Lake of Three Fires Edition spotlights campers,
The Times-Press presents a Lake of Three Fires edition timed to the season's first camper arrivals at the Bedford state park. Improvements include a remodeled basket room, screened service windows, rafts and docks installed, lifeguards named, and extra park facilities ready for the summer influx.
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Times-Press
Iola Reed
Bath
Dick and
Bob Janson
Gravity
Terry Bentley
Blockton
Eugene Mitchell
Bedford
Ravenwood
Willisea
Maryville Catholic High School
Bishop of
Lake of Three Fires
Hannah Mohler Attends BPW State Convention
Hannah Mohler represented the local BPW chapter at the 44th Annual Meeting of Town Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs in Davenport May 22 24. Bedford BPW was credited with a 7 percent membership rise from the previous year. Ruth Webb of Mason City was elected 1965 president by 258 of 500 delegates. Helen Irwin International President Mrs Her Mine D Tobolowsky Dallas national representative Miss Virginia Allen Detroit national president and Marion Jones Malvern retiring state president also featured.
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Hannah Mohler
BPW
Town Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Davenport
Bedford Bpw
Ruth Webb
Mason City
Helen Irwin
Des Moines
Hermine D. Tobolowsky
Dallas
Virginia Allen
Detroit
Marion Jones
Malvern
Paul Freemyer SUI Grad Earns Medical Degree
Harold Paul Freemyer of Bedford is among 101 Doctors of Medicine to receive degrees from The State University of Iowa at spring commencement. He will intern at Wayne County Hospital in Eloise Michigan after graduation. Freemyer, a 1956 BHS graduate, is son of Zelbert Freemyer and Mrs. Freemyer.
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Paul Freemyer Sui
Harold Paul Freemyer
Bedford
State University of Iowa
Donald E. Rhoades
SUI
Wayne County Hospital
Eloise
Michigan
Detroit
Freemyer
Zelbert Freemyer
BHS
Margaret Lowe
Caldwell
Kans
Byron
Ross Kopp
McIntyre Earns Master’s Degree at University of Denver
Kent Alan McIntyre is among 1202 candidates to receive diplomas at the University of Denver commencement marking the university’s centennial. He will earn a Master of Science in Library Science as Chancellor Chester M. Alter confers degrees to 801 undergraduates and 401 graduates. McIntyre, a Bedford native, previously graduated from 1953 and 1957 State University of Iowa, and taught in Iowa at Grand Mound and Gladbrook.
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Kent Alan McIntyre
University of Denver
MccIntyre
A. M. McIntyre
Bedford
Chester M. Alster
School Baseball Openers Here Mion Night
The BCHS baseball team and the Bedford Midgets opened the 1964 summer season Monday. Bedford Bulldogs defeated Diagonal 6 to 0 with Sickels doubling in the first inning driving in Hoops. Henson pitched four innings, Neil the last three, while Metzger, Henson, Miller and Roger led Bedford with four hits for the Midgets they fell 2 to 1 to Diagonal.
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BCHS
Bedford
Bulldogs
Diagonal
Roger Sickels
Gary Hoops
James Beemer
Dick Janson
Hoops
Sickels
Bill Everhart
Taylor
Snyder
Bob Henson
John Neil
Bob Dalton
Bedford Battery
Mike Metzger
Metzger
Henson
Miller
Roger
Community meeting seeks youth center plan for VFW building
A special meeting is set for June 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Bedford Library club room to organize fundraising to convert the Main Street VFW into a youth center with a skating rink and dance hall. The project would be a non profit municipal venture with funds donated locally and the city owning the property.
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Bedford
VFW
Main Street
Andy Ettleman
Taylor County Cancer Society Session Ends Year
Taylor County Chapter of the American Cancer Society held its final meeting of the fiscal year on May 25 at Lenox Cafe. Officers were reappointed: Gladys Bycroft county chairman Tillie Liston vice chair Helena Johnson secretary and M J Spicer treasurer. Belva Boyer Crusade Chairman said fundraising progressed well with few areas outstanding and that the public gave a warm reception. The chapter agreed to keep a booth at the Taylor County Fair and offer a free physical examination to a lucky registrant at the booth.
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Taylor County
American Cancer Society
Lenox Cafe
Gladys Bycroft
Tillie Liston
Helena Johnson
M. J. Spicer
Belva Boyer
Crusade
Taylor County Fair
Four Taylor Co. Graduates At Iowa State Commencement
Four Taylor county students were among 1150 Iowa State University graduates presented degrees by President James H. Hilton at the 98th annual commencement on May 29. All four earned bachelor of science degrees, with Rebecca Timberlake in Home Economics Education, Ronald D. Jones in Aerospace Engineering, Enid N. Stephens in Applied Art, and Marvin W. Walter in Aerospace Engineering. listing their parents and hometowns.
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Taylor County College
Iowa State University
James H. Hilton
Rebecca Timberlake
R. D. Timberlake
Bedford
Ronald D. Jones
Alva Jones
Enid N. Stephens
Wilson Stephens
Clearfield
Marvin W. Walter
Julian L. Walter
Lenox
Co 4 H Group To Conference in Ames
Nine Taylor county 4 H members will attend the Iowa State 4 H Conference at Iowa State University in Ames from June 10 to 13. The theme is Our Changing Iowa Communities and Youth. The meeting will focus on changes in Iowa communities and their effects on delegates and families.
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Taylor County
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Campers Open Season at Lake of Three Fires Shelter
The season's first church service for campers was held last Sunday at the Lake of Three Fires shelter house with Rev. Walter Ortmann presenting. Weekly services will be held each Sunday at 8:00 a.m. with local ministers rotating. A portable pump organ was purchased and should arrive for the June 21 service.
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Lake of Three Fires Shelter House
Walter Ortmann
Shelter House
Rev
Kerr
Kinney
Randels
Leonard Wilson
Ortmann
Wilson
Summer Classes Begin Monday for Local Pupils
Six weeks of summer school start Monday June 8 for 48 elementary pupils in language arts arithmetic and reading. Classes run 8:30 to 11:30. Latin II pupils also begin June 8 in a four hour session from 8:00 to 12:00 with two breaks. one year of Latin required. Superintendent Bryan urges attendance at 8:00 a.m. Monday.
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Supt
Bryan
Hank Seiffert Takes Iowa State Trax Commission Post
Hank Seiffert began his new duties Monday as auditor for the Iowa State Trax Commission. He serves as field auditor in the Council Bluffs area for retail sales and use tax, and will be based in Bedford on weekends. Seiffert previously was assistant night manager at Hotel Savery in Des Moines and worked there as an auditor. Mrs. Seiffert works as office staff for Times Press. The couple’s son Tom is a BCHS junior and their married daughter, Mrs Steve Thummel, and her husband live in Rantoul.
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Henry
Hank) Seiffert
Iowa State Trax Commission
Council Bluffs
Bedford
Seiffert
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
The
Times Press
Tom
BCHS
Steve Thummel
Rantoul
Final 1963 64 Honor Roll at BCSH Junior High
Principal Johnny Smith releases the final honor roll for 1963 64 noting Sth Grade students Nancy David Stephen DeMott Shar on Henry Kenny Lager Dee Anne Loutzenhiser Linda Marshall Nancy Melvin Ronald Peterman Kermitt Posten Mike Rucker Patricia Ruse and Grade students Pamela Beener Roy Englieka Scott Mardee Rickie Kernen Loretta Lawrence Linda Meredith Mary Meyers Judy Osburn Mary Rogers Rosaly n Sickels Ruth Sickels Terry Skinner Marcia Smith Susan Smith Glen Stewart Brenda Walkup. Includes the upper 15 percent in the junior high.
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Johnny Smith
BCSH
Nancy Davidson
Stephen DeMott
Sharon Henry
Kenny Lager
Dee Anne Loutzenhiser
Linda Marshall
Nancy Melvin
Ronald Peterman
Kermitt Posten
Mike Rucker
Patricia Ruse
Pamela Beener
Roy Englieka
Scott Mardee
Rickie Kernen
Loretta Lawrence
Linda Meredith
Mary Meyers
Judy Osburn
Mary Rogers
Rosalyn Sickels
Ruth Sickels
Terry Skinner
Marcia Smith
Susan Smith
Glen Stewart
Brenda Walkup
Taylor House Grand Opening Set for June 5
In preparation for the June 5 opening of the Taylor House Ray Mack has installed a new commercial kitchen and secured new dining room furniture. Six full time employees and nine part time workers are on the job. See Mack's ad elsewhere in this issue.
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Taylor House
Ray Mack
Mack
Bedford Development Club Talent Show Sets June 13
The Bedford Development Club hosts the first in a series of talent shows starting Saturday June 13 at 9 00 p m on the cement stage before the former Prugh building. Three divisions cover ages up to 12 12 to 15 and 16 and up.
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Bedford Development Club
Prugh
Bedford
4 H Leaders Attend State Camps and Scholarships
Taylor County 4 H members Jolene Kirby and Tom Wilhelm will attend state health and conservation camps at the State IL Camping Center near Madrid from June 8 to 13. Sponsoring scholarships come from Bedford banks and local conservation district. A Dean’s List student at Coe College is among 78 honored for Winter Term 1963 64. Bedford Development Club talent shows award cash prizes and invite area reps to judge.
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Jolene Kirby
Conway
Tom Wilhelm
Villisea
Madrid
Jolene
Virgil Kirby
Taylor County
Tom
Wilson Wilhelm
Bedford National Bank
State Savings Bank of Bedford
Taylor County Soil Conservation District Service
First National Bank of Lenox
Alan K. Jones
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Howard S. Greenlee
Jones
BCHS
Frank Jones
Bedford
Iowa Power Winners Named in Bake-Off Seminar Drawings
Iowa Power and Light Co announces prize winners from Bake-Off Seminars across its service area. Mrs J H Kruse of Silver City wins a General Electric Americana double oven range from about 2500 registrants. Mrs BE Pottinger of Clarinda wins an all expenses paid trip to Des Moines and the State Fair as part of the Iowa Pillsbury winners troupe.
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Iowa Power & Light Co
Iowa Power
J. H. Kruse
Silver City
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Pillsbury
Lenox Man to Receive Dental Surgery Degree on June Fifth
John Barlow of Lenox will earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the State University of Iowa on June 5. He is among 51 candidates for the degree, according to Donald I. Rhodes, director of SUI.
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John Barlow
Lenox
State University of Iown
Barlow
Donald I. Rhodes
SUI
BCS Summer Band Schedule II Announced
The BCS summer band program runs May 27 with practice 11 00 am to 11 45 am on Monday Wednesday Friday for grade students. Concert band rehearses at 8 00 pm every Wednesday at the high school auditorium. Private instruction and uniform return details are set with director Bill Armstrong during the next two weeks.
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BCS
Bill Armstrong
Frio
Armstrong
Award Banquet Honors Women Bowlers Here
Thirty three BowLA-Ceres Bedford Women s Bowling League members elected 1965 officers Dorothy Cross president Edith Edie vice president Alice Cox secretary treasurer Dell Forster sergeant at arms. Teams winning prizes were Bedford Wholesale Lucas Lassies Berden s Bedford National Bank Launderettes Bedford Gas. High three game award went to Darlene Fads Annabelle Lucas Joyce Chesnut Imogene Robinson received an achievement award for raising her average 12 pins Joanne Peve won the door prize.
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Bowla-Ceres
Bedford Women’s Bowling League
Skylark Cafe
Dorothy Cross
Edith Edie
Alice Cox
Sec
Dreas
Dell Forster
Sgt
At Arms
Bedford Wholesale
Lucas Lassies
Berden’s
Bedford National Bank
Launder
Ettes
Bedford Gas
Borden's
Porden’s
Darlene Fads
Annabelle Lucas
Joyce Chesnut
Imogene Robinson
Joanne Peve
Doris Kernen
Maxine Peters
Anne Lindstedt
Mildred Davidson
Conservation Field Day at Shelby Grundy Farm June 16
Taylor county 4H members from Taylor Union Ringgold Adams Decatur and Clarke counties attend a Soil Conservation Field Day at the Shelby Grundy Experimental Farm near Beaconsfield on Tuesday June 16. The event runs from 1 to 4 p.m. with erosion runoff plots cattle and sheep experiments and discussions on farm ponds beautifying farmsteads and recreational uses inviting parents and 4H members to learn about soil conservation.
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Taylor County
Shelby- Grundy
Beaconsfield
Taylor
Union
Ringgold
Adams
Decatur
Clarke Counties
Drake graduation honors two area students
Kenneth Keith of Bedford and Miriam Wood Brown of Clearfield are among Drake University's 835 spring graduates. Keith earns a bachelor of fine arts in art from the College of Fine Arts, class of 1960 BCHS graduate. Brown receives a bachelor of science in education, majoring in education from the College of Education.
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Taylor County
Kenneth Keith
Miriam Wood Brown
Drake University
Keith
Suen O "Keith
Bedford
BCHS
Brown
Frank Wood
Clearfield
Taylor County Primary Results Highlight GOP Wins
In Taylor county the GOP sweep includes Don Glass defeating Dennis V. Jeffers for district 3 supervisor and Julia Bedell besting Ann Guenther for county clerk. Statewide results show Briles 1781, MecAlpin 1179, Wearin 1161 for state senate and Meyy securing the Democratic nomination for Representative. Governor Hultman leads with 1100 Taylor countians. Hughes 345. Liddy 670. Thompson 411. Bump 489. Woodward 544. Holt township was last precinct to report near midnight.
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Taylor County
Don Glass
Dennis V. Jeffers
Julia Bedell
Ann Guenther
Larsson
Bennett
James E. Briles
GOP
Adams
Montgomery & Taylor
Willis A. MecAlpin
Ed Wearin
Alvin P. Mey
Taylor
Hultman
Hughes
Liddy
Sec. of Agriculture
Thompson
Bump
Woodward
Holt Township
Grade Music Program Is Announced At Local Schools
Summer music programs for Blockton Gravity Elementary and Bedford Junior High start Monday June 8. Students may choose any convenient school for lessons. On Monday June 8 those without times may call Gravity in the morning or Brockton in the afternoon. Bedford students should arrange lessons then. Brockton Gravity band practices run 8:00 Wednesday nights at the high school auditorium.
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Blockton- Gravity
Bedford Junior High
Chaney
BCS
Gravity School
Brockton School
Bedford
Winners at Bedford Country Club Flag Tournament
Twenty nine entries par ticipated in the Annual Flag Tourney staged at Bedford Country Club last Saturday. Prize winners were Butch Lucas Betty Burks Blaine Shupe Jack Shupe Bedford Helen Pettlon Norman Pettlon Ed Blackney Isabelle Blackney Marilyn Mutti Hopkins Jim Matthew Omaha.
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Bedford Country Club
Butch Lucas
Betty Burks
Blaine Shupe
Jack Shupe
Bedford
Helen Pettlon
Norman Pettlon
Ed Blackney
Isabelle Blackney
Marilyn Mutti
Hopkins
Jim Mathew
Omaha
Iowa Power declares regular dividends for common stock
At the May board meeting of Iowa Power & Light Co. regular quarterly dividends were declared on issued and outstanding Common Stock. The payment date is August 7, 1964, to holders of record by July 10, 1964, at 35 cents per share.
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Iowa Power & Light Co
National Wool Needlework Contest Opens at Taylor Co Fair
Knitters and crocheters can enter the national wool needlework contest via Taylor County Fair judging July 31 to August 3. Open to non professionals. top prize is 1000 dollars plus trip to New York and a three day stay for two plus an engraved trophy. Entries must be 100 percent wool or mohair and completed since January. multiple entries allowed in six blue ribbon categories. Potential entrants should contact The Knit-Wits Shoppe for details.
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Taylor County
New York
Taylor County Fair
Colonial Manors Announces Stock Sale Registration
President Elvin Beemer of Colonial Manors of Bedford says the preferred stock issue of 138000 dollars has been registered with the insurance commissioners in Des Moines. The firm is now authorized to offer the stock to the general public. See the Colonial Manors ad on page 4 for details.
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Elvin Beemer
Colonial Manors of
Bedford
Insurance Commissioners’ Office
Des Moines
General Publc
Colonial Manors
Two Farm Injuries in Taylor County Prompt Hospitalization
Two Taylor County farmers, Don Dalton and Al ODell, sustained serious injuries this week in farm accidents. Dalton, hospitalized at St. Francis in Maryville, suffered a broken arm elbow injury and facial abrasions from a baler accident on the Harold Ringgold farm. O Dell, treated at St. Francis, received a cast after a rotary hoe mishap while hoeing corn near Bedford, with a sleeve caught by a wire causing a fall and several injuries including cracked vertebrae.
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Taylor County
Don Dalton
al O' Dell
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Harold Ringgold
Hopkins
al O’dell
Bedford
O'Dell
BCHS Honors Announced For Class Of 1964 Grads
BCHS honors list for the Class of 1964 announced at commencement. Scholarships include Hugh King Julia Stacy Ann Dugger Allen Miller Barbara Livingston Cynthia Wirth Karen Bush Joyce Keith Dick Janson Kenneth Millikan Pat Sickels Alice King. Also awarded Bar Association Citizenship Rod Hennegin Faculty Citizenship Joyce Keith Gene Crecelius Danforth Runner-Up Dianna Mullen Hugh King and Perfect Attendance Steve Kernen.
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BCHS
Hugh King
Julia Stacy
Ann Dugger
Allen Miller
Barbara Livingston
Cynthia Wirth
Karen Bush
Joyce Keith
Dick Janson
Kenneth Millikan
Pat Sickels
Alice King
Bar Association
Rod Hennegin
Gene Crecelius
Corydon Welcomes New Physical Education Coach Bobby Million
Bobby E. Million, 1959 Corydon teacher, accepted as physical education instructor and golf coach. He will coach football and basketball, earned a science degree at Northwest Missouri State College, Maryville, and will move to Corydon with his wife Margaret Weese and two sons to begin coaching in August.
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Bobby E. Million
Million
Northwest Missouri State College
Maryville
Arnold A. Million
Margaret ‘Weese
Lenox
Robert
James
Corydon
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Taylor Co. Fair
National Hand Knitting Yarn Assoc
American Woot Council
Knit-Wits Shoppe
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