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Bedford Times Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1960

Page

3

Hopkins Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits and Trips

Hopkins social items roundup mentions Fred Monroe and sister of late Mrs Saylor planning summer in McAllen Texas. Dr. C W Crowe and family from Kansas City visited Mack Jackson and Donnie Emma Lee. T R Y club took a May trip to St Joseph Missouri with nine ladies and two drivers.

Hopkins Fred Monroe McAllen Texas Bertha Saylor Mr. Monroe Bess Dragoo Monroe Saylor C. W. Crowe Kansas City Crowe Mack Jackson Mr. Jackson

Clearfield Social Roundup Highlights Travel and Visits

Local residents return from Florida and other states while relatives and friends gather in Clearfield. Notable trips include Randall Maharry and friends to Texas for wheat harvest and Rhonda Hinshaw to California to join her father. A birthday party for Linda Shum occurred at Clearfield Park with schoolmates present.

Clearfield Faye van Winkle St. Petersburg Florida Charles Swan Peoria George Swan Indianola Nellie Swan Johnny Bohn Kansas City Ruby Bush Terry Lee Randall Maharry Jery Horton Brad Warner Texas Rhonda Hinshaw California Janet Calkins Jim Duey Preston Jones Denver Colo George Jones Linda Shum Adam Keller

Athelstan Social Guests Share Memorial Weekend

Mrs Verna Jenkins reports a flurry of visits in Athelstan over Memorial weekend. Guests included Ray Morris Cox and family from Kansas City, Keith Cook Rodney and Bobby Allen from Kansas, Roy Thomas of Woodbine, and many Rusco and Older relatives from Des Moines Lenox Clarinda Gravity Gravis Mills Mo Omaha St Joseph Cherokee and Blockton along with other local households.

Berrie Lenox Leonard Rusco Lowell Patty Hilda Rusco Roy Jack Rusco Kansas City Roy Thomas Woodbine Iowa Bee Weese Joe Rusco Anna Rusco M. F. Older Elvin Bownes Larry Council Bluffs Tom Bownes Clarinda Harry Stout Gravity Jay Older Gravis Mills Laverne Pritchard St. Joseph Eldon Hensley Omaha Joe Hayes Roy C. Scott Everett Williams Cherokee China Scott Joyce Weaver Bob Murphy Iowa City Donald Dean Weaver Blockton Aubry Waugh Maryville Clyde Branson Sally Savannah Larry Lucas Howard Scott Jimmy Abbert Shenandoah Hershel Scott Wilbur Byrns Bobby V. W. Byrns Ottis Byrns Sharon Ankeny Geo. Booker Leona Williams Junior Booker Phil Terry Bedford Herman Smith Herry Black Vera Williams Nina Campbell Verna Jenkins W. W. White Coon Rapids Earl White Eldorado Alice Ann Williams Glade Booker Glade Booher Tony Grubbs Geo. Booher Marcelene Irvin Sheridan M. F Glenda Owen Colorado Springs Colo Glen Craighead H. C. Stout Fred Cross Leroy Meek

Bedford Residents Visit Family and Friends During Weekend

An itemized social notes page details local residents visiting relatives in Shenandoah Clarinda Ankeny and other towns. It lists gatherings with the Byrns Bookers Booher Williams and many others as well as a Masonic Lodge meeting at the Temple Friday night.

Church of Christ Youth Host Skating Party

The Home Builders class hosted a skating party for Church of Christ high school and eighth grade graduates including Sandra Mendenhall Kath erine Crawford Dwight Menden hall Roger Stewart Jimmie Jobe Sherril Teeters Linda Pratt and Patricia Stanley. The group plans to serve dinner at Flaming Spirit camp on July 14.

Siam Church of Christ Sandra Mendenhall Katherine Crawford Dwight Mendenhall Roger Stewart Jimmie Jobe Sherril Teeters Linda Pratt Patricia Stanley Orval Manley New Market Curtis Melvin Orval Gant Geo. Oxley Ralph Fine Geo. Stanley Patricia Hollis Naven Lenox Harry Stewart Eldon Ava Stewart Laury Whitehead Hepburn Floyd Jobe Eldon Miller LaVonne Basher Robert Mohler Clarinda Methodist

Local Matters and Social Visits Reported in Gravity

Mrs Frank Ambrose and Roy Johnson joined Mrs Clark Stroburg in Mason City for the State Convention of World War I veterans from Barracks No 13686 returning Sunday evening. Des Moines visitors Dean Leonard family spend a week here and at Lenox Hopkins. Bible school closed with thirty one pupils.

Frank Ambrose E- Roy Johnson Clark Stroburg Blockton Mason City Ard Dean Leonard Des Moines Lenox Hopkins Ros Manroe Saintag le. Joe Fom Hsase and Sons Bible Town City Clair Miller June Pierson Bedford Flo Swanson

Visitors in Mrs. Holly Clark Home Hosts

Mrs. Holly Clark entertained guests Sunday and Monday including Jr. and Mrs. Dob M. Nutt and daughters of Omaha Zetta Noble Jas Clark family Daisy Marsell Alice McAnaney Mildred Shore Clarence visit from Clarinda Richard Wallace and daughter from Miami Oklahoma joined relatives in New Market.

New Market Holly Clark Dob M.nutt Omaha Zetta Noble Jas. Clark Daisy Marsell Alice McAnaney North Brook II Mildred Shore Clarinda Richard Wallace Miami Okla Jas. McDonald

Community notices and church events fill New Market week

Local residents gather for family visits across Lincoln and Council Bluffs. Death in Seattle prompts family departures. Church of Christ announces services and events across New Market and nearby areas, including area meetings, Bible studies, and Daily Vacation Bible School programs.

Voting and politics invoke a call for action and unity

The piece urges voter participation in Democratic and Republican primaries and general elections, warns against apathy, and notes regional concerns about highway construction. It reflects on national discourse from Notre Dame commencement and recalls deer sightings in Taylor County as a lighter note.

Taylor County

D.V.B.S. Picnic Planned by New Market Churches

The Daily Vacation Bible School of the New Market and Siam Churches of Christ planned a picnic Friday afternoon June 10 starting at 11 30. Saturday morning a fire alarm woke the town at about 4 30 with a smoke house at the Ben Wiley home near explosion risk from a nearby hot gas bottle. Firefighters controlled the blaze but the smoke house was a total loss and the house suffered heavy damage. A paper boy discovered the fire and raised the alarm.

Churches of Christ of Iowa Northwest Missouri Flaming Spirit Area “Christian Men's Fellowship Sidney Flaming Spirit Christian Service Camp Grounds Siam Bible School Ben Wiley

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