Decoration Day Social Flows Through Bedford Area
Everett Townsend of Omaha hosts Decoration Day at his parents' Bedford home. Numerous visitors and relatives from Des Moines St Joseph Kansas City Omaha and Lincoln attend events. Residents welcome guests for a holiday weekend with church services and family gatherings across Lenox and Clarinda.
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Everett Townsend
Omaha T Decoration Day
Bedford
W. R. Montgomery
St. Joseph
Grace Miller
Des Moines
Decoration Day
Hattie Haller
Will Calderwood
Ralph
Topeka
Kans
Kenneth Bailey
Alta Bailey
Bailey
H. P. Jaqua
T. N. Ginn
Wichita
Jeanette, Young Burch
Waco
Texas
J. Charles Young
Chicago
H. B. Brock
Ginn
Brock
Jaqua
Mr. Young
Brocks
Lenox
EF. Amuck
A. T. Jones
Jessie Amick
Scott Johnson
Kansas City
Mrs Merrill Albert Attends Bedford Funeral Services
Mrs Merrill Albert of Cedar Falls attended the funeral for her aunt Mrs Walter Myers in Bedford last week. She also visited her father Jess Dresher of Sharpsburg and other relatives while in town.
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Loraine Orme
Brighton
Iowa
E. E. Orme
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Linnie Butts
Oelwein
Des Moines
Celinda Moore
Sarah Butts
Merrill Albert
Walter Myers
Bedford
Jess
Satin
Many Ways To Use New Garden Lettuce
Lettuce from the town garden can be cut early for best flavor. Use young tender leaves and wash thoroughly to remove grit. Store by draining, wrapping, and chilling. Try many dressings including bacon fat hot sauce and sour cream based mixes for lettuce and salads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Akers
Bedford Greetings Highlight Weekend Visits and Local Happenings
Local residents hosted relatives over the weekend including Merrill Chilcote and family from St. Joseph who attended the Valley Home coming and judged the Flower Show queen. Visitors Donald and Audra Ross McQuiva of Wendell Idaho toured Gravity and Bedford before continuing to Lawrence Kansas and Chicago.
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Merrill Chilcote
Coral
Gary
St. Joseph
Valley
Merrill
Shenandoah
Donald McQuiva
Wendell
Idaho
A. D. Scott
Gravity
Bedford
Lawrence
Kans
Chicago
J.B. Shaw
Helen Margaret
Kenneth Shaw
Las Animas
Colo
June Dairy Month Kicks Off In Iowa With Wide Campaign
A broad coalition from dairy producers processors distributors and Iowa State College along with chambers of commerce service clubs and retailers launches a state wide drive to reduce the dairy surplus. Restaurants hotels and stores feature dairy products and display posters as part of the effort led by J W Beck.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Chambers of Commerce
Service Clubs
Evens
J. W. Beck
AAA Sponsors Educational Meets in County Townships
Educational meetings sponsored by AAA covered Bedford Benton Holt Grove Grant and Marshall townships. County Educational Supervisor Walter G. Florea led with Mrs Anita Y Russell assisting. The second lesson was May 28 in Bedford on Soil Preservation with speakers Cheney Davie and Ellsworth Richardson. The Iowa Conservation Committee showed the film Iowa Becomes of Age.
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Bedford-Beniton
Holt
Grove
Grant
Marshall
AAA
Walter G. Florea
Anita Y. Russell
Bedford
Cheney
Ellsworth Richardson
Iowa
Yarmer
Davie
Mahlon Lewis
Iowa Conservation Committee
Blockton Residents and Des Moines Visitors Share Memorial Day
Blockton and Des Moines residents figure in Memorial Day activities with visits from Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rich and son, Mrs. Sylvia Robertson, and many others. Local families include Campbells, Millers, Stephens, Amicks, Keens, and Kennans visiting kin in Des Moines Truro Mingo and Kansas City.
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Huff
Charley Johnson
Des Moines
Sylvia Robertson
Boone
Blockton
Herbert Rich
G. Dowlin
Virginia
Earl Henson
Truro
Des Moines Frolic Draws Bedford Boys To Convention
Eldon Ratekin Robert Rate skin Lloyd Wyckoff Rex Wy ckoff Jim Nelson Geo O'Dough erty William Pace lead Bedford group among 4000 invited to Des Moines Register and Tribune carrier salesmen convention and frolic on Monday June 10. events include business meeting circus by Barnes Carruthers with Nile Kinnick and Coach Eddie Anderson brief talks a noon parade through downtown Des Moines with $125 in prizes for stunts and costumes, rides at Riverview Park, wrestling and boxing, free entry to Birdland pool. Burial noted for Minnie Alice Bell and large Bedford family obituary follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Ratekin
Robert Rateskin
Lloyd Wyckoff
Rex Wyckoff
Jim Nelson
Geo
O’dougherty
William Pace
Bedford
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Des Moines
Barnes
Des Moines Sunday Register
America
Riverview Amusement Park
Carlier
Mammmoth Birdland
Mrs C C Douglas 67 Succumbs May 31
Mrs. C. C. Douglas a lifelong resident of Taylor county died suddenly at her home in south Bedford Friday evening May 31 at age 67 years 1 month 28 days Funeral services were held nearby in the community observance.
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C. C. Douglas
Taylor County
South Bedford
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude after loss
We thank all who showed kindness at the death of our wife and mother. We gratefully remember the acts and words of sympathy from Co. E. Townsend and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Townsend and Eldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. E. Townsend
Earl
Paul Townsend
Eldon
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