Memorial Day Dinner Guests and Graduation News
Memorial Day visitors to the Rex Wyckoffs included Harold Churchill Rachael Churchill Margaret Kingery and families from Gravity Corning Duane Churchill and Diane Gail Am Seose Scranton Orville Churchill and Linda from Conr an Bluffs Nancy Coe called in. Mrs James Huelskamp earned a B S in Education in Vocational Home Economics at NW Missouri State College Maryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Wyckoff
Harold
Hurchil
Rachael
Hurchill
Gravity
Argaret Kingery
Fam
Corning
Gail Am- Seose
Scranton
Orville
Linda
Conran
Nancy Coe
James Huelskamp
NW Mo
State College
James
Uelskamp
Frank Houser
M. J. Huelskamp
Bean Reese
Fowler
Mans
John Hamper
Javetty Prairie
Kansas
Sirs
Wes Young
Lyndon
Wirs. Huelskamp
Maryville
Family Dinner Honors Mississippi Linnie Butts Kin
Memorial Day dinner guests in Clarinda and Bedford gathered to honor Linnie Butts. Present were Glenn Thummel Har dim Duane and Keane Themmel from Clarinda along with Mr and Mrs Glen Butts of Bedford.
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Linnie Butts
Glenn Thummel
Hardim Duane
Keane Themmel
Clarinda
Glen Butts
Bedford
Shields Clark Wedding in Clarinda at First Christian Church
Harriet Ann Shields daughter of Mr and Mrs Reid W Shields Siam and LaVelle Paige Clark son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Clark Auburn Neb wed in a 7 30 p m ceremony at the First Christian Church Clarinda with Rev LaVern Kinzel officiating. Officiant music was provided by Mrs Ronald Perry and Sally Grimes.
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Shields - Clark
Clarinda
Harriet Ann Shields
Reid W. Shields
Siam
LaVelle Paige Clark
Lloyd Clark
Auburn
Nebr
LaVern Kinzel
Ronald Perry
Sally Grimes
Gilorta Crawford
Becky Shreck
West Des Moines
Robbie Frank Roustin
East Lansing
Mich
Lannie Clark
Julie Peterson
Cla
Bridal event outlines lengthy Clarinda ceremony
Harriet, daughter of Mrs. Dean Thompson of New Market and the late Mr. Thompson, married Clark Crawford in a pink chiffon wedding. The couple, from Auburn Nebraska and Clarinda, plans to reside at 608 West State Street after a wedding trip.
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Dick Rhodes
Red Oak
Robert Saunders
Chuck Tornblom
Council Bluffs
Gary Jacobson
Stanton
Bob Wilbur
Carson
Dean Thompson
New Market
Linda Stewart
Clark Crawford
Karen Race
Jim Jobe
Marilyn Brown
Marvis Arthur
Howard Neville
Lyle Fann
Clara Cabbage
C. J. Shreck
West Des Moines
George Kelley
Auburn
Nebr
Sherril McAlpin
Leah Riggleman
Alice Sorenson
Sandra
Mrs Vane Lucas Guest of Honor at Birthday Dinner
Mrs Vane Lucas was surprised with a birthday dinner for May 29 at the Gold Room Junction Cafe. Twenty six guests attended then bowled and visited Mr and Mrs Lucas at their Bedford home. Attendees included Kenneth and Estel Lucas Howard Clark Boyd Mellett Paul Wolverton Ronald Lucas Carl Buckalew Vic tor Noel Eldon Pool Rev Ol Ye Odle Bing Miller and Ivan Lucas of Lenox.
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Vane Lucas
Lucas
Gold Room
Junction Cafe
Lucas Home
Kenneth Lucas
Estel Larsson
Howard Clark
Boyd Mellett
Paul Wolverton
I Am a Tired American Republished Column
Reprint of Alan C. MacIntosh editorial from Knight Templar titled I Am a Tired American. Expresses fatigue with anti American mobs, hippie activists, dictators, and perceived attacks on capitalism and patriotism. Calls for pride in American values and backlash against anti war and civil rights protests.
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Alan C. MacIntosh
Star- Herald of
Tnse&qlurn
Anan
Dwight E. Terrill
Bedford
Knight Templar
DeGaulle
Nasser
Sam White
America
Weekend community events span dances open house and meetings
The June calendar lists Western square dance at Lenox gym hosted by John Witlines on Saturday, an Open House for the Beebe anniversary on Sunday at the Blue Check Room, and Monday salad buffet at 7:00 p.m. chaired by Marie Jeter. Tuesday covers Eastern Star, J A G Club, and PEO Sisterhood activities with various hostesses and times.
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Western Square Dance
Lenox Gym
John Witlines
Albert Beebe
Blue Check Room
The
State Savings Bank
Bedford B. P. W
Marie Jeter
Past Matrons and Patrons Honored at Eastern Star Meeting
Bedford Chapter of the Eastern Star meets at the Masonic Temple next Tuesday evening with O E S Kensington hostesses Agatha Beemer Agnes Wintermute Belle Davidson Ada Farrens Helen Ruth Timberlake Kathryn Kirketey Dorothy Bush Mildred Stacy Marie Hall and Bertha Wintermute. Past Matrons and Past Patrons will be honored and Mrs Gail Paige Parker will receive her 50 year membership pin. Ronald Lucas hosts a birthday tribute to granddaughter Patty Jo Shannon with relatives from Omaha Nebraska Tulsa Oklahoma and Bedford in attendance.
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Bedford
The
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
O. E. S. Kensington
Agatha Beemer
Agnes Wintermute
Belle Davidson
Ada Farrens
Helen Ruth Timberlake
Kathryn Kirketey
Dorothy Bush
Mildred Stacy
Marie Hall
Bertha Wintermute
Gail Paige Parker
O'Dell Family Reunion Scheduled for June 11
The O'Dell family reunion will be held at the library in the Chil Room on Sunday June 11. Family members are asked to bring a basket dinner at noon.
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O'Dell
Bibrary
Floyd Gourley 63 Funeral Rites Held May 29
Funeral services for Floyd Gourley aged 63 were held May 29 at Vila Comet Cemetery. Residents of Clearfield and Lenox mourned his passing as relatives including grandchildren attended. The obituary notes surviving family and community connections.
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Floyd Gourley
Rites
Clearfield
Vila Comet
Ushter
Mirs
Bon
Gourley
Lenox
de Ce
Honor graduate M Armstrong to teach in Denver
Miss Margaret Armstrong a Gravity native and May 26 graduate of Northwest Missouri State College will teach in the Denver Colorado school system this fall. She earned a Bachelor of Science in elementary education and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Armstrong.
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Margaret Armstrong
Northwest Missouri State College
Denver
Colo
Armstrong
She Is
the Daughter
of Mr. and
Mrs
Dean Armstrong
Sergeant Larry Weaver Promoted In Marine Corps
Sergeant Larry Weaver receives a rank promotion in the U S Marine Corps. He enlisted in 1964 and is stationed at Iwakuni Japan. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Duane Weaver of Sharpsburg.
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Larry Weaver
U.S. Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Iwakuni
Japan
Larry Is
Mrs
Duane Weaver
Sharpsburg
Taylor Co. Dairymen Win Dairy Herd Awards
Two Taylor county dairymen Hal Perkins of Bedford and Maynard Wagner & son of Willisea earned Dairy Herd Improvement Association Production certificates for herds averaging over 450 pounds of butterfat per cow for 1966 67. In Taylor County six herds totaling 155 cows averaged 390 pounds milk and . pounds fat with Jack Frueh serving as DHIA supervisor.
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Taylor County
Hal Perkins
Bedford
Maynard Wagner & Son
Willisea
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Jack Frueh
DHIA
ISU Cooperative Extension Service
Iowa State Dairy Assoc Te
Donald FE. Voelker
ISU
Voelker
Iowa
Holstein
Mrs Don Foreman Rites Held Here in Gravity
Funeral services for Mrs. Donald L Foreman 68 of Gravity were held at the Madison street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home. She died June 3 at Clarinda Municipal Hospital. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery Bedford. Elsie Frances Gaddis born Sept 29 1900 in Hardin County Nebraska lived in Ross township near Bedford. She married Donald L Foreman Sept 22 1921 in Maryville Mo. She was active in Christian Church Gravity and Eastern Star past Worthy Matron and past president of Taylor County Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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Donald L
Elsie) Foreman
Madison Street
Elsie Frances Gaddis
John H. and
Frances E. Gaddis
Hardin County
Nebraska
Donald L. Foreman
Christian Church
Maryville, Mo
Ray Snodgrass
The
Christian Church of Gravity
Order of Eastern Star
Taylor County
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Southwest Iowa Holiness meeting and anniversary services
The Hamilton Memorial United Missionary Church schedules a full weekend of events led by Reverend Quinton J. Everest of the Worship Hour radio ministry. Activities include nursing home services on Sunday and a special 9th anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with sermons by Everest.
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S. Supt
Bill Moon
Thogmartin
Court Street
Armstrong
County Farm
Colonial Manor
Southwest Iowa Holiness Association
Southwest Iowa U. M
Quinton J. Everest
Worship Hour Radio Ministry
Sacred Heart Church Mass Schedule Announced
Sacred Heart Church lists services led by Rev. LaVern Wingert including Sunday Mass at 10 30 a m Thursday Mass at 5 00 p m and First Friday Mass at 5 p m for parish faith formation and worship.
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Sacred Heart Church
LaVern Wingert
Methodist Church Schedule Signals Community Worship
J Milton Kinney, minister, leads Sunday worship at 9 30 am with church school at 10 30 am. Evening events include Jr choir rehearsal at 6 30 pm and Sr choir rehearsal plus Jr Hi MYF at 7 pm. All welcomed.
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Methodist Church
J. Milton Kinney
St Timothy Lutheran Church Service Schedule
St Timothy Lutheran Church at 1304 Madison Street lists Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11 00 led by Pastor J Lindeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Timothy Lutheran Church
Madison St
Berea Church of Christ Announces Sunday Services
The Berea Church of Christ near Bedford lists Bible classes for all ages at 10 a.m. Worship follows at 11 a.m. Communion is observed at 11:30 a.m. Local attendees are invited to attend.
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Berea
Church OF Christ South of Bedford
Jehovah's Witnesses Weekly Meetings at Kingdom Hall
Schedule lists Bible meetings at 204 Jefferson Street. Tuesday 8 p.m. Bible Book Study "Things in which it is impossible for God to be" with Bible Aid. Friday 7:30 p.m. Ministry Development Class 8:30 Public Bible Speaking Class. Sunday 2 p.m. Public Bible Talk and 3:15 Watchtower Study. Public welcome, no collections taken.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Jefferson Street
Tues
Sun
Christian Church Service and Activities Schedule
Pastor J. W. Taenzler leads Bible School at 9 45 with Mrs Andy Ettleman as superintendent. Communion and Sermon follow at 10 45. Choir practice is Thursday at 7 30.
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Christian Church
J. W. Taenzler
Bible
Mrrs
Andy Ettleman
Baptist Church Weekly Schedule Highlights
Ollie Odle pastors a full week at the church with Sunday services at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. followed by evening programs. Activities include a Monday Giving Program at Red Oak, an Association skating party at Shenandoah Tuesday, and daily choir and study sessions through Friday.
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Baptist Church
Ollie Odle
Red Oak
Association B.Y.F
Shenandoah
Tues
B.ws
Aim
Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
John D. Kerr serves as minister at the Presbyterian Church with Sunday church school at 9 15 am and a Service of Worship at 10 30 am.
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Presbyterian Church
John D. Kerr
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America Allen
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