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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1936
Page
3
Eight Scott county residents who drew pensions were removed from the rolls after officials learned they held savings accounts in local banks. Five men and three women refunded the misused funds, facing potential fraud prosecutions, and the county board chairman ordered repayment.
The WCTU planted a memorial tree in front of the Christian church for Ida B Wise Smith, world figure and former Hamburg girl, national president of the WCTU. Though long removed, she still calls Hamburg home and plans to be buried there, marking the town's first public recognition of her.
SIAM Mr and Mrs John Arthur hosted May 24 dinner inviting Edd Gardner family Harald Kratzer Sheldon Long and Ray Hinton Clem Jeffers returned with Nebraska horses visitors to Shields home Doris Damewood injured her heel Wilma Damewood visiting relatives in Clarinda Miss Smith to summer with Pearl Smith Emory Hardee and son visited Mountain View Missouri and hauled horses back Mrs Albert McClelland and daughter from Corning visited Floyd Farlow family Miss Frances Clayton returned from Maryville Memorial services attended by John Blessman and others Floyd Sprague family visited Villisca Mrs Mary Wilson spent Sunday with her daughter
Rev and Mrs Court Adams and son of Jackson Michigan visit N A Adams family. Adams preaches at Christian church Sunday. Memorial services at the cemetery Saturday afternoon. Scoutmaster Floyd Farlow and others place flags on soldiers graves. Sunday school changes at Methodist church with 10 am session and 11 am sermon by Rev Charles Arnold. Orville Horner family moving to Shenandoah for CCC Camp work. Ladies Aid plans ice cream social June 9, next meeting June 11. Highland Chapter 523 O E S guests of New Barkes Chapter 427 in New Market.
The notice lists numerous families from Evanston Hopkins Bedford Shenandoah and Sidney visiting relatives in Siam and Bedford for Memorial Day and weekend gatherings. It also notes several residents ill and a string of dinners and church events with extended family attendance. A column by Frank Priebe urges Midwestern poultry producers to improve management as eastern states boost poultry and egg production.
A reader reports Texas friends sending roasting ears from their garden while government figures arrive detailing poultry and egg data. The note contrasts regional poultry success with national statistics on farm production.
Farmers lament that cold weather disrupts the early poultry and egg crop as winter conditions affect laying and flock productivity. The note emphasizes the link between climate and agricultural yields.
The Senate debates the tax bill and a House relief measure as negotiators edge toward agreement. The rural rehabilitation program gains 85 500 000 from the new relief fund for land purchase and farmer resettlement led by Senator LaFollette. The House passes the Robinson-Patman bill amid extensive floor speech. Conference reports on appropriation bills advance as Congress eyes adjournment before the national conventions.
Miss Jean Trowbridge of Stuart Iowa visited Washington last week representing her state at the National spelling contest which she won Speaker Burns of Tennessee greeted her warmly in his customary manner. A delegation of Pueblo Indians attended the New Interior Department building dedication and urged soil conservation aid for their southwest reservation while appealing to Indian Affairs committees in colorful attire.
Miss Effie Wieser and Leslie Klopp wed at the Wieser home on June 1 with Rev. A I Jones officiating. Gertrude Laycock and William Palmer married May 29 at the bride’s Conway home. Government rainfall data show April and May totals from 1902 to 1904, with figures ranging from 0 to 9.83 inches in May 1903.
20 years ago this week reports a newborn daughter for Clarence Margason of Shenandoah and C J McGuirk of Chicago. Eleanor Beckler and Alva V Gooding wed in Du buque Bedford area. J E Moody sells Fair Store to Fisher Crouch & Co forming Bee Hive in Bedford. Bella Brown wins Taylor county spelling contest with Lois Dobson placing second.
Severe cold reduced egg and early chick production yet created a favorable market for those who kept hens in good condition. Hatcheries delayed output as hatchability fell. Iowa farmer M C Carey near Fonda sold 4 lb spring chickens hatched January first, showing strong spring prices. With proper equipment, weather risk is mitigated and poultry income rises.
Nine pound baby James Pierce born to Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Nelson on Thursday June 3. Paryents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trumbo move to Denver with family as he takes a job in a tire factory. Sharpsburg merchants push for Star Mail Route. postal changes extend Norman Carmichael route to Sharpsburg carrying only first and second class mail. Several marriage licenses issued to residents of local area. A baby boy weighing nine pounds born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller on Sunday May 30.
Miss Leila Allison visited Creston to meet Forrest and Milbank Allison and will work at Clarinda pool this summer. Pearl Simms, formerly a New Market teacher, now Plymouth county home demonstration agent, stayed with the McColms. Rev W O Watson of Desoto Kansas visited Cromwell and Nodaway with remarks at the Cromwell Nodaway commencement.
TABLE No. 30 S.7:28 AM No. 84 S.11:55 AM No. 85 S.1:20 PM No. 31 N.6:18 PM Mixed train carries passengers baggage and express but not U S Mail Freight runs daily except Sunday.
A vaudeville of small-town life runs through observations about a coffee loving dog owned by C. E. Pauls, a polished Austin car, election day curiosities, teachers Eva McCloud and Irene McCloud, and memories of school days. The piece ends with a weathered joke about weeds and a signed notice by Dr. M. R. Francis.
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