Society Club News Highlights Local Hostesses and P E O Activities
Mon June 7 BWS Circle 6 with Marilyn Rucker. Thu June 10 Triangle Club with Mrs Ger nice Hunter. Hosts at May 15 reception were Mr and Mrs Bill O’Dell and family for Alvaro Costa A F S student from Brazil who lived with them since August and graduated Bedford Community High School May 16. Chapter CU P E O Sisterhood hosts noon luncheon June 2 with co chairs Norma Gold and Kay Lucas. Bonnie C Brown president and delegate. Luncheon themes support P E O projects including Educational Loan Fund Cottey College and International Peace Scholarship Fund. Silas Brandhurst P E O Supreme Organizer visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill O'Dell
Robert
Martha
Alvaro Costa
A.F.S
Brazil
O'Dell
Bedford Community High School
O'Dells
Joyce
Marsha
Peggy Mathew
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Iowa
Area
Wed
Norma
Jack
Gold
Kay
James F
Lucas
Bedford
Floy
Merrill
Lischer
Mary
J. R
Sisterhood
P. E.O. Educational Loan Fund
Cottey Junior College For Women
Nevada
International Peace Scholarship Fund
Sarah Porter Beckwith
Mount Pleasant
Clara Moore
R. B
Goff Brown open house set near Blockton. wedding in Florida
David Goff and Jocelynn Brown plan a June 4 marriage in Hialeah Florida with a June 9 open house hosted at the Dean Cobb home south of Blockton. The event invites all friends and relatives to attend from 7 to 10 p.m. A May 25 pre wedding reception honored Karen Good at her parents rural Bedford home attended by about 25. Karen and Daniel Goedken are set to wed June 26 in Iowa City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Jocelynn Goff
Dean Cobb
Blockton
David Goff
Jocelynn Brown
Hialeah
Florida
Karen Good
Bruce Good
Bedford
Tues
Cart Perry
Adolph Mattes
Norman Houchin
Karen
Iowa City
Daniel Goedken
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Austin A. Dowe
Nevada
John Reese
Branson
Lisa Ann
Mark John Herron
Creston
Kenneth Fellows
Eva Akers
Jewell
Iowa
Ron Akers
Allen Akers
Kile Stickelman
Louis Croat
Randy Croat
Jeffery
Tracie Wilson
Des Moines
Vesper M
Long Beach
Calif
Vera Flood
Trenton
A. W. Hamblin
Cedar Rapids Coe College
Mary Ovrom
Keosauqua
Walter Alexander
South Dakota
G. R. Alexander
Jim Steen
Spearfish
Jonas Wood
Belle Fouche
South Bakers
Friendship Club Minutes Include May Meeting at Neva Green Hostess
The Friendship club met May 18 with Neva Green as hostess. Members dined at Allendale Cafe and then gathered at Mrs. Green's for the meeting. Neva served drinks and snacks as minutes were read and bingo was played with Alta Meek Zelma Weese Eva Burns Mary Wills and visitors Barbara Green Tyrol Donna Hill Kev in present. The next gathering is set for June 15 with Zelma Weese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Club
Neva Green
Allendale
Mrs. Green
Neva
Alta Meek
Zelma Weese
Eva Burns
Mary Wills
Barbara Green
Tyrol
Donna Hill
Kevin
Fichter Couple Welcomes Daughter Krisha Michelle
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fichter of St. Louis Missouri announce the birth of their daughter Krisha Michelle born May 25. Grandparents are Gene Fichter of Tabor Iowa and John Livingston of Bedford Iowa. Great grandparents include Wayland Livingston Rose Shearer and Francis Fichter among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Fichter
St. Louis
Krisha Michelle
Gene Fichter
Tabor
Iowa
John Livingston
Bedford
Wayland Livingston
Rose Shearer
Hugh Greenwood
Thurman
Francis Fichter
Randolph
Hospital admissions and discharges reported in county notices
A compilation of patient movements from multiple Iowa hospitals including Clarkson Omaha, St Francis Maryville, Clarinda Municipal, Rosary Corning and Ringgold County. Entries show admissions on May 20 to 29 and dismissals through May 26 with names and hometowns such as Bedford Gravity New Market Blockton Mount Ayr and others. A separate appreciation note from Susie and Roy Dillon thanks relatives and friends for anniversary gestures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob (Rose) Bonar
Bedford
Clarkson Hospital
Omaha
Frances Ferris
Sheridan
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Letitia Zippen
Gravity
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
John Payne
New Market
Minnie Hatfield
Rosary Hospital
Corning
Jack Wyckoff
Lena Ambrose
Max Gray
Dennis Moss
Frances Cole
Darrell Akers
Edward Benbow
Alta Parsons
Milo Dugan
Ray Guess
Cleta Nissen
James Pickrel
Cleta Bownes
Mary Weaver
Blockton
Ringgold County Hospital
Mount Ayr
Delores King
Hattie McNutt
Memorial Day Visitors Parade Through Bedford Area
A long list of out of town guests visited Bedford during Memorial Day weekend and surrounding days. Families from Des Moines Branson Lansing and St. Joseph joined locals for graduations and social gatherings. Many visits included relatives and friends from Colorado Florida California and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clete Bownes
Glenwood
Clarinda
Edith Wetmore
Bedford
Helen Larsen
Bruce J. Flick
Robert Flick
Jeanette Lucas
Des Moines
George Nelson
Springfield
W.H. Blakemore
Boulder
Colo
Charles Taylor
Steven
Unionville
Dan Harmon
Horton Tally
Santa Ana
Calif
Paul Parrish
Gravity
Darwin Lacy
California
Brenda
Paul Ton
Fresno
A. E
Jane Reynolds) Weaver
Lakeland
Fla
Lucile Trumbo
Beatrice
Nebr
Arthur
Gail) Beal
Paul Cobb
Pat ‘Thomas
Susan Thomas
St. Joseph
Missouri
Deborah Shirley
Greeley
Cole
Joan Buchanan
Nellie Cobb
Alice Park
Dewey Morehouse
Wayne Huntsman
Pat
Curt
James Beemer
James Mathew
Chillicothe
C.8. Adams, Jr
Ayr
Lanny de Mott
Adah Farrens
Marilyn Rucker Hosts WSCircle 6 Meeting
Marilyn Rucker will host the June 7 gathering of BWS Circle 6 with Myrna Wilson leading devotions and the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Rucker
Wscircle
BWS Circle 6
Myrna Wilson
Bedford Manor Social Roundup From Iowa Residents
Residents and visitors gathered at Bedford Manor with a wide cast of names across Nevada Des Moines Lenox Red Oak Council Bluffs Creston and Omaha. Family visits included Daltons Daltons Alsos and Lawlers while a Hamilton Memorial mission program entertained residents. High scorers in bowling were Ray Johnson Grace Smith Oma Dalton and Blanche Lawler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Ebert
Nevada
Floy Maxwell
Darrell Dalton
Des Moines
Quentin
Nicky Dalton
Lenox
Darrell
Oma Dalton
James Griffith
Redding
Isa Sharp
Roy Lucas
Herman O'Dell
New Market
H.P. Lambley
Creston
Belle Kopp
Ted. Nixon
Janet
George
Jack Nixon
Tarkio
Missouri
Vern Lawler
Marc
Kansas City
Blanche Lawler
Duane Thummel
Council Bluffs
Willie Pace
Ralph Zeluf
Cedar Creek
Nebraska
Maude Pace
Orvis Lee
Randy Croat
Jeffery
Helen Croat
Tracie Wilson
Lonesa Bradley
Flay Maxwell
Grace Morris
Ray Johnsons
Hamilton Memorial Missionary Church
Emmet Osburn
Ferne Vincent
Ray Johnson
Grace Smith
Brenda Mullen
Sharon Streitenberger
Community Visitors And Volunteers Share News In Local Notes
Local readers record visits and social calls from residents and families across towns including Grinnell Des Moines Omaha Lake View and Mesa. Volunteers assisted Bingo and hair styling events while relatives and friends from Boone Crest on to Florida and Arizona made trips or sent greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Larson
Janice Schrodt
Julia Hamilton
Adah Farrens
Floy Maxwell
M. W. Osburn
Tammy
Christie Belk
Lake View
Ark
Kenneth R. Falk
Ronald Peterson
Des Moines
Emmett Osburn
Frances Carlson
Gravity
Nelle Davis
Esther Stock
Last Rites Held May 25 for Mark Robinson
Funeral services for Mark Lea Robinson 78 of Lenox were held May 25 at St Patrick’s Church Lenox with Rev Father Daniel O Connell officiating. He died suddenly May 23 at his home. Interment at East Fairview Cemetery Lenox. He was born July 1 1897 in Conway Iowa to Squire E and Agnes Bannan Robinson. He married Lulu May Smith January 21 1919 at St Patrick’s Rectory Lenox. five daughters survive. He farmed in Conway and Bedford retiring to Lenox in 1962. He was preceded in death by parents eight brothers two sisters and two infant great grandchildren. He is survived by wife five daughters 13 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren a brother and two sisters. He loved gardening and flowers.
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Mark Lea ‘Robinson
Lenox
St. Patrick’s Church
Daniel O'Connell
Mr. Robinson
East Fairview
Conway
Iowa
Squire E
Agnes Bannan Robinson
Taylor County
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Lulu May Smith
Sharpsburg
St. Patrick's
Kenneth
Dorothy) John
Wyatt
Arlene) Grimm
Helen Jean) Morris
Clearfield
Robert
Frank
Eve Smith
Coon Rapids
Jons
Grace Thuem
Fort Worth
Texas
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