Twentieth Century Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Twentieth Century Club marked its 50th anniversary with a May 21 library tea in pink and white. Guest speaker Mrs. Josephine Root spoke of club work in India while displaying Indian articles and slides. Former members from Bedford Corning Clarinda joined the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Library Club
Verne Timberlake
Josephine Root
India
Sharon
Root
Leonard Moore
M. B. Nash
Marjorie Bristow
Edna Lacy
Myrtle Barks
John Dinges
L. C. Severs
Edith Wetmore
Irene Stone
Bedford
A. L. Klopp
Corning
Melcher Harris
Clarinda
Foot care ad promotes keratolytic and antiseptic products
An ad advises using keratolytic T-1-L for athlete's foot to slough infected skin and reveal healthy skin, with a 48 hour money back guarantee if not pleased. It also recommends T-4-L Foot Powder for sweaty feet and odor, noting long-lasting activity, and lists Bedford Rexall Drug Corum Drug in Hopkins as locations.
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Bedford
C. E. S. To Meet with Bedford Chapter
The C. E. S. will convene with the Bedford Chapter Order of the Eastern Star on Tuesday June 9. Worthy Matron Lois Slaten and Worthy Patron Orville Stephens will preside. The Kensington group includes Agatha Beemer Elda Metzler Ina Lou Marshall Lois Slaten Adah Taylor Ethel Jane Dinwiddie Bess Fuller Naomi Shafar Belle Davidson and Ople Gunson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Order of the Eastern Star
Lois Slaten
Orville Stephens
Kensington
Agatha Beemer
Elda Metzler
Ina Lou Marshall
Adah Taylor
Ethel Jane Dinwiddie
Bess Fuller
Naomi Shafar
Belle Davidson
Ople Gunson
Seiffert Thummel Exchange Vows In Redding Ceremony
Miss Ila Kay Seiffert of Bedford and Olin Stephen Thummel of Rantoul were united in marriage at the Methodist Church in Redding Iowa in a Sunday ceremony. The double ring service was conducted by Rev. I G Wilkins with music by Karen Sue McQuigg and Connie Shafar. The gown featured white brocaded taffeta and a chapel train with seed beads. The bride's bouquet was a white orchid with lilies of the valley. Attendants included maid of honor Margaret Thummel and bridesmaid Mrs James Hanshaw. A reception followed in the church dining parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ila Kay Seiffert
Bedford
Olin Stephen Thummel
Rantoul, II
Redding
Town
H. M. Seiffert
Jane Thummel
Maryville
Olin C. Thummel
I. G. Wilkins
Conn
Iowa
Clarence Landis
Redding Church
Karen Sue McQuigg
Connile Shafar
Gravity
Susan Holmes
Des Moines
John Darnell
Wedford
Seiffert
Margaret Thummel
James Hanshaw
Lori Nelson
Omaha
Nebr
David Eric Freed
Webster City
Stan Stillwagon
Raytown
Larry Lee
Tom Seiffert
Bud Yatel
Roger Britt
Cheryl Barnes and Richard Bunn Engaged to Wed
Mr and Mrs Freman Barnes of Bedford announce the engagement of their daughter Cheryl Ann to Richard L Bunn son of Mr and Mrs Eugene R Bunn of Gravity Iowa A summer wedding is planned Cheryl a 1963 BCHS graduate attended Northwest State College Maryville and works for the Iowa State Highway Commission Ames Richard a 1963 BCHS graduate attended Northwest State College last year They will reside at 335% South Garrard Rantoul Illinois and the Stoner family reunion is set for Bedford June 13 14
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freman Barnes
Bedford
Iowa
Cheryl Ann
Richard L. Bunn
Eugene R. Bunn
Gravity
Miss Barnes
Bedford Community High School
Northwest State College
Maryville
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Bunn
BCHS
Duane Thummel
Frank Holmes
Des Moines
Esse Freed
Webster City
E. J. Carr
Mt. Ayr
Harold Combs
Redding
Everett King
John Schoenmann
Brockton
Pat Kennedy
Red Oak
Jerry Hossman
Villisca
Dianna Mulien
Karen Bush
Jacqueline Schoenmann
Janet Kennedy
Downeys Honored With Open House at Bedford Library
Mr and Mrs Clarence Downey were honored at an open house in the Library Club Room in Bedford on Sunday afternoon May 24. The event celebrated the couple and featured local residents and well wishers.
Pratt Garner wedding ties two Iowa towns
Linda Kay Pratt and Gerald Earl Garner wed in a double ceremony at Slam Christian Church on May 23 with family from New Market Bedford Clarinda East Alton and Des Moines in attendance. The reception followed as relatives celebrated a fiftieth anniversary and shared gifts and cards from friends across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Kay Pratt
Robert Pratt
New Market
Gerald Earl Garner
Roy Garner
Bedford
Slam Christian Church
Clarence Potter
Phillip Hardee
Janice Miller
Deanna Carmichael
Clarinda
Connie Pratt
Barbara Lefrit
Mt. Ayr
Eddie Garner
Marvin Garner
East Alton
Ill
Bobby Sefrit
George Stanley
Fred Shields
Reid Shields
Eldon Fine
Patricia Stanley
Des Moines
Joann Shields
Harriet Shields
Shirley Fine
Patty Han
Marilyn Woods
Cheryl Teeters
Nancy Shields
Garner
New Market High School
LaClede Steel
Alton
Illinois
First St
Johnson Family Picnic at Bibbins Park
Last Thursday evening the Johnson family gathered for a picnic at Bibbins Park. Attendees included Roy Johnson of Seattle Washington and many relatives from Bedford Shenandoah Lenox San Diego and San Bernardino area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Shannon
Ray Johnson
Teresa June Crum
Muriel Miller
Bedford
Vera Egleston
Lenox
Fickess Family Reunion At Lake of Three Fires
The ten children of the late Mr. and Mrs. J W Fickess gathered at the Lake of Three Fires on May 30. A total of 95 family members attended including Albert Fickess and family, Paul Fickess and family, Rev Donald Crosby and Linda of Sharpsburg, and many others from Iowa Michigan and Kansas with numerous spouses and children. The reunion featured extended relatives across multiple households and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fickess
Lake of
Fickess
Albert Fickess
Paul Fickess
Donald Crosby
Linda
Sharpsburg
Floyd Fickess
Bert Wayman
Jean Jones
Francis Fickess
Gravity
Ervin Mattox
George Mattox
Don Mattox
Bob Mattox
Tom Lewis
Eric
Kansas
Ethel Fickess Wilson
Seattle
Wish
Clarence Huddle
Merlin Shippey
Wendell Huddle
Doyle Ellis
Johnny Huddie
Braddyville
Iowa
Emma Fickess
Ruth
Joseph Ruth
Lansing
Mich
Glen Fickess
New Hartford
Harold Fickess
Earl Fickess
Kenneth Helms
Ronald Stuber
Miriam Holms
Paul Ehlert
Cedar Falls
Sarah Barker
Ten Fickess
Henry van Loenen
Ottawa
Kans
Albert Phillips
Pocahontas
Jack Hamaker
Community Calendar Highlights for June Weekdays
Calendar items list events in early June including a Wild Rose Club lunch at Bibbins Park on Friday June 5 at 12 30 p m a P E O called meeting June 8 with hostess Ethel Bartlett a convention report by Kathryn Smith at 6 30 p m a Lake of Three Fires picnic chaired by Edna Hook Aga Beemer and Elda Metzler Rainbow on June 10 Masons on June 11 the 3V Club at 6 30 p m a family picnic at Bibbins Park and West Gay Club with hostess Mary Beth Murphy
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Wild Rose Club
Bibbins Park
P.E.O
Ethel Bartlett
Kathryn Smith
Edna Hook
Aga Beemer
Elda Metzler
Rainbow
Masons
West Gay Club
Mary Beth Murphy
Picnic for Bedford club at Lake of Three Fires
The Bedford Business and Professional Women's Club will hold its annual picnic on Monday June 8 at 6 30 p m in the shelter house at Lake of Three Fires. Civic Participation chair Edna Hook leads the arrangements with helpers Marvina Kinney Ruth John Hannah Mohler Imogene Robinson Nancy Bruce and Ethel May Shehan assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Business and Professional Women's Club
Lake of Three Fires
Edna Hook
Marvina Kinney
Ruth John
Hannah Mohler
Imogene Robinson
Nancy Bruce
Ethel May Shehan
J. Henderson rites mark Tay lor county life obituary
Funeral services for Jesse Lee Henderson a lifelong Taylor County resident were held May 23 at the Church of Christ in Siam Iowa. He died May 20 1964 at Clarinda Municipal Hospital at age 79 years nine months and 22 days. Interment was at Siam Cemetery Siam. He left a wife Mary and son Howard with a daughter Mary. He also left a stepson Charles Culbertson and a large extended family. He was a farmer and carpenter and longtime Buchanan township assessor. He belonged to Siam Christian Church and Plumb Lodge No. 285 A F and AM.
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Jesse Lee Henderson
Taylor County
Church of Christ In
Siam
Iowa
Carl Cummings
Clarence Potter
Henderson
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Siam Cemetery
Abe
Mary Henderson
New Market
Alice Smith Culbertson
Bedford
Mary
Howard
Mary Dunn
Elmer
Braddyville
Town
Howard Henderson
Marie
Chattaroy
Wash
Charles Culbertson
Wheatridge
Colo
Fred Henderson
Clifford Ienderson
Conway
The
Siam Christian Church
Plumb Lodge No. 285
Blockton Watershed Plan Discussed At Bedford Meeting
Conservation officials including Raymond Sneed Drexel Gold and local leaders met at the Bedford Soil District office to review the Blockton Watershed work plan. Upland erosion dam sites were examined with surveying by Soil Conservation Service engineers expected to begin this week. Theodore Pawlowski and Howard Hall, new regional staff from Shenandoah, attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blockton Watershed
Taylor Soil Conservation District Commissioners
County Board of Supervisors
Soil District
Bedford
Blockton
Soil Conservation Service
Theodore Pawlowski
New Area
Howard Hall
Shenandoah
SCS
Funeral service attendees for M. F. Older
Distanced attendees gathered for the funeral of M. F. Older on Sunday May 17. Names listed include L. B. Raper Dallas Texas Oscar Braun Des Plaines Illinois W L Rid er San Antonio Texas and many more from Clarinda Glenwood Ames and Council Bluffs businesses and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Older
L. B. Raper
Dallas
Tex
Oscar Braun
Des Plaines
W. L. Rider
San Antonio
W. J. Older
Gravois Mills
T. W. Bownes
Glen Craighead
R. C. Barnes
Clarinda
Bernard Parkhill
Roy Lyman
Oakland
Iowa
J. S. Older
Bob Older
Everett Gilder
David Guinn
Kansas City
Roy Kembery
Lenox
Ray Tyner
Sherwood
Oregon
Earl Bates
Shenandoah
Noble Campbell
Cromwell
Dewey Ferguson
Emerson
Mary Yarger
Rosendale
Ben Adams
St. Joseph
Laura Tackett
Villisca
Jean Crane
Ames
Cleta Bownes
Glenwood
Ruth Feller
Dorothy Punteney
E. O. Bownes
Robert Kennedy
Council Bluffs
Dallas Boys 4H Club Meeting Notes May 20
Dallas Boys 4H Club met May 20 at New Market gym. Stephen Harris presided at 8:00 p.m. Fifteen members and one visitor attended. Tour plans discussed and project sheets handed out. Doug Brooks and Larry McAlpin demonstrated “A Simple Livestock Restraint.” Refreshments by Mrs Clouse and Mrs McAlpin. June 10 tour planned and a picnic at Lake of Three Fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Boys 4H
New Market Gym
Stephen Harris
Doug Brooks
Larry McAlpin
Clouse
McAlpin
Appreciation Note From Dean and Elverta Beemer
Randy thanks friends relatives J F F Club and Gravity Christian Bible School for cards and gifts received during hospital stay and after returning home. He enjoyed them and the Beemers express thanks for everything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy
J.F.F. Club
Gravity Christian Bible School
Dean & Elverta Beemer
Itch Me Not Quick Dry Promises Rapid Relief
An ad touts Itch Me Not as a fast acting itch relief product. It claims quick quieting of itching within minutes and antiseptic action to aid healing. Suitable for eczema, insect bites and surface rashes, with a 48 cent money back guarantee.
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20Th Century Club
Vane Lucas
Glade Keith
Larry Lock
Ruth Lynch
Marvin Eblen
Baptist Church
Hopkins
Eugene Hays
Phyllis Manderly
Walter Lynch
Hopkins, Mo
David Eblen
Judy Lynch
Leroy Lynch
South Page High School
Lake of Three Fires State Park
Western Light & Telephone
Stephen Thummel
Cheryl Barnes
Richard Bunn
Stoner
South Garrard
Rantoul, Illinois
Robert D. Nassen
DIAL
J. B. Martin
Coachman’s Inn
A. Elton Jensen
Bedford, Iowa
Court Street
Drs. Wm
Kathryn Harris
Optometrists
Kissinger
Gladys Spurgeon
Mer
James A. Campbell
Liberty
Clarinda, Iowa
Dr.c. E. Nichols
Optometrist
Olomed
Earl Garner
Wayne Valentines
Ora Koneene
Glen
Mick
Don ‘Woods
Dave Foster
Harley Dewis
Glen Baker
Wayne Valentine
Renee Valentine
Ab Carlson
Guy Campbell
Wayne
Cliff Valentine
Geo. Norris
Elmora Sommers
Neal Sommers
John
Geo. Downey
Grant City
Orval John
Julius Adler
Fred Koneene
Creston
Villisea
VALE
Hearing Aid Service
Glen Irwin
Ed Highmy
Grant City Granite Works
KMA
More Society
J. Henderson
Buchanan Township
Page County
Flora
Clarence
Jesse
Conservation News
Raymond Sneed
Drexel Gold
M. F
Quae
Kyi
Pallas Boys
Terry Pratt
Frank Hagemeier
Ford & Ton
Bedford Motor CO
John Fine & Gale McKee
Court
Washington Street
Vyte
Clearfield
Gravity & Sharpsburg
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