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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
3
The Northwood Anchor criticizes public pageant queens as modern and revealing. The writer questions why royal titles exist in a non royalty nation and contrasts contemporary queens with historic queens who wore heavy garments and restricted modesty.
Hopkins residents share old McGuffey Fifth Readers found in several homes. Von Albright brings two once belonging to his mother and other readers date from 1824 to 1847. Collectors include Mrs Ada Dalrymple and locals John Hahn and James Burnet, with copies in the Sargent library.
Bate Carnegie famous author of How To Win Friends and Influence People and Nodaway county native has been staying at the Dr and Mrs BR CC Person home since Tuesday. He will depart tonight for Kansas City to catch a plane to New York after visiting the Carnegie home farm in Rose Hill near Bedison following his father's funeral at Bellon Missouri. He arrived with the Persons after the service and remained for rest.
The Humboldt Republican notes more people are living beyond sixty five and a larger youth cohort. A 1930 to 1940 jump is recorded in aging, with taller, better proportioned young people. Food is suspected but not proven by scientists.
The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune reports Lake Storm receding water levels with no clear cause. Local theories range from drought to upstream dam activity and seasonal evaporation, sparking discussion among residents about environmental factors and lake management.
The Paris Appeal argues for restoring legible handwriting in schools and for hiring only teachers who can write clearly. It contends penmanship, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and proper English are fundamental, criticizing those who dismiss these basics amid today’s club activity surge.
Local truckmen and laborers donated time Tuesday and Wednesday to gravel the cemetery road to be finished before Decoration Day. The township provided a grader and tractor with Robert Holmes operating to shape the road and clear ditches for drainage. Over 200 cubic yards of gravel已 hauled and placed on the road and gateways to the cemetery.
Forrest Gillam scored the first hole in one of his golfing career at Maryville Country Club on a 200 yard fifth hole with a 15 cent ball and a driver. He played alongside Dr. L E Egley Eddie Myers and M W Stauffer in windy conditions. It marked the second this season on the same course.
Floyd J. Evans, former Hopkins Christian Church pastor in 1937, is featured as an evangelist and writer in the Missouri Ruralist on May 10 1941. Now residing in Mound City, his postwar work spans churches in twenty seven states and his hobby is writing with several short stories published.
A playful notice highlights enjoying the seven real wonders of the world: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, and Sat. The piece frames each day as a moment for enjoyment.
Sixty five years ago Wheat looks fine Eggs at 8 12 to 9 cents Butter 12 12 to 15 cents a pound A new sidewalk on Dodge Street Baseball tournament query Bedford centennial Old hunters predict prairie chickens large crop Mr A J Litteer and wife left for Centennial on Thursday They will stay until after the Fourth Surprise party for Jessie Hook on Wednesday Ruth Meikle Marion Paschal Martha Thompson Elinor Thompson Louise Daugherty Maxine Hartman Mary Ruth Reece Marjorie Meikle Harriett Reynolds planned for Rose Miller at Meikle home Wednesday evening Rose is fourteen Guests included Rose Garrett welcomed a daughter to Mr and Mrsose Garrett Gravity community Corn sold at 27 cents per bushel J W Combs and son buy Davis Thrasher stock and continue business Sara McMaster and Grover C Jackson married at Hamburg They will farm south of Siam Daughter born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Wyckoff named Roerna Louise
Bella Brown of High Prairie Polk township won first in the County Spelling contest in Bedford with Lois Dobsin of Gravity second. Eleanor Beckler of Dubuque and Alva V. Gooding of Bedford wed at the bride's parents home. Guy King visited Bedford while Drake law graduation approaches. Soldiers' monument arrives in Lenox. foundation laid for two months.
Mrs G W Hook and Miss Mary Hook hosted a small gathering for friends, recounting a 20 year old social event with cordial conversation and light refreshments among guests.
Ten and Mrs. Harry Longfellow of Ledford noted Tuesday as June events. Graduates Louise Daugherty Gayle Reynolds and Helen Cover from State Teachers College Cedar Falls on Monday June 1. New Market band reorganized with Walden Weaver directing and fifteen instruments. Betty Longfellow birthday dinner hosted by Mrs G W Hook with four guests. Betty Wood Ada Fern Walters Virginia Page Dorothy Ginn Algene Posten and Floyd E Bush attended. Ruth Parrish Bedford and Roy Buchanan wed at Gravity May 28 now to farm near Clearfield.
A globe trotter extols Colorado Springs noting 210 days of sun and summer highs under 69 degrees. He praises Pikes Peak at 14110 feet, Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs, the 18 mile road with steep hairpin turns and a Labor Day auto race, a cog railroad, and Cheyenne Mountain with Will Rogers monument. The Cripple Creek mining region and Cripple Creek reduction plant are described, with Roosevelts praise for the scenery.
At the Rialto Theatre on Friday and Saturday June 6 and 7 a two day program presents land of liberty a sweeping montage tracing America from Valley Forge to modern times. Cecil B DeMille guides a sequence featuring 139 stars including Washington Hamilton Franklin Lincoln Roosevelt and Mussolini among others. The production weaves historical episodes from the Revolution to World War II into one continuous narrative with dramatic climaxes and broad cast.
The oil rig leaves with little payoff and locals debate who invested, while Ed Engler remains hopeful of proof. Kenneth Worth and Bedford band launch summer Saturday nights on Main Street, with concerts that blend crowd energy and town charm. Gooseberries and fishing open season at Lake of Three Fires as town life shifts to summer routines.
The film version of Zane Grey's Western Union opens at the Rialto with a stellar cast led by Robert Young Randolph Scott Dean Jagger and Virginia Gilmore. The story follows telegraph builder Edward Creighton and his wagon train as they face renegade attacks and Sioux raids proving a deadly frontier stretch with romance action and adventure.
The Clarinda Herald Journal reports Iowa will replace the two center highway stripes with a single stripe to align with national practice. Officials say the change simplifies road markings, aids night visibility, and eases no passing point placement while keeping a shiny guide line for motorists.
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