Subscription Contest Maintains Tight Standings After Week One
Proclaimed leaders emerge in the Times-Press drive as of Tuesday night June 7 with Mrs Gene Burks of Bedford leading the field. Contest rewards include a 600 prize for the top vote getter plus five other prizes and 20 percent commissions. Two year subscriptions yield more votes and savings. rates vary by region with out of town plans allowed by mail. Pro rated tallies list top contenders and vote totals as of June 7.
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Gene Burks
Bedford
Times-Press
Times-Press Office
Taylor
Tedford
Hubert Hensley
Trula Schrodt
Clyde
Leona] Stephenson
Truth A. Steen
Bill
Sylvia] Hawkee
Norman
Karen] Akers
Kay Neil
Gravity
Rex Hatfield
Jim [Adah] Taylor
Rt. 2
Cecil Stevens
Blockton
Berthel Ledgerwood
Plea for Action on State Highways Draws Bedford Attention
State Highway Commission member Bill Nicholas met Bedford officials and citizens to discuss upgrades for Highways 2 and 148. Plans call for temporary surface on 148 and graded cement surfacing later, with asphalt resurfacing in 1963 through the city. Local residents urge earlier action and plan to lobby the commission, with a September meeting planned by a Taylor county delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Bill Nicholas
Bedford
Lenox
Cliff Hanshaw
Chub Greenway
Commission
No. 148
Edge of Bedford
Corning
Taylor County
Free Typing Classes At Bedford High Start Soon
Bedford Community High School announces free six week typing courses from June 14 to July 22. Two noncredit sessions run Monday to Friday with 9 to 11 am for beginners and 10 to 11 am for those with one semester. Maximum 16 students per class.
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Bedford High
Board of Education of the
Bedford Community High School
Bedford Community
Gerald Bryan
Mason Lodge Here Plans Centennial Celebration
Members of Taylor Lodge No. 156 A F and A M plan a June 10 centennial celebration at the Masonic Temple. Grand Master of Masons in Iowa and former lodge officers are expected to attend. Sax Sextette from Za Ga Zig Shrine will entertain. Third Degree portions at 4 pm and 7 15 pm, dinner at 6 pm. Orville Stephens W M and Paul Morris Secretary organized details.
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Taylor Lodge No. 156
A.F
A.M
Masonic Temple
Iowa
Des Moines
Bedford
Paul Morris
Stephens Nominated for 4-H State Office
Larry Stephens age 18 of Conway Grant township is among eight boys nominated for Iowa 4-H state office. Nominations follow nine years in 4-H with roles as County Vice President and National Grain Marketing delegate. Election during State Boys 4-H Short Course June 14 16 at Iowa State University.
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Larry Stephens
Conway
Grant Township
Maclyn LaRue
Traylor
Iowa State University
Larry
Donald Stephens
Mack McCall
Lenox
George Nelson
Clearfield
Clearfield Community
Northwest Missouri State College
Maryville
Glenwood School Plans Open House Sunday
The Glenwood State school will hold an open house on Sunday June 19 from 1 to 3 30 p m. Tours by staff and volunteers will cover buildings dining facilities and end in the employees cafeteria where coffee or punch will be served.
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Glenwood School
Glenwood State School
New Car Registrations Listed for June
Will Andrews of Lenox registers a Rambler on June 1. Orvis Lee of Bedford registers a Falcon the same day. Robert Wintermute of Conway registers a Ford on June 1. Mae Kuhn of Bedford registers an Oldsmobile on June 4. Marvin Smith of Bedford registers a Chevrolet on June 6. Wm E Campbell of Lenox registers a Dodge on June 7. Lemuel Purcell of Bedford registers a Falcon on June 7.
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Will Andrews
Lenox
Rambler
Orvis Lee
Bedford
Falcon
Robert Wintermute
Conway
Ford
Mae Kuhn
Oldsmobile
Marvin Smith
Chevrolet
Wm. E. Campbell
Dodge
Lemuel Purcell
Sheriff's Posse Riders Parade in Des Moines Event Highlight
Thirty one members of the Sheriff's Posse rode in a Des Moines Lions Convention parade led by Sheriff Art Matheny. The mounted group joined a mile and a half procession from the capitol area through downtown, bearing Bedford and state flags, with Lions Club support totaling a $50 sponsorship.
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Des Moines
Sheriff's Posse
Lions Club
State Capitol
Art Matheny
Bedford
Posse
Matheny
Bill Young
Arthur Matheny
Thaine Cabbage
Frank Ferguson
Nelson Ledgerwood
Cliff Hanshaw
Ray Peterman
Cliff Easter
Chub Greenway
Doyle Loghry
Max McAltoin
Gerald Steen
Bob Dawson
Bryan Cross
Paul Thompson
Don Thompson
John Vogel
Herman O'Dell
Bill O'Dell
al O'Dell
Herman Burgmaier
Roland Reed
Lloyd Woods
Irvin Miller
Cliff Templeton
Leonard Ratliffe
Gravity Women Organize Circle at Methodist Church
Mrs. Lacy Thompson of New Market will speak to the Evening Circle of the Gravity W.SJCSS on Thursday June 9 at eight p m at the Gravity Methodist church parsonage. This first meeting invites all women with children in third grade or under or who are employed to attend for officer nominations plans discussion a talents presentation and a worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Thompson
New Market
Gravity W.sjcss
Methodist Church Parsonage
Gravity
Baptist Youth Observe Parent's Night Sunday
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship held Parent's Night as seventh graders next year joined the fellowship. Names listed include Jim Turner Janelle O'Dell Jim Sands Beverly Jeter Sharon Dant Floyd Henderson Shirley Harrison Christine Schneider Dale Akers. Eighth graders and parents attended. May 29 picnic at Lake of Three Fires bade farewell to Pat Henderson Linda Smalley Judy Hughes Vicky Sanders Cheryl Newkirk and Steven Mick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
Jim Turner
Janelle O'Dell
Jim Sands
Beverly Jeter
Sharon Dant
Floyd Henderson
Shirley Harrison
Christine Schneider
Dale Akers
B.Y.F
Lake of Three Fires
Pat Henderson
Linda Smalley
Judy Hughes
Vicky Sanders
Cheryl Newkirk
Steven Mick
Sandra Kernen
Steven Bailie
Marilyn Jeter
Donna Holker
Mary Straight
Joellyn ®Eemer
Susan
Willis Sneed
Patricia Weir
Raymond Sneed
County Methodist Youth Rally at Lake of Three Fires
Taylor County MYF held a Sunday rally at Lake of Three Fires from three to six pm with officers elected for the year including Betty Fine as President and Jeannie Thompson as Publicity VP. J M Steffenson led songs with guitar and Miss Miriam Wood led a fellowship circle before benediction.
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Taylor County Methodist
Lake of Three Fires
Betty Fine
Bedford V.P
Loretta Abernathy
Blockton
Janet Cade
New Market V.P
Glenda Kernen
Jeannie Thompson
Gravity
Frank L. Greenwood
Indianola
MYF
Severe Saturday Storm Causes Wide Damage in Bedford Area
A powerful storm Saturday evening brought wind hail and rain with up to two inches of rainfall. Electric service was interrupted as trees were uprooted and power lines damaged prompting rapid work by Iowa Power and Light crews and local linemen to restore service. City crews cleared debris and damaged structures including barns sheds porches and several TV antennas. The prior night a separate wind storm near New Market also cut electricity for about ninety minutes.
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Iowa Power & Light Company
Light Company
New Market
Bedford
Valley School 35th Homecoming Program Report
Valley School held its 35th annual homecoming on Sunday June 5 with about 110 attendees. Mack Jackson led the meeting and Kelita Mendenhall was named president with Orren Jackson as vice president and Janice Hawkee and Jane Mendenhall as co-secretaries treasurers. Prizes honored students and staff, and an In Memoriam for Frank McMaster closed the event with a group song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Jackson
Kelita Mendenhall
Orren Jackson
Janice Hawkee
Jane Mendenhall
Betty Ann Bridgewater
Pauline Nicholson
May Jackson
America
Duane Thummel
Neal McKendrick
Vern Melvin
Donna Holker
Mary Straight
Connie Cox
Kathy Hornung
Betty Archer
Kenneth Keith
Alice Donahue
Utilities
Rebecca Lynn Reading
Sharon Turner
Ben Mendenhall
Keane Thummel
Ethel Fitch
Mike Jackson
Frank McMaster
Leo Donahue
Charlie Bonar
Donald Spencer
God
Neighbors Plant Corn For Hillers At Blockton
Neighbors led by Mrs Christe Hillers helped plant and pick corn at her Blockton home on May 30 and 31. Eighteen tractors assisted the work with a crew of men and a separate group of women providing noon meals and snacks.
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Christe Hillers
Blockton
Frank Gunson
Joe Gunson
Richard Poore
John Moon
John Lambley
Dale Lambley
Glen Nicholas
Gordon Nicholas
Garland Hill
Stanley Krause
Elvin Beale
Warden Loutzenhiser
Frank Haidsiak
George Hillers
Earl
Bedford Library Announces Summer Hours
Mrs. Violet Haynie and the Bedford Library board announce summer hours through September. Daytime hours stay the same while the library opens Saturday evenings from seven to 8 forty five p.m. The schedule preserves weekday service and adds a weekend night option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Haynie
Bedford Library Board
Farm Bureau opposes constitutional convention on reapportionment
Des Moines June 2 Farm Bureau delegates vote unanimously to oppose a constitutional convention for reapportionment. Ronald Bycroft Taylor County says representatives in the legislature can revise the constitution more carefully and at lower cost, and voters trust elected lawmakers to handle reapportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Ronald Bycroft
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Bycroft
Des Moines
Bedford Community High Commencement Honors Seventeen
Seventeen graduates received awards at the 1960 Bedford Community High School commencement on May 25. Principal J Frank Nugent announced valedictorian Sharon Underwood and salutatorian John Hunter. Honors went to Sylvia Beemer David King Greg Guenther Lois Davidson Sharon King Gale Fearnot Evelyn Carroll Harold Shepherd Rebecca Timberlake J R Campbell Patricia Nappier. Perfect attendance titles went to J R Campbell Jay Nugent Jim Winemille and Donald Eighmy. Citizenship honors were awarded to Sharon Underwood and Harold Shepherd. Danforth Four Square recipients were Barbara Kay Neil and J R Campbell. Kenneth Lucas received the State Bar Association citizenship award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Community High School
J. Frank Nugent
Sharon Underwood
John Hunter
Sylvia Beemer
David King
Greg Guenther
Lois Davidson
Sharon King
Gale Fearnot
Evelyn Carroll
Harold Shepherd
Rebecca Timberlake
J. R. Campbell
Patricia Nappier
Principal Nugent
Jay Nugent
Jim Winemille
Donald Eighmy
Camp Fire Girls Hold Ceremonial Camp Out at Lake of Three Fires
The Koweta Camp Fire group camped at the Lake of Three Fires on Wednesday June first for a ceremonial attended by the girls mothers. The group cooked supper over a camp fire and breakfast in their cabins with baseball as the favored activity. Linda Waugh served as reporter for the affair.
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Koweta
Linda Waugh
Marriage License for Weaver and Sayler in June
Gary L. Weaver aged 18 of Clarinda and Mary Lou Sayler aged 16 of Bedford obtained a marriage license on June 3. The couple plans to wed in the near future following licensing procedures.
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Gary L. Weaver
Clarinda
Mary Lou Sayler
Bedford
Taylor Joins Bedford Times-Press Staff in June
James S. Taylor, longtime Bedford school faculty member, accepts a Bedford Times-Press staff position and will begin duties June 20. He has 22 years in teaching including Audubon and Conn. He directed school journalism and contributed to TP coverage, with prior news advertising work during summers. He served in World War I photo intelligence and hails from a family of newspaper workers.
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James S. Taylor
Bedford School
Bedford Times- Press
Audubon Schools
Conn
Bedford
Taylor
A. W. Hamblin
Warren
Ohio
Fairfield
Town
Forest Hill
I. I
Marjorie Long
O'Dells Hold Open House for 25th Anniversary
One hundred sixty five guests visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman O’Dell west of Bedford on Sunday May 29 to honor their twenty five year marriage. The couple wed June 1 1935 at the home of her parents Rev Clark M Crowell officiating.
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Herman O'Dell
West
Bedford
Keith O'Dell
Cheryl O'Dell
Betty Price
Carolyn Cummings
Carl Cummings
Estel Larsson
Wilbur Novinger
Dale Ingram
Max Lucas
Merle Travis
Janelle O'Dell
Josephine O'Dell
Lane
Nebraska City
Nebr
Marilyn Price
Omaha
Ida Morris
Woodward
Iowa
Dwight Larsson
Kansas City
Theo O'Dell Squair
Long Island
N. Y
Richard Merkle
Oakland
John Novinger
Shenandoah
Darrell M. Gifford
Pleasantville
Town
Ivan Lucas
Lenox
G. B. Geer
Randy
Rock Island
Dance Recital Monday At Bedford High School
Miss Lin da Houck presents a dance recital by her pupils at the Bedford high school auditorium at eight o'clock Monday evening June 13. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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Linda Houck
High School
Bedford
Cancer Sooty Board to Meet in Bedford
The Taylor county Cancer Society board will meet at the Skylark cafe in Bedford on Monday June 13 from two to four in the afternoon. All members are expected to attend.
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Taylor County Cancer Society
Skylark
Bedford
Local residents report multiple hospital transfers and surgeries
Bedford and Clearfield residents appear in the hospital records with surgeries and medical care. Pauline McCune underwent surgery at Municipal Hospital Clarinda while Gene Firkins and J B Routh had major procedures at Rosary and Greater Community hospitals. Other patients include Gladys Smith at University of Iowa City and Arlene Beggs tonsil removal at Mount Ayr hospital.
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McCune
Pauline McCune
Bedford
Municipal Hospital
Clarinda
Gladys Smith
University Hospital
Iowa City
Firkins
George Firkins of
Lenox
Rosary Hospital
Corning
Arlene Beggs
Don Beggs
Clearfield
Mount Ayr Hospital
Glen Larsen III
Glen Larsen
Greater Community Hospital
Creston
Archie DeWeese
Births in Hopkins Gravity and Clearfield Areas
A series of birth notices list newborns born to families in Hopkins Gravity and Clearfield. Crista Jean Alexander born June 1 to Roger and Malvern Alexander with Moore grandparents. Kathy Livingston born May 1 to Joe and unnamed mother with Lowell Livingston grandparents. Laurie Jean Frame born May 22 to Dean Frame and Lydia Crouse with Floyd Frame as father. Lambert NT Neill Jr. noted as born in Bayard Town with Lambert Neill Sr. listed among relatives.
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Roger Alexander
Gravity
Crista Jean
Malvern Alexander
Darrell Moore
Joe Livingston
Fairbanks
Calif
Kathy
Lowell Livingston
Clearfield
Lambert Neill, Jr
Bayard
Town
Lambert
Lydia Crouse
Dean Frame
Des Moines
Laurie Jean
Floyd Frame
Bedford High School Class of 35 Reunion Set for Aug 7
The Bedford High School class of 1935 will hold its second reunion at Lake of Three Fires on Sunday August 7 starting at one oclock in the afternoon. All alumni and families are invited plus former teachers. The 54 graduates include 18 who started kindergarten in 1921 under Miss Aliee Hale, who will be an honor guest. A Joe Whitaker is class secretary and plans assistant.
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Bedford High
Lake of Three Fires
Aliee Hale
Bedford
A. Joe Whitaker
Cedar Rapids Teacher Earns Master’s Degree at Drake
Clarence B. Hall a Cedar Rapids school system teacher received his Master of Science in Education from Drake University on Monday June 6. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Chas Hall of Blockton and a former Bedford teacher. Mr and Mrs Walter Hall of Tennant Iowa attended the graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence B. Hall
Cedar Rapids
Drake University
Chas. Hall
Blockton
Bedford Schools
Walter Hall
Tennant
Iowa
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Cancer Sooty Board
Charles Knapple
Nodaway
Max Keith
Veterans Hospital
Mrs. Leonard
Wallace Leonard
Clarkson Hospital
Arthur Scott
Sheridan, Mo
St. Francis Hospital
Ridnour
Harry David Ridnour
Harry Ridnour
Glen Woods
Cumberland
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Hubert Wise
Glendale
San Diego
Eighmy
Larry Eighmy
Pete Coston
Light
Governor Erbe
Seuss
Hansen
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Reppert
Secretary OF State
Synhorst
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Hutte
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Cruickshank
Lauterbach
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Lawlor
Secretary OF Agriculture
Spry
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Bat ‘Hmultman
Dunbar
Wilson JD
Harbor
Jonsen
Orton Fdi
Aes
Tinley
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William Harold Brown
Hopkins
Ed Brown
Adams County
Tyler
Wilson
Walter
Thomas
Cress
Wells
Auditor
Tribolet
Hooper
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Winslow
Cceeeseeenees
Clerk OF Courts
Bedell
Martin
Sheriff Williams
Recorder Beaver
Streebin
Attorney Jonson
Burt
Bricker
Wees
Thompson
Kendall
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Timberlake
Bedford High School
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