Bedford School Faculty Sees Multiple Promotions and Vacancies
Two high school English positions remain open as R H Van Dyke reports. James Taylor is named High School Principal and will teach American Literature Speech and Journalism. Eva Sjeklocha becomes athletic director and teaches geography while Wayne Cole and Mrs. Kathryn Kerkete y fill social science and grade positions. Mrs. Harry Krug and Mrs. Floyd Churchill join to fill second and first grade vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Taylor
Jane Suddath
Eva Sjeklocha
Marvin Komen
U.S. Marine Corps
Sjeklocha
Simpson College
Bedford
Wiayne Cole
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Kathryn Kirketey
Cole
Cedar Falls
Army Air Corps
Harry Krug
Opal Orme
Floyd Churchill
William Bailie
Death of J. W. Walker 84 in Maryville Hospital
J W Walker 84 longtime Taylor county resident died at St Francis Hospital Maryville about 830 PM Wednesday. Oldest son Roy Walker of Estes Park Colorado arrived Monday. Arthur Walker of Chicago and Mrs Katherine Hanshaw of Bedford are other relatives. Funeral Saturday at 2 PM Wetmore Funeral Home with Rev O H Hall Grimson officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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J. W. Walker
Taylor County
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Roy Walker
Estes Park
Colorado
Arthur
Chicago
Katherine Hanshaw
Bedford
Wetmore Funeral Home
O. H. Hallgrimson
Fairview Cemetery
Minnie Heaton
Lenox
Clarinda
Supervisors Race Assured for Next Fall
Democratic voters in Taylor County nominated H. M. Buchanan for District 1 to oppose Republican W. W. Walker in next fall's general election. Joe Swaim, on the Democratic ticket for District 3, was nominated to run against Ralph Clayton. Swaim is a World War I veteran.
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Taylor County
H. M. Buchanan
W. W. Walker
Joe Swaim
Ralph Clayton
Swaim
High Wind Reveals Bank Statement From Mrs Judy
Ralph Livingston of near Bedford found an old bank statement blown to his Craig Missouri farm during the recent storm. The document belonged to Mrs Flora Judy whose Craig home was destroyed in the same tornado.
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Ralph Livingston
Bedford
Craig
Missouri
Flora Judy
Judy
John Krieger Dies in Kansas City Hospital
John Krieger a former resident of Taylor county and the New Market community died in a Kansas City hospital May 20 burial at Parsons Kansas May 24. He is survived by his wife Miss Ethel Straight of New Market.
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John Krieger
Taylor County
New Market
Kansas City
Parsons
Kansas
Ethel Straight
Rebekah Lodges Convene District Convention at Gravity
The Rebekah district of Taylor county holds its annual convention in Gravity on Tuesday June 11. Afternoon sessions begin at 1 30 with Hazel Sexton presiding as Noble Grand. Gladys Bycroft will give the welcome and officers will be introduced.
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Rebekah
Taylor County
Gravity Rebekah Lodge
Hazel Sexton
Sexton
Gladys Bycroft
Gravity
New Market
Bedford
Lenox
Villisca
Rebekah Assembly
Mae E. Burbank
Georgia Ross
Myrtle Alexander
Mary Hill
Veterans Return and Reassignments Share Long Navy Army Service
A batch of servicemen and veterans from Bedford and area are listed with transfers and discharges. Cecil Abarr of Clearfield to Fort Snelling Minnesota. Robert McCoy to San Diego basic training. Glen Dowis discharged returning to Sheridan. Russell Whaley on 30 day leave from San Francisco. William Richardson discharged returning to New York City. Norman Rainforth visiting Grav ity. Eugene Burks arrives stateside en route to Minneapolis. Larison discharged at Minneapolis. Park transferred from Camp Lee to Fort Oglethorpe. Harold Gilbert sent to Denver for brakeman training. Ensign James Graham en route from San Francisco to Chicago for navy discharge. Clarence Woodward discharged after 21 months service. Gail Fitzhugh arrives in the states en route to Camp Ellis for discharge.
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Pvt
Harold Lloyd Gilbert
Camp Plache
Louisiana
Denver
Colorado
Ray Gilbert
Bedford
James Graham
J. A. Wyant
San Francisco
Chicago
Navy
Tuesday Night Band Concerts Open in Courtyard
Tuesday night band concerts begin this week with a fine crowd enjoying an hour of varied music. Special lighting decorates the courtyard south of the courthouse where the city presents eight concerts directed by Mrs. Jorgensen, the local school music director.
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Court House
Jorgensen
Valley School hosts 21st anniversary homecoming picnic
About 200 teachers and friends gathered at Valley School in Polk township on Sunday to mark the 21st anniversary homecoming. Abraham McMaster, the oldest former scholar, traveled from Robertsdale Alabama with family, among many distant attendees from Iowa Kansas Colorado and Illinois.
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Valley
Polk Township
Robertsdale
Alabama
Abraham McMaster
Paul
Chicago
Ira Thomas
Denver
Colo
Harry Waldman
Wichita
Kansas
Grant Dowell
Fairfield
Iowa
Seymour
Fay Sheley
Guthrie Center
Rueben Thompson
Hamburg
Arilda Eggers Walter
Red Oak
Athelstan
Bedford
Blockton
Braddyville
Conway
Clearfield
Clarinda
Gravity
Lenox
New Market
Clearmont
Burlington Junction
Sheridan
Pickering
Hopkins
Mel Sheley
Alta Jackson
Merrill Jackson
Little White School
Beatrice Hensley
Joe Osborn
Dorothea Bill
Albert Sheley
Lottie Rathborn Clayton Leathers
Los Angeles
Henry Jost
Kansas City
Cora Sheley Jackson
Lena Jackson Donnahue
Grover Thompson
First Valley School
May Jackson
Si Sheley
Displays Sod Buster From Prairie Days On Display
An old time implement a prairie sod buster or hazel brush cracker is displayed at the Alc Times-Press office. It was used 60 years ago by Noble McMaster and brought in by his brother George McMaster from south of town.
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Alce Times-Press
Noble McMaster
George McMaster
Town
Graveside rites for Nancy Jo Orth held in Fairview Cemetery
Short graveside services were conducted at 3 PM Sunday for Nancy Jo Orth daughter of Mr and Mrs Clare Orth Des Moines who passed away recently Rev G L Hufstader officiated. The Orth family and their daughter Patsy visited Bedford spending the weekend with Mrs Faye Orth.
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Fairview
Nancy Jo Orth
Clare Orth
Des Moines
G. L. Hufstader
Samuel Naill 67 Dies in Fort Morgan Accident
Samuel Naill, 67, was killed in an accident at Fort Morgan Colorado May 21, according to his sister Mrs Charley Wilson of Sheridan Missouri. He had lived near Iveyville and later east of Conway before moving west from Sheridan about 25 years ago. He is survived by his wife six sons a daughter two sisters and a brother RS Naill of Blockton.
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Samuel Naill
Fort Morgan
Colorado
Charley Wilson
Sheridan
Mr. Naill
Iveyville
Conway
RS. Naill
Blockton
Guy Clark Dies While Fishing in Cumberland Indiana
Guy Mansfield Clark longtime Cumberland depot agent and telegraph operator died unexpectedly while fishing on May 22. A Bedford native born December 23, 1883 he is survived by his wife two married children two grandchildren and one sister Mrs. Arthur Hess. Funeral services were held in Cumberland with Bedford relatives in attendance.
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Guy Clark
Bedford
Arthur Hess
Cumberland
Iowia
Guy Mansfield Clark
Conway
Howard Hess
Hopkins Farmer Dies in Headon Crash Near Hopkins
Claude Shinabargar a 43 year old Nodaway county farmer was killed in a two vehicle collision on a rural road near Hopkins. His 16 year old daughter Jo Nell Shinabargar and two young men were hurt. Inquest found death due to chest injuries and a broken neck with both drivers to blame. Jo Nell Shinabargar Morehouse and Miss Shinabargar were hospitalized with injuries.
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Claude Shinabargar
Hopkins
Headon
Jo Nell Shinabargar
D. E. Bean
Swanson
Shinabargar
Robinson
Earl Anderson
Sheriff Anderson
Morehouse
Miss Shinabargar
St. Francis Hospital
Nodaway County
Maryville
Maryville Forum
Bedford to Host Four Day Street Carnival in June
Bedford's American Legion Post announces a four day street carnival on June 26 to 29. The carnival company will bring over rides and 15 concessions. The post seeks street space along Main Street for the event and notes an Indian Celebration in Kansas is underway.
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Bedford’s Legion Post of
The
American Legion
Bedford
Kansas
Post
Main Street
Seven Boys Register With Board In May
List of Taylor County youths who registered upon turning 18 in May includes Harold LeRoy Slaight Gravity Jerry Arnold Covner Conway Marlin Alfred Shrimpton Bedford Darm and Eugene Fuller New Market Clyde Dean Connor Lenox James Lee Dewis Bedford Vernon Lewis Wilcox Bedford Also Darmand Eugene Fuller New Market enlisted in the army and Clifford Wendell Harvey Clearfield enlisted in the navy.
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Taylor County Board
Harold LeRoy Slaight
Gravity Jerry Arnold
Covner
Conway Marlin
Alfred Shrimpton
Bedford Darm
Eugene Fuller
New Market
Clyde Dean Connor
Lenox
James Lee Dewis
Bedford Vernon Lewis Wilcox
Bedford
Army
Darmand
Navy
Clifford Wendell Harvey
Clearfield
Decoration Day Program in Bedford Led by American Legion Post
Decoration Day services in Bedford on May 30 under Bedford Post No. 164 The American Legion featured Ross Garnet as master at arms for the firing squad. Ex WW II servicemen in uniform formed the firing group. colors carried by John Steel with color guard members Junior Snyder and Bob Morris. Rev. Ben Sinderson delivered a closing address near the unknown soldier grave in Fairview cemetery. Boy Scout troops placed flags and flowers on veterans’ graves in two cemeteries before the program.
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Bedford
American Legion
Ross Garnet
Lee Walters
Paul Stephens
Don Trumpo
Navy
Ernie Campbell
Robert Nelson
Lloyd Wyckoff
Army
John Steel
Junior Snyder
Bob Morris
Coast Guard
Ben Sinderson
Army Air
Fairview
Junior High Honor Roll Announced List of Students
The junior high announces the honor roll for the last six weeks and the semester. Names include Charles Dinwiddie Earle Marshall Kathleen McMillin Nellie Sparks Charles Paul Stephens Bill Steward Dick Thompson Peggy Young Norma Alexander Paul Bartlett Martha Beebe Wilma Boyd Wilbur Crawford Richard Leighton Wayne Owen Wilbert Owen Barbara Putnam Helen Wintermute.
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Charles Dinwiddie
Earle Marshall
Kathleen McMillin
Nellie Sparks
Charles Paul Stephens
Bill Steward
Dick Thompson
Peggy Young
Norma Alexander
Paul Bartlett
Martha Beebe
Wilma Boyd
Wilbur Crawford
Richard Leighton
Wayne Owen
Wilbert Owen
Barbara Putnam
Helen Wintermute
Births Reported Across States in Late May
A series of birth announcements detail newborns named Bonnie Lou Carl Frederick and other infants born to families in Cle Elum Bedford Clarinda and LaGrange. Parents include Doyle Miller Rita Fluke Floyd Howes Jane Reynolds and Lela Noble.
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Doyle Miller
Cle Elum
Washington
Bonnie Lou
Miller
Conway
A. E. Weaver
LaGrange
Georgia
Carl Frederick
Light voter turnout reported in Taylor County
Taylor County cast about 1800 votes in the Republican governor race and 209 for the Democratic governor. Ben Jensen led Rachel Revell in the contest for congress with a large margin. Local Republican incumbents Goforth and Caskey were defeated for nomination, while Arthur King and Charles Tomlinson won state posts. County totals list multiple unopposed Republican nominees and a Democrats tally of 202 for Frank Miles.
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Taylor County
Robert Blue
George Olmstead
Blue
Ben Jensen
Rachel Revell
Bob Goforth
N. T. Caskey
Nace
Arthur P. King
Blockton
Edwin Beard
Bedford
Charles A. Tomlinson
New Market
Goforth
Harry E. Lucas
Caskey
Sherif
King
Beard
Kathryn Kirketey
W. L. Steeves
C. E. Paul
John Fitch
A. Elton Jensen
W. W. Walker
Ralph Clayton
Frank Miles
Ropes
Secretary of State
Cruickshank
Semenain
Grimes
Laughlin
Rankin
Aocuers
Tiane
Jensen
Congress
Revell
Auditor
Tomlinson
Waete Resereeee Ee
Sheriff
Lucas
Penne Neunensteevianens He
Children’s Day Program at Bedford Methodist Church
The Bedford Methodist Church hosts a Children’s Day program at 10 a.m. on Sunday June 9 featuring recitations and songs by various Sunday School groups from Juniors to Primary. A special offering will be taken for the Student Loan Fund.
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Methodist Church
Bedford Methodist Church
Wilford
Billy Osburn
My Kitten
Evelyn Russell
Jesus
Carole Pool
Carolyn Cummings
Jane Reynolds
Dianne Wolverton
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Masonic Temple
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Ediumm, Jr
Creston
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Fort Snelling
Minn
Riesee
Robert McCoy
San Diego
Glen Dowis
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CBM
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Victor Whaley
Siam
William C. Richardson
California
New York City
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Norman Rainforth
Dean Fleming
Dick Rainforth
Eugene Burks
States
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Minneapolis
James Larison
Elmer Larison
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Pearl Harbor
Robert Park
Camp Lee
Virginia
Fort Oglethorpe
William Park
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Clarence Woodward
Calicoan Islands
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Gail E. Fitzhugh
Army of Occupation
Germany
Roy Fitzhugh
New Jersey
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Illinois
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Ivan Kirby
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Floyd Howes
Chillicothe
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