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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1937
Page
2
Mrs Hi W Hunter hosted the Benton Social club on June 9 with nine members present and guests including Mrs Howard McColm and others. The group played games and made plans for a Lake of Three Fires picnic on June 26.
Calendar entries for June list gatherings and hostesses across groups. Mrs. J H Baker hosts Library Club Room event Monday. Tuesday features Paptiat Ladies Aid and OOF lodge at 1 O F hall. Wednesday includes Presbyteriar Sovresis Class and Maple Grove Club. Thursday notes WC U conversion at Snarpsourg and Book Review at Presbyterian Church. Friday Beperdasie Auxiliary meets at Methodist church.
Mr and Mrs Frank Sleep of Hopkins Mrs Rollie McNeese and daughter Rosie of Clearfield Mr and Mrs Henry McNeese and children and Mrs John Daw son and children took baskets of food for dinner at the Mrs John McNeese home Sunday.
Mrs Worley assisted by Mrs Beard hosted the Loyal Standby class of the Church of Christ at her home Tuesday afternoon June 8. Mrs Bradley led the Bible quiz. Refreshments were served. Guests included Mrs Laurel Churchill of Bedford and Mrs Wilfred White of St Louis.
Relatives and friends from the Siam community spent Sunday at Mrs. Lillie Henderson’s home in Bedford with well filled baskets. Guests included Emory and Mrs. Davis, Arthur Stickelman and Mazine, Francis Daniels and family, Harold Mothershed and family, George Gray and family, Kenneth Gray and family, Myrtle Gillispie, F M Manley, Charles Gillispie, Dale Bird, Mahlon Oxley and Orville Manley. Baptist Ladies Aid to meet at Terry home Tuesday afternoon June 15 with Mrs. Phil Terry hosting and C E Longfellow in charge of devotional. serving chair Jim Taylor assisted by several members.
Busy Bees club members hosted a family picnic at Lake of Three Fires on Sunday June 6. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ira Roberts and many others, with activities such as lake exploration and horseshoes. The next meeting is planned for Thursday afternoon July 1 at Mrs Kai Sorensen’s home with Mrs Glen Snyder assisting.
Mrs Iva Davidson entertained the H PS club last Wednesday with ten members and four guests including Mrs T W Davidson, Mrs Adama and daughter, and Mrs Steve who joined the club. The hostesses and guests worked on quilt blocks and refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for Mrs Henry Holker on Wednesday June 2.
Mrs J M Dale hosted the Seroris class of the Presbyterian church at her home on Wednesday afternoon June 16 with Mrs Ella Meikle leading devotions. Frances Miller and Mrs H P Jeguz selected articles for reading and Mrs W E Cemperell led the entertainment.
Former Gay township residents Mr and Mrs John Haidsijak and family hosted a daylong gathering as friends from Gay Center arrived with baskets. Attendees included Mrs Leo Livingston and family, Mr and Mrs George McNees, Mr and Mrs Earl Kirby, and many others from Gay area and Diagonal.
Mr and Mrs Phil Delle entertained a group of friends at a turkey dinner at their home east of Bedford on Sunday June 6 Ice cream and cake were served late in the afternoon Attending were Mrs Will Hughes Mr and Mrs Albert ODeH and Billy Mr and Mrs Paul Delles and Mary Agnes Mr and Mrs Abe Landis Mr and Mrs Dale Hughes and Lavern Erma Iva and Gwelda Wheeler Also Orvis Wheeler and Margaretta Blane of Shenandoah and Mr G Lo MecAlpin of Clarinda
J. R. Locke entertained Bedford newsboys and magazine boys at a 7 o clock dinner at Hotel Garland. Mrs Dewey Hensley hosted Union Country Club on May 27 with twelve members present. Loyel Lerks met June 3 at Helen Vincent's home with sixteen members and one visitor Miss Maryelien Blakeslee.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Davidson and others attended Mrs. Sarah Davidson’s funeral in Grant City with burial in Sheridan. Nell Rose club visited Mount Ayr for a surprise on a former member Mrs. Walton. Several clubs meet today, including Liberty and Klatter with hosts Mrs. Stickelman and Mrs. Schoenman. A family reunion weekend involved many relatives from Walling, Kansas City, Salina and Oakland, plus Grimner College student Lorene Scnotenman returning home.
Efiss Garland Foreyce spent the weekend in Des Moines visiting friends. Mrs. Jessie Amick of Des Moines visited at the ELF Amick and EHS Campbell homes last week. John Latimer is visiting relatives in South Dakota, traveling with Shenandoah kin. Earl Overholser went to Windyville Missouri to visit the W H Overholser home for the summer. Mr and Mrs J E Overholser Mildred and Earl spent Sunday in Diagonal at the RK Jui Thornton home. Dr and Mrs R Abarr and daughters Frances Stanley and Jesn Abarr and Mrs Irvin Stanley and son of Sheridan attended the flower show in Shenandoah Sunday. Mrs Lilien Bridges visited Tuesday and Wednesday with her parents at Grant City.
A large crowd attended the Valles homecoming with a cafeteria style service. The afternoon program included songs by the audience and various performances from the Valley orchestra, solos by Maurice Jackson and others, readings by Mrs. Frank Thommel, and the election of officers led by secretary Jene Mee Master.
Neighbors including Charles Beauchamp Dennis Crawford Welter Parrell Donald Basher and others assisted at Clarence Groves farm plowing corn. Family members helped with meals and there was a community gathering. Several local residents attended related events and visits in the region including a university homecoming and trips to Columbia.
Dr Reed recounts a column noting a gravity doctor recommends a Ripley remedy. Grandma Vincent aged 84, mother of Mrs George Segriff, still uses false teeth bought at Bedford sixty two years ago.
Mrs. Vincent, a Berry Bedford resident, shows teeth made by a local dentist six decades ago. They have never been repaired, yet remain in excellent condition. She can bite a thread in two, having worn them almost as well as her natural teeth. The doctor notes her unusual health for her age.
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