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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1967
Page
5
Son of MPs Alice Claude Wales to depart June 25 for service in Vietnam. Sp 4 Walker has served in the U S Army for one year and will be away from relatives and friends on a 30 day leave.
Bedford Community Schools needs volunteer helpers for a summer pre school program starting June 12 for 48 youngsters entering kindergarten. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. no special aptitudes required beyond liking to work with children. Call 523-3338 to volunteer an hour or more weekly.
Former Bedfordite General Harry L Evans retires after 27 years of service in a ceremony at Hanscom Field. Evans, who directed the Air Force Manned Orbital Program, has been elected vice president of Raytheon and general manager of its Space and Information Systems Division in Sudbury. He previously led the Ballistic Missile Early Warning Systems program and held senior roles with the Air Force Space Systems Division and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Barbe Brummett will leave June 16 to work in Nisswa Minnesota as a gift store clerk at Akre's Dutch Oven on Lake Pequot. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Brummett of rural Bedford she expects to return to the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls this fall.
Bedford Community High School FFA chapter elected officers at the May 11 meeting for 1967 68. Named were treasurer Kevin Mellett reporter Tom Whitehill assistant reporter Lynn Haidslak sentinel Paul Beemer historian Tom Brown parliamentarian Alan Longfellow.
The notes list patients from Bedford New Market Corning Creston and Clarinda Municipal Hospital with admission and discharge dates in late May and early June. Names include Charley Findley Fern Payne Grace Harland Bertha Grubb Cleo Redburn Darwin Lacy George Spencer Paul Adams James Dant Donna King among others.
Taylor county beef producers will meet Tuesday June 13 at 8 pm in the Blue Cheek Room of the State Savings Bank to organize and elect township directors. Spokesmen say it is important that each township be represented by interested beef producers to elect a director with beef producers from the state office and other counties present to assist.
McPherson Jess David 24 nephew of Clark Stroburg Blockton and Daniel Charles Kellen 27 Ames were killed May 31 in a Mooney Mark 20 single engine plane eight miles north of Boone. Plane owned by Flight Line Inc Ames. McPherson survived by wife and two children and his parents Mr and Mrs Jess McPherson of Olie Ia and a sister Mrs Charles Ferguson of Fairfield.
Bonnie Raye Maxwell of Bedford enters the Miss SW Town Beauty Pageant, sponsored by the Bedford Lions Club, after a BCHS career and Iowa Baby Health Contest win. Contestants will be guests of the Lions Club in Clarinda ahead of the Davenport finale.
Lt. Dale Beaver of Company C National Guard, a Bedford native, scored the highest individual in the state rifle meet held May 28 at the Boone guard armory. Company C finished second, 10 points behind the Des Moines headed 185th Artillery battalion. Phillip Wise appears on the Dean’s List for the second semester at Northwest Missouri State College Maryville, son of Ralph and Mrs. Wise of Bedford.
BCHS announces gold and bronze division medals for solo and group vocal performances. Recipients include JoAnne Salen Deborah Lischer Bonnie Maxwell Ed Smith and others. Also listed are bronze pin recipients Vickie Spencer Linda Stewart Ruth Sickels Lyle Burns and more. Miss Sara Henryson of Corning received a BA from Lindenwood College at the 140th commencement in St Charles Missouri.
Beatrice man Gerla A. Rayburn drove a Chevrolet truck tractor four miles northeast of Sharpsburg on May 26. He applied brakes which locked causing the rear to slide and the vehicle to roll into a ditch, resulting in about 2000 dollars in damage.
Bedford Community Junior High announces perfect attendance and honor roll results for 1966 67. Eighth grader Donna Goudie and Gary Lischer win Citizenship Awards. 8th graders on year long perfect attendance include Bill Baker Michael Benson Jerry Cavin Galen Cobb Allen Hull Steve Melvin Don Murphy Eugene Oxley Michael Shafar Bob Smith Rosalyne Farrens Kathy Good Donna Goudie Daisy Jackson Diana Livingston Jane Moore Janis Newkirk Beverly Perkins Jane Stacy Monica Stroburg Linda Strong Cathy Weller. Semester and nine weeks honors list appear for 7th and 8th grades. Glenn Maze among 600 candidates for degrees at State College of Iowa commencement June 25. SCI becomes University of Northern Iowa July 1.
June 1 licenses show John O. Sharp 22 of Conway and Kathy Sue Wirth 17 of Conway. June 3 licenses list Thomas Charles Crawford 17 of Bedford and Nancy Jane Wood 18 of New Market.
Mrs. Anna Lee Spencer of Bedford entered Clarinda Municipal Hospital May 26 and underwent surgery May a. She returned home June. Mrs. Mary Underwood of Sharpsburg fell at her home last week breaking her hip. She was taken to the Rosary Hospital at Corning where she underwent surgery. Ralph McPherrin of Oak HM vicinity returned from recuperation from his recent illness.
SP4 Whitten is on duty in Thailand with training in communications at Fort Gordon and Fort Lee. He has been visiting his wife and parents Mr and Mrs John Whitten of Bedford and other relatives while on leave.
Miss Nancy Jane Ferguson 17 of Bedford represents Taylor County Sheriff’s Posse in Nishna Valley Saddle Club Rodeo Queen Contest. She will ride and grand entry, judged on personality appearance and equitation in two phases June 10 and June 16 with NWMSC Maryville as a future goal.
Glenn Mattson, IFBF farm records director, will address the Taylor county annual Farm Bureau picnic at the Lake of Three Fires on June 11 at 1:00 p m daylight saving time. Members are urged to attend and bring a basket dinner. Drinks will be furnished. If rain, watch gate entrance sign.
Dr. R W Jones holds the Bedford Development Club award for the longest fish after catching a 19 inch 3 lb largemouth at Lake of Three Fires around 11 00 am Sunday while casting from the dam with a yellow jig plug. Donna Wood of Elmo Missouri will join other essay winners in Jefferson City on June 8 for the Missouri Electric Coops Youth Tour to Washington DC.
The City Council designated June 10 to 17 as Bedford Clean-up Week at its regular meeting. Residents are urged to start now with a summer motto to clean up the community.
Julia Stacy graduated summa cum laude at Simpson College in Indianola last Sunday. She earned a Bachelor of Arts with a Spanish major and French and English minors, top honors in BCHS class of 1964, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert M Stacy of Bedford.
International radio evangelist Rev Quin ton J Everest will speak at Hamilton Memorial United Missionary Church in six services. The Southwest Iowa Holiness Association will hear him Friday at 10 am and 2 pm and the joint youth convention starts Friday at 7 30 pm. Youth activities Saturday at 10 30 am and Lake of Three Fires recreation in the afternoon lead to a Saturday 7 30 pm rally. Sunday worship at 10 45 am and 7 30 pm conclude the program with Pastor W N Ortmann inviting all to attend.
Mr and Mrs Gordon C Hill adopted Lori Lynn born Jan 24 1967 with grandparents Mrs C C Hill Gravity and Phil Delles Bedford. Leo Brown Conway parents of Brenda Kay born May 30 with grandparents Orvis Wheeler Bedford and Francis Brown Conway. Great grandparents Phil Delles Al Multen Glenn Brown Bedford. Stacy earns honors Epsilon Sigma Gold Key Methodist Scholarship and accepts French teaching contract at Simpson prior to Illinois graduate study for a Spanish fellowship. Class of 1942 reunion planned at Bedford Aug 6 marks 25th anniversary with officers urged to update addresses. Michael Robert born May 29 to Mr and Mrs Robert McChintock Clearfield. grandparents L L Siverly Homer McChintock. great grandparents Ralph Round Bessie Bennett. Public notices urge Bedford cleanup pass and sidewalk repairs plus budgeting workshop for midsize governments in Creston June 12 730 to 930 pm at First National Bank Heritage Room.
Superintendent William J. Peterson uncovered The Bedford Argus issue dated August 12 1875. The four page eight column paper lists editor William Hale with ads for Bedford merchants on Main Street and Green Streets. Local lawyers real estate agents and general stores feature in the inside pages with handset local notices and pricing.
Farmers were told price support loans on the 1966 soybean crop will be available until June 30 with a maturity date of July 31. The Taylor county loan rate is $2.45 per bushel based on a $2.50 national average, with premiums and discounts matching 1965 terms.
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