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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
4
Classifieds announce openings for a mechanic's helper and a man to grease cars and perform handyman tasks at Taylor County Motor Company. Also seeks to buy factory-made house trailers with full details and price via R A Mayo care Times-Press.
The Stark’s Blacksmith Shop announces reopening for business under new management. Also notes a dissolution of the partnership between Bert F. Wilson and George A. Beckett dated March 1, 1944. Lost white puppy with black ears and spot reported by Frankie Wetmore.
Appreciation message from S J Harley thanking many friends for cards letters and visits during illness and hospital stay in California. Gratitude expressed for thoughts from Towa friends and the cheered hours, as a cherished memory.
B F Adams of Gravity, Taylor county's oldest native, visited Bedford on Friday to see a dentist and have a tooth pulled. Born in 1855 to Jonathan Adams, he lived on the Dallas township farm most of his life. His family included four sons and four daughters, with Elmer Adams residing in Bedford.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Woodside of Clearfield received the Purple Heart on June 2 for their son Darrell who is listed as missing for two years. They also earned the Navy Cross and a Good Behavior medal with three more awards pending. The Navy Cross is the Navy's highest decoration.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Derrickson of Norwood Missouri celebrate fifty years of marriage. Born in 1870 and a long time Bedford residents they now reside near Springfield Missouri. They have eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Their children plan a summer tribute trip to Iowa Nebraska and California.
Friends and neighbors assisted Mrs Hazel Blane on Friday at the family farm, preparing eighty acres. A noon dinner fed workers including Gerald Steen with tractor and power, Oakley Schneider with tractor and planter, Brice Melvin with tractor and plow, and many more bringing tractors plows teams and single hands to plant the corn.
A community record lists farmers and helpers including Ray King James Anderson Forrest Heindel Paul Blane and many others alongside a planter and plow crew. It notes women who prepared dinner and those who sent food, then thanks friends for support during a bereavement.
The text notes a lineage from Payne's great grandmother to his grandmother and mother, describing the transfer of fiber used to make a coarse cloth widely employed by early settlers. It highlights family routes to material for pioneer textiles.
Mrs. Nelson Ledgerwood of east of Bedford found a pullet egg with three yolks on Wednesday. She fried part of it but brought the rest to town to show the evidence of the find. The shell was average in size and she praised the pullet for contributing to the war effort.
Mrs. Cecil Reed of Bedford lies in Greater Community Hospital Creston as a steady stream of visitors Sunday afternoon included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kernen John Kernen Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kernen and Glenda Mrs. Lula Underwood P A Blake Lucille of Bedford Mrs. Clint Powell and Mrs. Bert Powell of Conway Mr. and Mrs. Bert Powell of Conway Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sawhill and John Robert of Winterset Dr. C E Semler of Gravity Helen Blair and Dr. M J Sluss of Lenox.
O. H. Hallgrimson, pastor, leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m with a Children's Day program and a worship service at 11 00 a m. A union service is planned at 8 00 p m in the Christian church. Vacation Bible School continues another week.
Next Sunday Sunday school at 2 p m and preaching at 3 p m by Rev T J Overholt on the subject Tither All are invited Prayer meeting Friday evening at 830 o'clock.
Special prayer services for the invasion will be held at the Christian church Sunday evening in connection with the regular evening union service. Ministers present will take part in the service. Mrs Emma John 81 died Wednesday at the home of her grandson and his wife Carl Cobb. Funeral at 2 pm Friday at Wetmore Funeral Home conducted by Rev R C Yadon of Blockton. Burial in Bedford cemetery.
Go To Boys State Bob Harbour and Doyle Terry attend Grinnell this week for the annual Boys State project. Sent by the Bedford Post of the American Legion the event is sponsored by the Iowa Department of the Legion to foster interest in government from local to state levels.
T. F. Payne from east of town left a 100 year old curio this week. The item named a Rackle resembles a wool-carding comb and was used to strip fiber from hemp.
Horace Richard son and wife end their Siam store tenure by moving remaining groceries to Shambaugh. Inez Hardee daughter of Siam residents wed Carroll Hulbert in Clarinda with Ruth Westerman and Patty Garrett providing music and ceremony. The couple departs for Corpus Christi where Hulbert is stationed.
Mrs. Evelyn Gebhard’s recent wedding shower hosted at a club member’s home shared refreshments with fourteen Pine Community Club members. A sequence of family visits and gatherings occurred across Clarinda Gravity Hopkins and Mt Vernon areas, featuring relatives, dinners, and showers. Local shopping notes list seasonal produce and grocery specials at Court Street Fruit Market.
Daughters of Ceda ee June Mizer and Celle Mizer of St Jos weekend with Tommy Mizer in Oo home. Inez Pear married Carroll Hulbert in Clarinda Thursday with Jennie Russell. Del Miller and cattle market talk. George Oxley family visited Mahlon Oxley near Corning. Margaret and Marvin Dun Bragdyville stayed with grandparents Jesse Henderson. Harry Clayton and Harry David Hopkins with Glen Stewart and Glen Eldon dinner with Al va Clayton. Neil Combs family attended Memorial service in Dallas Center. Mrs John Pederson Conception Mo and others from Gravity Bedford visited Caleb Jobe home.
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