Siam Cemetery Honors Scouts Leaders

A large crowd attended a Saturday memorial at Siam cemetery with a brief program. Boy Scouts led by Scout Master Floyd Farlow decorated soldiers and masons' graves and played taps for the late John Renfro. The Siam Masonic lodge funds Scout rooms in the Masonic hall and attendees later visited, enjoying trick roping by Donald Farlow and Floyd Conlin Jobe.

Siam Floyd Farlow John Renfro Masonic Lodge Masonic Hall Farlow Donald Farlow Floyd Conlin Jobe

Memorial disrupted by heavy rain at Shearer cemetery

A heavy rain Sunday afternoon disrupted Memorial Day plans at Shearer cemetery. Ex governor Dan Turner was to speak but only a few attendees remained as crowds left after rain began. Local names include Hopkins, E. P. Hardee, Joe Osborne, Arthur Stickelman, Pete Melvin, Thomas Harris, Fred Melvin, and others from Hopkins, Picker ing, New Market and Bedford.

Methodist Church Jimmy Clark New Market Siam Shearer Cemetery Dan Turner Hopkins al Maxwell Pickering E. P. Hardee Joe Osborne John Terbell Arthur Stickelman Pete Melvin Pickering Lodge Thomas Harris Fred Melvin Bedford Margaret Jeffers Washington California New Mexico Genevieve Combs Helen Madden Gravity Plum Lodge AF & AM J. M. Stickelman James Melvin Fred Branson W. F. Miller Joe Osborn Tyler

Local visitors and relatives flock to Siam area events

Siamos locals host relatives from Lincoln to Bedford visiting over the weekend. Dozens of families including Blessmans Harpers Roushs and Davisons travel, call on kin, and attend gatherings in New Market Clarinda Bedford and surrounding towns.

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