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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
1
Locals and visitors from Grant Nebraska, Kansas City, Des Moines, Chicago, Seattle, and Des Moines areas travel to Bedford for Memorial and Decoration Day gatherings. Families hosted include the Beebe, Morris, Forster, Bishop, and Baker households plus guests from Gravity, Webster City, and Drake University ties.
A parade of guests from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Colorado visited Bedford over Memorial Day weekend. Family members and friends gathered from North English, Red Oak, Des Moines, Coffeyville, Sioux City, Davenport, Yankton, Clarinda, Miami and beyond for three days of reunions and Decoration Day services.
Taylor county livestock men report disease and death losses among cattle on pasture this spring. Extension officials urge frequent pasture checks as blackleg has caused deaths and vaccination between 6 and 8 months is essential, especially in brucellosis area counties.
The Iowa Extension Service outlines a June schedule with 4-H tours across counties, including Calvary Go-Getters and Jeffer son Jays tours on June 6 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Mason Minors Polk Cow Pokes on June 9 9 10 a.m., and state events at Iowa State College June 18-26. Other items include Lamb Grading Day in Bedford June 10 and a June 10 Extension Board meeting.
Taylor county dairymen can add about 10 percent to milk checks this summer by fly control. Extension Director Maclyn LaRue cites sanitation and proper spraying as key. Entomologist Earl Raun warns on approved products and timing for day and night protection.
Iowa State College economist Tom Rackham warns that dry weather could limit grass growth this summer, pressuring farmers to sell spring stockers and feeders. He suggests dry winter feeding as a possible remedy and notes pastures looked good only due to light grazing earlier. The weather bureau foresees drier conditions in the intermountain and northern states, risking pasture damage and uncertain grazing reserves.
Extension Poultryman Leonard Eggerton cautions Iowa farmers to account for all variables in egg production contracts and to consider flock dynamics. Safety expert Norval Wardle recommends rear view mirrors on tractors to scan for traffic and people, while brush control expert E P Sylvester outlines a brush killer mix and timing. Farm economist Tom Rackham predicts cattle price declines into late summer and agronomist Ed Dyas notes grain sorghum planting windows through early June with moisture risks.
The Lucky 4-H club met May 22 at Glassgow school with a Better Grooming contest and program including flag salute, piano solos, poems, talks, and group song. Judges Mrs. Alfred Miller and Mrs. Merle Travis selected Gayrel Johnson, Brenda Hanson, and Carol Gulliatt for the club’s county contest at Bedford June 2.
The Platte Peppy Pals 4-H club held its annual Family Night on May 22 with judges Mrs. Dale Walters and Mrs. Lewis Reece presiding over the Better Grooming Contest. Winners include Judy Henderson in the Junior group with Kay Painter as alternate, Mary Ann Cunningham in Intermediate with Terri Bender as alternate, and Enid Stephens in Senior with Beverly Wurster as alternate. Junior and Senior demonstrations covered topics from Drawer Dividers to Textiles and Refinishing Furniture, with Terri Bender and Kay Painter presenting Storage Boxes and 44H camp slides shown by Mrs. Stephens. Cookies and punch followed at a decorated tea table.
Sunday morning presentation honored Darlene Waldruff for her service as secretary of the Methodist Sunday school. Harriet Shields hosted a birthday slumber party at her home Tuesday night. Lola Reid Mae Hatfield and Ella Bix of Clarinda mentioned in local notices.
Friday dinner guests in the Frank Shields home and Memorial services at Siam cemetery noted. Elsie Stickelman and guests Boyd Poage, Wilma Jean and Ruth Elaine of McMinnville visited Harold Mothershead. Harold Cumberlin completed service in England and renewed discharge in McGuire New Jersey. Various residents hosted dinners and birthday observances across Bedford, Audubon, College Springs, Omaha and Warrensburg with multiple visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Canning and family left for Gothenburg Nebraska Monday. Miss Janice Gray also left for Omaha to enter school. Barbara Waugh of Bedford visited her teacher Mrs. Handorf and accompanied them to St Joseph. Vacation Bible school is underway at the Christian church with fifty nine enrolled. Revival meetings planned each evening this week. Memorial services were held Friday at Siam cemetery despite rain, with Rev Lacy Thompson as speaker. Clarence Fine elected president and Mrs Orval Gant re elected secretary treasurer at the business meeting.
The Brooklyn author Betty Smith, creator of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, is featured with notes on her career from Brooklyn to Chapel Hill and a brief look at Maggie Now. Also reviewed is the Guideposts Anthology, a collection of seventy five heartfelt true stories offering uplifting reads for difficult times.
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