Bedford to Host First Women's Open Golf Tournament
Eleven area clubs including Maryville Red Oak Creston Corning Council Bluffs Shenandoah Harlan Clarinda Greenfield Villisca and Bedford are expected to enter the June 14 event at Bedford Country Club. Non members Lenox Atlantic and Mountainair are also invited as the tourney runs single and 18 hole medal play throughout the day.
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The
Southwest Golf Association
Bedford Country Club
Maryville, Mo
Red Oak
Creston
Corning
Council Bluffs
Shenandoah
Harlan
Clarinda
Greenfield
Villisca
Bedford
Lenox
Atlantic
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Hopkins Lions Baseball Schedule For 1956 Season
Hopkins Lions release their 1956 schedule with nine home games and a three day tournament August 22 to 24. The opener is in Shenandoah. games include Lenox Bedford Clarinda Shenandoah Maryville Greenfield and a tourney at Shenandoah. Open dates are June 24 July 15 and 29 and August 2 19 and 30.
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Hopkins
Hopkins: Lions
Hoptown
the Lions
Shenandoah
Softball Twilight League Forms Four Teams at High School
A four team twilight softball league is forming with first play last Wednesday at the high school field. Captains include Bill Watts Laverne Peters and Wayne Pace. Peters beat Watts 8 to 5 in the opening game. Double headers will run each Wednesday under floodlights with free admission and open public parking.
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Bill Watts
Laverne Peters
Wayne Pace
Watts
Bedford Brains 956 Schedule Summary
Schedule shows a sequence of games and destinations for Bedford Brains 956 from June to August. Entries include locations Hopkins Lenox Maryville Clarinda Gravity Nodaway Shenandoah and additional Hopkins Clarinda Gravity with dates and at times noted as at or separate venues. The list reads as a regional schedule with venues and months but some dates appear incomplete or unclear.
Scoreboard roundup of Friday games
Prescott beats Carbon 23 to 13 and Lenox defeats Gravity 9 to 3. Corning ties Nodaway with a 3 point score, while Maryville leads Bedford 7 to 0.
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NVL
Prescott
Lenox Corning
Lenox
Gravity
Corning
Nodaway
Maryville
Bedford
Hopkins Hosts NVL Open Schedule
The NVL open calendar lists Hopkins versus Bedford on June 10 followed by Lenox at Bedford on June 18 and Clarinda visiting Hopkins on June 14 for league play.
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Hopkins
Bedford
Lenox
Clarinda
Gravity Nosed By Lenox 9 To 3 In NVL Tilt
Lenox defeated Gravity 9 to 3 as Russ Johnson went 3 for 3 and Gravity gave up seven first inning runs. King pitched briefly for Gravity before leaving in the first. Batteries: Refer and Ryan, King, Briggs, and E Briggs.
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Gravity
Lenox
King
Russ Johnson
Ryan
Briggs
E. Briggs
Flag Tourney Opens Summer Play For Bedford Members
The Bedford Country Club hosted a Wednesday flag tournament open to members. The format gave equal chances to all, awarding prizes by position rather than skill. Memorial Day winners included Don Marshall No 9 Jon Crum No 8 Charles Varley No 7 Maxine Johnson No 6 and tied Betty Burks Glenn Straight Eugene Johnson Jerry Trwin No 5.
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Bedford Country Club
Don Marshall
Jon Crum
Charles Varley
Maxine Johnson
Betty Burks
Glenn Straight
Eugene Johnson
Jerry Trwin
Gun Club Holds Warmup Friday at Bedford Traps
Bedford Gun club hosted a Friday night warmup for members and guests at their lighted traps south of Bedford. About 50 attended with 30 entering five third matches for pot prizes. Several shooters posted perfect scores.
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Bedford
Corning shuts out Nodaway 3-0 in league showdown
Corning won 3-0 against Nodaway in south division league play. Schafroth hit a three run homer with two aboard, Pedro delivered an RBI single, and Corning piled up 13 hits to Nodaway's seven.
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Corning
Schafroth
Pedro
Nod
Five-Team Lil' League is Formed
CLEARFIELD Five towns form a new Little League in Taylor and Ringgold counties. Midget and Pee wee teams from Clearfield Lenox Diagonal Kellerton and Mount Ayr will compete eight weeks. Zeke Bailey of Clearfield is league commissioner and schedule manager. Peewees ages eight to 13 Midgets ages 13 to 15. Games on Fridays opening June schedule Lenox at Kellerton Diagonal at Clearfield Mount Ayr idle.
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Taylor and
Ringgold
Lenox
Diagonal
Kellerton
Mount Ayr
Zeke Bailey
Bailey
Bruins Fall 7-0 to Maryville in Baseball Meeting
Maryville defeated Bedford 7-0 in a Sunday game at Maryville as 33 total strikeouts set a record. Bedford went hitless until the fifth with Blaine Shupe’s single, then three straight Bedford batters were struck out.
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Bedford
Blaine Shupe
Kemery
M'ville
Barnhouse
Freemyer
Shupe
Black
O'Dell
Bedford Open Tournament Cancelled Planned for June
R. K. Stephens said Saturday that tentative plans call for the cancellation of the Bedford Country Club open golf tournament this year. The men’s tourney had been set for Sunday, June 17. Lack of water in the course area contributed to the decision.
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R. K. [al] Stephens
Beatora Country Club
Greens Cancelled Until Rain Provides Adequate Condition
The schedule for the golf journey was cancelled due to greens not being in condition. Stephens noted that if sufficient rains come soon to allow proper tending, the event could be held on short notice.
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Stephens
Vacancy in BHS coaching staff spurs changes
Following the resignation of Lyal Shirk, Bedford High School must fill a vacancy in its coaching ranks. Shirk served as line football coach and track head for two seasons, improving programs and boosting prospects for a strong 1957 season before leaving to teach Industrial Arts in Tacoma Washington.
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Lyal Shirk
Bedford High School
Blaine Shupe
Shirk
Times-Press
Tacoma
Wash
Prescott Triumphs In Free-Hitting South Jamboree
Prescott defeated Carbon 23 to 13 in a high scoring junior league jamboree. Prescott opened with a 7 run first inning, piled on six in the third, four in the fourth, then added singles in the final three frames. Carbon answered with runs in multiple innings including four in both the second and fifth, as both teams produced a flurry of hits and base running.
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Prescott
Carbon
Baseball scoreline inexact innings summary
Inning by innings details show Prescott and Carbon with varied runs and players Cunningham Lutz Cline Bartz Houck Mosier contributing for the Batteries. The fragment notes individual batting outputs and fielding assignments but lacks full game context or dates.
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R&s Prescott
Cunningham
Lutz
Cline
Bartz
Houck and Mosier
Sunshine Sisters Meet in Blockton for Antiques Viewing
Blockton Sunshine Sisters met May 31 with ten members present to view antiques and heirloom glassware. Chloe Stroburg won the door prize. honorary member Judy Morris attended as a guest. Grace Wilson assisted with refreshments. next meeting with Jennie Newkirk.
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Geo. M. Bentley Blockton
Sunshine Sisters
Ruby
Maxine Terrill
Chloe Stroburg
Judy Morris
Grace Wilsor
Jennie Newkirk
Social Visits Highlight Weekend in Des Moines and Bedford
Des Moines residents Mr and Mrs Harold Searles visited at Harry Searles home. Richard Stevens and family visited Jim Brumfield's in laws over the weekend. Geo Clark, Ross Brant dined with Susie Statesman. Leroy Waugh and daughter from Bedford spent days with Wayne Garrard's family. Past Time club met at Donald Lawrence home. Kathy Campbell stayed with brother Pat Campbell in Omaha. Milford Bentley family and others attended graduation events.
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Harold Searles
Des Moines
Harry Searles
Richard Stevens
Jim Brumfield
Geo. Clark
Ross Brant
Susie Statesman
Leroy Waugh
Bedford
Wayne Garrard
Donald Lawrence
Kathy Campbell
Pat Campbell
Omaha
Milford Bentley
Kenneth
Terry
Clarinda Junior College Holds Graduation Ceremony
A Clarinda news brief reports a graduation ceremony at the Junior College on Thursday evening with sons Dean and Gene among the graduates.
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Clarinda
Dean
Gene
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