Bedford Hosts June Socials and Spencer Wedding Reception
Calendar items list Baptist Women circles and Circle meetings from June 7 to June 10. Kensington Group serves June 8 with Order of the Eastern Star fellowship hour. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spencer of Des Moines to be honored in Bedford with a June 6 wedding reception in the Blue Check Room. they wed May 22 at Nevada Iowa.
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Baptist Women’s Circles
LaVern Peters
Baptist Women’s Society
Order of Eastern Star
Bethel Cavin
Kensington Group
Order of the Eastern Star
Carol Streebin
Lorna Bowman
Beryl Rhoads
Marie Hall
Margaret Young
Grace Brice
Mildred Stacy
Roy Spencer
Bedford
Des Moines
Spencer
Nevada
Iowa
Roy
Helen’ Spencer
Gravity Community Notes Highlight Local Church Dinners
Gravity community pages report seniors honored at a Gravity Methodist and Christian churches potluck after services. A Huss family reunion at Gravity Christian Church drew 53 attendees honoring Calvin Huss and his wife from Lyons Colorado.
Child Disobedience Sends Boy to Room With Radio TV
A humorous note recalls a child sent to his room for rule breaking where a radio and a TV appear, alongside a 17 year old babysitter. The piece contrasts the boy’s predicament with his father’s honeymoon experiences.
Marriage License May 28 for Don Nelson and Denise McAlpin
Don H. Nelson, 10, Clarinda, and Denise McAlpin, 18, Bedford, obtained a marriage license on May 28. The notice lists the applicants and their ages and hometowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don H. Nelson
Clarinda
Denise McAlpin
Bedford
Lines on Living Lines on Living
Mrs. Judith S. Carlson argues modern urban children lack farm task incentives for responsibility. She cites differences between farm and city life, noting essential chores build self confidence. Volunteering, group activities, and part time work also help youths develop responsibility and confidence.
Charles Davis 67 Rites May 28 at Gravity
Funeral services for Charles Davis 67 of Gravity were held May 28 at Shum- Novinger Funeral Home conducted by Carl Cummings. Davis died May 23 1971. Interment was at Washington Cemetery Gravity.
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Charles Davis
Gravity
Shum-Novinger
Carl Cummings
Davis
Washington Cemetery
Appreciation for kindness to Floyd Cox family
A Clarinda hospital note thanks friends for deeds of kindness shown to Floyd Cox and family. The message expresses gratitude from Floyd and his relatives for support during his illness and recovery.
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Floyd
Clarinda Peunictel Hospital
Floyd Cox
25th Anniversary Gratitude From George and Lanora John
George and Lanora John express thanks to everyone who helped make their 25th anniversary special. They appreciate the cards letters and gifts received from friends and family.
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George
Lanora
John
Drivers License Examinations Scheduled in Bedford
Driver license examinations may be taken or licenses renewed on Thursday June 3 and 17. Officials will be on duty at Bedford City Hall from 8 30 a.m. until 4 30 p.m.
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Bedford City Hall
Local Extension Members Tour Iowa State Facilities
Three Taylor County Extension Council members joined about 800 delegates May 24 for a one day tour of teaching and research facilities at Iowa State University Ames. The group included Mr and Mrs Jon Vogel Mr and Mrs Dean Davidson of Bedford and Jim McAlpin of New Market. Taylor County Extension Director Craig Elliott accompanied the party. The event, held every two to three years, aims to reveal university resources and inform Extension Service programs and goals. A campus and research farm tour preceded afternoon speeches by ISU President W Robert Parks Student Body President Steve Zumbach and Dean and Director Marvin A Anderson.
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Gravity
Bedford Community High
Gravity Methodist and Christian
Methodist Church
Frances Fickess
Vicki
Monett
Francis
Marie Haymen
Daisy Fickess
Paul Firkins
Villisca
Elmer Stephens
Grace Clark
Mary Hill
Ruby Dille
Bertha Hartzler
Stella Stephens
Leona Lucas
Verla Moore
Mike Freeman
USAF
Rapid City
S. Oak
Herb Freeman
Gravity Study Club
Junction Cafe
Bedford
David Goff
Francis Meysman
Jane Stacy
Glen Baker
Bessie Roberts
Grace Konecone
Grace Foster
Konecone
Lucille Atterbury
Leon
Lena Meyers
Ralph Price
Este] Larsson
Blue Check Room
Willis Parent
Harry Stafford
Henry Wasson
Floyd Peterman
Kenneth Breach
Richard Fitzgerald
Jim Eppers
Gravity United Methodist Church
Church OF the Mazarene
Ross Keyt
Neat
New Era Cafe
Marvin Weed
Bill Boyer
Ed Lock
Glen Lock
LeRoy Lock
Kenneth Lock
Pam
Wendell Mains
Clarinda
Nell Combs
Keith O'Dell
Willis King
Earl King
Maude Hepperly
Rebekah Hall
Lenox
Glendora Dunkin
Lana Arthur
Ft. Collins
Colo
Arthur
Wallace Gray
Marion
Maryville
Gagol Eighmy
Ivan Eighmy
Rodney
Fontanelle
Eddie Eighmy
Creston
Robert Babcock
Herb DeBolt
New Market
Eighmy
Ruth Woods
Cumberland
Bertha Stephens
Pearl Woodin
Essex
Estes Spriggs
O. L. McIintosh
Harry Banks
Donald Pilla
Gladys Weaver
Boise
Idaho
Art Lucas
Rebekah Circle
Gary Wyckoff
Norville Todd
Council Bluffs
Darwin Swanson
Huss
Gravity Christian Church
Calvin Huss
Lyons
Fiftythree
Taylor County Extension Council
Iowa State University
Ames
Jon Vogel
Dean Davidson
Jim McAlpin
Taylor County
Craig Elliott
Extension Council
Cooperative Extension Service
ISU
W. Robert Parks
Steve Zumbach
Marvin A. Anderson
Largest earth fill dam completed in Clayton township
Conservation notes report the Kopete Farms dam in Clayton township is the county’s largest earth fill structure aside from Blockton Watershed. Ed Whitehill manages the project on 14 529 cubic yards with a 102 foot spillway and 20 inch pipe. When full it will span over five acres with a sandy beach and sloped ditch banks for safety. The dam serves erosion control livestock water and future recreation.
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Raymond Sneed
Drexel Gold
Taylor County
Blockton
Kopete Farms Company
Clayton Township
Ed Whitehill
ISU Beef Cattle Days Back-to-Back July 15 16
Iowa State University hosts Cattle Feeders Day on July 15 featuring Dr Bill Cooper on feedlot pollution and recent feeding studies. Cow-Calf Roundup on July 16 includes 800 cow crossbreeding project results and calf loss prevention talk by R A Bellows of Miles City Montana. All cattlemen and wives invited with a program for the ladies.
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ISU
Iowa State University
Bill Cooper
Michigan State University
Iowa State
R. A. Bellows
U. S. Range
Miles City
Mont
Mrs James Beck Named 1971 Rural Homemaker
Lenox resident Mrs James Beck honored at the 25th Rural Homemakers Leadership Recognition Day in Omaha. About 100 Nebraska Iowa and Kansas homemakers were recognized for leadership roles in home communities. A Silver Anniversary program featured a style show by Retail Merchants of Greater Omaha and a consumer panel on textiles appliances and packaging. The evening included the chamber slide show The Golden Door. Sponsored by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division and the Agri business Council.
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James Beck
Lenox
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Greater
Women’s Division
Agribusiness Council
The
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
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Vane Walston
Gravity News
Frances Carlson
Judith S. Carlson
Midcrest Extension
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David Thompson
Central Missouri State Bedford
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