Eastern Star and PEO Meet in Bedford Events
Community notes list a June 9 PEO meeting at Maurine Pullan’s home for Chapter CU and a June 13 Kensington group gathering at the Masonic Temple with chair Carol Streebin. Open house events, family reunions, weddings, and local notices follow, including Mary Jane Matheny and Robert Brown’s May 31 wedding in Bedford and Shirley Pace’s May 20 marriage to Lloyd Woods in Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bedford
Kensington Group
Carol Streebin
Lorna Bowman
Beryl Rhoads
Marie Hall
Margaret Young
Grace Brice
Mildred Stacy
P.E.O. Sisterhood
Maurine
Mae Jackson
S. W
Thurma) Clatterbuck
Council Bluffs
Herbert
Kit) Carson
Mary
King
Medford
Ore
Robert
Marion) Marshall
Earlus) Gannon
Salem
Bobbie Jean
Virginia Marshall
Bedford Community High School
Newkirk Melvin Wedding Held May 26 in Bedford
Miss Janis Elaine Newkirk and Stephen Lee Melvin united in marriage at 8:00 p.m. May 26 at the First Baptist Church in Bedford. The double ring ceremony featured white roses and lavender accents with Rev. Ollie Odie officiating assisted by Rev. Ray Tackett. The couple resides at Becky Thatcher Trailer Court on the Hannibal campus. An engagement notice follows for Monica Stroburg of Eugene, Oregon, to Gary Lee Johnson of Eugene. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Pace
Bedford
Shirley
Lloyd Woods
Maxine Woods
Hopkins
Fred Paxton
First Christian Church of
Kathy Box
Des Moines
Norma Hartman
Treva Pace
Gary Owens
Larry John
John Woods
Cherokee
Roger Glidden
Eldon Larabee
Turner Farm, Inc
Janis Elaine Newkirk
Stephen Lee Melvin
First Baptist Church
Ollie Odie
Ray Tackett
Blockton Baptist Church
Cecil Newkirk
Orville Melvin
Blockton
Pam Hartman
St. Louis
Bob Timber-lake
Annette Melvin
Sonya Kernen
Cheryl Mick
Marilyn Karg
Clarinda
Naomi Matthews
Plainview
Ill
Diana Livingston
Omaha
Dennis Harris
Fred Skinner
Galen Cobb
Gene
Richard Melvin
Rick Kernen
Bob Dant
Beulah Kernen
Karen Prewitt
Trenton
Evelyn Tricker
Bow
Ann Meek
Marilyn Newkirk
Becky Thatcher
Hannibal, Mo
Eldon Stroburg
Monica
Eugene
Oregon
Gary Lee Johnson
Miss Stroburg
Bedford Community High Ool
Rites Held for Harry Clark 86 in Bedford
Services for Harry Clark 86 of Bedford were held June 3 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Otlie Odle officiating. Clark died June 1 1972 at Clarinda Municipal Hospital after two weeks illness and is buried in Bedford Cemetery. Born November 16 1895 in Webster County he was never married and is survived by a sister in law and two nieces. He lived in Bedford Gravity area since 1964 and was famed for whittling crafts and honored by Bedford Cub Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Clark
Bedford
Shum Novinger
Otlie Odle
Mr. Clark
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Bedford Cemetery
John
Mary Bates Clark
Webster County
Iowa
Harry
The
Baptist Church
Clark
Hospital Admissions List From Clarinda and St Joseph
James Fee of New Market was a patient at Clarinda Municipal Hospital May 28 to 31. Alice Paulsen of Bedford entered Clarinda Municipal Hospital May 31. Debbie O Brian and Paul Stephens of Bedford entered Clarinda Municipal Hospital June 1. Dr C W Steward entered St Joseph Hospital in St Joseph for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fee
New Market
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Alice Paulsen
Bedford
Debbie O’brian
Paul Stephens
C. W. Steward
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Joseph
Anna Dowell Engle
Smith
Ark
Austin A. Dowell
Nevada
Iowa
Atty
James A. Lucas
Gravity
Luteston
New Hope
Missouri
John B
Annette Allyn Dowell
BHS
Iowa State University
Dewey Hensley
Harold Lacys
Des Moines
Jennifer Hensley
Hubert Hensley
Ames
Adolph Cirksena
Glen Leighton
Albert Campbell
Joe
Local family honors couple on 50th anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gray celebrate 50 years with a May 28 dinner at the Cardinal Inn Maryville hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Gray and Mr. and Mrs. Farris Gray with daughters. Guests from Kansas City Jefferson City Blockton Maryville Johnstown and Colorado joined the event and a reception followed at the Farris Gray country home near Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan Gray
Kansas City
Farris Gray
Bedford
Cardinal Inn
Maryville
Carl Gray
Car L. Andrea
D. E
Eddie) Gray
Jeff
Forrest Lee Standard, Jr
Rebecca
Amy
Jefferson City
Liberty Club Holds Meeting and Family Visits
Blockton news notes the Liberty Club gathering with Gladyce Gray on Friday. Various relatives and friends visit from Kansas City Harrison Arkansas Tucson Ariz Des Moines and surrounding towns over the weekend and on Decoration Day, with multiple family get togethers and dinners reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Club
Gladyce Gray
Ed Dykman
Daughters of
Kansas City
Frank Haidsiak
Bedford residents enter area hospitals for treatment
Richard H Thompson of Bedford is treated for an infection at Hand Community Hospital Shenandoah. Bill Jenkins of Bedford entered Veterans Hospital in Omaha May 30. Charlotte Gooding Bedford admitted Clarinda Municipal Hospital May 22. Earl Wineinger New Market admitted Clarinda Municipal Hospital May 22 returning May 26. Martha Smith Bedford admitted May 24 discharged June 1. Harriet Frazier Bedford admitted May 23 discharged. Ira Glover Bedford admitted Clarinda Municipal Hospital May 24. Flossie Newkirk Bedford admitted Clarinda Municipal Hospital May 26 returned June 3. Edna Livingston Bedford admitted May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Thompson
Bedford
Hand
Shenandoah
Bill Jenkins
Veterans Hospital
Omaha
Charlotte Gooding
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Earl Wineinger
New Market
Clarinda
Martha Smith
Harriet Frazier
Ira Glover
Flossie Newkirk
Edna Livingston
Memorial Day Visitors Bring Wide Circle To Bedford
A lengthy list of visitors and guests arrived in Bedford over the Memorial Day weekend. Families from Evergreen Colorado Council Bluffs Hinduston and other cities joined local residents and relatives for the holiday. Activities included graveside visits and family reunions at multiple Bedford area homes and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Cochran
Bedford
Walter Cochran
Evergreen
Colo
Henry Cochran
Council Bluffs
Harold Cochran
Creston
Pat Miller
Cindy
Omaha
J. T. Weir
Lena Daugherty
Hinduston
Texas
Chet Phelps
Raymond Ballou
Kansas City
Richard Ballou
Sheridan
Virgil Ferry
Storm Lake
Richard Cooper
Hubert Pool
Atchison, Kan
Eldon Pool
Cooper
Ferrys
Conway
Junction Cafe
Glen Snyder
Leo Snyder
Rock Springs
Wyo
Eddie Snyder
Morris
Ill
John Boyle
Elwood
Nebr
Walston
Edna Hook
Hook
University of Laramie
Eva Coy
Don Utter
Webster City
Dennis Utter
Lisa
Biloxi
Miss
Fred Burns
Utter
Monroe City
Utters
Dorotha Poore
William Zimmerman
Ottawa
Mark Willis
Ann Goudie
Brenda Dukes
Donna
Dorothy O’dougherty
Stana Cracraft
Teresa
Gregory
Independance
Avis O'Dougherty
Corning
Elton Jensen
Andrew
Southwestern Colorado
Elton
Robert Jensen
Denver
Rodney Combs
Iowa City
Dean Combs
State Medical Security
Oakdale
Calvin Vore
Bobby
Vore
Ray Johnson
Mr.Vore
Hopkins
Local Hospital Notes From Bedford Community
Mrs. Leonard Browne of Cres ton underwent surgery May 31 at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Mrs. Maude Pace of Bedford was dismissed May 27 from St Francis Hospital in Maryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Browne
Creston
Greater Community Hospital
Glenn Straight
Bedford
Maude Pace
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Thomas Black
Ethel Bruner
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Maurine Pullan
S. Kensington
Mrs. Mae Jackson
Snyder
Glen Snyders
Snyder Yard
Neb
Harold Snyder
Sidney
George Callison
Don Snyder
Clearfield
Paul Longfellow
Lenox
Jim Espinosa
Jerry Longfellow
Ray Snyder
Janice Walston
David Walston
Helen Higgins
Miss Matheny
Robert L. Brown
Mary Jane Matheny
First Presbyterian Church
Arthur G. Matheny
Bill Brown
Arthur Matheny
W. Jefferson Street
Mr. Brown
Southwestern Community College
Don
Eldon Stroburgs
Times
ALL Kinds Insurance Real Estate
Spencer Peck Sharpsburg
Ssick
Blockton News
Cecil Stevens
William Fry
Orval Rankin
Rockford, Ilinois
John Stevens and
Neal
Harrison, Ark
Claude Moore
Paul
Lina
Orville Bear
Tingley
Homer Stevens
Mount Ayr
Lori
Leo Dillon
Doyle Saville
Gordon Abernathy
Randy
Roy Dillon
Dave
Mike Scott
Bill Stephenson
Grundy Center
Byron Kunzman
Clark Stroburg
Jane Lundy
Tucson, Ariz
Lloyd W. Ridge
Jim and
Lloyd C
Clarence Lilly
Decoration Day
Mrs
Herman Sumner
Ivan Wells
Charles McNutt
Harlan Brown
H. Dean Beemer
Glen Spencer
Kenmore
N. Y
Tom Croy
Lee Moore
Minnesota Lakes
Minn
Claude Manning
Zearing
Iva Rosen
Inglewood
Calif
Leonard L. Moore
Francis Farlow
Emmetsburg
Opal Ahrens
Loren Bark
West Des Moines
Walter Houck
Carl Stephens
R. Hardisty
Buster
Victor Evans
Victor Neal
Wichita
Kan
Sun
May Evans
C. P. Bryson
Roy Morgan
Bayard
Bedford Area
Larry Giese
Vernon Kurth
Rita Kurth
Farmersburg
Rita
Joe Cofer
Albuquerque
New Mexico
C. C. Carlton
Alan d. Thompson
Ray Kennedy
Alvy Kennedy
L Hipsley
Ethel Adams
Lloyd Adams
Richard Leighton
Buffalo
New York
Beo Wheeler
Oakland
Dolly Wheeler
Jesse Ever‘hart AI
Tammy
Camanche
Don Glass
Everhart
Ted Marr
Irwin
Estelle Brown
Wenatchee
Wash
Charles Cornell
Krisha
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Marie Cornell
Paul Miller
Sandra Cornell
Shawnee Mission
Kansas
Bernice Garner
Calvin Sandusky
Janice Sandusky
Wilmington
Dolores Ireland
Hawthorne
Cecil Sand
Ralph Hixson
Elaine Freemyer
Husher
Burroughs
Arthur
Dinwiddie
Agency
Iowa Power
Gordon C. Hie
Bedford, Iowa
Eeee Snapper Comet Riders
Spoonemore Sales
Bedford National Bank
Heartland Express
Shenandoah, Iowa
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